noelk27

Christ on a bike! He must think it's a real Status, not a Washburn Status.

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1342986728' post='1743535']Re-listed as a copy.[/quote] First question (well, only question) is a classic: Why is it a copy? Err, because it wasn't made by Fender, perhaps? Like I said above: Passing off p*sses me off.

[quote name='DarkHeart' timestamp='1343254862' post='1748033']heres the link to the filed down floyd rose locking nut [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&item=190695956293&nma=true&rt=nc&si=P0pLGTFaCE7rySQ6p4vhidOEeCw%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc"]http://cgi.ebay.co.u...cvip=true&rt=nc[/url][/quote] Just when you think you've seen everything. That it can't get any worse. Seriously, this guy is to guitar repair f*uck ups what Nadia Comaneci was to gymnastics excellence. So, it's ten out of ten from the Scots judge for his sheer lunacy.

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1343245965' post='1747782']I wonder what on earth led him to believe that was hand built.[/quote] Because he's clueless. First rule in guitar repair club is learn the terminology. It's a nut, not a zero fret. It's relief, not concavity. It's plywood, not mahogany.

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1343122173' post='1745447']what kind of "guitar-improver" can't put a new fret on...[/quote] Maybe he's confused by touchboards? He seems to think all touchboards are concave (curve inwards) and not convex (curve outwards). Possibly difficult to seat fret wire when you don't understand curvature. It really is bewildering that people are convinced by the waffle in his descriptions. Or aren't put off by the fact a repairer doesn't know how to use the word "relief".

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1343074447' post='1744935']Christ on a bike...[/quote] Couldn't have put it better. Maybe he was fitting the nut for a set of bass strings. Bass E looks like it could take a 0.125.

[quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1341482875' post='1719674']Really nice SB-900 here - [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160836045858?_trksid=p5197.c0.m619#ht_1612wt_937"]http://www.ebay.co.u...9#ht_1612wt_937[/url] It may go for cheap as it's collection only. If anyone wants me to pick it up and post it for them (after looking after it for a few days ) then I'd be happy to![/quote] Looks like walnut stain to me, not oak. Also looks like a European distributor's case not an original for that date. And although I agree with the seller, that the 900, and also the R150, are the ultimate versions of the SB design, these aren't as rare as is being suggested. The ones to collect? A '78 with the PowerPlus pickup, or an '81 in tobaccoburst. Now, those are rare.

[quote name='dunnymod' timestamp='1343043156' post='1744099']I now believe that its part of the CIJ series dated 1999-2002. A positive aspect is it appears to be a non export one with the american pickups!!!![/quote] Not a Fender Japan expert, by any measure, but if it's non-export that should mean it was made by Tokai, but aren't the pickups made by Gotoh (that's the Gotoh in Nagano, not the lot that make the hardware), using American moulds and to American standards, but are actually MIJ? By the way, if I'm right that's no bad thing. Gotoh make quality pickups.

Similarly, there still seem to be a lot of drummers around, performing on stage and working in studios, even though high quality drum/percussion software has been out there for some considerable time. That said, I'll happily buy this bass software if it allows me to make a better product in my home studio, although unless I decide I want ever gig to look like a Kraftwerk concert I'd still be taking to stage carrying a guitar or bass.

[quote name='Torben Hedstrøm' timestamp='1342969815' post='1743254']On bit of a sidenote... Anyone actually read a bad remark on the feedback section about anyone ?[/quote] Not much. And given the number of threads like this one, where a buyer clearly has issues with a seller (I put myself in that category, being out of pocket paying for repairs to two instruments, where the sellers agreed to reimburse those repair costs, but never did), I'd question the lack of negative comments therein. Personally, I find the design and construct of the feedback folder to be totally lacking, and place very little value on the comments therein. In the absence of clear rules as to how feedback should be constructed/submitted, the presence of a feedback folder awards a false sense of security/assurance. I've sometimes wondered if there's a not upsetting the applecart mindset.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1343045081' post='1744147']Sadly there is no agreed standard for descriptive classification. ... Here's US retailer Elderly Instruments' grading table - it seems to fit with the thread consensus:[/quote] Grading tables only work if people understand words/terms in the same way, and if they place the same value/weight on the relative judgments/assessments they are making. I've seen posts from members here on the verge of cardiac arrest if their pride and joy picks up a single mark. I own in excess of 300 guitars and basses, and have long since gone passed the point where single marks register on my heart rate. Being serious, though, as someone who used to trade in rare vinyl my own experiences tell me that, even where an agreed grading system exists (Record Collector in the UK), sellers are often inclined to be economic with descriptions and push the standard of grading, whereas buyers are inclined to have unrealistic and unrealisable expectations.

Amazing condition for its age. Wonder if it's a respray.

[quote name='wombatboter' timestamp='1342955536' post='1743062']Good suggestion....[/quote] And there's the Simon Townshend connection. He and Foxton having worked together with Casbah Club. [quote name='molan' timestamp='1342958683' post='1743106']I have to own up that I can't remember a thing about the drummer ... Jason Bonham maybe?[/quote] Zak Starkey most likely.

[quote name='wombatboter' timestamp='1342954537' post='1743036']How much I love Pino I can't understand what he's doing in the Who.. You need someone with a bit of frustration, agression or wit in that bass chair (you play what you are) and Pino is far too sweet to deliver the thing Entwistle supplied.. Not that he has to copy Entwistle but it takes a certain kind of egoistic over-self confident bass playing which still blends with the rest of the band. It's more than putting a leather jacket on, like someone said "cleverness is no substitute for true awareness"[/quote] Probably not someone Townshend would have thought of asking, but think Bruce Foxton would have fitted The Who sound perfectly.

[quote name='Pinball' timestamp='1342911838' post='1742776']I like the way it has carrying handles built into the body, more things should be designed like that![/quote] Well, Ibanez did it with the JEM series, back in '87. Hmm, anyone else know if any other guitar designs incorporated "handles" before then?

[quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1342912891' post='1742793']Kenny Jones is an 'OK' drummer, but... he was a disaster for The Who! It's well documented that as time went on Moon was becoming a bigger liability... but Kenny Jones??? [/quote] His tenure with The Who correspondent with a time Townshend was writing by numbers, but you can't blame Jones for being with The Who at a time when The Who had gotten stale as a creative force. As for Moon, even if he'd not died, Townshend was likely to replace him. Moon had been forced to redo and redo his parts on "By Numbers" and, even more so, "Who Are You", and had to endure the indignity of having Jones redo those parts he couldn't cope with. Sure, the flair, the energy, and the power, that characterised Moon's playing had come to represent erratic timing, unconstructed fills, and chaotic solos. After Townshend had used Jones on "Tommy" the writing was on the wall.

[quote name='apa' timestamp='1342888339' post='1742452']As for the 'I never rated Moon as a drummer' bit. Any Who fan knows that all through his career he has talk an awefull load of [email="cr@p"]cr@p[/email] in regular intervals. Dont take that comment at all seriously!![/quote] Oh, I don't know about that. Townsend became disillusioned with Moon's limitations as a drummer. Why Townsend had Kenney Jones replay some of Moon's parts on both the "By Numbers" and "Who Are You" albums.

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1342854272' post='1741830']I think he might get in trouble over that "stingray".[/quote] Unless he styles it "StingRay" seems unlikely.

[quote name='Bucket Head' timestamp='1342872285' post='1742124']i thought Brazilian rosewood was illegal?[/quote] No, it can legally be used, most commonly from stock that was harvested from before the embargo was imposed, or from reclaimed timbers. But the paperwork required to use it is extreme, even if it is from reclaimed sources. The change of use mean that the date applied to the timbers has to be the date it was reworked, which can cause cross-border issues. But, leaving aside the appearance, my question would be why describe the carcass of the neck as "Brazilian Rosewood" but the touchboard as "Exotic Rosewood"? A bit odd.

Maybe it's specific comments, to your Precision and choice of J pickup, because I'm just not understanding this "you never use the J in a P/J set because it sounds wrong" argument. As someone who has used BB2000 and BB3000 among my main studio and live instruments since the '80s, and probably 90 per cent of the time has these set in the mid position, between P and J pickups, I think it's a much more colourful sound than a solo P. That said, I'm not one for modifying an instrument that works for me as is. I'd be more likely to buy another instrument to have a choice.

[quote name='cloudburst' timestamp='1342828998' post='1741773']Transparent Polycarbonate?[/quote] aka clear plastic

Appropriate colour at least ... :puke:

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1342820429' post='1741646']Is it just me or is the bridge at a funny angle? Up at the front?[/quote] If I'm understanding what he's done, that because he's rammed a bit of wood behind the bridge assembly. Too big a bit of wood, hence the jaunty angle of the bridge plate, and the ski jump saddles.

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1342792845' post='1741051']Never - I repeat, NEVER - store your bass in the same room you use to change your baby's nappies.[/quote] Keep them under lock and key. I'll leave you to decide which "them".