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great thread.... ...gentlemen, don't ever go into selling used cars for a living... I could bore you all day, but some recent highlights, buying and selling stuff on here is a breeze! 1/ calls at midnight, the one time you don't switch the phone off 2/ calls from people wanting to know the colour....MOT....engine size etc....but you are looking at the car as we speak on your PC and would their mother like it...." bit hard to a say, I don't know your mum..." 2/ test drive every Focus of 6 to choose and then say hmm, I'd like that colour, with the lowest miles, with that ones leather trim, with the ST alloys, with the room of the estate but looks of the hatch and at the cheapest price....baring in mind there was a 4k spread 3/ why do I still make this simple mistake..... "help yourself and have a look around, ask any questions".... come back after 5 mins to see how things are going, and customers gone:- .....as was the Jag radio, the spare Mondeo wheel, the service history from a Focus (why?), the gearnob from a Alfa, the cargo cover from a Focus estate, sunvisor from a Jeep...and the strangest ever was one rear headrest from a Jeep....it's like a breakers yard around here! 4/ "there's one down the road cheaper"...well go and buy it then...."ohh, it's a cat C write off, since repaired" that'll be worth putting the wife and kids in then... 5/ this was a classic..."I've seen better cars for more money"....erm I'm sure you have! 6/ "my last radio used to get radio Madrid, this one doesn't, I'm not happy"......."and you've since moved back from Burago in Spain" 7/ people who do actually kick the tyres...I always ask why they do this though, I love the embarrassed look, even offer to do it free of charge...do they really think I'd sell a car that fragile that a wheels would fall off? 8/ often get bids that are 50% below the asking price....or the "what is your best price"...."£4,800"..."but that's £1000 more than the asking price"...yes but it's MY best price!" [b]but sometimes there is a god, ohh yes.....one guy, Mr L who bought a tidy but old 80K 2002 Focus...had it 2 days, rings back proper slagging me off f this c that....this is rare for me, I really don't get calls that often from buyers....honestly![/b]"the clutch pedal's got a squeak, you can hear when the engines off and you turn the fan off....my mate knows all about cars he is kitchen fitter afterall and says it needs a new clutch @ £900 and he can do it"... "I'm sure he can but a new clutch is £98 with £120 labour to me, but a pointless conversation as a new clutch won't fix the sqeak, Mr L its simply a dry pedal bearing, common after a very long drive with the heaters on...a 2 second spray with WD-40 will sort it for ever, better than driving 240 miles for me to do the same"......more f this and c that.... "best you bring the car back I'll refund the money" which he agrees to (!)....I then sell it again for £300 more next weekend to a neighbour (after WD-40 on pedal bearing!)....then Mr L rings me back 2 weeks later to say he has changed him mind and wants the car back again, it's the best he has seen for the money....more f that c this when I say it's sold... ...then the best call of all from Mr L after a month goes by...."hi Rich" note the first name terms now..." I got my self a nice Focus, I bought a 54 Focus 1.6 Zetec with 35,000 miles for only £1,700" "ohh that's nice Mr L...I gota say that's very, very cheap, so cheap you must have stolen it!" "anyway Rich, me old mucker...a guy with a towtruck and the police have turned up and they want to tow the car away saying it's someone else's and they ain't paid the HP and sold it on, but I paid for it and I gota receipt, they don't seem to understand Rich, you know all about cars, you tell them".... " Right Mr L so you bought a £5k car for less than half price....you are married aren't you Mr L" "yes Rich" "best tell the wife she needs to work more overtime at the sandwich factory, cheers" ...I'm sure anyne who deals with the public at large could tell loads more I don't think I would buy anywhere else than BC

thanks for the replies... ....and for all the Stingray fans....

[quote name='chris_b' post='1189941' date='Apr 5 2011, 11:59 PM']Unfortunately looks aren't everything! He had emergency heart bypass surgery a couple of years ago and hasn’t toured since.[/quote] wow, didn't know that!

cheers guys, I was told last night the first roundwounds [b]were[/b][i][/i] in fact shortended piano strings.....pub talk?

I'm only guessing as everything before the 70's I listen to... Motown, Stax etc has that warm flattie sound, then Larry Graham 'pop's along...

I have been fiddling with this tune, hence the interest... 2002 Heathen Tour:- this guy plays a Stingray on some vids I have seen for Ashes To Ashes, but here he is slapping the crap out of this Fender J and so far up the neck compared to how I try and play...good player though, so maybe I should try it further up! ......who is he?

is there a tick-box to display questions and answers?

...I keep seeing no name cheap bass bodies making more money than a complete bass, often more than a playable budget Squier P bass. ...necks sometimes seem to attract generous bids too... ...maybe the smart money is in buying up cheap old chinese tat and simply breaking them out in pieces? this is an example with days to go. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/P-BASS-PROJECT-BODY-/270728738189?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3f08b0b58d"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/P-BASS-PROJECT-BODY-...=item3f08b0b58d[/url]

looks like a cross between a GAZ camping cooker and an Victorian bed warmer but I quite like it! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Domino-Californian-Bass-circa-1967-MIJ-superb-cool-/190515869279?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c5ba1765f"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Domino-Californian-B...=item2c5ba1765f[/url]

can't wait to see this relisted once the beer's worn off!

if it works don't knock it.... ....I race enduro's and some of the techniques I use would make another racer shudder, but I do OK.....my mate has the most aweful golf swing, more like a cricket swing, but plays off a 4 handicap... bass....my thumb wanders down from E down to D to stop the open strings ringing whenever possble, I don't even think about it now....it feels very 'natural'

[url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/fender_sq_classic_vibe_p_bass_50bb.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/fender_sq_classic...p_bass_50bb.htm[/url]

I think the [b]for sale section [/b]should be password protected with the wife being the password holder

[b]I would, should and will add, buying off basschat, has for me, been a real pleasure, good descriptions, no dramas, easy deals and good prices too....I wouldn't shop anywhere else to be honest.[/b][i][/i] ....I would rather stick pins in my eyes than buy off Fleabay/gumtree after recent issues, but always look! In general, always good to play before you buy, but I rarely do ( ) if you don't like it simply punt it on, avoid 'projects' until later on. I also think, personally & I'm sure many would disagree, I think it is BEST to buy new when starting out, but only a cheapie such as RBX-170, they can be had for under £150, because if you don't 'know' a good bass from a bad one you could buy a pup (no pun intended)....basses aren't fragile but repairing one can be expensive if it needs to be sent out, or even simply not cost effective. .....second hand so far I've seen in only 2 years, countless mis-described basses, 2 basses with necks more like a banana from sitting next to radiators (?) another with wiring so messed with it reminded me more of a hoodies sound system in a Pug 206, one with a pick-up that only 'picked up' the E and A strings (!) and one with a crack so large around the neck pocket that I could of heard an echo.....all these were from fleabay, preloved (oxymoron!) and gumtree I should add

Yamaha BB414's not heavy, but the broad-bass (hence the BB ) design does make them look a little 'density challanged'. To my mind the BB414's are quite a special bass...super hot pups, deep or bright sounds, great necks, lovely build quality, comfy too, mine's a keeper for sure. There is an metallic pearl orange one for sale on here somewhere and I think the orange is worth paying more for, such a beautiful bass. ....now my Squier Vintage Modified Jazz [size=7]IS[/size] heavy.....I'm sure this must have mercury swilling around in it's body, brick sh*tehouse comes to mind....on the bright side I could use it to hammer fence posts in and if it ever got stolen they couldn't run too far with it Yamaha RBX's are great too with fantastic build for the money (or any money come to that?) I've tried the 170 and owned the RBX-374 and she was active with dual humbuckers....big....big sound...and very easy to play with good sized necks.

[quote name='Telebass' post='1181176' date='Mar 29 2011, 06:54 PM']Stick with the Bent Bit Of Tin...it ain't broke. [/quote] +1

"The only horror story I've heard is that the wood around the tuners give way after some time" news to me, and I'm a bit of an VMJ anorak.....where on earth did you hear that?

nothing here.. [url="http://www.squierguitars.com/news/"]http://www.squierguitars.com/news/[/url]

I thought that would be a late 74 as well [url="http://www.guitarnucleus.com/fenderserial.html"]http://www.guitarnucleus.com/fenderserial.html[/url]

"give a passing slap"

"This bass is unique you will not find one like it in this condition." [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/fender-telecaster-bass-vintage-relicd-road-worn-squier-/270725302514?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3f087c48f2"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/fender-telecaster-ba...=item3f087c48f2[/url] and people really pay to have their basses trashed...?

lovely looking thing

only ever play open E....I like the control of fretting a note....always thought this was good practice too?