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Thanks for the reminder; I haven't listened to this album in over 40 years. It's even better than I remember!
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I've been searching for an answer on an FRFR unit. All I'm seeing is people jacking in HX Stomp type boards...my question is whether an FRFR unit will work with a rudimentary distortion pedal (in my case a Fender Pugilist).
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All credit to you guys for taking on a Burns Supper night. Not an easy task unless you're a typical Scottish Ceilidh band. Well done. Dave
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2006 Squire Vintage Modified Precision Bass in Olympic White for sale - with some modifications to dress it up like a 70s P bass. I will include the Thomann gig bag with the sale. I have always wanted a 70s P, but as a mainly 5 string player I knew I wouldn't use it that much so I didn't want to commit too much cash to one. So, I found a Squire VM P bass in Olympic white which had a few dings online and then proceeded to create my own. Personally I think it looks great and it saddens me to sell it but I could do with a little cash injection right now. So, the main change is the headstock. The squire details were removed and sanded flat, some discolouration added to age the wood, a 70s decal added and then a vintage amber Nitro lacquer from NorthWest Guitars. I have flatted it back and flatted off the sheen from the back of the neck so it's nice and smooth. Aged string retainer and neck F plate was added (I always intended to add aged tuners and bridge but never got round to it.) Body - it had a few dinks here and there which have been added to (nothing major to be honest) and the bass still has the Seymore Duncan designed pickups, original bridge and tuners. The olympic white has aged and yellowed really nicely and the rosewood board is nice and dark. I know this won't be to everyone's taste but if you fancy a 70s P and don't fancy the price of one, this could be for you! I have included a picture of the original squire serial number for information. Not sure what else to add about the bass. It plays great and sounds just like a P should. The previous owner changed the wiring to cloth wiring and added an orange drop cap to the tone control. Any trial is welcome and I have packaging to post. Will look at quotes and happy to look at various options.-
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I will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
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Have you tried fitting your D string to the G position and seeing if that fits? If it does you have your answer re thicker gauge strings. Mark
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Subjected to a beating - Dying Fetus Double points?
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From the 2016 Richard Bona Mandekan Cubnao/Heritage album, the tune is 'Santa Clara Con Montuno'. Unreadable because of the ghost notes - it's too much. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/santa-clara-con-montuno-richard-bona/
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When we took the gig it didn't register that it was Burns night. I arrived first to find a very loud piper in full flow on the stage! We therefore had a slight delay getting the kit in. The plate of haggis, tatties and neeps with whisky sauce while we were setting up was very nice though. We are not a Scottish music band at all, but we did play a few songs by Scottish artists or fabricated tenuous Scottish links to the songs we did. I don't think we upset too many of the folk in tartan, although one guy did ask if we could play properly. When we said no he just said "Ah, crack on then" 😂 The place was quite busy and very hot when we started around 4pm. It was a bit of a relief that it thinned out slightly as it went on. We were all starting to flag a little by the time we finished though. The trusty Stingish bass and Rumble were in action again. I also gave my Solovair boots a run out for a change - not quite as comfy as my DMs yet though, so I'm glad to be at home in my slippers now 😜
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One of the newer Classic Vibes. Upgraded pups/loom, bridge and black plate. Not weighed it but I’d say it’s less than 9lb. I can leave the straplocks on or put the original pins back on. I do not have any of the other original parts. In pretty good condition, I’ve tried to photograph any damage I can see. The back of the neck is lightly sanded, which improves it in my opinion. It’s a really nice bass in one of my favourite colour schemes but something has cropped up that I’ve got my eye on. Collection from Blackburn Lancs is preferable but buyer can arrange a courier at their expense and I’ll add a beat up Gator case that is functional for shipping and gigging but has some issues.-
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Eggbound and down - Jerry Reed
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45-60-80-107 D'Addario EXL170BT. I use those on Spectors with EMGs and the Haz-clone preamp dimed through a GK and play lots of high register stuff. Sweet as a nut. Other than that, it's all in the fingers.
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I recently purchased this from a small solo builder. Fantastic build quality and to my ears it's identical to the Darkglass I had. I had no need for a DI like the original, this doesn't have one. So it's just a killer dirt box. It was a kind of impulse purchase for me, as awesome as it is I've really no use for it sadly (I can get similar with what I already have) . I put it on my board but it's had very little use so it's as new. £93 posted. Always happy to hear trades w.h.y(possibly another vintage micro tubes)👍 I forgot to take a pic, but I've put fresh pedal tape on the bottom (I can remove if needed)-
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Totally missed NG's now had bound necks, lovely, the bridge is a great upgrade and the old string retainer was junk! Great bass! -
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Just thought I'd show our most recent set up to show the lighting. this was a huge hall probably 250+ capacity but it cgace us a chance to set up as we wanted. The overhead house lights were on so our lights more effective once the ordinary lighting was off, but you can see how effective our lights were by the colour changes on the floor. The phone kind of makes them look like white lights but the clours were pretty intense in the room. We had our six pixel bars running together via DMX using the internal program from one of the lights. They are all on 1m high stands. The rear curtains are illuminated by Two 180W led floods on a sequence program, again with one slaved by DMX. At the back is A KAM REM1 with four PAR's, no longer available but similar units can be found pretty much anywhere. The venue had it's own lighting but we only had axcess to the extremely grimy mirror ball and some old school incandescent overhead floods with straw filters. You can see the ones with the barn doors at the top of the pics. The flashing is to recorded music. The Pixel Bars are around £60 ea and the stands £20 so you are looking at £480 worth of lights in these alone but they were bought a couple at a time and were useful even when I only had a pair. Most of the money I've wasted has been by buying random lights on impulse I'm now planning the lighting a bit more and I think getting better value for money, Now and Then new lights 1.MOV
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Their 7/8 string guitars are pretty popular with the progressive/technical metal crowd. Not sure I'd seen the basses before though.
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Hurr hurr, G-string
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That’s an absolute giveaway for one of these! Cracking basses too, they sound so good on stage through big speakers hitting the low B…! 🤯 🔥
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Keep it clean and on point please. My regular strings are D'addario Pro steel rounds 45 - 130 which I really like. The only issue I have and it's probably due to physics rather than any shortcomings of the strings. That is, I find that I don't want to play any notes below the 7th fret on the G-string as there does not seem to be enough warmth in the tone so I tend to use the D-string for those notes instead.. I'm due for a string change in the not too distant future and would like to try a thicker G-string but keep the rest of the set the same. The constraint is that all my basses have brass nuts and bridges where some are plated so i'm restricted in opening up the plated ones and for the non plated ones I don't really want to open up the slots until i'm sure that the larger gauge will give me a bigger sound. So i'd like to know how far up in gauge I can go on the G-string without having to open the slots so I could investigate. Thanks in advance.
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I've also got the Tecamp Puma 900, bought from Baschat. It's that good it's made my other 2 amps totally redundant. - Today
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TC Corona Chorus, versatile chorus with the brilliant Toneprint option £50 delivere ** DOES NOT WORK WITH A BATTERY Only 9v power supply ** -
Selling this on behalf of a friend here in Northumberland who bought it to learn but decided to stick to lead/rhythm guitar. Really clean condition. it is a white Toby by Tobias bass, manufactured by Epiphone. Manufacturers blurb: ”Tobias designed single coil pickups with volume, pickup blend, neck eq and bridge eq controls. Radiata ergonomic body Hard maple neck Bolt-on neck, extended with recessed bolts/washers 34 scale Rosewood fingerboard 12" Fingerboard Radius 1.68 nut width Tobias TBT Single-Coil bridge pickup Tobias TBR Single-Coil neck pickup 1-High Frequency EQ, 1-Low Frequency EQ Flush-mount, low-profile, fully adjustable bridge Metal, fully adjustable truss rod” Collection or local meet / delivery preferred. £250
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