kodiakblair

I was a bit miffed with Parcelforce this week. They're bloody slow and misinform customers. Got a bass from Germany,shipped with GLS. Took 27 hr to travel 1000Km (long way) and passed through 3 depots. Hit the UK and took Parcelforce 30 hr to go half the distance with only 1 depot,was lying in Edinburgh unprocessed for another 12 hours when I collected it. Shame they have the monopoly on international deliveries as they're crap.

[color=#333333]It's happened again [/color] [color=#333333]Another unplanned Peavey. [/color] [color=#333333]On Sunday night a good friend called with some bad news, terminal cancer and less than 3 months to live. This was bad enough but something he said[/color] [color=#333333]that struck a chord. He recently fixed up his 2 motorcycles and we are experiencing unusually good weather in Scotland,sadly he's too sick to enjoy his bikes[/color] [color=#333333]in the short time left.[/color] [color=#333333]Having an almost complete Peavey collection I don't want to run out of time before it's finished. I'd been looking for an Axecelerator but hit some problems,[/color] [color=#333333]GC won't ship used goods overseas,my cousin in America can't be bothered to purchase one for me and a recent one on Ebay.de felt like a scam ! I only know[/color] [color=#333333]one Axecelerator owner in the UK but I'm at a loss as to why they're so scarce. Light weight,low action due to the combination of Peavey neck and micro tilt,[/color] [color=#333333]35" scale so a good B string and 18V preamp.[/color] [color=#333333]W[size=4]ell on Sunday bassic.ch member jogi68 came to the rescue.[/size][size=4] He had a lovely purple 5 string for sale and was happy to ship to Scotland [/size][/color] [color=#333333]So Scotland's Peavey clan has a new brother. Managed about a half hour and I'm impressed,don't normally play 5 strings but the Wilkinson adjustable[/color] [color=#333333]bridge will help if I struggle with string spacing.First Purple bass too[/color] [color=#333333]Enough yakking here's the photos [/color] [color=#333333][attachment=220681:Axcelerator 5 (2).jpg][attachment=220682:Axcelerator 5 (3).jpg][/color]

I've dealt with Music-Point.DE via eBay. Based in Germany. Uwe was a pleasure to deal with.

Just " Many " is the safest way to say it

Just the kind of review I like to read. Cheers Mark

@alyctes the BXP 34" vs 35" confused me too My Cirrus and Grind are the exact same size,until I measured the frets. Longer frets on the Grind. Never knew the G-bass was 35" until recently,then only cause i read the manual Think I'd notice on a 6 string but not on a 4, from 1st on G to 5th on E is just 6mm longer. On a 6 it could be maybe 12mm Mark The 10lb T-40 is definitely a lightweight,the other 2 are 12lb +. But mind they balance well. Wide strap and a back harness you'd be good to go

Very tasty T-40 came to stay today. In absolutely excellent condition for a 32 year old bass,this my first T-40 with blades just tips the scale at 10lbs. Time will tell if I prefer the blades to toasters. Lovely bass. It was joined by a Custom shop Cirrus. Now I was impressed by the BXP,some folks give them a hard time but seeing you can pick them up for £150 + I'd advise those folk not to eat at Pizzahut ( Dec 2014 Portsmouth, 4 pizza,3 lagers 1 coffee £97),personally I think the BXP is a good buy. The USA adds another inch and an improvement in materials. It's also about 4 x the price. The custom shop adds more refinement with wooden TR and cavity covers,very nice choice of top and the Millennium preamp. This gives you variable mids. I'd heard quite a few American Cirrus owners say this was a good upgrade but with Peavey having very limited stocks and the $127 price tag + shipping and taxes it looked like an upgrade I'd be missing. Not now I won't Over the next wee while I'll string them the same so I can compare my T-40s and Cirri,only managed half hour with each. For now feast your eyes folks [attachment=220114:Todays Peavey.jpg][attachment=220113:Tobacco 40.jpg][attachment=220112:Quilted Cirrus.jpg][attachment=220111:Cirrus neck.jpg]

Never heard of anyone using fake " Peavey" logos. I feel left out

Wow. I remember seeing one get a mention years back in Guitar Player. Wasn't that price I'm damn sure.

Got a set of La Bella flats from Guy. Top Fella.

Absolutely stunning work there Alan, sure to go down a storm at the show. http://www.holygrailguitarshow.com/

Some of the USA custom shop Cirrus had the Millennium preamp fitted and I've heard quite owners who rate it. Last year I think Peavey had less than 40 units left and they were around $117.

Here's my Blueshift II with quite a bit of wear to the finish. Tempted to sand it back and give it a coat of oil. [attachment=219285:Gordy Blueshift (4).jpg][attachment=219286:Gordy Blueshift (9).jpg] Still playing and sounding well.

Wee update. My confidence in Brian was well founded. Strings went last Saturday and were here on Tuesday. Like I said Brian's a Top Man.

Got a set of strings on the way from Brian. Sent me a text just after he'd posted them. Top Man ! Cheers Brian

Big Thank You to Kev. I'm needing to print a logo for my Bass Maniac rebuild so asked him if he'd take a photo of the logo on his. Emailed from his work this morning saying he'd do when he got home and that's just what he did Absolute Gent. Cheers Kev

Got a set of flats from Dan. The fella's first class.

I find myself agreeing with most of the choices so I'll add When 2 R in Love and Never Take The Place of Your Man. Oh and Bob George.

Spotted this on bassic.ch [url="http://www.bassic.ch/threads/f***er-penetration-bass-auch-verkauf-in-teilen-musikraft-usacg-fender-leo-quan-teilen.14862113/"]http://www.bassic.ch...eilen.14862113/[/url] Fella knows his market, reduced rate for juvenile punk rockers. Might have to contact him for the F**ker J*zz decal

It's not so much the game has changed just an example of Scott contracting a Chinese factory to build for a realistic price. Chinese companies build to set unit prices so if they're told £25 is the limit then corners get cut. When Western companies then sell those for £300+ any faults get blamed on the Chinese not on the real culprit. For some firms this is a deliberate business decision as it makes their other models look better. More power to Scott for doing things right. Quite a few UK firms do the same,Chowny,Revelation & Retrovibe for example. If £450 is all it cost you to have a bass just as you want it, well congratulations are in order. Great to hear from a happy SWB-1 owner as I wish Scott every success with his venture.

Bloody Hell. Nothing else I can say.