Al Krow

No actually it related to Mrs X at no.5 round the corner who wouldn't admit that her bell wasn't working... 😂

Went with Parcelforce (I checked but didn't see anything relating to speaker cabinets being 'excluded'). Cost £78(!!) (including insured for £500 and VAT) which was a fair bit more than I was expecting - so worth bearing that in mind when you are quoting for P&P - I only passed on half of that to the buyer when I was selling. (That covers approx up to 30kg). Anyway Bill from Parcelforce came today and I helped him load on to the van. Over to them now! A thank-you from me to all you good folk who pointed me in the right direction

You might find that you're significantly better off buying after March 29th, particularly if the value of £ increases by 5%! Bear in mind that Germany (unlike the UK, which has one of the lowest unemployment rates in Europe and has created over a million jobs since 2016) is VERY close to being in recession and that is only going to take the Euro down with it in the near term.

Very nice and 5 strings too! Remind me - before I rush to unceremoniously upgrade my beloved vintage white BB1025 - am I correct in thinking that the key difference between this and the 2025X (other than X for pick-guard), is the sonic wood treatment it's been given and the fact that it's MIJ rather than Indonesia? I.e. all the components including woods, pups, electrics and construction are otherwise the same? Have a vague recollection from earlier in the thread that @dannybuoy was on the lookout for one of these.

They need to stop fann*y-ing around with esoteric £4k designs and make stuff that we would all buy e.g. how about offering their BB735A: - in white and / or - as a neck through? That would sell, believe me! Yamaha are you listening?!

So what have we concluded? I've updated the OP with what you and bass players on the US bass forum have voted for so far (a combined tally of over 600 votes!)

Is she the one standing next to you on the left in your profile pic? If so, suggest you both see the Doctor and get a medical note as to why you should be allowed more bass gear...😁

Are my eyes playing up, but it seems to me that those frets haven't been put on straight? Must be the camera angle. You'd have thought they would manage to use a decent ruler for the amount of money that thing cost? Hmmm... just checked it seems the fingers on my hands are a bit splayed too 😂

Is it just the colour that you love? Genuinely interested in what it is about the 414 that means you prefer the 414 to a 424 or 434?

@thodrik nice review. And I particularly valued the 'warts and all' comparison you provided with the WA and M6 (which actually makes it a really helpful mini review). So cheers for that!

Nah! Let em get on with it while you dream of having superman strength and being able to cart Ashdown 410s up rickety iron staircases with a two finger lift...😄

It seems to me that the parts of your brain need to sit down and have a good old chin wag with each other. Open and honest communication and all that...

I'm definitely with you all part of the way on that one 😂 So is it going to be a BF 410 or are you going to go the way of Andy and me delve into the lush darkness of a VK410? Oh dear...I seem to have side tracked another thread which is about avoiding gear with a sales pitch for Vanderkley. Lol! Ok to make amends and get things back on track: I've only bought two used pedals so far this year (at the start of Jan) and both were Bassfan's fault.

Phew! Never thought I'd be so pleased to hear someone say that! But you're nevertheless partial to a spot Ashdown I am led to believe? Although no longer the pointy ear variety 😁

Dang! Just sold a MB410 which I'm going to need to arrange to courier to NI. I'm really hoping that you would have been very uninterested in that 'cos Surrey would be a darned sight easier to have met up half way!

Like a 418?

How massive? 😄

I'll happily take the blame for 1) and 5) Face it the M6 would be worth getting for one third of its current "new" price in mint condition every day of the week, month, year and beyond... I'm finding it hard to believe that anyone has bought a compressor because of me!!!! Bloody hell that would be like Labour and Tory MPs sitting side by side in Parliament! 😁

Sounds like a plan. Just fire them both up at the same time and off you go. And you should have no probs moving your OC-10 on if it turns out not to be for you. Fyi - I actually prefer my OC-10 to the v2 T16 I used to have (and it's not as though I didn't rate the v1 and v2 COG T16s I had - I thought pretty highly of both). I posted a review of the Valeton OC-10 in the reviews section, in case you've not seen it. From the feedback I've come across, its strengths and weaknesses are actually VERY close to the OC2 on which it's based including having less volume on pure sub oct 1 than you might like. But it's more compact and a lot less pricey than an OC2.

Shame, it was such a near miss. If only you hadn't got that Sub'n'up eh?

HR have advised that you need to put them on a performance plan with a six monthly review. But if you list them out for us, I'm sure we'll be able to help. In fact you could even do a poll: "If money was no object which bass would you get rid of?!" That'll be a good one for the weekend 😁

Haha - in your own time then As the drummer said to the bassist... 😁

If you're starting to frequent this thread (and not merely 'lurking' 😀) then you definitely need to 'fess up to being a fully paid up member of our lovely club, which you indeed are! And let's get some pics up of that latest, rather classic, BB addition to the north of the border herd (please ).