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  2. Definitely, on BG. I get the impression it's closer to DB, but there's still a lot of A string use on that.
  3. I had an L2 but it was basically a piece of 'art' i occasionally looked at and didn't really play, an absolute classic in my mind and i'd love to see this produced again in resin/graphite (can't be that hard can it)??? just with a flatter (front to back) neck profile and a 42mm nut (IMHO), apparently Ned took advice from Stanley Clarke for the neck profile of the L2!, shame about the drill holes though but easily filled i guess, whatever you may read its still just a lump of resin easily filled with yacht epoxy🤷‍♂️
  4. For sale, TC Electronic Spectradrive preamp. Full featured preamp with built in compressor and drive. Great sounding unit in very good used condition, some small nics on the edges, comes with original box and power supply. Velcro on bottom. Postage included to UK Addresses. Cheers.
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  5. Often adding more solder will help to reactivate old, stubborn solder. I’ve been using the same 17w Antex since 1988. About three years ago I bought a 25w Antex, just so’s I could have two different sized tips to hand without having to wait for the iron to cool down to change the bit.
  6. OK - I'll rephrase... A solder sucker needs the solder to be melted.
  7. Swamp Ash Prototype. This is the one I thought I wouldn’t sell! It is a 2001 Electric bass with Swamp Ash body and Maple/Rosewood neck with bird inlays. So here is the special bit. When I saw it for sale at Absolute Music I thought there was something unusual about the serial number. I contacted the support team at Stevensville and here is the story. When Mr Smith has an idea for a new guitar model he keeps either the prototype or one of the production models and keeps them in the factory music room. The design for the EB4 had been settled and was in production but he wanted to try a Swamp Ash body, this is the prototype. It was not initially issued a serial number and only when a smart broker convinced PRS to sell some of the guitars in that room that this one made the cut. At that point it was issued the serial number 150. This is easily established by contacting the Support center at the factory. I have one of the production Swamp Ash models which was the first EB 4 I bought. This model is pretty much NOS and is mint. The only thing apart from cleaning and periodic playing is fitting GHS flatwound 105 strings which IMHO brings out the true tone of the SwampAsh body. I really dont like the idea of sending it so would prefer a meet up or collection and trial first hand. It really is special instrument and worth every penny of £1500 especially safe in the knowledge that Mr Smith himself thought it good enough to keep.
  8. I bought it from a guy who bought it new and never used it. Where are you based?
  9. I also use the Hellfire one and have their levelling beam and some of their other tools. Good affordable stuff.
  10. Really good basses - GLWTS
  11. It was a good practice last night. One guitarist was trying out a new amp (a Laney Ironheart IRT-SLS) which sounded and will be plenty loud enough. The other was testing a new practice rig but managed to forget the power supply for his tiny pedalboard amp, so he was straight into the PA from a GP-5 but that worked alright. I was also testing out my Spector NS Icon with the right(ish) strings on, sounds great to my ear for what we do. We managed to get a new song ready except for lyrics, so that was also good!
  12. really interested in this ill message u
  13. GAS is a a terrible thing. So there I was all content after a really good year, then boom and 'must have ' bass punched a mighty hole in the budget. So, my two latest acquisitions need new homes. They are brand effectively and we all know the G & L story so this is it, want a new one?, you wont find any better. Check out my other listing for my SB-2 or take a look at this... Anywho. 3 TSB Jazz bass, the G & L version, spicier pickups than your average J type bass in this price range. Beautifully finished and in 10/10 condition. Vinyl wrapped plate easily removed . I have been after a nice example of this since seeing Ritchie Kotzens 'riot'. I finally pulled the trigger on this new one in the early summer and very pleased i am too or was until i fell for 'another' way more expensive J beast. As with the SB-2 i'd love to keep it but needs must. I love the bridges on these bad boys. Fully set up with fresh EB slinkies. Can ship at buyer expense, pickup from Rochester or exchange somewhere near to the M25.
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  15. But that doesn't take the way your brain processes audio in an acoustic space into account. They would only be the same if you and your speakers were in an extremely dead acoustic space. In the real world the way your brain uses your ears and eyes, being 3.4m away from your cab in a typical room is not the same is having the sound piped directly into your ears with a 10ms delay.
  16. A whole set of the Dunlop Fuzz Face Mini pedals up for grabs! Great pedals, great tone, and all in good condition, but just haven’t been used (plus, quite hard to display upright…). The following choices available (prices including UK postage): FFM1 - Silicon Fuzz Face Mini (blue) -£100 FFM2 - Germanium Fuzz Face Mini (red) - £100 FFM3 - Jimi Hendrix Fuzz Face Mini (pale blue) - £110 FFM4 - Joe Bonamassa Fuzz Face Mini (black) - £120 FFM6 - Band of Gypsys Fuzz Face Mini (red with white knobs) - £110 - £110
  17. Bass-firewood-steam trains-village fetes-early street lighting-overpowered 2CVs and all within a single page. Very good work chaps 👍
  18. Zero sugar, zero caffeine coke? They must hate you! 😂
  19. I find it easier to use the notes on the G string if I'm reading music. I score out bass parts for the bands I'm in. None of them play particularly frequently, so it's so much easier and more time efficient for me to turn up to a rehearsal or gig and read the bass part rather than try to memorise a whole set again. If there are notes G or above (i.e. the same octave as the G string) it's easier for me to play those notes on the G String rather than jump up to a different position in a split second. It was the same when I had a 6 string bass with the C string, although that string was needed far less frequently.
  20. I know you want real-world experience which I don't have, but AFAICS to me it looks like a marketing gimmick. Firstly based on those brands that actually show the tension figures, "balanced" tension IS NOT equal tension (it's not even close), and anyway IMO what feels "balanced" is entirely subjective. The only way I think that balanced tension could be made to work is if they also take compliance into account so all the strings feel about equally "stiff". However compliance depends on the construction and stringing method of the instrument as much as it does on the construction of the string itself. That means while the strings may feel balanced on one type of bass they won't necessarily feel balanced on others. I suspect that if you have a Fender style, 4-string, 34" scale bass, without using through-body stringing and favour standard string gauges, a balanced tension set may feel more "even" compared with a standard set, but even then it's going to be subjective, and after years of playing using sets where the A and E strings are noticeably lower in tension than the D do you really want strings that feel closer to the same stiffness? You are also limited to a few string brands that offer balanced tension, mainly D'Addario, so you may not like the choices available. It's one of the reasons I haven't tried them myself because whilst all my guitars are strung with D'Addario strings I haven't liked the sound or feel of any of their bass strings that I have used.
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  22. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226501264657 Looks like one is available at £270. 150 watts!!
  23. Could be the guitar amp shown here, although the 4 knob 'gold' section seems to be missing.
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