Beedster

I’ve sold guitars, mandolins, fiddles, audio gear, hifi, computers, sports gear, sunglasses, use the ‘Musically Related Items’ or Sell Anything forums 👍

These days BC only, Reverb’s a bit weak on processes that can be unpleasant if a case emerges, although it’s worse for buyers than sellers TBH, and eBay’s getting silly (eg new terms re couriers). BC remains the best option, especially for niche gear, I’ve had a couple of people join the forum specifically to buy stuff I’ve listed having found it in google searches.

Can't help but agree with the above. If the builder has pushed back - which assuming the photos and description are reliable is pretty much indefensible - it might be worth naming them, it not only puts pressure on them but allows them to state their case here should they wish to do so..... But looking at the photos on my desktop as opposed to on my phone earlier, even if that was a £250 Squier I'd have sent it back, when you pay for a new instrument at any price point it should be exactly that, new

If the electronics don’t work 100%, and irrespective of any other issues, it goes back. Re other issues however, it looks like a used bass 😕

…and most likely far better tone 👍

Ashdown 👍

Nailless fingerstyle? Not sure why that makes DB out of the question? Get yourself a 4/4 and a bow, spend a few weeks enduring frustrating squeals, and then experience the sublime moment at which the bow finally speaks and the whole system - instrument, player, and room - resonates, and you won’t look back 👍

Great minds 👍

I read it as inferring that an important element of it’s DB-like tone is the high action, that if you lower the action it will sound increasingly like a fretless electric bass, albeit a very large and slightly unergonomic one. I had one for a year or so, yes it can do DB, but as is so often said, if you want a true DB sound, it’s so much easier to do it on a DB. The Takamine is beautifully designed and beautifully engineered but as an instrument it is neither one thing or the other. If I had the funds spare I still wouldn’t buy another

They’re not too concerned because it probably happens all the time to them 🤔

Couriers are way better at being inept than they are at being corrupt, it'll show up 👍

Keep it as is, with apologies to @agedhorse, they don't make 'em like that any more I used the two cab solution as my main (only) gigging rig, there is nothing I'd change

Exactly what I thought 👍

That's going into my vocab book

Landing the eBay contract is massive for a courier firm so I imagine eBay bring to bear equally massive contractual clout including ‘you lose it you pay for it quickly’ type conditions. Huge companies like eBay probably have more chance of sorting the courier industry than do governments 🤔

it's actually not an eBay tale of woe at all, they've done rather well, more like a DHL take of woe?

Absolutely, lost, claimed and refunded all in a single week? That's eBay's systems working bloody well if you ask me 👍

If it doesn’t work out I can collect Thursday Mike 🙂

I’ve twice done gigs where the band outnumbered the punters, once because the venue f***ed up, once due to the bloody world cup final being on in the other side of the venue. Both were cracking gigs however, we got paid, enrolled punters into a jam session, and had fun. Easy to take it personally but it’s life 👍