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[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1455004368' post='2974844'] How does the importing thing work from the US? there must be VAT and import taxes etc? ... even with all that on top though this still looks like a good deal! [/quote] Expect to pay an additional 25% on top of the cost of the bass plus shipping.

CDs, Vinyl or downloads of some new music that takes your fancy.

H&K Red Box equipped amps are brilliant. I have a Tube 50 combo with one fitted. There is very little difference IMO between the DI output and the sound of the speaker mic'd up with an SM57.

IMO if the luthier responsible had taken the time used to do all that fancy inlay work to come up with an original guitar shape, I might be more impressed.

Ah… our "German friend". I wish people would stop posting links to all the monstrosities and badly abused instruments he has for sale so that he would finally go out of business and the items would get sold off at sensible prices to people who would be inclined to either restore them or put them out of their misery!

There are two different types of spline shafts - coarse and fine - see [url=http://blog.philadelphialuthiertools.com/2013/05/16/choosing-the-correct-knob-for-your-guitar-or-bass/]here[/url]. I suspect that you have the wrong knobs for the spline of your existing pots.

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1454607509' post='2971322'] Wouldn't a passive configuration get you closer to a vintage vibe? [/quote] That's what I was going to suggest.

Don't worry about it. IMO finger noise is part of the round wound sound. Besides as others have said once the rest of your band get going you won't be able to hear it.

There are plenty of offers that cut eBay fees down to almost nothing, you just have to be able to be flexible about when you want to sell stuff.

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1454519699' post='2970464'] IMO I think all of the Italia basses I have seen look so cheap and nasty never tried one though [/quote] I've tried most of them at a trade show. IMO they look great from a distance, however on close up you can see the fit and finish isn't particularly good and the "parts-bin" nature of their hardware is a lot more obvious. Playability is OK but I do think that overall you are paying a premium for the unusual looks over what a more conventional designed bass of similar build quality would cost. There are other manufacturers who do the faux vintage instrument look far better such as Hallmark.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1454585776' post='2971012'] I'm most definitely not an expert, but don't the body and neck have date stamps ? If so you could have a December neck and a January the following year body. What year would that bass then be ? [/quote] My guess would be that it would be the year of the newest component.

[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1454578177' post='2970892'] I only ever read and post from a mobile.....works fine for me. [/quote] I can tell - none of the "links" in your signature are actually clickable. ;-)

The mobile version (like everything designed to run on a phone) is OK for browsing, but trying to post anything more complex than a couple of sentences of text is simply too time consuming and complicated, so I stick to looking at Basschat on a proper computer.

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1454523462' post='2970529'] For essentially the same reason that most complain about eBay. [/quote] TBH I've never understood why people complain about the prices of instruments listed on eBay either. Either it's an attractive price to you and you make a bid or you consider it too expensive, move on and wait for one to come up at what you consider to be a more sensible price. Sellers are at liberty to price their items however they want. If it's too high no will buy it.

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1454521052' post='2970489'] Can someone please explain to me why anyone would put up a relatively expensive bass for sale (which would attract a commission in the four figure bracket) without making any effort to advertise it anywhere else (as far I can tell). [/quote] Why does it matter to you?

[quote name='project_c' timestamp='1454426788' post='2969636'] Try from a phone, it's slow, really badly designed and the navigation behaves like it was designed by someone on ketamine. [/quote] But pretty much all of the internet including this site is pretty crap on a phone. So tell me something new.

[quote name='Horizontalste' timestamp='1454419684' post='2969538'] Just confused generally, lots of different delivery/collection options. I'll go with UPS as suggested & strangely enough I've had a new bike delivered this morning so I'll get busy with the scissors. Cheers all. [/quote] Great. I'd recommend covering over the side with the speakers with at least 2 pieces of card laid out so that the corrugations of one are at 90° to the other for maximum strength.

You are looking at it all wrong. It's not a bass guitar. It's a Damien Hirst original artwork that happens to be on a Fleabass. As a musical instrument it is virtually worthless, because it is impossible to play without risking damaging the artwork. As a work of art it will only appreciate in value. So if you want an original Damien Hirst then buy it. If you want a bass guitar there's plenty of others that are far more suitable and affordable.

The smallest proper kick drum I have ever seen belongs to an ex-Terrortone drummer. The whole kit is tiny and the kick drum is a cut-down 16" floor tom shell fitted with kick-drum hardware. He used it once at a multi-band gig in a venue with a very small stage where he was supplying the kit. It was most amusing to watch the drummer from a metal band earlier on the bill struggle to use his double bass drum pedal with it...

UPS or TNT booked via Interparcel. However with shipping out of the UK the important thing to ensure is that the parcel is shipped all the way by the same carrier. For smaller parcels some of the big carriers contract out collect or delivery.

[quote name='bassace' timestamp='1454412322' post='2969414'] There's always one. I have a removals company just up the road but haven't a clue where the nearest bike shop is. But I suppose if you've grown up with Blue Peter.................. [/quote] And I have no idea where any of the local removals companies are yet I know of 4 bike shops in Nottingham that are happy to get rid of their empty boxes. And here's another packing tip. Go to the fabric department of your local John Lewis and scrounge some of the cardboard tubes that material comes rolled on. Cut in half lengthways these are excellent for protecting corners and edges of cases and cabs before they go into the packing box.

You don't even need to pay for packaging. Go to your local bicycle shop and get a bike box (or two) which they will be glad to get rid of. These are massively strong and can be cut up to fit whatever you need to send. All you need to buy is some decent quality tape to stick it all together with.

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1454258041' post='2967919'] You should, as if R1 were doing their job properly DV & the T's would be in with a serious shout of some airplay! [/quote] The Terrortones would only ever have been in with a chance of Radio 1 airplay in the days of John Peel. I can't really see "I Can't Find My BrainCell", "Invasion Of The SpiderQueen" of "StickyPants Trance" making the daytime playlist under any of it's incarnations, and that's the main attraction of getting on Radio 1. Besides as others have said, with the introduction of 6 Music and broadening of Radios 2, 3 and 4, Radio 1 is no longer the only national radio option for introducing new music to a wider audience. Radio 1 can go off and be as mainstream and populist as it wants because there are plenty of other credible alternatives with national coverage.

What's the problem selecting a courier? Just general confusion or is the cab in question particularly big and/or heavy. If you just want a general recommendation use UPS booked via Interparcel. I've used them for hundreds of parcels and the only once have a I had a damaged parcel and then the insurance paid out promptly and in full. I've never encountered a problem with parcel size and I've sent some fairly large things. However they do have a weight limit of 50kg. If you cab in the packaging is over the weight limit then the best price I found was by going direct to TNT, but don't expect it to be cheap.

[quote name='project_c' timestamp='1454400755' post='2969270'] Or just use a less annoying and poorly designed site. No idea why people still use that terrible broken ad-ridden site. postimg.org is great for single images, maybe flickr for whole albums? [/quote] Ads on Photobucket? Not with an ad-blocker. Then the site works just fine.