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  2. spongebob
    Rickenbacker bass white pickguard, totally genuine and removed from my 2005 4003 bass. Excellent condition, no cracks or gouges…..no point in it sitting in my drawer! Only asking £35, posted free to you within the UK. Payment by PayPal ‘gift’ please, PM with any questions, thanks for looking! SB 😀
  3. 2pods started following Bygone music/bass shops you were fond of? , Stand for Lap Steel and What are your irrational prejudices? I have some bonkers ones...
  4. 2pods
    Yes, I know they're called "LAP" steel guitars, but I have a few that I would like to use in more like a pedal steel position Is anyone using anything currently available in the UK ?
  5. casapete
    I can still remember getting a train down to ‘that’ London when I was around 14, with a mate who wanted to buy a guitar. £5 return on the train! We walked from Kings Cross down Tottenham Court Road, and went in every music shop we saw, including the Fender Soundhouse where we gaped at all the latest models. Then on to Macaris etc, and down Denmark Street, and eventually Shaftesbury Ave where we got my mate a brand new Avon SG for £39, cardboard box included. Carried it all the way back to the station, and sat with it on our knees playing cards on it all the way home. Happy days.
  6. bigbottomend
    Handbox R400 Bass Amplifier - 400w @4ohm - New Version with mid control. Original black control knobs will be fitted back on instead of the blue ones. More photos available on request. Shame to let it go but not playing at the moment. Collection from Cornwall or post in original packing at buyers cost. Awesome tone, if you know... you know! The preamp utilises three 12AX7 (ECC83) tubes. Unlike the starved-plate designs of most common hybrid heads, it's pure tube with no silicon diodes, getting you even closer to the sound of a full-tube head. Classic A/B power supply based on an efficient toroidal transformer and large capacity electrolytic capacitors, delivering a powerful 400W into a 4ohm load. An optical limiter ensures you're always running within safe limits, and the R-400's on-board fan is thermally managed and controlled to ensure the amp runs smoothly at high volumes. * WxHxD: 375mm x 108mm x 315mm * Weight: 10.5kg * input jack * MUTE switch * BRIGHT / DARK switch: Engaged: +3dB @ 100Hz, -3dB @ 750Hz, +2dB @ 10 kHz * DRIVE switch: (The DRIVE switch raises the level of the signal at the input stage by about 6dB “ great for heavier genres, or for instruments with lower output). * INPUT GAIN: Using the INPUT GAIN, you can access a wide range of tones - from crystal clear to a fat, saturated harmonic crunch.¨ * BASS / TREBLE * CONTOUR: Introduces 0 to -12dB @ 1kHz * OUTPUT VOLUME * 3-state LED indicator: PROTECT / READY / LIMIT. * LINE OUT DI: a professional-quality DI, with PRE / POST gain and GROUND LIFT switches. * POWER SWITCH * FUSE ACCESS * 2 x SPEAKON speaker connectors * EFFECTS SEND & RETURN
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  7. chris_b
    I went to school in West Ealing, only a short walk from Marshall's shop in Hanwell. I spent many lunchtimes looking at the basses and getting in the way of the staff. 33-37 Wardour Street, W1, the Flamingo Club was in the basement, the Whiskey-a-Go-Go was on the first and (maybe) second floors floors, and Pan Music was on the third floor. They always had a fantastic selection of basses hanging on the wall. That's where I saw my first Fender Precision bass in the flesh. I bought my Vox Foundation from Pan.
  8. NancyJohnson
    Like many in these parts, it might be quicker to list the stuff I didn't have at one point.
  9. PaulThePlug
    Ease the neck Up and Out Vertical... That way you can check for a shim, Plus the neck pocket / neck is a taper, and you don't / won't want to be Sliding it Horizontal. Blow out the body and neck holes, often a bit of breakthru at the neck hole, i always like a hint of countersink and a wipe of cangle wax or hard hand soap on the threads for reassembly to stop any snagging. Nip up! they are Wood Screws not Machine Bolts.
  10. rwillett
    To be honest, it doesn't really matter which one you'll buy as you'll probably end up buying all of them anyway. Just think of it as the first of many... Rob
  11. EJWW started following Bygone music/bass shops you were fond of?
  12. EJWW
    +1 from me. Exchanges was THE music shop of my youth. I bought/PX'd more gear than I care to remember. I even did my school work experience here which consisted of messing around with bass gear and vacuuming. A guy called Woz ran the bass department. Amazing player. Wonder where he is now? Incredible to think we also had the Birmingham Bass Centre just around the corner from Exchanges as well. Great times. We're lucky to have Fairdeal in Brum which has improved its bass great offering in a big way over the last few years and deserves to be supported lest it goes the same way as PMT...
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  14. kingforaday
    Hi, yeah both 4x10 cabs are still available at the moment
  15. rainbowreality started following Advice Required re. Bass Neck Removal...
  16. RhysP started following What are your irrational prejudices? I have some bonkers ones...
  17. RhysP
    Sunburst Finishes, especially cherry sunburst & shitburst (I think the correct term is tobacco sunburst) Oil finishes Open Pore finishes Relic'd finishes Pearl scratchplates Basses that don't have a passive tone control Looper pedals, especially when used by acoustic guitarists at open mic evenings Keyboard players - never worked with one that wasn't a complete & utter c**t
  18. NJE
    Growing up in Pembrokeshire West Wales there wasn’t a lot of choice, but my weekend pilgrimage with my best mates was to Creative Electronics in Haverfordwest. It was affectionately known as Charlie’s after the original owner and was the first place I saw a bass. In fact I went in there looking for one and was struck by a real Fender bass (these were not easy to see in real life). It was a yellow/orange mustang with competition stripe and I was told I didn’t want it 🤣. Bought a few guitars from there and still have my Yamaha jumbo acoustic I got from there. Most of the time we just hung out and bought plectrums, I remember it so well.
  19. SuperSeagull
    Suspect it is! A couple more, the room in use and what I believe is part of the switching system that my Dad built so that any combo of deck, amp, tuner, speakers could be heard.
  20. Manfred741
    That's amazing ! @Kiwi I'll be happy to be the second slot on the list then
  21. PaulThePlug
    More to go wrong, how often is a nut in need of adjustment. A proper 'channel' to facilitate a nut swap for say string guage - Light, Med, Heavy would improve a lot of tuning issues, and maybe Hi and Lo starter options.
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  23. simisker started following Bygone music/bass shops you were fond of?
  24. simisker
    What an amazing room! I want to live in it. And is that the world's most stylish ashtray in the foreground?
  25. NJE
    I lived in Aberdeen for a while and the only thing that got me through my dull as dishwater job was walking up to Bruce Millers, looking at guitars and seeing if the new bass magazine was in.
  26. nige1968
    Not helping 😆
  27. fretmeister
    I’ve never had notes becoming ill defined on a shorty just from going up a gauge.
  28. wateroftyne
    Sorry to say it’s a classic 60s J profile. Nice and fast!
  29. Josh
    Hey Guys, I’m not 100% sure that I want to move this on, but I’m finding myself using my other bass a bit more often lately and this is sat being unplayed. I’ve owned this from new when they became available on Thomann earlier this year. It had a couple of high frets which were quickly professionally seen to by Mark at Wilts Guitar Repair. Other than that, the bass is in great condition and currently strung up with a fresh set of DR High Beams. All specs and info can be found here: https://www.thomann.co.uk/sadowsky_metroexpress_24_5_modern_ma_ss.htm Some videos of it in action: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DH60nsVOcnq/?igsh=MXUzc2Q2Z3Zpdnp2eg== https://www.instagram.com/reel/DF3uTZ3NBr0/?igsh=MWJvd2FmM2VkdDc3ZQ== This bass comes with Sadowsky strap locks and a padded deluxe Sadowsky gig bag which is in great condition as well. I’d be interested in a possible trade for either: Spector Euro 5 String Musicman/Sterling Stingray 2EQ 4 String Lakland 55-60 5 String Warwick Streamer 5 String I have a Squier Classic Vibe 60’s jazz bass (Older model) that I could include as well for the right deal also. I have a box and can post at the buyers expense, otherwise this is can be collected from Bridgwater, Somerset. Thanks, Josh.
  30. shoulderpet
    Also worth noting that GHS Boomers are on the stiffer side (although I am not sure what gauges they do for short scale), generally with short scale it is very much trial and error to find the best set
  31. SuperSeagull
    A few from me, as already mentioned The Bass Centre where I got my Ashdown gear in 1999 ably advised by Steve Lawson and a few years later watching Steve and Michael Manring perform in the shop. Tiger Music in Sydney Street in Brighton, a real old fashioned guitar shop with great staff. I bought a Fender P Lyte there in 1991 and they wouldn’t take my 1980s Ibanez Roadster in p/x as nobody wanted them back then. Also a Peavey TKO combo that is still going strong at a local church. And then there is Largs of High Holborn, I only ever went as a small child in the 1960’s but it was where my parents met in the 1950s. Mum worked upstairs in the musical instrument dept, Dad was downstairs where they built hi fi systems which you chose from a a range of different components before they were built into cabinets to match your decor. A bygone age!
  32. Hellzero
    Use this, it will help you to generate all the documents needed and it's totally free: https://www.sendcloud.com/cn22-cn23-customs-declarations/
  33. Kevin Lilley
    You have a lot of good input and mine will mirror most. Ignore the “Ibanez is only for rock” I play a Ric 4003 for church and have played a Thunderbird when I wanted to, never let anyone tell what your bass can play. My first bass was a used Fender P and it is still in my collection. Try several out, and, my advice, buy the one that you don’t want to put down. Fender Play is a great tool, so is SBL (start with their free stuff and their YouTube content, deep rabbit hole you’ll never regret. Do looks matter? Yes, because the way it looks, the more you are drawn to it, the more you’ll play. Enjoy the journey!
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