skankdelvar Posted June 4, 2009 Posted June 4, 2009 (edited) So I saw this Dirnt on the bay - [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160339500438"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=160339500438[/url] - and the headstock's wrong. Someone's switched the neck Mailed the seller a heads-up. At first he thought I was mistaken - per his first reply on the bay. Told him again, so he pulls the item and mails me this: [quote]Ive checked around and your spot on, the head stock is not a tele type at all. The bass was manufactured in 2008 and came from a music shop in Morecambe who I am going to speak to ASAP[/quote] Credit where it's due - fair play to him. Edited June 4, 2009 by skankdelvar Quote
GreeneKing Posted June 4, 2009 Posted June 4, 2009 (edited) I work in Morecambe at the mo and suspect there's only one music shop. Presumably he bought it 2nd hand? Interesting Maybe they have a Fender J bass in stock with a Tele style neck? Edited June 4, 2009 by GreeneKing Quote
lemmywinks Posted June 4, 2009 Posted June 4, 2009 [quote name='GreeneKing' post='505232' date='Jun 4 2009, 07:15 AM']I work in Morecambe at the mo and suspect there's only one music shop. Presumably he bought it 2nd hand? Interesting Maybe they have a Fender J bass in stock with a Tele style neck?[/quote] Promenade Music? They were brilliant when i was trying to get parts for my Warwick, really nice bunch of guys. I don't think they'd pull a con like that, probably just an honest mistake. They gave me parts at cost because they'd lost them (Warwick sent them inside a Rockcase which they had sold, so they had to trace the buyer to get my part!) Quote
budget bassist Posted June 4, 2009 Posted June 4, 2009 [quote name='GreeneKing' post='505232' date='Jun 4 2009, 06:15 AM']Maybe they have a Fender J bass in stock with a Tele style neck?[/quote] Aside from the headstock saying precision lol Quote
skankdelvar Posted June 4, 2009 Author Posted June 4, 2009 [quote name='budget bassist' post='505651' date='Jun 4 2009, 05:59 PM']Aside from the headstock saying precision lol[/quote] Could be the old triple switcheroonie - P on Dirnt, T on Jazz, Jazz on P. Happens more often than you'd think - retailer gets bored on a wet Wednesday in Morecambe and decides to change all the necks around for a laugh. Quote
MacDaddy Posted June 4, 2009 Posted June 4, 2009 [quote name='skankdelvar' post='505863' date='Jun 4 2009, 09:45 PM']Could be the old triple switcheroonie - P on Dirnt, T on Jazz, Jazz on P. Happens more often than you'd think - retailer gets bored on a wet Wednesday in Morecambe and decides to change all the necks around for a laugh.[/quote] So don't buy a bass in Morecambe? Quote
GreeneKing Posted June 4, 2009 Posted June 4, 2009 No, I think PM are good and that if he did buy it there it was an honest mistake. I also have a lot of faith in Humanity - seriously! Most people are pretty decent. Quote
RayFW Posted June 4, 2009 Posted June 4, 2009 (edited) It's back: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160339992079"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=160339992079[/url] Apparently the dodgy neck is "upgraded"! He's also put the price up by £5 Edited June 4, 2009 by RayFW Quote
skankdelvar Posted June 5, 2009 Author Posted June 5, 2009 [quote name='RayFW' post='505948' date='Jun 4 2009, 11:17 PM']It's back: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160339992079"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=160339992079[/url] Apparently the dodgy neck is "upgraded"! He's also put the price up by £5 [/quote] Sigh. Gets coat, trudges from room. Quote
GreeneKing Posted June 5, 2009 Posted June 5, 2009 [quote name='RayFW' post='505948' date='Jun 4 2009, 11:17 PM']Apparently the dodgy neck is "upgraded"! He's also put the price up by £5 [/quote] Which is exactly what the music shop will have convinced him. Not that they even noticed of course. Quote
Ou7shined Posted June 5, 2009 Posted June 5, 2009 Nah he's at it. The description stinks. [quote]professionally set up[/quote] By who? Didn't they notice the glaringly obvious "upgrade"? [quote]really [b]cuts through [/b]live and in the studio[/quote] Erm... it's a P. (subjective ) [quote]Used as a spare[/quote] But again didn't notice the non Tele headstock. [quote]sell it due to a cash shortage (pro musician)[/quote] A pro who needs go back to the axe shop to be told that the headstock is not original but an "upgrade" Lastly [quote]Mike Dirnt and his Green Day band mates pretty much single-handedly brought pop-punk to the masses in the ’90s.[/quote] Utter bilge. Quote
eightball Posted June 5, 2009 Posted June 5, 2009 [quote name='Ou7shined' post='506216' date='Jun 5 2009, 11:24 AM']Nah he's at it. The description stinks. By who? Didn't they notice the glaringly obvious "upgrade"? Erm... it's a P. (subjective ) But again didn't notice the non Tele headstock. A pro who needs go back to the axe shop to be told that the headstock is not original but an "upgrade" Lastly Utter bilge. [/quote] i've had some decent necks out of baja; not sure i'd call a mex p bass standard neck an upgrade though! Quote
Mr. Foxen Posted June 5, 2009 Posted June 5, 2009 I sent a message asking what became of the tele neck as I'm after one. 'Hi and thanks for your interest. Afraid I haven't got the neck any more went to a fellow bass player. Regards' Quote
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