Woodinblack

This year, I got quite a few new things, and got rid of some too, so I am fairly balanced at the moment So my best purchases of the year are probably the basses: Can see there is a bit of a theme there. A Talman35 30" 5 string, a Mustang CV 30" and a JR 27". Its all about the short scale! I also got a X-Touch mixer controller which I am pretty happy with but haven't had a chance to use it live yet, so can't say (all the basses have been used live) Worst, well there is nothing particularly bad. I guess my worst was the future impact, not because its bad (its not, its a lot of fun) its just that I am not going to be able to use it in any of my present groups and I am going to lose a fair bit selling it. Or just leave it lying round in a box!

And then if it doesn't get confiscated, but gets lost in the post you can only claim up to the value you said it was worth.

Looking back I just went at a cursory glance, I think the last number is actually 68 rather than 66. I guess it was kicking round in the factory for a while!

no, it means it's a p bass neck from the 22nd week of 66 1 = Jaguar 1962-1965 2 = Stratocaster 1962-1965 3 = Telecaster 4 = Jazzmaster 1962-1965 5 = Precision Bass 6 = Bass VI 7 = Jazz Bass 8 = Musicmaster II, Mustang, Duo-Sonic II 1964-1965 22 fret 24" scale model 9 = Musicmaster II, Mustang, Duo-Sonic II 1964-1966 21 fret 22 1/4" scale Model. Also found on 1969 Swinger "Arrow/Musiclander" models. 10 = Coronado 1 and 2, and some 1966 Jazzmaster and Stratocaster necks 11 = Bass V 12 = Electric 12 and Maverick/Custom model 13 = Stratocaster 1966-1968, many 1966 Jazzmasters too 14 = Coronado 12 15 = Jaguar 1966-1972 16 = Musicmaster II, Mustang, Duo sonic II, and Bronco 17 = Mustang Bass and MusicMaster Bass 18 = Coronado Bass 19 = Jazzmaster and Coronado 2 22 = Stratocaster 1968-1972 23 = Telecaster Bass 27 = Villiager 12 28 = Shenandoah 12

I have family in Kent and Cumbria, would need a pretty impressive amp for them to hear it!

Because it is easier than driving round to all your family and friends and playing the same thing?

I don't know, but we have one at markbass who make them.

I am guessing it is that you don't need more than a single run through to be able to work that bass line out

Doesn't sound that cheap anyway, they don't tend to go for much more than £300 on ebay anyway, and there is plenty of time left

I am very happy with mine, a few gigs into using it.

Nope. I looked. It is up to date and works, it just is an issue with the way the forum works. I am sure there is a way round it, but I am lacking some info!

At the moment, no it is very entrenched in the way that the forum operates, in that the bump bar uses the same bit of 'furniture' as the reply button, and without the reply it is not there. I haven't given up, I am looking at other ways!

So's our guitarist but at least she can play!

Over a £1000, yes. How much is a budget Wal? But some of their instruments are in the £500 bracket. And that is using far east bridges which cost next to nothing. Its quite feasable to get bridges etc made at an engineering shop here, but you need a very large number ot make it viable for the tooling. There is certainly a case of having models that were entirely locally sourced at the high end but I bet most people wouldn't buy them. Obviously it would but you still need a break point where it becomes worth it. ie, you need a big warehouse to be able to import 100 guitars to get you over shipping problems, but you don't need much space to get a shipment of 100 bridges. And frankly all that adds up - people will spend their whole day working out how to get a fiver off something, so price really matters. There was this forum I was on and a thread with people who were talking about a cage on a website and how cheap it was (£110 instead of £125 in other places), I looked and there was an IFrame injection attack on that site, it was compromised on the page you ordered it. People couldn't get to it on firefox as it wouldn't let them go to the page for their protection. The thread had moved on to tell people how to get round firefox blocking them getting to the site so they could order it. I tried telling them the risks, but apparently I was being elitist as I wasn't concerned about the price.

Certainly is. There are no large scale UK manufacturers of guitar hardware that I know of. Sure you can make them. but making them in low quantities means that they are very expensive. As you can see with your list of manufacturers provided, there are no £500 wals or overwaters are there. Maple isn't an indiginous tree to the UK (apart from the field maple), so its not a cheap wood in the UK like it was in the states (where its native and dominant).

Ewww - wash your mouth out with that kind of language!

Jackson?? Are you making Nuclear fusion in your bedroom again? I told you to stop that. Can't you go out and play with your friends? And take that stupid hard hat off right now!

I suppose from a shop point of view, who wants to stock strings that last a long time! I still have the stainless steel ones as well that I haven't used. I would love to put them on my shuker, but sadly they won't fit in the narrow slots.

Did a practice last night, and just took my original number 1 bass (the 1605) which has the longevo strings on it. I haven't played that bass for a while, as there were newer and shinier basses to play. I was fairly nocked out by how it sounded, so clear and bright. These strings have been on for quite a while now and I would have expected them to have got fairly dull, but they really haven't. If there is a way of getting these here at a reasonable price, they could well be my goto strings for normal scale basses.

Well, if you want to play it, here is Guy Pratt (the bass player of the group) showing you!

So there is an advantage to it then

If it is a second hand bass sent from a non vat registered source, such as a private individual, the price is actually £250, but if you are buying from outside the UK you have to pay an additional tax on it that wouldn't exist otherwise (ie, if it was in the uk or pre-brexit). the £250+Vat only applies for a VAT registered business.

For reference, my 1505ms is 7.2lb, which obviously has another ¼ width of a neck and another tuner, so presumably slightly heavier