lemmywinks Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 1 hour ago, NikNik said: If he's game enough to post videos on YT, he's no different than the millions of YT accounts that post vids and either get an approval or get ripped. If Mods/Admins disallow MDP's vids, disallow all YT vids. +1 Some BCers might remember the thread on Davie504 where he got slated and called everything under the sun by some forumites and that guy can actually play! Where was the Basschat defence squad then to save poor doe-eyed Davie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 1 hour ago, NikNik said: Here we go again. I like that MDP tinkers electrically: the bridge and nut hack-jobs, not so. If he's game enough to post videos on YT, he's no different than the millions of YT accounts that post vids and either get an approval or get ripped. If Mods/Admins disallow MDP's vids, disallow all YT vids. I'm not really bothered about his Arthur Daley-style Ebay descriptions. What does bother me is his attempts at renaming guitars PCCC; of saying he created a coil-split circuit; of his history of portraying himself as a guitar builder. For those, he deserves to be called out on. The performances are just harmless eccentricity. Bodging Instruments and adding a premium is a poor show, though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreadBin Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 8 minutes ago, lemmywinks said: +1 Some BCers might remember the thread on Davie504 where he got slated and called everything under the sun by some forumites and that guy can actually play! Where was the Basschat defence squad then to save poor doe-eyed Davie? I've defended Mr 504 - he's pretty bloody good, and is making a decent living at it too. That's more than you can say for a significant proportion of the forum (myself included) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) I guess there is something in the 'don't give him the oxygen of publicity' arguement but I have to admit when I see his latest creation it's usually so bad I have to comment: maybe this is all part of his cunning sales strategy and gives him a USP? In 20 years there may be no new basses made due to climate change restrictions and him making things from unrelated bits will then be hailed as 'ahead of his time'? Best hunt out the felt tip pen..... Edited October 16, 2019 by yorks5stringer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) I think anything put out into the public domain is in play as far as 'critique' is concerned, tbh. Whether or not he deserves some of the harsh words or not is totally subjective but if he doesn't like it he shouldn't publish it/try to sell it. Edited October 15, 2019 by Paul S 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldslapper Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 My experience of him via eBay was interesting. He asked a question about a bass neck I had listed. He stated that he was asking because he had experience of being ripped off by dubious sellers. I’m sure Mr P has replied to previous threads commenting on his work. And from memory he held his own, and stood up for himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 My concern with Mr Phillips' instrument is that it is possible that beginners are likely to buy one of his creations thinking that they are playable, VFM instruments. Now I have no experience of playing his instruments but I believe that there is a consensus of concern, based on what we can see, about the usability of these. I've no idea of his motivation for turning out poorly constructed instruments - if he has any talent as a luthier he should be producing items of a much higher quality. I don't think I've seen any of his work which constitutes an improvement over what came out of the factory. He may make a few bob from churning these out and selling them to inexperienced players but in doing so he may also be crushing the dreams of those new players (many of who can barely afford their first instrument) who, finding them unplayable, think that it isn't the instrument, it's their lack of talent/ability and give up. If he is offended by comments on forums such as ours he has a number of options, including upping his game and producing usable instruments and giving up making these atrocities. He is accountable for what he's doing, I believe we are well within our rights to hold him, and anybody else producing poorly constructed instruments, to account. 6 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 I've been following Mark Phillips for a while, both here and on eBay; I've always thought of his creations as sharing a heritage of sorts with the stuff his namesake Sid from Toy Story built. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 (edited) If MDP was a taxidermist..... Edited October 17, 2019 by lemmywinks 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikNik Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 On 08/10/2019 at 21:53, yorks5stringer said: Seen where he's burned the wood on the edge of the neck with his router, good god he has a router? It must be one of those roasted necks everyone is talking about...? That's a Dremel burn, I'd wager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentalextra Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 3 hours ago, NikNik said: That's a Dremel burn, I'd wager. ... and no extra charge? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 4 hours ago, NikNik said: That's a Dremel burn, I'd wager. Good spot, he'd never have a Router as that's what proper Luthiers often use! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Yep - that one's been up before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 On 17/10/2019 at 18:04, lemmywinks said: If MDP was a taxidermist..... Want!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 (edited) 30 minutes ago, alyctes said: Want!! https://worldaroundewe.com Edited October 21, 2019 by lemmywinks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 8 hours ago, alyctes said: Want!! Might keep an eye out for them... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikNik Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 (edited) Now buying unbranded aftermarket Chinese necks and applying his moniker. Methinks it won't be long before he susses out that he can get that PCGC cow poop made out on decals.......🤨 Bass neck I just looked at that ad again. The title is misleading: 'by PCGC' implies that he has made this neck from scratch. Edited October 25, 2019 by NikNik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikNik Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Hhmmm....how can I fk up this P-bass? Oh, yeh..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 3 hours ago, NikNik said: Hhmmm....how can I fk up this P-bass? Oh, yeh..... I see this so often on ebay from loads of different sellers. I just don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 On 14/10/2019 at 19:20, Beedster said: He's not mugging anyone, I remember the previous thread people saying "he's ripping off the kids". Seriously? I'm not suggesting he's a world leading luthier by any means, but we've been here so many times, I'm just suggesting that folks move on and find something more interesting to discuss, Coleen Rooney and Rebecca Varney for instance is it just me here that really does not give a t0ss what they are arguing about? First world problem. I honestly don't know why anyone gives them oxygen ** "of publicity" of course. I'm not suggested their lives are a bit empty at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 4 hours ago, NikNik said: Now buying unbranded aftermarket Chinese necks... If the guy is doing this, the VERY least he could do would be to apply a decent waterslide logo rather than freehanding it with a Sharpie and a green biro. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 10 hours ago, NikNik said: Now buying unbranded aftermarket Chinese necks and applying his moniker. Methinks it won't be long before he susses out that he can get that PCGC cow poop made out on decals.......🤨 Bass neck I just looked at that ad again. The title is misleading: 'by PCGC' implies that he has made this neck from scratch. He's made a £50 neck almost worthless with his tinkering, not only is his hand-drawn logo crude and amateurish, he's put an angle on the headstock face: why? Still at least if he's on his jollies in Cornwall's as he claims, the flow of his frankenbasses is temporarily halted. Doubtless eBay will go bust.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikNik Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 3 hours ago, yorks5stringer said: He's made a £50 neck almost worthless with his tinkering, not only is his hand-drawn logo crude and amateurish, he's put an angle on the headstock face: why? Still at least if he's on his jollies in Cornwall's as he claims, the flow of his frankenbasses is temporarily halted. Doubtless eBay will go bust.... Temporarily.....but wait! '....so it seems best to see if someone else wants it for their project and I will make another one when we get home.' There's that implication again: that he 'makes' things. A neck, this time. Slowly winging his way back to being the 'guitar builder' that he promoted himself as in the recent past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikNik Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 'It has a 64.5mm heel width, so your heel socket wants to be 65 to 66mm? You can always make gaskets for a nice snug fit.' This guy is completely hatstand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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