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i know of someone who sold a 59 les paul for a quarter of a million at auction... To someone trying to complete a vintage guitar (if they are genuine) then surely the return will be worth it..

im no expert.. but thats surely not an overwater?? "respected uk luthiers overwater".. one would expect chris mays name here..

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/John-Shuker-Custom-Thru-Neck-5-String-Bass-Active-/150568546366?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item230e95b03e#ht_864wt_98"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/John-Shuker-Custom-T...03e#ht_864wt_98[/url] had to do a double take at this... headstock is very shuker, but the body got me all confused.. very early example of his work i think

i have a shuker bass... and a norwegian girlfriend.. and a norwegian friend called einar! so i feel like we have a lot in common lol where do you live in beautiful norway?

[quote name='Wolverinebass' post='1071372' date='Dec 28 2010, 11:17 PM']If the big guy with the beard is an improvement I shudder to think what the previous people were like because that guy that Happy Jack mentions has been a complete and utter tosser every single time I've went in there. To give a specific example if you will. This incident happened maybe 8 or 9 months ago. I had been looking out for a gigbag that will fit my 8 string explorer. I've been compensating by using my bag for my buzzard, however this was far from an ideal fit. I go on the web and look at Ritter's stuff and notice that they have a bag which will fit. I was in the bass cellar a few days before and remember them saying they sold Ritter stuff. Now for the fun. The same beardy guy (and another bloke with long hair) tell me that Ritter have went bust (within the last week) and that the conversation I refer to above - NEVER HAPPENED. Nice. Call your customer a liar why don't you. This is different to "I don't remember" before anyone suggests I'm over-reacting. It was a "I/We never said that" conversation. It then gets better. Idiot No. 2 suggests that Warwick do a bag which would fit an Explorer. I decide to play along. I know they mean the one for the buzzard. For those of you who know, this bag can be obtained from Thomann for £65. I decide to wait and see how much they want to fleece me for it. The bloke checks through a big book for a few seconds - no doubt entitled "How to rip off your customers - Vol 5" and then turns to me and says that this bag - (a GIGBAG!!) is going to set me back (WAIT FOR THIS!!) £138. Yes, you read that correctly. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT POUNDS. For something I can get for half that elsewhere. I then thought about this after walking out confused as to whether I should be laughing heartily or extremely angry. However, I then contacted Headstock distribution who told me that Ritter had not in fact went bust (as if I believed that pile of crap to start with) and suggested a much saner place to shop. As it turned out they had what I wanted so all was well. I will never, ever, for any reason whatsoever, regardless of emergency or anything shop with those utter tubes in the Bass Cellar ever again. If only they could follow the Bass Centre into "internet only" oblivion. This is not an isolated incident. These people don't care about repeat business or customer service.[/quote] with all due respect and sympathy for this incident, i'm pretty sure he quoted you the price from the book.. depending on when this incident took place, a few years back thomann was hammering uk shop prices due to the strength of the pound.. and also because warwick is a german brand, they were obviously getting a better trade price than the uk retailers. and also with the ritter thing, this was confusion over the state of the company.. my shop were told they were out of business, and we could no longer get the cases anymore, yet our rival shop over the road continued to sell them.. very odd.

+1 for getting rid, out of interest, what is your four string? is it another spector?

worst i had for it was a 5 string sandberg p bass... every time i let go, the headstock was round my ankles lol!

i can understand if the poster has taken the time to carefully write a detailed fs ad. and taken a host of good photos, linked to youtube with vids/soundclips.. but if the description is vague.. esp on something with a high price tag, sometimes you need to coax the answers out lol

i wonder where the neck ended up..

fender bass with a serial starting with FBS? Anyone have any ideas?

yeah, luckily i have an amp tech for a dad.. who specialises in high end german digital amps lol waiting for him to come home for his diagnosis

Big flash, sparks from the back, and a horrible smell... digital amps.. great in practice, definitely not gracious in death. Grrr.