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    MUSICMAN PORN THREAD

    in Gear Gallery

    Posted

    9 minutes ago, Sneedhearn said:

     

    Thank you!  I was pretty chuffed about it. 

    For a whole week after I got it back I had to sleep on my hands to stop me from clapping. 😂

     

    5 hours ago, Sneedhearn said:

    My two Stingrays.

    On the right a 1977 which I actually sold 40 years ago in a fit of pique, not long after my then wife-to-be had paid a local jeweller to engrave my name onto the battery plate.  Aside from my own regret she has never quite forgiven me for selling it so we’ve been looking for this guitar ever since!  Well, we found it in late August this year, battery plate still intact, and I bought it back.

     

    On the left is an Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray Classic that I bought in 2014 as the colour and appointments reminded me a lot of my original bass.  So now I have them both. 🙂

     

     

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    This really is a lovely story. Congrats 👍 

    I just hope you won't sell it again. Yes, @AndyTravis, I am looking at you 😁

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    Ernie Ball Music Man Retro ’70s StingRay Bass

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    14 minutes ago, drTStingray said:

    Most likely, yes - this is GB after all (and even Nigel’s broke (relatively!!😀) according to banks!!). Looking at the more expensive stuff in Marketplace it seems you’re right. 

    Maybe "broke" was a bit harsh but I am sure that most of us (including me) have less money available for bass related stuff, esp. if you are not a pro musician and just a hobbyist (like myself). Two years ago, I was able to afford a Timmy C, last year the Darkray, this year I would have loved to pull the trigger on the natural Retro Ray but just cannot afford it (landing cost: £3510.37!). Sad but true.  However, I still have the EBMM Vault website open in a tab, just in case ; - )

    Ernie Ball Music Man Retro ’70s StingRay Bass

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    1 hour ago, drTStingray said:

    It appears the Peach ones have been sold. Judging by the apparent lack of interest on Basschat (compared with Talkbass where there have been about 300 replies to the thread…) I can only assume this is because BC may have ceased to be a beacon of what’s going on, basswise these days - or maybe the U.K. has stagnated, bass wise!!! 🥴🤣

    Or we are just all BROKE 😞

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    Ernie Ball Music Man Retro ’70s StingRay Bass

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    These look great but £3299 is quite a bit beyond my bass budget, I am afraid 😞

    However, good news is that, according to Peach Guitars, the price "was" £3799 (not sure when as they just listed them today), so maybe they really are a bargain 😉 

    https://www.peachguitars.com/music-man-retro-stingray-bass-70s-stingray-h-black.htm 

     

     

     

    https://www.peachguitars.com/music-man-retro-stingray-bass-70s-stingray-h-white.htm 

     

     

     

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    Have you send a bass to the US

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, Dov65 said:

    @Eldon Tyrell he’ll put you in the picture 

    I recently (June) sold a Stingray Timmy C to a buyer in the US. Well, the local depot here in the UK wanted to know if I had a CITES license. I could convince them that there was no need for one. I also had to send them the commercial invoices again as they somehow had managed to lose them. I only found out about the "missing" commercial invoices after checking the tracking info online where it said that they were waiting for the forms and that they had contacted the seller (i.e., me). Well, they obviously did not contact me and I had to chase them up. 

    Then the US counterparts asked me to fill in a toxic substance control act declaration (TSCA, I guess because of the fretboard glue!), a manufacturer's affidavit (actually this should have been filled in by EBMM but I put in the info myself and I also attached the original invoice from EBMM. Interestingly, after some googling I found out that a manufacturers affidavit is normally used for shipments over $10,000.00. Well, the Timmy C is a great bass but not not THAT expensive ; -), and a foreign shipper declaration. The buyer was also asked to fill in an import declaration and a TSCA form (importer single entry). Looks like these checks came into place as the bass returned to the US where is was made and because the value was above $2500. All in all a lot of hassle, costing me time and energy. So, in short, my advice to you - if someone from the US wants to buy one of your basses that was made in the US and that is worth more than $2500, then kindly decline it (unless you don't mind filling in several forms and spending lots of time emailing custom officials and people working in depots ; -).  

     

    Cost was £234.99 (fully insured, using parcel2go as a broker).

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    Bass Direct

    in General Discussion

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    2 hours ago, mowf said:

    I got my first bass from Andertons in 1987, from the tiny shop they had before they moved to their current premises. I remember the guy who used to look after bass stuff there at the time was the spitting image of Luke Skywalker. He was a lovely chap. Name was Mark somebody I think.

     

    1 hour ago, Woodinblack said:

     

    Hamill?

     

    Very funny, but he clearly said that his name was Mark Somebody!

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    Based in Notts?? Musicman Ray?

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, mep said:

    Yeah, looks like a US model alright. Worth a load more if genuine. Someone will get a bargain at £200!

    It's a fake. Look at the logo. It misses the trademark Rs (after "Ball" (top), "Man" (top) and "Ray" (bottom). Then look at the bridge. It is definitely not a US Stingray bridge.

    Avoid!

     

    Import duty second hand basses from EU

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, Steve Browning said:

    It doesn't mention that you get hit with 20% UK VAT on importation. 

     

    The Belgian shop must have been much cheaper to still save on all the costs of importing the basses. 

     

    Good result for sure. 

     

    Thanks and yes, I was lucky that the retailer still had pre-Covid and pre-inflation prices listed on his website. Never seemed to have adjusted them, so esp. for the EBMM it was a big save (their prices have gone through the roof). 

    I am now eyeing a Spector bass in another EU shop. Same situation. The price is still the old one from 2019 and I could save quite a bit but don't have the funds, well, yet 😉 

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    Import duty second hand basses from EU

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    42 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

    In answer to the op - I think it’s 

     

    ((( cost of guitar + cost of shipping ) x 20% VAT ) x 2% duty ) + any courier fees for handling the item [royal mail is £8]

     

    I think it is important to point out that the "cost of guitar" is "price listed in local currency MINUS VAT in that EU member state". So, depending on from where in the EU you buy from, you could actually save some VAT (of course you still have shipping costs, duty and handling fees). I ordered twice from a small shop in Belgium (their VAT is 21%) and got the two basses (one Fender and an EBMM) cheaper than what they cost here. The whole process was pretty straightforward too. I think the real issue comes with returns when you want to get your VAT back (unless the retailer manages it all for you, like Thomann, I guess). Have not tried that one yet myself.

    See below for a map for EU VAT and order from a county that has a significantly higher VAT (e.g., Hungary, Sweden, Denmark or Greece) than the UK.

     

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