davebass66

Just bought some TI flats from Andy, great seller, quick delivery! Dave

Yeah, I'd agree, as long as I'm dealing with Mark I'll go back, he just needs to look at his choice of staff, who have the potential to damage an otherwise pretty sterling reputation.

I have always loved Bass Direct and found Mark an excellent person to deal with, however my last couple of visits/transactions I have dealt with the staff he now employs. I have to say they were absolutely un professional. I ordered some Aquila strings from them which I needed ASAP for a tour, 10 days (far too late) later I emailed to enquire what had happened to my order, I was told they had mixed me up with another Dave Evans and sent the strings somewhere in Cornwall! (It's worth noting I had to get in touch to find this out, they didn't feel the need to tell me). The strings finally arrived (obviously sent directly from this person in Cornwall) 2nd class with a receipt/invoice made out to someone else!...I emailed requesting the correct copy an made a point of saying that this was the most drawn out purchase I have ever made and below the standards I have come to expect, his staff member responded by sending me the invoice in some ridiculous text edit format (which I can't use for my records) as long with a message that simply said "Sorry about that " Who puts a bloody smiley face at the end of a business email?!?! Previous to this I made the 1hr 40 trip up there to buy a used U bass I had reserved via email. It was advertised on the site as fretless, I got there and it was fretted. Mark was not there and again his staff were completely unhelpful. Certainly won't be rushing back anytime soon.

Yeah, thwaites are great, Bill has helped me out with some touring bits in the past, both acoustic and EUB good people!

Thanks guys....I'm in no real rush so will give him some time... Does anyone know if the US reissue plate would fit on the Jap reissue anyway?

HI all, hope I have this in a suitable section! So....I want to fit a decent 62 reissue style scratchplate onto my Jap 62 reissue P (The Jap tortoiseshell is far too red).. What Im trying to find out is whether a US 62 reissue scratchplate would fit on to my non export Jap '62.... I have dropped bass doc a message (he made me a Jazz plate a couple years ago) but haven't heard back from him - not sure how active he is on here at the moment.. I know they are all 13 hole as standard pretty much, mostly I want a nice old school tortoiseshell and also the holes to put the thumbrest/tugbar under the strings... Does anyone have any experience doing this or know either way? Thanks a lot! Dave

Lakland BG5 if you can find one over here, great basses! (Skyline as well)

+1 to that! I have a 5 string glaub (the LOG version with nordy pups) best 5 string I've owned (and I've been through a lot)! It's just simple with a great tone and feel to the neck. Also excellent B string...

Couple of Pino transcriptions of the John Mayer Trip stuff if anyone is interested!? http://daveevansmusic.co.uk/Media.html

The lakland BG5 is great, I have the limited LOG bass and it is the best 5 I have owned ( it's a skyline)