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Personally I wouldn't bother. Owned and sold two of them. Gigging wsa a challenge due to the size and while the tone was ok, you can do aswell with a normal bass or better with a DB. Im using a hollowbody with my acoustic line up as I'm not brave enough to go to the DB....yet!! If it's just for the look, it's not worth the hassle. You could always DI to do away with an amp which would provide a definate advantage. But when all's said and done, I'm convinced they're more hassle than they're worth. My two penneth.

[quote name='PauBass' post='1179262' date='Mar 28 2011, 11:09 AM']I always use Interparcel [url="http://www.interparcel.com"]http://www.interparcel.com[/url] They work with different companies and through them I sent it with DHL, if I remember correctly...[/quote] +1 Used loads of times and never had an issue, have shipped to Germany, Czech and Italy overseas.

[quote name='icastle' post='1137494' date='Feb 22 2011, 08:09 PM']I've had stuff from Thomann - same as most people here, about 3 days from order to delivery.[/quote] Couple of small items, 3 days. Great service

What can I say that hasn't already been said, I know.................don't deal with Clarky he's a nightmare.....! Ok, so it's not true but I feel better for it. The deal for his Fender neck was an abolute breeze, great comms, super fast postage and a great piece of Fender engineering. Cheers Clarky it was an absolute pleasure, I look forward to installing the neck. Deal with this fine fellow with total confidence!

Mustang Sally always goes down a storm. Everyone on here loves it....

Always take a backup of near enough everything. So 2 t-birds for me. The knocked about one is my bass of choice!

[quote name='farmer61' post='1173067' date='Mar 23 2011, 10:52 AM']You're ok until 5.30pm.........this'll take up my first 15mins of my drive home.... [/quote] Righto. First 3 tracks were very good and very varied. Couldn't workout whether the vocal mix was a bit low at the start of track 1 I was driving quite quickly !!!!! Not so keen on track 4 tbh. But overall very, very impressed. Good work L.E.B.!!

[quote name='harvey1-8' post='1173235' date='Mar 23 2011, 01:18 PM']Hi all, Just a quickie. In one of the function band I play in we currently split the payment we receive from gigs evenly between the band members. However, recently the members who organise the majority of the gigs have asked if it would be ok if they could take a bigger cut because of the amount of time they put into organising gigs. I should also add that we have a website that I spent a fair bit of time building, and I still maintain it, SEO it and I paid for the hosting and domain name out of my own pocket. To be fair I don’t mind either way, I’m just keen to see how other bands do it. Cheers[/quote] Even split, or you'll spend more time discussing who does what and what it's worth. IMO

[quote name='looreek' post='1173207' date='Mar 23 2011, 12:52 PM'][b][size=3]hi, I'm french and I send this message to The_bass centre members or every people who will read this post. I'm waiting since one month my bass head amp ordered on 21st february. I send message and no answer, I call them and the phone is busy all the time. I'm in doubts with the sérious of this store, so.... I will send another post later to tell you the continuation of the story.[/size][/b] [/quote] What email address and what telephone number are you using?

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1173101' date='Mar 23 2011, 11:23 AM']I entirely agree - if I didn't, then my mortgage would make a liar out of me. But this topic is lamenting the partial demise of a scheme that encourages people to take on debt by buying instruments which they may or may not need, which they may or may not be able to afford, and which (being new) are definitely going to be more expensive by this route than they would be by buying second-hand. Context is everything.[/quote] or allows people to buy something that they have seen that may not be available in 9 months. I bought a second hand bass through the scheme. But you are right in the hands of people who struggle with budgeting money it's a bad thing, but for the majority of people who can cope with manageable debt it's a good thing. Helps keep stores in business and provides healthy stock for trading on here a few months after

[quote name='Low End Bee' post='1173040' date='Mar 23 2011, 10:29 AM']I'm all nervous now....[/quote] You're ok until 5.30pm.........this'll take up my first 15mins of my drive home....

[quote name='Low End Bee' post='1166734' date='Mar 18 2011, 09:37 AM'][url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Extended-Player-Number-One/dp/B004SBC51Y/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1300438159&sr=301-1"]Amazon link[/url] On itunes and Amazon now. Plus CD's in a nice LP type cardboard sleeve for sale at gigs too. It's mustard [/quote] This had better been £3.16 well spent or there's trouble Downloading from Itunes as we speak, sorry type.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1172980' date='Mar 23 2011, 09:43 AM']I'm not looking to start a fight, but this scheme is just another way of getting into debt, isn't it? Nine months interest-free credit is fine, so long as you can keep up with the repayments. There's no shortage of car dealers who'll offer you similar terms if it means that you buy a car you can't afford. If you can afford nine months of instalment payments, then you can afford to save up for nine months and never need to take on the debt in the first place. [b][u]Am I missing something[/u][/b]?[/quote] No you're not, but if you're (not you obviously) the type of person who get's into debt there's plenty of ways that you can do it with or without the TIA scheme. For the majority who don't it's an easy and convenient way of bringing forward a purchase or funding a better peice of kit. The fault of debt is people not the TIA scheme which I for one have used twice and will miss it. Hey ho!

[quote name='Bankai' post='1166562' date='Mar 18 2011, 01:43 AM']And your opinions sir? Personally I'd not get the short scale for myself because it's too short. I find even the standard T-bird a little small! [/quote] Not sure tbh, I need to have a close up look, there seems to be a debate whether it's through or bolt on neck. My gut feel is I prefer standard T-birds. But I am impulsive so who knows!!

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' post='1172894' date='Mar 23 2011, 08:04 AM']Yeah I realized only too late that I posted it in the wrong section. However my intentions were genuine and I thought this could be an interesting topic, however I am beginning to believe that bands should sign up to some sort of Musician's Union to ensure them a fair fee is always paid and to avoid a bum deal with a venue that won't pay well. Do you get that feeling that gigging is similar to prostitution, anyone?[/quote] But it varies so much between pub/area and band that it just wouldn't work imo. If my band are happy, the venue are happy and Mrs F61 remains happy does it matter what the actual rate is. I aim this point at the weekend warriors and not the full time pro's who [b][u]are[/u][/b] affected by my previous comment, but it's the pubs that dictate the rate in my area and they are struggling big time and more an more are closing or putting on juke boxes/karaoke instead of live bands. We need to be realistic or the whole live music scene will die.

Lowest rate we get is £180, max is £300 for typical pub stuff. Average is around the £220-240 mark. For a 3 piece it works out pretty well, I used to get around my current top rate for a 5 piece which wasn't so good. Private work starts at £450 and goes up to as much as we can get away with. 'Proper' function bands you're looking at £1000 upwards. Luckily I only gig for fun and the cash goes to keep the wife sweet with handbags and me to waste money on here/eBay/Thomann/Hartnoll Guitars/GAK/etc

[quote name='Clarky' post='1170964' date='Mar 21 2011, 05:40 PM']I used this lot to get the blocked/bound 70s Jazz neck (MIM) that I put on my '71 P/J (in the Gear Porn pages). They just take apart recent Fenders and sell off the bits and gave a pretty good service, as far as I was concerned.[/quote] Aha glad someone's used them, did you get clobbered with import tax or anything??

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1171013' date='Mar 21 2011, 06:16 PM']lol I mean the Guitar Project resource not the ebay dude. [/quote] lol I see......

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1170944' date='Mar 21 2011, 05:25 PM']I'd guess it's not a perfected service.[/quote] What's a perfected service? that's a new one on me.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1170845' date='Mar 21 2011, 04:30 PM']Guitar project says "Serial number unrecognized" [/quote] What do you reckon, is that because it's not connected to a body?? **Edit** I've mailed him to see what he says out of interest!!

[quote name='RussFM' post='1170836' date='Mar 21 2011, 04:23 PM']Says Made In Mexico on the back of the headstock, is it from a reissue or something?[/quote] I really don't know, it says official fender, but this is the 'bay when alls said and done

Is there any reason why this [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2010-Fender-Standard-JAZZ-BASS-NECK-J-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ190490965291QQcategoryZ41423QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp5197.m7QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D7895301436178450988"]Jazz Neck[/url] won't fit onto a 2002 MIM jazz body. Thx

[quote name='Clarky' post='1166182' date='Mar 17 2011, 07:49 PM']Thanks gents! In the lounge at Gatwick waiting for my flight, more excited than an excited thing! Middlie-aged man gets to tour overseas, something he has dreamed of since being a teenager,. Will report back Sunday evening or Monday. Smiely face emoticons galore![/quote] Yeah whatever, I'm playing in Berkshire tomorrow