hiram.k.hackenbacker

4 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

I usually check the height of the sun. 😂

Dave

I’m sure you mean the angle at which the Sun is to your position on Earth as it rotates through it’s elliptical orbit around it 😂

https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Modern_Vintage_MVP-_62.html
 

….and you get change from your budget.

32 minutes ago, carlsim said:

Completely agree - been on my list of things to do. Anyone in for £100 without the gig bag?? I have an alternative use for that…

Just let my guitarist know and he tells me he's just bought a Squier 🤷‍♂️

3 minutes ago, carlsim said:

Completely agree - been on my list of things to do. Anyone in for £100 without the gig bag?? I have an alternative use for that…

Looks great. I'll pass it on to my friend. When you say weighty, how heavy is weighty?

@carlsim- I can’t help thinking some photos of the actual bass might help your cause here, plus an accurate weight given you’ve said it’s weighty. A guitarist I know is after a J that won’t break the bank, but no way is he buying it without seeing some photos of it.

1 hour ago, leschirons said:

Just seen the ad for their new range of Squires. Squiers.

Fixed.

I really like Andrea Goldsworthy who is probably best known as being part of Paloma Faith's touring band.

As can be seen/heard in the below video, Andrea is totally on it. Great feel for a groove, she's got the look, she play's DB, she's the complete package IMHO.

EDIT: She's also a really nice person, which goes a long way in my book.

Mmm, no Divinity Roxx?

Although Teen Town doesn't go entirely according to plan, she bosses it like a pro pushing into an extended jam and then going into Rapper's Delight.

EDIT: I note she was mentioned in SBL's video.

1 hour ago, walshy said:

I use a Gramma Pad, it’s excellent and not had any issues on boomy wooden stages since. For the money they’re excellent and super well built too. 

+1 for Gramma Pad. Used it for years on a hundreds of stages = zero issues.

So tempted by this mate. It’s right up my Straße so to speak. 

8 minutes ago, Peter Popovic said:

Hope it's better although I can't see any signature pictures at all. don't know why.

Yes, all sorted mate. Well done 👍

4 minutes ago, Old Man Riva said:

Aged ice blue metallic 1970s P bass with Jazz neck in Peach Guitars? 

Might have been 😎

Someone bought it as it’s gone now.

17 hours ago, blisters on my fingers said:

So basically   they make it up?

There would be a good argument for saying that, but I think it’s either crass stupidity or just bone idleness. Probably the latter.

This just popped up on the used page. It’s not an MVJ, it’s not Shoreline Gold, it doesn’t have a matching headstock and it doesn’t have lollipop tuners 🤷‍♂️
 

I sent them an e-mail the other day to verify a ‘spec anomaly’ for one of their other used basses. They confirmed the spec shown was wrong citing the usual ‘new web site is coming soon’ bullshite. Have they amended it? No, of course not. They do a very good impression of not giving a fnck!

I’ll keep an eye out as well. Have you managed to obtain the serial number?

P.S. @Peter Popovic- your signature contains three massive photos, one of which doesn’t load and the other two appear identical.

I can’t really speak as I’m as guilty as the next person, but some do get drawn into the Fender CS market expecting something that’s going to be better or equal to a quality vintage instrument. For a lot less money you can order a bespoke Shuker. You’ll get exactly what you want and it will probably sound better too.

Co-incidentally I took one of my CS Precisions and my Shuker P to a gig last night. I played about half and half with each. There really wasn’t anything in it apart from the fact that the Shuker was substantially less £ and it felt more me as I played a part in how it turned out.

Horses for courses, but if I was going down the P route again, I’d go Shuker. 

Never seen anything like that, but it’s got a bit of Punisher thing going on at the bridge end of the body. Nice.

Agreed with the last three comments. No excuses for anyone involved in the supply chain in this example, but I can’t believe the non-functioning bass left the Custom Shop like that. They do have some quality control and the check that it actually makes noise is probably fairly near the top of the list. Regarding the other bass, how many other people has it been shipped to and returned? The reality is, we just don’t know.

I’d be interested to know what dealer the OP bought these basses through. Thomann perhaps?

I’ve played loads of Fender CS basses and own quite a few. The only two I’ve had issue with was a Pino Signature which had a really chunky neck that I didn’t particularly like and a Van Trigt Master Built which my brain couldn’t correlate the price tag with (£8k). It was a nice bass, but not 8 thousand pounds of nice.

6 hours ago, Owen said:

I must admit I struggle with Custom Shop stuff when Bravewood is out there. 

John doesn’t take commission builds though.

Lots of copying and pasting with little regard to the actual instrument. I never take any spec measurements they list as legit. I always ask and invariably it’s not what they’ve shown.

I'm not trying to dissuade you from trying/buying a Precision, but I'm not sure I understand why you think you need one because the new band is playing more blues.

Tommy Shannon got by just fine with a Jazz.

16 minutes ago, Kevin Dean said:

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On 31/08/2022 at 12:53, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

It might be that whatever you are intending to ship @TheGreek  may not be worth considering this, but I’ve been using @walshy’s Man with a Van.

£60 door to door. None of this insuring nonsense to worry about and you won’t need a hard case.

Fully insured door to door service for £60 (UK mainland only). PM me for the number.

1 minute ago, Kevin Dean said:

UPS are quoting £160 plus  for delivery withing the UK , What am I doing wrong ?

What you're doing wrong is not ringing 'Items 2 Go'. 

How can whoever took that photo not notice that G string? 

I’ve done loads of deps and not once have I been offered or given any charts/notation.

All I need to know is which version they’re playing and in which key and, if it fades, how they end it.

I’ll make my own notes from there, usually handwritten and scan and import to On Song.

It’s rare that I can’t get a whole song on one A4 sheet.

1 hour ago, Leonard Smalls said:

Actually, this may be better than the original 😁

 

 

This on the other hand 🤮. Silly sod.