Mykesbass

Borrowed, thanks!

Didn't realise CITES covered crossing the border into Lincolnshire Sorry, couldn't resist. Now with my more useful hat on, I'd have thought opening up a dialogue with Pedulla and a reputable UK luthier you would be able to get hold of a headstock decal.

AoC or AoB should be added to the denominator - Age of Car or Age of Boiler being possibly the most likely cause of an unexpected large bill. Oh, and for the self employed, TTTB - Time to tax bill.

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1492245979' post='3278900'] Recourse is different and wasn't the point I was making. There is nothing stopping you asking where your shipment is. I've done it before with a bass that went into hibernation somewhere en route from mainland Europe with positive results. [/quote] That's great to hear, but I've had the misfortune on several occasions where this wasn't the case.

[quote name='alembic1989' timestamp='1492162735' post='3278345'] Yes I believe he has..and you're right only the sender can talk to the courier. However now that a case has been opened PayPal asked me to no longer contact the seller. [/quote] Good luck, hope it gets resolved for all parties. [quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1492166464' post='3278397'] Surely that depends on where it was last seen? If it's made it to the shores of Blighty and then gone awol, I would be included to get keep badgering whoever has received it here. I've done this before when basses have been "status unchanged" regardless of whether I arranged the courier or not. [/quote] No, as the recipient your only recourse is with the person who shipped. Frustrating, but I don't know of any couriers where this isn't the case.

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1492101449' post='3277998'] Nightmare! Have you contacted the actually courier to see what was shipped. Where it is etc. They will have the weight if not the dimensions. Then you can determine if a bass was actually shipped. [/quote] Unfortunately it is only the person who booked and paid for the courier who can talk to them. Leads to some very frustrating situations. alembic1989 has the sender contacted the courier?

[quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1491982661' post='3276863'] Not a thing I'd do myself but I imagine a decal saves answering the " Why haven't you got a Fender ?" question. Some folks do listen with their eyes and who wants to spend time defending their choice in gear. [/quote] Yep, gear snobbery, not necessarily from the owner.

When you get a bigger dressing room than the puppets.

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1491850862' post='3275891'] That said, if you don't believe in tonewood then why not go for ebonol and a plastic-foam, lightweight body. [/gripe] [/quote] Because ebonol makes a horrid clacky sound when the strings touch it (on a fretless) - yuck. I would seriously love to take part in a scientifically controlled tonewood blind test.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1491660852' post='3274636'] I'm sure they have paid someone to do some SEO on their videos. I wouldn't blame them for everything. [/quote] This. I'd imagine (without checking adwords key word tools) that all things bass related makes for a very small, very crowded pond (ok, I know, bass aren't pond fish), so the SEO has to look for different angles (aargh, another fish pun)to get these videos up the rankings.

Newtone Strings. British and custom service. Can't post links on my vintage phone - newtonestrings.com

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1491134228' post='3270705'] Does this bother you? If so I would ask for an actual new bass. As fair enough old stock etc but 2012 is a bit too much imo. I mean it could also effect its value if you chose to sell it on also. [/quote] I wouldn't have thought the OP would have any grounds to do this (even if he did want to). After all it isn't as if a Fender has a Best Before date, and if it did it would be 1965

Been long proven that Disco doesn't suck [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/281682-disco-faves/page__st__150__p__3141013__hl__disco__fromsearch__1#entry3141013"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/281682-disco-faves/page__st__150__p__3141013__hl__disco__fromsearch__1#entry3141013[/url] Will have a listen - always appreciate your stuff, and like a lot of it too!

Now get posting some of that fabulous music you choose!

I've been toying with the idea for a Jazz to go with my fretless P, but it will need modding as I've fallen in love with Nordstrand Big Singles pickups.

Seen some very cool footage of him recording some great keyboard lines with John Mayall whilst reading a book!!

Love the idea of having a piece of mahogany in the shed for 30 years! Great build.

My wife is very happy for me to go off gigging and has no interest in sitting in a pub not really knowing anyone, listening to music she really doesn't like. Funny though, I'd love to get into a band that plays the sort of thing she likes, and I'm always on the lookout for a punky folky Levellers type thing, but to no avail!

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1489830813' post='3260136'] I'll ask my doctor if I can get gigs on prescription! [/quote]

[quote name='lownote12' timestamp='1489757980' post='3259538'] Oh, I've done that. Sire shuffle their feet and change the subject "Oh, look there's a vole". [/quote] That's poor. I thought companies like this were getting better with customer service now they know how easy it is to get a bad reputation through customer reviews.

Wouldn't the first Jazz basses have come with flats as standard? Jazz Bass 1960, roundwounds 1966 from the quickest bit of Googling.

Having got to this stage I'd be tempted to go direct to the manufacturer. This is a design fault, and if they value customer service I'd imagine they would want to do something about it.

[quote name='Harryburke14' timestamp='1489567831' post='3257915'] yeah so long as it isn't huge I'd look after it in North Birmingham B36 [/quote] Tiny by valve amp standards. Just PM'd you Harry. [quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1489567524' post='3257910'] If he can drop it off in Tamworth I could look after it for you as long as it isn't a spinal tap style multi stack monster. [/quote] Many thanks for the offer T-Bay, but looks like we have a bit of a plan coming together.

[quote name='Harryburke14' timestamp='1489598155' post='3258290'] Ah it's the day before the intra-city civil war we are OK [/quote] Good job you said that - the match has been put back a day! It will be the 23rd then!! Best let Pow_22 know!!

[quote name='Harryburke14' timestamp='1489567831' post='3257915'] yeah so long as it isn't huge I'd look after it in North Birmingham B36 [/quote] Now that would be quite funny...amp is coming to Birmingham on 22 April - how well do you know your fixture list?!! 😲