NancyJohnson

I wouldn't want any furniture...this has to be something that can be played and dinged. Spector Thunderbird, black, black hardware. I'd like it to have the guts of a Rickenbacker 4001 please. And block inlays. I have a picture on my PC of an old trashed jazz body with a couple of MusicMan pickups installed, something like that with a rosewood board and block inlays. P

UPS are collecting from the delivery point (my place of employment) next Monday. I'm going to wait for the replacement...but there's no urgency for a quick replacement right now as [earlier today] I left the band I was in, so I don't need it so quickly. My old Ashdown MAG combo is fully repaired (thanks to some stuff Ashdown parts sent out FOC), so if I need to make noise superquick, I'll just sit the combo on top of my 1x15. It's done me for the last year; it'll do me for the next few weeks. P

Thomann have finally agreed to have the cabinet collected - promising that UPS will contact me direct within a few days to arrange collection. The cabinet is now out of stock at Thomann until maybe the end of the month to mid-October. I'm really less than happy. Obviously everyone wants to save money (the Thomann price was about 25% cheaper than anywhere I could have got the same unit over here), but this is stretching my patience. Their customer service has been really turdy. The only direct action I've achieved has been by picking up the telephone; they've not responded to a single e-mail. P

Considering that one of their most famous endorsees (Dimebag) was shot dead on stage, naming any guitar the DOA seems a little misguided. Hmmm, [i]Dreamowners of America[/i] anyone? Nooooo, the first thing most people would think is Dead or Alive, or, Dead on Arrival. P

This issue is still rolling on and Thomann are proving to be quite useless. This is my first purchase from them and likely my last. I guess if you order something smallish or flight-cased (ie a bass) then you should be OK, but quite obviously anything bigger (and packed in cardboard, then if it's broken, then you're stuffed. Ho hum. More soon. P

[quote name='kevbass' post='281085' date='Sep 10 2008, 01:37 PM']Hello ladies and gentlemen, Despite what i've said before I have decided to throw in a new set of pups in my pbass, now, only question is....which ones? Feline guitars have told me they have some custom made Bare Knuckle pups that were made for them as they are a stockist, you cant see these on bare knuckles website because they were custom made for feline guitars, but at a price of 90 quid they are a bit pricey. So what should I go with? I'm tempted by Di'Marzio as I've always heard good things about them, then again Ive heard good things about Seymour Duncans, then theres the traditional fender route, people here say good things about Wizard pups but I've never heard one, they really that good? So, what do you think, if it were you, what would you go with, or what have you gone with in the past?[/quote] I've got a SD Quarter Pounder in. It's a bit whoompy on the E string. It'll do. P

[quote name='cetera' post='281855' date='Sep 11 2008, 02:00 PM']4 in the KISS tribute 6 in the Function band 7 in the Madness tribute[/quote] You play in a Madness tribute band? Jebus! That wasn't expected! P

I spent a few hours in the Reading branch of Dawsons before Christmas last year, and have to say in defence of the chain, that they were very cool. Here's your amp, here's a lead, play what you want and it you want it, we'll get it from stock. Just be careful not to ding anything, Couldn't have been more the opposite than your experience. That said, haven't been in there for ten months...could be all change now. P

[quote name='Delberthot' post='281252' date='Sep 10 2008, 04:52 PM']As i mentioned, the holes for the pots were too small so I enlarged them. [/quote] I'm not taking the piss or being sarcastic, but do you know something, the above picture is just genius. If I'd have been trying to enlarge the holes, I'd have clamped the metal to something, or hand held it to drill it (during which time it would have spun round wildly and probably ruined it as well). I would never have thought to actually screw the plate to a piece of wood, then drill it. Genius. P

[quote name='Delberthot' post='279790' date='Sep 8 2008, 04:16 PM']Yes, Warmoth charged my debitcard on Friday for about £400- the £100.38 was VAT, duty etc[/quote] That makes a little more sense, but even so £400.00 does seem a little light for all the parts you have. I'm not trying to make an issue of this, but be straight...it's no point saying £100.38, when it's closer to £700+. The guys (and girls) on this list who'll be following this thread will be keen to know how much everything cost (including shipping and taxes) as much as they're interested in the end result. I'm sure there's a few here that would happily go the Warmoth route in future. That said, good luck with the project. P

[quote name='Delberthot' post='279601' date='Sep 8 2008, 12:10 PM']After parting with the princely sum of £100.38 I now have my body and neck.[/quote] I'm sorry, but a lot of people are gonna ask this. £100.38? Is this an eBay transaction or direct sale from Warmoth? Even the Warmoth scratch/dent/overstocks (AKA Showcase) stuff wouldn't even get you a finished body for that price, let alone a neck and body. P

This is mine (OK, OK the 4x10 is going back to Thomann at some stage, but I couldn't resist offering it up). Tech21 Landmark 300 head (via Etienne), Ashdown 1x15, Ashdown 4x10. 1979 Precision and a Waterstone Tom Petersson 12-string. I'm looking at adding a DJ5 and/or a Geddy by year end. P

This is one of my favourite pictures of me and my old mum, 77 years old. She used to come to my gigs, I took her to see Kiss and Cheap Trick, she likes Rush, Orson and, dig this, the Stone Temple Pilots. She introduced me to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, good science-fiction actually phoned me one time to say she was watching a video of Blink 182 on MTV and said, 'that boy [Mark Hoppus] who plays bass for them looks like you.' Gotta love her. P

[quote name='steve-soar' post='278479' date='Sep 6 2008, 11:05 AM']I am always amazed at the total lack of respect that some people in the courier industry have for other peoples property...[/quote] Years ago I ordered a Pioneer DVD player from a place in the Midlands. Arrr, back then you had to get the machines chipped to make them play R1 DVDs, none of this handset hack stuff going on. I was desperate to get my hands on it, the courier had left a card, it was a rainy Friday and I didn't want to wait the weekend, so I called up the courier and offered to collect the package from their warehouse. I turned up at the warehouse, mistakenly ending up in their sorting area and was horrified at how brutal the blokes were handling the boxes. I saw boxes being thrown out of the back of a van straight onto the concrete and being kicked along the floor. It's obvious that companies over-engineer products so they actually survive the shipping process, but sadly there are some monkeys in the courier game that, as you say, have no respect, and probably get a real thrill out of knowing they've broken something which is in their care during shipping. P

Well I have an update on the cabinet situation, and I've included some pics. Bear in mind also this damage was caused through the cardboard packing box and the two inches of blown polystyrene insulation around each corner inside the box. OK firstly, they didn't reply to my e-mail, so I telephoned them. I was told they're OK with everything and they're going to e-mail me something to assist UPS in collecting the cabinet and, once they've got it back, they'll issue a new one. Small woohoo. The girl I spoke to said they wouldn't issue a replacement until the first cabinet came back to them, so I'd be looking at a two week wait. Like it says in the title, damn. Then last night I get an e-mail from Thomann, who say they are reluctant to take the cabinet back as it's too big. They've also said that they can just send me the defect part (they're alluding to just the corner protector, not the cabinet as a whole here) - clearly they seem to think I can screw a corner-protector into something that's mis-shapen like a satsuma. One final thing, I've offered the cabinet up onto my MAG 1x15 and it's not square to it...looking down from the top the cabinet seems a little offsquare...not much, maybe a centimetre. To me this says it's either 1) not built properly, or 2) gone out of shape following the transit impact. I've been running similar MAG stuff for five/six years and aside from scuffs and scratches from hundreds of loads, the cabinets have held up extremely well. I have a feeling this will run and run. All for a saving of £50.00. <sigh> P

[quote name='velvetkevorkian' post='276771' date='Sep 4 2008, 10:23 AM']Devin Townsend- not a bassist but a master producer as well as an all round wierdo genius/guitar hero.[/quote] I just wish DT had had the balls to stick with The WiLDHEARTS. P

All US rock, all distinctively different end results: Eddie Kramer Jack Douglas Ted Niceley Rob Cavallo Ed Stasium I'd also offer up Adam Schlesinger (Fountains Of Wayne bass player) and Mark Hoppus (Blink182/+44). They've both produced some good work. P

I roll the tone off for one song we do that has cod-reggae intro, otherwise it's just full on. A while back (and after installation of a new SD Basslines), I rewired my Precision for volume only (from the Mark Hoppus model schematic) and it sounded just like it does with the tone full on. P

Ordered an Ashdown 4x10 last week and it arrived today...damaged. It's taken a really hefty knock on one corner that has broken the plastic/nylon corner, squashed in the actual cabinet material (MDF/ply?) and dare I say it, put the cabinet out of alignment. Anyhow, goes without saying, I'm not keeping it and have reported the problem. What the deal on returns? Do they re-ship and collect? Anyone know? Cheers P

Chris Squire is the only original member? Loose talk for a band that hasn't played live together in four years and even so, wasn't Jon Anderson still fronting them then? That said, the last Yes incarnation featured a line up that you can date back nearly forty years. Personally, I've never seen him with anything other than a Rickenbacker. P