Mike

10 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

I thought it was Marcus that left to work for Simms / Enfield as his girlfriend was the daughter of the owner. 

Sounds like i might be wrong if people are still dealing with Marcus at BD.

 

Dave

He just replied to my email promptly, after I thanked them for their quick service.

On 24/10/2023 at 23:24, Mike said:

I've had a few slightly negative experiences (and one broadly positive) with BD in the last few years which I didn't feel totally comfortable posting here. I was actually driving past the shop in the last week (it's hundreds of miles from me) and I opted to book an appt at BassBros instead as I didn't want to go away with that disappointed feeling again. 

However: today I was after a particular preamp and BD had it at a good (the best) price, so I took a punt, and within practically minutes it was on its way to Royal Mail and it should be with me tomorrow - absolutely great (online!) service!

Came the next day as suggested, great service. Speedy and a good price.

I've had a few slightly negative experiences (and one broadly positive) with BD in the last few years which I didn't feel totally comfortable posting here. I was actually driving past the shop in the last week (it's hundreds of miles from me) and I opted to book an appt at BassBros instead as I didn't want to go away with that disappointed feeling again. 

However: today I was after a particular preamp and BD had it at a good (the best) price, so I took a punt, and within practically minutes it was on its way to Royal Mail and it should be with me tomorrow - absolutely great (online!) service!

Very nice! Where are you in Suffolk please?

Let's take the high road here, fellas!

It wasn't even connecting, it just said they couldn't take my call. For an hour. So I doublechecked phone numbers. It said open 10-2 but I wanted to check stock before I went out of my way to drive there.

1 hour ago, fretmeister said:

 

 

It's a small staff. Maybe they were all serving customers.

I was driving reasonably close by for a gig last Saturday with money for a Sadowsky Metro. I rang and rang to check it was in stock but couldn't get through on the phone despite them apparently being open. Didn't go in the end. Anyone else have issues with the phone number, or is it wrong online?

Mine is definitely this 33" Shuker Jazz V with side LEDs that I got from Jon in 2009. Wish I hadn't sold it, I'd love it back!

Beautiful Sadowsky RV4 strung with quite new elixirs. Has a ramp put in by Mike Walsh from Zoot basses but this can be removed. 

Stunning bass, stunning sound. Loved by all the sound engineers I work with and just plays with the snap and zing you expect of Sadowskys. Literally the only reason I'm selling is to buy the PJ version as I need a P for most of my shows. 

It's nice and light, under 9lbs. 

Morado (Pau Ferro), Alder body, light sadowsky case, tools.

Based near Colchester, Essex. Welcome to come and try it. I do travel with gigs so might be coming your way. 

16 hours ago, spacecowboy said:

No he was Jaco… 

Correct!

If I'd been there it'd be an MX bass forum reunion!

On 08/04/2023 at 20:38, Machines said:

Hey @spacecowboy, I was there when you turned up to check it out. Good choice sir.

Absolutely beautiful! Congratulations Ben!

Hi everyone. I’m keen to pick up a Sadowsky PJ Metroline, and I’ve seen a Verdine White for sale that I like the look of. I’m hoping I can get up to try it before buying, but thought I’d ask here if there was much difference between a regular Metro PJ and the Verdine white version? I know visually, there are changes, but I was wondering in terms of body size, neck etc? If anyone’s got experience with both, I’d love to hear your thoughts! Thanks in advance. 

On 22/02/2023 at 09:43, joe_geezer said:

I'm in Tooting Mike but i'm prepared to travel within the London area

Thanks for letting me know. I'm in North Essex, wouldn't mind a play really as I love TRBS but I remember the string spacing on my 6er was very wide and I need slightly tighter 5 strings due to my small hands (don't ask why I had a six string!!). 

Normally I'm all over doing gigs and could swing by but don't have much your way in the near future and I don't really have any days off!

1 hour ago, greentext said:

Never would of thought of that tbh, will have to give it a go! 

1 hour ago, miles'tone said:

Kind of counter intuitive, but I sometimes shift the pitch up high on ASD as it makes some difficult to distinguish basslines pop out really well. 

It all goes very Pinky and Perky but a useful hack occasionally! 

I do this a lot when helping students transcribe basslines, stick it up an octave and sometimes you can figure out those hard to hear notes!

10 hours ago, Oomo said:

I've used Transcribe for 13 years now for hundreds of transcriptions, couldn't be happier with it. Mostly like the slowdown capability, but also the ability to pitch shift, and change EQ to make bass clearer.

 

It's also useful as it lets you loop bits of songs, so helpful for learning sections. There's even foot pedal support so you can start/stop playback without having to hit the keyboard/mouse.

 

The maintainer is also really nice, he's responded personally to questions/problems I've had in the past.

Came here to say pretty much exactly this!

Whereabouts in London please Joe?

Sad to hear of Phil's passing. I've been performing with Tubular Bells Live since 2015 and he sat in for me for a couple of songs (Moonlight Shadow and I forget what else) playing the original fretless Fender P he used on that those tracks. He was a big character with lots of energy and passion.

2 hours ago, petecarlton said:

Looking at their latest newsletter, they're no longer saying the new website will be up and running by the end of January - I can't say I'm surprised, must be a helluva task

 

 

 

 

to spell everything correctly!

And this is incredibly minor but I see it *everywhere* now...it's 'first come, first SERVED', not 'first come, first serve'!

Grrr!

Unfortunately my text has gone unanswered. I contacted some friends who have gigged with him, and they haven't heard anything either. One had emailed a while ago regarding another booking and not heard anything back. So unfortunately I have no news whatsoever - he's no longer on Facebook as we were friends on there and I can't find him. I assume if something had happened we would have heard. I really hope he's okay. Sorry not to have any positive news.

I know him a bit and have friends who are close to him - I'll have a dig.

EDIT: I've sent him a text message sending him our best. 

On 27/11/2022 at 17:10, sblueplanet said:

Here he is practising on it

Nice!! Thanks for sharing.

15 hours ago, sblueplanet said:

Cool bass. Been watching clips online of Sting using his at recent soundchecks. Have a listen to him using it on the very jazzy track Captain Bateman’s Basement. 

I like that track too. Sting is using a Fender Jaco fretless on it, is he?

Ah, I see! That makes sense. Good luck! Looks like a lovely bass at a good price, can't say I'm not tempted! Not as easy to bring items into the UK now, sadly.