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I'm in the club. Very nice too. Don't key my 911 greyparrot there's a good chap.

One of the few ways for a civvie crew to get one up on Fighter pilots........... JETJOCK: 'Yeah well I suppose you guys don't get much above 40 thousand do you?' BUSDRIVER: ' Nah...........only in salary.' Used to be true

[quote]Lovely bass Steve, I am looking forward to owning this one day :-)[/quote] You have first dibs Steve

Thanks guys, I am well chuffed! It plays very easily, it feels a lot bigger than my Skjold and the headstock means it's the only bass I've owned that can't fit on the wallstand downstairs! It is 34" scale but the 19mm string spacing feels really wide as I play the Skjold almost exclusively now. It sounds great, exactly as you'd expect. I prefer to play with the tone off completely (at least at home) and it has a very 'alive' tone - big sound. I can't wait to play it with the band if we ever get round to practising again! Doesn't work too well with the TechSoundsysytem cab unfortunately but sounds great with the Puma head and BagEnd115 and even better with Ashdown(sold unfortunately). The Tecamp combination is a bit too modern for it. I'd love to hear it through a NV215 Berg cab and a fat tuby head - earth shattering I would expect. I know these basses are expensive but I got a good deal on this bass including a trade on a bass I really liked but having played this and the Alleva Coppolo LG5 at BassMerchant I think they are worth the money if it's what you are looking for.

I wanted this bass from the first time I saw a picture of it on the Alleva stand at Namm. It's taken some time but it was worth the wait - beautiful bass.

[quote]I played Kiwi's Celinders (I think one used to be yours ?)[/quote] The black jazz and the red precision were mine - both great basses. I've played a Coppolo Precision and was very impressed. Weight has become a bit of an issue for mw and I've never played a light Celinder 5.(Say under 9lbs) Not to say they don't exist? Personally I'd be slow to order a new bass again from just about anyone but with well over a year to your D-day maybe you could build in a huge penalty clause? :brow: Either way with these two I think you would end up with as good a bass as money can buy IMO.

Easy Celinder or Alleva Coppolo

Hi Nik I was going to do the same for a player I saw at a wedding last night The band were Between the Covers and the bassplayer had a lovely GB Spitfire 5 and EBS TD650 / 210. (They were from Brighton of course)! Great tone and playing. I did get a chance to say hello and tell them I thought they sounded great. The bass player said he had been on here but not for some time.

Before you buy Markbass check out Tecamp gear at Bassmerchant. I've owned both.

[quote]...well we did discuss his own frustrations with what he called misinformation appearing on the internet surrounding his dealings with customers. I could see that he felt he'd been burned (without wishing to go into any further detail) by a few extremely vocal individuals in the past.[/quote] I know for a fact (because I saw an email he sent) that (at least in the past)he considers me one of these 'extremely vocal' individuals. I have met Chris and found him a very pleasant person, he even came to my house to deliver a bass personally the first time I dealt with him. I think he makes among, if not the, finest basses that can be bought. However I wish he would stop it with the 'victim' mode. I am a very easy going individual but being Scottish I will most definitely not stand back when I feel I am having the piss taken out of me, which is what happened a couple of times with Chris. I understand that he may well have been having personal problems but we all have issues to deal with, it's a tough world and we all live in it. Perhaps [b]he[/b] needs to read some of the past threads here and on Talkbass and take on board the fact that he has not come up to an acceptable standard at times in the customer care department. Perhaps he needs to acknowledge that fact and move on. Steve Mc Kinnell

Just bought a Tech 212 from bassbloke. Total pleasure to deal with - upfront, straight and makes a great cup of coffee. Highly recommended. (Oh yeah the cabs brill too!!!)

It's the lightest one I've heard of too - the only thing that puts me off Celinders is the weight - getting puny in my old age! Mind you the Precisions I had were light, but never played or seen a lighweight jazz. Fantastic basses!