Paul S

Nothing at the moment. Feels good. That's not to say that I won't spot something out of the blue that appeals but, just for now, I don't look longingly at anything. I might/might not change my TC Electronic RH 750 back up amp for another Trace Elliot one, but not in any hurry and certainly no compulsion.

Bought a 4U rack case from Simon in the simplest of transactions, including a free upgrade Good price, great comms, friendly chap. I wouldn't hesitate to deal with him again.

6 basses. A series MIJ Squier Precision 32" scale (white) B series MIJ Squier Precision 32" scale (black) A series MIJ Squier Katana (32" scale Precision but a mad shape, in black) JV0 series MIJ '57 RI Precision, Fender logo (tobacco burst) Early 90s MIJ Fender Aerodyne non-export Jazz, 32" scale (white) Danelectro Longhorn But the total is down from a dozen or so over the last few months. Not included are a Stagg EUB, ukulele bass and a semi-acoustic. Well, they don't count, do they (Edit - also a Precision Lyte for sale, but that doesn't count either...)

It is my pleasure to start a feedback thread for skitzigol. Tom bought a bass from me in the easiest of transactions, picked it up from home. I wouldn't hesitate in dealing with Tom again.

Please!

Well, that worked perfectly. I've had a reply telling me which of the labelled bits on the eq were connected to which wires. Info now passed on to my tech. Thanks so much for that!

Having first worked out where they are in real time on an actual bass, I will usually visualise the notes on the fret board while I am listening to the tune with earbuds when I am doing a morning walk or at the gym. Sometimes accompanied with a mime of how to play them. And often I'll start humming the notes, too, which must seem a bit worrying to people close enough to hear.

Perfect - thank you very much!

Thank you Andy.

Chris, yes, I've been in touch with the seller, who has asked me to get a quote for the work. I'm trying to be helpful to the guy who usually does my techie stuff

On closer inspection the eq is actually completely disconnected to the pickup. That explains a lot Massive favour - is there any chance that someone who owns one of these Acoustibasses can take a pic of the eq to show which wires are supposed to go where, please? Edit - this might help: [attachment=201862:godineq1.jpg] A is a braided wire, connection seems to be labeled with a - B thinner wire, see through sleeve, labelled with a + Cred sleeved braided wire D quite a thick braided wire, no sleeve E thinner black sleeved wire can't read the labels on the bottom 3 Battery connections to the right also need re-soldering.

Here is a link to some pretty comprehensive pics from the seller [url="https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4A2gt4c6rAxQXc2SlZFQWp5dTg&usp=sharing"]https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4A2gt4c6rAxQXc2SlZFQWp5dTg&usp=sharing[/url] Playing it this morning and its hard to put down...

Thanks for that. Disappointingly the electrics are knackered - when I took the little panel off to stick a battery in some of the wiring is barely hanging on by a thread (someone has made a real bodge of doing some soldering) and, once plugged in, it is barely louder than unplugged with no difference when the eq settings are changed. Just sent the seller a message.

The title isn't strictly correct as they both arrived yesterday and neither of them is a double bass. One - a Godin acoustibass - has a thread to itself. The other is interesting. I have come to like medium scale basses a lot, I find them comfy and easy to play. I already have a white '84 A series MIJ Squier Precision (which is the best bass I have ever played), A series Squier Katana and an early 90s 32" scale Aerodyne Jazz, all of which are fantastic basses to the extent that I am slowly selling off most of the others I have. I have an eBay search plumbed in so over the weekend I scrolled down a little further than usual and noticed an '85 B serial number Japanese 32" scale Squier Precision for sale in Japan. Never seen a B serial number before. Black - so it would make an ideal brother to the white A series one I already gave. Extensive pics showed it to be scruffy with a butchered scratchplate, so I made a very low offer of £250 which, surprisingly, was accepted. Shipping offered was DHL at £88. Sent from Tokyo on Monday, I had a bill to pay online for £33 duties and taxes (seems a bit low) on Tuesday. Total cost £371 which, knowing how good these basses are already, is a decent chunk less than I would have paid had one been up for sale in Europe. It arrived yesterday. 48hrs door to door from Tokyo. Unbelievable. Had a very quick plug and play and it doesn't disappoint - sounds and feels awesome, very similar to the white one. Weighs around 7lbs, very clean, loads of mojo. Fabulous slim neck, maple with rosewood board. The maple has a really rich vintage colour to it. Stock pups seem to be very woody and old school. I will need to raise the action, also maybe a new scratchplate (or maybe not, as it is part of the mojo), but really couldn't be happier. Pics later, of course.

.... which is today. It arrived yesterday but, as I was out all day yesterday, I have only managed to take it out of the box so far. Just 6lbs, original branded hard case, fair bit of mojo (anyone know when they started to make these?) and surprisingly loud acoustically unplugged.

I sold a Mark Bass amp to Guven. He was very patient whilst I waited for the first couple of interested people gradually backed off. Good guy to deal with, very friendly and great comms. I'd have no hesitation dealing with him again!