stef030

rf custom in rye east sussex

quality work and a cool guy

3 hours ago, Greg Edwards69 said:

I ended up going to a local amp repairer (Electronic Music Services in Southend) when my old Mark Bass LMII developed a fault after a small drop. I had contacted Mark Bass first and their attitude was that it was a discontinued product so they wouldn't help and I should replace it with a new model. Even the local amp repairer had a job to source the parts needed.

 

I get that it's not practical to hold a large inventory of spare parts for every model ever produced, but as markbass seems to discontinue products at a seemingly quicker rate than many of their rivals, I find it quite frustrating that Mark Bass advocates such a throwaway culture. The yellow company is not exactly "green".

I suppose I am in the fortunate position that

i would probably be refunded due to the age and warranty 

not just from mark but the seller 

so I wait with bated breath for the outcome 😵‍💫

Well after over fifty years of playing and gigging

i am now going through a bit of a time of it

my mark Alain Caron super combo develops a major issue during a gig

its now been taken for repair ect 

its 14 months old

so far the experience has been at best poor

i have now had to get a 102 cab and head to continue to allow me to work

will keep everyone posted to the outcome good or bad

not happy

absolutely not happy

more could have been done

Shame it's a bit far from Sussex and postage would be prohibitive 

But good luck with the sale

Great sounding rig

14 and a half at school first gig

pubs ect in scotland at 15 and a half

moved to london at 18 to chase the dream

awb pick up the pieces 

has it all

for me it was my washburn status in red

i would buy another tomorrow 

I usually take spare

strings

batteries

mark bass head

guitar leads 

speakon cables

airwaves gum

inhaler

all is good

royal oak lydd 

total mayhem gig

so many years ago I heard a pretty cool band called haung chung who then changed their name to wang chung,

anyway I just remembered all about them today when I was doing some mick karn stuff on my new fretless,

so after  doing a playalong  on youtube bought the album of ebay just got to get it transferred onto disc 

does anyone else get these daft notions when playing at home

been a overwater customer for a while had a couple of basses built 

was amazed at and continue to enjoy the service of chris,kirsty,martin and the team

nothing is too much trouble,

great company,great basses

aha now this looks like my old status

andy is a pleasure to deal with

glwts

I used to have a washburn mb6 that I bought from gak in the early 90s

sold it far too cheaply a few years ago,would have another in a heartbeat

great bass,sounded great ah memories memories

have a word with chris at overwater,I am sure he would be able to 

suggest something

I will have a couple of sets

time for a bump

time for a cheeky bump,

would trade for a five string acoustic bass

cash either way

cheers

stef

Bass is now sold pending the usual 

cheers

stef

3 hours ago, franzbassist said:

Where in E Sussex are you?

Thank for the interest 

sorry for the delay in a reply 

l am in Hastings but a meet is always possible 

cheers

stef

For me it’s a 69 jazz that I bought in 1974;

with the original case,strap and receipt from the first owner,

just a lovely old thing on its original frets ect,

was gigged by me for many many years but was retired four years ago

and now just home use

cheers

stef

Headless not usually my thing 

but jeez that is very pretty 

glwts

stef

6 hours ago, leschirons said:

Looks like an Energy Artiste to me. Lovely bass that.

You are absolutely correct sir

and very lovely it is,but sadly not getting the use

it deserves

Time for a bump I think😁😁

_{been asked a couple of times about weight}

_{just a tad on four kilos,}

_cheers

_stef