I have no experience of ordering from either the CS or Mod shop, although tempted by both, but I'm pretty sure there are UK dealers you can order CS basses through, Andertons, Peach, Coda and A Strings are some I've seen listed.
Will and the team are great, had superb customer service when I bought my MIJ Jazz bass a couple of months ago, could not be happier with the bass or how I was dealt with
It works very well with my pedals, haven't encountered any issues so far. The gain is very similar to my TE GP12.
I can highly recommend it, I bought a footswitch from Ashdown
First Bass: Sire V3 Jazz
Go to Bass: Bass Centre Betsy
'Your' Bass: Status S23 *
* I would point out that I am in no way good enough yet to have my own sound!
Just received a Spector Legend 5 from Ed. Great dealing with him, excellent comms, securely packed and despatched promptly. Bass is exactly as described, I couldn’t be happier.
Cheers