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But is it PedAnt or PedEnt?5 points
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I imagine it’s the auto cucumber on mobile phones that changes it!4 points
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`Twas a no brainer for me, I had the lovely chaps at Alpher build me a Cobia 5 string (still the only one in the world), my choice of everything and the serial number is my birth date, cool as you like!!4 points
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I saw them at Colston Hall in 2007. Orlando was really knocking on by that point, he had to be helped onto stage, someone held his bass as the other draped him over it, where he proceeded to play beautifully for two hours. My wife and I then went back to the hotel and had the night ruined by a drunken Irish stag do throwing plant pots down the corridors all night. When we went down to breakfast they were all being arrested and I tucked into the free coffee. We had finished eating when my wife said to me ‘I think we’re sharing breakfast with some special people’ Thinking she was referring to the drunken idiots I looked up to see the Buena Vista guys queuing up for a full English. Amped up on no sleep and four coffees I promptly charged over to Orlando and they all instantly crowded round him, but seeing that I only wanted to shake his hand they all relaxed. It was a bizarre way to meet a hero, but every time I hear that hear his playing wondering just how on Earth he did it I’m grateful to a bunch of yobbos who spent the night shouting they were the IRA.3 points
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I bought an acoustic Control Corporation 406 (2x15) on eBay. It looks considerably healthier in the listing than in real life. However after a 590 mile round trip that started with the idea of just re grilling it, turned into a complete restoration. I’ve done a couple of 406s and many other cabs so wasn’t too daunted by the idea. I stripped the tolex to find some water damage on the base and it was still slightly damp so I let it air dry for a little over a week. In the meantime ordered the tolex and grill cloth and took the handle and castor brackets to be blasted and powder coated. Once dry I sanded the old glue and bits of tolex off. Then filled the rough and damaged parts with 2 pack filler. Sanded again, painted the baffle and re grilled or. Today I Set about re Tolexing the cab and to my delight it was as painless as the stripping was. All tolex on and the cab reassembled inside of a day. The only thing I need to complete it is some new chrome corners.2 points
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Very reluctant sale but seeing as my Jazz & "other" bass are only attracting trade offers, & I need to SELL a bass, gotta put this one up. When one goes, the other two will be removed. CIJ, 70'S RI in Capri Orange, slab rosewood board, 8lb 12oz. US pickups, alder body, TV logo, 41mm nut. Please note it has some dinks & a finish chip, but is in quite good condition. Do not expect immaculate. No trades please, gotta actually sell something. At this moment due to work I CAN NOT COURIER. I will meet up at no extra charge, within 50 miles of Wigan Feedback linked below, any trial in Wigan, thanks for looking. Cheers, Karl.2 points -
Here's an old gig pic. Anyone got any idea who's playing? The guy on double neck guitar? That's Pino Palladino!!!2 points
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New wife for your 50th. What is this 2 bass nonsense?2 points
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Searchable library of 16,000 sound effects in WAV format. BBC copyright but available for personal, educational or research purposes http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/2 points
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The guy in the dark top? Underneath the falling PA? That would be me then ...2 points
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That is pretty well the shape I want, now Make some holes for the machine heads. I have some but not sure if I have the surrounds for them2 points
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SOLD BIG PRICE REDUCTION £500 collection Now willing to post this and will include Uk mainland shipping cost in price. I can courier on Monday and you could have it on Tuesday 19 July. I may change my mind and keep this so if anyone is interested please do get in touch over weekend. This is no longer on hold as the intended purchaser didn’t show and hasn’t been in contact. If you read this, I hope you are ok! Price reduced to £600 as I have my eye on something and have negotiated a one in = one out with she who must be obeyed😆 Yamaha TRB 5 string fretless. Series one (with cutaway). Made in Japan. Serial number 4N1 3074 which I think means it is dated 13 May 1989. Can’t guarantee that though. A few minuscule nicks and a slightly larger dint on the lower horn (see picture). Some scratching to the fretboard due to a previous owner using rounds, but for a 29 year old bass, this is in great condition. 34 ins scale, 19mm spacing, 45mm at nut, 80mm at 24th fret. Weight around 8lbs. Ash body, maple neck, rosewood board, 2 band active, adjustable mid boost and total output. Strung with new TI flats. Comes with the original Yamaha hard case also in great condition. You won’t see many of these early models up for sale and the value is increasing and will likely continue to..because they are awesome. I am only selling because this bass deserves to be played by someone much more proficient than me, and because I have amassed more basses than I have room for now and am under strict orders to cull😢. That said, I am in no hurry, so I don’t intend to lower the price and I doubt this will be bumped a lot. No experience of trading, so it would have to be someone reasonably near, and actually, I am only after a decent fretted 5 string, JV jazz, or a good combo in mint condition. So much prefer a sale. Same goes for collection although posting isn’t completely out of the question, but cost is not included in the price. Thanks for looking. David1 point
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Can’t find a thread dedicated to gig pics so thought it was worth starting one. Anything goes from phone pics to full on art shots. A couple to start, one by a mate and one grabbed by myself as we were getting ready.1 point
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Unpretentiousness...best word to describe this great little amp. Ideal for the practice room, which was our use for it. Active and Passive input, Gain, Pre-shape, Low boost, 7 band EQ, High boost, Line in & out, headphones jack and DI. And £30 collected so the price of 8 poncy Starbucks lattes! All working, missing knob for pre-shape, but control still working. Heavy, but not murderously so. 80 Watts, 15” speaker. Can go loud and give some welly when required.1 point -
NOW TRADED Hello, Up for sale is this American made G&L ASAT bass from 2005/2007 (original invoice from 2007) It is in excellent condition, with only the not uncommon little marks on the bottom (see pics), and set up with new DR Hi Beams. This is basically an L2000 with a Fender Telecaster shaped body and a Jazz Bass / musicman Sterling neck proffile (38mm at nut) : 1 volume, 2 tones 3 switches : - Active / active with high boost / passive - Series (fat bottom) / parallel (more sociable) - Neck pickup / both / bridge pickup This bass does a lot of things, sounds and plays pretty good. I am selling it because I do not get used to the thin 38mm neck, I prefer the larger ones. I am based in Northern France, but come once in a while to London and shipping is not a problem in the excellent original G&L hardshell case. I have dealt with a few members here, no worries. Shipping cost will depend on insurance, but would range from £25-£50 Paypal accepted, but the gentlemen do charge a lot and I prefer direct bank transfers or alternative solutions. (unfair colour rendering) (here are the scratches at the bottom, notice how horrible the specs of dust look on this picture)1 point -
Trace Elliot AH250 mk iv - used but in good condition for its age (probably mid 1980s). Tested around two years ago and thoroughly cleaned around six months ago. The UV light functions perfectly as does the amp. This is a heavy unit - around 35-40lbs - and for collection only. Extremely solid with classic trace tone and 11 band graphic eq. Amongst the finest of the Trace family in my opinion. Comes with the speaker connection lead. Collection only, just to the East of Manchester, and no offers thanks. Less than £1 per Trace watt - and the lovely UV light1 point -
Hi guys, thinning out my collection as there’s a Ken Smith I want to buy and I need the cash. This is my upgraded MTD Kingston heir. The bass is in a great shape apart from the dent on the headstock that can be seen on the photo and another scratch that I’ll fotograph if anyone is interested. Upgrades Bartolini pickups Bartolini Preamp Series - parallel - single coil switch Fret job done by Bernie Goodfellow, allowing for very low strings action. Its an an amazing bass that I would love to keep if I didn’t have to raise £5k for a Smith. Based in west london but i travel often for gigs. No postage. Price drop to £750 Steff1 point -
One night at Butlins back in the 80s, our drummer disappeared down the gap at the back of the stage mid-song ... sorry, this is meant to be a gig disasters thread1 point
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Not mine but this always make me laugh (from 1:10)1 point
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Have lifted bass over my head triumphantly at climax of final song at a gig in Derry and smashed it straight into the venue's lighting rig. Nice.1 point
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Just testing whether our swear filter falls for the "Scunthorpe effect". Apparently quite a lot of them do. My mother once spotted a church calendar marking the saint's day of St Michael and All Angles. She insisted that made him the patron saint of geometry. I knew a law student whose spell-checker changed statutes to statues. I can't be the only one of us who's been described as playing base.1 point
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G-flat1 point
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Thanks for the heads up. Will be in front of the TV for that. Never has a bad bass player either. Bumped into Rand Hope-Taylor in the gallery the other day. Top bloke and absolute gent.1 point
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No, 'twas a lovely '91 Essence from Bass Connection. Very pleased with it1 point -
I've owned both, and still own the ACG when the Wals are long gone. One is different from the other, not necessarily better. I much prefer the asymmetric neck on the ACG over the fat profile of a Wal. The tonal palette are each unique - you can't get a ACG to sound like a Wal, not sure that you can the other way round either. Most of the Wals look alike (made from your Gran's old wardrobe) while I've yet to see two ACGs that do. Alan seems to pick all the most exquisite pieces of timber from his supplier. Alan will build you whatever you want, Wal will build you a Wal. Alan will charge you a couple of grand for a unique piece, while Wal will charge you close to five for one of their standard models. Alan will probably have yours finished for your birthday, Wal might put you on the list but it's unlikely that the wood will have been cut.1 point
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Winner of the 'Furthest distance travelled' award at the recent South West Bass Bash...1 point
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Just off ebay, company called Sherwingroup. We have a wood yard near us, where there are some beautiful pieces of wood for a bit more money, but I thought I would start as cheap as possible before butchering something expensive, so this was much cheaper, and although they didn't have the length I wanted, I contacted them to ask and they said to order from ebay and they would make sure it was long enough as I didn't need it as wide anyway. Its tulipwood, which is apparently known for not having much of a grain, but this one does actually look ok1 point
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Just sold some stingray parts to Ovi. An all round good egg, swift payment and no problems for me. Please deal with confidence.1 point
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Lie Chester Square in London is unpronounceable!1 point
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Don’t get me started on Morrischick basses.1 point
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Heres a few..... herald30 by Jon Ashbee, on Flickr Britannia 6 by Jon Ashbee, on Flickr Untitled by Jon Ashbee, on Flickr herald23 by Jon Ashbee, on Flickr herald47 by Jon Ashbee, on Flickr1 point
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Mine a few years ago before I sold them.1 point
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No prob at all!1 point
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Sounded more like a turbo charged Flea to me. Shame, I reckon backing off of the gain a fair bit and playing a Ricky that might just get a fairly decent Lemmy sound.1 point
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Here you go: https://1drv.ms/f/s!ApKsVfvGwYkOiqcUT79WoDBsenS1pQ Couple of bonus clips, my Yamaha BB playing notes down to the low B, and a bit of Super Sharp Shooter as I can never resist playing a bit of D&B when an octaver is plugged in!1 point
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Easy my top 3 are Moollon, Moollon and err...... Moollon1 point
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You should have broken it first...might have got more for it..1 point
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Not for commercial use So pretty pointless really1 point
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A Squier. No question. Frankly any type of Squier. Just so long as it's a Squier. Of 231 BC poll respondents, 93.51% said that you could do pretty much anything with a Squier. Unfortunately, I wasn't aware of these important facts on my 50th and had to make do and mend with a Sandberg. I guess if I hadn't come across this ground breaking piece of research about Squiers, I might still be tempted by a Yamaha BBNE2 (black or white but probably not the limited edition grey). But no longer, only a Squier will now do...and frankly I don't even care even if it's been relic'd. At heart it will still be a Squier.1 point
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Drunk and clumsy. My favourite type of customer.1 point
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I have the day of this week, I have been fairly ill, but not ill enough to be off work, just ill enough to not sleep because I am coughing too much, and as it is nice now and it won't be for long, I thought I would take the day off. Because I just decided I didn't have anything I needed to do, so I sat in the garden and decided to shape the headstock. Found out loads of things. A router is way to agressive for doing these things unless you have a routing table, that I haven't. Cutting towards the end of the wood can cause the wood to come apart in an unpleasant way A dremel is much better than it seems I only possess 2 chisels and 2 files (I have a load of little rat tail files, but not really useful here), which is news to me, I though it was a lot more. They seem to have gone. Of the 4, one chisel is a little blunt, one has obviously been used to open cans and brute force things, so it useless. Both files are good, but one is too small to be useful in this case. Ultimately, however good your power tools, if you don't have a whole workshop, the end bits you need to do by hand. So off out to get some new chisels, a slightly roundy wood file and maybe some kind of hand planey thing. I have decided after a brief moment of indecision, that I will post the pictures however bad it goes, because when I have looked on here before everyone is way better than me, so I am here as a beacon of how not to do it, or what happens when you don't know how to do it Nice day for it though!1 point
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Well, they arrived today and took all of 10 minutes to fit straight out of the packet. Several first impressions: the black look is so much better than the off-white/cream look of standard Thunderguts. They don't need pre-stretching when you wind them onto the machine heads. Just load 'em up like normal strings - I had to shorten the E string otherwise you get two many winds and it looks all wrong plus it lifted clear off the nut. Took a couple inches off and that fixed it. The other strings were fine, full length. They are nice and smooth - at least as good as the Pahoehoe strings, I think, maybe even better. The tone so far seems really good. They've only been on a few hours (and it is the hottest day of the year so far) so it's too early to judge how they'll settle in. Unlike the standards, the E & A strings do actually seem to slide over the nut when you wind them up. Current on Amazon.co.uk at £22.40 inc. delivery, so a bargain price. My impression so far is that Aquila have a winner here. I'll report later after things settle and I've gigged with them.1 point
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For some reason guitarists really do like MarkBass gear, I think the bright colour confuses them.1 point
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It's Chown. Not Chowny. And Stephen. Not Steve. ;-) That aside - don't count on a reliable source of the long scale Semi-Acoustic cases. We got them from the factory in China, and we've moved production for the 2018 stuff to India. So I find myself in a position of being unable to supply cases for my own guitars. Awkward.1 point
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A Maruszczyk Jake for 5p ! Wow absolute bargain , nice find1 point
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Great review - you managed to get through without using "loud" or "heavy"...1 point
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Just sold a bass body to Ovi. A great Basschatter all round, absolutely no problems here. Deal with confidence as they say.1 point
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Fixed that for you1 point
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