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    [quote name='JTUK' post='1034047' date='Nov 23 2010, 04:04 PM']As a product they are ok... and you might have a very good one, but mostly other copiers do things better ( and some SO much better, IME) so they are left with the icon/image.[/quote] And the iconic nature of that something is very valuable. Fenders should at least mean that (once traded second hand) you usually get all or very close to your investment back. With the notable exception of upgrades which add next to nothing of cash value. I'm regularly shocked at how used prices for the likes of Warwick and Shuker fall apart like a leper in a wind tunnel.
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    [quote name='crez5150' post='1033931' date='Nov 23 2010, 02:33 PM']Absolutely..... it's all about Branding not product.[/quote] And branding adopts that certain something over years of producing highly desirable product.
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    Fender have something money cannot buy. As do Harley Davidson Gibson Ferarri Anthony Hopkins And so on - the cool factor.
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    And it's off to a new life in England Tim is distraught.
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    [quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1033465' date='Nov 23 2010, 01:53 AM']Rickenbackers. So many improvements can be made and they have stubbornly stuck to a design that has never known an engineer. I think that is where Fender has it, Leo was an engineer and not a musician.[/quote] Yup. When I can afford it I'm going to have a Ric 4003 customised to add a camber where your right arm goes over the body. That one thing absolutely does my head in and I'm a huge fan of their sound.
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    [quote name='woodster' post='1033639' date='Nov 23 2010, 10:35 AM']This guy too.... Bill Clements!![/quote] Everything is possible when you have a lot of time on your...erm...well... you know...
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    [quote name='Lysdexia' post='1032027' date='Nov 21 2010, 10:49 PM'][s]On hold pending etc[/s][/quote] And unholded, unpending and very much back up for trades. Oh Lord, Won't You Find Me A Jetglo Riccy My Friends All Play Fenders I Must Make A Mends I Worked Hard All My Life Time No Help From My Friends Oh Lord, Won't You Find Me A Jetglo Riccy
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    [quote name='merello' post='1033194' date='Nov 22 2010, 09:15 PM']GONE TO LYSDEXIA[/quote] And great thanks to you Mr Merello. Completely sound guy!
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    On hold pending etc
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    [quote name='AndyTravis' post='1031698' date='Nov 21 2010, 07:01 PM']2005 USA Standards were Chrome Red... My 2005/2006 Frontline confirms... This is beautiful, need a few bits to go, will see what state my accounts are in.[/quote] Candy Apple or Chrome - it's a gorgeous finish i was told it was Candy Apple and it does have that subtle, metallic sparkle in the finish I'd expect to see in that so I never questioned it. So you could be right and it wouldn't be the first time I've been wrong. Thanks either way.
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    [quote name='Flea jnr.' post='1031941' date='Nov 21 2010, 09:35 PM']No denying that is a lovely looking bass, but I want to know how you got those photos They make it look immaculate![/quote] Well, firstly I'm a photographer, that's my job. And the bass is in excellent condition - my goal is to make sure it's seen at it's very best. 1. Clean the guitar as best I can - bloody obvious! 2. Plain, clear background so as the subject is not distracted from. In this instance a simple white bedsheet did the job. 3. Lots of light! For this, I put the sheet on a snooker table and used the overhead lights we all know so well. And of course the plain white sheet is very reflective for light so that helps fill the immediate, ambient space. 4. A pro-quality, fast lens. I used a fast f/2.8 24-70mm on this and that helps provide the lovely, shallow depth of focus. Nice blurry bits contrasting with the sharp focus areas if the tech stuff is not helpful. 5. A grey-card to try as best I can to make sure the white balance/colour is accurate and consistent. 6. Manfrotto tripod and Manfrotto geared head with the camera on a timing delay so I'm not even touching it for guaranteed sharp focus. That's pretty much it and, for me at least, a labour of love. And thanks for the compliments as it's good to hear what I'm trying to do is working. Cheers!
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    [quote name='throwoff' post='1031529' date='Nov 21 2010, 04:30 PM']I think everyone is holding off making offers till we see the bass in the hands of a scantily clad lady.[/quote] I've had plenty of offers - one of which I'm trying to test drive before commiting
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    Another wee visual hint of the joys to be had.
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    Additional discount megapow discount offer if the bass and amp are bought as a pair. And collected - can't deliver at this price. I'll sell both for [b]£875![/b] Effectively pricing the amp at a rabidly low £200. Which I am now selling at £275 individually (collected) as it's got to go. Cheers!
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    Last pic for now.
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    [quote name='AndyTravis' post='1031079' date='Nov 21 2010, 12:44 AM']Hate to be the Pedant, but I think this is 'Chrome Red', A little lighter than Candy Apple Red. Still need to get my hands on it...and a gold guard.[/quote] No problem, but the pedantier pedant in me acknowledges colour perception changes with both luminosity and light temperature. It is 100% Candy Apple Red. [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_temperature"]I had to learn this sh*t during my studies to be a photographer.[/url]
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    [quote name='EdwardHimself' post='1029279' date='Nov 19 2010, 01:23 PM']general fretw***ery[/quote] I'm a big fan of fretw***ery. Military hyperbole preferable at that. Major fretw***ery is good, but General is obviously superior. I also liked the cartoonish stereotyped facial agonies - they make me laugh.
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    [quote name='xgsjx' post='1030056' date='Nov 20 2010, 01:17 AM']I wouldn't like to be in that band if they're playing around Glasgow or west central Scotland. [/quote] The Tims - as a band name in Scotland - would have to consist of Bruce Lee on drums, bass, guitar, keys and vox. Security by Chuck Norris, Stallone, Willis and an 80's miners strike sized police squadron
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    [quote name='leschirons' post='1031057' date='Nov 21 2010, 12:25 AM']I would guess the man in the street is only likely to put a name to the song where the bassline actually starts the song.[/quote] An all too common conversation. Them: "Oh your a musican - what do you play?" Me: "I'm a bass player." Them: "That's a guitar, right?"
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    Dancing in the Moonlight - Thin Lizzy.
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    Cheers Paul! As requested.
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