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[quote name='yorks5stringer' post='683083' date='Dec 13 2009, 03:46 PM']What some people have done on US Talkbass is "outed" slow suppliers: that could be an option to try and apply some pressure? Dr Bass cabs got very bad press on TB and they have held up their hands and acknowledged the issues and have brought in more staff to totally restructure the business.[/quote] I would agree; looking at my last post it looks very 'defeatist' (for want of a better description). However, I would suggest that you up your game considerably, contact paypal to look at the possibility of a refund and probably start a thread over on TB are some of the obvious ones. I can't see that waiting any longer will bring much benefit and will likely as not just drag this drama on even longer for you.

Not being funny but do you honestly think you'll get a positive result from this? I've followed your trials and tribulations and it seriously looks like the guy has your money and he knows you've now got no chance of getting a refund from paypal so he's simply washed his hands of you. I'd love to be proved wrong but the tale has all the signs of an unhappy end on your part. Saying that I wish you the best of luck.

[quote name='Tee' post='682496' date='Dec 12 2009, 07:54 PM'][/quote] Is that there one of those 'Nash' basses?

[quote name='bh2' post='679556' date='Dec 9 2009, 09:10 PM']Hmmm... £399 seems a bit high to me, they were/are around that new. I got my 2002 MIM P of the bay for £250. I'd get one of the new ones, they can't be much more than that.[/quote] To buy a new MIM they are now £500ish

I've owned a range of GK amps and I still rate the 800RB as 'one' of my all time favourite amps... just sooooo wish they'd had the 100w amp operating at 4 ohms as well.

Is that right almost £900 for a MIM bass? ...just Googled it and that appears to be about right. Time to take the sander to my USA P/J before I put it up for sale.

If you see this Ltd Ed Streamer on eBay give a big shout out and warn others off. I have a feeling that as he's scammed someone once (the Warwick forum tale) and he's tried it again on here, then he may chance his arm on eBay! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=70435"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=70435[/url] [url="http://forum.warwick.de/10-warwick-basses/10417-deal-gone-bad-help-if-you-can-2.html"]http://forum.warwick.de/10-warwick-basses/...-you-can-2.html[/url]

[quote name='ashevans09' post='678714' date='Dec 9 2009, 03:05 AM']Soooo... Long story short, been ODing on Alice in Chains recently and been catching as many of their shows in the UK as possible, and I just can't get over how good Mike Inez's spector sounds. It's colossal![/quote] Am I the first to point out that he used Warwick Streamer basses as well as Spectors? In fact I seem to recall that for much of his time with AIC he was pictured with Warwicks! Just sayin'.

[quote name='neilb' post='680717' date='Dec 10 2009, 09:56 PM']Ah,apologies people. MODS plse close.[/quote] No need to close, it's always good to have lots of reference to stuff that's a bit suspect.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' post='680639' date='Dec 10 2009, 08:31 PM']You're not suggesting this may be a bit "suss"?[/quote] 'How very dare you!'

[quote name='Moos3h' post='680603' date='Dec 10 2009, 08:04 PM']This has been posted before, I think, with a general "don't touch with a barge pole" warning[/quote] Correct!

Anybody find it odd that he also sold a 'refinished' [u]gold sparkle[/u] P bass quite recently... maybe his practice piece! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270473864425"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=270473864425[/url]

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='680255' date='Dec 10 2009, 01:59 PM']...but if you're hosting the images yourself, you can include as many as you like in the main description with no charge. Why the seller would go to the effort of typing a description as text, pasting it into an image, saving it out, hosting it and then linking to it is a mystery to me. Unless being able to delete the image after the auction closes, and therefore all record of the text of the auction, is useful to them... [/quote] A well reasoned argument there M. I have a feeling that 'IF' someone were to shell out that kind of moolah they may well want verification after they buy it (difficult to do 'before' you buy it if it is half way around the world) and questions may be asked at a later date, so the seller has covered his backside good if he can alter/delete the text or images after the auction has ended. Not that I have that kind of money to spend but I'll bear that in mind next time I check out a sale... just how did you establish it was an image; pasted, saved and hosted off eba,y and not a straight text box with images inserted?

Aside from that... is this the same bass we've seen/discussed numerous times before? <edit> Oh yes, just spotted the 'backlight' comment... same bass!

I realise this is a very 'subjective' question but what do they sound like (setting aside the various pup combinations, I'm thinking overall sound)?

Wahey! Good news mate.

Like an upside down Warwick Fortress... though I have a nagging suspicion the Yamaha was out first, so the Fortress is an upside down Yamaha.