Soledad

Same here... and I'm in Northern Ireland!!!

Oh I had to remind myself many times that I can’t afford a roadie and slavery is really not an option nowadays (if ever!)😂 This Marketplace really has a lot to answer for!

Feel like I should have known that! Neat. That 50T looks a bit tasty too.

And me a lifelong Jamerson fan! I'm off to learn more about vintage Ampeg now.

I have  a pf50t  with the 2x10 portaflex 

Thanks everybody, looking forward to getting properly involved! 

Does that mean you need to change your username to Solegrandad?

Welcome Ollie

Grandad says that he'll finance your GAS here.

I've found that it's worth shopping around even if you think you've found the cheapest option. Prices are changing constantly.

Morally, I'd like to say that I'd rather buy from Strings Direct than Amazon.
But when the price difference is 30% Amazon would get my cash every time! Sad state of affairs really, small retailers can't compete.

Looks like it was James Williams who's played on quite a few known tracks 👍

Songfacts

Soultracks

Thanks Ace - yes, looks right. Apparently he played on most O'Jays tracks and this song was maybe first penned for them but writers decided to keep it. Call me anorak 😂. Cracking soul player 

detector vans that will replace all your basses with Rickenbackers."
😲 , I’ll pay, I’ll pay 

yep, odd things Rickies - a few love em and the rest seriously don't. Marmites.

Ah, but all the Rickenbackers would look like this. 

Mine was fully insured for £2k (an Alembic) so it cost me an eye watering £120. Looking forward to your legal updates

Dead easy Clarky - go to gov.uk small claims, you fill a form out and pay £25 which they add to the collect amount. Can't see any poss defence from DPD. But I'll let you know how it goes, a few weeks I expect. 

Hmmm...I had a similar experience a few weeks ago - courier (MyHermes) repeatedly failed to collect a bass. Interparcel appoint an alternative who also failed to collect. They did however get the bass to me bright and early the following day. BS response from Interparcel who didn't accept any responsibility for the poor service.

I'm looking to get something off to Oz in the next few days - hope that goes better.

Wow, that's a big change! I'm wondering about replacing my Cobalts with LaBella nylon wrapped flats on my Maruszczyk fretless (I already have them on my Rob Allen) but £40+ is a lot to spend on a lockdown induced whimsy. 

@ezbass - Agree about the 40 quid, the D'Addarios were about 22 so not too crazy. I do have LaBella white nylon flats on my Mayones fretless, they are radically different to the EB Cobalts (on my Jazz fretless) but they do have a really excellent voice of their own.

I assumed you used the Basschat affiliate Eurosender through which you get a discount.

No, just straight online. Only 22 quid anyway... who cares, if I run out of cash I'll just print some more

For some people who are self-employed and can't get any help, selling the tools of their trade to put food on the table IS essential unfortunately.

Kelvin McKenzie once called me a f*cking C*nt (in a purely professional capacity I hasten to add). It's one of the proudest moments of my career

Sir, I salute you. Anyone who has so annoyed Kelvin McKenzie, or "Smellvin W*nkenzie" as he was known at school^**, is worthy of respect in my book.

** he probably wasn't, but he should have been.

TROLL LOL LOL LOL-LOL

Sorry if you thought I was trying to express an opinion as fact.  That's not my job.  That the responsibility of Dot Gov.  She's an opinionated lass.

By way of compensation, here is an image of a cat that has just expressed an onion:

all cool @SpondonBassed - we're all a bit on edge being locked up. Spotify for me today👍

I have to owe you a heart TLRT because I spent them all last night.

...and it's only Week Two starting today...

What are we all going to be like after the twelve (we hope) weeks?

I daren't laugh in case you are without a licence 'till you do the course...

but hahahahahaha anyway.

No, have licence, it's a bit pointy but still works

Way more than 200 basses shipped over the years, always insured and trackable, and the only problems I ever had were with the post or ParcelForce if you prefer...

HA! Yes. Parcelforce are cheap. But they've lost more of my basses than any other courier. 

Thanks all - but special mention to @Chownybass, who probably takes the biscuit on this one.
Hardly dare tell you all, but the buyer's drifted off now. Still, very good to know for next time.

Wow. I've seen more bands all over the country than I could shake a stick at. The Rifles were the absolute nuts, 5 star review. Sharp, super-tight, massive songs and an audience of near-devotees right there with them all the way. Magic night. If you're Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham go see for yourself. Good as it ever gets. 👍
(Don't bother poshing up - it gets a bit beery).

"because a Chapman Stick is not just for Christmas" That's right -  it's for dry lips in winter.

Nice Warwick @prowla. If I was going to be led astray a Warwick 5 could do it. Funny, some here hate Warwicks, don't know why views are so polarised. Mind you, some like weird custom basses with lights on. I don't, there you go.

I've got four Warwick 5-stringers; two are just right for me, one has a fatter neck profile which isn't quite me, and one an RB I'm building from parts. I previously had another RB and I couldn't get on with it at all.

I have to say that I like the idea of not having a body to go with the neck bridge and machine heads.  Saves the ears from a lot of incoming and unnecessary opinion on your choice of body style over theirs.

Other than that, I have no desire for a Chapman Stick even on a bitter Winter's day.  It's more of a technical appreciation with me.

Yes, I could have written that too. Every time I have a bit of a clearout though.... I tend to buy something else I don't really "need" ha ha

She's a cruel mistress. I've only just sold some stuff, and was about to spend everything I got for it on another random frippery, but someone else beat me to it. Just as well really.

That's how it works - I've been doing well, an electro-acoustic, a combo and one bass all gone/going. And almost immediately I 'find' a head I fancy. Finding stuff you want is proportional to time spent looking, so serves me right.
But as a fellow BCer said to me a bit ago, buy secondhand and move it one if/when - any modest loss is like a lease cost👍

excellent @Kevsy71 - I love the crisp accurate attack you get, but alternate of course between fingers and pick, depending. The thick picks I'm using don't fit where John Deacon (and many others) keep them handy (works really well with a P or J). Here he has 2... money to burn

I always keep my picks in my right donkey-cheek back pocket - easy to sort a new one if you drop one for whatever reason.

You can probably guess what word is meant to be where donkey is...…….

I play mainly finger style these days. Back in my punky youth, I played with a plectrum / pick most of the time.
Did a gig on Saturday night, and my fairly recently acquired JVP sounded immense! The pick really suited some songs
Those songs could have been played with fingers - but sounded all the better for using the pick
It was a Fender Precision, being played with a pick, by JJ Burnel that made me love the bass