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Guessed that AT

Point was ubit that's roughly £90 of parts on a £90 bass but my JB-75 cost £33. How do they match ? My PB-50 eats my Squier Affinity for breakfast, hell the £50 PB-20 does that. BZ 4000 it holds it's own against my Cirrus and Millennium and I prefer it to the Vintage V1004/5s. I reckon you a bloody good deal for <£100 but here it's half price dekos that rarely need more than a set up that's the topic.

Wish I could help with the model Flat Eric but in either 88 or 89 I bough a Wal. Cost me £500 used in Monkey Business and they gave me a case for it,was the first time I'd played through Trace Elliot gear too It was sold shortly after for flat deposit money when I went back to Scotland. All I remember was it had an XLR fitted 2 passive pickups that had switches on them and a leather scratch plate. It really was overkill for punk rock and my ability Maybe someone can shed some light on what model it was ? I asked the Wal owners site and their answer left me kinda " "

ubit My JB-75 came with Wilkinson tuners £25, Wilkinson bridge £12, Wilkinson pickups £30 - £40. D'Addario strings say £12 - £14. Ash body and a Maple neck. Where's the cheap plank ?

Vixivi In my defense you are using a stage name

Hi Vixivi Forgot to welcome you too. Sorry

That's a bind about the church. Hope he handles things better when the baby's born. Course this all gives you plenty of time to play lots of basses and get back in the swing of things. The Bass Collection's AT mentioned are really good basses and very lightweight too. Enjoy your time brother and you'll come to the right choice.

The wee Grestch Junior comes in around £200/240 and is lightweight too. It's a short scale though but with the change from your budget there's plenty to try strings and straps http://www.richtonemusic.co.uk/products/gretsch_g2224_junior_jet_ii_bass_guitar_sunburst.asp?gclid=CjwKEAiA_s2lBRCe1YPXxtSe-DcSJACCIh3L1znDxJf-maIAX_uRUmyQIbfJRKmRLYIE-vhk0oJnFxoCNarw_wcB http://www.richtonemusic.co.uk/products/gretsch_g2214_junior_jet_bass_guitar_tobacco.asp?gclid=CjwKEAiA_s2lBRCe1YPXxtSe-DcSJACCIh3LkK3EwfqqX0KrQ_-IpduQY6DoCS--k-U_X6BBvHBCgBoCplDw_wcB

AT It's the same JB-75 from a few months back. Had it handy as I was checking if it was a photo veneer ( it's not ) for someone on another forum. Think mines was £33 with the 10 euro voucher. Must have posted these before but any old excuse will do [attachment=180755:Jazz Bass (1).jpg][attachment=180756:Jazz Bass (4).jpg] Back photo is reversed for some reason

That's looking good UD. And getting the Mrs approval was a added bonus. As for the mods,how cool is that having everything already. Well chuffed for you Sir. Got my deko JB-75 in my hand just now. Didn't we do well

" [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Looks ace on the wall though! "[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Don't say things like that.[/font][/color] It just encourages me

Cheers Jon Always wondered about the Talbo. It'll be one to avoid now

Black Vantage is still for sale as are the Evo and Zygote.

Molan There's no way I'm going to ask what the order was for. That's company business alone. Judging from the products for sale the charge could be on products retailing at £2000 odds and the company would go bust up to a retail value of £32,000 where it's about 5%. That's still a lot of money but in line with normal business practise. Import duty is 3.5% and Customs Clearance is £8 so the importing company's fee isn't high. As the VAT is pasted on to the customer it's not at issue here nor is the cost of importing and insuring small quantities of valuable instruments. My problem is Fender,Gibson et al banning companies from selling direct to the UK and forcing us to pay prices they set, not what the UK shops have to charge.It costs no more to ship a container from the Far East to the UK than it does to ship to the US. That's why I used the Squier example. I said those companies won't get my money not the shop used as an example. Hope that's clear, this is not a dig at UK shops.

That's the one I think. The Fender sold far too cheap I reckon.

Okay Skelf we'll agree to differ.

Right I'll find the link again. Even allowing for 4% import duty that was still a £40 price difference I quoted and that was with the VAT removed.As you know VAT is pasted on to the Buyer in country,you buy in Germany you don't then pay VAT in the UK. We're not talking about unique items here but stock goods. Fender have distribution centres in both the UK and Germany so shipping is greatly reduced though it will be costed for.These centres supply the whole of Europe and that's a lot of basses. I showed two companies selling the same item,both with overheads and staff to pay yet the UK store charges £72 more or £40 once VAT and duty are removed.Remember these are store prices so all costs are ready included. Do you really think it costs anything like another 20%. I'm not singling out the UK shop it was the first I compared with GC. Try that link again http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ups-worldwide-logistics-tunes-up-fender-guitars-european-supply-chain-74657872.html It's basically USPS ship Fenders to Europe then give them a Set-Up before they go out to stores. That might eat into the 20% but it also comes out of the staffing costs so swings and roundabouts.

Skelf You know as well as I do Fender ship containers over to Europe and the orders go out from there. Shops don't contact Fender for stock directly they use the rep. What you're describing is different.Importing raw materials from overseas is not the same as ordering from a central depot. Here's a link to the USPS/Fender service. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ups-worldwide-logistics-tunes-up-fender-guitars-european-supply-chain-74657872.html.

Here's a thing I've noticed about " price fixing " if that's the right term. Go to Guitar Centre and set the country to UK. 59 basses come up. No Fenders or Squiers but 22 MTD and 11 Rogue are listed. You get the same result with Sweetwater and Musician's Friend. It's in the t & C if you look. Protects the dealers over here but also tells me if the US store with overheads can sell items at $299 say where are all the £240 deals for us. Squier VM Jaguar SS costs $179 at GC that's £119 but it's £191 from PMT even allowing for 20% VAT that's £48 more. Remember GC have already included their costs in the $179 and US employees are subject to minimum wage and benefits too 25% more to buy a Squier in the UK then and the main reason I'll not buy any Fender products,it's the same with the other big players. They don't get my money either.

AndyBob09 That's a good bit of news to start your year with. Long may it continue.

I've never saw the Custom Line advertised either. I was going to say an old line but they might be prototypes. Mechanical defects on the guitarron probably just mean faulty tuners AT. Email them for more details. I did regarding payments as PayPal is not a listed option.

Get yourself one of these to wear with the George gear [attachment=180626:$_12.JPG] Bloody hell that's heavy mine only weighs 11lbs

Thomann have a ebay seller account where they sell the damaged basses. Things like cracked body acoustics or faulty pickups get listed there. There's a HB-60 with a slack jack,snapped screw at the truss rod and no signal from one of the pickups. Currently 100 euro with nearly 4 days to go. "[color=#212121][font=inherit][size=4]Instrument unplayable , must be repaired. Consequential damage due to defects can not be excluded "[/size][/font][/color] [color=#212121][font=inherit][size=4]Makes our Deko sound even better.[/size][/font][/color]

I'm getting 4.8mm on my early 90's Foundation. I also get 4.2 mm on my 82 T 45. Those sizes any good.

Hey Tom That's fantastic you got the last Blue Vantage. It's some bit of kit. Congratulations on a fine choice