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[quote name='kedo' timestamp='1317062817' post='1386271']Has anyone got any experience of shipping abroad. I have had some interest for my Jazz bass which has been on the 'basses for sale' page for a couple of weeks. Trouble is, all offers would involve shipping to France. How does one go about this, and how do you protect yourself from fraudsters? Any advice would be appreciated. Regards, Jack[/quote] I've shipped all over the world Jack, it's no big deal mate. The first thing you could do is pack your bass as if you are going to send it (pack it REALLY well)! Take it to your post office, or courier and ask them how much it will cost to send it insured to your destination and roughly how long it will take to arrive. That way you know the "exact" amount to quote. If it's going to France the buyer does not have any import duties to deal with because it is in the European Union, so all he will have to pay for is the bass and shipping. I would insist it is insured and I would insist Paypal or bank transfer. Tell the buyer you will ship it when the money is in your account and not before. When you do send it give the buyer the tracking number if you have one (which you should) and the approx time it will take to arrive. You should not have any problems.

I would rather use a dep if at all possible. You got lucky there Pete! At one gig we played at, the drummer did not turn up at all and we could not get in touch, so we just did it as a duo. Not great but cancellation is the last resort. The venue were happy, the customers were happy and were grateful that we had the balls to continue without him, we got payed so we were happy. Jobs a good un'....We played there again just last night as it happens, this time with a new drummer......who turned up!

[quote name='Beno' timestamp='1313789822' post='1345922'] Found this one recently. Seems good. Lots of info for the old gear. Its confirming what I suspected with my P. Not 76, but a very early 75. S/N # Info near the end. [url="http://home.provide.net/~cfh/fender.html"]http://home.provide....cfh/fender.html[/url] [/quote] This is the site I have used in the past it seems very accurate, and it is the one I was going to suggest.

If you buy a bass/guitar from the USA make sure the seller does NOT post it via UPS! I work for them they are expensive (unless you are stinking rich of course). I buy and have bought a lot of stuff from the USA. What I do is ask the seller in advance if they will ship USPS (United States Postal Service) which is a bit like our equivalent Royal Mail. It usually costs around $120 to ship including insurance but it will be 3 times that with UPS believe me. I always pay with Paypal using my credit card (so should anything happen, like he does not send it), you are covered because Ebay will only cover up to £500 anyway. Once it arrives you collect it from Royal Mail and then pay them the import duty/tax on it at whatever the rate is.

Welcome Taha

It takes an age to look at anything at the moment, even trying to get on this thread to tell you about it took an age! I guess these problems will be sorted in due course.

Yes he was! I did watch him play with Budgie once at The Diamond. I have actually played with Simon myself. Our band invited Simon's band Anubis to play their first gig with us at The Intake Leisure in Mansfield. This was a gig for the Budgie fan club (Bandolier) and the event was known as "Bando Bash" Simon very kindly came on at the end and jammed an unrehearsed track with us. It is on Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJm9L_LkflQ Simon is a wonderful guitarist and no doubt he's the same on bass! Hopefully we can do another gig in the future together. It was a privilege to be on the same stage as him. It's cool that he is your tutor. If i lived in Wolverhampton, I would want him teaching me.

Welcome Niels!

Ok guy's i've seen some impressive clips and i've heard some great sound clips. Has anyone here got or tried a Luthman hand made bass? What's it like to play? what's the weight? what's the neck like? any pix?........anyone?

Hi Mark. Anyone who quotes Chris Squire and Jeff Berlin amongst his fave bass players is just fine by me, welcome to Basschat!

The next In For The Kill (Budgie tribute) gig is: Saturday 24th September at The Greyhound High Road Beeston Nottingham NG9 2LE There will be a support band on for this gig called Plague of Ares and they should be on around 9PM with ourselves on around 10PM. Here are the support: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4a0gMbdG18&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4a0gMbdG18&feature=related[/url] Admission is free for this gig. We have not had any time to rehearse for this gig for varying reasons so it's play by the "seat of pants" stuff again! Everyone welcome of course, your support is much appreciated. - Time to try out my new TECAMP rig at last!

[quote name='Cotsey' post='1374405' date='Sep 15 2011, 01:22 PM']I recently purchased a fantastic solo bass album by a relatively unknown bassist from UK - Andy Saxton He merges a lot of music styles on this album and the bass always manages to be the main focal point Check his playing out - [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAmX3yDkx2M"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAmX3yDkx2M[/url] Solo album preview - [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CnC9d83boE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CnC9d83boE[/url] Some great transitions between tapping/ slapping / strumming[/quote] Awesome!

Hello and welcome

I guess it depends on your budget. I just switched to a Tecamp head and cab. Very loud and very lightweight. The Tecamp does not have an "overdriven" sound but if I wanted that i'd just add a pedal. Looks cool as well!

"Hi all, After some advice rom other band players. We have a decent drummer in our band. Playing wise he's great, really solid and puts a lot of energy into our sound. The problem is that when we're not playing he's a total headache. Firstly he's got an obsession with money. We are a pub rock band playing classic rock covers. We always get our £250 asking price and I believe that's more than many of our rival bands get". That's very good money, I wished we could get that every gig! "Drummer however is now insisting we charge £300 - £400 a night. If we play O'Neills we can get that much but most of our gigs are regular pubs. I don't think we'll get that much and end up pricing ourselves out of gigs" Yeah good money if you can get it, he does not live in the real world. I take it HE does not book the gigs then? In my old band I booked all the gigs, traveled about, did all the leg work. The drummer and one guitarist started moaning about the money, where we were playing etc..I told them "okay YOU get the gigs then and see how you get on" they never bothered to complain again once they realised how difficult it is to get gigs and venues don't want to pay bugger all if they can get away with it. Why do you think they have open mic nights? . "Next issue is that he goes on to our online calendar and blanks off masses of dates well in advance. This means we already only have a maximum of 30 gigs a year for 2012. We will fill them but he's blanking off dates that he has no plans for just to control how much we play." That sounds very unfair just blanking them off for no reason apart from being a bit of a control freak by the sound of it. 30 gigs a year is quite a lot we do around 20, although both our drummer and guitarist are in another band so fair enough. "He has just announced his wife is pregnant and due in march and has said as a result he'll be unavailable in march April and may." Well that sounds fair enough to me, you can't really argue with that. "Finally he complains about where we play. He only wants to practice one a week tops but can't see why we're not playing the O2 every week" . See comments above about getting the gigs himself! The other two in my band never want to practice, never mind once a week! "What would you do? He's a bloody good drummer and there's a shortage of them round here." Try hard searching for a dep. Your drummer will then realise that nobody is indispensable. It's easier to find a drummer when you are playing PAID gigs than it is when you are not. Good luck....

Welcome to Basschat!

Yeah I pulled my back out and was off for 6 weeks ages ago. I played a gig as it was on the mend but it was killing! I couldn't move much. I also I have an on-going shoulder and arm ache problem from work (previous job), this is uncomfortable but you get used to it.

Nice to see you here. I've just gotten into Uzeb and Alain Caron. Welcome!

[quote name='skidder652003' post='1370089' date='Sep 12 2011, 08:35 AM']thanks guys, lots of great advice! I see the memory boys at £75 new in the states and aboiut £94 here so thats a start. The akai looks awesome and there some on ebay now. theres a line 6 echo park on there for £70, so thats in budget....lots to think about![/quote] Please bear in mind that if you buy a mains one from the States it will be 110V not 240v. Good luck!

Gig Update: This gig has been postponed due to the venue double-booking (even though I booked this gig months ago, and we sent out flyers about 3 weeks ago!). Sorry for any inconvenience if anyone was thinking of attending. Tony C.

Thanks Mike for buying and collecting my Wharfedale monitor. Fellow Basschatter's, Mike is a real gent and a lovely guy to deal with. All the best mate....Tony C.

Welcome to Basschat!

[quote name='hitchy64' post='1368207' date='Sep 10 2011, 01:34 AM']Just got back from a gig, we played really well, no cock ups or any mistakes. We started off playing to 3 people and ended off the second set with 12. We still got £200, so it's a paid rehearsal really. Thats gotta be the worst attended gig we'v done, the best being 800+. What's you best and worst????[/quote] Worst was with my last band, 13 which went down to 5! Best was with my current band around 150+