What are the best added 'extras' you've received with a bass purchase?

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

Somethimes when buying secondhand, you get an accessory or two thrown in as a freebie. This week I bought a Fender starcaster bass which was listed as coming with a case. I expected a ratty gigbag, but it actually came with a (very slightly tatty but fully intact) epiphone Jack Casady hard case.

 

Also included was a very nice worn-in Gibson 'modern vintage' black leather strap and a set of schaller strap locks (not copies). The strap goes for £58 new from gibson and might be . I'm not a fan of schaller strap locks and have ordered a set of gotoh fender-style buttons to go on the bass to be used with grolsch-style rubbery strap blocks, but the schallers should be worth the price of a few pints if I sell them.

 

A nice bargain came from Cash converters where my black epiphone vintage pro thunderbird eventually only set me back about £100 once I had sold the humongous heavy duty aluminium flight case that came with it.

[Shambo]

I bought a jap jazz from France that had been fitted with some glorious Hepcat 62 pickups. Best I've ever heard.

Foolishly returned the Jazz to stock and moved it on because we didn't quite bond.

Eventually sold the Hepcats as they were languishing in a parts drawer (i'm a P player these days).

 

I'd love another set but they'd set me back €240 plus import fees... the pups that got away.