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  2. Another one of my beauties for sale For Sale my beautiful Vincent Metropole 4 String with GigBag Neck: Vincent One-Piece Maple Neck with Vincent Dual-Trussrod, Rear Mount with SkunkStripe Fret Board :Thin fretboard made of roasted dark maple fretboard radius (Compound Radius 7,25″-12″) Oil finish for a natural feeling of play Neck width nut: 40 mm String spacing bridge: 20mm Neck end: 62.5 mm Neck profile: C-profile Scale: 875 mm Frets: 21 + zero fret (stainless steel, medium size) 4-point fitting Saddle / String Holder: Vincent TRUE TONE Carbon string holder with integrated string guide and zero fret Body: Alder Body made in Vincent TRUE TONE Comb-Chambered process. Mechanics: Hipshot Ultralight Pickup: 2x Häussel J-Bass (Handmade in Germany) Electronics: passive, 1x volume poti, 1x pick-up aperture, 1x tone poti Bridge: Vincent TRUE TONE Bridge (stainless steel), semi string-through-body design Finish: Glossy lacquered in 12 different colours Weight: approx. 3.4 kg Delivery: Vincent Gigbag + Vincent Tool Set (Trussrod tool, Bridge tool, Vincent Neck Oil) Collection or Postage at buyers risk can meet-up halfway with buyer
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  3. oooohh interesting
  4. I've never seen one of those before. Dave
  5. First Gig Report We knew it would be challenging. It was a pub gig at The Monument in Newbury just in case any of you know it. A really tight space, even for a 4-piece. Full PA (tops, bass bins, monitors) plus backline. Ceilings between 6'4" to 6'6". Heavily damped pub, curtains, carpets, packed full of raceday punters enjoying the "refreshments". The Monaco was placed in a corner against two walls. I've tried to represent it with the sketch and photo below. The sound was much better than I expected but I'd like to understand more about how this placement against the walls and the low ceiling affects it. I could hear myself well and never once felt like I was "driving blind", like I have in the past but it wasn't like Monday's rehearsal. Obviously environment and placement play a part. The sound was exacerbated by the "dancers" knocking the cables out of the front monitors and us losing those a few times during the set. Would raising the cab have helped? I didn't take my platform as I had such a good experience on a Monday, I didn't think I'd need it. What insights have we got? Any advice, folks?
  6. Bargain, forget your PJB headphone amps these are another level and no cables! love mine
  7. I'd have a look around for one of the 40th Anniversary Squires. They punch well above their weight. Talking used, I'm just in the middle of a deal for a mint condition (never gigged) CAR 2016 MIM Standard Jazz for around £350. They are around, but you have to dig a bit. Sires, as others have said, are always consistent, and now they all have those lovely curved neck edges. If you like Music Man, the new Ray 2 passive Stingray looks a lot of bass for the money and sounds great in the right hands, as well as the last of the JHS Vintage V96's - @Mike Brooks says the 'Reissued' models sound scarily like the real thing.
  8. Ooops! I transcribed 'A Potter's Song' from the 2015 Maria Schneider album, 'The Thompson Fields' but there is no online recording I can post on here (Schneider is very hostile about these media companies exploiting musicians - who can blame her). It's a beautiful tune to play, though, if you have the recording. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/a-potters-song-maria-schneider/
  9. Fall At Your Feet - Crowded House
  10. All prices reduced by £5 and delivery to UK included. I made space on my pedal board for an HX One. It replaced my Xotic Bass RC Booster and the pedal I thought I'd never sell, my Creation Audio Grizzy. So I now have 5 pedals sitting around doing not a lot and a hankering for a Stomp Creation Audio Grizzly. £135 Flattley Poison Ivy Fuzz £85 Black Country Custom The 85 Octave £80 TC Electronics 3rd Dimension Chorus £20 All in top condition. In fact the 85, 3rd Dim and Flattely are like new. All boxed except for the Grizzly (I will keep looking). Velcro'd as per the photos. Peter
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  11. I know the average age in basschat is 103, but I didn’t know you were old enough to remember the Spanish Inquisition. Having you considered running for US president?
  12. Now £430! Here's my Markbass cab up for sale. It is in near new condition and includes a Roqsolid cover. The top carpet has a couple of indents where the amp was placed on it. Other than that minor sign of normal use it's as new. It has been used several times at rehearsal at very low volume levels and at one gig where it was only used as a monitor as I was going through the PA. It is a great cab. A real one cab solution weighing approximately 18Kg or 40lbs. I'm 70, under 11 stone, have osteoporosis and have suffered a spinal fracture and I'm happy to lug it around. Specs briefly are 2 x 12" ceramic speakers 600 watts Piezo switchable tweeter with 2 levels of attenuation 57.8 x 60 x 47 cm https://www.markbass.it/product/mb58r-122-p-4/ Tone is very Markbass, i.e. effective. Collection or meet up only. I'm in Kendal, Lake District, NW England.
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  13. I’ve had a RH750 for about 10 years and have found it to be a very reliable and versatile amp, what with the tweakable eq points I have been able to replicate the sound of just about any amp, in particular my Trace Elliot 250 SMX which I was finding a bit too big and heavy to lug around. A couple of the knobs began to crack, but I contacted TC Electronic and they immediately sent me a replacement set for free which I fitted easily and I’ve had no problems since. Also I find the three presets very useful. I have preset one set as per the TE 250 SMX, the next one completely flat, and the third one with completely different eq plus compression and distortion etc, all a bit bonkers really, so I can quickly get the right sound for whatever the musical situation or for the size and type of room, plus all very tweakable on the fly. Oh, and the built in tuner is amazing, very useful indeed. Still get the dreaded GAS 😱 from time to time though, so may well get tempted by something else eventually!
  14. Props to Nile and Jerry for realising that it's pointless to try to make CHIC v2 sound exactly the same as v1. Jerry playing CHIC lines his own way was always going to be the best solution.
  15. Same here - I recently swapped a lovely Nate Mendel Precision for [yet] another Jazz bass.
  16. Bought this a year or so back, always wanted one. However, I never really had the chance to use it in the band. Having a clear out, and really can’t justify keeping it. Few chips on the front from carrying it, some surface scratches on the rear, nothing major. I’ll ask £50, half price, £5 postage which will go towards the sending. Payment by PayPal ‘gift’ please. PM with any questions, thanks for looking! SB 😀
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  17. As a Fender man I’d always look at Squier - even the Affinity range can be amazing once set up properly.
  18. WOW a piece of 80's magic!
  19. Nah. Others may have different outcomes, but if I'm selling, it means my current #1 is better, so no chance of becoming a #1 bass.
  20. Not much to say, immaculate and boxed Meatbox Reissue up for sale. Ridiculous pedal, but a lot of fun if you’re that way inclined haha. No velcro, basically as new, never used. £115 incl. UK postage. Cheers Si
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  21. I stupidly had this Custom Shop Jazz Bass up for sale once or twice, despite always really liking it and never faulting it. I think it was because for years I was a P-Bass guy and ever since I sold my last vintage Precision I just thought I 'should' have a better P Bass, so I was going to get a Custom Shop to replace this Jazz. But then I finally dropped my 'habit' and acted on the fact that I prefer P's for bands, but J's for home and recording, and health issues mean I'm not in bands anymore. Fast forward to now and it was the right choice. It's now my only Fender, and for the first time in 25 years I'm choosing a Jazz over Precision, and can't even begin to justify owning a P... even typing that still feels dirty 😬
  22. Fall on me. REM
  23. The tee shirt from Primark with all the bass combos on it.
  24. After having a Line 6, G50 for a few years, I bought the Black Star Air Wire i58 for a little under £150 while in Fair Deal Music in Birmingham. They use this to demo guitars and basses in their shop. Small, transmitter plugs into bass/guitar and the receiver into the amp. No cables, no relay station, rechargeable, select from 4 channels. After 4-5 months, I’m really happy with it.
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