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Pretty much all our gigs are carbon copies of the ones before. The usual mix of uninterested pub goers, drunken tosspots and thankfully a few who appreciate half decent live music to make it seem all worthwhile but mainly nothing much to report here! So our NYE gig was a at a sports and social club in Warrington, new to us so no idea on what to expect. A sold out ticket event of 200 mixed aged partygoers so it was going to be a mixed bag of reactions. Probably not going to be everybody's cup of tea but heyho. Understandably started a bit subdued but it was a good (polite) crowd. Second set improved and just got better and better. We played well, PA was great and was well enjoyed by all with some very positive comments. The best gig I've done for about 15 years I should think.

I wouldn't be able to do the late April dates but any other would be good. No gigs for next year booked so far so I could make myself unavailable if a date for this was decided on. Really enjoyed last years bash and would love to attend another!

It's fine thankfully. They did state that the bass will come with a professional set up. If it was was up by a professional I'd be interested to know as to what the profession was! I'm glad it came with a tool kit...

Just arrived as it happens. Completely out of the blue as I had no notification from the courier. To say I’m relieved is an understatement and no doubt the shop is too, they must have been sick of my calls.

Awesome! I was shown how to hold a bass the 'proper' way but if I could only play it half as good as he dose, I'd be a happy man.

I think I'll sleep better tonight knowing all this so thanks for all the advise. The more I think about the shops response the more it surprises me. They were not rude or dismissive but I just got the feeling that they didn't seem too concerned. I would have liked a call back when they said they would rather than me chasing them. At the end of the day it was a 1200 quid bass and not a pack of strings and I have every reason to be worried.

Thanks Matt and thanks @synthaside for the advise. I'm quite surprised at the retailer to be honest. Now if it had got lost in transit it would be different, these things happen but explaining to the chap on the phone that it has been signed for by me didn't seem to concern him too much. Now I'd say its been nicked by a dodgy driver (I've known a few in my time). Yes I know it's all too easy to jump to conclusions, but it's dosn't sound promising at the moment that I'll ever see this bass.

I bought myself a new bass from a well established music shop in Sheffield. The bass was to be delivered today and according to the tracking, it was and signed by my good self! Trouble is, it wasn't. I had arranged for the bass to be delivered to my place of work and according to the alleged delivery time I would have been on site and able so see the van come in and make the delivery. I phoned the shop to raise my concerns and they didn't seem too worried about it. Saying along the lines of that it's out of their hands as soon as it leaves their shop and I should contact the courier. The shop raised a 'ticket' with the courier for the shipment to be investigated and they have to now wait for the courier to get back to them. On the tracking there is no photo POD or a digital copy of a signature only that it was delivered to the reception and signed for by me. I'm pretty worried about this and I could do with some advice as to where I stand.

£18k Is a crazy amount of money for a guitar but if I was lucky enough to be in position to buy that Jazz bass I would. Yes you can buy many much better basses for that kind of money but it's not the point. I saw an advert for a mk1 Ford Escort being sold for £25k, some for much more. My £2k Vauxhall Astra is a much better car in every way but it's not a 50yo very cool and desirable car to certain people.

I don't think it's silly at all. I'd be all over that if I had the funds. It has to be one of the bast examples I've seen and BB's prices are always sensible. The '73 stripped Jazz is a beauty and well priced too and being it's my YoB I'm hoping it sells soon as I could get into trouble!

BassBros '63 Jazz bass 😍 And I'm only £18k short of the asking price too!

I didn't see anything of it. I went fishing on Cransley Reservoir in Northamptonshire with my older brother for the day. I didn't catch anything.... 😪

The newer ones, like my old one are the Electra 2 VS4 without the push/pull