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let's see if he's willing to ship it to me

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='137046' date='Feb 9 2008, 11:52 AM']That's a fascinating bit of film. Not really into slap bass or MM (heresy!) but that's a very nice piece he's playing. What intrigues me is that amount and type of comment he's received, especially the open discussion as to whether or not he's faking the whole thing. Why? Why would an obscure Korean musician put up a video of himself miming to a 5-minute MM track? Does that sort of thing happen often?[/quote] thats youtube AKA trolls'r'us it sounds GREAT!

[quote name='barneythedog' post='136157' date='Feb 7 2008, 11:07 PM']musicstore.de have always been pretty good too. As for the commonly heard complaint that "my taxes go to support the EU ... blah de blah" ... The UK is PART of the EU. So by your own argument you pay taxes to support ..... just a thought. I can assure you that I have a far higher tax burden here in France than those of you in the UK. The point of this thread was however (I think) to highlight the superior price to service ratio offered (in general) by on-line retailers such as Thomann. And I have to agree. [b]AND I LIKE SNAILS[/b] [/quote] Barney....you...you...you dog! I also have to sing praises to thomann, musicstore and musik-produktiv - great prices and service (even with my 21% VAT)

[quote name='OldGit' post='136178' date='Feb 7 2008, 11:31 PM']Sorry Jase, Can you go through that again please? 82,000 yen for the bass (£390 today) But what is the 68 and 14? Is that 68 quid for shipping and 14 quid for tax and VAT? Cheers,[/quote] I'd say it's 68K yen for the bass and 14K yen for S/H

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='133934' date='Feb 4 2008, 10:08 PM']Try the Epiphone Jack Casady... Lovely looking bass with a real distinctive sound as well.[/quote] [quote name='Musky' post='134720' date='Feb 5 2008, 11:22 PM']Eastwood Classic? They go for £350-ish over here. [/quote] [quote name='BigRedX' post='134804' date='Feb 6 2008, 07:39 AM']Or maybe something by [url="http://www.dipintoguitars.com/index.html"]Dipinto[/url]?[/quote] all VERY cool! I feel a GAS attack coming.

on a different note - does anyone know of similar (cool) basses with a price tag of under €1000?

I know [url="http://www.ppc-music.de/"]http://www.ppc-music.de/[/url] sells them the website isn't in english, but navigation is easy enough and those guys have good reputation.

[quote name='Hit&Run' post='132108' date='Feb 1 2008, 06:12 PM']Do you need to have an order of 25 instruments, or is that just for custom orders to make it worth their while?[/quote] no! the 25 units minimum only applies to custom orders

[quote name='evilLordJuju' post='131380' date='Jan 31 2008, 04:30 PM']A bunch of us Gibson fans have got together to order a bach non-reverse thunderbird style bass. see here [url="http://www.vintageguitars.org.uk/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1408"]http://www.vintageguitars.org.uk/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1408[/url] I'll be getting one for sure - will post pics when they arrive. As far as I know, Bach will make you anything, if you can get together an order for 25 of them....[/quote] that sounds cool! not too sure on the "clear" finish (and can't find any pics of a t-bird with such a finish..any examples? )

[quote name='BigRedX' post='128138' date='Jan 26 2008, 08:45 AM'][url="http://www.waterstoneguitars.com/bass_indra.shtml"]Waterstone Indra[/url][/quote] man you're better than an encyclopedia! good looking bass btw

aargh..I'm restless. really want to get something like a 2.5XL, but it weights a ton..so maybe these are the way to go. problem is, I don't think they're for sale anywhere yet...or are they?

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='127830' date='Jan 25 2008, 03:59 PM'][b]I saw pics of a "vintage white" one that looked even cooler than the red one[/b], but white doesn't seem to even be available as an option in japan now - they do have sunburst though.[/quote] you mean [url="http://www.ikebe-gakki.com/goods_detail.php?g_id=55080"]one of these[/url]?

[quote name='OldGit' post='127065' date='Jan 24 2008, 04:54 PM']I went around this loop as well The Jim Deacon 62 rosewood sunburst P bass is nice and as good as the SX's I've tried. [url="http://www.jimdeacon.co.uk/Products/Basses/FPB62.html"]http://www.jimdeacon.co.uk/Products/Basses/FPB62.html[/url] They are selling for about £130 here. I also tried to get the SX manufacturer them to ship them direct to me in the UK but no luck. [b]The Spanish guy doesn't reply[/b]. The Irish one does but he's the same price as Rondo when you factor everything in, and has less stock or choice. They must be aware of the interest here though. The UK distributor of SX basses does the non-fenderish ones and the packs (avoid!) but isn't going to bring in the nice ones .. Maybe we shoud lbe pestering him.[/quote] very true! they take ages to reply, and only did when the e-mail was written in "spanish" (being portuguese, my spanish is far from perfect)

[quote name='dlloyd' post='127042' date='Jan 24 2008, 04:34 PM']Looks like you'll have to go with Rondo then.[/quote] or with the spanish dudes - www.musicasa.com (e-mail them to know what they've got in stock )

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='126586' date='Jan 24 2008, 12:47 AM']ive been tempted to build a dano inspired bass out of plywood.... it could sound amazing. at least it would be different than your normal fender/mm clones or [b]exotic wood brigade[/b][/quote] now there's something I'd like to see!

you can always have the headstock paint stripped...or have the buyer do it, if you don't feel that comfortable about it and yes - I think you won't have a hard time getting rid of it (especially if you take care of the headstock color) - I might be interested if the price is right and you'll ship it to me

any idea of who sells these? I tried the usual EU stores, but can't seem to find them anywhere..

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='125385' date='Jan 22 2008, 12:30 PM'][url="http://www.danelectro.com/bass_ls_aqua.html"]http://www.danelectro.com/bass_ls_aqua.html[/url] look at this, am i the only one that thinks it looks amazing?[/quote] it looks cool [quote name='Wil' post='125408' date='Jan 22 2008, 01:12 PM']I just wish they'd reissue the DC bass. That one is nice, though, and Dano basses sound amazing.[/quote] but this one is gorgeous :wub:

take this with a grain of salt (not that keen on checking authenticity) [url="http://cgi.ebay.de/ARIA-original-Japan-Vintage-Precision-Bass-70er_W0QQitemZ160200913853QQihZ006QQcategoryZ87487QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]70's Aria Jazz[/url]

[quote name='ped' post='125120' date='Jan 21 2008, 11:14 PM']Hi mate sorry I have just seen your questions. Bacchus sent me another parcel today which was exciting. Inside I found..... a stack of 2008 Bacchus catalogues! Aki Shiokawa is the marketing man I think - we have exchanged many emails and he is a complete legend. His email address is aki-shiokawa AT deviser.co.jp so if you are looking for anything in particular drop him a line - tell him I sent you ;0) I have never played the Universe series basses but they look superb. Got to be worth a shot at the prices I would think. I think they are made in Korea. Other than that, I keep em' peeled on the Ishibashi U-Box to be honest - when I really wanted a Bacchus 24f I emailed Aki and he found me one. Cheers mate ped[/quote] no problem! thanks for the e-mail address - he'll be hearing from me soon, I hope! I'll keep my eyes on the U-box too!

it's alive! man have I missed this thread!

[quote name='Bassassin' post='124300' date='Jan 21 2008, 12:57 AM'](...) Odd little P copy with mini-Humbucker, I'd say Korean, He says Teisco. Which makes a change from Ibanez - but it's neither: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=190192338829"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=190192338829[/url] J.[/quote] man...this poor thing has been around!

[quote name='Sibob' post='124648' date='Jan 21 2008, 02:37 PM']Don't suppose anyone knows the deal with buying off Ebay from Australia? Is it the same import/handling/VAT situation as USA? Need to know within 20 hours lol Cheers Si[/quote] In my country (Portugal) there's no difference..so I suppose it should be the same for you!

congrats on the sunburst + rosewood/maple + tort combo - killer! I'm planning on joining the ranks soon..but I might go with the PJ 3TS