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  2. Found a potential super twin so would take a direct sale for this 🫡 £1000 all in, cab, spare silver grille, flight case and soft padded cover
  3. Because it's funny , because it's friday and because the basschat community is always looking out for other bass players who might fall for some kind of scam .. this smells a tad off ... It won't be the first one in the industry nor the last , To me it sounds like this person needs a performing musician not a member of a group but doesn't want to pay directly them for that time " who knows what " crazy terms could be including in contracts as part of "Reclusiarch Records Ltd co" . .... " ... i for one am not interested i paying imperial Tithe ... a heretic like me .... they'd have get the "HEAVY" flamer .. ( Warhammer joke)
  4. Blackstar Unity 30 Bass Combo - with 3-Band EQ incl semi-parametric mid control, 3 distinct preamp tones (classic, modern, overdrive), built-in compressor and chorus effects. The amp has a lineout plus a cab link to link up to a Blackstar Unity extension cabinet. 8-inch speaker. This is an excellent little bass amp, with a surprising amount of punch, volume, and bass for 30watts and an 8-inch speaker. This amps sounds much beefier than the specs suggest. It is in good condition with some marks/small dings/rips in the tolex on the sides, please see pictures for details. can post out to UK £10
  5. Hi All, I am one of those electric bass players, who occasionally plays some rock'n'roll on upright bass. VERY occasionally, I need to slap a few bars. When doing this, (eg. with a single slap) I struggle keeping the E and A strings from sympathetically resonanting when slapping the D and G strings - particularly when amplified. I am playing the D and G strings cleanly, but can't mute with the right hand, as I'm raising it from the fingerboard between slaps. Any experienced "slappers" out there who can offer some tips? Cheers, Paul
  6. No problem. I'm happy to post if you still want it.
  7. For sale, my Radial Tonebone Bassbone OD preamp pedal. A two-channel bass preamp with HPF, piezo input for double bass, DI out and switchable overdrive. A great pedal, I used it for years to double on electric and DB. Made it really easy with the dual EQ, switchable HPF, boosted input for the DB and tuner out. I've gone to more separated signal paths now (still via a Radial I/O!) so this is just sitting around not doing anything. Comes with original box, papers, and PSU. NOTE THAT THIS USES A 15v CENTRE POSITIVE PSU so you need the proper power supply or one that can feed it the correct polarity supply. A 'normal' Boss-style PSU won't work and will fry the pedal (as I found out with another one of these - this is the replacement one I bought). Recently PAT-tested too. Has Dual-lock on the bottom. These are now RRP £439! £260 posted.
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  8. Wow. I didn't know that. It's a bit like custom shop Squier being more expensive than Fender. Sort of. Either way, now you've explained it I get it even less. I could go to Woodstock and place my Spector order in person for that money.
  9. No idea. I was told by the guy that made it that it’s a fault in the HPF circuit, but he didn’t elaborate (and neither did I expect him to!).
  10. Harley benton Jazz has had sanberg electra jazz pickup set installed along with Bloodstone upgraded pots and wiring. Bridge has been changed to and body modified for string through, faltwounds added along with upgraded machine heads and custom scratchplate comes with G4M padded semi hard case pickup from maldon essex or can post vai Parcelforce for £15 in UK
  11. Just spotted this, if anyone’s in the market: https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/product/sandberg-california-ii-vs4-greenline-30-highgloss-tobacco-sunburst-49347/ I’m very happy with my shell pink one - they really are terrific basses - but I think I might have preferred a sunburst. Ah well!
  12. I just had a quick play with the EHX Bass Mono Synth but there wasn't really a slowing down effect in there. Lots of menacing/sci-fi sounds possible once you get an expression pedal involved... should the need ever arise.
  13. Yeah - it may be a language / translation thing but it felt weird to me that a product like this wouldn't have a ground lift. As you say - it mentions an "amp ground lift" but I had always understood that the ground lift function on a DI disconnects one of the pins on the XLR, whereas "amp ground lift" suggests it's doing something to the jack out instead. Sorry for derailing the thread!
  14. Also, looks like Trickfish are doing pickups
  15. All including UK postage. Becos CompIQ MINI Pro Compressor £155 (Mint condition) Jam Ripple Bass Phaser £105 J.Rockett GTO (Guthrie Trapp Overdrive) £160
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  16. Given the nature of the Bird... I'd prefer collection/Delivery but well packaged and very insured postage is possible. This one has been my gateway drug, and before i knew it i've bought myself an old single pickup model. It's in mint condition, and comes with a great padded gigbag. Pretty light at 3.8 kg, and personally I haven't had an issue with neck dive as these sometimes suffer from. These are proper neck-through models like the originals. As always please hit me up with questions/photo requests! .
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  17. If I hadn’t just bought the API comp I’d have had the UT&T.
  18. I’ve always wanted one of these! Unfortunately having a grandmother and minitaur , means that I’ll have to pass . Have a bump anyway ! GLWTS
  19. The Masterbuilt Metroline series is a conundrum for me. It's Warwicks master builders, and they are some of the best in the world so I get the price point. But when the price of the Warwick shop exceeds the price of Rogers NY shop, but you get a "Metroline" stamp on it, as if to say "Well it's not a real NY Sadowsky", it just feels weird. It's almost a disservice having the Sadowsky name attached for all parties involved.
  20. Darkglass Anagram £750 Delivered in UK. Note that this has a small ding on the LHS which is reflected in the asking price. Comes with supplied case and power supply as well as a KnK shield which cost me a total of £70 to have delivered from Poland. https://www.darkglass.com/en-gb/products/anagram https://www.knkshields.com/products/anagram Apart from the ding it is in excellent condition. Purchased from guitarguitar in August 2025. With great irony it received the ding while I was fitting the protective shield. I was moving it on my desk and clipped the edge of my Apple Studio Display cracking the monitor's screen in the process. Thankfully I have Applecare+ or that would have been a very expensive repair. I've really enjoyed playing through the Anagram, I've owned all flavours of Helix and Quad Cortex and the tones from the Anagram were the best of the lot. Selling as I don't really have a use for it. I like to stick to a simple preamp/compressor board but do love trying out new kit. Potential buyers are welcome to demo in Glasgow.
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  21. My previous teacher would not teach pop songs as she said "they are hard to play because they're so badly written" - she was a graduate of the Royal College of Music though, and friends with Alfred Brendel, so that's perhaps understandable. In contrast my current teacher is a professional jazz pianist and he's opened up so much to me - working out what you need to play in a piece, without playing all the notes. Chord substitutions, and missing out the less important notes in a chord etc. Improvising a left hand part and changing that depending on whether there is a bass player. All very useful for playing in a band, but perhaps not recommended for ABRSM exams!
  22. £8k+ for what it is seems excessive to say the least. It makes Fodera, Spector USA, Valenti and F Bass look like bargains in comparison. If you look at European builders like Sei, Overwater, Brooks, Shuker etc, you're paying a heap of extra money for one of Roger's finest. Good work if you can get it and all the best to him but pound for pound, I just don't get it.
  23. Thats quite interesting. It explains why im boosting the mids a lot in my amp, the tonepump has quite a mid scoop. Based on the audio samples in this video, the tonepump seems more aggressive and overall, probably the better choice for me but probably not for anyone playing less aggressive music.
  24. Hadrien Féraud who simply replaced Anthony Jackson with Hiromi is a hell of a player, even if, sometimes, he plays too much And as mentioned by Anti, Kinga Głyk is certainly the most promising bassist around (she is Polish, by the way). Charles Berthoud is the best YouTuber around for sure, but even if I admire his playing, his records are really meh, I mean he's a talented player and arranger, but on the poor side when it comes to composition. Concerning the basses, Harley Benton is proposing excellent stuff at super low prices. Amp wise, we entered the fully digital era ultra lightweight items. Everything software based (modelling or sampling) is simply amazing these days. And, sadly a lot of companies have gone away in 15 years and, now, you can't afford a Wal anymore...
  25. Actually, $6K isn't too bad for a US custom shop bass. I'll stick with my original 1976/1977 SB-1 (signed by Stuart Spector) though...... keep my wallet closed!
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