franzbassist

I sold a bass to John. His communication was top notch throughout the process, and he paid upfront too. I wouldn't hesitate to deal with him again. He's one of the good guys!

Storing upright is a good shout. Apart from the space needing to be dry, you also want to avoid sudden changes in temperature too: admittedly unlikely in a temperate climate like ours, but worth noting.

I tend to go for triangle ones, on the rare occasion that I need to use a pick, simply because there's more meat to them and they slip around less. My preferred pick is the tort Rotosound 1mm, which is the same one Bruce Foxton uses.

Update: I purchased a set of their Synthesis nickel rounds for my fretted 5 and the new Synthesis flats for my fretless. I am very impressed! They have a lovely soft feel, very low finger noise, great tension. They sent me a 4 string set of flats by mistake, but I have emailed to ask for a low B to be sent ASAP!

I recently picked up a very nice Player Series P Bass in a lovely butterscotch finish. Weighing in at 8.5lbs the bass is super-resonant and sounds great. The previous owner had put a white pearl scratchplate on it, but other than that it was stock and in very good condition. However, as an eternal tinkerer, I decided to pimp the bass up and made a few basic modifications: Hipshot HB7 tuners - much more stable and accurate tuning with these Hipshot Kickass bridge - a new interpretation of the classic Badass bridge, very impressive! Dunlop straplocks - these go on all my basses Fender pickup and scratchplate screws - all changed just to get rid of some rusted screws Fender thumbrest - I don't use them, but I love how they look on a P bass in the tugbar position CTS 250k Mojotone vintage taper pots - the original Korean pots were nasty .047 orange drop capacitor I did toy with the idea of changing the pickup, but it sounds pretty good so I have left it alone for now. I'm really pleased with how it's turned out.

Deep and crisp and even, even... Nice score, Glock stuff is the shiz 👍

Tony bought a Mono case off me. A simple but super smooth sale. Excellent comms and quick payment. I’d be very happy to deal with him again.

Tony bought a Mono case off me. A simple but super smooth sale. Excellent comms and quick payment. I’d be very happy to deal with him again.

Mandy and Dave doing their thing, nice. I am amazed that you drop over 400 quid on them and don't get the hard case included though!

To echo what has gone before, Mick is one of BC's best. I bought a P bass scratchplate from him, but it was wrapped superbly well, and he went out of his way to make sure all was good. Deal with total confidence.

I had a Roadster back in the day. I suspect this was originally a single hunbucking pickup in the sweetspot and a more basic EQ.

Thanks for this Tony. I don't have a problem paying for quality, I just wanted some reassurance before I buy!

Has anyone tried these Italian strings? They seem to have a good rep online, but with no UK distributor and quite high prices for some sets I'd like to gather some real world experiences if possible.