fleabag

SOLD

I guess you have the head.  My combo has air grills on the front

Functions and pubs will never pay enough to make a living, and if some bands manage that, then fair play.

For me, gigging is all about the enjoyment.  I dont do it for the ( small ) amount of money involved.  Therefore hassle is not what i want or need.  I avoid GK pubs at all costs.  If a venue doesnt pay cash, i'll move onto one that does.  Less gigs ?  Probably , but it doesnt bother me in the slightest

This one

https://pt.aliexpress.com/item/4001214125975.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2bra&spm=a2g0o.detail.1000060.2.a1517212KSgJzb&gps-id=pcDetailBottomMoreThisSeller&scm=1007.13339.169870.0&scm_id=1007.13339.169870.0&scm-url=1007.13339.169870.0&pvid=3ca276db-07af-407f-a32b-6323d151f5e0&_t=gps-id:pcDetailBottomMoreThisSeller,scm-url:1007.13339.169870.0,pvid:3ca276db-07af-407f-a32b-6323d151f5e0,tpp_buckets:668%232846%238107%231934&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22sku_id%22%3A%2210000015326233928%22%2C%22sceneId%22%3A%223339%22%7D&pdp_pi=-1%3B308.48%3B-1%3B-1%40salePrice%3BGBP%3Brecommend-recommend

https://www.basschat.co.uk/forum/14-eub-and-double-bass/

probably get more  answers

By the way,  he last visited Basschat on Tuesday.  Probably looking for any threads with his shop name in the title

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7 hours ago, Osiris said:

I'm another one who's had mixed dealings with Bass Direct.

my last dealing with them 4 or 5 years ago was selling an amp through their commission sales, long story short, the owner claimed it sold for much less than we'd agreed - not that he'd consulted me on reducing price - and it took weeks of chasing to get my money from them. And it was quite clear from the phone calls and email exchanges that he really couldn't give a toss, he couldn't even spare a half arsed apology. Prior to that I'd bought 3 basses, an amp and several odds and sods from them, spending more than 5 grand with them over the years. But I have not spent another penny with them since and don't intend to ever again.

 

 

Hows about a £1500 commission sale bass going missing, to this date, never to resurface 3 ish years on ? It was documented on here, but the thread has been hidden.  That has to take the biscuit.  If anyone who posted earlier about "  i would do this and that etc "  we're on the same page.  I was actually preparing to go there to lump him in the face and drag the lying pr*ck round his  shop.  Lies lies and more lies is all i got. I've been looking online ever since to see if the bass popped up anywhere for sale but it never has. 

In the end,  i relented after thinking about it.  Cracking him a good one would only have got me arrested.  I threatened legal action which ended up with me accepting 200 quid less , and cokky git moaning he wont make any money on the bass that had disappeared

This is quite a different thread to the other BD one, where praises were sung.  I wouldn't buy an E string off them after the shambles and the tissue of lies i was fed about my missing bass, which never ressurfaced to my knowledge.

Never again. Ever.

11 minutes ago, LeftyJ said:

 

Ha, I had to Google it but found it explained in an old review that's on Statii: apparently the designation "Matrix" was used for the headed bases. There were a Matrix Series I (which includes @LouieM's bass, which is a rare JJ version when most had PJ pickups). Then there's a Matrix Series II, which is essentially a headed version of the Series II, and a Matrix Empathy which is like the Series II but with matching facings on the back of the body and overall more luxurious. 

 

The one above is currently for sale at Bass Connection in the Netherlands: https://reverb.com/item/13590017-status-matrix-series-ii-bubinga 

Interesting price.  I think i sold mine to the BC member who originally sold it to me, for what i paid which was less than £1000,  a year ago, or thereabouts

There was also a Matrix with soapbars, albeit still single coils

Thats exactly how my pal played his  Stingray

A right handed bass,  played left handed, and   leaving the strings upside down.   And he's a great player too.  It looks totally bizarre when he picks up any bass

I prefer the  look of the Lak, apart from that it's a 5 banger 

They were bought for my own project, but it got cancelled

Robin Trower.  He wasnt even the singer 

Better in what way  ??  That question is too vague

33 minutes ago, KingBollock said:

My second bass was a Satellite P Bass, though I don’t remember if it was a neck-through or not. I was given it for free. I really liked it, but I didn’t really understand why anyone would need more than one bass… so I sold it.

There was no way i could sell this to a poor unsuspecting bass player, so the skip got it free of charge

38 minutes ago, NikNik said:

There was a guy in Edinburgh who ran a recording studio and he had one of them in the late '90s. Strung with flats, it was great for Reggae.

Bassassin said some were actually playable.  The woods were nice, not a lot wrong with the pickup and pots.  Its just those who's necks went warp factor 9 got them a reputation.  I was just unlucky.

I chucked my first in a skip.  It was a nasty Satellite neck through P bass.  The nastiness was the banana neck that many of these Satellite neck through P's  had.  Not all, obviously but enough to get a reputation. 

I sadly had one of the bananas.

@Bassassin made a post about these being FCN's budget planks, and being made in Korea at a time when quality was missing

Thanks K

I had 2 pics from my Sarzo sat in the C4 folder by mistake and simply fired them all on here thinking they were all C4 photos.  I should have seen the tuners were different 

I owned a P bass once and threw it in a skip

Yes but where was Derek Smalls switching options  ??   Eh ?

I rest my case sah

I had a C4 a few years ago, and wondered why the hell i sold it.  Lovely bass.  Love Peavey 4 string necks,  probably why i've also owned 2 Rudy Sarzo  Peaveys

C4 pics, and also the serial number of mine, though i didnt bother checking the date

All pups are Dimarzio  Area   J's apparently.   Apparently he's checking the tone difference in diiferent positions, rather than demoing Dimarzios

Not sure how useful this is, as its just one make of pickup , but hey.

Choose your poison -  i'm probably weird but all 5 on was my top choice, even though this is not a real life likely setup.

I've used it for real friends, but not for anyone i don't know