mrn1989 Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 From our eBay friend who shall not be named đ 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madshadows Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Yes he put some absolute shockers on Ebay yesterday, good entertainment though !! Â Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No. 8 Wire Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Come on, link the ad, I need some cheering up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madshadows Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 1 hour ago, No. 8 Wire said: Come on, link the ad, I need some cheering up! His user name on ebay is mdphillips1956mark Look him up and prepare for fun !!  đ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No. 8 Wire Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 8 hours ago, madshadows said: His user name on ebay is mdphillips1956mark Look him up and prepare for fun !!  đ Thanks mate, that was indeed entertaining. It turns out, all his tuners are like that! He's taken relicing from the merely roadworn to completely FUBARed. Noone can accuse him of hiding anything though, he shows his abominations off in great detail! My favourite is this metal 6 string... reduced from a 7 string. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/193385394768 I love this guy, on the favourite sellers list! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 1 hour ago, No. 8 Wire said: My favourite is this metal 6 string... reduced from a 7 string. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/193385394768 That's ÂŁ143 inc delivery new from Gear4Music with a full retail warranty or ÂŁ331.50 with a load of unnecesary bodging/vandalism applied. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No. 8 Wire Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 15 minutes ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said: That's £143 inc delivery new from Gear4Music with a full retail warranty or £331.50 with a load of unnecesary bodging/vandalism applied. Don't tell G4M, they'll butcher all their 7 strings down to 6 unevenly spaced ones so they can double the price! Weirdly, I was expecting worse feedback for this guy. No negative feedback and only a few scathing neutrals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 IBTL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pst62 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 14 hours ago, No. 8 Wire said: Â No negative feedback and only a few scathing neutrals. It wouldn't surprise me if he gets family members to buy them, then gives them their money back! Â I'm loving the "By PCsGC" is starting to appear on his listings.đ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 I'm not a mod, but I thought things about he who shall not be mentioned were not allowed to be mentioned... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No. 8 Wire Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 19 minutes ago, prowla said: I'm not a mod, but I thought things about he who shall not be mentioned were not allowed to be mentioned... I did wonder about that when IBTL was posted above. Read the subforum rules and didn't see anything about this dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 21 minutes ago, No. 8 Wire said: I did wonder about that when IBTL was posted above. Read the subforum rules and didn't see anything about this dude. Maybe he's not even allowed to be mentioned there! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No. 8 Wire Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 28 minutes ago, prowla said: Maybe he's not even allowed to be mentioned there! Is he the Voldemort of eBay? Maybe he makes Rickenbackers as the rules do say something about that... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mep Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Ah but has he hand scribed his 'name' on the other side of the headstock using a green Sharpie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No. 8 Wire Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, mep said: Ah but has he hand scribed his 'name' on the other side of the headstock using a green Sharpie? You have to pay extra for his custom shop models to get that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 2 hours ago, No. 8 Wire said: You have to pay extra for his custom shop models to get that. They're unmentionables too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) I suspect the Mods keep an eye on these threads and maybe only lock them when the invective 'crosses the line'? At the moment, the comments above are at teasing level (IMHO) but usually for the thread to be locked, someone makes a fairly offensive personal statement about our friend, or a slanging match erupts, and that's when the party grinds to a halt. However, rather like musical chairs, our friend is the gift that keeps giving, and a new thread will be started, usually by someone who has not had their corneas previously burned out by the bodgernomics on display. For me his merchandise is like a fart: vaguely distasteful but equally awfully familiar, just like an old friend....  Edited March 21, 2020 by yorks5stringer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No. 8 Wire Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 I'd like to thank him for providing some light relief in these dark days. My gratitude won't extend to actually buying one of his creations though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 I'm thinking about buying one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Oof: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 To be fair the USA P Bass with hard case and Badass II looks to be an ok deal providing it's all legit. Neckplate doesn't look to have the F stamp: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Precision-bass-2006-with-hard-case/193387785595?hash=item2d06cf6d7b:g:TiwAAOSwhQhecldO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldslapper Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, lemmywinks said: To be fair the USA P Bass with hard case and Badass II looks to be an ok deal providing it's all legit. Neckplate doesn't look to have the F stamp: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Precision-bass-2006-with-hard-case/193387785595?hash=item2d06cf6d7b:g:TiwAAOSwhQhecldO Looks like a âHighway Oneâ with those machineheads. So perhaps not such a good price? Letâs hope he hasnât touched the nut, otherwise thatâll need replacing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 10 minutes ago, oldslapper said: Looks like a âHighway Oneâ with those machineheads. So perhaps not such a good price? Letâs hope he hasnât touched the nut, otherwise thatâll need replacing. Ah yeah, definitely looks like one of those, not a steal then! Wonder if he knows or not.  Has the 60th diamond anniversary badge on the back of the headstock but not the matching neckplate. Did they all come with those that year or was it just the specific anniversary models? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 3 hours ago, oldslapper said: Looks like a âHighway Oneâ with those machineheads. So perhaps not such a good price? Letâs hope he hasnât touched the nut, otherwise thatâll need replacing. Yep Highway One was my immediate thought. It'd look better with fanned tuners, wouldn't you say? My recent purchase of a MIM for ÂŁ100 was a better buy, though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 2 hours ago, prowla said: Yep Highway One was my immediate thought. It'd look better with fanned tuners, wouldn't you say? My recent purchase of a MIM for £100 was a better buy, though. Yes, but has it got 'sloping of the pickup-set to give a gradient from thin strings to the bass ones'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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