Recent content by Pendragon

I have tried the classical guitar position by checking some guides online. Despite being shortscale, I still struggle to reach the top of the neck comfortably, causing me to stretch my hand/wrist... I might be doing something wrong (never played a classical guitar before) or maybe my arms are...

I am struggling a bit with, mainly is the plucking arm/wrist the problem... Can't find a position while sitting that allows me to keep a straight wrist without having the arm in an uncomfortable position or the fingers unable to reach the strings as easily as I would want to. It's gotten a bit...

So... the Starfire I has arrived! I was so excited... no apparent damage, no obvious defects that I could see aside from a bit of buzzing on the A string that should hopefully be solved with a good setup (action seems quite high though, weird) It does look gorgeous... But the second I sat down...

It was a great read Ryan. At the end of the day, lots of great choices and most of us have to settle for the one. In the end, because of a great deal and the looks, I decided to order a B-Stock Guild Starfire I. *Should* be delivered next wednesday, I really hope I won't find any signs of...

So, I happened to come across a B-Stock Starfire I for a very convenient price (too good to be true actually), the description states that the condition is as new and only the packaging is damaged. It's a shop called "Bax shop", never heard of it before. I appreciate most users here will be from...

Hi, I did thank you. Of their selection the only ones that fit my criteria/budget seem to be the ones in my list with the exclusion of the violin basses that I am not particularly fond of look wise and because I feel they would be a bit too much of a one trick pony. I'll keep it mind, although...

Great post! Thank you for your detailed experience/opinion on the JC! I didn't think about making it a poll (silly me) and for some reason it seems I can no longer edit the first post of the topic. Maybe a moderator could please help with that? I am barely able to do a few adjustments to the...

Some great tips there! Thank you so much for these! They will really help a ton if I end up deciding to go for a bass that is only available as pre-owned. I did notice that there's way too many ads with just a couple of pics and very short descriptions, makes you wonder if they are even actually...

Incredible... I can only wish the dump near where I live had anything like that...

Thank you everybody for the feedback so far! Keep it coming! Unless I missed someone out, I think we have got 4 votes for the JC and the Starfire I, 2 for the Ibanez Artcore and 1 for the Hagstrom, Danalectro, Eastwood Classic 4, Starfire 2, Italia basses and others that are out of budget.

Checked those last few basses, both the Revered and all of the Italia basses are unfortunately not readily available as new, there's a few pre-owned models available, although in colours I am not particularly fond of (cream?). Would have really digged that orange looking one. In any case, it's...

Wasn't aware of this one. Can't find it for sale in the UK as brand new, there's a pre-owned one available though. A bit suspicious of buying used though. Also while I am loving the comments and the suggestions, I am starting to feel like I have got even more options available and less of a...

I don't dislike the looks, but reading about it online I got the impression the quality of the components is not very high? I genuinely do not know, would you recommend it? That I am aware of, the JC is long scale (didn't feel any different from my longscale solid body when it comes to...

I have tried to look for it on reverb but there's none for sales anywhere, at least in the UK. Haha too late, quite the beauty indeed! But way out of budget unfortunately :/ I played around with it for a bit before the bridge snapped, it did play really well and the neck was super comfortable...

Hello everybody, I am new to the forums although I have been reading a lot of old topics on the subject and found a lot of interesting information, which is great. Most of those though were a bit dated, and I feel like (at least in the UK where I am writing from) prices, quality standards...