kodiakblair

I shipped 3 basses to a fella in Totana,Spain last month. It was in a big Thomann box so say 1400 x 1000 x 180 and weighed 20Kg. Total cost was £39 and he had them by the fourth day. I booked using UPS via Interparcel. Extra insurance over £100 cost 2%. Ask the buyer to bank transfer the funds as Dan Dare's right PayPal will protect the buyer if anything goes wrong, leaving you to deal with the courier. Could be I've just been lucky but I've sent and received plenty items from Europe without a glitch.

Single coil and brand new strings combo sounded a bit bright for me so swapped strings for Hot Wire tapes,that solved it. The Wilkinson itself is a decent pickup,friend in Kenya bought BC'er Thunderbird's PB-50 with a Duncan in it and after I sacked the idea of a 2nd 50 with a toaster,went with Peavey Ferrite, I sent him the spare Wilkinson.He was a bit deflated when he A/B'd them as the Wilkinson sounded the same as the mighty SD he'd heard so much about,it was louder too Interesting idea going with the MM jezzaboy,be great to hear your thoughts if you get around to it.

Have to say it's crazy waiting on a deko,which could be knackered, when the full price with warranty is so affordable. I did buy a deko one but that was just to rob the body,made an arse of a pickup rout on one. Only fault was a dodgy tooth on a tuner. Gave it to a friend,my other 2 PB-50s see plenty of use.

Hey funkyfingers I've the previous Bromberg bass, the Peavey B-Quad also with piezos. The man sure knows what he likes in a bass

There's one I should regret but luckily I killed the pain with years of drugs and alcohol

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Boogie Oogie is a great tune. The groove is fantastic. Singing & playing it is hard enough, add dancing in high heels too !![/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] You got a real challenge [/font][/color]

Proud owner of Retrovibes Evo,Zygote,Super-P & the sadly discontinued RV4. Dave's a great fella to have dealings with, when I got the Super - P he suggested and fitted the coil tap switch for nowt. Now I'm planning on adding the Stinger preamp. Reckon the T-rod will be a belter.

@Donnyboy You could be there and back afore teatime Oh so the wife don't know just stash it at mines

Jon's the man to ask for that Donny. He reckons it's Korean.

Spotted that one Donny. Unsurprisingly so did Bassassin

Saw Lozz was selling a Behringer head but it was collection only due to the weight. Asked the fine fella if he'd consider couriers and he said "No Problem ". Arranged everything his end Whole thing was done and dusted in 3 messages. Even better is the 1st contact was on Tuesday night and the Head arrived Thursday afternoon. Fantastic fella to deal with.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1456212010' post='2986566'] I would love a JG series Wal... In the unlikely event one of the 46 were to surface [/quote] Thanks for the reminder about selling mine Rob

Top Man is Ade. Helped him out with a wee thing and apart from the courier making an arse of the tracking it went great. Look forward to dealing with him again.

Having never played an SX or Westfield I couldn't say but I have owned 10 Harley Bentons The basic PB-20 I preferred to the Squier Affiniity P-bass,it has a Poplar body same as some of my Peaveys. Young lad at Stirling Uni uses it now on his symphonic metal recording tuned BEAD. BZ-4000-NT which is the top tier series was another good bass, build quality and features were fantastic, JB-75 is a nice jazz bass,HB-60 performed like my last semi hollow. Honestly I've yet to play a bad HB bass, no complaints on the RB-414 itself but the Ric inspired design wasn't for me. The reason they're so affordable is not so much cost cutting but lower profit margins + high volumes of sales. Thomann buy direct so there's no middle man adding his costs,no sales reps or advertising. A friend of mine set up a Harley Benton forum,plenty satisfied owners there an I'm sure 1 or 2 will have had Westfields or SX's. Here's the link if you fancy checking it out. http://theharleybentonclub.proboards.com/

Thanks Flat Eric. Just picked up the B-Quad on Wednesday. No use for the stereo output but I'm in love with graphite neck,1st time I've had one. Credit for the photo has to go to my Pal

Finally got a friend round to take the Clan Gathering photo After much moving of furniture we got them all in frame,still not swapped the switches on one of the T-40s so it's missing,Cirrus should have changed places with the Dyna to get seen better. It's a big picture so I've went the Photobucket route,just click the photo. Hope you folks enjoy it [url="http://s1205.photobucket.com/user/kodiakblair/media/Peavey%20Family%205.jpg.html"][/url]

Had mine a couple of years now and absolutely love it,so much so I got another 2. 1st one sports Status Hot Wire nylon,plays and sounds fantastic. 2nd went to a friend for his 40th,he went for Chromes. 3rd I fancied a Tele look but ended using a Peavey ferrite instead. Another fella bought Thunderbird's one with a Duncan in it but after I sent him my spare Wilkinson he went with that,same tone as the SD but it's louder. Plenty of basses here but that PB-50 probably sees more use than the others.Best £70 I spent in years

Thought it was over after picking up a B-Quad yesterday then I see Dave Konig's post of a Super-P with the Stinger preamp and coil tap. Guess I'll be thinking of adding a Stinger now.

Been reading a book on Southern Soul and the few times The Beatles get mentioned it's a very luke warm opinion. Guess you had to be there in the South not to get it.

I was on another forum and a fella from Romania was looking for advice on improving his bass/swapping the preamp. Says he doesn't know anybody local he could talk to or to do the work. So can anyone suggest who he can contact. Cheers KB

Mark had a set of TI's for sale at the weekend but by the time I got in touch they were sold A small matter like that doesn't stop him though A set was taken off another bass and sent on pronto,set of Rotos got slipped in too. The Man's a Star, Always a pleasure dealing with Mark. Cheers

Mick saw my plea for Status Hot Wire strings. He called Status to find out stock levels then sent me a message,also recommended them to newcomer The Hat. Upshot was Mick got 2 sets,I got 2 sets,The Hat got 1 set and Status now have sold out of them. I count at least 5 lives enriched by his actions today What a great Fella.

[quote name='The Hat' timestamp='1455647034' post='2981118'] I did Kodiak, he was the one that told me to lol ! [/quote]Excellent choice there The Hat. Glad I never went for the 3 now