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  1. Diablo
    9B is now sold. £450 for the Six Pak (6pak, Six Pack?) or £480 delivered to UK mainland if you are interested. Cheers, Rich
  2. Diablo
    well if you two can PM each other and split the £700 between yourselves however you wish then job done I'd have guessed something like £250 for the 9B and £450 for the 6 pak was somewhere near? Cheers, Rich
  3. Diablo
    Get your xmas list sorted - one and only price drop, £3500
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    Price dropped - £700 for both, may split. Make a fine xmas present to the neighbours.....
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    [attachment=230104:20161016_204628.jpg] For sale here is my go-to gig setup, a Phil Jones Bass Six Pak, which is an M500 amp built in with a 6B cab, and also a 9B cab. The Six Pak alone is a great piece of kit, coupled with the expansion cab it is an awesome setup and easily coped with a mental drummer and two Marshall-laden guitarists for gigging. I gigged quite a bit with this but bands and playing have fallen by the wayside and I could use the money for other projects. The Six Pak has seen more action than the 9B. The previous owner painted it white and it kind of grew on me, it has marks, scratches etc from transport and usage but all works perfectly and sounds great. It comes with the travel cover. The Six Pak has castors on one side and a suitcase style handle on the other for moving it around. It is HEAVY, a real solid piece of kit but the sound is so clear and crisp. The 9B has seen far less use and is in excellent condition including the travel cover. The cab comes with the cable to attach to the Six Pak and another socket for adding additional cabs if you feel the need. The 9B is on 4 castors. I'd rather sell both together as a set, but may consider splitting for the right offer. I'm located near Darlington, these are too heavy to courier but I'm up and down the country sometimes. I'd recommend visiting to see/hear though. [attachment=230106:20161016_204527.jpg] [attachment=230107:20161016_204537.jpg] [attachment=230108:20161016_204636.jpg] [attachment=230109:20161016_204722.jpg] [attachment=230110:20161016_204733.jpg] [attachment=230111:20161016_204742.jpg] [attachment=230112:20161016_204759 (1).jpg] [attachment=230113:20161016_204759.jpg] [attachment=230114:20161016_204812.jpg] Price dropped to £700, for some reason it won't let meedit the price at the top of the post - will consider splitting. The M500 amps alone are £1250 new! Cheers, Rich
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    [attachment=230093:20161016_204921.jpg] Here for sale is my 1968 Fender Jazz bass in sunburst with tort pick guard. I bought this bass as my "never need another" in 2014 from Andy Baxter. It was set up and new strings fitted when I collected it. It is with a heavy heart I'm offering it for sale. I have played it maybe a dozen times since having it, and only gigged it twice, and now I'm at a stage where it is a lot of money to be tied up in something I don't even look at let alone play. It has lived in its case in a heated bedroom since I bought it to keep it away from temp/humidity changes and sunlight. It sounds amazing, it looks amazing. The neck is dated 7th Jul 1968, all pots are matching and dated 50th week of 1968. I believe it to be totally original but you are welcome to view and see for yourself. My only condition is that if you want to take the pots, pickups and neck off to check, you put the cash on the table first to show you are a serious buyer. I don't want to take this apart absolutely any more than required due to damage risk so show me you are serious. The original hard case in included in the sale. Condition wise it has been used, there are some small marks/chips, it is not a 10/10, but I bought it to gig with. It is perhaps a 8/10 but it is your responsibility to view and make your own mind up. [attachment=230094:20161016_204926.jpg] [attachment=230095:20161016_204937.jpg] [attachment=230096:20161016_204943.jpg] [attachment=230097:20161016_205001.jpg] [attachment=230098:20161016_205013.jpg] [attachment=230099:20161016_205018.jpg] [attachment=230100:20161016_205044.jpg] Viewing and playing is obviously recommended for such a purchase, I'm located near Darlington. See my other ad for a PJB amp/cab setup too. Cheers, Rich
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    Just to follow up I had listened to "best of the old bollocks" while driving to Liverpool this evening.
  8. Diablo
    Wahey - the Heavy Metal Kids got a mention by someone else on BC :-)
  9. Diablo
    Master of observational songwriting Chris Rea has penned a new tune, soon to be released, in deference to the working mens clubs of Middlesbrough. Titled "One parmo, one spesh and one leer" it is sung to the George Thorogood version tune of "One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer".
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    I'll be in Dublin next Wednesday so may try to visit the statue and raise a pint for him. Great player and singer, such a waste though.
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    [quote]these are bassists who read these..... [/quote] I can't read, I employ my butler to read the forum to me and type the responses. Reading, writing, all that stuff is for poor people it would seem. Back onto food related rock-facts: Wilko Johnson, famous guitarist so monikered due to his love of shopping for cheap plastic items in budget household chain Wilkinsons, played with Dr Feelgood. No, not like that, as in played guitar. Dr Feelgood was the nickname the band members gave to crushed up fishermans friends which they would dissolve in cola drinks. The idea was stolen by a bloke from Austria and the rest, as they say, is Red Bull history.
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    Everyone's favourite pop princess Kylie Minogue co-wrote & performed BV's on 5 Finger Death Punches 2013 and latest album, "The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 2" with two songs, "Cold" and "Time to Die", both inspired by a visit to the KFC on the outskirts of Bish Vegas*, County Durham. * A colloquial term for the market town of Bishop Auckland, which happens to be a sh*t hole.
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    The Kings of Leon have never actually been to Leon, and none of them are king either. In fact only the word "of" is not a lie for the bands identity. However the town of Leon in Spain does have a Mayor who plays lute and castanets in a local pub mariachi trio.
  14. Diablo
    I'm working my way though the above suggestions, listening and playing some. Cissy Strut is certainly there as a favourite I think. As for me singing, there are two reasons: 1. I sing like a cat caught in a piece of industrial machinery 2. When I sing I seem to forget what I'm supposed to be playing on bass, or I concentrate on playing the bass for forget to sing
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    Cheers for the ideas, I'm going to play a few myself tonight then see which I can persuade the others to go for. Lead guitar is very good, classically trained so can do all the twiddly finger picking stuff too.
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    Link Wray is a shortened version of his full nom-de-birth, Linkin Park Wray. He was the childhood inspiration to soft-rock country stars "Linkin Park" who took his name as a tribute. Captain Beefheart actually has a human heart in his chest, the moniker was given to him after a particularly boozy night of babysham cocktails with Peter Stringfellow. Mr Beefheart was challenged to eat the famous 5lb mixed grill kebab from Peter's personal kebab van. The challenge was completed in 23 minutes, a record, and his prize was a beef heart kebab shaped golden trophy. The rest, as they say, is history.
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    No members of Ugly Kid Joe were called Joe. The band were christened their moniker after the lead singer bought a pet baby kangaroo.
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    I realised there was no rock fact in the above post, so to make amends here are two as a special treat: John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers were recently fined €20,000 by the EU for damaging the 450-495 nanometer wavelength during a concert. It will be several decades until the universe repairs itself and the rainbows above Brussels with feature 7 colours again. Link Wray has a brother called Sting who only performs using his Christian name.
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    [quote]The Stray Cats have had to disband having all gone missing following a goodwill far Eastern Tour of a country that is just above South Korea.[/quote] Ah, you mean Slovenia who, ranked 24th in 2014, were one place above South Korea in the Legatum Prosperity Index rankings recently published: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legatum_Prosperity_Index#2014_Rankings Is there a history of cats going astray in Slovenia then?
  20. Diablo
    While we search seemingly in vain for a singer in the main band me, the drummer and a our lead guitar decided to do some acoustic numbers at a local open mic. The drummer was singing, me on bass and guitard on his nice hollow-body. It was okay, but when singing our drummer has a tendency to totally dominate, which is why in a band setting we hide him at the back. We did: Have You Ever Seen the Rain - CCR Babylon - David Gray Times Like These - Foos Sail Away - David Gray Back It Up - Cadillac Three I don't think any of those songs had ever been done at this event and were wheeled out by us between 9 other sets of 60's vomit-pop like the beatles, Everly Brothers, Mustang Sally (yes - someone played it) and the rest of the safe Smooth FM playlist. So I need to put the drummer back behind his wheelie bins so suggested for next time we just do a short set of instrumental numbers. It will be something different and puts the three of us where we belong. I just wondered which songs others play and go down well to a mixed audience with 1x drums, 1x bass 1x guitar. So far I was thinking: Rumble - Link Wray Green Onions - Booker T (would need 2nd gutard or keys to throw it around a bit I guess) Budgie - Bottled Side Of The Road - CCR (needs two guitards) Crazy Otto or Heard It Through The Grapevine - CCR but the long version instrumental breaks I realise there is a huge list here, but I have not heard of 99% of them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rock_instrumentals Suggestions welcome, Cheers Rich
  21. Diablo
    [quote]Ok, I guess you advertise your prices as being tax inclusive. Margin schemes are different because the VAT is driven by the margin so the price is always VAT inclusive. [/quote] It is always interesting to get an insiders view on tax/VAT though, it is something you don't generally go looking for! Thanks for your input. VAT margin is onerous due to having to keep records for every single item, but you've just got to suck it up and do it. The time it runs into problems is when selling a used part for a profit to a European business who want it zero rated. In that case I don't do it as it shows my profit margin to them. [quote]With huge respect, most chartered accountants know nothing about VAT - I was frequently their outsourced VAT function. [/quote] I thought the general idea was to find an accountant that knows nothing about your line of business, it cuts down on all their questions every year end as in "why does a dog groomer need 12 bottles of whiskey each December" ** ** I don't run a dog groomers, it was an amusing example of the accountant scenario, not based on real events.
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    [quote]Rich, I think you are on sticky ground (technically) because VAT is added to prices. Unless you advertise that range of prices HMRC would expect 20p on a £1 sale, not 16p from it. [/quote] Not according to my maths. I advertise gross prices only. If I sell an article for £1 to a UK or European based customer that is £0.83 to me and £0.17 to HMRC for the VAT. If I sell the same thing and ship it to the USA for example that is £1 to me and nothing to HMRC. The gross price is £1 either way but in effect I adjust the net price depending on customer location, which I can do, I can charge anyone anything I want for goods or services. My chartered accountant has been okay with that since I set up in 2008 and I turn over between £100k and 200k pa. I also deal with used goods under the VAT margin scheme so do a lot of VAT paperwork, but it has always survived auditing.
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    [quote]Interesting... but surely it's not the case that if sell a single download including VAT of say 10p, but have paid out £100 of VAT in creating the track, I'm owed £99.90?!? [/quote] Yes that is true. Pretty much every quarter I reclaim movey from HMRC for VAT as I spend more than I bring in given my main customers are businesses in Europe so I zero rate them on the sale and declare it on the EC Sales list. Bear in mind though in your example you'll have already physically paid the £100 out, so you are not getting free money, just back the difference between what you paid out vs what you took in during that qtr.
  24. Diablo
    From HMRC: [quote]You need to identify the place where your consumer is based, has their permanent address, or usually resides. This will be the member state where VAT on the digital services supply is due.[/quote] So if they are on a train somewhere it does not matter, it is there home that counts, not their actual location at the time of purchase. It does seem an unbelievably difficult and complicated system. I'm VAT registered and do worldwide mail order plus sell to consumers and businesses so I get the EC Sales List every qtr along with all the other VAT paperwork to deal with. The way I deal with VAT now, being I don't need to charge it to people outside of Europe if I ship goods directly to them, is to charge everyone the same headline price. When I do my accounts I work out which are vatable and which aren't. If the goods were shipped outside of Europe then I don't need to pay any VAT back so in effect I make more profit on those transactions. I had my website set originally to work out VAT or not and separate it all out on automatic invoicing but the setup of it was an admin nightmare. Much easier to just go set price on the web and sort out the VAT yourself away from the customer transaction. IMHO anyway. There will be loopholes come out of this though. I have not fully researched it but I think if someone buys your music any pays, but you have to physically email the file or a link to them, then it is outside this tax law. Or if a customer buys some music, gets an instant download, but you physically post them a copy too then it is goods and not digital. Just keep your ears open for the loopholes being found and I'd suggest taking some accountancy advice. Cheers, Rich
  25. Diablo
    Stairway to Heaven was originally titled "Stairway to Hebburn" in reference to the 6 seemingly impossible to scale steps leading from the pavement to Hebburn Working Mens Club. After playing a 2x45min covers set the fledgling Led Zeppelin took over 3 hours to move the 500W PA and Bonzo's drum kit up those steps into the Transit van parked at the top of said steps. Whilst Bonzo and Planty struggled with the gear a rather unhelpful Jimmy sat on the wall and wrote the main riffs and song structure based on his observations of his fellow band-members struggles. JPJ was in the chippy up the road and missed all the fun.
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