.....and here I am, like a sucker, with my P bass....
I might have to go pick that one up....
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.....and here I am, like a sucker, with my P bass....
I might have to go pick that one up....
I'm sure it is. Just in case, though, I thought about replying to see if he thought he could be the BEST BASSIST IN PORTLAND. Offer him his bass out of hock, a set of strings, airfare to Oregon, crash at my house, take my wife, my dog, drink my beer, etc....LOL
I mentioned, a few pages back, the self-appointed brand-moderator on our local CL ("It's a SQUIER/EPIPHONE, not a Fender/Gibson, you ass-hat!")...here's an example -
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fender guitar - $700
Date: 2010-02-27, 5:38PM PST
Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]
hey well i have a new fender guitar that i only play a couple of times an dont realy know how to play it so i want to sell it to some one that would realy use it. its new no skratches brand new comes with everthing you see here amp an everything. these are the real pix of the guitar if you want to make an offer or want to trade something my email is [email protected] thanx
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
PostingID: 1621178786
...[Invalid or Expired Link Removed] - RE: fender guitar - $700 (and everyone else)
Date: 2010-02-27, 10:24PM PST
Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]
If you ever want to sell that gear, much less not offend the intelligence of any self-respecting musician on this board, you're gonna have to drop the price man. All you have is a Squier (not even a Fender - something I will get to later) which even the best ones are hardly worth $200 new let alone used. Everything else as far as I can see is a low-wattage practice amp, soft case, and headphones, which altogether couldn't be more than $100 new. Even if it was worth your $700 new, you can't sell it for that! People must realize that in order to sell something, you have to price it at something that people will buy at, otherwise what stops them from buying it new? Sure, sometimes this means selling it for less than what you want, or sometimes maybe even less than what its worth, but that's how you gotta sell it. Getting less than what you asked for is better than drawing a zilch. On that note, I wouldn't pay more than $150 for that bundle you got there, and even then only if I was desperate! I could get an actual MIM Fender for $700!
Come on, man, who are you trying to kid? The only excuse for this BS may be that you don't really play guitar that much so you wouldn't know, but obviously you HAD to buy this **** new so you know damn well how much it's worth (unless you didn't in which case I apologize). I don't mean to pick on just you either but every ******* on craigslist who tries to sell crap they KNOW isn't worth their asking price (in many cases they originally paid LESS than what they're asking). It gets me so STEAMED to see these BS ads all over craigslist, not so much because someone might be ripped off (hopefully people are smart enough to know when a price is too high) but because there are people who think they can actually get away with that ****, who think that the rest of fresno is that stupid and that they are right to take advantage of anyone who actually might be (delusions of grandeur, if you ask me). It is so archetypal of the mentality of people in fresno, and that's why it's become such a craphole in recent years, especially in the music scene.
And another thing -- if you have a Squier or Epiphone, please DO NOT post it as a Fender or Gibson!!! It is not!! I'm not even worried about people thinking it's a genuine when it isn't, usually because it can be told from the price whether it is or not (unless someone is brave enough to jack up the price too, then you can go to hell). It just goes back to being honest with your fellow musicians and not being be a snake in the grass, trying to cheat anyone they can out of as much money as they can.
Also, PLEASE do not try to advertise something as better than it is with fancy words because it doesn't work and only turns people off to your ad!! Once I saw someone post an Epiphone LP-100 (the cheapest on the Epiphone line) as Gibson solid mahogany body electric guitar (yeah, for $200? my ass!). Do yourselves a favor, be honest with yourself and others and just post your item HOW IT IS. Trust me, people have a lot more respect for someone who is just straight up about what they have, even if it isn't that great, than someone who talks like a used car salesman. If you ever want to sell something, you must be straight with your customer. Let's keep the crap OFF craigslist!
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
PostingID: 1621394507
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...now I suppose that the guy has a point, but to spend four paragraphs making that point makes me want to suggest a cocktail of de-caf and Prozak for him...
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fender guitar - $700
Date: 2010-02-27, 5:38PM PST
Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]
hey well i have a new fender guitar that i only play a couple of times an dont realy know how to play it so i want to sell it to some one that would realy use it. its new no skratches brand new comes with everthing you see here amp an everything. these are the real pix of the guitar if you want to make an offer or want to trade something my email is [email protected] thanx
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
PostingID: 1621178786
...[Invalid or Expired Link Removed] - RE: fender guitar - $700 (and everyone else)
Date: 2010-02-27, 10:24PM PST
Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]
If you ever want to sell that gear, much less not offend the intelligence of any self-respecting musician on this board, you're gonna have to drop the price man. All you have is a Squier (not even a Fender - something I will get to later) which even the best ones are hardly worth $200 new let alone used. Everything else as far as I can see is a low-wattage practice amp, soft case, and headphones, which altogether couldn't be more than $100 new. Even if it was worth your $700 new, you can't sell it for that! People must realize that in order to sell something, you have to price it at something that people will buy at, otherwise what stops them from buying it new? Sure, sometimes this means selling it for less than what you want, or sometimes maybe even less than what its worth, but that's how you gotta sell it. Getting less than what you asked for is better than drawing a zilch. On that note, I wouldn't pay more than $150 for that bundle you got there, and even then only if I was desperate! I could get an actual MIM Fender for $700!
Come on, man, who are you trying to kid? The only excuse for this BS may be that you don't really play guitar that much so you wouldn't know, but obviously you HAD to buy this **** new so you know damn well how much it's worth (unless you didn't in which case I apologize). I don't mean to pick on just you either but every ******* on craigslist who tries to sell crap they KNOW isn't worth their asking price (in many cases they originally paid LESS than what they're asking). It gets me so STEAMED to see these BS ads all over craigslist, not so much because someone might be ripped off (hopefully people are smart enough to know when a price is too high) but because there are people who think they can actually get away with that ****, who think that the rest of fresno is that stupid and that they are right to take advantage of anyone who actually might be (delusions of grandeur, if you ask me). It is so archetypal of the mentality of people in fresno, and that's why it's become such a craphole in recent years, especially in the music scene.
And another thing -- if you have a Squier or Epiphone, please DO NOT post it as a Fender or Gibson!!! It is not!! I'm not even worried about people thinking it's a genuine when it isn't, usually because it can be told from the price whether it is or not (unless someone is brave enough to jack up the price too, then you can go to hell). It just goes back to being honest with your fellow musicians and not being be a snake in the grass, trying to cheat anyone they can out of as much money as they can.
Also, PLEASE do not try to advertise something as better than it is with fancy words because it doesn't work and only turns people off to your ad!! Once I saw someone post an Epiphone LP-100 (the cheapest on the Epiphone line) as Gibson solid mahogany body electric guitar (yeah, for $200? my ass!). Do yourselves a favor, be honest with yourself and others and just post your item HOW IT IS. Trust me, people have a lot more respect for someone who is just straight up about what they have, even if it isn't that great, than someone who talks like a used car salesman. If you ever want to sell something, you must be straight with your customer. Let's keep the crap OFF craigslist!
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
PostingID: 1621394507
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...now I suppose that the guy has a point, but to spend four paragraphs making that point makes me want to suggest a cocktail of de-caf and Prozak for him...
My god, that's a rant!
Most people that know the difference would give a strange look and go nowhere near the ad....but THIS GUY...IS....THE BASS NAZI!!!!
There's a traumatic childhood something in there, I just know it.
Most people that know the difference would give a strange look and go nowhere near the ad....but THIS GUY...IS....THE BASS NAZI!!!!
There's a traumatic childhood something in there, I just know it.
I'll bet he just loves telling people what to do, being the expert, passing judgment, lecturing.....all that kind of thing! Reminds me of my keyboardist - except the keyboardist is often just plain wrong.
I think you should advertise an ampeg 4x10 cab and post a pic of a fender mini-twin just to screw with him. Seriously.
wow I had no idea that bassline to crazy train i learned after playing bass for 3 years was so impressive, apparently I need to get out there and start raking in the cash money!
Here is one from my local craigslist : )
Bad ass Guitarist/Singer AVAILABLE (Foley)
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Date: 2010-02-25, 7:20PM CST
Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]
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You want to rock? I will blow your mind with note for note Satriani,NO ****!!! I am 48,male and good looking. I am also a bad ass singer. I am a professional and I am looking for the same. Randy 251-404-3666
Bad ass Guitarist/Singer AVAILABLE (Foley)
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Date: 2010-02-25, 7:20PM CST
Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]
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You want to rock? I will blow your mind with note for note Satriani,NO ****!!! I am 48,male and good looking. I am also a bad ass singer. I am a professional and I am looking for the same. Randy 251-404-3666
Found a looooooooooong winded ad from some people looking for a DB player for their "rock,funk,punk,drum'n'bass ,dubstep, electronic, hip-hop,trip-hop,jazz,blues,stoner,industrial,reggae,dub,psychedelic" project. Very informative, for example they inform us that they plan to buy a condenser mic to record vocals. But the best part is towards the end when they ask for some recordings, and more specifically:
"Your own compositons (or fragments of improvisation) for double bass or bass guitar. As a last resort you can send them as tab for guitar pro because it's obvious that double bass is harder to record than guitar."
I guess they didn't get enough replies and posted it again a few hours later.
"Your own compositons (or fragments of improvisation) for double bass or bass guitar. As a last resort you can send them as tab for guitar pro because it's obvious that double bass is harder to record than guitar."
I guess they didn't get enough replies and posted it again a few hours later.
Err...umm...
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psycotic ex-con needs bass - $1 (next door)
Date: 2010-03-09, 7:18PM PST
Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]
fresh out of prison need bass to keep sane broke so you'll need to give it to me also an amp would be great, something nice. learned to play in the joint it keeps my head right so be a stand up mofo and help a bro out. will let you take picture with me and tell people you know me.big lotsa tattoos impress your friends scare bullies
Location: next door
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
PostingID: 1636893139
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psycotic ex-con needs bass - $1 (next door)
Date: 2010-03-09, 7:18PM PST
Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]
fresh out of prison need bass to keep sane broke so you'll need to give it to me also an amp would be great, something nice. learned to play in the joint it keeps my head right so be a stand up mofo and help a bro out. will let you take picture with me and tell people you know me.big lotsa tattoos impress your friends scare bullies
Location: next door
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
PostingID: 1636893139
Those guys are not the best. I know because I'm the best there ever was. I can play Stairways to Heaven better than Lead Zepplin. Not only that, I play with only two fingers. One on the neck, and one on the other part. I'm really that fast. And good. And I only have three strings, because my G broke, but now I play even better, because I only need three strings. And I have an adaptor to go from 110 volts to 220 volts and back to 110 volts so I can get that vintage English sound. So, stop saying your the best bcause clearly I am the best. I can even play most songs in all three major keys. So those guys cant come close and they should just shut up.
Mister Bass Player #1
Mister Bass Player #1
Dumb CL ads ... I love dumb CL ads!!!
Here is a recent find
searching for GUITARIST for hard rock band (Atlanta, GA)
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Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]
Date: 2009-07-02, 11:38PM CDT
we are the original hard rock band known as YXXX Conduct... we are looking for the ultimate guitar player band mate!
we are looking for someone age 18-28, with pro gear, a great attitude, and 100% dedication (no distractions!)
this is a great opportunity for the serious musician who is searching for his/her shot with a hard working, hard rocking, talented, original band.
you will be given everything a musician could ask for in a band as long as you're ready to go all out and earn it!
GUITAR PLAYERS..!
WE JUST HAVE A SIMPLE LIST OF THE BASIC, PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS...
1. MUST BE SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY... OF COURSE.
2. MUST HAVE PRO GEAR/EQUIPMENT... ETC!
3. MUST BE WILLING TO GET BEHIND THE BAND'S VISION 110%... THIS INCLUDES COOPERATING WITH DRESS CODE, STYLISTIC ACCESSORIES, ETC!
(MUST NOT BE OPPOSED TO HAVING OR GETTING TATTOOS)
4. MUST BE A TEAM PLAYER AND HAVE A GREAT ROCK AND ROLL ATTITUDE
5. MUST BE ABLE TO PUT YOUR LIFE AND SOUL INTO THE BAND AND NOT BE DISTRACTED BY GIRLFRIENDS/BOYFRIENDS, JOBS, ETC!
6. AGES 18 TO 28 ONLY, PLEASE
THIS COULD BE THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME. YXXX CONDUCT WILL BE PUTTING A RECORD OUT ALL OVER THE WORLD JUST AS SOON AS THE LINEUP IS COMPLETE.
CONTACT ELY:
[FOR ALL OTHER INFO AND DETAILS]
AND SET UP AN AUDITION NOW...
(due to the high volume of responses, if leaving a voicemail, please leave NAME, "GUITAR PLAYER", and PHONE NUMBER ONLY. all other info should be left in an email. thanks!)
THANK YOU VERY MUCH...
ely dye
GET READY FOR A GREAT TIME BEING IN ONE OF THE BEST BANDS YOU COULD EVER DREAM OF...
WE HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.
... The scary part is ... these guys are serious!
O.K. I live in Atlanta & I know this douchebag, he is a freaking joke and looks as if he has aids or something but not worth the time of my day
Ha. They reposted the ad again a few hours ago, and still no mention of payment... and still asking for tabs in guitar pro, of course!
Audio download link, if anyone dares (I didn't): sendspace.com/file/vdc606
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