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[quote name='burno70' post='198486' date='May 14 2008, 08:53 AM']I'm eyeing up a couple of pedals and found that you can buy them for between 1/2 and 3/4 of the price you would pay for them over here. Has anyone dabbled with the USA EBAY market at all? Are there any hidden customs or handling charges that I need to be aware of? Thanks[/quote] Me too. With the present exchange rate pretty much anything from the US will be cheaper. If it costs more than £18 then you will have to pay VAT on the import. Normally this will be paid by the mail service (UPS, Parcelfarce) when the item reaches the UK and you then have to pay them (plus a service charge) before they will release it and deliver to you. The charge will be based on the item value as declared on the customs slip attached to the package - which is why you will sometimes find items arriving declared as a "gift" or with a nominal value ($10). You should beware asking for an item to be mis declared as HMRC/Customs are not fools and you run the risk of the item being confiscated at worst. Also should the item go AWOL your compensation will be on the declared value. So you need to price the whole thing up, purchase price, postage and allow for 17.5% VAT. If it is still cheaper then go for it - and you may find it comes through without getting picked up for the VAT

[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='197141' date='May 12 2008, 01:43 PM']The nob-head who dances idiotically right in front of you taking the p155 with his brain dead mates watching on. I wish I could put my bass down and break that f*ckers legs. Winds me up every time[/quote] Get a bit of a dance thing going yourself and smack him in the face with your headstock - accidentally of course

Did you sell them all? I have a box of such mags under the stairs that I really should do something with.

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[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='195122' date='May 8 2008, 11:50 PM']May's gigs for any Basschatters out there in Sussex.. Tomorrow night we're at The Elms in Worthing which has been a great place to play of late: [b]Fri 9th - THE ELMS - Worthing[/b] Fri 16th MULLENS - Eastbourne Sat 17th - THE HAMPDEN - South Heighton Sun 25th - HORATIO'S BAR - Brighton Pier Come and say hello if you can make it [/quote] I shall have to see what Mrs W is up to ce soir

My guitarist (not reknowned for having the best of luck with gear - it seems to take against him for some reason) had a Marshall TSL combo from them that went wrong just over 3 months old and it had to go back to Marshall for repair. Lucky he still had his JMP1. His new Strat died after a couple of months, but that was just a loose wire on the 5 way selector. If it is not that old he might try for a straight replacement, but I suspect they will not lend him anything.

Again welcome, and in no way turning you away - as another Wal man - but there is also the Yahoo Group [url="http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/walbassesnaturally/?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=1"]HERE[/url] if I have got the link right. There are quite a few Wal bods floating about here so pull up a chair & grab a beer - but not the [i]special ones[/i] in the salad tray at the bottom of the fridge, they're mine My settings (when I am not being unfaithful to the old girl) tend to be B: 10 - down T: 8 - down BT: favoring "B" about halfway between both & B P.attack: off V - 5 with the radio, full up with the lead.

[quote name='BB2000' post='191995' date='May 5 2008, 02:14 AM']Actually, I guess they are worth that. I was wondering today if I'd sell my favourite Wal for £2700 --- and I wouldn't.[/quote] Sort of my thoughts as well, though a leap in prices like this does seem madness. Every year I up the insurance on mine - and it is nothing particularly special and nothing like what I paid. I suppose it has to do with Pete retiring. I would love a 5'er, but unless my premium bonds come up better than they have I cannot see that ever happening now. Could help out my pension pot I suppose, but I cannot really see me ever letting mine go.

Are you talking about so that you cut through to your ears in the room or in the recording? I should have thought if you are all detuned like that then the guitars are getting into your territory. So in a multitrack recording, or live mix you might want a high pass filter on the guitars set at around 300hz to cut out some space for you If I read it right the recording was a single mike in the middle of the r/h space, which will not help for the recording.

Hells bells!!!!! That's just madness

For the TE around £200-250 I should have thought. I sold my TE 122H combo last year and invested in an MB CMD121H which is a cracking combo. Light and plenty loud enough. Mine has handled a small pub rock gig situation with no problem, but is generally there for a bit of air moving on stage with DI to the PA for FOH. That said, as above it might be outside your budget, being in the range £550-£650 new, depending on how ready your funds are at the mo

I'll say it here as well. Rick Anderson - The Tubes One of my favourite bands who I will always make time to get to see at least once (if not more) when they are over here

[quote name='dood' post='172718' date='Apr 8 2008, 11:13 PM']Hell yeah and especially 'V' by Spock's Beard! Dave Meros is an awesome bass player with a super sexy bass tone. He's also a really nice approachable guy too. I will of course have to give props to my band mates and suggest listening to Sikth and James Leach's awesome bass playing. Tone, punch and some wicked bass lines![/quote] to which I would add SB9. The post Neal band but still some really nice, and varied bass lines. [i]Thinks, must order my tickets for July!!![/i] And also The Tubes. Rick Anderson probably belongs in the under rated thread as well as he covers quite a few styles over the entire discography and always with a line that suits the song so well.

Well the G&L's in the UK and does look nice. It has a maple board, same as mine, and that does seem to have the odd effect of making the action look high when in fact, after being worked on by the guitar tech I use, measured it is now really low. It just doesn't look it - most strange. You may have a few more options with the switching on the G&L with the passive/active/active treble boost switch and series / parallel switch, but your difficulty is trying one as they seem to be very few & far between over here. The number of people who ask "what is that bass?" & "G&L? Never heard of them"

Not a bad night. Friendly crowd and an evening of spot the muso from the stage Still we gave them something to guffaw about when the guitarists and I played three different endings to the first song of the second set - all wrong Keyboard player hasn't made a gig since the new year and we are all wondering whether he just can't bring himself to say he can't manage it anymore. There will come a time when the set will have changed so much and become that much more guitar orientated that it may be difficult, which will be a shame. A gig with twin guitars & finishing with Don't Believe A Word & Boys Are Back In Town - gotta love a bit of Lizzy Some nice comments re the bass sound, which I had the chance to tweak with the sound guy at a tech r/h a few weeks back. Still loving the G&L sound. It's just so good for this stuff (I know, I am repeating myself on that front, but it is!!). Second guitarist asked if I had stopped using the Wal and I felt extremely guilty over the abandonment of my first love.

Trying to think back to the SUB5 I had and the neck on that. I [i]think[/i] that the neck on the L2500 may be a little wider, but I prefer the G&L to the SUB. The SUB had been tinkered with (John East preamp inserted) but for the rock covers stuff my band does the L2500 has a much better tone and site in the mix really well

[quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='189312' date='Apr 30 2008, 10:28 PM']Anyone see the working players feature? Some young man called [color="#FF00FF"]Luke Ward [/color]in there! Funny looking Vigier on there - looks almost like one of them thar Varvicks! Nick[/quote] You don't get a subscription copy then. Lookie [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=17008&hl=bgm"]HERE[/url] [url="http://planetsmilies.net"][/url][url="http://planetsmilies.net"][/url] [url="http://planetsmilies.net"][/url][url="http://planetsmilies.net"][/url] Look on the opposite page & you will find Homer. Question is, do they belong in the over rated, or under rated threads -

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='187832' date='Apr 29 2008, 09:58 AM']Being called overated isn't always a criticism. I think most of the bass players mentionned on here would willingly agree that they are overated in some quaters. Calling Voctor Wooten the best player of all time is overating him. It doesn't detract from the fact that he certainly knows his onions. Its more of a statement about his fans than his playing ability. If anything, I'd be happy to have fans that idolise me so much that they "overate" me. And as for the people moaning about these kind of threads - you're smart enough to switch on a PC and use the internet, but not smart enough to realise this is purely based on opinion? If you don't like it, what keep BUMPing it up with your pointless comments? And for what its worth: Mark King : Technically very clever, musically terrible Jaco : Just not my cup of tea Flea : Fleas.[/quote] At last! The voice of reason. And can I add IMO Les Claypool - which is just my [i]possibly[/i] blinkered opinion, perhaps because I just don't "get" his rather bizarre musical stylings Jaco - I've tried, honest I have. Love his stuff on Heavy Weather, but find his solo albums (which I picked up on re releases in an HMV sale a couple of years back) heavy going and largely unlistenable Flea - Can do some nice solid parts, but again I find him - and a lot of RHCP's output - hard going. The Hyde Park show that was broadcast on the radio a while back was dreadful, but that's just my opinion. BUT these are just my opinions to add to a thread I have read, but until now managed to stay out of.

I did nearly the same trip to pick up an amp and cab my son had bought on my eBay account whilst I was away on business a couple of years back- that is bought with my knowledge, but omitting to tell me it was collection only Took me all day, a tank of diesel and a couple of service breaks for a doze. It is possible, but I can't say I'd want to do it again. Still if you are up for the amp and willing to do the drive go for it.

I'll add a +1 to the above. Ordered a cover for my MB combo & it arrived well within the quoted deadline. Not had it long but it seems very hard wearing and does what is required of it.

Where to start!! [list] [*]Being the band battery fairy [*]Apparently being the only person who can write in the band when being paid & filling in the paperwork at gigs [url="http://planetsmilies.net"][/url] [*]Suggesting songs & getting a big fat NO only to find them suggested 6 months down the line by someone else and immediately accepted as being the best thing since sliced bread [url="http://planetsmilies.net"][/url] [*]Listening to moans about the PA when I've turned up early and been watched while I struggle my gear in [url="http://planetsmilies.net"][/url] [*]In a discussion last night for a new intro suggesting an option. "Don't think that'll work" Only to have the exact same thing suggested 1/2 hour later [url="http://planetsmilies.net"][/url] [*]And [*]And [*]And [/list] Not looking good is it. My blood pressure is obviously getting up

[quote name='Inca' post='182295' date='Apr 21 2008, 09:44 PM']something hideous like £2 a drink[/quote] Only £2!!! You're lucky

Welcome. I considered PJB stuff having sold my Trace combo last year, but ended up going with a Markbass 121H. Tiny, light, loud, but an acquired taste - and my taste says yum!! The rest of the band say "for goodness sake turn it down" and that when it is on 9 o'clock in & out Also just replaced my first 5'er in 30 years (MM SUB5) from last summer with a G&L L2500 and I would heartily recommend that, or the G&L Tribute equivalent, which I believe is hard to tell apart from the original. In the context of the rock covers I do it sits beautifully, and I am sure there are plenty of other tones in there

[quote name='TonyRamwell' post='181831' date='Apr 21 2008, 01:55 PM']So what's the trick then? Do share...[/quote] Can you not just right click on the image & select [b]Sa[u]v[/u]e Image As....[/b] - or have I misunderstood what you are trying to achieve? Interesting site, but I don't have time to look through 5000 pages just now