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  1. neepheid
    I'm not blaming you - I just have a different idea of what I'm prepared to pay for any bass, and these surpass that level by a fair order of magnitude.
  2. neepheid
    It's absolutely nuts. Bonkers price. Hard pass.
  3. neepheid
    When I saw the title, I thought/hoped you meant one of these: Shoulda known better!
  4. neepheid
    That, I cannot argue with.
  5. neepheid
    Classic Aberdeen mentality, thinking it can charge "London prices" for things
  6. neepheid
    It was a joke... does not stand up to scrutiny - what absurdity based jokes do?
  7. neepheid
    I'm a big advocate of self-sufficiency, at least up to a level of doing basic setup (relief/intonation/action) work. Setup is personal - and it's really not difficult. Of course when you get into territory like what is being discussed here, it's player's choice if they want to stretch themselves and learn these other skills. Me personally I do all my setups, I'm OK with the electronics if it's not too taxing, replacing hardware is fine, and I'm currently at the grinding back ratty fret ends/knocking down proud frets kinda stage. Mostly using improvised tools, because I'm a cheapskate.
  8. neepheid
    I don't have much data to go on when it comes to Ramjam - the only time I engaged their technical services was over 2 years ago for a full rewire of a bass, which cost £50, which I thought was pretty reasonable at the time. But who knows what it would cost me today, sorry.
  9. neepheid
    If you don't mind naming names - which local establishment have you been going to at which you have noted the price rise?
  10. neepheid
    I find a good old wireless walkabout goes down well. I also get up to no good during songs which have long, bassless sections - I pretend to sleep, or I naff off for a sit down and pretend to be on strike. Just clowning around basically. People seem to like it. Plus the basics - engagement with the audience - making eye contact with folk and nodded along with them bopping around - sometimes my hat gets borrowed - let 'em - I don't get precious. And for the final coup de gras - if the police come in for a venue check, be ready to play something like Breaking The Law or I Fought The Law etc...
  11. neepheid
    Well it is in stock now, so I'm just waiting for them to get around to where I am in the backlog. If they ever do.
  12. neepheid
    Happy to share a bill with you - there's only 2-3 duplicates on your set list vs. ours
  13. neepheid
    Also - hello!
  14. neepheid
    https://www.basschat.co.uk/forum/83-bassists-wanted/ - is the correct forum for this kind of thing - this one's just for saying hello
  15. neepheid
    I should clarify - they sold out of the thing I wanted when I ordered it. Getting new batches of instruments can take months to get manufactured, not super bothered about it. I'm impressed that the idea that pre-bankruptcy orders would be honoured by the newco has even been floated - had written it off in all honesty. But it might still all come to nothing - that's what I mean by the wait and see.
  16. neepheid
    Tell you when/if they fulfil my order from September last year...
  17. neepheid
    The shelf! I had an Explorer bass, am well acquainted with the shelf. It's surprisingly comfortable.
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  19. neepheid
    Or they could have been replaced?
  20. neepheid
    Time to move this on. This is a Gear4Music LA Select bass. It is a P bass, with a bound body, 21 fret lightly roasted maple neck. Comes with the originally supplied gig bag (not a fantastic bag, but it's better than nothing). Yes, new, they are £150. But, hear me out - this one comes with the following: A Lace Aluma P pickup Grover mini tuners (the stock tuners were garbage - I wouldn't inflict that on anyone - they went straight in the bin) A triple string retainer The ratty fret ends taken care of I'll even throw in a generic split P pickup if you want to steal the Lace for something else. Would prefer a local sale (ha, Aberdeen, good luck with that), but can post at buyer's expense.
  21. neepheid
    I say bring your most mental one. Vive la difference!
  22. neepheid
    They've been using the H-expander truss rod since their original Swedish days... http://hagstrom.org.uk/expander_stretcher.htm
  23. neepheid
    I see what you did there...
  24. neepheid
    Mate, I'm coming down from Aberdeen - there aren't any regional eligibility rules, the only rule as far as I'm aware is "don't be a d!ck" - actually, they bend that one for me a little
  25. neepheid
    Also, the notion that a gear list from March would stay current until October was frankly laughable. In my defence, I was attempting to do gear abstinence, but a white whale appeared which I had been chasing on and off for 12 years put paid to that but I've gone on a bit of a bender since. To balance things out, 2 off that initial list have been sold, got another one up for sale. TL:DR I'll let you know what's coming about a week before the bash - I think I can make it a week without buying or selling a bass...
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