Duroc17 Posted September 23, 2023 Author Share Posted September 23, 2023 Just now, Geek99 said: Use a pan scourer and take it down It wasn’t just that. I’d had a 66 and 76 mustang and the Vintera just did give me the same buzz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duroc17 Posted September 24, 2023 Author Share Posted September 24, 2023 11 hours ago, Geek99 said: Use a pan scourer and take it down I remember what it was I found in stage in the dark it was really hard to see the white reference dots on the top of the neck compared to the wood colour - only a small thing and I generally know where I am on the neck but it irked me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 (edited) Ignore please Edited September 24, 2023 by Geek99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Get some luminlay dots https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1276800248/phosphorescent-stickers-for-guitar?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_uk_en_gb_c-books_movies_and_music-music-musical_instruments-stringed_instruments-guitars&utm_custom1=_k_EAIaIQobChMI_Znm7dnCgQMVluPtCh1ZMgE9EAQYCCABEgIwf_D_BwE_k_&utm_content=go_12577594983_126404565784_507694270229_pla-316238738805_m__1276800248engb_102858184&utm_custom2=12577594983&gbraid=0AAAAADutTMeN7KRXe_hgVsvZ8G1WubYl0&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_Znm7dnCgQMVluPtCh1ZMgE9EAQYCCABEgIwf_D_BwE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duroc17 Posted September 24, 2023 Author Share Posted September 24, 2023 The advert is back up so consciously aware he’s selling not a RW - avoid https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325824241709?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=wrOquW_CRvy&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=qxwjsrkpQX6&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 18 minutes ago, Duroc17 said: The advert is back up so consciously aware he’s selling not a RW - avoid https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325824241709?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=wrOquW_CRvy&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=qxwjsrkpQX6&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Tell eBay using the report function Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bay Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 9 minutes ago, Geek99 said: Tell eBay using the report function If multiple people do it you have a chance, they seem a bit useless overall though sadly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudpup Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Looking at the advert on eBay it seems a bit odd that he has all the case candy and even the correct gig bag. Some of the dings look about in the right place. Could it be that it is a proper roadworn and someone has had a go at 'improving' it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duroc17 Posted September 24, 2023 Author Share Posted September 24, 2023 16 minutes ago, Mudpup said: Looking at the advert on eBay it seems a bit odd that he has all the case candy and even the correct gig bag. Some of the dings look about in the right place. Could it be that it is a proper roadworn and someone has had a go at 'improving' it? The neck and tuners felt right. But the body isn’t nitro it’s definitely a thick poly finish - so it’s perhaps a different body Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 (edited) It looks like someone has taken a hammer to it. I've seen chips like that recently. I was buying a Squier tele for my daughter and was about to pay when I noticed a big chunk out of the body work. They said they would order another one. There were issues with the new one. It was damaged on arrival, so they had to send it back. As it was getting close to her birthday, I decided to take a different colour. The guy took another off the wall and I noticed a chunk out of this one too. It's kids going in to the shop on a Saturday, lifting the guitars down to try, then being careless when they hang them up again. Edited September 24, 2023 by Crusoe Spelling 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 59 minutes ago, Mudpup said: Looking at the advert on eBay it seems a bit odd that he has all the case candy and even the correct gig bag. Some of the dings look about in the right place. Could it be that it is a proper roadworn and someone has had a go at 'improving' it? You can buy those as fakes, possibly why he was persuaded to buy it himself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 3 hours ago, Duroc17 said: The advert is back up so consciously aware he’s selling not a RW - avoid https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325824241709?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=wrOquW_CRvy&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=qxwjsrkpQX6&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY What a shady seller. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duroc17 Posted September 24, 2023 Author Share Posted September 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Geek99 said: You can buy those as fakes, possibly why he was persuaded to buy it himself I think this may be the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudpup Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 If you take a look at the other items he has for sale on his ebay there's a 'Nate Mendel style' P bass. Which he will make 'roadworn' at an additional cost. I wonder if he'll make a better job of it.....And his feedback makes it look like he's a trader with plenty of sold items - mainly Fender basses. He knows exactly what he's up to.... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325823504735?hash=item4bdc98215f:g:GFUAAOSwoxFlDE0a 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc S Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Phew! Glad to hear you got your money back. If you can be patient for long enough, I'm sure a roadworn will come along at some point. In all honesty, I would wait for one - they are amazing basses. So well made, such top quality, great sounding with lovely feeling necks. My current fave P bass is a Mex "classic series" Precision. It's poly finish, not nitro, but these were made alongside the RW series, I believe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duroc17 Posted September 25, 2023 Author Share Posted September 25, 2023 9 hours ago, Marc S said: Phew! Glad to hear you got your money back. If you can be patient for long enough, I'm sure a roadworn will come along at some point. In all honesty, I would wait for one - they are amazing basses. So well made, such top quality, great sounding with lovely feeling necks. My current fave P bass is a Mex "classic series" Precision. It's poly finish, not nitro, but these were made alongside the RW series, I believe. Yes I think I’ll see if one pops up 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 I've just reported him out of principle. 3rd time he's tried listing it! Down with the scammers! 🤬 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Sounds like he is, sadly, a bit of a con-man! Glad you got your money back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 10 hours ago, Duroc17 said: Yes I think I’ll see if one pops up Not sure if you’ve seen it but will at Bassbros has got a 60th Anniversary Road Worn ’60s Jazz Bass in Firemist Silver , I’m not trying to spend your money 😁, I was just browsing basses as usual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duroc17 Posted September 25, 2023 Author Share Posted September 25, 2023 8 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: Not sure if you’ve seen it but will at Bassbros has got a 60th Anniversary Road Worn ’60s Jazz Bass in Firemist Silver , I’m not trying to spend your money 😁, I was just browsing basses as usual Yes saw it but the pau ferro neck - I’m not keen - but nice bass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Ah, THIS eBay seller, bassitup2010, complete and total fraudster, sold me a fretless bass making all sorts of claims that I could establish were clearly 100% untrue when I opened the box, yet still he persisted, "It's an original Allparts neck that i bought new for several hundred pounds in the 1980s and have been playing it since then" of a cheap Chinese made neck that was pretty much brand new and clearly unplayed. He plays on this "I'm a bass player these are my basses I'm selling" bull, he just buys cheap tack and presents them as quality instruments. Complete derrière, avoid like the plague 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Just now, Beedster said: Ah, THIS eBay seller, bassitup2010, complete and total fraudster, sold me a fretless bass making all sorts of claims that I could establish were clearly 100% untrue when I opened the box, yet still he persisted, "It's an original Allparts neck that i bought new for several hundred pounds in the 1980s and have been playing it since then" of a cheap Chinese made neck that was pretty much brand new and clearly unplayed. He plays on this "I'm a bass player these are my basses I'm selling" bull, he just buys cheap tack and presents them as quality instruments. Complete derrière, avoid like the plague And BTW, that was the polite version 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 I have a feeling I have played this supposed RW bass before. It’s actually a Harley Benton bass with a genuine Fender neck on it. The idea he’d remove the serial number is just dog sh9t. I’ve had a few of these before and this wear pattern is all off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duroc17 Posted September 25, 2023 Author Share Posted September 25, 2023 16 minutes ago, Beedster said: And BTW, that was the polite version I had a lucky escape I wish I’d looked properly just cost me £20 in Errol and 3 hours in time but as long as we know his name in this community- Leon the Bassist on Facebook too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Cheeky bu99er's listed it again https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325825655879?hash=item4bdcb8f447:g:6dYAAOSw9O9lCf3N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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