Clarky

I think there's one lady that sends out the strings and it can be haphazard. I have had them two days after ordering and another set a week after ordering

On hold, pending a viewing next weekend

For raffle, I will chuck in a Behringer BEQ-700 (graphic equaliser pedal http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/BEQ700.aspx) which I bought yesterday and discovered its not what I need - so its basically brand new. Probably got some bass tuition books sitting around I could chuck in too, let me have a delve

Another fretted Fender J, think this was the one pcitured on the inner sleeve of live Word of Mouth album [attachment=142686:img225.jpg]

To be fair, Jaco did play fretted basses too. And he did bolt a maple Precision neck on to the 'bass of doom' body for that instructional video when he was badly on the slide (mentally). Mind you it was maple, not rosewood ... [attachment=142684:51Byw1mHjML.jpg]

You could always paint white edges on it and be Lee Rocker (dodgy suits optional) [attachment=142634:183_photo_image-one_large_1.jpg]

Nope. I have shifted to using a MarkBass Mini CMD121P combo which, though not as clean at lower volumes, works well at stage volumes .... Err and my acoustic guitarist has "borrowed" my Ten2 for all our recent gigs as it sounds brilliant for acoustic guitar

I have a Ten2 also. I find it sounds excellent at low/mid volumes (the most natural of any amp I've tried) but agree it struggles a little at higher volumes, especially when I'm pitted against drummer on a small stage. I would guess that it would be difficult to beat for jazz whereas in my '57 varieties' pop/blues/country/folk/flamenco outfit its arguably not pokey enough

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1377547959' post='2188787'] can't think of a compelling reason not to use regular roundwound strings really. [/quote]chewing up the fretboard, for one

link - enter online shop and go to strings section http://www.status-graphite.com/status/frames/index_home.html

Status half-wounds are great and cheap at £17 a set (+ post)

Fair enough Mark * makes mental note never to deal with discreet * ..... kidding! I know a fair few people on BC quite well on a personal level (Happy Jack, MacDaddy, Thunderbird 13, bluejay, xilddx, Beedster, waynepunkdude etc etc) and I would never think of making a profit out of them, but then I am one of those (possibly gullible) people that believes in karma and 'what goes around, comes around'. Like I said early on in this thread, noone is right or wrong. Its entirely up to the individual and their personal stance As for the argument about putting bread on the table for your family, quite apart from it sounding faintly ludicrous and Dickensian, I sincerely hope none of us on BassChat actually have to rely on dealing in bass gear to support our families (excepting those who work in music retail of course)

Out of interest would you sell on at a profit to someone you considered a mate (and vice versa)?