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.

[Elfrasho]

18 minutes ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

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.

 

Not the most exciting but I once bought a 6 string fretless bass on gumtree. When i got it home I realised there was quite a heavy duty strap in the case. I used that strap for years! The bass... think i had it for about 3 weeks!

[lozkerr]

Bought a new Mono M80 from the Gallery a few years ago. When I got it home, I found a padded Mono strap and a 10-metre cable inside. Bonus!

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

When I purchased my Washburn status from macaris in Charing Cross Road/ Denmark street back in the day, I paid full price.

However I did get a nice padded gig bag ( which lasted many years) and a load of picks emptied from their jar! Paying in cash helped I guess.🙂

It’s a shame that I never purchased another gig bag as it was the perfect fit . Made by Levnson ..

[stewblack]

Bruce Thomas autobiography, signed and still there with my Profile when purchased on this very site.

Reading it again at the moment. Wonderful.