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tony_m started following Tiny wireless bugs - transmitter pouches
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This was my solution... Lekato WS-50 bug + Levy's pouch with a hole punched through the bottom strappy bit + Designacable "Guitar Instrument Extension Lead" https://www.designacable.com/un-balanced-guitar-extension-lead-van-damme-xke-cable.html with a D'Addario Dual Lock combined cable tidy / strap lock to keep it neat. It's a bit chunky, but seems to work well (by which I mean the locking female socket hasn't dropped off yet!).
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Good points made Sean thanks. I wouldn’t have considered that the quality might vary within the brand. The ones on my V96 are poor, I’m not overly fussy about tuners being Hipshot smooth, but they all vary in terms of smoothness. I took them to bits and cleaned them, then lightly lubed them all in the hope that that would help, but it never, they are just poorly made. I also discovered the Hipshot HB1 seems to be pretty similar but I don’t want to spend that much on new tuners. Guyker is a make I’m not familiar with, I will check them out thank you. Nick dive is not something that has ever affected me. I’ve had 60 (approx) basses over 45 years and I’ve never experienced it luckily for me.
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Certainly works very well with the Big Twin 3 - a bit of amp tone to go with the Hi-Fi sound of the cab.
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Just found a deadspot on my Dingwall. I am annoyed.
snorkie635 replied to kwmlondon's topic in Bass Guitars
I blame the dead spot halfway up my g-string on age. -
Linus27 started following Price reduced Now £175. Fishman Platinum Pro Analogue Pre Amp
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Acebassmusic started following GRBass In Ear Monitors
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Acebassmusic replied to johnbiffa's topic in Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale
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I contacted Ernie Ball just before christmas and asked about having a EBMM Sterling 4HH exactly like the one I already have made. They would only quote me in USD ex works. (FYI was $2,899) They refused to quote me shipping, taxes and fees, insisting I would have to arrange that myself.
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Gotoh GB350 or GRL510M-9 are available in black.
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walshy started following Post your latest pedal
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A fine pair. Enjoy buddy
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Chris Maury started following 1985 Trace Elliot Artist Poster
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Hey Everyone - Wow! I've had this poster stored away for the past 41 years. The store I worked for at the time became a Trace Elliot dealer in 1985, as soon as the amps became available in the U.S. We had a few of these posters on display. I was looking for this specifically, and am glad it was where I thought it would be. It's actually vibrant Trace green (not sure why it's not displaying properly.) Question - was this poster available in the UK as well?
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walshy started following In praise of Ashdown Engineering support
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Ashdown are second to none on customer service and have just damn fine gear! ABM600 is a class amp too
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Just found a deadspot on my Dingwall. I am annoyed.
iainbass replied to kwmlondon's topic in Bass Guitars
To give u some perspective. Marcus Millers Jazz bass has a dead spot half way up the G string. He mentions how on all his recordings he's had to compensate as he considers whether or not to use that note. -
SpondonBassed started following Hello guys!
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AlexMUK started following In praise of Ashdown Engineering support
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I just wanted to share a very positive experience I had with Ashdown, following purchase of a second-hand ABM-600 IV. The unit I purchased was used from Gear4Music. Unfortunately, it had a few faults... broken VU meter lamp and some distortion that shouldn't be there. To make matters worse, the distortion appeared to be intermittent, so when I returned it to Gear4Music they couldn't replicate the fault I spoke to Dave Green at Ashdown Engineering service team to get some pointers and he suggested that I send it to them so that they could see what the issue was. Unfortunately the problem didn't manifest itself while it was with them, and it showed up again when I was using it, so I sent it back to them for another look. Within two days, the amplifier was returned to me fully working, with a complete set of replacement pre-and power boards. Of course, is working fine as it is essentially brand new. This unit was just out of manufacturer's warranty, so this work was done FOC as a goodwill repair. I think this is an exceptional level of service and care for end customer satisfaction that is very rare nowadays. I understand that Ashdown have repatriated their manufacturing to the UK from China, so they are in a position to continue to provide long term service and support for their products. I did choose Ashdown, because of their design and construction, having been burnt by a Class D amp that was unrepairable out of warranty because the repair process for the ICEPower module was to replace it, no component level repair was supported and the boards were obsolete!. If you want to get long term value and service out of your gear, bear this in mind. Anyway, wanted to share this with the Basschat community and thank Dave Green and Ashdown Engineering for their customer care and integrity as a company!. Best regards, Alex
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Do Not Look Down - Meshuggah
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Price reduced Now £175. Fishman Platinum Pro Analogue Pre Amp
Lakland5 replied to Lakland5's topic in Effects For Sale
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Terry M. started following Wanted - list of StingRay variants
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Was there ever an EBMM SR5 with 19mm bridge string spacing? Someone on here once said it was a thing briefly before being discontinued.
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The couriers afaIaa do little to nothing to identify non delivered items, they don't have the staff free to do it, like opening boxes with missing labels to see if there is anything inside to identify the item (you know like P2G used to say print 2 labels and put one inside in case) they just send them to auction after a period of being 'on the naughty step' and the depots will have a KPI to clear the 'naughty step' and get back to clear decks and no outstanding deliveries. The Auctioneers might tip off interested parties, they all probably have someone who deals in musical instruments on their quick dial/email list. A friend of friend (who buys stuff at auction and churns it, specialising in furniture and quality homeware) picked up a fake '72 strat for £60 at the auction recently, we knew it was a fake, but it's a really nice bitsa made from quality parts, would have been £4-500 worth of parts, a little set up and some strap buttons and my friend has a fine playing guitar he's happy to take busking which even if lost will probably have earned him more after a month than it cost .
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Selling my Caveman Audio BP1 Compact from my current pedal board. In absolutely mint condition with all original packaging. I also have a brand new unused 12v dc adapter to run the pedal from if you don't have a board power supply. An incredible preamp with an oh so sweet secret sauce for your tone. You can see from the photo I have the main input from my bass go in to the Caveman which then sends my signal around all my pedals in an FX loop with the signal re entering the pedal and then going out through the XLR. The tuner is also given it's own tuner out output keeping it isolated from your chain if needed. Official blurb here; BP1 Compact crams the essence of our beloved BP1 Bass Preamp into a compact stompbox format and you get the core tone and extremely low noise level at almost half the size – and price! BP1 Compact and the original BP1 Bass Preamp sound very similar, yet each has a sonic flavour of its own. Which one you prefer comes down to taste and preference. We like to think if them as to distinct flavours of sonic greatness – and there is definitely a place for both. BP1 Compact adds that critical definition in the low-mid part of the sound, making your bass sit in the mix with ultimate definition and tons of dynamics. With the transformer-balanced, studio-quality DI, you will no longer have to use low-quality DI’s at venues that make your bass sound dull, two-dimensional and uninspiring. The FOH engineer will love your bass signal, and the crowd may not know why, but they’ll love the huge – yet firm and defined – low end that is the foundation the overall experience builds upon. But perhaps most important of all, you will have the bass tone of your dreams on the stage, ensuring that you can focus entirely on those solid grooves, tasty bass lines and simply making everyone else sound their best. This is a no-brainer pedal with Gain and Level controls. Simply plug your bass into BP1, trim the Gain and Level to fit your taste, and experience the mind-blowing tone this unit has to offer. In fact, we bet that once you have set it, you will just leave it on at all times, as it will simply enhance your core tone at the most fundamental level. We also added Tuner Out and a patch-point (send/return) in case you use additional stompboxes or other external equipment. The patch-point is placed after the input buffer – but before the preamp section. To make your gigging life even easier, we designed BP1 Compact to run on 12VDC – perfect for your pedalboard. - More photos to follow. £395 posted in original packaging and the brand new 12v dc adapter. Many thanks,
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Set of white nylon tapewound strings, the copper version (750C: 50-65-85-105 gauge). Quite a compliant string with strong low mids. The white nylons have a roundwound core and are brighter than traditional tapewounds, but they can thump with the best as you turn the tone down. These were installed in a Precision, 4-in-line tuners. They're used, but they've seen around 4 hours of use, tops, so they should have plenty of life in them.
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I contacted Ernie Ball recently about buying a bass from them. They were very helpful, gave me a door to door price in UK £ including all shipping, taxes and fees, making it all very easy. The only problem was/is that the price they gave was approximately £250 more than if I sent the money via a currency service and paid the duty myself, as I have done many times before over the years.
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I bought this a while ago but then I changed my mind and it was too late to return it See all details about the preamp here: https://www.darkglass.com/en-gb/pages/tone-capsule-manual and here: https://www.darkglass.com/en-gb/products/tone-capsule Basically, it's a 3-band with lows at 70Hz, low mids at 500Hz and high mids at 2.8KHz with very easy wiring assembly.
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Just found a deadspot on my Dingwall. I am annoyed.
Mediocre Polymath replied to kwmlondon's topic in Bass Guitars
I was reading this and thinking along similar lines. I've owned (counts fingers) 10 different basses over the years, and I don't recall ever noticing a dead spot on any of them. I just played some scales and yeah, still nothing. Whenever dead spots come up I'm left wondering if they're just too subtle for my cloth ears to notice, or if I've somehow never encountered one. From the discussions I always see, the latter seems unlikely but then again, you do just get lucky sometimes and then get a shock when your luck runs out. I always assumed people who complained about cramp were just being a bit melodramatic until I experienced it for the first time while doing some awkwardly-positioned DIY when I was in my late 20s. -
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