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    Bassballs sold. The others look a bit disappointed.
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    [quote name='BigRedX' post='213198' date='Jun 5 2008, 01:40 PM']Import duty (as distinct from VAT) is only applied if it comes to £7 or over, which I believe means that the item plus shipping has to be over £200. I doubt most pedals are that expensive...[/quote] Sadly it'll be a parcel of two pedals, which will total over £200. Still it's the VAT that gets you, I'm not too worried about the duty I was just trying to get an idea of what it would cost.
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    Bump! Who will buy my lovely pedals? I'll tell your fortune if you do, and curse you if you don't. Just thought I should put that out there.
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    [quote name='benwhiteuk' post='212816' date='Jun 4 2008, 10:41 PM']I’ve thought about a Pickle Pie Bass maybe[/quote] There's currently a wait for them. I put my order in a week or so ago, think I'll probably be waiting another 2 weeks until it shows up.
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    [quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='212833' date='Jun 4 2008, 11:12 PM']I'd probably hold out for a much bigger amp.[/quote] +1 When I started gigging (years and years ago!) I thought a cheap 100W 15" combo would be enough. It wasn't.
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    Has that thing got witches in it?
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    [b]Electro-Harmonix Q-Tron (reissue) + EHX 24v power supply: £50 shipped[/b] Boxed with instruction sheet. This was my favourite filter until my new Robot Factory Meatwad arrived last week, so now it needs to go give its funky joy to someone new. Velcro hooks on the base but I will send the original rubber feet too. Few tiny marks in the paintwork on the top (visible in the photo) as is typical on these EHX "coal barge"-style enclosures, apart from that it really is in perfect condition. They go for £80 new, with another tenner for the PSU, so I think £50 shipped is a good price. Don't think I'll budge on the price but I may be interested in a trade, balanced with cash, depending on what you've got. [b]*SOLD* Line 6 Echo Park Delay incl. Line 6 9.6v power supply: £60 shipped *SOLD*[/b] Mint, boxed + instructions. Works with a 9v supply too but may be noisy depending on your supply and what you daisy-chain it with. Really handy as a stage delay, tap tempo more convenient than the "hold, then press" types, tape/analogue modes actually sound pretty good too. [b]*SOLD* MXR Bass Auto-Q: £70 shipped *SOLD*[/b] Boxed, three small marks where paint has flaked off the base, otherwise perfect condition. Don't know whether you'd call this a filter or an auto-wah or a filter + auto-wah, or an auto-wah + swept tremelo or what. Either way I've got too many filters so it's going. [b]*SOLD* EHX Bassballs (USA reissue): £25 shipped *SOLD*[/b] Very good nick. Velcro hooks. Wooden box and instructions, because you need instructions when a pedal's got one knob and a switch. [b]*SOLD* Digitech Bad Monkey overdrive: £20 shipped *SOLD*[/b] This is basically brand new, spent five minutes on my board. Velcro took the Digitech sticker off the bottom, apart from that it's spotless. Boxed + instructions.
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    Me me me! PM-ed!
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    Where are you based? I'm sort-of after a P but I don't think I'd buy a Fender without trying it (due to past experience).
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    [quote name='Shaggy' post='212221' date='Jun 4 2008, 12:03 AM']Damn, just bought one of those....... How much would you spend on a car? How much does that car depreciate compared to a bass? How much more pleasure do you get from playing your bass?[/quote] How much do cars cost? Could I get a car for £6-700 that would be practical? If I could, I'd probably buy it. I just don't find I need to spend any more than £6-700 on a bass, judging from experience. I also wouldn't be too comfortable with taking a £3000+ bass out to a gig, so there'd be no point in me having one.
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    [quote name='NAS' post='212139' date='Jun 3 2008, 10:11 PM']I've spent £600 - £700 on each of these basses (U.S.A. made) second hand and think I've got a good representation of the Fender sound.[/quote] That's my realistic limit I think. I said a grand, which is what I think my limit is, but I would crap my pants if I actually spent a grand on a bass - I've never spent more than £700 in 18 years of bass playing so I think it's reasonable to assume that that's my limit. I do need another one though. Or two.
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    I think a grand for a bass is about my limit. I've wanted a Wal for nearly 20 years but I know I'll never buy one, doesn't matter how good they are. I always buy used basses, and I think you can get pretty much anything for under a grand if you don't start looking at vintage instruments or boutique gazillion-string basses made out of sections of The True Cross and polished by beeswax-breasted virgins.
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    [quote name='Toasted' post='211569' date='Jun 3 2008, 09:10 AM']You don't. You have to pay VAT at the rate of the originating country within the EU. Import duty is 3.7% on FX. I figure add 22% and then £12 to the marked value and you'll always have a little bit of change.[/quote] Ah, brilliant, thanks. [quote name='dannybuoy' post='211625' date='Jun 3 2008, 10:42 AM']I've bought a couple of pedals from the US and have so far escaped any import duty. I have an Earthbound Supercollider coming this week, hopefully that will escape it too. Or maybe it's cos I'm getting them sent to my work address and my company is getting hammered for all the charges! [/quote]
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    I come up with all my best ideas in the shower, usually start singing something and then a bass idea pops into my head shortly afterwards. If I'm ever struggling to come up with an interesting bass part sometimes I'll record some ideas into a sequencer, and then shift them a fraction of a beat out of sync. That usually messes things up enough to get the creative juices flowing, and sometimes even produces a winner!
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    Thanks guys. It seems the duty calculation isn't precisely based on the current exchange rate anyway when the value of the goods isn't in GBP, so I can't make an entirely accurate calculation. You've got me in the right ballpark though, which will do.
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    PM-ed on the single looper.
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    [quote name='gafbass02' post='211406' date='Jun 2 2008, 09:50 PM']so a standard uk boss wallwart or poedal power supply should work ok, thats what i figured, cheers[/quote] Assuming the pedal requires a 9v supply, sure. You might want to find out what voltage the pedal wants first though, to make sure you can get a power supply to match it. [quote name='Finbar' post='211425' date='Jun 2 2008, 10:12 PM']You shouldn't get charged duty if you're buying from inside the EU though, IIRC.[/quote] You do still have to pay import duty within the EU, but usually not VAT. I'm buying from the USA so I'm paying both. Just wondered if anyone knew what the import duty rate was. I think I can call them and find out if I remember to call when their helpline office thing is open, which I won't, because I'm rubbish at remembering to do things.
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    Hi, Can any of you boutique pedal fans tell me what the rate of import duty is on effects? I'm looking at the customs website at "common internet goods" and it states 3.7% for guitars, but nothing for amps or effects. Anybody know?
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    Joined: Today Posts: 1 But nobody picks him up on it because he's selling a Wal.
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    FTR I have the same issue with my Stingray and the dimmers in my house. I'm pretty sure there's no earthing issue on the bass because it doesn't buzz anywhere but at home. It's annoying though, because I can't record with the thing at home.
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    [quote name='lee650' post='183375' date='Apr 22 2008, 11:59 PM']... but Andrew levy (brand new heavies) used them, also he had streamer 5 strings ...[/quote] Really? I never saw him playing anything but P basses. [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=E-cQ10A8WY4"]Stefan Lessard[/url] from Dave Matthews Band also used to swing a Dolphin - it's all over their debut album.
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    There aren't any "traditional"-style basses that look sensible as a five string IMHO - they either look naff and weird or they look modern as a consequence of the fatter neck. I would go with the suggestion above of the L2500, just because it's the most versatile bass you can buy. They're very dull-looking though.
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    When I was growing up there were two guys in my town who owned Wal basses, and they were both fretless. I think - as a result - for the last 15 years I've always assumed that "Wal" means "fretless". I've wanted one for about that long, too, but I can't bring myself to spend so much money on a bass. It would be a walnut-faced Mach I, though, if I ever did buy one.
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    [quote name='bass player spinn' post='209268' date='May 29 2008, 11:40 PM']im only 15 and play in a church band.....lol[/quote] Maybe look at an octave pedal, or a chorus, something that adds a bit of body to the bass rather than transforms it. Stamping on a Big Muff and drowning everybody else out with lush fuzzy harmonics probably wouldn't go down too well in the middle of worship.
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    [quote name='Hamster' post='209135' date='May 29 2008, 08:13 PM']Don't get hammered before the gig![/quote] +1,000,000 Normal mistake: Playing a bum note. Drunk mistake: Playing the wrong song all the way to the chorus.
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