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fretmeister
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I have 2 paulownia basses already. I don't mind dinks. I now fancy a ray / sterling type without the weight!
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Can any of you fine people suggest where I might be able to get a paulownia body? In an ideal world it would be EBMM Sterling shaped, but a J shape without pickup routs would do if I can't find a Sterling one. ta
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Are you just a simple tailor by any chance? [/DS9]
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This was my attempt at seeing if I could get on with a 7 string. Alas despite giving it a try over a couple of years my brain just cannot cope and I often seem to be playing one string wrong! A previous owner swapped the pickups for the rather excellent Seymour Duncan Mick Thompson active set. One of the mounting feet on the neck pickup was apparently damaged at that time so that's been repaired in a very janky sort of way. They function just fine - absolutely massive output levels with great clarity. The bridge pickup is the complete opposite of subtle! It seems that the pickups had an RRP of nearly £400!!! I am unconvinced that the tone control is actually connected as it doesn't seem to do anything. At some point in the past the tuning heads have been swapped to gold ones too. I've set it up so it plays very nicely in BEADGBE tuning. There are quite a few scratches and bits of paint knocked off but it's quite difficult to photograph, but this is reflected in the bargain price. £250 ono collected from Northants as I do not have a box. -
I didn't think the duty attracted Vat? Ah well - makes the comparison with Andertons even worse then.
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That's my view too. I've had a few bargains buying from Japan - but always for used items that were impossible to find in the UK or just over-priced.
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It was about that in 1990/1 as well. I came back with a new wardrobe of jeans and trainers.
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So $800 is (at the exact moment) £597.82. Shipping from the USA would be in the region of $100, so that's another £74.73. But might be as much as $200 (£149.49) Using the lower sum that's £672.55 that is subject to vat at 20% being £134.51 = £807.06. Then there's 3.5% duty on the guitar bit as well - another £20.92 Running total is £827.98 + about £13 for the courier admin fee. So £840.98 delivered to a UK buyer assuming the lower end shipping fee. So there could be a saving of about £77.45 compared to Andertons if it sneaks though without getting pinged by customs, and about £100 more than Andertons if it gets caught. I've had small stuff get through, but never anything as big as an instrument. I'm not sure whether Fender UK would deal with any warranty problems for a personal import or not. I'm guessing not.
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I never measure when I do a set up. Every bass needs something different so I always do it by feel alone.
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Such a lovely colour. Sherwood green is just ace. I almost always go for black or off-white, but Sherwood Green is amazing. -
I bought it on here from @hooky_lowdown about 3 years ago as I just wanted to try a shortie. I swapped the pickup to an Aguilar with a loom made by our own @KiOgon as the stock controls were really just on/off. It neck dived a bit so I swapped the tuners for Hipshot Ultralights. It’s a cheap bass but the basic quality and build is more than good enough to warrant spending on those swaps. I love it! I liked it so much I found another one for roundwounds. I thought the bridge string spacing would be a bit tight but I’ve discovered I much prefer it for everything other than slap, and I don’t do a lot of that.
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Bit of Stevie Wonder, the arrangement from the film “Sing” Moises app to remove the original bass. Tone by Line 6 HX Stomp
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That’s where I saw them too!
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I was fortunate enough to see them live. Fantastic performance by all.
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How long do You use a set of flatwound strings?
fretmeister replied to Johannes's topic in General Discussion
Ed Friedland famously has La Bella’s that are over 20 years old.
