binky_bass

So, FINALLY, I've taken delivery of this astonishing beast... A 2019 built Kompakt T7 from Reiver Guitars (built by Alan of ACG). Purchased second hand from Reverb and after 12 days in transit it arrived! It's ridiculous. The build quality surpasses everything. I have a PRS Custom 22 and that feels like a Squire in comparison. The top wood (Dyed and Acrylic Impregnated Maple Burl) is, for lack of a better word, savage. There's even a cheeky little worm guy hiding in the grain! The Hipshot tremolo is fantastic, keeps excellent tune and very easy to use. The proprietary Reiver Igneous II pickups are a treat and with the East Active Tone Boost you can achieve some fantastically usage tones. This thing is simply beyond good. Flame Sycamore fretboard, Wenge/maple neck, luminlay side and top dots, the action is incredibly low. I am not one to rant on about something unless it is deserving of a rant, and good god this is deserving! @skelf, you sir are some kind of magician. The Worm (as I am now calling this beast) will live along side the 30.5 6er you built me and the 9 string ACG indefinitely.

Less arrogance makes better music! 😂 I jest, I jest!

@visog, as someone who plays only 6+ string basses, I must ask you - why even ask this question? What concern is it of yours to assume there's no merit in having any more strings just because you don't play anything past 4 strings? That's akin to saying 'I don't understand why you don't like mustard, I like mustard therefore surely everyone else must like it too'. People are different, choice is a beautiful thing. I enjoy playing 6+ string basses because a 4 string simply can't do what I enjoy playing. Extended chords and tap style is far more conducive to a 6 than it is to a 4. And yes, I'm sure there's plenty of 'tappers' who make do with 4 strings, there's also some cyclists that prefer a unicycle. At the end of the day, you might no be able to see past 4 strings, that doesn't mean we all have to be so closed minded! This is always an utterly moot arguement whenever someone has raised it. Do your own thing, I'll do mine, and let's be happy that we're both happy with our choices!

Incidentally, the VAT is your second born. If you have no kids, or only the one kid, the payment defers to testicles.

You have a 1 in 205,552 chance of dying in a plane crash, so you are roughly 700 times more likely to die in a plane crash than you are of winning the Euromillions. Think about that next time you by a lottery ticket at the airport!

They literally say it's rigged right here... if it said "our fixed odds competitions" then fine, but it says "our fixed odd competitions" which is essentially another way of saying "our rigged strange competitions" 100% swerve this!! Our fixed odd competitions give you the chance to win

@tvickey, I have a Mesa Strategy Eight:88. is this what you're after? 562812.

£2,500 for a GT7... literally insane... why do some people think that there's a fleet of total idiots out there willing to buy second hand items at 3 times the price that same item was when it was new. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/323974697331

After a bit of hunting, I have found a picture of my first bass that was literally head to toe (fretboard and back of neck included!) Covered in stickers.

Hi, I'm expecting a rather expensive delivery from a Reverb purchase and after reviewing the tracking details I can see that the status is showing as 'shortlanded'. Having Googled this term it appears it means either the parcel did not disembark the vessel at the port of arrival or that the parcel wasn't on the vessel or couldn't be found aboard the vessel to be disembarked. So not a good thing in any event... Does anyone have any experience with having had a parcel 'shortlanded'? If so, what was the resolution? I've contacted the seller and the courier, SkyNet (never heard of SkyNet apart from in reference to The Terminator!). So hopefully I'll hear something back soon, but if anyone has any advice/experience with 'Shortlanded' parcels, please let me know! Russ.

This is a proper steal in my humble opinion! I used to have the bass version, yes they are a little dated, but at £175 with the pickup and delivery, this is a very good price! Roland VG-88 with GK-3 Pickup and Cable https://reverb.com/item/32888757-roland-vg-88-with-gk-3-pickup-and-cable?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=32888757-roland-vg-88-with-gk-3-pickup-and-cable

My very first bass was literally 100% covered in stickers... and when I say 100%, I mean it. The fretboard was stickered, the pickups, the back of the neck, the headstock, literally everywhere!! It made it play HORRIBLY but with me being 14 at the time it looked freakin' cool! These days, I HATE stickers on instruments... drives me crazy when I buy a bass/guitar that's been stickered mostly because the removal of said stickers is such a pain in the arsé! Though I have recently realised that hand sanitizer removes sticker glue very nicely!

Better than Venetian Watery Djizz.