NickThomas

My older brothers band used to rehearse in the bedroom next to mine . I had an old "5 stringed " acoustic guitar and taught myself . Was good ear training

Hey Russ .... is Casablanca the place that used to be ( or still is) a jazz club?

Maybe left a 1 off the start of the price lol

Did it go Russ? .. if not then use this as a bump

Ok OK I'm in denial .... I still walk funny when I think about the beautiful SKB3005 Mark has at bassdirect lol

edit: just checked the website and it's sold .. now I'm stumped lol

I've found that since I got my custom shop jazz. There's just nothing else I want or need lol

Phwoar !! That's some nice overwaters! Congrats!!

Quote : " its got the many thanks ian"

What's that then? lol

Wish I'd been able to attend ... fingers X'd for the next one !!

+1 for the vote of more pictures

Nick.

How weird .. I replied to this thread , and the post disappeared ... anyway .. Congratulations , the bass looks excellent, and it's been a great read !
I've always been a bit curious about the Shuker courses

Cheers,
Nick.

Quote :" but when all is said and done I still had a blast "

As did the other bassist ! LOL

Thats in beautiful condition .. have you ever played it? lol

Ive got one , and it served me well as my main bass for close to 20 years ... havent had to touch rod on it since 1987 . Excellently built .. comfy neck .. as Pete said up there somewhere , lovely warm sound from the neck pickup with a bit of bit from the bridge. 18v preamp gives it some real punch. Saw one go last year with decent photos but same colour as yours , for a think a little over £230, so good one ya ...
It's only redundant now due to playing solely 5 stringers nowadays, but it's 3 foot away from me as we speak , and is my main noodling in my bassroom bass.

Nick.

That's got such a nice vibe to it .... been a bit drawn to them since playing CK's other Cutlass at the bassbash last year ... very nice score !!

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='158440' date='Mar 16 2008, 04:12 PM']This is from the DR site.
(scroll down for the bass strings, naturally)

The summaries above each string are the same as on the main site, but it also details available gauges...[url="http://www.drstrings.com/pdf/drstrings_catalog.pdf"]DR strings (PDF)[/url][/quote]

Excellent ... thanks for that ... I might just order one of each and a/b them on my two jazz's

btw ... the strings I ordered last Tuesday night arrived today , they were posted on the Wednesday , so took 5 days. Suits me

[quote name='Sibob' post='158667' date='Mar 16 2008, 10:42 PM']You arse!!!

I thought i'd gotten lucky with such a quick reply lol

Looks like a cool band tour van!

Si[/quote]

lol sorry .... couldnt resist hehe

How bout this one? lol

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Without piccies the event didnt occur

Hi Zerofret ... cool name ... glad to see something good came out of Lancashire apart from hotpot

Cheers,

Nick.

I'm not 100% sure but I think the threshold before you have to pay vat or import tax is £30 including shipping. So this is just inside that ... I've never had to pay it with my Sadowskys , and they come out at just over £21 posted.
I've had delivery vary between 5 and 9 days

Cheers,
Nick.

[quote name='lee650' post='155669' date='Mar 12 2008, 12:01 AM']Hi nick
Thanks very much for the link, ive been paying that for one set of sunbeam from strings direct, ill def be using these guys from now on, i take it theres no extra import tax or anything, also how long do they take to get here.
Cheers- LEE
Thanks for that . Just ordered up some of my regular strings (Sadowskys) , but might have a change around next time.
I know you're e-commerce wary but I thought I'd just give you the heads up on this. The guys I get my strings from in the States are doing 2 sets of Fatbeams for just over £28 shipped. I've been using them for 4 years and I've only ever had excellent service from them .

Linky ... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-sets-DR-Fat-Beams-Medium-Lite-Electric-Bass-Strings_W0QQitemZ110195980582QQihZ001QQcategoryZ41432QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-sets-DR-Fat-Beams-...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]

Cheers,
Nick.[/quote]

Thanks for that . Just ordered up some of my regular strings (Sadowskys) , but might have a change around next time.
I know you're e-commerce wary but I thought I'd just give you the heads up on this. The guys I get my strings from in the States are doing 2 sets of Fatbeams for just over £28 shipped. I've been using them for 4 years and I've only ever had excellent service from them .

Linky ... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-sets-DR-Fat-Beams-Medium-Lite-Electric-Bass-Strings_W0QQitemZ110195980582QQihZ001QQcategoryZ41432QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-sets-DR-Fat-Beams-...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]

Cheers,
Nick.

GAK are also pretty good when it comes to pricematching . I doubt they'd pricematch thomanns though , as they're an online store.

[quote name='Rayman' post='154076' date='Mar 9 2008, 06:36 PM']Nick, that new jazz 5er is one of the nicest looking basses I've ever seen, nice one pal.[/quote]

That's quite a compliment .. thanks

I was made to love her Ha , bass ferret beat me to it by 3 minutes lol

Papa was a rolling stone

On a serious note .... great idea Matt , and kudos to Rossetti for putting up the prize. Nice one chaps !

Nick.