Burns-bass

Interesting.

I think the HMRC stuff was a threat rather than a reality. They simply don’t have the staff to proactively search out traders

Wonderful. As long as you enjoy it that’s what matters. Music isn’t a competition.

It is indeed! Took the photo while I was wasting time not working.

Bass cat.

I gig 3-4 times a month and my current bass is a £580 Musima German ply bass. It's perfectly robust, I don't mind it it gets bashed around a bit, sounds great and is set up well. It's ideal for my needs.

I've played bases made form plastic compounds (Bassix ones), alumunium ones, ply and fully carved ones. Personally, unless you need an ultra light bass that's resistant to changes in temperature and humidity (because you're gigging internationally) I'd avoid it. Instead, I'd buy a well cared for DB on here that's been well set up and sorted for a fraction of that price. When you go to pick it up, tell your wife you negotiated a £250 discount which you're going to use to treat her. Everyone wins!

Agreed. It’s also very bad form to take somebody’s money before raising this issue. I can concur (having sent items too and received them from NI) that there are no charges. If the seller sees this thread, just send the bass!

I’ve got a Chowny bass and need a soft case. What would you recommend?

Stingrays used to be £500 a pop. This is more than he/she would get in trade at a shop…

It was 20 years ago and I’d drunk most of the bottle of wine 🙂

While fiddling with a recoding device, I once placed a glass of wine on my 1966 Fender and the glass (or more likely the detergent) caused a ring stain on the finish of the bass. Sometimes you just couldn’t explain these things to people.

Well done to Reverb for picking up on this stuff. I've seen eBay listings stay up for days/weeks even though they're clearly fakes.

I"m getting a new set delivered today GRRR

This month I’ve done 7 which is reasonable. I think about 5 per month is average.

I love it. Literally not spent a minute on it.

Ahh, so I don’t put the board on the floor at DB gigs.

Ok, so I got the measuring tape out and this is going to be a medium scale job as there’s through body stringing. Ordered.

I realise this was originally “Chiang” - which was caused by autocorrect. I meant Chowny!

You should be fine on the tickets. Unless you’ve got one on the windscreen we’ve not had one. We parked on a “load in” bay for the evening numerous times and all been OK. Was the No entry the right hand turn onto the road leading up to the bridge? There’s no camera there so you’ll be ok!

Just picked up one of these. Will regular shortscales (specifically D’addario chromd flats) fit? I know Mustangs actually need medium length strings because of the through body construction. Just want to check these will fit well.

They’re ok! Fix a problem I don’t have. Personally, if you want to DB sound in a smaller package look out for a David Gage EB. I was selling one but I’ve got someone coming to buy it tomorrow.

This was the Hobgoblin on Gloucester Road. I didn’t know they did music but have booked us for a monthly residency. So that’s good. We got £180 (between 3) a £30 bar tab and the offer of free food (can’t eat a big meal before a gig).