RhysP

Lovely colour - Burgundy Mist is my favourite of all the Fender custom colours.

[quote name='Kevin Dean' timestamp='1397846465' post='2427979'] I contacted them several times & they never bothered to reply [/quote] They're a really small family set-up (the sticks are made in Emmett's house by him & his kids) & they are usually really busy so sometimes emails get overlooked. Best bet is to give them a call & speak to Yuta (Emmett's wife), she's great.

The Railboard has been available for a while now & is proving to be pretty popular with the Stick community. Best bet is to go & have a look at what people are saying about them on the Stickist forum. Not sure if there are actually any in the UK yet. Haven't been on the forum for a while as I recently sold my Grand Stick. The same as with the wooden & graphite Sticks - if you want to try one you basically have to make the leap of faith & buy one. It's not like trying a new bass or guitar where you can get a good idea about it fairly quickly.

Need a better picture of the headstock - I'm assuming it's an import model. Looks like it might say XT on the headstock so it's one of the newer imports. Probably looking at £300 - £400 max depending on condition IMO.

I just did what felt most natural & comfortable for me, which is sort of halfway between thumb up & thumb down..

You can't go wrong with one of those. Very well made basses that are very well regarded.

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1397696831' post='2426633'] You can get them for less than that, I'm sure [/quote] Absolutely. Vintage & rare are incredibly expensive.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1397671281' post='2426353'] Just for fun I slashed a hefty amount off the price of a lefty bass today to see if it might generate any interest [/quote] BUT IT'S NOT THE RIGHT COLOUR!!! DAMN YOU CRUEL WORLD!!!

You really want a 12ver for that classic Kings X sound....

[quote name='mcarp555' timestamp='1397665965' post='2426265'] All I want is parity with my right-handed brethren. You can argue, you can naysay, but when the time comes, it will happen. And the first step is to raise awareness. Maybe someone will read this crazy exchange and agree with me. I'm not giving up on the idea just because some people don't think change will happen, and maybe don't want it. [/quote] [URL=http://s86.photobucket.com/user/RhysP/media/images_zps2373d0a5.jpeg.html][IMG]http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k120/RhysP/images_zps2373d0a5.jpeg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1397518979' post='2424841'] [size=3][b]Hall The Merciless[/b]: I feel like raining some gloat down on the fools at BassChat. Prepare my dirigible for immediate departure.[/size] [/quote] Cheers Skank, I now have to pick bits of muesli out of my keyboard.

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1397499563' post='2424547'] I've always had GAS for an early 70s checked bound/full-width inlays/toaster/wavy Grovers 4001 in naturally darkened Fireglo .... [/quote] I had one exactly the same as that in the early 80's - it was a total pile of sh*t.

Lyle Lovett - "Pontiac"

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1397390320' post='2423398'] Thinking about it that is true I could not agree with you more on both points you have made [/quote] I am the voice of reason.

[quote name='eBassSix' timestamp='1397337627' post='2423047'] [b]Rhysp: [/b]Bore da! Noticed you're a Taffy. Thanks for the welcome... and no worries, I never get bored by "middle aged bloke-iness". I enjoy people and wit/humour... and I see plenty of that here! Your avatar cracked me up the moment I saw it, since I've been in the UK enough to "get it". Is that actually a real sign? Don't tell me there's a place with that name?![/quote] Believe it or not "Bell End" is a village in Worcester!

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1397360466' post='2423167'] My apologies, I missed out the winking emoticon after the suggested name for the thread. [/quote] Sorry, impossible to tell if it was a joke or not as it's exactly the sort of dumb-ass thing that's likely to be suggested.

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1397343817' post='2423112'] I'm not a Rickenbacker fan in any way, shape, or form however, here's a suggestion. You could start a thread entitled the Chatter's Ric Appreciation Post, all list your instruments and personal e-mail addresses and then simply send out a mass e-mail if you have an instrument to sell or are looking to buy one. That way it does not involve BC in any way but still affords you the security and comfort of dealing with trusted buyers and sellers who share a common interest. [/quote] Of course it would involve BC - you'd still be using the forum to facilitate it.

[quote name='eBassSix' timestamp='1397268515' post='2422418'] [/quote] Nice Bass! If I was still really into my bass playing an F Bass would be high on my list of wants - superb instruments.

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1397331188' post='2422961'] Why not just start a thread something like Ricky sales where people can say bass for sale PM me if interested or something along those kind of lines where nothing is said in public so to speak? [/quote] Because that would undoubtably lead to a lot of sales fee dodging by dishonest cheapskates. I cannot believe that this particular well decomposed horse has been dug up for yet another flogging.

Alex has just bought my Spector Euro 5LX. A pleasure to deal with, no hassle at all. Enjoy the bass!

Of course you're welcome, always good to have another female member on the forum, there's not nearly enough of them as they tend to get bored by the "middle aged bloke-iness" of it all after a while & move on. What part of South Wales is your dad from?

If you went for a cheaper option then it could well be being sent surface mail rather than air mail - 6 to 8 weeks isn't unusual for surface mail.

No, I haven't got the first idea about key signatures.

It probably is - can't be too many of them knocking around the UK in that colour.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1396869834' post='2418104'] Waltz 3/4 you would count 1, 2, 3, there are 3 beats per bar, what you're counting is a compound 12/8 where the subdivision of each beat is felt as a 3. The guy is counting the off beat, useful I guess if it's a slow tempo. [/quote] I meant just the [size=5]1[/size]23 bit, the fact that I put it in a group of three was just coincidental, it was to illustrate where the emphasis is, hence the larger 1.