warwickhunt

To be fair, I've done this more than a few times. The band were always just pleased to have a 'bass player' as opposed to the 2nd guitar player moving to bass. On the flip side, we (a 3 piece) probably do 50% of our gigs with a dep drummer!

I had 8 gigs booked for this month; done 2, 3 have been cancelled already (venues getting cold feet) and we are holding our breath for the other 3!

Cheers folks. It is one of those situations where you think to yourself 'Surely, I'll not be responsible...' but you have a niggle of doubt.

That is my hope/understanding BUT I can't find facts. I've said from our very first communication that I require payment in full via bank transfer (in £) before the bass is even put into the case for packing and I'll not be responsible for insurance etc etc. I'm not trying to be a pain in the ar5e for the buyer but if anything should go wrong, I'd rather it was left to the new owner to sort out... inc tax. It'll be cased, wrapped and boxed, with no issues (with video evidence), so any problems after leaving my hands are beyond my control.

I potentially have a buyer for a bass that I have for sale on Facebook (not a BC advert or buyer). The guy is French but has residency in Hong Kong; I've pretty much ascertained he'd have to have been setting up the most elaborate scam for years if he was trying to con me, as he has pictures and history on FB going back years of France/Hong Kong and him being a bassist; so I'm not too worried about that. Added to which he is paying me via BACS before the bass is shipped and he is booking the courier with insurance etc and covering all costs. My 'problem' is that he would prefer the bass be sent to his HK address as he says there are no tax implications (£1800 bass), whereas France would hit him with 20-25% and he'd still have to pay to fly the bass with him from France to HK when he travels back there. I just can't find the answer to the taxation of 'private' goods sent to HK! Loads on HMRC re businesses but nada on private. If I understand it correctly, taxation etc should all be handled and declared during the booking of the courier. What I fear is that though he appears to be absolutely straight, I might get hit with the tax bill when it is delivered. I really would rather not book the courier as I'd be responsible in the result of damage, loss etc and even then, would/could I get hit for tax after it is delivered in HK Does anyone have any first hand experience in matters of this nature, I'd appreciate any insight.

Price up to £63 already!

@wateroftyne

To reassure you re. hanging basses by the headstock; I've got basses that have spent 30+ years on wall hangers with no issues. Tweaks every now and again are normal. Just out of interest have you changed strings recently and do you tweak the truss rod or just the bridge screws? It need not be temperature that is causing changes, it can as easily be down to humidity. You might not feel it but things like damp washing hung on rads or tumble driers running all day etc can increase moisture.

I think Dave was going to bring out his own brand 'Banger's Blingers' so he wasn't letting on. They were on the Ash MiJ Jazz.

We had rounds, flats and grounds. However, Dave Wilson took the Jaffa Cake for oldest strings... 15 year old ROUND WOUNDS and they were as fresh as the day they went on!

Have you a good imagination?

I need to do it all again so that I can try the ones I didn't play, through the cabs/amps/cobos that I didn't try them with! Thoroughly enjoyable day, thanks for the invite!

That very cab is for sale right now on BC!

Unless you are playing on a trampoline or you have regular stage invasions, it's pretty solid. I sometimes even stack a valve amp on top which overhangs a bit.

4 x 10" but as tall as an 8 x 10"... better than a 6 x 10"!

The guitarists I play with use 3mm picks... I use 1mm! They would HATE this idea, you'd have a fraction of delay from pressing the pick against the string and then on the release for the next strike. I just think it creates a problem that wasn't there in the 1st place.

Going off the image, I'd say it actually 'moves', rather than flexes!

WOW... so they could be even worse? LOL

How can you make the plectrum better... by putting it in a case and making it wobbly! https://www.plextrum.com/?fbclid=IwAR3Pj06J_za93BY5R67PBsxIwTRQgTxFWGpynrzsmRjv9EYPZ8WgV1-C-o8

Each extension plugged into the previous, with only one into the wall?