bartelby

How about a few more wristbands...

[quote name='flyfisher' post='1041299' date='Nov 29 2010, 03:55 PM']Perhaps the 'battery clip' person was having a bad day - not an excuse though.[/quote] Quite possibly, as the email I had was very abrupt. Something along the lines of: "We do not carry any parts for our pedals so sending a spare is not possible."

[quote name='mike257' post='1041125' date='Nov 29 2010, 01:33 PM']Really? What did you need? The part they sent me is probably only about a quid's worth mind you (if that!).[/quote] The battery clip.

[quote name='mike257' post='1040853' date='Nov 29 2010, 09:49 AM']Just thought I'd share it with BC - I bought myself an Ashdown Hyperdrive about two years ago, which almost instantly developed a faulty footswitch. After a bit of waiting about, I got a replacement from the shop, but then in the meantime I somehow ended up in a country band, so the Hyperdrive stayed in the box. Fast forward to now, I'm getting a new noisy-arse rock band together, and get my Hyperdrive out, only to find the exact same fault as my first one!! After a couple of very helpful emails back and forth, I tell Ashdown's service department that it's probably not worth the cost of shipping it back and forth, and ask them to confirm the type of switch I need to buy to do a DIY repair. Two days later, and there's one dropping through my door, free of charge! Nice to see they'll go out of their way for a customer who's warranty expired 18 months ago! Top blokes, full marks![/quote] Yet they told me they can't send out parts for pedals.

It's a shame to see them go down hill really. I had great experiences of them back in the late 80s early 90s. Living in Coventry most of my contact was over the phone. I ordered a Hipshot D-Tuner from them back in 1988 it took weeks to arrive, after I phoned them to enquire where it was they apologised for about 15 minutes over the delay (bearing in mind back then 28 days delivery was pretty common) they sent me a Bass Centre T-Shirt (that I still have) for free. I managed to visit the Wapping High St store twice, including one visit where I dropped a brand new Wal MkII 5 string (the strap was looped up and pulled off the strap button). I was a little mortified but the bloke just burst out laughing and said it was his fault for putting a strap on it in the first place.

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='1039802' date='Nov 28 2010, 12:06 PM'] The other colour choice was Black. The Black ones went for more money (retail) as no-one would touch the Purple Finish. Of all the 10th Anniversarys I've played (4 of them) mine felt best. So I bought it. And for considerably (£350) less than the Black ones were.. In hindsight, I think Yamaha were quite brave with this colour scheme, and at least they went the whole hog- Painted neck, Purple fretboard, and matched cover on the neck HB...[/quote] I love that bass!!

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='1039428' date='Nov 27 2010, 11:42 PM']Those of you who liked "Got the Time" by Anthrax would be suitably impressed by the (original) Joe Jackson version, I feel sure. +1 on Overkill, Rollins, Infectious Grooves etc. Edit-Well, that went well, didn't it. No good deed goes unpunished...[/quote] fixed. Clutch! Classic! More Rollins, from the end of the Andrew Weiss era

4 strings for me, but I do own a 5 string bass.

A bit of Motorhead: Now Einstürzende Neubauten:

Ooh, Count me in too! Thanks!!

Another Google UK here too!

My much abused Aria SB Elite:

[quote name='phil.i.stein' post='1038913' date='Nov 27 2010, 04:09 PM']also the rollins band for me, the old stuff with andy weiss on bass was killer, but also later stuff with melvyn gibbs (ex-defunct) also great. [/quote] Back in the day I was a huge Rollins Band fan. It all ended with Mother Superior becoming the band, Get Some... was a half decent album mind... I saw all 3 versions of the band live and the Melvyn Gibbs version was immense!

First one that comes to mind: Nice and Sleazy - The Stranglers

One of my favourite Opeth tracks:

The first one I can think of. A nice early live version:

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='1034463' date='Nov 23 2010, 09:20 PM']Yes, ironically. White too! [/quote] But they are more expensive, aren't they?

The last time I used a place that had equipment to hire they had a totally f***ed Carlsbro combo with a torn speaker and a 2 x 10" combo with one blown driver. Fortunately now we use a place and only hire the room (£20 for as long as we like) and use our own amps.

I'm another JJ Burnel + Steve Harris type, but mixed with a bit of Moose Harris.

Have you thought of these: Orange Crush Micro You can get them for about £25

[quote name='Jamesemt' post='1031919' date='Nov 21 2010, 09:20 PM']Don't worry mate, the payments over 9 months would have worked out quite large...and there's still the sunburst (which is lighter).[/quote] £150 a month is pretty manageable, to be honest [quote name='Jamesemt' post='1031940' date='Nov 21 2010, 09:34 PM']Hahaha that is so, so true [/quote] The first (currently only, will have to change that soon) time I went in to the shop I was after a strap from my newly acquired Steve Harris P, that I was very happy with, Mark asked me what basses I had. I told him about all the old/dodgy one and then proundly mentioned the SH P. His response was something along the lines of: I set up this shop to show people that getting one, maybe two really good basses is much better than having a collection of average ones. Slightly crestfallen I agreed with him...

[quote name='Johnston' post='1031759' date='Nov 21 2010, 07:52 PM']Pete Do you mean peaches as in Presidents of the USA??[/quote] I'm going to guess The Stranglers