mrtcat

Well sadly I have had to email Adrian and ask him to take my Elwood 5C back and either rebuild it from scratch or give me a full refund. The build quality has been a huge disappointment and I've just noticed a big circular lump has appeared under the paint on the rear of the body. Also the shaping of the cutaway on the back and the rounding of the back edge is very uneven. My gripes are: 1. Circular lump has appeared on the back 2. Neck pocket has significant gaps around it 3. The luminlays (which were retro fitted after they missed them on the spec sheet) look like they were fitted by a child 4. The refinish of the neck (after retrofitting luminlays) looks like it's been filed away where the fretboard starts in order to remove overspray. 5. There is wood texture noticeable through the paint. 6. The body shaping is uneven in places. We will have to wait and see how Adrian responds but I'm hoping he will accept that this isn't up to standard and do the right thing. Pics can be seen here https://photos.app.goo.gl/LEiDaguYHFM6b3XB7

We only really rehearse once every couple of months and, as we're just a 4 piece, if someone is unable to make it we cancel and rearrange. We gig 1-2 times a week tho so rehearsal is purely for adding new material. We usually add 10 songs in a single rehearsal to make it worthwhile. I don't mind rehearsal if it's productive but could never be in a band that rehearses every week or more often than it gigs.

1. Paid gigs 2. Marketing 3. Administration 4. Rehearsal 5. Maintenance of pa & lights

Who "flounced" out? I just didn't bother looking. I don't feel any need to discuss it with the shop as it's their loss not mine. I don't see why it's upsetting you so much that you feel it's ok to be fairly offensive in your response. This whole thread is pretty much about people's mixed experience of Bass Direct so my original post simply tells of my own experience.

Wow. No biggie, I recognise your tone from some of the "sales assistants" in multiple shops that ultimately went bust due to lack of customer loyalty as a result of awful customer service😁

Very much on my radar.

They know and recognise me as someone who has spent a lot in there over the years, probably £5k to date and I've also sold stuff to staff. It was reasonably busy but it's not a customer's job to convince a shop and it's staff that they're worthy of being welcome. Everyone is a potential customer when you are running a business whether they spend today, tomorrow or years down the line. If they're having a bad day then they need to be professional and suck it up a bit like the rest of us in our professional lives.

May not be the best on the market but this looks like quite an affordable way in for custom moulds. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007KLXMDE/ref=sspa_dk_detail_5?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B007KLXMDE&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_p=2784349025056798016&pf_rd_r=BH616H5AJF7W988XKYGZ&pd_rd_wg=TKUft&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&pd_rd_w=446hs&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pd_rd_r=b21818ba-755a-11e8-90e8-ef1b20bdf314 I'm possibly going to upgrade my custom moulds in the next few months and am currently considering options. Budget about £800 and want something with plenty of lows.

Just bought a lovely immaculate Yamaha bass from Gerry. Absolute top chap with great coms and the bass was packaged to perfection. All arrived on time and it's clear that Gerry really looks after his kit. Many thanks!!

Just arrived and i've had a go with them. They definitely make a difference to the isolation and there is a noticeable improvement in the low end. They're a little uncomfortable when you first put them in but that soon goes. I'll be interested to see how they fare for a 2 hr gig. My wife suggested building up a layer of clear acrylic nail polish around the same part of the iems that you wrap the comply wraps around as a more permanent solution. Not sure I have the bottle to do something like that tho.

I dropped in on my way up the M40 last week. I needed strings but also had £2k in my bass fund pot so thought I'd check out what toys they had. They had the strings I wanted but seemed so keen to usher me out of the door that I didn't even look at basses. Instead I've spent most of it on here lol. I love the idea of the shop and have had great experiences there before but it just mystifies me how the service can be so up and down. 21 pages of divided opinion and still going says it all really for me.

I'm on it! Will report back after trying the wraps.

That's really helpful info thank you. I might give custom iems a shout and see what they think. I'm sitting at my desk now and just put my iems in. If I click my fingers gently I can hear it pretty clearly at probably 50% of the volume I'd hear without them in. Maybe I just need to stop cleaning my ears and let the wax build up lol.

Pushing them slightly does definitely make a difference. I had the impressions done at the custom iem company so am a bit disappointed that the fit isn't perfect.

@EBS_freak have you any thoughts on silicone custom moulds (like ACS) over regular solid plastic ones in terms of isolation? I am relatively happy with what I have but there is definitely still noticeable bleed of noise in, especially when drummer goes off on one on a smaller stage.

I run my own pest control business. I spend half the week out on customers' premises and the rest in my office. This is the wall in said office and what you can't see is the drum kit and piano.

A used yamaha bb1024 would be my first choice.

Are they a pub band or a function band? Can you see from their website / Facebook whether they're booked up with gigs in the near future? If they are a function band or really busy then it's possibly a bit more understandable that they need someone who can cope with learning lots of stuff quickly. If they're a pub band and don't have many gigs booked then they're just being daft.

Yep, he posted pics of the rehearsal on his facebook page last week so was definitely him.

I've been really very impressed with the kz iems but wouldn't take them over my UE900s. The custom moulds make them so much more comfortable and far better at isolation. I'd be reluctant to get kz's reshelled for the obvious reason that it's a lot of money to have potentially cheap parts put into a custom she'll. Bet they'd sound great tho.

Really enjoyed Beck's set. Great band and they look like they're having fun.

Voted. Would this possibly be better in General Discussion?