Rich

Absolutely stunning

I had a bash on P-T-P's white DJ5... it looks the business and sounds even better. An absolute belter, I mean really [i]really [/i]good. The only better-sounding Jazzalike I've played is CK's Celinder, and there wasn't much in it. Suffice it to say, that DJ5 is one of the few basses I have GAS for.

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='273617' date='Aug 31 2008, 11:45 AM']Here's my top 3: 1. Sei Jazz 5; too many of these being sold here lately, guess they look great but are too clean and polite sounding unless you play in a jazz-fusion trio? 2. Ashdown amps & cabs; wooly sound, pointless retro design, not easy to get a decent sound out of and definitely a case of 'style over substance'. 4. Bartolini pick-ups; bland, polite & sterile. Definitely massively over-used and over-rated! Nothing too serious remember - just a bit of silly Sunday fun. Nik[/quote]I'm with you on 2 and 3... never tried an Ashdown I liked, and believe me I have tried [i]really[/i] hard to like them. And there were Barto pups in the, ahem, Sei that I used to own (a Flamboyant, not a Jazz)... if I'd kept the bass, I'd have changed them very quickly for something else. Anything else. They were ugh. Can't agree with you on 1 though Nik. Seis are utterly gorgeous, mind you I like a 'clean & polite' tone and I love fusion so that might explain it... For my third choice, I'm with our 6string colleague above... Stingrays. Well not so much the bass itself, they're quite nice, but that price tag... how ludicrous??

Ped, you could always 'pop a hat in his bottom', as I believe those chaps 27 Pence or Scoopy Dogdog would say.

Oh god, the Wood Store... it's like a gateway into another world, only a much nicer one

Well it's great news anyway. It would have been truly tragic if this once-world-beating name had gone for good.

Does he apologise for the truly appalling production on his last album?

+1 for the Boss

Cool! I wonder if I can get some original control knobs for my Pro IIE..?

I used to have a GP12SMX preamp and I've still got one of the dual comp pedals, can I join in too? I used to love that preamp. I sometimes wonder quite why I got rid of it actually.

The traffic reports on the radio, telling me that the M4 is still shut and that my journey to work is therefore nightmare-ridden. Time to "work at home" I think.

Good tone and nice use of FX too.

[quote name='Steve_K' post='269904' date='Aug 25 2008, 11:38 PM']Rich, if [b]you are the original owner [/b][/quote] Not so, unfortunately.

Very pleasant. Loved the reply that said "[i]this guys good but without les [claypool] this guy wouldnt be anything[/i]"... yeah that's right, slap and chords and high register stuff were invented by Les weren't they? Twerp

Thanks for all the responses and advice guys... I think a luthier is deffo the best course. I would take it to Rob, but with him in Essex and me in Brizzle it's a rather long trip... but there are several more local guys I can approach. As for warranty, well the bass is an original S1 and well over 10 years old, so I reckon there's a slight chance it could be just out of warranty by now..! But it is interesting that mine is not the first to suffer.

Jesus christ... absolutely stunned. I remember WFG of old.

My S1 [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=26247&pid=268870&st=0&#entry268870"]is not well[/url]

Picked my Status up for a bit of a play the other evening, and to my horror I noticed a hideous crack in the headstock! The photos will explain it better than I can, but it seems to start at the E string tuner hole, runs through the screw hole for the tuner across to the B tuner hole, through its screw hole and exits at the edge of the heastock. From what I can see, the crack only runs about 3/4 of the way through the thickness of the headstock, which is probably the only reason it hasn't snapped off completely yet. Needless to say this is alarming in the extreme and I need to fix it pronto. Not sure of the best way to go about it though... should I try to force some glue into the crack somehow? Or take a surgeon's approach and actually break the whole section off and then glue it back on again (not keen on this)? Or should I be sensible, and just give it to a luthier who knows what he's doing? [attachment=12599:DSC02781.JPG] [attachment=12600:DSC02782.JPG]

It's probably an unrepealed Law dating from 1328 or something.

[quote name='bassmerchant' post='267801' date='Aug 22 2008, 01:03 PM']A completely un bass related incident but I bought a home cinema system from a high street shop and couldnt get it to work ,phoned their customer service dept ,waited for hours and got told to unplug it and plug it in again !! so in desperation called a local independant shop who stocked the same gear ,the guy spent 25 mins on the phone with me and finally located the problem ,one of the leads was incorrect ,he sold me a new one for a fiver ,problem solved and since then have bought any home electrical gear from him - The moral ,todays "timewasters" are tomorrows customers !![/quote]Ditto. Some weeks ago I bought a feck-off big TV... rather than going to Curryometixons or another similarly faceless retail whale, I went to a small local shop. The sales guy couldn't have been more helful, dashing about the place to set stuff up for me to check out, patiently answering all my idiot questions ("duhh, what's 1080p mean..?"), arranging delivery to suit me down to the hour (not "oh it'll be one day next week... some time in the afternoon... or morning... dunno really..."), and throwing in the 5 year cover to make a killer deal. The delivery guys set it all up for me, plumbed it all into the cable etc. so it worked the way I wanted it to, took away all the packaging and stuff, stopped for a cup of tea and a chat. And a couple of weeks later, the sales guy phoned in the evening, well after shop hours, to make sure it was all good and that I'm still happy with it. Result? When I get a blu-ray player or whatever, I shall be going straight back to Freemans of Portishead. [i]And[/i] I've just sung their praises to 3,800 people. Now THAT's word of mouth. See, Mr.Bass Cellar, that could be you.

[quote name='Me!' post='267205' date='Aug 21 2008, 05:06 PM']So let's assume that the buyers looked at the house, realised it was close to an established working kennel and thought "oh well, we can soon put a stop to that"..? That's OK, is it? [/quote][quote name='Balcro' post='267732' date='Aug 22 2008, 11:33 AM']In [u]simple legal terms[/u], yes it is.[/quote] Aha. Yet another example of the law being an ass.

[quote name='bassman100' post='267223' date='Aug 21 2008, 05:33 PM']We would like to invite everyone who has posted a comment here to a real conversation regarding the issues they have raised. Our opening hours are 10am - 7pm monday to saturday and 11am - 5pm on sunday. We will be happy to dicuss these matters with you all and explain in detail the reasoning behind each of our policies. We are sorry to see a small proportion of our 200,000 plus customers each year feel they have received bad customer service, we welcome all feedback both negative and positive. Yours sincerely, The Bass Cellar.[/quote] Hi and welcome to the site If you really [i]are[/i] representing the Bass Cellar, I have to say I am pleased and impressed that you have taken the trouble to stick your head above the parapet, and your stock has gone up a bit already... but I think you're missing the mark somewhat by simply inviting people in to the shop to talk about it. As Machines and HJack and wayne and others have suggested, it is far better to address issues raised on a public forum, on that same public forum. It's for your benefit as well as ours. Also, it means that those disgruntled* customers living well outside London get to have a say too... I'm afraid I'm not going to spend 2.5 hours on a train just to come and discuss the poor service I received in the past..! Anyway, like I said, welcome. Ball's in your court. * [size=1]is the opposite of this 'gruntled'..? [/size]

[quote name='Earbrass' post='267178' date='Aug 21 2008, 04:23 PM']Only if I was sure no dog would suffer as a result. NIMBYism is our most valuable bulwark against ever increasing noise pollution and over-development. Long may its force be felt.[/quote]So let's assume that the buyers looked at the house, realised it was close to an established working kennel and thought "oh well, we can soon put a stop to that"..? That's OK, is it?