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I was looking at yours yesterday, I was planning on emailing you in the next couple of days. I really like the look of the Stalker model .

I don't like Jon Letts he's recently let me down over something, and check his signature on here, he doesn't even spell luthiery properly Drop me a link to your website please . Anthony Olinger's Xylem basses are very Carl Thompson inspired, I'm after something a little more conservative in terms of body shape.

[quote name='Matte_black' timestamp='1387925175' post='2317378'] I've made lots of ERBs but I thought you were in the market for something "readymade". The GT series is not a real Conklin, though... they're built in Korea. [/quote] No, ideally I'd like to have something made, I've emailed Fred at Bee basses. I'm just not able to commit to something like a Sei, I don't have the budget, or the patience .

[quote name='Matte_black' timestamp='1387904140' post='2317106'] An used Conklin GT7BD is 1000 times better than those things. If you can live with the tight spacing it could certainly be a keeper. [/quote] Yeah, I was thinking Conklin, thanks . [quote name='Dread Bass' timestamp='1387923184' post='2317347'] Talk to Alan at ACG. That's who built my 7 string. I hadn't considered ACG, I didn't realise he made 7 and over strings, thanks . [/quote]

Yeah, i have his email address, he's not too hot at answering email though

[url="http://www.teoria.com/exercises/"]http://www.teoria.com/exercises/[/url] Chord/triad recognition exercises, interval exercises, a whole load of stuff here .

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1387910684' post='2317174'] Here are some previous threads on this. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/216689-ebay-global-postage-system/page__p__2205183__hl__ebay%20global__fromsearch__1#entry2205183"]http://basschat.co.u..._1#entry2205183[/url] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/215454-some-outlets-on-usa-ebay-completing-customs-charging-at-point-of-sale/page__p__2188207__hl__ebay%20global__fromsearch__1#entry2188207"]http://basschat.co.u..._1#entry2188207[/url] [/quote] Thanks for that .

How does this work, it says I'll pay import duties upfront. Anyone any experience of this ?

I feel your pain, I had to learn treble clef for uni . It's still awkward switching between the 2.

Can you not just transpose the bass part into treble clef using sibelius or something ?

Anyone have contact details, specifically a phone number please ?

Looks like it's being held up at gun point 😃

But who to build it ? My budget doesn't stretch into the likes of Sei or Smith, so who makes a good but affordable (£2000 max) extended range bass ?

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1387804309' post='2315855'] Alan at ACG get his ramps made by Williams Guitars, so maybe worth looking them up? [/quote] Cool, thanks I'll look them up .

You know I find it amazing that in this day and age, when we're in the middle of a recession and when you have the internet and can let thousands know about the poor service that we still have such shoddy service. There's another thread on here about poor service from custom build people, luthiers and pickups. I approached a guy last week and asked if he'd build a ramp for one of my basses. He replied sure no problem, wedge will be £10 ebony £20, plus postage. So I gave the exact dimensions and paid him by bank transfer, he said he'd post it the following day. Saturday, still no sign of it in the post so I sent him an email, to which he replied "sorry it totally slipped my mind, I'll get it posted today". This being 2 o'clock, even I know the post office would be closed. So I replied, can you post it special delivery on Monday please, so I get it before Christmas, I did pay £3.50 for the postage, and it is only a small bit of wood. No reply from him Saturday, so I emailed him again today, and no reply so far to that. I was gonna get 3 more made, but they won't be by him.

I want someone to build some ramps for my basses, I just want to send them the dimensions and have them build them and post them on to me. Anyone recommend anyone ?

I saw Nick Beggs with Steven Wilson, he's a really great player.

When do you need to know by ? Might be good aural and transcribing practice for me .

I've got a 24 year old trb6 which is an amazing bass, and certainly built to last.

There are a few books by Stuart Clayton that may have this in. Sorry I can't help personally 😄

[quote name='Bill' timestamp='1387751836' post='2315335'] I was told that the ramp is secured using a very thin but very strong double sided tape, the other option was a permanent fixture but I thought that the temporary fixture would be a lot smarter, for the fact that I might feel differently about it in the future or wanting to sell the bass (highly doubt it but you never know) Dude that sounds like mega hassle, where are you located? [/quote] At home from uni at the moment in Birmingham .

I'd post a picture of mine, if it had arrived . I approached a luthier who posts on here sometimes to make me one. He said he would and it'd be £10 plus postage, which I duly paid by bank transfer. Four days later still no ramp, so I emailed him and his reply "sorry, totally slipped my mind, I'll post it today". Today being Saturday and the time 2 o'clock in the afternoon, what post office is open at 2 o'clock Saturday ? Anyway I emailed him back asking him if he'd send it by special delivery, I mean it's only a little bit of wood, and I did pay £3.50 postage. Special delivery is the only way it'll arrive before Christmas. He didn't reply to that email which has annoyed me to say the least. I was gonna order 2 or 3 more for my other basses, if he doesn't send it special delivery then I won't be ordering from him again.

The advert is word for word the same as the Ebay one.

[quote name='visog' timestamp='1387654861' post='2314334'] Hmmm those look simple... BTW the same thumbnail twice? [/quote] Deceptively so, the tempo is about 135BPM .

I recently downloaded transcribe, it's very good and you can get it free for a month. Here's some Matt Garrison that I did a while ago. I have more but they're not done in Sibelius, they're just sketched out randomly on manuscript paper.