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When I play louder stages I’ll often try to blend the magnetic pickup with a piezo. Both can run through the EBS preamp and be adjusted to sound excellent.
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What's All the Fuss About? - Stereophonics
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Double bass rebuild - not for the faint of heart!
Hellzero replied to The Guitar Weasel's topic in EUB and Double Bass
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I mentioned the U-bass to the band leader in our church band and didn't sense any enthusiasm at all, yet it sounds awesome!
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Very good B7K clone. Gets really close to the OG. Price includes postage -
Pretty sure everyone knows what these are about. Selling as not being used and could use the £££ Price includes postage in the UK. -
It's here if you want it hahaha -
Selling what is one of the best jazz basses I've played. Upgraded with noiseless Fender pickups and Fender hi-mass bridge. Collection from Bristol preferred, but happy to meet up halfway (within reason :D). Am also around Cardiff/Bridgend are quite regularly-
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Hi all, Here we have my Fernandes Gravity 5x. Bought last year as a back up to my Warwick, but now being sold as I'm trying to move away from 5s and am looking for a different sound. There's not a lot of info out there about these, as they seem to be quite uncommon. It dates from 2008 and is made in China. Twin single coil pickups with vol, vol, tone. Simple as it gets. Tonally it's got a quite aggressive sound, the twin Jazz pickups are really high output, with a really punchy sound. You'll note the front pickup is moved towards the bridge compared to the usual J/J set ups, definitely gives it a funkier, mid-rangey sound. The tone pot is effective all the way round, giving a wide sweep of different tones (and a really funky rear pickup sound). B-string was the biggest surprise for me on this bass. It's very taught and defined, better than many other basses I've had at 4/5x the price. It's in 9/10 condition. It recently had a brand new input jack installed and plays very cleanly across all frets. A nice first foray into a 5 string for someone, or a great reliable, good sounding backup. Weight is a lovely 3.9 kg. Collection from Moreton in Marsh, which is located on the Oxfordshire/Gloucestershire/Warwickshire border. Will happily meet up within an hour's drive for handover, or a bit further for a small petrol contribution (purely due to the low cost of the bass). Thanks for looking! -
Price Drop Spector EuroCST5 Natural now £1900 from
geofio replied to Taffbass1's topic in Basses For Sale
I own the 4 string version , just superb basses this model. I like the neck in particular, ebony fret board stunning poplar burl on top with an ash and walnut slice sandwich , I think the EMG X and dark glass legacy pre are perfect together , you can get anything you want from the bass , I highly recommend this bass for anyone looking for a quality instrument capable of just about any tone your after. -
Trace Elliot - Rescue & Restore (and bargain finds)
SimonK replied to SimonK's topic in Amps and Cabs
...so after a bit of detective work I think the Tolex covered GP12 would have been from about 1995, and the carpet covered from 1998 onwards. I don't think I previously realised there was this much variation in the SMX series, but it looks to me that while the preamp stayed the same the power section started off fairly similar to the older Series 6 amps and then they seem to have moved to a newer power amp design. The faceplates are identical. RE the cabs, I suspect the non-ported one is an older series 6 as both the SMX catalogues I have (tolexed and carpeted) show ports on all the cabs. -
I have some on my Lakland 44-PJ. I mirror the experience of them really not being what I was expecting, as others have mentioned, way more 'roundwound' in feel than they're perhaps marketed as. That said, for me, the texture wasn't really a make or break.....I mean as long as they don't shred your fingers right?! I would put them on par with a Nickel string, roundwound, but easy to play. My undertstanding is that IMA requested a little more left on the string than their Super Polished....so that makes sense. Tension wise, I experience them more in the realms of the La Bella RX Nickels than their RX Steels, with the latter being a little too stiff for my liking. I wonder whether the polishing process takes a little stiffness out of the string, which is perfect for my preferences. Sound wise I didn't experience them as zingy at all, I thought they were like nice played-in rounds, kinda like a slightly aged nickel (IME steels don't age as well as nickels). So I gigged them and they were great, really enjoyable to play. My main criteria was longevity, so we'll see where get to on that, IMA reckons he got a solid year out of one set, and he gigs WAY more than me....so I'm hopeful. Watch this space. Si -
Yeah, I need new tips. Mine are custom, but a decade old. I'd love to get mine fitted into a full case, but... money lol I was looking at the 12 driver KZs... That price is so attractive -
#0067, it’s the newer revised version being white , the 1st series being black 👍
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Trades? Something might get my attention! -
I'm receiving adverts from them since a few days and the Dutch branch seems to be back on tracks now as you can order what they have in stock.
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Or buy two or more of the boxes and simply work in multiples of 6 basses ... -
I’ve used J-Tones (Reds and Big Twin) and found them to be excellent pickups providing you spend time to get the fit in the bridge wing ‘just right’. I’ve recently moved to a David Gage copperhead, which is a huge improvement over the J-Tones but I guess you’d expect that given the respective price points. So far I’ve had no feedback issues with the copperhead, but I’m playing a gig in a couple of weeks with a notoriously resonant stage so that will be the acid test. Do you used F hole blockers on louder stages?
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I think the F# tuning is what many going for a 6 string NG would likely tune to over regular tuning to be fair! But I agree you may want to look at removing the vinyl cover (or at least checking it can be removed cleanly) as its a little niche, don't remember seeing anything like that before!- 4 replies
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PRICE DROP £950 Serial number: F14478108 produced 04.06.2008 Description: Corvette Standard, 5-String Natural Oil finish Bubinga body Ovangkol neck Black hardware Made in Germany Last year, this beautiful bass was fitted with a Brand new Warwick Just-a-nut III, Black Warwick 3D bridge, Black Dome Knobs, DR Nickel Lo-Rider strings, and Tuning Pegs. After installation, it was given an entire professional setup. Sale includes: Schaller Strap-Lock system Warwick Teambuilt Leather Strap Previous set of strings Old Warwick RockCase (has no handle) Warwick Bass User Kit Warwick Beeswax/Surface Finisher Pickup is in London, A 3 minute walk from Farringdon train station. I can organise a courier. Cost is on the buyer. Let me know if you want any more photos or want any further details -
It's as much to do with international economics as anything deliberate by Pirastro I'd guess? Since Brexity/Trumpin, it's simply crazy
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...also don't think it would be too hard to engineer a rack to sit on the bottom to hold each bass in its own space and stop them making contact with each other, might reduce the bass capacity from seven to six, but hey, who needs seven basses anyway -
There's one of these going very cheap in London on eBay, if you're local this is a bargain at about £200 less than they usually go for (I suspect the limed finish is a factor) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226706773203?campid=5339022111&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&toolid=10050&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&customid=EAIaIQobChMIpOKk2vHejQMV-4xQBh3q8yDIEAQYASABEgKzvvD_BwE&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20016378716&gbraid=0AAAAADk7gXOhuH0jOAXDkO1kINhcEa96B&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpOKk2vHejQMV-4xQBh3q8yDIEAQYASABEgKzvvD_BwE
