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Great work Chris - looks brilliant!

[quote name='SJA' post='384585' date='Jan 19 2009, 12:47 AM']Comsat Angels, bassist Kevin Bacon (not the "6 degrees of" actor!)[/quote] The Comsats were an f-ing brilliant band & I always loved his bass playing ([url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Bacon_(producer)"]Kevin Bacon[/url] went on to have a pretty successful career as a producer)... though I'm a bit biased as I count Steve Fellows as a really good mate...

[quote name='beerdragon' post='390390' date='Jan 24 2009, 02:16 PM']It looks as if its had a lot of use. expensive also. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-1965-Precision-bass-case-EX-Beautiful-South_W0QQitemZ190281989515QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item190281989515&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-1965-Precisio...%3A1|240%3A1318[/url][/quote] Expensive? With that amount of wear - the starting price is probably pretty near to its final price & I can't see it having much of a 'celebrity premium' (especially as it was just the guy's spare bass)...

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='390512' date='Jan 24 2009, 05:09 PM']I'm sure this sold on eBay last year along with another ex-BS bass related product (iirc an Ampeg amp). I wonder if this was the buyer or if it didn't sell originally?[/quote] +1 You're definitely right about that - there was a whole pile of stuff from the ex_BS guitar player as well. It did sell originally because I came very close to going for it (was put off by a trip up to Hull to collect it - a very long journey for me) - sold for less than £3K if I remember correctly. It was the bass player's touring spare - I'm sure it had a pro flight case & not a OHSC (though that might have been included as you wouldn't tour worldwide without all your expensive guitars in flight cases). Would be a damn good P Bass for sure....

[quote name='OldGit' post='387186' date='Jan 21 2009, 09:47 AM']The 5 or so nice music shops near me do all the stuff people are talking about but in the last year I've probably spend just £150 in them - and most of that was piano books and Ukuleles (that's what my brothers got for their 50th birthday )... I may have spent just £20 on bass stuff in real shops ... So ... Maybe your questions are not the right ones .. I'd suggest you ask "What have you [b]actually bought[/b] from a real music shop in the last year?" Not a web shop, a real shop, by walking in and handing over hard cash.[/quote] +1000 on asking that question: "What have you [b]actually bought[/b] from a real music shop in the last year?" I've spent a small fortune (a LOT of money) on bass gear over the last few years - how much have I bought from an actual music shop? £100 at most.

[quote name='Beedster' post='387121' date='Jan 21 2009, 08:31 AM']Um, haven't you read the papers recently? I've got friends whose businesses are thriving but despite this the benks are withdrawing their credit facilities. Sorry to be blunt - and I haven't read the posts above as I'm in a rush - but I was talking at the weekend to a guy who did the same thing and has just had to sell hos house to pay for it. Setting up a music shop now would represent the kind of hubris that has got banks and therefore the entire economy into trouble. Only spend the money if you can affors to lose it. Chris[/quote] +1 I'm afraid this can only 'end in tears'. I know of two people who have opened music/guitar shops that have eventually gone bust - leaving them with years of debt & misery. And that wasn't in the current economic climate(!) & before the internet really took hold. Traditional shop based retail is NOT what you want to start a business in! I bet you could walk into any 99% of small shops in the UK today & offer the owners £10K for their entire business & they would bite your hand off - just for a chance to walk away from it all. Sorry to be so negative - but IMHO this really is a bad idea.

The flight cases alone (all of it is in pro flight cases) have to be worth a fair few £ hundred... If you've got the transport (a big van!) & the storage space then this could be a great buy for somebody.

[quote name='beerdragon' post='377044' date='Jan 11 2009, 07:09 PM']I had the same email saturday.[/quote] Ditto.

[quote name='Scorchin' post='371276' date='Jan 5 2009, 07:19 PM']Looking to rent a decent quality bass for around 2/3 weeks early February. What kind of price range am I looking at for: [list] [*]Fender P-Bass [*]Musicman StingRay [/list] I'm in Nottingham, but recording will be in Edinburgh, can pick-up at either location or can commute to collect. Would it be better to just buy and then sell immediately after?[/quote] Have you asked the studio you're going to if they have a bass there that you can use??? The majority of good studios will have their own 'house' instruments & back line - which for basses is bound to be a nice Fender Precision & or Jazz - & very often they'll be used to recording with that particular bass & should be able to get you a good sound very easily...

Here's my '74 Telebass II. Love it to bits. The bottom end from one of these babies could knock down a brick wall. A proper bass! [attachment=17903:74_tele2_front.jpg]

The cable they're using looks very similar to the stuff the legendary Pete Cornish uses in his cables - but his (fantastic) cables are a third of the price... I know which ones I'd rather buy!

I've found the customer service from Digital Village to be exceptionally good - why don't you just get in touch with them????

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