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A New "Wish" Competitor?

#241
Diogenes said:
I'd have to admit that I sometimes take things like that into account. A couple of misspellings or grammatical errors... no problem, honest mistakes or oversights. But when a post reads like my 7 year old grand daughter's homework assignment... I tend to get a little leery about the author's attention to detail in more than just his/her grammar and spelling. But hey, maybe I'm just a judgmental SOB.
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I don't think that's overly judgemental to be honest. I think it did read like something a kid had written and it shows a lot of carelessness on the authors part. Who knows what care (or lack of) is taken elsewhere?
 
#243
Well folks, I should have it in hand very soon. Just a few coats of oil to go. Oh, and to make fun of someones linguistic ability is absolutely childish. My father has no language skills and can build a beautiful house, from foundation to roof. He just happened to drop out of school in the ninth grade. So be an adult and ease up on the guy's writing ability. This is a site about bass, not a site about English. :rollno:


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#245
The bass does look nice. The last 3 frets don't look quite right but is quite possibly just the angle of the picture.

Looking forward to an honest and impartial review.

And for the record - no one was making fun of his language skills. It's merely a fact that most people, given the choice of two craftsmen, would pick the one with better language and numerical skills. Why do you think that all jobs (in the UK anyway) ask for qualifications in English and Mathematics?
 
#246
Evil Undead said:
The bass does look nice. The last 3 frets don't look quite right but is quite possibly just the angle of the picture.

Looking forward to an honest and impartial review.

And for the record - no one was making fun of his language skills. It's merely a fact that most people, given the choice of two craftsmen, would pick the one with better language and numerical skills. Why do you think that all jobs (in the UK anyway) ask for qualifications in English and Mathematics?
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On the first note...

Thanks. I hope that it plays as nicely as it looks. I will do my best to be as impartial as possible.

On the second note..

I don't mean to take it personally. It just hits home. My father is a fine craftsman with 30 years of buisness history. All of which has been word of mouth. His language skills are no where near proper and his spelling is like a childs, but he understands measurements, geometry, algebra, and decimals very well. So, it's difficult for me to see a man judged for linguistics when it's the craftsmanship that counts.
 
#247
stepswork4me said:
Oh, and to make fun of someones linguistic ability is absolutely childish. My father has no language skills and can build a beautiful house, from foundation to roof. He just happened to drop out of school in the ninth grade. So be an adult and ease up on the guy's writing ability. This is a site about bass, not a site about English. :rollno:
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FWIW, spell check exists and is so common that even the TB message box has it.

There's a matter of professionalism that has to be involved, and spelling is certainly a great place to start. Most of us will forgive grammatical errors, to an extent, but when there are countless run-on sentences, absolutely atrocious spellings, and incoherent ideas, it makes it difficult to read for those of us that can (a vast majority).

If you are offering a product or service, information should be concise, legible, and easy-to-understand. I would give the same advice to an English major using superfluous diction and unnecessarily high levels of vocabulary.

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stepswork4me said:
I don't mean to take it personally. It just hits home. My father is a fine craftsman with 30 years of buisness history. All of which has been word of mouth. His language skills are no where near proper and his spelling is like a childs, but he understands measurements, geometry, algebra, and decimals very well. So, it's difficult for me to see a man judged for linguistics when it's the craftsmanship that counts.
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I understand this, but I think, for business' sake, that person is not the person to be advertising, marketing, and communicating with customers...or at least not posting responses on the internet where they can be viewed by millions of people. I'd hate to say it, but there is a correlation between grammar and interpreted ignorance amongst the general populus.

It's nothing personal - we all have our niche. Your dad's is carpentry, mine is math and physics, etc...it's different for everybody.
 
#248
stepswork4me said:
... I don't mean to take it personally. It just hits home. My father is a fine craftsman with 30 years of buisness history... His language skills are no where near proper and his spelling is like a childs, but he understands measurements, geometry, algebra, and decimals very well. So, it's difficult for me to see a man judged for linguistics when it's the craftsmanship that counts.
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But language is a basic tool we use, regardless of the career path we chose, to express ourselves, convey ideas and communicate with others. It's just another tool in our life's toolbox and it's up to the individual to learn how to use it well.
 
#249
FunkMetalBass said:
FWIW, spell check exists and is so common that even the TB message box has it.

There's a matter of professionalism that has to be involved, and spelling is certainly a great place to start. Most of us will forgive grammatical errors, to an extent, but when there are countless run-on sentences, absolutely atrocious spellings, and incoherent ideas, it makes it difficult to read for those of us that can (a vast majority).

If you are offering a product or service, information should be concise, legible, and easy-to-understand. I would give the same advice to an English major using superfluous diction and unnecessarily high levels of vocabulary.

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I understand this, but I think, for business' sake, that person is not the person to be advertising, marketing, and communicating with customers...or at least not posting responses on the internet where they can be viewed by millions of people. I'd hate to say it, but there is a correlation between grammar and interpreted ignorance amongst the general populus.

It's nothing personal - we all have our niche. Your dad's is carpentry, mine is math and physics, etc...it's different for everybody.
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While I agree with what you're saying, I know some VERY talented knifemakers whose knives easily sell in the multi-thousand dollar range..........whose communication skills are worse than what we see here. I'm not all that much better so I aint gonna point no fingers :)
 
#250
Diogenes said:
But language is a basic tool we use, regardless of the career path we chose, to express ourselves, convey ideas and communicate with others. It's just another tool in our life's toolbox and it's up to the individual to learn how to use it well.
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I have a friend from school, who is dyslexic, ADD and bi-polar (and interesting mix!). If you were to read his written English you'd think he was learning impaired or just completely off his head. However, his skill as a stone carver is absolutely phenomenal. He produces stunning, stunning work, but I have no doubt that his lack of writing skills has held him back in his work.

I suspect that I'm a bit more like stepswork4me with folks who have difficulty with English (hey, and we all have difficulty to a greater or lessor extend!).

Anyway, in this case I think folks would be more sympathetic if the writing was done without an attitude, but in some ways I can understand that too. It certainly shows a passion if someone (however wrong) is extremely defensive.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I've found this whole subject very interesting. Just wish it had a better outcome for FL and for TLMBass96. I think it's pretty clear from all monzamess's forensics(!) that the bass FL got, for whatever reason should have stayed in the shop and not been sold.
 
#251
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#252
yellofury said:
... I think these designs are more
good looking than wishbass...
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But I always preferred Howard Finster's paintings over Thomas Kinkade's. ;)

IMHO you're right. Tom would probably be better served at this point in his hobby/pursuit to make fretless basses. It'll take him a lot less time to turn out a bass and on the side he can work on improving his fretwork.
 
#253
yellofury said:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Camouflage-4-st...QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item2a0637c53d


hmmm maybe if he stuck with fretless like Steve Wishnevsky
he will be more successful because like him or not I think these designs are more
good looking than wishbass

the pickup screws on this particular bass seems like they are not screwed in all the way
or is it my fogey eyes?
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He's only got another 1100 or so basses to build then, as well as boat load of EUB, mandolins, electric guitars, acoustic guitars and some other strange stringed instruments!

My eyes must be fogey too 'cause they don't looked screwed in to me either.
 
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#258
ubnomnar said:
What rhymes with "split"... but lines up like schiznit?

Answer: The "split-p" style pickup on this master crafted instrument.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...40035&_sacat=See-All-Categories&_fvi=1&_rdc=1
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There seems to be added info on his auctions now:
" I put the nut at a medium height so the buyer can set it to their liking. Thanks Tom And happy bidding."

The pics don't really help IMO, it seems to me like he deliberately posts pics that don't show the complete products and the details...
 
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