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Not as easy as you'd think to prove something is a fake, especially niche items like mics, you say it's fake, sller says it's real, what do you expect eBay to do, phone Neumann and request a formal appraisal? But it's not just that, eBay are also aware that if they simply removed every reported fake it would be chaos, every disgruntled customer, every scammer, and every dodgy dealer who'd happily report their competitors to eBay or similar for selling 'fakes' just to get them off the market, would be at it 24/7. I think we just have to be proportionate in our expectations of eBay or shop elsewhere

You mean I'm not going to make it

Very good news @Telebass, inveterate tinkering is part and parcel of bassmanship after all

That made me smile mate 👍

Dodgy gear is just part and parcel of the eBay experience now, which is why I rarely buy or sell there. A very sad repercussion of the proliferation of the sale of used items on the net is that on the whole, and BC excepted, I choose to buy new these days, even 'reliable' retailers can no longer be trusted to sell authentic used gear

Yes, and certainly if I had more time I'd be doing it myself. But this project has been pulled forwards at short notice and I need to have a track in place pretty quickly at relatively low cost. I'm going to have a good look at the sites in link @Paolo85 sent as I suspect the solution is going to be found in there somewhere 👍

Great, many thanks @Paolo85

Fat Bottomed Girls would certainly be an interesting option

Thanks but I have a very clear idea of genre and style (retro 60s/70s funk/soul instrumental) 👍

Anyone have any suggestions re this?

All joking aside, it would be useful to be able to quote some ballpark costs for using a commercially available track to my colleagues and to the client in question, it will make it whole lot easier to justify recording our own. Anyone done a one off through PRS?

Interesting stepping into this space, I assumed it would be pretty simple but my God......... EZ: check Bass: check Keys: check Off to the studio for a couple of days

My god they still work by phone! Suspect it might be quicker to record something after all 🤔

Folks, I've been asked to produce essentially a video podcast from an interview I've already recorded but for various reasons I'm going to need some background music. I'd normally record a simple instrumental track but this needs to be done PDQ and I'm up against it anyway so will need to use commercially available track (I'm looking at a track from the Oceans 11 soundtrack at present that fits the bill). How do I go about doing this legally?

You're gonna need seven DBs Jack

Bizarre, lovely looking Lakland FL in Bass Direct email but why would the email link to Facebook?

I dread to think what you might have started though, there are members here that are prone to a little thread proliferation after all...... It's 1986.... It's 1987.... It's 1988....

Ha Ha, nice one, I saw that @Dad3353 had responded and thought 'This ain't gonna be Jason & Kylie

Ah yes, Unforgettable Fire was on mine also 👍

Ah, I'd forgotten A Secret Wish, I loved the album and loved the remixes even more (In which Duel became Jewelled). Seew,s so dated now but vert powerfully produced 👍

The The: Soul Mining