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  1. 4 points
  2. We saw one a few years back called Oasish, they had the whole Schtick down perfect, muddy wall of sound, no charisma between them, gormless looking front man..they were spot on! 😁
    3 points
  3. Full on - and take care of any EQ from amp or DAW. With a passive bass you really want all the output the pickup has to offer.
    3 points
  4. Never thought I would do it, but my aluminium addiction is getting worse and I have decided to part with my Sandberg VM5. I have ordered and got it from Sandberg in 2013, but I have switched to 4 strings soon after. It sounds great and has won most of the blind tests among my other basses. Mint condition (always wanted to make this joke). But seriously, it has some slight sights of use and has absolutely no functional problems. Now for specs: Alder Body Maple with rosewood fingerboard neck and matched headstock NO INLAYS (has block decales now) 35" scale Sandberg pickups with 2 active/passive preamp with bridge coils split Comes with original gigbag ~4.5kg on bathroom scales Actually has no neck inlays - blocks on the photos are only stickers, happy to take them off if you want to. 1100 1000 GBP. Based in London, but can organise a courier at buyers expense.
    2 points
  5. For sale: My 1978/1979 Pre Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray, great pro instrument in good condition, transition model; body and neck dates 1979, pre 79 bridge and serialnumber. Epoxy preamp. pots dats 77 and 78. Frets are in very good condition, truss rod works fine. The playability and sound are really fantastic. Weight is 4,3 kg, so relatively light. Generic hardcase included. £2000 Pricedrop £1875 WITHDRAWN
    2 points
  6. Just got and fitted a lovely new Electro Harmonix valve from our friends at Watford Valves, as recommended by Derek as an early breakup valve. In short it sounds fantastic in my Trace. With the valve pre set to full, the gain at 9 and the low compression at half, it gives me that tiny bump of breakup at the edge of every plucked note. Been pursuing that tone for so many years and have finally got it.
    2 points
  7. Paid gigs Unpaid gigs Rehearsing for paid gigs Rehearsing for unpaid gigs Rehearsing without gigs in the diary Playing at jam sessions & open mic nights Washing my hair Just saying ...
    2 points
  8. John West? Ah come on, someone had to 😆 🤐
    2 points
  9. For some its Spend a fortune on boutique basses i need, because i cant play on anything other than hand built basses, but never leave the bedroom with them, so spend more money on basses that im happy to take to gigs (and amazingly, i can play them)
    2 points
  10. Hi guys We've dealt with this character before. He always uses 'Gear' at the beginning of his username and joins from a Nigerian based IP (we've now banned access from all Nigerian IPs) but now he's found out how to use a VPN it seems. I'm going to add a warning about scammers in the wanted forum as it seems this is always how he contacts people. At the weekend Rik and I are doing some work on the forum and one job will be to flush this idiot away once and for all. Sorry about that chaps ped
    2 points
  11. If you'd read my post right at the beginning of this thread you'd know that the three bolt micro-tilt system was dropped because Fender's engineering practices and quality control did not allow the mechanism to be installed in such a way that let it to operate as intended without any unwanted side effects. If the neck pocket and heel of the neck have been machined properly a single bolt would be all that is required. It the mating surfaces are flat so that there is 100% contact and the neck is a snug fit in the pocket, the bolt is only there to hold the two parts together when under the tension of the strings and even then much of the force exerted on the joint will be tending to pull the neck tighter into the pocket. The bolt is only there counteract the lifting action of the string pull.
    2 points
  12. I played guitar for 30 years and have been playing bass for about 15 years and have never got it. I've had lessons. Read books. Gone online. Bought 'better' basses. I'm still a root, 5th octave player who throws in a pentatonic every now and then. I think the understanding music part of the brain is related to language and maths, and I (even though I'm 1/2 'foreign') can hardly speak a word of another language and had extra maths every Saturday morning throughout my school days (I'm not bad now, but I'm not a natural). But, I play in two bands. We get paid gigs and I'm complemented on my playing by the rest of the band (though of course, they could be sh*t too and just don't recognise if I'm good or bad). Learn as much as you can, if you can, but don't let it get in the way of enjoying playing.
    2 points
  13. I'm trying to get our lot to cover Only You - acoustic, fretless, mandolin
    2 points
  14. Great versatile bass. D-tuner, P/J configuration, powerful preamp or pull tone switch for passive mode. Fret markers on fretboard and side are fluorescent. Great clean condition (small bit of finish missing by neck joint , see picture) comes with deluxe gig bag. Here's a link to Bassdirect's page for all the specs and videos of this bass. http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Xotic_XP4_Chuck_Rainey.html No trades please. Now £1400 Happy to post at buyers expense. Thanks for looking!
    1 point
  15. Up for sale goes a nice vintage Yamaha BB1000S bass guitar in a beautiful transparent red finish. It sports neck-through-body maple/mahogany neck with dark rosewood fretboard and alder body wings. Original pickups had been replaced with EMG active pickups with passive vol-vol-tone controls. Neck is comfy, smooth and straight. Truss rod working as it should, frets show some signs of use but there is still a lot of life left in them. The weight is about 4,5 kg (10 lb) on my traveller scales. PayPal payment possible (buyer covers the fee), shipping within EU will take £30. It will be well boxed and insured for shipping. More photos can be found here: http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/koval123/slideshow/Yamaha BB1000s?sort=9
    1 point
  16. BASS NOW SOLD A new Precision purchase means I ought to replenish some funds! I bought this from Rich on here just over a month ago. It has been nicely customised with a mint(?) pickguard that looks the business (the original Tort IS included in the sale too), faux earth strip, thumb rest and strap button on the rear of the headstock. The red nitro finish with the roadworn wear looks great. Action is good with straight neck. Comes with nice Westfield gigbag and original Fender blurb in the bag pocket. This is priced a full £500 cheaper than a new one... which looks much like a used one 🙂 The bass is in Doncaster but I have packaging for a courier if needed. Please note I'm NOT looking for trades thanks... I'm trying to settle on my new Precision !!
    1 point
  17. 1000£ Reluctantly putting up my beloved Marleaux Votan for sale. The best bass I've ever played. Only selling because im a Jazz-bass man with small hands and sausage-fingers and the Votan is a bass for real men. Absolutely even fretboard with zero dead-spots and it can sound P-bass, MM or Jazz on steroids. Mint condition. Only been used on a few live shows but mostly in my home. Two small dings in the wood. But at least one i think is a natural one in the wood. I'm based in Sweden. I will answer any further questions in PM. Can provide YouTube-links and sound-samples. 2012 build, im the only owner. Comes with a gig-bag and i can ship if it's required. http://www.marleaux-bass.com/marleaux-bass_votan.html
    1 point
  18. That's interesting, Merton. Like you, I really like this amp, and having to eq it a bit doesn't detract in the slightest. There are lots of popular bass amps out there that have a "tailored" frequency response. It's just that nerds like me prefer to know what the tailoring is - if I'm not imagining it, of course.
    1 point
  19. 1 point
  20. Thanks for the reply. I actually went for the Clip in the end, not the pedal as apparently, they're even more accurate than the pedals. (So they say)😂
    1 point
  21. The COG T16 is indeed a really good octave pedal. (Make sure you get the v2 which has corrected a low volume issue on the v1) @ped no probs - we all appreciate the job / time and effort that you mods expend on our behalf. And great that the community (ambient in this case) have each other's backs. @BenR24 - you should be fine. It's when you start giving out bank details or clicking on links in emails that it can start getting messy. Just put a block on the guy from replying to your email account to avoid getting follow up crap from him.
    1 point
  22. Well, if we're going back a bit, here I am playing with a band called East Side Cruisers at the Greyhound in Fulham Palace Road in1975............. ................. '63 Precision ! Wonder where it is now................
    1 point
  23. Finished at last. I'm quite happy for my first attempt. Followed a You Tube video for the covering. To be honest my corners aren't that good, thankfully mostly hidden by the metal corner caps. Was a labour of love, probably cost me way more than it's worth but I'm a happy cat. Finished with a Lotus badge ..... just because I could ha ha. Hope you like it. Andy
    1 point
  24. I didn't see that one! My pic was from last Friday's gig, but I only received the pictures last night.
    1 point
  25. I’m a big fan of mashups, especially when they are done well. Seek out ‘Enter You’ (Run To You & Enter Sandman) also very good!
    1 point
  26. Can you edit the title to show that please?
    1 point
  27. Or that the Germans invented beer mats !
    1 point
  28. Nobody's Diary really works well with mandolin doing the high synth melody, guitar doing the lower synth stuff and bass and cajon driving it along.
    1 point
  29. Wasn't there an Oasis tribute band called No Way Sis... Not a tribute bands as such but the band "Hayseed Dixie" do some AC/DC tracks.
    1 point
  30. 2ME 2U. Unfortunately not a real tribute act, but should be.
    1 point
  31. Rather that than what Martin Guitars did a few years ago. Did a signature guitar for someone who might have been famous in the popular music world but wasn’t actually known as a guitar player or performer of any sort (he did some keys and arrangements for an obscure band you’ve probably never heard of)... Step forward the Martin Guitars George Martin signature acoustic gutiar...
    1 point
  32. In other news, courier insurance has paid out on my lost IEMs... so it's time to get busy looking... Current wishlist... JH : Lola, Roxanne, Layla 64 : N8, 12t, 18t UE : Live Noble : Kaiser Encore ...but the hardest decision is quite possibly the colour scheme! 😛
    1 point
  33. That actually looks much nicer to me than the original. Beautiful!
    1 point
  34. I like High On Maiden, they were pretty good too
    1 point
  35. Rabbi williams ..The Jewish cheeky chappy Amal Shukup Indian Elvis show
    1 point
  36. They're not what you'd call the perfect modding platform with their proprietary pickups and bridge so I'd go with chris_b and get another bass. The pickups and electronics are what make it a G&L so if you change those you'd killing your resale value. If it's just a noise issue have it looked at by a tech. It'll be something simple. Beyond strings and tuners (which I'd only change if they didn't hold tune or were too heavy) I'd leave it well alone.
    1 point
  37. Don’t worry - I will if it doesn’t sell - ad paid for so I’ll leave it up, but I have no real need to sell this apart from the fact that it’s not getting the use it deserves.... I’d rather hang onto it than give it away... :-;
    1 point
  38. Just sold my TC Electronic BH550 to Gary - great communication and a pleasure to do business with. Highly recommended. Cheers Gary!
    1 point
  39. Sold a bass to Gary this week. Excellent communication and paid on the date given. A very easy and pleasant person to deal. Many thanks Bren
    1 point
  40. Gary bought my Gator rack case. Drove over, picked it up and slapped the cash in me hand! A good guy to deal with - cheers!
    1 point
  41. Just sold my Hohner B2A to Gary, great communication throughout, and a perfectly easy transaction all in all. Cheers mate!
    1 point
  42. Just bought a Jackson off Gary, nice fella, seems we have much in common hahaha !!!!! Everything went smoothly with zero fuss or drama, Top bloke I'd say !!
    1 point
  43. Just purchased a Schecter bass from Gary. It plays lovely and just was as described. Easy transaction with a nice guy. Deal with confidence.
    1 point
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