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Well that's one impressive "first post" on basschat! (not)

If anyone had asked I'd have brought mine...

I think plastic is a thing though, you know quite a few aeroplanes are made largely of plastic these days... Is that gonna stop you flying in one? And has anyone experienced a B6 which cannot keep up with the rigours of gigging life? Just asking!

Yeah, my time with Les was through the mid 80s, great bloke, and mostly he would do a blinder of a show, but sometimes the drink would get the better of him. We regularly gigged with The Sweet, The Glitter band (only a couple of times with Gary... those were rather strange ones...), Rubettes, etc..

I used Elixirs for years on all of my basses until I discovered the Markbass Longevo steels. The coatings are incredibly thin and still super durable, without the gumminess and then shredding you get with Elixir, and they stay bright for easily as long as Elixir... they have a full tone across the fingerboard - no scoop in the mids.... If you can find them (Gary at Promenade Music will order you some, or Bass Direct), they're definitely with a go! https://www.markbass.it/product/longevo-series-nano-film-shielded-strings-long-lived-stainless/

That will probably have been me with Mr Gray! I'm not half his age now...

I'm going to guess that probably neither of the addresses are the home of this guy... However, this appears to be the FB profile of his co-director... https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100081649968896 Ooh look, it's Karen Carpenter-alike! https://www.companysearchesmadesimple.com/director/uk/929435838/?companyNumber=14022329 The company trading addresses are 16 Leicester Road, which is shown as her address, and 1 Kensington Close... His address? Who knows... I cannot believe the police cannot do something with this info with enough motivation...

Ahem.......! I do some work with Markbass, I just don't shout about it! I was lucky enough to be invited out to the MB58R launch in July. The Richard Bona show afterwards was absolutely bleddy amazing! The new cabinets, heads and combos are incredibly light, picking up the new head is more like picking up a paperback book, rather than a 500w bass head! I personally currently use a pair of STD121hr cabs (which are slightly lighter than the NY121) with my Casa head... the replacement for these cabs will save me a total weight of 6kg, and I have placed an order, without hesitation, having heard them! All the MB58R products are to be manufactured in Italy. This is partly because the company is proudly Italian, but also because it considerably shortens the supply chain, optimise shipping costs and yes, saves the energy cost of shipping large quantities of wooden boxes halfway around the planet. No greenwashing here, just sound business reasons and less heavy diesel oil being burned for the sake of us low enders The new cabinets are constructed using a revolutionary injection moulded, dense and recyclable foam, which is incredibly strong, very light and with high performance acoustically. There are three flavours to choose from - the "Energy" cabs have a tone signature similar to the current Standard and Traveler cabs, the "Pure" have a more hifi treble response (which can still be attenuated), akin to the Marcus Miller and Richard Bona cabs, and the "P" models are similar to "Energy", but have ceramic magnet speakers, which, because of the weight saving in the cabinet are still as light and in some cases even lighter than the current range wooden cabinets. I understand that, ultimately the MB58 range will no doubt be the new Markbass standard, Marco's work has always been about innovation, but in the meantime there are understandably some very popular current models, which will continue to be made for the foreseeable future. The new models should start to become available from late October, starting with the cabinets and heads, with the new combos following later in the year. As a result, while the CMD121H has been marked on the MB website as officially discontinued, I am aware the UK distributor has secured some stock for the UK, so it'll be around for a good while yet! Thats about all I know for now, but if I hear more I will happily share! I have been asked to help with an Expo day at Absolute Music on 1st October, and I believe they are hoping this will be the UK debut of the new cabs and heads...

Clearly Paypal could do more if they could be bothered, and so could the fraud squad. However, I think the takeaway from this thread is, unless I can pay when I collect (if I have it in my hands then at that point cash or even PPF&F is absolutely fine) or using a legitimate business paypal or other payment platform, then its too good to be true, so walk away and don't be scammed. Sorry of course to those who have fallen for this, we all love a good deal but need to decide if we can afford to lose the money when it goes bad. 😡

More info here: Zoom UK Facebook

As Jimfist says, it'll never sound the same at home or through headphones than it does live at gig volume! That applies to all/any effects I have ever used... By the way, you may all be interested to know Zoom have just released a new IR pack from Jensen! Available free of charge for all B6, G6 and G11 owners! https://zoomcorp.com/en/gb/news/jensen-ir-collection/ Theres a download link about 2/3 of the way down the page....

If anyone wants to see the B6 pedal and other Zoom bass pedals, its going to be on the Zoom stand at the Liverpool Bass and Guitar show in a couple of weeks! I'll be helping the MSL guys with Markbass and Zoom, so come and say hi!

Really? Sadly EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK they seem to reinforce the message, "just don't pay that way in the first place if you are unsure of the recipient". https://fraudpreventionunit.org/2021/08/04/be-careful-using-paypal-friends-and-family-payments/ https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2020/03/paypal-scam-victims-warn-against-fraudsters-who-ask-for--family-/ they probably won't get your money back, but it doesn't stop the police trying to investigate fraudsters though.....

I'm sure the answer must be yes, but PayPal have a challenge here, and won't want to make that easy. While a fraudulent seller is definitely leading buyers to pay this way, using "friends and family" for purchases is surely a breach of their service agreement in which the victim is sadly made complicit. So, they have zero motivation to investigate, as it would imply legitimate use and a requirement for payer/buyer protection. As far as I can see, the only obvious benefit to PayPal to facilitate "friends and family" is to generate useage, awareness, traffic and transactions, as (unless I'm being dumb here) it has no direct income value. They'd probably argue they have no responsibility to provide fraud protection and are more likely to reinforce what its misuse means, or maybe simply stop offering the service. Whether anyone has the power to force PayPal to reveal the attached bank account to a PayPal account is a completely different matter....

I just heard stock is now in with distribution and these should be in the shops very soon... 😊

Some more info! https://youtu.be/L5E6gfQkMNA

It has 120 IR slots, of which 36 are pre populated with factory IRs.... But these can be overwritten!

Thats MSRP, the street price of the G6 is about £360.....

I was so looking forward to seeing everyone (and I had a raft of Markbass goodies ready to show you, including the new Gloxy bass, which will be in sale in the UK from November for circa £540...! I can post pics if youd like to see it!), but sadly I have to work at The Photography Show at the NEC.. 😫 Hope you all have a smashin time!

welcome @robscott ! I hope you enjoy all there is to see!

My goodness, a date I am free!

...also take a look at the Markbass Raw Octaver... tiny, simple and works like the older Boss OC-2 but with better tracking. You could also checkout @knicknacks latest review video on Octave pedals...

What, you mean like Thomann and Amazon have been doing for the last 4-5 years...? I'd love to know how many here actually have the first idea what a viable profit margin in retail is considered to be, and what most actually make as a living after paying the bills, compared to say, 20 years ago? Did you feel ripped off then too? Price fixing has been discussed on Basschat before, there's a massive difference between price fixing and maintaining viable margin to survive. As I've said before, I'd rather pay more for good service. When I was a salesman 30 years ago, I remember someone saying to me "you have to stay in business, so I don't begrudge you a profit, its just the percentage that matters to me... Good attitude. Always respected that man, and we did business for a long time after that discussion. Bricks and mortar shops are expensive to run, The guys who are moving off the high street to industrial units have a better chance without high street rates, but it's still close. I suspect very few UK music shop owners drive posh cars or own boats or 2nd homes in Salcombe... Even if they did I wouldn't begrudge them that as long as I am getting great service and a fair deal, because they're gonna have to be working pretty long hours to achieve it...

The also had one in Bristol... they are definitely a German company now though...