StevieD_FenderP2009 Posted April 2, 2012 Author Share Posted April 2, 2012 Cheers for all the positive feedback guys. I really appreciate it. I hope you're all enjoying the various things I've sold you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Burke Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Bought a Spector Legend Classic 5-string bass off Stevie. Being a new member to bass chat i honestly hadn't a clue how anything worked but Stevie quickly let me know how things are done and helped me through the buying process. Very smooth transaction and a shame about it being the Easter Holidays when i purchased this bass Very helpful and reliable member of bass chat and would do business with Stevie again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markorbit Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Bought a Trace Elliot GP12SMX from Stevie and it couldn't have gone smoother. Amp arrived on time and safe. Thanks for a painless transaction Stevie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Sold Stevie an EHX Bass Big Muff recently, super smooth transaction and a proper nice guy. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I bought a Preamp from Stevie, the transaction was very easy, he posted it when he said he would, the preamp came undamaged and he provided a wiring diagram too. Very happy, cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndThenSome1 Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Stevie recently bought my Tobias 5 string - fantastically smooth transaction, prompt payment and an all round pleasure to do business with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WACOJACO Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Sent Stevie money for his black p bass 2 weeks ago- Still no bass, and is now he has lied to me about the bass being collected,refused to give me a supposed tracking number city link gave him. Rang city link- gave them my postcode and lo and behold no such record exists. apparently it was meant to be sent to me lat tuesday then he last told me the bass had been collected on friday and would be here by this tuesday- not here. This does not add up.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WACOJACO Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]After sending Stevie Dewar payment for a bass 13 days ago, I still have not recieved the bass and he has ignored a dozen text messages, phone calls and facebook messages asking for any information regarding the bass an has actually hung up whilst i have actually rang him.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I have asked him for the city link delivery tracking number so i can arrange to take a day off work in order to be around to pick the bass up and he has ignored my requests- reporting him to mods and suggest you avoid this guy like the plague- rude, full of sh1t and not to be trusted.[/font][/color] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 (edited) I've dealt with Stevie in the past and haven't had any problems. I hope you get it sorted. The mods are pretty good at helping with this sort of thing. Im sure it will be resolved quickly. Edited November 6, 2012 by dave_bass5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthewelshy Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Sold a pedal to Stevie. Easy to deal with and instant payment upon agreeing price. Cheers Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WACOJACO Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 the bass stevie sent me is totally f'ed- wont intonate, string spacing rubbish,huge nut, bridge one cm to low, 30 holes in the body where he obviously couldnt fit a scratchplate properly, scratchplate looks like pick up holes were cut with a chain saw, neck set wrong, pickups squire pickups and not japanese fenders, a total botch job that will cost me over 1 hundred quid to make nice. thanks for not returning my calls all messages too ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieD_FenderP2009 Posted November 26, 2012 Author Share Posted November 26, 2012 (edited) Right, i'm clearing this up once and for all. I don't really care what Adam comes back and says as it is all lies as far as I am concerned. Here is my proof on the matter... [quote name='WACOJACO' timestamp='1353928860' post='1879732'] the bass stevie sent me is totally f'ed- wont intonate, string spacing rubbish,huge nut, bridge one cm to low, [/quote] I'd like to refer people to these photos of the bass. Please take note of the "string spacing" and the "huge nut"... Just so you all know, the nut is the standard nut that came fitted to the neck and the bridge is a standard 4 brass saddle offset wilkinson bridge from AxesRUs. Pre slotted. How or why would the string spacing be out on a Wilkinson bridge? ([url="http://www.axesrus.co.uk/Wilkinson-Classic-Style-4-String-Bass-Bridge-p/wbbc.htm"]http://www.axesrus.c...idge-p/wbbc.htm[/url]) Headstock: Now, he says the bridge is 1cm too far down the body. if it was, then the strings wouldn't actually sit a long the neck as they do, again, photos below. As you can see, even space either side of the neck. Also, you can see where the back of bridge lines up on the body. The holes the bridge is screwed in to were the ones pre-drilled in to the body. I've also posted a picture of a standard Fender P Bass to show how far back the bridge sits on one of those. Body: Real Fender P Bass: As you see, no difference. Also, if it was, the bridge cover wouldn't of fit on the body properly as shown below [quote name='WACOJACO' timestamp='1353928860' post='1879732'] 30 holes in the body where he obviously couldnt fit a scratchplate properly, scratchplate looks like pick up holes were cut with a chain saw [/quote] Come on mate, bit of an over-exaggeration, there are at most 2 sets of pickguard holes which equals 20 including the pick up cover and thumb rest through the pick guard. Original bridge fitted to the body had 5 back screws and 2 front ones (like this: [url="http://www.jivesound.com/forSale/bassBridge.jpg"]http://www.jivesound.../bassBridge.jpg[/url]) None of which can be seen when the pickguard is on or when the current bridge is on. Also the reason I stated the condition as being "6.5 out of 10" on the listing ([url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/188909-actually-gone-this-time"]http://basschat.co.u...-gone-this-time[/url]). Who can honestly say they've fitted a new pickguard to a bass and had the holes line up on every single hole each time because I sure as hell haven't. Also noted that I had to widen the bit the ears of the pick up go down in to. I used a soldering iron (all described to Mr Nowicki on the phone although he's naturally going to deny it) to form it back a bit. (note, He said it wouldn't be a problem as he would be keeping the pick up cover over it). That's the only bit i had to work. Doesn't look like a chainsaw has been at it at all. OTT... [quote name='WACOJACO' timestamp='1353928860' post='1879732'] pickups squire pickups and not japanese fenders [/quote] I made a genuine mistake on my listing and didn't notice, I accidentally put 2003 instead of 1993 for the pick up year. I can't tell you why I did that as I don't even know myself. I assume tiredness. He reasons for thinking it's a Squier one is because "it has a blue wire which my luthier of 25 years has advised me about" but as I've proven, Fender Japan used blue wires on the pickups during the early 90's. Plus, I was sold the pick up under the pre-tense it was a Fender Japan pick up. Bought it off ebay, paid £30 for it, it sounded good enough so I just took it as that. Sounded different to my usual Seymour Duncan p-ups but that was to be expected. Wouldn't upgrade my basses to the SDs otherwise. [quote name='WACOJACO' timestamp='1353928860' post='1879732'] thanks for not returning my calls all messages too ... [/quote] You call me when I'm at work, not going to pick up the phone then am I... I would also just like to add that I tried to set up a claim with CityLink and Parcel2Go about sorting out some problems that happened during transit (looks like the bass was dropped and re-wrapped at the depot as there was the original city link postage label underneath another layer of packaging which wasn't applied by me). Obviously, you have to post photos up to the claim. I asked Adam umptine times for photos of the bass as it was when it arrived. What did I get? 3 photos of the body and neck with all the hardware removed. I asked adam for more photos but he refused and kept telling me to use the ones he sent to which I did. Needless to say, the claim has been rejected as he's completely taken it apart. [quote name='WACOJACO' timestamp='1352238015' post='1860660'] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]He has ignored a dozen text messages, phone calls and facebook messages asking for any information regarding the bass an has actually hung up whilst i have actually rang him.[/font][/color] [/quote] Just because I didn't reply to a couple of the 24 texts and 32 phone calls you sent one after the other in one day, some being blank messages or just one blip calls (literally first buzz on the phone and he hangs up) doesn't mean I was ignoring, I was at work. Busy. Try it some time. Also, never ever EVER did I hang up on Adam when I was on the phone to him. You're dreaming that one up. Again... I'm going to put it out there now that I will not be offering Adam a refund and never will I speak to him again. I would warn anyone else against trading with him too. I removed my feedback from his feedback page but here is what happened over the original payment... Adam had my bank details for 12 days. I sent him the payment details on here and then he copied them on to his phone . I had promise upon promise of "I'll pay you tonight" or "i'll pay you tomorrow morning" or even 3 days without saying a thing to me. Only after I asked John to ask him what was going on did i get a "i'll pay in the morning" message from Adam. This payment didn't materialise for a further 2 days after that. Very VERY dodgy indeed. I only went through with the sale because I needed the money at the time. All in all, i'm not having liar ruin my name on here. I've done too many deals on here to note and only twice encountered a problem which was either resolved by me or the seller/buyer. I'm not going to name names as I don't want them to get involved in this but I've actually had messages from a couple of members on here showing support to my side saying that Mr Nowicki seems like a dodgy character. He is. Steer clear. I shall be posting this to HIS feedback page as well for all to see. Thanks for your time fellow BC'ers. Edited November 26, 2012 by StevieD_FenderP2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johngh Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Stevie/Waco I'll be contacting you both at some point today to try to sort this out, so please check your PM boxes after lunch. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WACOJACO Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 He's a rip off artist.. i can prove it too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WACOJACO Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 You sold me a bass which is an absolute piece of sh*te mate. if you are so confident of it, then why not offer a refund? My point is, you clearly have no idea how to build a bass, yet made it sound the dogs danglies on your advert. It doesnt intonate properly, the string spacing is incorrect in the way the bottom E is about twice the distance into the fingerboard than the G because of the fact you haven't set the neck properly. It will cost me 100 quids worth of set up work to make this bass as you described. Thats not including the pups that you lied about. The bridge is 1cm to far down the body, this is why it doesnt intonate one of the machine head ears is broken, the pick up poles do not align with the strings properly, the pick ups are not even straight in the scratch plate, and it came with squire affinity pick ups which you adertised as being real fender pick ups that have red blue and black wires. the body of the bass had 30 holes need filling, yet didnt mention. Now i know why you posted such grainy pics on the advert. Also, making a very high nut and having the saddles flat on the bridge with absolutely no attempt to profile the strings with the neck curve isn't called setting up a bass.. Its called making a dogs dinner out of it. You may well have sold good stuff on here before,as have i and have also bought with good feedback, but this time my friend, you ripped me off and you know it - you could at least send me some money to contribute to the pick ups that i was totally lied to about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WACOJACO Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 (edited) Here we go... stage one of trying to rectify the bass from hell...how many holes can you count here? stage two will be setting the neck properly three will be fitting the bridge in the right place and four will be installing the kent armstrong hot vintage pick ups i bought off a bass chatter here to replace the cheap horrible, low output squier pups stevie told me were fender japan pickups.... Edited December 11, 2012 by WACOJACO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WACOJACO Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 (edited) To quote your words stevie about me being a "dodgy character" please explain how exactly? By selling a bass with good feedback, buying two basses when i sent payment instantly and buying effects pedals on here with absolutley no problems until i got sold a dog of a bass? Get real dude... Edited December 11, 2012 by WACOJACO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Zea Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Well.... I sold Stevie a EMG Pup, all went smoothly and according to plan. I would deal with him again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WACOJACO Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Fair point... but what would stevie be saying if your EMG pup was actually a squire PUP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WACOJACO Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Thanks mods...StevieD Banned from sales section... I'm still there though I still have had no apology or refund though for a bass i paid for fair and square. At least some justice has been done though. I have now spent £125 on getting this bass right... I have the invoice and work that needed to be done on a receipt from xperience guitars nottingham to prove it- Thats £25 for a new nice new fender scratchplate, £25 on some ken armstrong hot vintage pups off here, (the squire pups with red blue and black plastic covered wires and hardly any winding are in the bin now) and the other £75 was spent on a complete reassembly and setup which included filling 30 holes , moving the bridge 1cm up the body, cutting a new nut, re=setting the neck and sanding the pocket so it woud actually be straight, fixing a broken tuner, etc... the list goes on.So this "amazing" £200 bass actually cost me £320 in the end... In hindsight, should have just bought a second hand fender off here. Ah well, you live and learn. Could I suggest a luthiery course request from Santa for Mr StevieD for Christmas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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