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I love showy things, I love the colour and flip flop paint, but that surface on the warwick is horrible. There is a honda civic down our road that someone pained themselves with household emulsion that looks just like that. Hope it looked better in person!

If you sell a bass in this way then presumably you have: 1. Decided that it's a desirable thing to do (presumably because you feel it improves your chances of selling your bass in some way); 2. Decided to take advantage of the reputation and/or facilities your chosen agency offers; 3. Decided to accept their terms and conditions of sale; and, 4. Decided that the net price you will get from the sale is at least as much as you would get from selling it yourself (and without the inconvenience of having to advertise it, field dumb queries from the great unwashed or arrange delivery/courier/collection yourself). If you're unhappy with any of the above, then without wishing to be rude why are you doing it this way in the first place? Why not just sell it yourself and be done with it?

MiniMert and I quite enjoyed the Little Stubby. The overdriven tones are sublime and it goes quite loud, I’d say louder than the CTM30 but I’m basing this on fuzzy memory only. The feedback control is very cool, it literally feeds the signal back through the preamp valve (pre EQ) to thicken up the tone and add more “girth”. It also adds more volume too. The drive control seemed quite sensitive, below around 10 o’clock there seemed very little if any signal passing through, then it suddenly burst into life with warm thick valvey goodness. After about 12 o’clock you start dialling in more and more grit and overdrive - this thing is a monster for a hellish dirty tone. It’s not something I use a lot of but I can see myself trying it more, hehehe. Anyhoo, the pic is of MiniMert, sensibly defending his ears from the slapathon, giving my the all clear to buy it 🤓

So... For the impatient amongst you I have a little video! It's just what i've been working on composing today, so not incredibly real-world for most players and just on an iPhone. However, plug in some headphones and you get an idea of some of the warmth and the cleans it produces. I will do some proper/more in depth but talk-free demos, as per the rest of my channel, later this week! T

You bought this from them at the LBGS? It looks like a nice tidy wee unit. The inevitable sound clips request has officially been lodged. side note LBGS just makes me think Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Slappers (bass or otherwise) I have an hilarious image of the LGBT community showing up at the London bass guitar show being massively disappointed and confused!

Damn! Not Tina then ...

Undoubtedly to everyone's utmost surprise, I've got a pic of the whole bass. Edit: click on it to see it in full resolution.

So the biggest unanswered question.... were those the Warwick special discounted show prices...?

Isn't the B1on just the best value for money thing any bassist could ever buy? After my Vox amplug suffered a prolapsed input due to me standing on my cable I recalled folk here saying the Zoom can do the same job and more. At £45 I thought why not take a punt. I'm stunned. It is a superb piece of kit. Perfect headphone amp, with aux input. Now with Audacity on my pc and this beauty connected to the sound card song learning has never been so easy. Oh and it has an excellent tuner too. Oh and the effects are really nice and easily customisable. And did I mention it only cost me 45 quid? Brand new? In the future people will describe any wonderful and innovative novelty as "The best thing since Zoom B1on" trust me.

Not a quest I've ever been on! If it ain't saturated, I ain't infatuated.

Roasted swamp ash body, stained flamed maple top, roasted flamed maple neck and fingerboard. All passive Nordstrand MM + J blades. I want them as lightweight as possible!

Angry Birds?

Yes - Spitfire.

I was planning to go on Saturday only but there were so many good masterclasses that I went back yesterday as well. Joe Hubbard and Yolanda Charles were both completely inspirational. Scotts performance/session in the SBL room yesterday was fantastic. I really enjoyed Chris Childs masterclass as well - a great insight into his role as a gigging & session musician. Overall, a really great show (although I found it a completely humbling experience because it highlights to me how little I know and how basic my own skills are!!)

Probably the packaged weight. I bet those aren't the bass's actual dimensions either. I mean, I could be wrong but 5.5 inches deep?

Yep, just got home after having attended both days. Arrived quite late yesterday and missed all the workshops/seminars but got in a couple of hours worth of gear-drooling. Spent some time with Alan Cringean of ACG who was an absolute gent and had some glorious basses on display. I had the pleasure of playing a lovely red P-Retro 5 string which I fell a little bit in love with. Just before closing time I got chatting to Scott Devine who asked if I was coming to the pub afterwards. The answer, obviously, was yes. So off we all went (many of the show’s exhibitors, SBL faculty as well as ordinary folk like myself) to The Albion. On arrival it transpired that the pub were hosting a LBGS jam night, kicked off by Dave Marks who had to promptly leave for a gig after playing the opening number. Before long one of the guys I’d gotten chatting to earlier in the day started spreading a rumour that I wanted to sing. I soon had a small rabble of folk peer-pressuring me to get on stage! To be fair there was a distinct shortage of vocalists so after putting it off a bit I obliged. Got to close the evening with a bit of Never Too Much followed by a blagged rendition of Superstition. It was great fun and I got to meet some great musicians! When the pub kicked us out many of us trawled to the Hilton for another bevvy. Got chatting to Thomas Eich who was happy to talk shop, clearing up a few questions I had re: the Tecamp/Eich split. I didn’t stay long though as I wanted to get to the show a bit earlier today so as to sit in on a couple of workshops. So today I saw the Scott Devine workshop followed by Rich Brown who was incredible. Wanted to stay for Henrik Linder but got caught up in a wild goose chase looking for John East! In the end I never did find him, much to my dismay. Spent some time at the Aguilar stand, wincing at the prices of their pedals. Also, wincing at their ludicrous signal path: Filter Twin > Chorusaurus > Octamizer > Agro > TLC Compressor > Grape Phaser. I was gagging to tear their board apart and reorder the whole lot . To be honest I was mainly there to try the new Grape Phaser but it was borderline impossible to tell if it was any good or not because there was too much ambient noise and I felt like the TH500/SL112x2 setup wasn’t able to cut through it with any real clarity. It may have been wise for Aguilar to do what many of the other exhibitors were doing and provide a couple of Phil Jones headphone amps. Towards the end of today I had a chat with Nick Smith (haven’t seen him in about 10 years) with whom I lamented the absence of several British companies. The likes of Barefaced and Alpher Instruments, amongst others. Bit of a shame not to see them at LBGS to be honest. All in all though, a great weekend was had. I met some lovely people and saw some great playing. I was a first-timer and it wasn’t the mad slap fest I had anticipated, though of course there were moments of it. I’d happily go again next year.

If you want that dull thumpy flats thing just buy normal Roto rounds and play one gig, job done

I have one of these in the orange quilted maple finish with 2x soapbars - it's amazing that they can build a bass of this quality for as little as they do. It's comparable to the 4 and 5 string Euros I had at less than half the price. I would recommend them but I'd like to buy another so if you see one for sale, steer clear...

I was very much fancying a Euro 4 LX a few months back when the OP (aka The Greek) pointed me in the direction of a 1991 MIK NS-2A that was for sale on the forum. I love it. Fantastic build quality, wonderful neck and beautifully balanced - It’s a dream to play. From the first day I got it, it felt instantly comfortable. After years of playing Fender P’s and Stingrays I too was worried about the strap button over the 14 fret instead of the 12th, but I needn’t have worried. Even switching between the Spector and a P at gigs now is fine. If this is indicative of all Spectors, I’d highly recommend them.

Thank you fellow Lefties. Times are tight and as work is in jeopardy, I am going to go for the PB 50. ‘’The Dusty Hill looks a bit too relic’ed for me as well! your advice is greatly appreciated.

Jack, you just had to bring up the Beatles again, oh dear.

The whole point of FRFR is that it is transparent and hence adds no colour. So in this case - it sounds like a valve amp through an 8x10. If you take the speaker emulation off and put the amp emulation through a real 8x10, it should sound the same as the real thing too. Likewise if you took the speaker emulation off and use the FRFR, it would sound thinner - because the colouring of the 8x10 isn't being added.

Hi all I had a bit of a moment during a pressured sound check swapping out our support band last weekend. Problems with one pedal and I just needed it off the board quickly. With all the plumbing , and being faced with a pedal sized gap ( just too big for the patch lead!) I suddenly remembered a female to female jack adapter I had in my 'bits box.' Stuck that in place of the miscreant pedal, rocked the joint- hooray! I'm keeping one handy from now on - mine are Rean NYS236, only a couple of quid.

Yeah - nuts colours!

Ive got one of those (different make though). I also keep a Speakon to Jack adaptor handy as well. Both have saved the day when our PA went down at a gig and we had to improvise with the monitors.

So after you've swapped the Barts for Nords, you'll have a pretty close to a 'high GAS' bass for me - so you'll know exactly whom to PM when the time comes! Look forward to getting your pics and first impressions when you've had a chance to put it through its paces.

Haha - I hope not. My wife is working from home today and I was hoping to sneak this one past her!

Yeah but 500 Miles at 150 bpm is not exactly marching pace... Heeheehee

Well... I went for a Chowny Pitchcraft and a shedload of inspiration, and I came away with both. 😊 Top marks to Chowny... with a failing battery on the contactless machine I though I might be going home disappointed, but no. 'You're on the forum aren't you?... Take it and I'll invoice you!' That's above and beyond in terms of customer service... I'll be back! It was just a blur of performance, coffee, masterclass... repeat until the Argentinian Steakhouse across the road opens! Snow Owl was brilliant, Mo Foster's band were great, Vega was soooo funky, and bloody lovely to boot. Guy Pratt was proper funny, I'd have loved him to play a little more though. The big take away for me was from Yolanda Charles. Her subdivisions thing from her masterclass will keep me frustrated for a month. I didn't touch a bass all weekend, the one I would have left with was £6,800😨... but I couldn't stop playing last night!

Welcome Bean9seventy. Having had eight years of pestering hyperbole about Basschat from our (anonymous) promoter you risk being underwhelmed by the actual experience. Sorry about that.

Saw this stunner towards the end of the day...£6k! Worth it though - the paint flips from lilac to gold on a sandblasted walnut top!! Should’ve got more pics really but the Wenge neck was a dream too. Preamp chargeable via USB with a 500 hour run time (no 9v battery option). Never seen anything like it.

I find Jim Dunlop jazz III the best picks, I've used them on bass, guitar, and mandolin. I get a good degree of control from them compared to bigger or thinner picks.

Cheers MrTcat, really kind of you to say..

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Hi , what I do in this situation is to take the screws out, get some tooth picks and some superglue . Remove the machinehead . Put a small ammount of superglue into the holes , put a piece of toothpick into the holes , and leave to dry . After about 10 mins , carefully trim the excess toothpick material back level to the face , Put machinehead back , re screw the screw back in . Fixed . Pete

A new Euro 5 is my dream bass which isn't entirely outside the realms of possibility. I can't afford one yet but i've been keeping an eye out for a used Rebop 5 within my current price range. Not had any luck as yet however!

Mwaaaahahaha....😌

Picked up a gold anodised guard from @Marc S the other day. I think it looks awesome! Think this settles it once and for all... second pic shows how the metallic black works better against the metal guard!

I wish i'd seen this thread earlier, i've just come back from a music shop where the first thing i did was light up my trusty crack pipe, then I started morris dancing, and in the excitement i shät myself, and with all the energetic morris dancing it sprayed all over the equipment in the shop. When the staff tried to stop me, they took me by surprise and I accidentally assaulted them by throwing excrement at them. It all worked out in the end though because I apologised and purchased 1 used plectrum for 9p.

Just realised I've not posted in this th read, which is an oversight. Me and my DJ5

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I have heard a pair of these, and I'd say that the screws are the least of their worries!

Tell 'em it's angled to aid dispersion etc and they'll snap 'em up, lol

Every other company needs to raise prices at times, I like the way they`ve put out comms about it, rather than just add on the quids without explanation.