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  2. Terry M. started following *Price drop £895* FS/FT Fender Jazz Bass JB62-70 (Japan Custom order from 1994)
  3. Terry M.
    This is such an amazing colour. Shame it's not a 5 string. When you say you "needed a 4 string" for a specific gig was it a visual thing and/or part of a tribute act? Just curious 😊
  4. lemmywinks started following Cheap 5 string sets PSA
  5. lemmywinks
    Got 4 sets on the way, thanks! Been using these exact strings on my backup bass for a while now so should keep me going for a while.
  6. ped
    I reckon Dec 31st is the worst day to have a bass posted! Bank holiday, snowy Friday, weekend… 🙃
  7. ezbass
    You’re OK with Pino, he has used his quite extensively with his recent collaboration with Blake Mills.
  8. Obrienp
    Every time I hear mention of the Bass VI I get gas and I was hoping to be a star of the gear abstinence thread this year! 😳 I can’t explain why they appeal. It’s a pretty daft design really with that whammy bar set up and the string spacing is narrow, even for my tiny Trump like digits! Perhaps it is because Jack Bruce played one at some stage and the Beatles had one kicking around. I’ve probably seen other hero’s from my teens using them as well.
  9. Kev
    Well, its found a place on my board. Still getting to grips with it, but it's a VERY cool sounding unit, easy to adjust the parameters for the most part, and all the sounds it makes are actually useable, rather than something to just muck about with. Took a good bit of messing about to get it working well in my QC chain. Naturally, it doesn't track nearly as well as I'd hoped. The hammer-ons and pull-offs not re-triggering in Ian's videos was what I was really hoping would work, and it does for the most part below the 7th fret or so, but any further up on all strings it retriggers, which is frustrating, and a tad confusing really as I'm not sure I understand why, for example, G2 on the A string will hammer nicely from F, but retriggers on the D (10th vs 5th fret). I'm sure using old flats help a ton, EQ curves and compression on the QC help tame the harmonics and smooth things out from the rounds but its still not brilliant. Still, it handles ghost notes well and there isn't a ton of latency, as long as its in 4 string mode. The first and last preset are my faves, the last being quite similar to one of my favourite patches I had on the Chunk synth.
  10. molan
    Great colour, never seen this before!
  11. d_g
    Hi all Continuing a bit of a clear out. Next up is this lovely Silver Series Squier PJ from the fujigen plant in the early 90s. Only selling as I have two of them. This one has had a Bartolini bridge pickup fitted, the jack socket has been moved to the side and a bland pot added. The controls are in the order vol/tone/blend. It’s also been fully shielded with gold foil. All work professionally by Gary Chandler Honor in Denmark Street. If you aren’t familiar Gary used to work with Stairway to Kevin and more recently worked as tech on ABBA Voyage amongst other gigs. The bridge has been replaced with a relicd Gotoh slotted saddle one, I might still have the original if you want it included. There are general age related dents and dings but nothing major. Any big circular marks in the photos are just light reflections. Also worth noting, the nut has a slight gap under it on one side. This doesn’t affect action or playability at all (and could be easily changed if you wished) but wanted to mention for transparency. pics below, any questions give me a shout. Pickup from Chessington or central London, shipping also possible. Thanks Dan
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  12. mikeypob started following Bass cabs next to drum cabs
  13. mikeypob
    As a small 3 piece out drummer uses a bass cab to boost his bass drum - this is placed next to my bass cab due to limited pub gig space. Should both bass and bass drum sound be so close?
  14. remizik
    Glad to hear! I'm also build my 3rd headless right now, these are my two previous ones done. And the wal replicas (not going full wal with 8 coils pickups and electronics etc...)
  15. Nickthebass
    Price drop to £100! High quality fuzz with some great sounds including Velcro tearing gated fuzz for some synthy action plus more traditional fuzz noises. In the original box with some feet and a sticker. Velcro’d on the bottom plus free of charge carpet fluff. I’m trying to free up cash for a BassRig 15 so not a massive interest in trades / part-ex unless there’s a GigRig QMX4 or QMX6 involved.
  16. RonC
    Thanks a lot! I’m still very happy with it. The BEAD tuning works great on it, real fun to play. Right now I’m building a headless/fretless/neckthrough 5 string, hope it turns out just as good.. Do you have pics of your replicas somewhere?
  17. Hellzero started following Bass Set Up book recommendation
  18. Hellzero
    This book is excellent, but out of print since a few years: That said this Fodera YouTube set-up videos are really all you need:
  19. Marc S
    Not really - but might depend on what you're offering? One thing that springs to mind, is an EHX Mel9 pedal.
  20. Marc S
    Xmas sale: £375
  21. Stub Mandrel
    Shhh... the cat's still inside it.
  22. Stub Mandrel
    That makes it seem like you are arguing that less tonal flexibility is better.
  23. Stub Mandrel
    Ah... but that's what I don't agree with. There are plenty of passive low-z pickups out there used in active basses and they aren't associatedwith noise issues.
  24. Lozz196
    A set of 45-100 Chromes, cut for my Sandberg Lionel. Bought last week, with less than 2hrs use as no matter which bass I just don’t like flats! Price includes postage in UK.
  25. Lozz196
    One of the above, the 1/2” version which is compatible with Mexican Fenders. Price includes postage in UK.
  26. TheGreek
    Ashdown...best customer service in the industry... I really must send mine down to be serviced...
  27. Lozz196
    Nice example of a 2022 Made in Mexico Player Precision, and light too at 8.3lbs. Can do with either black tort or white plates as per pics. Holes in the headstock where I added the Hipshot triple retainer. No case or gigbag so collection/meet only. No trades thanks.
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  28. Intoutof started following New MXR bass synth pedal released
  29. Intoutof
    It's tough out there... Like myself I should imagine most people are queuing up for this so that we can play that Whitney song half convincingly 😅
  30. BigRedX
    Personally I found that to get the best out of the vibrato mechanism you need to stick with the lighter gauge strings that the bass comes with. Unfortunately I didn't like the feel or sound of the light gauge E or A strings for playing "conventional" bass parts and fitting Newtone Axion strings which sorted out the E and A rendered the vibrato mechanism almost inoperable. I eventually gave up on the Squier Bass VI as there were too many design problems that got in the way for my playing, most notably the very narrow neck. I upgraded firstly to a Burns Barracuda which suffered from the same string gauge/vibrato mechanism compromise but had a wider neck, and finally to an Eastwood Hooky which has the best neck width for me and no vibrato mechanism for me to be disappointed about. As someone who also plays guitar and owns two with very usable vibrato systems, I found the various mechanisms fitted to the commercially available Bass VIs far too subtle even with the original light gauge strings fitted. Others seem to get on fine with it, even with heavier strings. The only way to be sure is to try it for yourself.
  31. spyder
    Yep I ordered 9 set of the Warwick strings and I don't even have a long scale bass. 😂😂😂
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