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[quote name='ras52' post='1157118' date='Mar 10 2011, 08:08 PM']A very painful topic... ...Wal Pro IIE ...Wal Custom (Mk I) fretless because I was never going to play them again, was I? [/quote] Oh dear....I seem to have brought a lot of sadness to this forum....shame on me!

Looks a bit like a Tokai...early 80's?

[quote name='Jono Bolton' post='1154693' date='Mar 8 2011, 10:42 PM']+1 I traded my Epiphone Goldtop (worth £500+) for a Squier Tele Custom (about £200?) with a guitar shop in a moment of naivety. The owner knew he was ripping me off and when I had traders remorse a few weeks later and went to enquire about getting it back, I was informed that I'd have to pay £150 as well as trading in the Squier. My arse was sore for weeks after that shafting [/quote] OUCH!

At the end of last year I found myself skint!!.....Needing some instant dosh,without resorting to some crazy payday loan scam,I flogged a couple of things on E bay......one of which was a rather nice SX Jazz bass,Recently I was checking some pictures out on my computer and came across the photos of the SX that had been on the e bay listing...bad move!......I now know that it was a cracker....and since I can't seem to find another like it want it back! I have sent an e mail to the guy who bought it...but don't hold out much hope,as he was really chuffed with it when he bought it......oh dear!...bloody missing it!

I bought a bass guitar body from e bay,just before christmas. It was a Harrier bass guitar.They seem to be similar to what you guys have bought in that they are a Chinese made? p bass copy. Check out these guitars on e bay.....they retail at just under £90. I put a spare neck on it,and it sounded really good. Gigged with it a few times,plus the band recored one of our gigs...and guess what!..the Harrier cut through the mix and sounded better than my Sandberg p bass. I have played a stock Harrier,but the neck wasn't up to much....needed a bit of fret dressing,etc....but the body finish and pickup sound was brill.....could be another modding source me thinks!

Are any of you guys playing gigs with the new bass guitars..or just w***ing off over them..if you pardon that expression.....

King's new clothes come to mind with some of the more expensive stuff.....and I'll bet the punters don't know or care what we play!

Great thread.....playing this week at 2 jam nights...1 gig....and looking forward to playing an OLP Musicman endorsed/copy bass bought fom e bay this week for £50...yes it was me that nabbed it......bloody good bass....and very cheap!

[quote name='Stuee' post='1104086' date='Jan 26 2011, 05:38 PM']Just managed to stop myself from completing the transaction... phew!! I just thought to myself, "Why?!!" I'm pretty sure I only wanted to buy one because it's such a good deal, and maybe because it would be another thing to nerd about with. I don't need it. Nah, I'm gonna buy an AERO1 instead! Doh! [/quote] Did the very self same thing....thought ..this looks nice...only £60...mmmm....then I remembered I have just sold my Sandberg cause I was skint.......

Thats a great postal service...I was wrapping the bass around about that time yesterday morning.....As I said to Tony.....wrong time to sell bass......wrong time to have to pay a massive repair bill for my van......But I have noticed a bit of a fall in the prices of guitars on ebay recently...again,it's that time of the year/month...if I could have held out till the spring I would have...(or better still...not sold it!).....by the way...the postal service was Interparcel....Tony picked them...and I used them myself to send another guitar out...worth a shot!

[quote name='sshorepunk' post='1100021' date='Jan 23 2011, 07:55 PM']Yeah, I still want a JM4, but I wanted to replace my P-bass with something, so put what I thought was a low bid on this and won it! Tony[/quote] Well done.....I had planned to keep this bass,at least for a wee while longer..did expect maybe £100 more...but,it's a crap time of the year to sell...maybe the spring would have been better...but due to serious big repair bill for van..tax demand and electric bill overdue....it was either sell the bass or one of my children....but then again..they are in their 20's and would not be very happy.....glad its going to someone on the forum though.....what is is they say...we are only looking after the guitars for the next owner.......or some other stupid saying.....still got my Musicman Sub!

Stuck this on e bay as I could'nt find how to put it on for sale here!...it's up tomorrow!

[attachment=68659:bass_guy_.jpg]And this is me.....Hogmany,Merchant City Square,Glasgow 2010/2011

[quote name='Marvin' post='1077235' date='Jan 4 2011, 12:58 PM']I personally have a phone phobia. I hate phones - this stems from a job I once had whereby if my personal line rang it was always a problem, hence I associate phones with problems. But I digress. [/quote] I can relate to this one.....years ago I worked for a plumbing company.....at nights and weekends I was on a standby rota. Everytime the mobile phone rang it had the nokia tune/ringtone...anytime after that when I heard that nokia tone my heart sank.............

[quote name='RhysP' post='1074251' date='Jan 1 2011, 11:13 AM']Unfortunately she seems to have lost her singing voice too - she sounded like Vic Reeves doing his club singer routine last night .[/quote] Love that coment......I watched a recording of the show when I got in from my New Years eve gig.......she looked hot,but she sounded crap.......we laughed out loud a couple of times at her antics.........I noticed that the running time of the show was over 2 hours......we fast forwarded most of it......think I managed about 20 minutes........not one of the best line ups.

Nice enough guitars...in fact guitar porn.....alright for a fly w**k.....but as we are all about playing music...not lusting over guitars...what kind of tunes are we playing on this stuff...and to who?

Just bought a Westone Thunder 1A bass...moved the strap button to heel of neck.....cured neck dive....it sounds great!

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='953315' date='Sep 12 2010, 07:40 AM']Controversial I think P-basses are a one trick pony abate it's a very good trick, I'd say get an SX P-bass you'll get a really nice finish a great P-bass sound and you'll save yourself £1300. /Controversial.[/quote] I have the jazz bass version of the SX.....Very good bass indeed..paid £150 for it new....nails the classic jazz sound..feels looks and plays great!

At the risk of putting a downer on everything....think of those poor people at the other side of the world who have been flooded,and have lost their homes...yes we are lucky to buy nice guitars .......

[quote name='cocco' post='945812' date='Sep 5 2010, 02:02 AM']Someone else scored a Ken Smith from crack converters. I'm sure there's a thread about these kind of happenings.[/quote]That would be a good thread...lets hear from anyone who has been out and about and has seen stuff for sale...sood or bad!......I went to cash converters in Falkirk last week...came away with Fender Strat(USA)...£400......Westone Thunder 1 A fretless...£89!......they were giving 20% off all guitars that day......bought the guitars for resale on e bay......but seem to have taken a shine to the fretless......though it did seem to shake the room at the last jamnite and spilled a pint over the drummer!.....Went to Stirling cash converters and they had a OLP 5 string Musicman copy on for £400...months later its still there....Bought a Sandberg bass in Glasgow from the pawn shop in Argyle St for £460.....its the road worn Californian p bass type with p bass pickups/musicman pickups...well I SAY BOUGHT...PAID A DEPOSIT!

Found myself in Glasgow today,and walked by a pawn shop....in the window...a Sandberg Californian road worn bass....you know!..the one that looks like a Precision.........don't know what happened...but I came to...about 15 minutes later...with no money,and a slip of paper telling me I had paid a deposit of £100 for the bass,which was priced at £500...but had somehow been reduced to the great price of £460!......has this ever happened to any of you guy's or gal's.....and if so....could you tell my wife!......I have now had to put my Tokai Jazz Bass on e bay(plug plug)........to fund yet another guitar.....when will this stop!.....(go on,have a look at e bay....you know you want to!)

Reeks of the kings new clothes...

Moving away...slightly from bass guitars owned by famous players....I have a flight case that used to contain a Trace Elliot 4x10 cab. I bought it for my Trace Elliot bass combo,from e bay...stenciled on both sides is Sinead O'Connor......didn't know she played the bass.......

[quote name='gjones' post='933195' date='Aug 22 2010, 10:42 PM']Good detective work! I think you're right, it looked a lot like this [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nash-Jazz-Bass--JB-63-Black_W0QQitemZ180545176090QQcmdZViewItem?rvr_id=128384029648&rvr_id=128384029648&cguid=054416e61220a0aad3d59a25ff1040bc"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nash-Jazz-Bass--JB-6...3d59a25ff1040bc[/url][/quote]....It was indeed a Nash....Iwas at the show,and sat right at the front of the stage...with my feet touching the monitor!...great show..and the wife claims she enjoyed it too!......as for bass players not getting a shag......well!.....what can I say!(yes he was bloody right!).....is that right dear?