kodiakblair

Use a broker. For the bass going to Hungary I booked DPD with Interparcel .£29 no insurance Following day it was DPD through Eurosender. Bass was going to Wisbech £27.20 including £1000 insurance.

I had a wee customs form problem shipping a bass to Norway, the DPD folks took care of it by photocopying more forms. When it arrived in Norway,it was pulled for CITES regs. Again the DPD folks sorted it. 1 phone call and they just asked for an email declaring no restricted materials . Buyer got his bass the next day. Think I was £20 odd to send it, stellar service 🙂

Did you mean DHL ? I sent 2 basses in the last 7 days with DPD. 134 cm x 47 cm x 20 cm.

Done it a few times. Hardest part is getting sellers prepared to ship outside the USA. If you find one willing,be prepared to talk them through booking a courier. Sometimes they'll say the parcel will be too big for posting. I had one say he intended taking the neck off to reduce the package size. told him "Fine ,just wrap it securely in the hard case I've paid for "🤣 Asking for bank details so you can transfer funds scares the pants of them too. I agree with @Beedster. Lousy exchange rates,very little come protection in case of problems and high shipping costs buying from the US isn't worth it. Next month USPS leave the UPU and I know goods shipping from Europe will increase 40-50%, imagine it'll rise for goods from the US.

I just clicked the link on BC and filled in the details. Like an eejit I forgot to enter the BC code for the discount.

It was going to Cambridge. I didn't use Eurosender for the Hungary order,just DPD.

Courier prices are all over the place. Shipped a bass to Hungary last Thursday, DPD £29 🙂 On the Friday I wanted to ship a bass to Cambridge. Parcelforce £35 !! Tried Eurosender. £29 including the £1000 insurance cover. Both basses delivered safely by DPD.

Wonder what the pickups are,they're different than the soapbars in my Gordy.

With Harley Bentons both have the same materials, it was just a translation glitch. If you view the Thomann site in English,burst PB-50's are basswood/reds are LInden. View the site in German and the bursts are Linden/reds are basswood 😀 American Basswood is soft and light, European Lime/Linden is harder and heavier. Asia plays host to plenty of local Lime trees so I doubt either American or European wood is being used. If I find the janka for "Tilia Chinenis" I'll sick it on here 🙂

It's just a bit of code,easy replicated on any machine. Variable pitch,variable tension nothing magical.

One uses advertising and a canny bit of marketing,the other just goes to work . I've saw "Hand wound Simulation" in sales blurb. Thank you Cary for that inventive term for machine wound 🤣

Not that I've noticed, at least as far as 51 style single coils are concerned. I tried 7 different singles and recorded clips,one of them was £8 from ebay. Asked folks to guess which clip was the £8 Chinese built. Votes were even across all 7. I'll take the Roswell over the Duncan 1/4 lb'er every time.

I tried a few UK pickup folks. To the names already mentioned I'll add Bloodstone Guitarworks. Ordered a couple pickups from them,very impressed. Last one was out of the ordinary, 51 split single overwound to 29.9k. David was brilliant, fired all sorts of options regarding wire gauge/magnet size,finish etc. Twas a tad over my head 😁Told Dave to do as he saw fit,4 days later my monster single arrived 👍 http://www.bloodstoneguitarworks.com/

Naw. Some guitar teacher in Edinburgh bought it for a student.

I got lucky. Mine was the wide P-bass neck. Couple of folk buying after me got landed with slim jazz type necks, QC problem I heard. Np idea if it was resolved.

I was near 100% certain it was Jin Ho hardware,them being the folks making Wilkinson hardware. Never had any trouble with bridge or tuners.

Think Wilkinson quality and you'll be in the ballpark.

That was a cracking bass,don't normally care much after I sell a bass. Regret selling that one 😞

UK owners of Hohner Guitars. When they bought the company, "Revelation" was one of the brand names included in the deal 🙂

Stew. If you buy one used try and get a rough idea when the seller bought it. When I took the plate through to Brian so he could make his template it was from the November 2017 run. That plate is good for PB-50's going back to 2013. March 2018 Thomann used a different factory and the plates changed to thinner horns. Dropped the 2018 plate off at the weekend so he now offers both just like @Basscabman said.

Fantastic @meterman

Not my favourite people. If you check their CZK price against the Euro there's quite a difference. I was planning on buying some necks from them so queried it. Their answer took me by surprise. "Euro exchange rates vary so we set our own rate" BBR-2R in Euros is £386 if you check the CZK price it's £331 £55 for the pleasure of paying in Euros ! Told them to invoice me in CZK. Still waiting for invoice 2 months later 🤣

PMT has the Laredo on clearance. https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/rickenbacker-4004-laredo-bass-midnight-blue?utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&gclid=CjwKCAjw5vz2BRAtEiwAbcVIL1ieEXQ2eczZMS0FpQpLacmTH8O7brbou3-ZxwCklbXf2HpWIzx1ERoCe3MQAvD_BwE Guitar Galleries in Scarborough has a Cheyenne. https://www.guitar-galleries.co.uk/products/rickenbacker-4004-cheyenne-bass-fireglo

It wasn't that long ago that Warwick Reds were £8 for a 6 string set. I don't know how much the Warwick brand name adds to the cost but it'll be a fair chunk. The Champ fellas won't have that extra cost.

GAS #1 is for a headless 51 P-bass. Will hopefully final shape the body tomorrow 🙂 GAS #2 Another Telecaster bass. Waiting on the bits so I can start winding the wide humbuckers @stewblack I've always fancied the semi hollow Ibanez basses. Think it'll GAS #3 only in reverse neck slab P-bass form 👍