Steve Browning

Not quite. A German shop would charge German VAT on a sale to an individual (not a business) outside Germany but within the EU. I get your point, however.

The process is far more tedious (and therefore costly) and stuff sent by non-businesses (bought from private individuals) now attracts VAT on importation.

A quick look at the Sandberg site shows they only sell within the EU themselves. Non-EU sales are via a dealer, so the tax position depends where that dealer is, and which incoterm they use. ExW would be normal, but DDP (delivered duty paid) is not impossible.

Absolutely correct. I would assume they sell with incoterms ExW (ex-works) and you will be responsible for the costs of transportation (including insurance etc) to which HMRC will add UK VAT. The courier will (usually) settle the import taxes and charge these costs on (plus their admin fee) before they deliver the guitar to you.

I can add some qualification to this. I previously had a pair of Alto 15 tops and no sub. The band did an outdoor gig and someone had hired one of these. With just the tops, the sound just disappearted (as it often does outside). Plugging in the sub suddenly made it sound like an indoor gig again. It was quite a revelation, and I bought one within a few days.

While that's true, he needs to get his gear on stage and place it in the right place. Maybe there's an argument about whether that requirement should be borne in mind when the lights are being set up. In terms of lighting itself, I have two of those 4 lamp led bars and two single led lamps. They are all controlled by a foot controller and simple dmx. The bars are set to solid colours and the single lamps are always white (so I can see the side markers). All the lighting is on two stands either side of the stage. I have always looked at how lighting is used at concerts. You never see the random colour changes of auto sequences or sound to light. That's why I thought I should learn basic dmx and create some simple settings for a handful of changes.

I have an Alto TS312 which works very well with the Alto T312 tops. It has impressed the whole band with the depth and clarity.

Strike that. Missed the Geddy.

Got to be a Jazz. 🙂

The Stinger pre-amp is just what you need, as @Hellzero states.

In my case, because I want to. I don't like the sound of the B string. They never sound 'right' to me. An entirely personal view, but I will never own a 5 string.

Midge Ure at Portsmouth Guildhall. Voice seemed to take a couple of songs to warm up, but a cracking gig. Great band of youngsters with him, but he is uber talented. Surprisingly, the tune that he played (and which he said had influenced him most) was The Supernatural. Played a good few of the hits and had the audience up and singing along.

Not to mention the Limelight slab Precision at Classic and Cool at the moment.

Bet the nut width isn't 45mm as they claim.

If you can check behind the sofa for 3 quid, I'd go for the Kent Armstrong PBV in the classifieds.

Always sad to read of the passing of a BC'er. Condolences to family and friends.

... and a review from one of own, I suspect.

Yes. My 65 Jazz and 72 Precision.

Interesting that BD seem to have fallen into the same trap that I did. They state the neck is dated the 5th of the month, where we now know the 5 denotes a Precision neck. I understand my ignorance but would have thought a specialist would be better informed.

I've always left my basses in the room when staying in a hotel. I would always imagine them to be safer there. That said, that would tend to be overnight rather than an extended stay, but I would still work on the same principle.

Thanks for the update. Hope it does the job ok, as I'm sure it will.

Wonderful stuff. Would have given earlier, but had to wait for an injection of funds. Man, this place is awesome.