Matt P

just bought my bronco from me, excellent communication and super fast payment, a great guy to deal with. trade with confidence. Matt

late 90's for me, bought a few Klotz leads from sound control in about 97, at least one of them is still working, although i bought a whirlwind in about 98 thats my absolute banker, it's just bombproof, it's a bit long (20ft i think) but i know that if every other lead fails, that one won't let me down, best 18 quid i ever spent all i've ever done was put a name label on it. Matt

i've also used the gift option on paypal (sorry if i broke the rules, is there a naughty step i should sit on for a bit?) but it was for items totalling about a tenner (which is the most i would be prepared to lose), personally i always prefer a personal meet up for an instrument but bank transfer is the next best thing (which i've used as both a buyer and now as a seller) Matt

Just Bought a neck from Mal, a great price and arrived safe and sound, great communication throughout as well. a very reliable person to deal with and reccomended to anyone. Matt

thanks Mal, the neck is perfect. Matt

Just bought a precision-type body from Mick (deliered personally), a very nice guy and a pleasure to do business with. Matt

hard cases for me, hiscox by preference (as long as there is a suitable one available) the only instruments i have that have gig bags are the bronco ( decided it's not a keeper so didn't bother with a case) and my uke which never goes anywhere. my entire collection lives on a perpose-built storage rack in the study (double height) with a strap to stop them falling so the hard cases store best for me, i just have a couple of instruments (one acoustic guitar and a bass) on wall hangers for noodling on. the rack looks like an advert for hiscox! i've had too many near misses now to ever go back to gig bags (favorite trick is to forget how tall i effectively am when caring a gigbag and smacking the neck/headstock into door frames.) Matt P

jammy sod! As a fan of p/j basses i'd put 2 pups in, get the neck looked at by a pro, put some frets in (or not depending on preferance) finish it in the colour of choice and play it. If not, just send it over to me, i'll double your money for you, 12 quid?. Matt

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='1220800' date='May 5 2011, 11:13 AM']Looks like a less funky and more expensive version of my daisyrock [/quote] wow, what are they made of? do you think they'd respond well to having all the finish stripped off? (then a nice tv yellow or cherry red) i wonder if one of those could be de-glittered and then pimped to make a great stage bass. (i'm rather fond of shorter scale basses) Matt

are you looking at new prices? definately check out the for sale adverts on there, both the little b@stard and the bass terror crop up regularly, and cabs are plentiful too. you should save yourself a few quid, might even bring the head and cab into your budget. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=128454"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=128454[/url] Matt (edited for link)

i have to admit to being a guitarist too, i have more guitars than basses including an amazing handmade mcIlroy acoustic that was a wedding present to myself, but 9 times out of 10 when asked to play it's the bass, only really admitted that i was a bassist last year when i bought my '77 precision, couldn't keep on decieving myself after i'd spent that much on a bass. i guess i'm happy as long as i've got frets and strings (although i have serious GAS for a fretless jazz) i generally pick up whatever's to hand when i feel like a noodle. (i'll also admit to owning a mandolin, a banjo and a uke but haven't really mastered any of them) i found that moving from guitar to bass was fairly smooth but then i wanted a bass when i was a kid (but the local shop only had decent electric guitars, the basses were useless) so i guess i might just have been a frustrated bassist all these years. Matt

[quote name='dougie' post='1191757' date='Apr 7 2011, 02:20 PM']pm me an email address and i`ll send you 2 excellent guitar refinishing books in pdf format.....same applies to anyone else [/quote] PM sent. Matt

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='1190204' date='Apr 6 2011, 10:17 AM']It wasn't. I meant they had 5 Tanglewaters in stock.[/quote] ahh i see what you mean and from your sig i see that it's yours now, how's it going? still in love?

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='1190147' date='Apr 6 2011, 09:44 AM']Bwahaa! They had 5 in stock this time last week. [/quote] they did say that they had a passive jazz in as well but they sold it last week, they didn't mention it was a 5 though!

thought i'd post here, mainly as a note to those in the north east, core music in hexham has 4 tanglewaters in stock, went in to play the blackburst deluxe 5 (£700) and had a quick go on the natural elite 4 (£750), they also had an artist in red (£600)and a contemporary j (£580) as well, the basses were all wonderful but i'm not a great fan of the blackburst so i'm going to wait for the next batch (anyone know what other colours are being offered for the deluxe? and when the elite will be appearing in 5?) the guys in the shop were really friendly annd were offering great prices (they said they were flexible about discounts etc) i must say that i have no link to the shop, today was my first visit and i only found out about them by looking on the overwater website, but they actually have the basses on display and they are all top notch. given the funds and the space i would have taken at least one of them home with me. as it is i'm going to wait for an elite 5 or to see what the colours are for the deluxe, if not i may overlook my natural avoidance of black basses and go back for the deluxe 5 as it was an absolute corker. picture included (with permission of the shop) sorry it's a phone pic. [attachment=76772:05042011086.jpg]