Mike

Thanks for the suggestions everyone! The ATK has never been my cup of tea really - I think I'm a more traditional fender-style bass person. I had a G&L for a while, I did like it but almost too many tonal options! 

Hi all! I love the feel of my Stingray 5, and it sounds pretty good too, but I think I'd prefer a more jazz tone than the classic Stingray. I guess I could try and find an HH or get another pickup added to my SR5, but I was wondering if anyone could suggest other basses that share the slightly tighter string spacing on the SR5s which might be comfortable for me?

Thanks in advance!

Mike

I should have got Jon to install a tracker when I had it built!

Well it's not looking good, but I'll keep my fingers crossed!

11 hours ago, bubinga5 said:

I did the same 8 years ago. I tracked down the guy I sold it to on BC and he sold it back to me. YAY. 

this is my dream!

1 hour ago, pete.young said:

At least you can get him to make you another one!

Haha, good point. I didn't think about that!

13 hours ago, yorks5stringer said:

Not sure if you can still access your old PM's, but maybe speak to a Mod by PM?

I can't, but I did have the guy's email but no response yet!

13 hours ago, Linus27 said:

Good luck finding it. I know how you feel. I sold my Olympic White Precision on here a few years back and wished I hadn't. I know the serial so might start a thread like yours. Good luck.

Thanks very much. I can't believe I sold a bass I had custom made. Madness. Really hope I find it!

Good point! Sold it through basschat to a guy called Will 8 years ago. Met him at South Mimms. I have dropped him an email today but nothing yet! 

8 years ago I made the silly decision to sell a bass I had custom made by Jon Shuker - a 33” red Jazz 5 with block inlays. I found a picture of it on the website and wondered if, by the power of the internet, I could either buy it back or at least know where it ended up!

Can anyone help?! 😘

I've actually played this exact bass (only for a few minutes) and while the shorter scale isn't something I'm used to, it sounded big, clear and balanced, felt lovely to play and obviously is in mint condition! I have also played the amazing Rob Allen that Frank Black has replaced this with and I understand the reasons for the sale - they are very different sounding instruments, so it's not necessarily a case of 'better', just 'different'. 

I think the buyer who gets this will have an absolute bargain - brand new bass with quite a bit off list price!

16 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

Well, it is kind of the minimum they could do seeing as they were supposed to be doing it themselves.

It is something I will bear in mind if I consider dealing with them, thats for sure.

I'm planning on dropping in enroute to my gig in Birmingham on Saturday - here's hoping for a positive experience, I'm confident it will be

5 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

Your contract is with the retailer, not the distributor, it is up to them to sort it.

Ah, that's a shame. This is the email I got from BD:

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Hi Mike, thank you for your enquiry. It will need to be taken up with Westside distribution.

 

Kind regards

 

Marcus

 

On 12/16/2017 at 14:29, ambient said:

I bought a Mono Vertigo gig bag from them in August 2016. it had travelled hundreds and hundreds of miles with me, on trains, buses and the Eurostar across Europe.

The strap broke a couple of weeks ago, as luck would have it just as I was getting on a train for a gig in Bristol. Anyway I managed an emergency repair using my teeth to squeeze the broken buckle bak together and continued my journey.

I emailed Mark on the Monday morning, he got straight on to Mono and the distributors, and within a very short space of time had negotiated a return and a replacement bag for me. He even offered to post the broken one if I could get it over to him.

That is why shops like Bass direct should in my opinion be shown more appreciation, who cares whether they sell a set of strings with mismatched silks?

We should ensure their survival in what must be a very difficult market, with so many apparently great deals available on-line. Can you seriously imagine Amazon who, although well known for their great customer service arranging a return on an item almost a year and a half after purchase?

That's impressive. I also bought a mono gigbag from Bass Direct which has started to tear within the warranty period - however I got a brief but polite email saying I'd have to take it up with the distributor, and get my bag posted to Glasgow myself. Would have loved them to take it on for me!

20 minutes ago, police squad said:

Looks great, what is your website?

 

 

20 hours ago, lojo said:

I saw a great tribute band "The illegal eagles" the other week

I play in an 80s tribute band and we ty to replicate as best as we can the feel and effects of the songs . I love hearing re inventions but that's not what we've chosen to do with our project 

The great Trevor Newnham on bass. Top player, singer and guy!

Great thread! I tour with 'ELO Again'. It's a lot of fun. I transcribed the originals from the records, but we do a couple of tracks with live arrangements, so for those the basslines sometimes differ. For a few of the more uptempo rock and roll ones, I don't play them note for note - keeps it a bit more fresh and exciting.

Here's a video I recently made showing my bass rig set up for that gig! 

DM

Left it too late. Darn! Thanks.

To clarify, is it all sold?

Thanks for the headsup guys, good luck with the sale.

Nice one Bill, as always!

Highly recommend 'Transcribe!' - I use it all the time, especially for teaching. Worth paying the small amount. I bought it years ago and when I've moved to new computers the owner has sent me a new activation code. Really useful with great algorithms for slowing audio down. 

Stunning looking bass!

Sorry, meant to quote a different post!

On 21/02/2018 at 22:53, Frank Blank said:

I’m tempted to come with you!

Thanks for the shout. I'll drop you a message Dennis!