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And this one keeps calling my name but I'm trying my damnedest to resist its charms. . . It's actually a slightly mintier green in the flesh and looks even more delicious

I seem to have amassed quite a few of these Here's some of them: Mike Lull P in heavy gold flake glitter - Originally made for Adam Clayton Fodera Monarch Elite - Aboyna facings Alleva Coppolo LG4 Custom in Dakota Red - 2nd one ever made my Jimmy C from the days before his headstocks grew larger Ritter Cora with solid 1 piece flame maple body in Late Lounge Ritter Cora in hand polished high gloss Cararra White Ritter Roya with flame maple top with hand polished transparent gloss in Ocean Turquoise

Say hi to Marcel Furlanetto from Barrie if you're in at F Bass any time - I've got a team in his football fantasy league I may be bottom of it though

I haven't used them but I have had a good look at their range at MusikMesse and spoke to the guys there and they seems very well made and robust. Pricey at around £90 for the Adam but looks like a very good little unit!

I love a nice sparkly bass Mind you, my gold Lull makes this one look a bit tame

It's a shame you're not nearer to us - we've got a nice NYC that you could have a good try on to see what you think of them. Personally I like them a lot, especially the narrow nut Will Lee, but the NYC's with really nice tops are getting very pricey now. Great gigging basses. Always seem to sit really nicely in a band environment. Not as much low down punchy growl as your YYS though

Classic Motown must be pretty much exclusively a P bass. Raise your budget a shade to £600 - £700 and you're into a decent used USA Precision Standard. It should sound reasonably authentic and they're really easy to sell on if you don't get in with it. Might be worth looking for one with slightly narrower nut width option as a classic P with a 1.75" nut might feel like a boat If you're moving from a 6 string then round wounds will feel more natural than flats (just wind the tone control all the way off) and maybe look at lighter gauge strings like 40 - 100's for comfort. You can play most Motown and funk with a pick and try palm-muting for a nice 'dead' tone.

You're just getting old

[quote name='PauBass' timestamp='1397081132' post='2420567'] As a long time Aguilar and Bergantino user I have always bought their branded covers and, in my opinion, they are of much better quality, more expensive but worth the extra money. This time I needed something for my Barefaced cab and I ordered from them, bad luck I've had so time to look somewhere else...Any other good cover manufacturers out there, please? [/quote] I think both of those two make really nice padded covers. They fit well, offer decent protection and even fold down nicely without getting tatty quickly. I've often wondered why Barefaced don't offer something similar. I'm sure they'd sell well. Mind you,with all respect to Alex, I think his cabs are very much designed with sound in mind rather than looks so maybe it's an area he's not as concerned about

Totally agree on the 'making an effort' stuff. Every band I've been in has had some sort of clothing ethic. I always think people should know you're 'in the the band' and haven't just stumbled in off the street

I have to admit that I really don't like Roqsolid covers. The ones I've seen have fitted their designated cabs pretty well but I've always found them a bit 'basic'. Ok as dust covers and maybe to protect from really minor scrapes but not in the same league as the ones some of the major cab builders sell to go with their cabs. I've always thought it was a 'you pays your money and you takes your choice' kinda thing - my money has always gone elsewhere

Two members of my band use them all the time and have never had problems

I really, really don't like stringing through a body so loose ferrules would seriously annoy me! It won't be the shop's fault but they should offer to fix them for free. I doubt they'd give any additional compensation though because it will have arrived that way from Fender and I don't know of any shop that would remove the stock strings from a bass to check if the ferrules were properly seated.

I think USPS tracking basically stops once it hits the final airport destination in the USA. It doesn't pick up that it might already have hit the UK and got bogged down locally here. If there's duty to pay then Parcelforce will post you a confirmation and this can easily add a week or two to delivery time. For small items I've pretty much given up on USPS because it's got way too slow over the last year. One of our suppliers insists on using them and we've had some 8-10 week delivery times for pickups and parts

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1396980361' post='2419444'] Pretty sure we've had this discussion before... USA is a bigger market and there is more competition, so lower prices. Mark Bass gear used to be the same price in $ as it was over here in £. [/quote] Plus the size of market means volume purchases are higher and greater volume almost always means lower pricing (for a host of different reasons). Bulk shipping to and from the US is way cheaper than low volume shipping inside Europe too.