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I phoned G4M ,and they noticed the difference in price but they said that unfortunately they can’t reduce it and is £749. No problem with the service ,and the chap I spoke to did look to see etc. I told him I’ll wait and see if the price does go down . No biggie worse things in life .

I received a reply to my query from G4M today , stating that while it’s not typical, the costs of paints and finishes differ. It’s not something I desperately need , so I just asked if the price drops again to please let me know . It would’ve been a birthday present to myself in December ,or today being Black Friday etc .The black is nice too , but I’ll see what gives.

One of my friends despises him 😆.He likes him as much as I ‘like’ Corden . I don’t dislike Miranda ,but she seems very wooden like. Sherwood Forest and very one dimensional with the on purpose gormless look. She is about as funny as Mel and Sue . ( is it Mel?🤔) 2 unfunny individuals who seem to have an in joke thing going on that I cannot be bothered to find out what it is .

‘It’s rubbish!’ Is something many of us have said when we were kids etc . As we get older and progressively wiser, ‘it’s rubbish ‘ then manifests into ‘I hate it !’,but if you take the time to find out more about the artist/ comedian / tv show etc then you can be more justified in giving reasons why you dislike or absolutely hate something . At least you have a reason to have a sensible discussion with someone rather than be seen to be ignorant . It’s easy to pick on bands such as Coldplay and nickleback etc as they have been hugely successful and been on ou screens a lot initially . Anyway fwiw , ‘I hate ‘ U2 and Bono in particular! No, sorry Just Bono as after paying a huge amount to see them on the vertigo tour after a few songs he turned the gig into a give me money for the starving charity event ! Why didn’t someone assassinate him there and then ?? But he is talented. Van Morrison , the father jack of music ! Hugely talented but I can’t stand his music . ‘It’s rubbish !’ The Fall ! I saw some long programme about them on channel 4 I think it was many moons ago . Yes, that was rubbish ! Over an hour of my life wasted. Mark E smith . Come across as a stumbling aggressive drunk with issues. ‘It’s rubbish and how did they become famous ?’…Mrs. Browns Boys obviously. James Corden , a vacuous annoying tub of lard ! Miranda Hart ! Russell Brand 🤮 Keith lemon 🤮 ‘It’s rubbish and I hate this song ‘ White Rabbit ! Pass me the razor blades , I’m so depressed ! Imagine John Lennon ! Thankfully he can’t write anything as bad as that anymore. As for Wetherspoon the coffee is okay . The ducks around here prefer to steal bags of crisps from Greggs , which may explain something 🦆

I am in the process of making all my bass collection headless only . I have been mulling over whether to get a 5 string ( mainly due to the low b) . I was thinking about getting something more expensive next year , but as I’m just messing around at home it’s probably a bit overkill to do so. This brings me to the topic above . I noticed that for some reason, the black version of the space 5 is cheaper than the green one and I haven’t a clue why that is . Not only that , the average price seems to be around the £ 749 mark . The prices are from Bassdirect ,and gear4music among others. A couple of days ago , the green one was going for £649 on Gear4music and I should’ve snapped it up ! But tomorrow is Black Friday 😮‍💨! This evening on the G4M website , the black one is £658 ( the cheapest I’ve seen so far) while the green one is £749 . I just sent a message to G4M asking why the black one is cheaper. I’m not sure what to expect , but I’m a big fan of theirs . If they let me have the green one for £658 then I’ll take it! If it’s £675 I’ll probably do so . I guess that hey are popular,and I’ll probably not get a better deal than that at this present time . Your thoughts??

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When I purchased my Washburn status from macaris in Charing Cross Road/ Denmark street back in the day, I paid full price. However I did get a nice padded gig bag ( which lasted many years) and a load of picks emptied from their jar! Paying in cash helped I guess.🙂 It’s a shame that I never purchased another gig bag as it was the perfect fit . Made by Levnson ..

This topic is most useful . I’ll be looking for something myself in the not too distant ! A friend of mine has a drummers stool , which might be something to consider also. I think it’s made by protection racket 🤔

Just noticed this thread is still here. Just to say that the software editor for the minitaur has not been updated ! It still works on osx Ventura ,but not on Mac mini m4 . Not sure about windows ..

Three’s a jolly good fellow . Great news about being mortgage free ! Massive achievement.

We’ll have to agree to disagree etc. no issue in my neck of the woods .

Stopped mid/ late ‘90s . Then one of my best mates who taught me,and got me gigging , pushed me into doing a gig for my 40th birthday.Then I got motivated again, and played in a couple of bands. Got fed up when bands imploded like they do in about 2010, so stopped again . Last few years got into synths ,and started recording rubbish on soundcloud. As I’m old , I should be downsizing the bass collection but for some reason I’m thinking of getting one more bass that would be the dearest and hopefully best . I seem to have more fun noodling without any pressure to learn anything , which for some reason means my playing has got better without thinking about it .

Sorry to hear that @Beedster. If it’s not broke don’t fix it doesn’t seem to compute these days . Having said that , with RM you get email notifications when your item is due for delivery. Plus their app actually does work . Unlike EVRI who are worse than crap . Since merging with the useless EVRI , DHL have gone massively downhill and their notifications are the exact same as EVRI … For example;; last year I purchased a rare vinyl album from Germany via discogs. I got many notifications on its journey to me via DHL. Gtreat! On Sunday 2nd nov I purchased a piece of moog equipment from a shop on reverb. It was dispatched on Monday from uk address. I was impressed by the speed of dispatch etc. I checked the DHL tracking on tues and “ I out for delivery ‘ was indicated. It comes to 10.00 pm and a message ‘ at the depot’ appeared! Being laid back etc, I expected the item to arrive Thursday . I sent sellers email at 10.00 pm so they see it on Thursday morning. I got an email apologising about delay and was told they would contact dhl and it would be with me that day . Turns out I received it around 6pm next day ( Friday) ! I was promised a refund if not received,,and was advised to check the link . No! That’s the sellers job ! This is exactly the same standard as EVRI , so dhl is on my list of hate . DPD and RoyalMail are the only ones that are 90+% good in my neck of the woods and if I see a seller using anything else I avoid or politely ask them if they use my choice of courier!

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I think I’m more or less done with eBay .Changes keep being made . Most of any basses I would think about purchasing seem to be only available in Japan these days. Sly added fees to buying as well as selling items . Plus of course the new method of selling is in my experience one massive pita! If I was to purchase anything from a seller , I would contact ( or reach out if you’re a member of the four tops) the seller asking what courier service they use . If it’s EVRI the transaction won’t happen ,and I’ll see if a seller would use my choice of delivery instead .( in my case dpd or Royal Mail ) As for selling , the automated eBay way of doing things means if I did sell something again , I’d have to contact the buyer advising them who I am using . I had to do that a few months ago when selling an fx pedal . Thankfully all was good , but trying to find the item posted button was impossible as I never followed eBay recommended way of dispatching the item . i wouldn’t cancel my details , as I have 100% feedback etc and don’t want to start all over again .

FWIW it seems you have / will have all bass covered …and then some ! It’d be interesting to hear your experience of how this pans out

You don’t get more ‘80s than headless basses ! (Well maybe metal pointy basses ) Nothing wrong with the cricket bats , but wouldn’t you consider a full bodied Hohner Jack? Not sure if you can get left handed ones .

I purchased the How Dare You album on cassette and couple of singles as a kid . Great album at the time . Got bored of I’m not in Love and Dreadlock Holiday pretty quickly. The BBC4 documentary was pretty good a few years back .