tom1946

[quote name='markstuk' post='1183195' date='Mar 31 2011, 12:15 PM']I think the difference is that in Europe they get a pretty good rate to other european countries including the UK whereas we get scr**ed as it's seen as somewhere strange... Also they get better weight bands as well.. For instance the Post office have to deliver 30 KG packages from Europe, whereas they appear to have a 15KG limit for UK packages... Why not get the folks in europe to arrange the courier to pick up from you?[/quote] I have if you read my post again, it just goes quiet at their end when I suggest that. Julian, I don't know where you got that £25 quote from? or was it tongue in cheek? Northern Ireland isn't cheap either.

^^^^What he said^^^^

This is to do with shipping costs to Europe from the UK. a lot of the time I get asked for a shipping quote to France or Spain or Poland or wherever and the buyer often says 'you should be able to ship that for £25 fully insured to here'. So out of politeness I do the rounds of the companies and very often the cheapest I can get is £68 insured for £50! I don't know where they get these daft quotes from and when I ask them to arrange their own shipping my inbox goes very quiet. I have to say that not everyone does this, it's just a few. So come on guys, get real with the shipping

My local Ryder shop has mysteriously closed down... hmmm...

The curry version was [b]Vesta[/b]

[quote name='macshadow' post='1179906' date='Mar 28 2011, 07:29 PM']Anybody seen a red, rosewood 'board bass in an SR shop recently? George[/quote] I have one if you're interested.

Just bought a splendid drop tuner from Warpig, friendly, fast transaction, happy to deal again. cheers, Tom.

Sold Grant a wall hanger, fast payment, great comms, friendly & reliable. Great stuff! cheers buddy.

[quote name='All thumbs' post='1176256' date='Mar 25 2011, 06:04 PM']OK - thanks so much for the input everyone! It's really helped. There doesn't seem to be a clear 'winner' and most agree that both sound comparable. My fav is Bass 1 - for me it sounds more solid and more snappy/instant with the slap stuff. You won't believe this but Bass 1 is a £130 short scale Chinese built Richwood (see below) Bass 2 is my beautiful '97 Warwick Streamer LX (currently for sale) which now sell for £1400 upwards! Now to be fair, the Richwood has been modified with a Badass II, Dimarzio Pickups and an EMG 2- band eq. But still it seems unreal that the sound would be even close in quality to a bass costing 10 x as much! You see I really love this Richwood and use it as my main bass, but something was niggling at me saying 'it can't really sound any good, can it?'. I mainly love the bass for it's short scale as my fingers are short. In conclusion I'd say a lot of folk did warm to the more sophisticated sound of the Warwick, but the Richwood was percieved as a Jazz bass (that's the way I think of it) and a damn good one at that![/quote] I used to sell Richwood Guitars & Basses and the one you are holding was a great bass even in standard form, they came in red with gold fittings too. Great playing

Just sold APA some stands, very fast payment and great communication. Happy to deal again anytime. Trade with confidence folks. Thanks Andrew.

£40 per night for our 4 piece. In 1968 that is