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I think that’s because they’re free to experiment and enjoy the material not slavishly stick to it like tribute bands do. Ive not seen them but a friend who did said the musicians looked like they loved it!

No problems. Joys of (formerly) being a music teacher in that you accumulate stuff. Glad to share it. Was working on some scales in 6ths yesterday from the Ray Brown book. Hard!

There’s a 24 hour turnaround on payments. One assumes this is because it’s easier to do this way. I’ve sold £900 worth of junk all with no fees. I can’t complain.

That’s fantastic. Stays in the country.

Musical snobbery (and instrument snobbery) is utterly pointless and entirely against what should be the spirit of music making. I’ve played carved basses badly, ply basses badly and even aluminium basses badly - but I’ve had fun with other people while doing so, which is what music is about. For the vast majority of people and playing situations a ply bass is more than adequate. (The 100% ply David Gage Czech Ease bass I sold is going to be used on a global arena tour playing to more people in one day than many classical orchestras will reach in a year.) Get bass. Play bass. Love bass. If you can afford a fully carved bass then buy one. But many of us started on (and remain fans of) basic beaten up ply basses.

That’s what I needed. Many thanks!

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.