Burns-bass

Good advice this.

I was given this guitar/bass practice chair but I don’t use it or need it. It’s been stored in my loft and while not in mint condition is still good! Free to collector from Bristol. This is heavy and there is 100% no chance I can send it to you, package it up etc, so please don’t ask.

Certainly did! Hes got such exceptional timing, and it’l sounds lovely. I’ve been a huge Smiths fan for about 25 years. Don’t listen to them anymore really, but the bass playing helped me develop my own style. Good luck with the single too, sounds great!

I’ve bought stuff from Japan before. The sellers are, by UK standards, exceptional. Descriptions are accurate and the standard of second hand goods very high. The Japanese are very discerning. (My brother is a record dealer and his wife is Japanese and they spend several months there a year. He’s never once had an issue with a second hand sale). Of course, you’ll need to pay import duties, but there are several calculators that can help you calculate it. From memory it’s something like 30% on top (but I’m tired and this may be well out!) If you’re buying from an established and reputable seller I can’t see there being a problem.

It's all about the rent and location. The new store is in a building that will be pulled down in a few years, and the inducements to take space there are massive. I imagine they won't be paying rent for the first year. It's also opposite the musical college too. Parking there is a nightmare though, you're right.

Bristol store has moved. Last time I went in there the staff were being really helpful to a young guitarist and I was very impressed with the service I got.

There’s a 99% chance everything will be fine. While, like you, I prefer to test out guitars in person sometimes you don’t get the chance. I’m getting a new guitar delivered tomorrow for this very reason.

Shame he’s lost his emotional connection to it, but it’s a slab of wood with some value! I used to part out Fender basses in the early 2000s and they almost always sold for more than the whole. So on a purely financial basis, splitting it might be best. As a player I’d keep it together!

Apart from the £20 you spend on it. And as any audiophile will tell you, streaming is no substitute for a CD or the aural nirvana that is a record!