Downunderwonder

So long as we keep our borders under quarantine it's all on here in NZ, crossed fingers for no further leakage.

Wedding next week, concert next month and a festival lined up for October.

I am not sure if it still applies here in NZ but it used to be that anyone could get an export certificate and claim back GST ( aka VAT ) on items removed from the country.

That being the case you would need a private seller to jump the bureaucratic hoops but for a high value bass they might do it to make a sale. Then their sale price would be less their local VAT embodied in the item. You pay your local VAT at the border.

In NZ they determined that the new local value has the cost of shipping added to the sale price. Afaik we still get a free pass on anything less than $400 value.

Amazon has to charge NZ sales tax on everything as if they were a NZ entity.

Doesn't seem to be any display tweaking options? I would like to increase the defult size of the displayed message text. I only need glasses for reading labels and this forum is borderline on my phone if I don't enlarge past the natural borders.

If at all possible please increase the contrast of the secondary types from the background. Headlines are black, check, but the next level grey is very faint.

I have been through few amps over the years. All selections based on either some perception of need, or curiosity. I try to stick to 3 at any one time but slacking presently with 4 full choices on hand including two full tube rigs that have only had a handful of gigs between them in the last two years. Don't get me started on preamps.

I play the NXT omni. Flatting out the fingers gets more of the DB less of the BG. Playing it like a big BG is fun too. At the last jazz festival the guy playing a CR didn't sound significantly different to me from where I was standing.

Downunderwonder checking in. If you don't know me you soon will. Mostly I play jazz these days but sometimes sit in as bassist for the night at the odd open mic.