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Bought this from @LouieM last summer. Definitely didn't need it, didn't really like the colour but I"ve always fancied this style of P-bass and the extra neck pickup was too much for me to resist. I've never played a bass with such light strings before and liked it more than I thought, who knew string bends could be so easy! Anyway, after a while I decided that even though I didn't want to buy any more basses I really fancied something flamboyant. I looked round one day and saw this white one in the corner and the rest is history. Just got it back from Toby Diggins (T-Dog Customs) and he's done a stunning job. I've also upgraded it to a Ric-O-Sound type stereo arrangement courtesy of a push-pull volume pot, just for fun. Might change the scratchplate at some point but the black works better than I thought. Also don't fancy cutting a neck pickup hole out of a replacement 'plate!12 points
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Some gear changes afoot here in 'Cetera Towers' so, very regrettably, up for sale is my lovely, almost mint, 2018 Hagstrom Super Swede reissue bass, in a beautiful dark red mahogany gloss finish. Details from Hagstrom: One of Hagstrom’s last projects before their Swedish production stopped was a collaboration between their chief guitar designer Per-Åke Olsson and Rutger Gunnarsson, bassist for the Swedish super-group ABBA. This resulted in the Super Swede Bass, which was used by Rutger throughout ABBA’s final North American tour in September/October 1979. Only 364 of these basses were produced before Hagstrom ceased guitar production in Sweden, and over the years they’ve become a sought-after collector’s item. Hagstrom’s original Super Swede bass had a neck-through design, a feature found typically on more expensive hand-crafted bass guitars. Neck-through basses offer unrestricted access to the highest frets since there is no heel needed to support the neck/body joint, and also tend to have more sustain than traditional set-neck or bolt-on instruments. Super Swede Bass Re-Creation Our new Super Swede Bass is an authentic re-creation of this historic model from 1980. A Resinator fingerboard enhances the sustain of the neck-through design and contributes to the guitars articulate attack. Strings are anchored in place with individual saddles coupled directly to the single massive neck structure providing a foundation for long, piano-like sustain. Hagstrom’s brand-new J-Quad quad-stacked humbuckers are introduced with the Super Swede Bass. We thought it appropriate to commemorate this historic design with our latest pickup innovation. The J-Quads combine low-noise performance with a broad support of the full tonal spectrum, and just a little extra emphasis on mids and lows for when that extra “growl” is needed. Specs: Body: Mahogany Neck: Mahogany Neck Mount: Neck Through Body Neck Form: deep d Fingerboard: Resinator Inlays: Pearloid Blocks 20 Medium Jumbo Frets Nut: GraphTech Black Tusq XL Nut Width: 40 mm (1,57") Scale: 864 mm (34") Pickups: J-Quad Humbucker (Quad-Stacked) (Bridge) - J-Quad Humbucker (Quad-Stacked) (Neck) Controls: Volume, Volume, Tone Hardware Finish: Chrome Tuners: Hagstrom 22:1 This is an extremely comfortable and lightweight, slim bodied, Super-Jazz instrument with a strong tonal character and oodles of sustain when required. Here it is on my vid playng along to ABBA: The bass: Condition is excellent (a solid 9 - 9.5/10). With an RRP of over £1000 (current shop price approx £850) this is your chance to get a fantastic, basically as-new, high quality instrument with a lovely tone and striking looks at hundreds of pounds cheaper. Shipping likely to be £50-£60 within the UK. Payment by Paypal (you pay fees) or bank transfer only. Please see my extensive positive feedback thread for assurance of a clean, honest transaction.8 points -
For sale is my superb Ibanez EHB1505MS Headless 5 String Bass with fanned frets. The finish is Pacific Blue Burst Flat. I've had this less than three weeks, so it is in excellent overall condition and comes with gig bag, ramp, accessories and original box. The only reason I'm selling it is because as easy as it is to play a multi-scale fanned fret bass, I struggle playing it while singing. The finish is stunning and the Poplar Burl top isn't covered in heavy lacquer, so the burl in the wood and imperfections in the wood are clearly visible and tangible and with the flat matte finish, it really sets the top of beautifully. The bass is wired with a super set of Nordstrand pickups and the array of sounds that can be achieved are great. The 35"scale on the B String is (for me) far more comfortable than the longer scale on (say) a Dingwall. There is one visible mark to note and that is a very small dent in the back of the body that was there when it arrived. The finish is very thin though and designed to show imperfections, so I'm being really picky. These are hard to get hold of at the moment, with lead times that appear to be increasing. Specs: 5-String Multiscale Electric Bass Body: Mahogany Top: Poplar burl Bolt-on 9-piece neck: Pangapanga / Walnut Fretboard: Pangapanga Abalone Offset Dot fretboard inlays Fretboard radius: 500 mm (19.69") Scale: (min.) 838 mm (32.99") - (max.) 889 mm (35") Nut width: 45 mm (1.77") Plastic nut 24 Medium frets Pickups: 2 Nordstrand Custom Big Split (bridge and neck) Electronics: Varimid 3-band EQ Controls: Volume, Balancer, Bass, Middle, Treble, Varimid EQ bypass switch MR5HS bridge Ibanez custom headpieces machine heads Black hardware Strings: D’Addario EXL1705SL Colour: Pacific Blue Burst Flat Includes Schaller S-Locks and gigbag This model retails at over £1,300 at the moment if you can find one. This one is in super condition and available immediately for a good saving. Price drop to £1,100 inc. postage.6 points -
Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay Short-scale Bass Guitar USA Bought very recently from a fellow Basschat forum member and selling at what I purchased it for. This beautiful short-scale version of the StingRay bass has a roasted maple neck and fingerboard and passive pickup. It has a 30” scale and smaller body which makes it light and easy to play. It weighs under 7lbs and is in near mint condition with original case and tools. I bought it to help with issues with my fretting hand however I find I’m happier with my old Mustang bass. This bass was produced in limited quantities in this size and finish, it’s a beautiful instrument and rare in the U.K. you can see the barcode sticker on the back so new it hasn’t been removed! Lots of reviews and information on the internet. No trades or offers sorry. U.K. only, pickup preferred but I will post at buyer’s cost. From Ernie Ball - The Ernie Ball Music Man Short Scale StingRay bass offers a big thumpy round sound in a convenient smaller package. A 30” scale allows for easier playability due to the shorter spacing between the frets. The Ernie Ball Music Man passive humbucking pickup, equipped with higher output neodymium magnets, has been specially designed for the short scale bass, providing its signature warm tone. Electronics package includes a 3-way rotary switch featuring parallel, true single-coil, and series modes. Like its big brother the Stingray Special, the short scale bass comes standard with a modern classic bridge, 22 stainless steel frets, and new lightweight Music Man tuning machines with a finer gear ratio.6 points -
The last five years or so have been quite transformative for me in many ways but especially in my bass tastes. For the longest time I was playing my Vigier bass, and found the modern sound perfect for what I was doing. That led to trying similar basses with a slightly more vintage vibe such as a few Smith basses. I also started to become interested in building a collection of the ‘trinity’ (P,J,MM) which has been great fun and opened my eyes to the spectrum I hadn’t been part of for quite a while. A P and J are just great to have in your arsenal and I enjoy having them for playing along with stuff where only a P or J will do. But the really interesting and semi surprising thing was the Musicman. I don’t know why it was such a surprise (or why I didn’t do it earlier) but the MM bass is the perfect coming together of everything rolled into one. It feels familiar as the neck is identical to my G&L, it’s got the classic stingray sound and the simplicity of a single pickup which sits where I am used to, placed similarly to my Vigier. It sounds modern but with a vintage vibe. I could gush on for a while but I think Stingrays are great basses, and this one in particular is perfect for me. Very unusual white pre eb with a dead flat neck that I’ve never had to touch! And you’ve got to love a chunky slab body - and this one doesn’t weigh much.6 points
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Today is the most depressing day of the year, apparently - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Monday_(date) Great occasion to re-watch NO's remarkable live performance of the best-selling 12'' single of all times. Enjoy 🙂5 points
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Some gear changes afoot here in 'Cetera Towers' so regrettably up for sale is my lovely 1991 USA Peavey RJ-IV Randy Jackson bass, in the more desirable silver sparkle burst. This is an extremely comfortable, small bodied (think Spector/Warwick/Tune) bass featuring the following: Maple Body w/ back (radial) contour Neck-thru construction (bi-laminated Eastern Maple) w/ torsion rod 34" scale / 21 frets Ebony fingerboard (10" radius) w/ Mother-of-Pearl triangle inlays 1-3/5" Graphlon top nut Top-loading solid milled bridge w/ adjustable saddles Reduced mass solid "mini" tuners with Hipshot D-tuner (Bass X-tender) 2 Split-Coil (Active) pickups: P (neck) & J (bridge) 3-way pickup selector switch (Neck/Both/Bridge) 3-band (9 Volt) on-board EQ (Lows, Mids*, Highs) Cut/Boost *Variable Mid-Control w/ 8 dip-switch settings (in control cavity) The rear battery door was flimsy and has been replaced with an easy screw cover. Condition is excellent for it's age with just a few light dings & scratches as to be expected. The bass has a wide pallet of sounds thanks to the 3 band EQ and is very playable. These basses didn't make it into the UK back in the day and I brought mine back from the USA so this is your chance to get a rare, top of the range, USA Peavey at a very reasonable price. I will include an old hard case for protection. Shipping likely to be £50-£60 within the UK. Payment by Paypal (you pay fees) or bank transfer only. Please see my extensive positive feedback thread for assurance of a clean, honest transaction.5 points -
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One of the things I love about playing in church is the randomness of everything, on Sunday I played bass and sang lead vocal for three songs, at the end of the service I switched to acoustic guitar and performed a duet with an 80 year old Columbian woman that had expressed the desire to sing with me, she stands at 4'5" and I'm 6'3", we sang `Holy Are You Lord' and whilst she knew the words and can sing in key, she had no idea of timing.......and I mean NO IDEA !!! By the time I had got to the end of line 2, she was already singing the start of line 4 so I had to stop singing and concentrate on my playing, to adjust it so it fitted with where she was in the song. I then realised that she wasn't even in time with herself and wasn't actually singing at one consistent speed. At the end, someone described it as "the funniest thing they had ever seen".5 points
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Pay him now, he will post it next year?4 points
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My new board for 2022. EBS Octobass into TC Electronic Spectracomp into Ashdown OriginAL (with cheap as chips tuner in parallel out). I just, today actually, got the Spectracomp, so I think I'm set for the first time in a long, long time. I've fluctuated between smallish to largish boards over the last 15 or so years, and last year I went right down to a Fender Downtown Express....but I love the Ashdown sound so much and now with the final piece being the TCE, I'm happy. Famous lasts words, and all that sort of thing hahahaha4 points
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Hey shorty aficionados! My highly modified Bronco (aren't they all?) Original: body, neck, strap buttons, pickguard screws, neck plate and neckscrews. Everything else isn't stock anymore4 points
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Played a load of old timey jazz numbers with a 10 piece Dixieland/New Orleans band as their stand in bassist. Not my usual thing but its great to get out of your comfort zone and it was great fun and went down a storm. Gear = Fender P bass, Ashdown Spyder, Barefaced Two10. Sounded Superb.4 points
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Pub gig on Sat night, via an agent. Actually as it turned out via about 3 agencies playing pass the parcel. You never know quite what you're going to get. On the plus side they had cleared the tables away in advance from an area which was then strictly cordoned off as 'band only'. Wish a few more places were as obliging as this. On the down side not really 'our' kind of crowd though we can tweak the set on the fly to put a few more 'low common denominator' songs in which are still reasonably fun to play. We had a few dancing by set 2 so I guess all in all could have been much worse. A couple of altercations between the house security and a few lary punters but nothing requiring police intervention. Decent work out after NYE and a more high profile bike club gig next Sat.4 points
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The best way to get download codes is by doing a Bandcamp release. You get 200 codes free with your Bandcamp account, and you can either buy more or you'll get another 1000 for every $500 of Bandcamp sales.4 points
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I just stumbled across this in my Reverb feed. Bogart were up to the same thing.4 points
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Hi All Edit, price drop to £1300, last chance before it goes to eBay or Reverb etc. I am not much of a poster but have lurked for many years and am a frequent flyer on various Wal forums and have a good eBay record. I bought this Stingray back in 2013 to scratch a (Pino) itch to see if I could get used to a fretless. Loved it and played it a fair bit but need 5 string really. Finally bought a 5 string this Christmas and despite being tempted to hang onto this I will not play it so it needs to find a new home. I bought it in Bristol from a pro player and it has some chips in the lacquer as the pics detail. Not a mint bass but in very good condition other than the chips and nothing noticeable from the front view. Amazing player and weight is around 9lb using bathroom scale technique. Very happy for you to come an try it out if you can get to NW London. I appreciate these are a little hard to find currently so I have priced according to what I see on Reverb and eBay etc. I will consider close offers. Serial number matches spec on EBMM database and i have not changed anything so I believe it is completely original.3 points -
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My Blue Monday wasn't too bad and I also discovered that my latest blue purchase shares the same birthday as me (sadly not the same year!)3 points
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Played it again last night, I think it’s too nice to give up on. Will persevere and try again. Excellent condition Spector 6 string. This is a beautiful bass with great build quality, plays great and the Bartolini’s sound beast-tastic mate. Sadly 6 strings are just a step too far these days for my old fingers, so I’m sticking with 4’ & 5’ers. Sale only at this stage. £450 Although I could be tempted with the following: Cheap 5 string Classic guitar an old low spec MacBook But would want minimum £200 cash my way. Happy to meet up within reasonable distance of Bath, Bristol or Bridgwater or will arrange courier if you contribute an added £10 to the price and I’ll cover the rest. More pictures to follow in daylight tomorrow. Will put a new set of EB Slinky nickels on or leave current ones on and include new strings unopened in packet for buyer. It’s set up with low action as I play with a light touch. Here’s the Specs from Spector website: LEGEND SERIES LEGEND 6 CLASSIC SPECIFICATIONS BODY & CONSTRUCTION TOP WOOD Walnut Burl BODY WOOD Ash NECK NECK WOOD Bolt On; 3-Piece Maple FRETBOARD Pau Ferro NUMBER OF FRETS 24 INLAYS Dots NUT Graphite NUT WIDTH 2.12" SCALE 35" PICKUPS & ELECTRONICS CONTROLS Bridge Volume, Neck Volume, Bass Boost, Treble Boost PICKUPS Bartolini Proprietary Humbuckers PICKUP CONFIGURATION2 x Humbucker PREAMP SYSTEM Spector TonePump Jr™ +/-12db boost HARDWARE Black BRIDGE Spector Locking Die Cast TUNERS Sealed Die-Cast OTHER FINISH High Gloss STRINGS Nickel ADDITIONAL INFO String Spacing at Bridge: .66"3 points -
Parcel arrived today... 5 days late, but it arrived...3 points
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This is what we did for our last show........3 points
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Played @ Wixham retirement village Bedford last night...fabulous theatre, facilities & crowd...thank you all for making us welcome a great, fun night.3 points
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Those of you that have been on Basschat a while will know that I used to play in a band called "Dïck Venom & The Terrortones" which like Happy Jack's band was perfectly appropriately named for the music we were playing - a garage rock/psychobilly hybrid. Myself and the rest of the band were under no illusions that on stage Mr Venom was THE TALENT and our job on stage was to provide the tightest of tight musical backdrops for his over the top performance (both visually and lyrically). The band was entirely Mr Venom's concept and he was the driving force that allowed us to go from nothing but an idea to complete band with a musical and visual concept performing our first half-hour set of songs we'd written ourselves in just 8 weeks. He also did the majority of work behind the scenes - getting gigs and interacting with our fans on social media and all that non-musical stuff that can be very off-putting and tedious for the average musician. The only downside to having a band named after the singer is the is absolutely no future for it once the singer decides that they have had enough, as we discovered when after 6 years Mr Venom became too unwell to be able to consistently deliver the level of live entertainment that our audience had come to expect, that was the end of the band as he was the only member that wasn't ultimately replaceable.3 points
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My wife bought me a H H Bass Baby combo last year from an auction. It took both of us to roll it (end over end) up the stairs to my lair. I suffered nasty nerve damage a couple of years ago, which has affected my legs, back and left arm from the shoulder to my thumb, so I can’t even lift the amp in my own. Fortunately we’re moving into a bungalow, and once we’re in I am putting wheels on the amp (I am actually going to make dollies for each of my amps and cabs).3 points
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Up for sale is my Sadowsky Metro 4 string in sage green metallic. Bought in 2021, it’s in pretty immaculate condition with only very light signs of use. It’s never been gigged or left my house. A reluctant sale as I need the cash. This is a German-made model and the finish reflects this in that it is pretty flawless. It has an alder body and pau ferro neck. Comes equipped with Sadowsky noiseless pickups and the legendary Sadowsky two-band preamp (can be played in passive mode). Padded Sadowsky gigbag also included. Brand new these are in the region of £2250, so grab yourself an absolute bargain. Check my feedback thread to buy with confidence Collection definitely preferred, although I will courier at additional cost and at buyer’s risk – please contact me to discuss. No trades or offers please. Cheers!2 points -
Just come across their version of this song. Way to use a set of plastic pipes. Preceded by a bit of Ozzy.2 points
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How does it feel?2 points
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Then I did some research online as I thought there must be more of this and discovered this was recorded in Edinburgh in 1973 for the Old Grey Whistle Test. Details here https://dangerousminds.net/comments/rocksteady_your_soul_when_the_old_grey_whistle_test_went_reggae and links to the perofrmance on YouTube2 points
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I have been listening to this on YouTube for the last few months it is one of the most powerful live performances I can think of2 points
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I think you might have nailed it there JL , a quick google came up with a similar thing2 points
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I’ve had a great day 😄2 points
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An Interview with Rebecca Johnson - No Treble Sept 2020 Are you a big gear head? I’m not. The amount of people that ask me about what pedals I use is astounding. I don’t use any pedals! I’m a set and forget kind of player because I haven’t got time to mess around with it while I’m singing. If you can get yourself a good sound through anything, that’s fine. I’m not precious about instruments. It’s funny reading video comments. Some clips have the StingRay, some have the Sire, some have the Yamaha, and people argue about which one sounds better. Every bass sounds good for what it is. I’ve probably played StingRays more than anything else. I had a four-string StingRay for twenty years. Then I got the five-string Yamaha and the StingRay went to hell. I got a five-string StingRay as you see on a lot of the videos and I put a pair of EMG’s in it. It sounded like a hotted-up race car, but I sold it because the neck wasn’t right for me. Then I got the Sire and I like it. What I’m saying is I’m not stuck on one bass. I’m the kind of person that has the same amp for 20 years. I think that’s a sign of a working bassist. You don’t have time to get hung up on every detail if you’re putting in the work. You’ve hit the nail on the head. You can pick up a piece of wood with a couple of bits of wire on it and if you can get a sound of out it, [that’s all you need]. I know every bass has its quality about it, but people often say it’s all in the hands. I can dig that. She's an awesome bass player; her comments reminded me of some of the discussions we'd had on this thread. I certainly dig what she says!2 points
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I’ve had a full fat US Stingray, a US SUB and a Ray34 in the past (plus a Ray5 but I’ll leave that out of this post, for the most part). My favourite, both tonally and playability wise, was the SUB, it was a doddle to play and had a warm tone, although definitely a Ray (2 band EQ). The full on, US Ray, was beautifully made, although I found the all maple neck quite chunky, the 3 band EQ was a bit more aggressive and not as, let’s say vintage, as the SUB. Again, quite definitely a Ray. The Ray34 was reasonably well put together, but had a raised fret that needed reseating. It felt OK, played fine, but it wasn’t quite the real deal, although most definitely a Ray and I found the EQ quite brittle, I didn’t keep it for long. In short, there was definitely a difference between the offshore and US models, but given the price difference, I’d expect there to be. Things may have changed, but assuming they haven’t, a Ray34 will give that Ray experience, right down to the considerable weight they all seem to have, but it will probably lack that attention to detail sheen that more expensive models have. This could all probably be addressed with electronic upgrades and set up fettling as and when you feel it is required. In conclusion, the nicest Ray I owned was the 5 string. It was an old one that wasn’t too heavy, was easy to play and had an old warm, worn pickup (alnico I think) and preamp that wasn’t too in your face. It is one of the very few instruments that I wish I still had.2 points
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I wondered why he now plays a headless Status!😂👏2 points
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Strange question: is it small enough to play in the car whilst waiting to pick your kids up from their various clubs? 🤔😁2 points -
Jethro Tull and he died a couple of hundred years ago!2 points
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It's a tricky one and most probably depends on the genre of the band. For your's I would have thought that CDs were still perfectly acceptable. It was certainly my experience when The Terrortones played "punk" gigs that our CDs were the most popular format. In the case of one of my current bands - Hurtsfall - what we have discovered works best is to release each song separately as a single for streaming and download only. The way each song gets the attention we think they deserve, unlike an album or EP where normally only one track will get any publicity (usually the first one). At some point we'll probably collect all the songs together for a physical release on vinyl which will be sold along with a download code.2 points
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I think people like a physical product so perhaps a free download code with the CD. I find on the rock scene vinyl doesn't fair too well but when I play with more niche genres - rockabilly, Americana, goth, vinyl is really popular. Not part of a big study, just an observation with the bands I have played with. I think it depends on the demographic of your fan base. I don't really ever seem to play to young crowds so it's never been a problem.2 points
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Quite surprised to see that this has reached p.2 without anyone mentioning Vince Furnier ...2 points
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That has never stopped me buying more basses! I mean, if I had the funds my 'perfect car' might be a Bugatti Chiron Super Sport, but that would stop me buying the odd Lambo or a 66 Shelby GT! Owning the perfect bass won't cure the lust to build the perfect collection!2 points
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Make sure the seller isn’t charging local VAT in their price to you otherwise you’ll end up paying VAT twice. If it’s for export they should supply ex-VAT. As far as I’m aware the courier will act as an agent for HMRC and you’ll pay them. In other words, they won’t deliver the item until you’ve paid them for all import duties, VAT, oh and probably their admin fee for processing all of that!2 points
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Source Audio Collider.2 points
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That is hardly ever the case!2 points
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I totally get where you’re coming from Steve, at “star” level it wouldn’t concern me but at local level it would, just makes me think that said singers are a tad ambitious shall we say. Just about the only one who imo gets away with it is Spunk Volcano & The Eruptions, a true larger than life character and a great bloke too.2 points
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This bass is so good, I bought it twice! Only recently bought it back from Jeff, on here. He had it a year, same for me previously, and I had it from new. So, saying it's 2 years old would have been quicker... The sonic blue, plus white pickguard, and maple fingerboard just work really well together- it already looks vintage, I think. The pickups are monstrous, as we know. I had a Kiogon loom made for it, stacked vol/tone, so it does have more versatility than stock. I also made a ramp for it, which works very well. In excellent condition, and dying to be gigged! £300 delivered to mainland Britain, or I might be able to meet halfway, depending... Cheers, Sean2 points -
At home, I put away the various bits and pieces I'd had out into the bagpipes box that my guitarist had given me, bent over to close it, and stuck like it. I was in my early 20s then. A day or two later I managed to get up to the pub, still bent over. Had a couple of drinks, and somebody passed a joint round. That was some relaxation that worked.2 points
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