G-bitch

Well that's everything gone! Thanks for helping me 'de-clutter' folks.

Mate, don't think I haven't looked into it - there's no distribution here in the UK and I suspect that it would be prohibitively expensive to import one. Ok, time to email bass central

Sorry dude, you'll have to curse your computer again as it went yesterday afternoon!

Yours, and I don't even have to post them!

Now, I'm going to sound like an utter tosser here but seriously, any van that isn't empty should never be left alone - I remember reading about a band a few years back who were touring and had their van stolen at a service station; my first thought was 'WTF were they doing not leaving someone with the van?'. Cars is risky but if it's out of site then it's not an automatic 'go to' vehicle for contents thieves. Also, forget Musicguard - they're a friggin' rip off and you'll only get shafted on the small print after they tell you over the phone that everythings fine. Just find a home insurance policy that covers high value items and who will provide 'off the premises' cover as it is likely to be one hell of a lot cheaper than Musicguard. It does mean phoning up and speaking to a few insurance providers though; I understand that M&S are supposed to be pretty good in this regard. Read every last bit of small print. Twice. Just the lessons I learned after having c.£16k worth of gear ripped off.

My gear clear out has unearthed a whole host of cabling and connectors for which I have no use and am loathe to throw out so I'm offering it up to anyone who wants it for the cost of postage. Connectors: New & unused: 1x Neutrik 4 pin XLR (bought by accident - WTF is a 4 pin for?!) Unused Cables (some with connectors on): 3m (approx) Connectronics musicflex mic cable (blue) Miscellaneous: Double (UK) plug socket - the rubbery type you connect your own power cable to to make extension (you know - the type your grandad used to use before roll up extensions became common) Just reply to this thread to make your claim and PM me your address - you can paypal me the postage costs when it arrives. Hope someone can make use of this stuff! Thanks, Graham

No way it's original if just one knob - dicey mod job; a kiss of death for the value of anything Musicman!

Oh, I went with a Shuker in the end - bolt on 6 for £1200 - mostly becasue I was a tad more price sensitive then. Nowadays I might have gone with SEI; especially since seeing many of the single-cuts.

Funny - I was thinking a couple of months ago that SEI prices seemed particularly low when taking into account his reputation and even more so his location! I doubt he makes a huge amount of money as his overheads will be astronomical, but even he does make a huge amount then he's worth it. As anyone who has visited his shop can vouch, he is simply the nicest guy and will leave you to play any instrument or come help you pick some out, offer to put fresh strings on etc. etc. - oh and that was when I was about 20; no prejudice to the youthful student. Only shop worth visiting in London IMHO (except maybe a few adult shops in soho ).

Bern - I phoned them up as I remembered seeing the line 6 amps in there; they've got the little 110 combo on order for me to try out. It's only a little place and the stock is very limited but it gets my vote as the best music shop in Birmingham. I'm down in Bristol next weekend and I know that one shop has the Warwick combo's and I can always nip into sound control there too. Of course in reality I know that despite all my best endeavours, like all my other gear, I'm just going to have to mail order it or buy used and hope it sounds ok.

[quote name='OldGit' post='40980' date='Aug 3 2007, 04:33 PM']Yeah Seems to be flavour of the month at Bristol.ac.uk We've had about 5 enquiries from them this month. Drop me a PM and I'll put you in touch with a few people who know a few people .. Also get onto the [url="http://www.bristolrock.co.uk/"]Bristol Rocks Website[/url][/quote] Cheers mate - very much appreciated. I'll probably post a thread up when I move to get the full skinny off the south-westerners.

'cos I'm not a w***er.

So between a huge sound control and a huge PMT, I managed to try out the vast number of f*** all of the above amps. I'll nip to Fair Deal on my lunch break this week and see what they have/ can get.

Superb. Well I'm moving to Bristol end of this year, high student population, just need to find the right band - folk'n'roll just moved up on the list!

That's because the bass player had stopped to take a photo No bass = no booty shakin' Can you get the guitarist to take it next time? None of 'em'll notice so the basschat gets a booty shakin' photo!! Win/Win

Damn right! What i'd give to be playing infront of a largely female student crowd. (I'm 28 so it isn't that pervy )