binky_bass

The universe does, humanity doesn't.

That's the same one as was mentioned before, as in 'not' the stolen one. Always worth a check though!

It has arrived... A very nice beast indeed, very well set up (and I am a fanatic about low action). The 'crack' is there, but it's minimal. A careful touch up will hide 90% of it. Given it had over £1000 knocked off for that, it indeed feels like a great buy!

You can buy the Squier off of me in a few months, purely to balance the universe. 😉

Your excuse of already owning a 6 string cannot be accepted! I already have seven 6 strings... I still bought one!

I've bought/traded hundreds of instruments from pictures only. Not had any issues. Many of these have been 'boutique' instruments, and most from this forum (and most from @Hellzero!) I certainly would not have had the capacity to view and test 99% of these in person due to them being either in different countries or 100's miles away, so I would have missed out on hundreds of fantastic instruments if I'd lived by your advice. Do you homework, be sensible, and you'll be fine.

Ban everyone, from every demographic, from everything. Problem solved. Humanity will die out within a week or so and the world will carry on happier without us.

Looks like it'll be delivered at 6pm tonight. Going to pop over to my Dad's tomorrow and borrow a smidge of one of his matt black model paints and give it a tiny touch up. It won't be perfect, but at £1000 off the list price, I think I can live with it!

25.5 - 27 so should be quite easy to get around.

eBay. They don't usually bend more than 5% or so on the damaged stock. I have been seriously considering an 8 string for a while and this was in the top 3, I did mention that to them and that my budget was £600 at an absolute stretch, I guess they kindly took pity on me!

I've had a hankering for an 8 string guitar for a while... I saw that Gear4Music had this 'damaged' Schecter C-8 SLS MS Elite Evil Twin up for £899 instead of £1600 due to a small paint crack around the volume pot that happened in delivery from the distributor. I sent them a message and punted an offer of £600, they accepted. So it's a £1600 guitar for £600... Pretty sure having £1000 knocked off the 'new' price for the small paint crack around the volume pot counts as a good deal! The Fishman Fluence pickups and Hipshot hardward are worth that alone. Looking forward to delivery...

Never! It's been a fun sport over the last 20 years, buying, trading, selling on, buying something else etc... pretty much all of it second hand. So long as you buy at a reasonable price it means you can play almost any instrument, enjoy it for a while, move it on and try something else! Some have been kept long term, some I'll never sell, some went the next day!

The best guess I have of the number of basses/guitars that I've owned over the years is North of 2000 and South of 3000. Absolutely nobody sane wants to read that list and I didn't keep any real record!

Me thinks someone's autocorrect has been conditioned by their frequent searches!

Just ordered one from Thomann for £235. Fancied giving it a try... Not super fussed about the wait though if it goes too much into the new year I'll probably request a refund. Hoping it might be here before Xmas... We shall see!

Would love to have @Cosmicrain make me a 6 string Zoot of some variety. Been threatening to properly discuss one for years, never found the right financial time to do so yet! Maybe 2025 is the year...

My 10-string is harder to play than my 8-string.

Monkey Wrench by The Foos. Aged 15 or 16. School 'talent' show.

There's no possibility (in my mind) that he can rectify this - even if he delivers the bass and even if its half playable, I believe you've had 10+ years of trying to get him to deliver. A bass you've paid for, had to fight for over a decade, and eventually (maybe) actually get, wouldn't class as rectifying the situation. I wouldn't want to own a bass associated with such memories, I'd sell it straight away, net whatever money I could and bought a decent bass.

Firmly agree with @BigRedX and that doesn't happen often! 😆 Unless you 100% know they want something specific, don't get a 'bass related' present for a bass player! (IMHO) Nothing I hate more than getting a mug or a t-shirt with some loosely 'bass' related pun on it. Can't stand it! But that's just me... HUMBUG!

Yes, because you're not the first he's done this to or the first to expose him in this manner, you're not the second, third or forth. You're probably the 20th or more. You severely underestimate this man's ability to lie and disappoint.