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Did a bass swap before the New Year and picked up this Aria SB 1000B re-issue. Always wanted one and was a little scared about picking up one of the older ones reading so much about them having pick up problems. This one is a joy to play, love the ebony board and the low pass filtery type pre-amp. having the 2 octave neck is also nice. Weights in a fairly comfortable 4.4kg. Hopefully I can get to use it in anger... Got practice next week, think I'll take it along. Anyone else out there got one of these?
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Wash Wash — Prince Buster
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How much lighter are these? I'm considering a set for my Jap 62 reissue Jazz (assuming they'll fit).
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I should be in a position to purchase my dream bass this year ( well nothing more than £3k if I can help it !). But what ?? Custom ? Well letts just say I’d rather avoid the uncertainty ! The ‘dream bass’ I used to think of was something like a status s2 in a lovely glossy colour , or old Steinberger trans term , or a Kubricki ex factor in a lairy colour . It seems like I’ve missed the boat on Sims custom paint job for my table top style Warwick corvette . I did think of having an animal shaped bass guitar body such as a dog , cat or rabbit 😬 I like the Warwick dolphin .. a headless style would be the one I think ..glossy airbrushed in the style of a polar bear ! As for electronics , just a passive volume bass and tone knob is enough ! No batteries ! I do have 2 basses that friends and punters used to love ..a Korean made Jack Daniel’s bass ,and a Washburn status . For some reason people were fascinated by them .
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Does that mean you're in an' a'? Or are you just staying in the public gallery?
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Do it clean. Echo and the Bunnymen
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Roland PF10 digital piano in immaculate condition and in good working order with extras. Includes. - Roland PF10 digital piano with power supply: Full sized 88 key digital piano with weighted keys, onboard piano voices and effects. - Roland wooden stand (the one the piano is mounted on in the pics). - Foot pedal. - Piano stool (the one in the pics). - Padded carry case (not in pics but allows for detaching the piano from the wooden stand and transporting to gigs etc). - Additional collapsable stand (not in pics but allows the piano to be transported and used for gigs etc). I bought it all this time last year with the intention of learning to play but life has since taken over. So grab yourself a bargain. Collection only. I live approximately 15 minutes from junctions 14 and 15 of the M1. I took the photos myself and I am blind, so my apologies if they look like they were taken by a drunk person. -
haha, I meant headless! 😀 I’m gonna check the thread!👍
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The Cat of Amontillado
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After a whole year with no gigs and auditioning for nine bands, joining six, only to quit four of them, I started 2026 with a gig! New years day at Tynemouth squash club. My new brit pop project Rewind played our first gig to sadly mixed reviews, we knew we weren't at gigging level but the club had been let down by another band and 3/4 of the band (not me, I'm fat) are members so we were drafted. Some major blunders (me shouting chords at the guitarist during a disastrous 'I predict a riot' was a highlight) but overall I'm not too beaten up about it. We knew we weren't really ready and there were more good moments than bad, there's definitely the bones of a good band there. Rig: G&L tribute sb2, shure wireless, quad cortex, pair of qsc k12.2. Rating: 4/10.
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The noise’ll stop eventually, just give it time
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Thanks! It's not a fretless though 😁 Build thread (in french sorry) : https://lutherie-amateur.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?p=701798
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Oddly enough, the owner of Alexander Pedals flagged it with me when I reached out about the blended step thing.
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This is one of @thevintagebassist 's necks.
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Wow! They look really great! live the LEDs on the fretless. That must be quite a difficult job I guess.
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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 😊 -
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.
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The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
ped replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
I reckon Dec 31st is the worst day to have a bass posted! Bank holiday, snowy Friday, weekend… 🙃 -
The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
ezbass replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
You’re OK with Pino, he has used his quite extensively with his recent collaboration with Blake Mills. -
The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
Obrienp replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
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. -
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.
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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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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?
