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This is for a friend. His band is looking for a bassist, they’re all mature guys in their 70s, they meet once a week or so at his house for practice, and they do the occasional gig. They play jazzy type music, swing and a few blues numbers. They’re purely in it for fun and enjoyment, reliability and the enjoyment of playing is more important than anything else. If you’re interested then contact me and I’ll pass your details on. 😊

I did a lot of gigs with a particular jazz band a few years ago. I kept telling them they were too loud, but they ignored me. One particular gig they weren't able to use their own PA, just the house one that they had no control over. The guy kept the volume down to a nice and suitable level, it sounded brilliant. The guy who's band it was remarked afterwards how nice it had sounded, I just smiled at him

I hate loud volume on anything, particularly music. I have done a few gigs where the sound guy has totally ruined things by having me too loud. It's maybe a genre and venue specific thing? Punk, rock and metal maybe need to be a little loud, but they should take into account the venue. If you're a pub covers band or function band then you really need to allow for the fact that not everyone is there to see or hear you, some are just there for an evening out and a chat. Another part of the problem is the increase in output and efficiency of amplification; but just because you're using a 1000 watt amp through a highly efficient speaker cab, doesn't mean you need to demonstrate that fact to everyone.

I think it really says a lot about a song when people only really like it when they're drunk. Just my opinion of course.

Just make sure to remember to re-tune.

Status sell double ball end strings. Contact either your card issuer or PayPal, either will get you your money back.

Not a bass line per se, but still a bass from one of my favourite bassists.

I’ve personally never really been into the must join a band thing. It was really a requirement though in the past, if you wanted to create music with others. Nowadays I love the fact that I can sit in my studio at home, record stuff and in minutes send it to someone the other side of the world for them to add their bit to. Kids still love creating music, just in a different way to maybe 20 years ago, which was no doubt different to how it had been 20 years before then.

The safety data sheet warns it may cause eye, skin and respiratory tract irritation, and contact may cause an allergic skin reaction. I think I’d be more comfortable using something that’s specifically designed for the purpose rather than something that isn’t.

Boiling might remove any residue build up, it won’t do anything to solve physical damage to the string from contact with the frets or through being stretched. Isn’t the core wire steel which rusts when exposed to moisture? I’ve never really had a problem with sweaty finger tips to be honest, hands sometimes in really hot venues, maybe have a towel on stage and wipe your hands in between songs.

You shouldn’t have to resort to contacting CEOs though. Say what you like about Amazon, their customer service for me at least has always been first class, they put many companies to shame.

I wouldn’t be in too much of a rush to start that business, you’d go bust pretty quickly if you relied on just items sold via Basschat. With the exception of a strap everything I’ve sold over the last 12 months has been through Facebook or Bumtree. Anyway back on topic. Like has been said earlier, you’ll hear horror stories for most couriers. Parcelforce are invariably called Parcelfarce, yet I’ve never had a problem with them. I mentioned in another thread recently how they went out of their way to locate a missing parcel and return it to me, they did the same for my brother recently too. They just delivered my new monitors; I had a text about 7.30am to inform me that they’d be delivered between 8.20 and 9.20, they arrived at 9.30. I’ve always had good service from DPD too, and was surprised when I read bad things about them. I would always, always, always avoid the likes of Yodel and My Hermes, it’s just not worth the risk of using them to save a few pounds. My Hermes use drivers delivering from their own cars. With Royal Mail I tend to use special delivery, they’ll accept items weighing up to 20kg and 61x46x46cm. Which would certainly include small and medium size amps etc. Tracked all the way, signed for and insured I think up to £500.

Aren’t they supposed to as part of their insurance have regular inspection and testing carried out?

He’s probably the same guy who contacted me a while ago. I’m always wary of people responding to my wanted adverts. I usually check to see how long they’ve been members for and their interaction with the site. Scammers seem to tend to be new members.

I was merely repeating what the lady in the post office said.

Parcelforce insurance doesn’t cover instruments. I had to send a gig bag back to the distributor a few months ago. I booked the postage online and took it wrapped up into the post office, the lady at first was reluctant to accept it.

I left a bad review of a company that scammed my mom. They complained and Trustpilot removed my review.

This courier thing has gotten stupid. I know accidents can and do happen, so understand the requirement for packing items properly, however it really shouldn’t be such a lottery as to whether or not your parcel disappears into a black hole or not. It seems that there’s actually no reliable courier, one person will recommend one, then the next moment you’ll hear a load of horror stories about them. Regarding disappearing parcels, a parcel can’t just disappear. They surely have cctv throughout the depots, don’t they have it in the vans too?