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[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1328475885' post='1527809'] Purchase price & carriage + 3.7% then VAT 20% + approx £12 customs - IIRC [/quote] That's correct except that it's purchase price plus carriage [u]plus insurance[/u] if you have any.

You can calculate the cost here: [url="http://www.dutycalculator.com/new-import-duty-and-tax-calculation/"]http://www.dutycalcu...ax-calculation/[/url] You'll need to add the customs handling charge which varies from one handler to another.

Yep, two drums, one precision bass and two pairs of sunglasses; it's all you need.

[quote name='Gareth Hughes' timestamp='1328362228' post='1525976'] At the end of the fingerboard. That would be a variable to suggest to people, given that all fingerboards may not be the same length. [/quote] Thanks.

[quote name='TPJ' timestamp='1328360906' post='1525947'] I use the same method, but with my index finger. Halfway up the nail is my action. [/quote] If we are talking at the end of the fingerboard than I have the same.

[quote name='Gareth Hughes' timestamp='1328116908' post='1522118'] 7-5mm isn't too low, in my opinion. Yes for slapping but I haven't read that that's what Artisan is going for. I'm suggesting 7-5mm only because I wish my first upright had action like that, or that I know it could be changed. [/quote] Where are you measuring that 7mm height?

[quote name='leftyhook' timestamp='1328221759' post='1524161'] ... not sure i would want to be in a band that wont tell you much. ... would give me bad vibes before i got my bass out. [/quote] Agreed, if it was me, I wouldn't go to an audition on the basis of what the OP describes. I also wouldn't rehearse for a year for a gig.

I'm looking for my sunglasses now.

The reason it looks all wrong is because it has been: [quote][b][u]CUSTOMISED TO A HIGH SPEC[/u][/b][/quote]

[quote name='DolganoFF' timestamp='1328124121' post='1522281'] Chiming in! I've got my B10 just few weeks ago, it is an older one, made in 1995 according to the serial number. What a great instrument I must say! Mine has dead preamp (but was really cheap so absolutely worth the money), the pickup is wired straight to the jack socket then I go to the outboard Fishman pre, the same I use for my double bass. It sounds pretty damn incredible One thing I've tried right from the start is putting double bass strings on it. I had one unbranded steel-core set lying around, had to cut them to length; bridge silks go a bit over the bridge saddle, but other than that it worked fine, the bass plays and feels just great! I mainly play it horisontally like bass guitar. Tried to play vertically but didn't like it for some reason. Double bass feels much more naturally for me than B10 played verically. Tried it with the bow too but fingerbord radius and stand-off from the body is not big enough: it is impossible to dig in well without touching adjacent strings. It can be done as a gimmick once in a gig but not as main technique.... [/quote] Welcome to the club.

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1328025730' post='1520499'] Music journalism is fadish, it has been for years, and the music business is just a game of 'it's not what you know, it's who you know' nowadays. Frankly it doesn't really matter whose money is behind you. She'd hardly be the first person to have used nepotism to her advantage to make her way to the top and I doubt she'll be the last. All I care about is the end product, which with Lana Del Ray is a resounding 'meh'. She ticks all the right boxes; at first glance she's alternative and a bit jazzy, plus she fits neatly into the 'female solo artist with husky voice' category that is so definitely flavour of the month right now. But let's face it, she's doing nothing new. If I want to listen to Nancy Sinatra, I'd listen to Nancy Sinatra. She hasn't got any lasting power, and I do believe she'll melt away and be forgotten in a year or two unless she does something drastic. And let's face it... Nancy Sinatra had better songs too. [/quote] I don't know and haven't heard Lana Del Ray but a big plus one on listening to Nancy Sinatra - especially the stuff recorded with Lee Hazlewood.

[quote name='redstriper' timestamp='1327960584' post='1519657'] Right, thanks - I was just pasting the URL. [/quote] So was I. Strange.

[quote name='redstriper' timestamp='1327958162' post='1519592'] Thanks, I did that but it didn't work. [/quote] Oh OK. I did it and it did work. Strange.

I had a similar experience. I eventually put it down not to any intrinsic difficulty of folk music but me simply not being familiar enough with the genre.

Put the address in and the site does it for you: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDdAOsY-mnE[/media]

He actually works for Fender so I don't know if that was a factor in getting the signature basses - either way the fretless is an excellent bass.

[quote name='mercuryl' timestamp='1327777078' post='1516693'] However, when I criticised IMHO a rather lame "Bass Chat Competition" they rather hurriedly put on here [/quote] Can we have a link please? [quote name='mercuryl' timestamp='1327777078' post='1516693'] they blocked me from commenting again without even talking to me. [/quote] Blocked you how, from where? And what was it you said, because after all we might agree with iBass and not you - we have no way of knowing.

Fender Precision but I could live with a Jazz if I had to. A standard model would do, don't need a masterbuilt. In fact a Squier CV would do. Fodera, I don't really know what they are but I'm also not interested.

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1327864690' post='1517920'] Err... no moderator has done anything in any way connected with this thread (apart from i know one moderator entered the competition). It looks like iBass didn't give the competition much thought and clearly don;t know how best to use a forum. Not everyone does. Perhaps they just made a mistake. [/quote] Where is this competition? I might want to enter.

[quote name='mercuryl' timestamp='1327871238' post='1518098'] I didn't think any mod had done anything. I think that the OP in the iBass competition decided to silence me after I made IMHO relevant comments. But look, I don't care. Forums are for free speech and opinions. If iBass want to silence people whose opinions they don't like, then that's okay by me. If I said anything that bad, a mod would have dealt with it - but I didn't. Just thought others would want to know how they acted in this matter. [/quote] How have they silenced you? You don't appear very silent.

[quote name='norvegicusbass' timestamp='1327871384' post='1518102'] Forgot to mention Flea left a very large unflushed turd in my new toilet just incase a few of you were still undecided [/quote] That can't be true because if it was true then Les would have cleaned it all up before you saw it.

[quote name='wingnutkj' timestamp='1327658046' post='1514770'] Both of them play on Tom Waits' new album. Les is on one track ... [/quote] In that case, I have now knowingly heard him. I still say it's not a competition.

IBTL

On the strings issue: I recently bought a boring plain wood Thomann 22. Before ordering, I emailed to ask what strings were fitted and the answer was 'metal ones'. I got them to fit some Spirocores before they sent it to me.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1327762338' post='1516399'] I basically 'correct' the attitude of the bridge while I'm tensioning the string, so if it's not up to pitch yet but the bridge is leaning I'll tap it back into place and continue winding. But to answer your question I suppose you shouldn't wait until the strings are up to pitch because by correcting the bridge you will create more tension and sharpen them a little. Edit: I should add that I haven't really needed to do this on my current bass since I started changing one string at a time (one off, one on, one off, etc.). It's more of a problem when you're starting from a position of having no strings on the bass or changing the bridge or something. [/quote] Thanks for that.