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Jaco was undoubtedly a great musician with regards to playing, performing & composing. Sometimes he thrills me, sometimes he bores me. Nothing more to it for me.

Portly Crue ft. Vince Meal, Mick Mars Bar, Vommy Lee & Sticky Bixx

Watched DD & as ever the hype seemed to outweigh the product. They had some good pop songs back in the day & always liked JT''s bass but for me they've always seemed a bit disingenuous...something a bit cheap about them. Probably Le Bin who comes across as a bit snotty. In recent years they've seemed bent on creating their own legend & as the greatest bands of all time go, they were never really in the club. YMMV & stuff.

Another vote for EXL nickels here. Swapped over from Elixir furries a couple of years ago & never use anything else now.

Probably not too difficult if you've not got too many commitments outside of music. I'd love to but kids & the 9 to 5 on top of current gigs make it impossible atm. If I was to stumble upon a bunch of guys who wanted to do something really casual on the side of our respective bands & interested me I'd be all over it. But that perfect storm hasn't happened yet

Nope, but I always make a point of finding the local music shop/crack converters before I travel & drop in when I start missing my basses too much, pretending to be a genuine customer. Almost always ends up with three small kids & the missus standing around bored sh1tless thinking 'what happened to the beach?' while dad's whacking away on a Squier

I hate the thought of gigging. All that driving, lugging gear, hanging around trying not to drink too much (& failing), missing the big game on a Saturday night...then I go on stage & I'm in my element, & it's the best thing in the world again at least until the next morning. Funny innit. I know I'll never give it up while I'm still able to do it tho. I've had periods when I've been up on blocks so to speak - generally a couple of months between bands here & there - & it feels like there's a big part of my life missing. Eurgh.

Been a fiver for 15 or so years now. I like the extended range. Like someone else said, I know the feeling of picking up a 4 & feeling like something's missing. Got to the point where I'd pick one up & honestly wouldn't know what to do with it! So I got myself a 4 banger & now I'm happy going between the two. Can't be doing with none of that low B nonsense tho! Just can't get on with it. It's high B for me. Yup, high B.

Nearly Dan are fantastic. Better than the real thing these days i.e. they don't play everything at 2mph & the lead vox ain't shot to bits. Unfortunately tho they haven't been down this neck of the woods for a while

Can't complain about the RWC this year. All the gigs we've had have had their start times moved to 9.30 for the big games, including a wedding for the Eng Wales game. Win win for me as a massive egg fan

Can't complain about the RWC this year. All the gigs we've had have had their start times moved to 9.30 for the big games, including a wedding for the Eng Wales game. Win win for me as a massive egg fan

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1443709800' post='2877075'] Ha ha, I wouldn't worry about it mate, you're amongst friends and perhaps it's good to air these things occasionally, it;s all swings and roundabouts with bass gear anyway Like I said above, no rights or wrongs, just different values, and like tastes, there's no accounting for them! Enjoy the bass C [/quote] Nice one 😊

Maybe I should have just made this a poll after all...

Not whining mate. I laid out a situation, people chipped in, some made assumptions, naturally I tried to clear them up. It's a discussion forum ain't it? I said some way back I'll get over it. Cheers

& if anyone's got the time & inclination to get all Columbo & put the pieces together...well I wish I had as much spare time on my hands. You his mate or something?

What am I to do mate? Name the guy & get slagged for calling someone out publicly? I took a decision not to based on that. Bit of an assumption there buddy & the wrong one I'm afraid.

Loving the yolks folks

Yes I am doing that now just clearing up the point that I had no point

Bleedin ell. Let's say the guy reckoned the amp is worth £500. And used the shortfall to get me to part with more cash than I offered initially - which was only just under his asking price. Then the guy is suddenly selling the amp at £650 which he obviously thought it was worth initially. There's your deviousness. That is my point.

Succinctly put Bonzodog. I will shortly go home, play said lovely bass, sleep on it & resolve to forget the bad feeling if not the marked card

Nice to have a healthy thread going on here, I usually kill em stone dead. I get the buyer beware/market economics thing, I really do. Christ knows I'm old enough. Again, my basic point was the obvious deviousness involved at the outset which I didn't expect from a Basschatter. Whilst I respect everyone's opinions, it's nice to see the odd contributor who agrees on the community spirit angle. Like I say, with that gone we're knackered. On here, in everyday life.

I think you miss the point there Discreet. It's about the principle & a matter of trust within a community. If we ain't got that, we're screwed. Judging by the weight of your reply I guess you'd do/have done exactly the same as the seller. If you're fine with that that's great for you & it's good to know who's up front & who ain't. I won't name the fella as it'll start a battle I don't intend dedicating days/weeks to. It's a nice guitar & the feeling will wear off soon I'm sure. We're all allowed a rant tho eh? & we've all got the option of ignoring threads that we don't agree with or wind us up.

Yes, GAS did indeed play its part. Based on previous sales it would seem the amp wasn't undervalued & as I say I'll be shocked if he gets anywhere near what he's asking (not to mention p1ssed off). Just doesn't seem like the spirit of Basschat, I could swallow it easier if it was Gumtree or some such but this is a community of people kinda looking out for each other, or so I thought. Guess there's no fool like an old fool.

Agh. I've just done a trade for a guitar in a part-ex for cash + an amp on here and it's left me feeling a bit sour. The deal went like this. The seller told me what he reckoned my amp was worth which was slightly below what I reckoned based on previous sales on here, but not by enough to matter to me. Value of amp according to seller + cash came to just under £50 or so below what the seller was asking so after the usual back & fore I agreed to up the cash to make the whole deal just under the original asking price. Fine, everyone happy, I go home with a nice bass & the seller's got a great amp to keep or flip. Except almost immediately I see the seller trying to flog the amp for WAY more than his reckoned figure. I know it's up to people what they do with what they've got but it's left me feeling a bit disappointed. It doesn't feel like the regular Basschat way of doing things to wildly & knowingly undervalue gear as leverage in a trade, whether the guy actually gets what he's asking for the amp or not. At the least, don't press me for extra cash if you're already thinking you've got a very sweet deal. Not nice. I've been stung before & it's all lessons learned etc. but feeling a bit p1$$ed off atm. Probably more so because the guy seemed genuine and it's not the way I'd operate. Tell me I'm right to feel like this or to man up & chalk it up!