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The ebay mobile app has a much less advanced filter... I've many a time made successful contact via sending a message that way. Sending any contact info via the main eBay website in nigh on impossible.

Ad gone again!

[quote name='BassApprentice' timestamp='1508415147' post='3392023'] Just reading the advert again. [color=#3C3241][font=Castledown, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]"blend pot is broken so it will need replaced. currently it only allows the usage of the bridge pickup but it is only a few quid to replace. I haven't done it yet as I [b]use this bass so much I don't have the time to put it into a shop[/b] and not have it for a few days." How are they going to cope when they sell it then [/size][/font][/color] [/quote] Suicide with any luck! ...too harsh?

Someone needs to give this guy a good old fashioned prison style shank.

Definitely not illegal! It's simply called business. Everything you buy from everywhere you buy it is providing a profit to the seller so why take particular offense to someone who buys and sells? I have bought many a guitar from private sellers, spent a little time tidying them up and then re-sold for a small profit. I enjoy the chase and doing the work, it's a hobby that allows me to try out many guitars/basses and make a small amount of pocket money doing so, and if there are particularly nice ones, they might end up in my collection! If a seller on eBay doesn't put in the effort to take decent photos, create a decent description and doesn't even dust the guitar then they can't expect it to sell for a premium, if I buy it and take the time to clean, repair, dust it etc. then take the time to take good photos and create a good description then it will sell for a better price! I don't think it's the buyers responsibility to ensure the seller gets top price, otherwise we would never negotiate on car prices, house prices etc. Business is business. If it's a clear and obvious case that the seller REALLY doesn't know what they are selling then it's fair enough to inform them.

Martin drive approximately 12 millions miles all the way from Manchester to Essex to collect my Markbass 106CL cab, a smooth transaction was had just like 10 years ago when he drove 12 millions miles to collect my other cab! No issues here, deal with confidence when dealing with Martin.

Did a trade with Simon earlier today... His Markbass Multiamp and MB footswitch for my Markbass SD1200 head and rack bits. Simon came over to mine for a quick chat and a trade, we did the deal and off he went! No problems at all, everything was super smooth! Top Basschatter! Russ.

So... This was all a bit of a saga, I arranged a trade with our very own Hellzero (top egg by the way!), the trade saw him sending me a very unique Aries Bajadera 6 string bass, so unique in fact there is no other like it! During its travels to me from Belgium it was unfortunately chucked about and subsequently two of the wood laminates had split, there were multiple chips and the pre-amp died. All this despite the heroic packaging of Hellzero... After many (many...) weeks of battling with the postal service, they eventually agreed to write the bass off and pay out in full, several weeks later the cheque arrived and we are all level, well slightly up actually! The bass though, poor thing was too good to be left dead so I contacted a Mr Mike Walsh of Zoot Basses, he's only 30 minutes down the road from me so it made sense to use him. For a very reasonable price Mike totally restored the Aries, he stripped back the original waxy top coat and hand applied no less that 7 coats of something I can't remember which gave the bass a fantastically smooth feel and a lovely level of sheen, he repaired all the cracks and chips, dressed the frets and put in a brand new Noll pre-amp, the result was fantastic. The bass is now one of the best basses I think I have ever played, and it looks absolutely stunning as I am sure you will agree! Mike's work really is something special and if you have any work that needs doing I couldn't recommend him enough! So from death to life this bass has risen gloriously from the ashes and now is even better than when it was first built. A truely remarkable bass built by Aries and completed by Zoot. I'll post some better pictures later today!

4th option all day long. Though I quite like having the up/down buttons edge mounted, makes for a cleaner look and is actually easier to use! I believe there is a 6 string Sandberg for sale with this mod!

What if it doesn't like bananas?

Leave the coat... it's the least you could do after that comment.