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  1. mybass
    Keep looking in the UK and Europe then...what is the neck and finish, maybe someone here has a connection to forward you to.
  2. mybass
    Yes I’ve been hit with handling charges before. It was from a courier fee to take the item to customs shed and collect it. Downright out of order as far as I’m concerned. I think your 20% vat is correct but those hidden handling fees will possibly need to be included into that. Alternately and as told to me by a U.K. customs official some years ago..... If you have a friend on ‘mainland’ Europe, get it sent there and then get them to re-post to you as this (apparently) skirts the U.K. import tax stuff from the USA into the U.K.
  3. mybass
    Very good read, funny,historical and well written.
  4. mybass
    To a degree yes 'Stub'. The little finger is often 'supported' by the 3rd finger with the hand helping by 'leaning' slightly over the forth finger when playing certain positions as it is the weakest finger. In the half, 1st, 2nd positions in the book we see use of the 1st/2nd/4th fingers playing on the E string the notes ... F / Fsharp / G.....then likewise on the A string for the... Bb / B / C and so forth, eventually working up the fret board. I am relating this from my own experience in that being a 99% fretless player, these double bass fingerings have helped enormously with my positional playing on fretless. My tutor at the time (Roy Babbington, now back with Soft Machine and a terrific DB player) also got me into singing the notes and scales, a bit scary at the time but I do feel that has helped cement the fboard knowledge in further. (try singing scales while bowing a double bass, when you ain't that hot with either!). I'm afraid explaining this in writing isn't great from me.
  5. mybass
    Maybe the Simandl double bass books will help will show you the 'position' playing for correct finger placement on the neck regarding double bass work but these exercises carry over to electric bass.
  6. mybass
    Allparts UK maybe....Possibly WD Music UK too.......put a decent one in like CTS (or maybe Alpha). Ebay have a host of pots for sale but not always the best makes.
  7. mybass
    Where and how is the internal soundpost situated. Usually it sits from the back to the belly/ front of the bass, situated around and underneath where the bridge sits. If it isn’t in place there is a strong possibility of the belly being put under huge stress and possible collapse?
  8. mybass
    These look interesting. Bass direct have a host of stuff in their pre-amp page.....http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Tone_styler_BAss.html
  9. mybass
    I think quite a few of us have been demoted......apparent software update going on....but I do NOT like pop up ads appearing over post stuff I’m trying to read.
  10. mybass
    I preferred 2 of 2x10 markbass cabs over the single 4x10 markbass. I now use a Ninja 2x12 Markbass 800 watt handling and if needed I have a single 12" Ninja cab for extension.
  11. mybass
    Practise as much as you want to!
  12. mybass
    Picture added showing the piece with a P bass style template to show how much weight you will be cutting and routing away. Another piece of this same ash block made up as a 'modern' style body weighed in with just a Hipshot brass bridge attached at around 2.4kg / 5.25lbs. This is for one piece of a solid Ash wood block large enough for a bass build. Bought from Germany sometime ago. Postage to be added. I do not have exact postage costs (if its needed and any collection meet up can be arranged) but I looked a 'guide' from the "Parcel2Go" website and used a packed size of 60x40x6cm and weighted @ 6kg .... UPS gave £6.84 uninsured and £8.64 insured. (Ebay UK prices show an average of £13/-15 for similar goods so please do check and decide yourself). I can drop this off near me to a few different 'drop off' shops like UPS or Hermes or Post Office but I will leave it up to the buyer to decide on their choice of courier and even better if you sort that yourself and I can deliver to a shop nearby for collection.
  13. mybass
    I think they do a 32”, call him up.
  14. mybass
    I was given for xmas a soldering station .... mine was about £45/50. It will keep the iron at the chosen temprature...be careful what setting you use. there are a number of manufacturers around starting here... https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=solder+staion&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR10.TRC2.A0.H0.Xsolder+station.TRS0&_nkw=solder+station&_sacat=0
  15. mybass
    https://www.theguitarden.co.uk/basses This guy is in Petersfield Hampshire. He has a 33" scale @ £650.
  16. mybass
    NOW £85 on Basschat. Markbass Octave pedal in nice condition and all working, used but not abused. Marks along the side are from being on the pedal board. This is one of two octave pedals I have so I'm making room on the board by moving this Markbass one on. Power by 9v battery or 9v-12v pedal power supply. I'll leave the Velcro on the underside. I don't know if I still have the box. No power supply plug with this. Off Markbass website... Input: mono ¼” jack Input impedance: 500 Kohm / 2 Vpp Output: mono ¼” jack Output impedance: 100 ohm/6Vpp Controls: Dry/Oct1/Oct2 -∞ ÷ 0dB Dimensions: 81.8 x 54.8 x 124.5 mm / 6.7” x 5.7” x 2.4” Weight: 350 g / 0.77 lbs Power requirements: DC input: +9/+12VDC or standard 9-volt battery
  17. mybass
    Here is the Parcel2Go page I mentioned (and just added above!) with an address at the bottom of the page. https://www.parcel2go.com/content/about.aspx I'm afraid I cannot find the phone number.
  18. mybass
    I don’t think I have any numbers still but will look around. Parcel2Go page attached with their address at the bottom. They say they in their explanation here that they are a ‘comparison website’ and we would guess that is why they cannot pursue lost package claims but have to relay back to the courier. It is probably best to use their site for comparison of prices Andy then see if the actual courier site has a similar price. https://www.parcel2go.com/content/about.aspx
  19. mybass
    Good luck. Same problem here with Parcel2Go (thought previous use had been good). I did eventually get a phone number and it may have been through the FB messages. My seller had picture proof of correct packaging and more importantly, a picture of the drivers collection sticker on the package. I also mentioned in a message about asking 'an' ombudsmen what my rights were!
  20. mybass
    Are you an experienced woodworker, because If you already have this router setup and are used to it, then you might be okay but I would think that if you are a novice a hand held router could be dicey, they can ‘kick’ like crazy dangerous. Heavy duty sanding down may be a safer approach and easier to gauge how much wood / neck thickness you are taking off.
  21. mybass
    Obviously somewhere in the world is a factory churning false strings out for whichever brand they can copy..... and as an aside, Shure mics are the most ‘faked’ mics out there. I was told by Shure UK a few years ago that Shure continually find and get the Chinese authorities to close down these fake factory sites.
  22. mybass
    The fake ones I bought had the correct colour ball ends but put next to a legit D'Addario set the shade of each ball end colour of the fake set was easily seen to be different from the D’Addario set.
  23. mybass
    Yes as Norris says, check all cables first, check internal wires of the cab are intact too as they can on some internal connectors work loose and maybe touch other terminals or actually come away.
  24. mybass
    Open the cardboard pack. Inside the sealed strings have a serial number on the packet that cross references online with D’Addario,s website. Go to the website and search for ‘Play Real’ where you are asked for your email address and the next page will ask for the serial number which is checked and immediately tells you if they are fake or ‘Real’. I ve been sold fake strings before, their volume was way down on a ‘real’ set. The package colouring was slightly off and the ball end colours were slightly off too.
  25. mybass
    Latest on the Ray Ross Bridges with price: https://rayrossbridge.com/products/ray-ross-saddle-less-bass-bridge?variant=16065324253274
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