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[quote name='warwickhunt' post='408558' date='Feb 13 2009, 01:26 PM']Streamer Stage I rolled onto the P pup... or I might just upset everyone and use my Bolin (which joking aside actually does a very convincing P bass sound). <edit> ...and yes I am using a nice heavy pick! [/quote] Don't Believe a Word is my favourite to play - shame the fast version is so short though

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='408497' date='Feb 13 2009, 12:57 PM']I'm depping for a band in 3 weeks time and they do [b]5[/b] Lizzy tracks... it is fun playing them! [/quote] Hope you will be using a P bass & pick for that authentic Lynott sound

I've just been watching the L&D show on Sky Arts (for about the 3rd time this year!). However this time I dragged out a bass and a pick and had great fun playing along with some of the songs. I'd forgotten how much fun playing with a pick can be! Still love Phil & the L&D album in particular, doesn't bother me one bit that there were a lot of overdubs after the event

[quote name='AussieBassman' post='404988' date='Feb 10 2009, 02:31 AM']I've used them several times, straightforward and hassle-free between here and the UK.[/quote] Great, thanks for that. I spotted that they originally specialised in transfers to Oz & NZ but they've branched out into a lot of other countries as well now

I've had some interest from overseas on a bass I have up for sale and came across Tranzfers [url="http://www.tranzfers.com/index.html"]http://www.tranzfers.com/index.html[/url] Seems like a good service and fees appear to be less than something like PayPal (who also stiff you on currency conversion). Just wondered if anyone had any experience with them?

[quote name='7string' post='403894' date='Feb 8 2009, 10:51 PM']That sounds like a great idea. What happens if the account doesn't balance? Does it mean you have to do the washing up a day for each penny that you owe....[/quote] Nope - got past that one a few years back by buying a nice shiny new dishwasher from the same pool of cash

[quote name='7string' post='403033' date='Feb 7 2009, 08:39 PM']I'm extremely lucky to be a Sei owner and to have a wife who understands why these things cost so much....[/quote] I have a great deal going with my wife I run a separate bank account with a max overdraft facility of £1,500. All buying & seling has to go through that account and approx every 6 months it's supposed to 'balance' and not go overdrawn After a lot of buying and selling this past year it's actually in credit at the moment [i]and[/i] I have a couple of things up for sale which will take it even further into credit Meanwhile all I have to do with her is forcibly encourage her to buy very expensive handbags now & then - of course 'expensive' on the handbag front is nothing like the cost of even the cheapest bass. This means that if we go shopping and I get her to buy something nice I win on all fronts - she's happy for me to buy basses & amps and I score loads of 'good husband' points by taking in interest in her handbag shopping

[quote name='B2.' post='403308' date='Feb 8 2009, 12:12 PM']and no laughing at the posing...[/quote] Are we allowed to laugh at the hat?

Damn - just re- read this and thinking I should get that deep blue Flamboyant built after all, I've sold enough kit this week to afford it as well. . .

I've flirted for many years about getting a custom build and Martin Petersen would be my choice if I decided to go down this route. Partly because he's local, a lot because he remembers my name when I stroll into his shop every 18 months or so but mostly because I love the feel and 'playability' of everything he makes. The main reason I haven't commissioned anything is that I really don't feel qualified enough to actually know what I want! I'm a complete tart with my basses and swap them constantly. Often not because they aren't what I really want but simply due to the fact that I fancy something new In my head I worked out my perfect Sei years ago: 5 string Flamboyant, fretted, headless, flamed maple top with a deep blueburst finish, ebony board, black hardware & whatever Martin thought would be best in terms of electronics - only thing I'd be keen to spec would be 3 band EQ as I like to fiddle with the mids. Problem is I'm frightened that I'll lash out £2K+ and then decide I want to trade a few months later because I'm so bloody fickle! if I have to vote on anything I currently own or have owned in the past few months - MTD / Spector / Overwater / Status / Sadowsky / Roscoe the Mike Tobias at MTD is winning for me with Overwater in second place closely followed by Roscoe. All of these guys will build to custom specs and all of them build great basses