One for the band toolbox

[The Admiral]

Picked up in Aldi for £2.99, which given the quality, is ridiculous. Clearly, they are not for pros, but certainly good enough to get you out of a hole, and let's face it, it's usually the bass player who does the boring stuff like think about what might go wrong, and having the kit to fix it.

Includes a small 'tester' screwdriver too. Very handy.

Edited August 28, 2015 by The Admiral

[gary mac]

Cheers Admiral. Might have to get a set of them.

[stevebasshead]

Gotta love the Aldi middle-aisle-of-mystery! Great bargains there

[TimR]

I'd be very wary of tools that are that cheap. 1000v VDE. You're trusting your life on a set of £2.99 screwdrivers.

They may well be genuine and sourced properly but I'd want to have a good look at where they're made.

There have been a spate of fires and people dying from fake iPhone charges from EBay - manufactured in China.

[The Admiral]

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1440759833' post='2853560']
I'd be very wary of tools that are that cheap. 1000v VDE. You're trusting your life on a set of £2.99 screwdrivers.

They may well be genuine and sourced properly but I'd want to have a good look at where they're made.

There have been a spate of fires and people dying from fake iPhone charges from EBay - manufactured in China.
[/quote]

Completely agree, and I would only use them for work which was suitable for a standard screwdriver, and not rely at all on the insulation. I'm thinking more of handles off cabs and reluctant battery covers on pedals etc.

[TimR]

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Completely agree, and I would only use them for work which was suitable for a standard screwdriver, and not rely at all on the insulation. I'm thinking more of handles off cabs and reluctant battery covers on pedals etc.
[/quote]

Yes, I thought that too after I had posted and did a Google.

Don't expect them to handle anything that requires a bit of pressure without rounding off or twisting.

[mrtcat]

Many of Lidl's "Parkside" brand power tools come out of the same factory that also produce Bosch tools. When you open them up lots of the parts are identical. Not necessarily ideal for pro use but far better quality than the usual Black & Decker, Worx etc that you find in big box diy stores.

[ribbetingfrog]

Glad it's not just me that is the prepared one in the band.
We're a selfless lot us bassists !

[alyctes]

Useful, thanks for posting

[Billy Apple]

[quote name='stevebasshead' timestamp='1440758545' post='2853538']
Gotta love the Aldi middle-aisle-of-mystery! Great bargains there
[/quote]

I call it the aisle of shame

[Happy Jack]

Not sure about these. I find a hammer works best.

[Mr H]

On a similar theme, Home Bargain sell a wood touch-up kit for £1.99 which might come in useful for basses as well as furniture, doorframes etc. Some enterprising so-and-so is selling them at a considerable mark-up in the guitars section of eBay.

[JTUK]

Got a prety decent tool kit in the car..so that works for bands, just need to add soldering iron a one or two specialist tools and
that ius about as much as you can plan for...

[bassmachine2112]

They do those pens in Lidl n Aldi and there is someone making a fortune out them on ebay with stupid mark up

[Freddy Le Cragg]

Our drummer is the band tool...in more ways than one