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Right, photos time. My Stanley Clarke.6 points
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Stock is dictated by how much the shop buys in and it’s policies on selling - they prob have loads of Fenders in stock - doubt its a fire sale They that have paid ‘full fat’ have likely done so in the knowledge of other prices but wanted a specific spec/finish/colour etc. Used ones are great value precisely because of the quality. Yes they take a hit from new to second hand, then it plateaus shame for other quality brands outside of Fender (which is what most people go for) G&L, Schecter, ESP, Yamaha etc. Doubt half the customers are not happy with Delano’s, you have your experience and that’s fine, but I would think it’s a gross over exaggeration. I think most Nordstands I have played have been utter Gash - still a good pick up. There are other options of pick ups available from the manufacturer - may cost you more, but if for example you do a Shuker build course and want to install a pick up he doesn’t normally order/have a deal with - that costs you more as well, or you buy it yourself. Time for Sandberg to up their game.....🤔 constantly tinkering, subtle changes, brilliant QC, innovation about the best customer care you could ever ask for - when a company is emailed and asked where they can buy a tuning peg which broke on their second/third hand Electra (budget range bass) because they dropped the bass - how many Owners of the company would reply personally and send for free. I think other companies need to up their game5 points
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This is my non educated view...though i do have a materials engineering related background so it makes sense to me... Strings vibrate when you pick, strum, etc... They vibrate at a frequency and are held between the nut/fret and bridge. Everything else in the instrument acts as a mass damper absorbing some of the frequencies produced by the vibrating string. This in turn affects the vibrating frequency of the string to affect the tone of the instrument. Simply put, the materials that make up the instrument take away from what’s Beijing produced and remaining vibrations is what’s heard through the pickups.4 points
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Just got this feedback on the book from a new 'friend' on Facebook. 'Rob Palmer just so you know 2 years ago I was playing a week in Greece with the great Kirk Lightsey when I was reading it and I end up giving him the book. Kirk was a very close friend of P.C. and he fell in love with your book... this is the best proof your book is extremely valuable. Thank you for doing such a great job '! Warms the cockles.4 points
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Orion is a very comfy set-neck ride4 points
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I sell two of my five Dingwalls, this is one of them: a super nice Voodoo Prima 6 from 2001 (as it was told to me...) Even if the model is "old" it has many of the features of modern Dingwall basses, like: - dual density body: walnut and alder - heavily quilted maple top and back, and matching headstock - A-tuner on the B-string - three band Bartolini system with three position mid switch, active/passive switching (no passive tone) - Dingwall´s four way pickup switching system - magnet lid over the batteries - wooden covered pickups - wooden knobs matching the body The tone is the best I've heard in any of my Dingwalls, from Jazz Bass-ish bridge via classic bass tones to full out piano-like tones. The bass is delivered in an older original gigbag or a Hiscox case for better shipping protection if wanted. With tools. Very good condition!!! [/url] Serious buyers can have more close-up pictures in private message. Can be shipped on buyer's expense. No trades, please!3 points -
This is my other Dingwall to sell: my beautiful Sklar, that has served me so well. I find I use my Super J5 and my four strings Super J and Super P most of the time nowadays, in our more bluesy acts. Anyway, the bass is in very nice condition, I think I dare to say as new... You all know what it is, so I wont bore you with a lot of tech stuff. The only thing to say is that the colour is a pain in the *ss to get right with a camera. My friend Simba the Cat made a serious quality check in the sunshine two years ago; I'd say the colour is more right in the indoors picture, but still not exactly right. Delivered in original gig bag with tools and new spare strings. Serious buyers can get close up pictures in private message. Can be shipped on buyer's expense. Very good condition! (Did I say that?) No trades, please!3 points -
I did a Version of Ennio Morricone's Ecstasy of gold. What do you think? Cool or blasphemy?3 points
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I thought the body needed something so I decided racing stripes are the way forward to tie in the black neck and headstock I've decided at present not to use the pickguard............... Just waiting for the paint to dry then its time to get it all back together....... 😀3 points
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I'd use whatever the manufacturer says is good for bass fishing3 points
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An alternative, more visually pleasing approach would be to tie a large, colourful helium balloon to the headstock. The more neck heavy the bass, the bigger the balloon. Thunderbirds generally need a giant rainbow coloured unicorn. 😎3 points
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Cort GB4 Custom Bass for sale or trade. Little used and in unmarked, excellent condition, never gigged. Genuine reason for sale: am playing in a classic rock covers band so just not getting any use. Recent new stings and frets leveled and polished. Hard case included. Located near Gravesend in Kent. Would consider trade for Mustang or passive short scale, am happy to put some cash in for the right bass. CONSTRUCTION: Bolt-On CUTAWAY: Double Cutaway BODY: Ash Body w/ Spalted Maple Top NECK: Canadian Hard Maple FRETBOARD: Rosewood FRETS: 22 SCALE: 34" (864mm) INLAY: Rectangular White Pearl TUNERS: Hipshot Ultralight Tuners BRIDGE: EB12(4) Bridge PICKUPS: Seymour Duncan SJB-3N & SMB-4D ELECTRONICS: Duncan Designed BEQ-3 EQ & Mid-Frequency Switch HARDWARE: Chrome Hardware STRINGS: 4 Strings SPECIAL: Neutrik Locking Output Jack2 points -
Needless to say that I'm gutted to be selling this bass. It's the best I've ever played, never mind owned. A new family car has forced my hand here. Anyway.. 2014 Fender Custom Shop Relic '62 Precision in aged Olympic White with matching headstock. Select lightweight alder body, quarter sawn maple neck with a gorgeous rosewood fingerboard. Custom handwound pickups with beveled pole pieces which of course sound amazing - warmth and growl in spades. This bass is beautifully resonant and is unusually loud when played acoustically. Frets are in perfect condition (had them polished recently) and the action is low. It's wearing Dunlop Superbright steels which are a perfect match here imho. It weighs 8lbs exactly with the chrome covers on. Nut width is 1.75" I am the second owner of this CS, buying it from Project Music in Exeter in 2017. The neck feels amazing, so easy to play. I had the back of the neck stripped and then oiled and waxed by my luthier upon arrival. The case shows some signs of use now but still functions perfectly. Keys present and included. It needs to be mentioned that the relic job here is the best I've seen (I shopped around ALOT before I was happy to open my wallet), just superb. The checking to the finish really is something else. Whoever ends up with this will be very happy indeed. I will also be putting it up for sale on a few other sites so hopefully it will go quickly, before I change my mind and sell my kids instead.. £1900. Local collection preferred but I will ship it by courier at the buyers expense. I'm willing to part trade, with cash my way for another P with a used value of up to £750. Ideally a Fender Road Worn P or a G&L SB-1 could be negotiated but I'm open to ideas. It would have to be a lighter weight bass though, as my old back isn't what it was! Thanks for looking.2 points -
It’s the bass equivalent of going outside with no knickers on.2 points
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Many builders offer a choice of pick ups and charges apply according. Marusczyck do and you pay for the different pick ups as per the price it costs them. Having a ‘standard’ spec is pretty normal for a bass builder and if one decides that they want different pick ups it’s not up to the builder absorb the cost same way shuker will charge you for what they don’t normally carry as their ‘normal’ options. Lets remember the likes of Nordstrand pick ups in an Ibanez it’s very possible Ibanez wind those pick ups in-house to Nordstrand spec? It’s not quite the same as Sandberg or any builder offering pick ups from various manufacturers who have their own operational costs, individual overheads and bottom line to make. If one were to buy a Fender what pick up choice do you have other than what comes as standard on that model? Even with the latest up grade to custom shop pick ups. It’s one choice per range.2 points
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I'm anaspeptic, phrasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericombobulation.2 points
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A lot of these sub sonics come from the percussive element of hitting the strings. When you pluck, before the string is released, it moves over the pickup at a slower speed than a freely vibrating string would, as it's attached to your fingers. If there was no filtering whatsoever in the entire signal chain, you would be able to see the cone move just by wiggling the string slowly over the pickup.2 points
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Still can't believe I snagged my Basic 4 for about tree fiddy. Must be the name - not many people want to spend big coin on something called a 'Basic'!2 points
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It's in the diary, my first time @ a bash!!!2 points
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Here is my latest build. The Brooks Telebird. It is my take on the legendary Fenderbird that was built by Peter Cook for John Entwistle. However I decided to combine the characteristics the Thunderbird body with a 51 P (aka Telecaster bass). The specs are as follows - Two piece Swamp Ash body - Allparts Maple 51 P neck. Bolt on - Vintage blonde finish - Jess Loureiro 51 P split coil pickup - 34" scale - Tusq nut - Wide travel Thunderbird bridge plus tailstop. Nickel - Matte black single ply pickguard - Gotoh GB528 lightweight tuners. Nickel - Allparts push/pull Volume pot - CTS Tone pot - Silver reflector cap knobs - Telecaster jack cup. Nickel - GHS Brite Flats 49-108 I'll post pics of the build process in several answers below.2 points
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Yes a bit of googling provides an interesting read! It would appear that a single string can't produce anything lower than the fundamental, but a combination of two notes can produce a tone lower than the fundamental of either. This is called a 'difference tone'. A good example is the power chord on guitar (root + fifth). Because these frequencies have a ratio of 2:3, they generate a difference tone with half the frequency of the fundamental (ie. an octave lower). Apparently this is why power chords sound so fat.2 points
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Tell Hölger you heard he was rumoured to introduce a colour called ‘September Sunset’2 points
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Here we go - managed to track down the original post:2 points
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I've been using these for the past 3 or 4 months on Fender type basses and I'm really enjoying them - I moved over from exl220s (40-60-75-95). The difference isn't massive but the lighter gauge is preferable for me and there's plenty of bright twang if that's what you're looking for. I've been shopping around but picked-up a few sets at about £18-19 including shipping2 points
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"Babooshka" came up on a thread about great fretless basslines, and one kind soul directed us to a No Treble article with a transcription of John Giblin's sublime performance, so I've been trying to get my fingers 'round that. I'll see if I can dig up the link and share it on here. Anyhoo, it's been a good challenge for my fretless intonation, as it's not often I find myself having to play up the dusty end in E-flat. Definitely a good workout for the ears!2 points
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Get that old 'dodgy kebab' alibi in first 😈2 points
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Damn you're good at this. First you have me on tenterhooks then you start reeling me in2 points
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Sorry, did I say fishing line ? Of course I meant my patented (ahem) ToneConduit music tether. Want to know why all the session players use it ? You'll be amazed at the answer !!2 points
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Sorted, bought an Ibanez SR500 of a fellow BC member. Thanks Stuart!! Off to find an amp!!2 points
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You forgot the 'unboxing' part!2 points
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Here's an early Tokai Jazz (c.1981?). Originally fretted, the bass has a small issue with the truss rod so a few years ago, while the repair chap had it on the bench, I asked for it to be converted to fretless (now has a nice Indian Rosewood board).2 points
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As the list stands- all room costs plus some extra for food and bits are covered2 points
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Excellent news ...I was struggling to find the time to read the pdf you kindly sent me. Now I have ordered a copy you get to splash out spending the massive royalties on a debauched life style, and I get to read it without lugging my laptop around. A win/win I believe!2 points
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Fresh off the plane. One for flats, one for rounds.2 points
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I have a holeyboard for sale, Condition is Used but is in excellent condition. No Nasty Dings or bangs or scuffs. It’s the plywood 2nd Generation model Wide Sized (they have now gone to aluminium which is not at all my aesthetic) — as you can see, the shape is all wrong for my nonstandard pedalboard sized stuff. It’ll happily accept EHX extra large boxe like the Bass Synthesiser but the specialised computer I use is too big for it below and is perched rather ungainly on top, plus, being a bassist, I have too few actual physical pedals to justify it. I picked it up and have never gigged with it. I bought it used and it’s complete with a set of tie wraps and so on. The use of ties is clever as it saves your precious pedals from harm inflicted by velcro ripping away the paint from the underside. I looked on reverb for a price guide (it’s been lying about for ages) and I gulped at the asking, prices. I hope my asking price is sensible? Claire1 point -
Thanks mate yes I really enjoy playing this bass. Backing off the volume control gives a more vintage flavour I’ll try and record that too at some point.1 point
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The prices look normal to me. The premium prices tend to come with the dot markers, matched headstock, ageing etc. The £ to euro rates are also a factor if buying from a European shop. My bog standard VS4 (except for dot inlays) came in at just over £940 a few years back and that was from a UK shop.1 point
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Lies! Damned lies! OK, it's a fair cop 😊🔗1 point
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The material(s) a solid stringed instrument is made out of will have some effect on the vibration characteristics of the string, but in the overall scheme of things this is fairly trivial compared with the other factors that have a more significant effect on tone.1 point
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That’s the plan for the PK5 and this bassline sweetie I just rescued. This way people know what it went through to get working again before sold... nothing to hide when your PCB is nekkid to the world.1 point
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Neck dive? What's that?1 point
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No, no, no I am not into that restoration for profit thing but I am a sucker for a fixer-upper. Only Mr Sting and Geddy Lee need two footpedals.1 point
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Stunning made in Japan Tokai custom edition 63 P Bass, excellent condition, fitted with a tortoise plate & has the original black plate that will come with the bass, the Bass plays & sounds fantastic. This is a late 80’s/ very early 90’s 63 replica. Comes set up & strung with chrome flats with a super low action. anyone that knows about these custom edition basses knows how superb & rare these models are, they used all the better woods etc. Reluctant sale.1 point -
I wonder if that’s what makes the difference, mine is a neck through. You would think the weight where the neck joins would be fairly neutral bias wise but perhaps not.1 point
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Okey Dokey 👍1 point -
I am very sensitive to it, it is one thing that guarantees I won’t buy a bass. I even went to the effort of designing and machining a bespoke arm for the strap on an SG I was given as it drove me crackers. I don’t carry my basses under my armpit like some but equally it’s not around my knees. All my straps are on the longest hole apart from one which is particularly long. Not sure how that compares to there’s but guess it’s about average? There is no hint of neck dive on the Tbird when there. There was a thread on here where several people put up pics of their Tbirds without dive, so either it’s limited to certain models, hence my wondering about epiphone versions, or perhaps just one of those urban myths? It does seem to me to be a fundamental mistake for a maker to produce a bass that inflicts damage to itself at any opportunity but it’s far from the only piece of poor design around basses sadly.1 point
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Shielding May be an issue, but if it goes when touching the bridge or strings that may well be a grounding issue. Believe it or not the shielding will be really easy to do yourself, and you don’t need to disconnect any wires. if you unscrew the pots from the front of the bass (normally just a nut and washer) the pot and wires can be fed back out. You don’t need to unsolder anything and I would probably leave the jack in place. Now you can get some copper tape and line the whole cavity. Regarding the ground wire - there needs to be one from the bridge - if there isn’t one, one is needed, if there is one it may have come loose, so it may take a while to find in the birds nest! That pot at 6 O’clock has a blob of solder but no wire into it from what I can see - that may be the culprit. Sorry I am not near you to help!1 point
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cool bass... Yes. I can vouch for Mikkel. The bass he sold me was packed so thoroughly it could be considered bulletproof!1 point -
On the subject of three pickup basses, the Deimel Firestar has three and a piezo. It's a slab of Germanic loveliness. Just for good measure and the lols, Frank also builds them with a whammy bar.1 point
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It's with a very heavy heart that I offer this up for sale. So soon after acquiring it as well. It's my ideal bass in every respect (p-bass, black, maple, chunky neck, top quality etc.) bar one. The weight, it's just too much for my feeble and aged frame. I bought the bass a month ago off a well known auction site, the details are still up there if you search completed listings for item 183639229142. The seller described the condition as "new". It wasn't, the strings were dead, it was dirty and there were a few marks to the body. However, not complaining, it was still pretty good and I was happy to get it. I've now cleaned it and set it up with a new set of Fender 7350Ms. it's playing and sounding great. But I did band practice with it this week and my shoulder still hasn't recovered. It weighs, what some might consider reasonable, 4.24kg (9.35 lbs). Anything over 8.5lbs and I'm struggling nowadays. Pictures below. There is one question I can't answer though. To all intents and purposes this is the V4MTB apart from the headstock doesn't say Signature Series and bear his name. AFAIK JHS don't otherwise offer the V4 with black body and maple neck so I'd love to know the story behind this one. Last thing, at the moment, this has to be collection from Skipton, though I am prepared to drive out a fair distance to meet you if needs be. [Edit to add - about the marks - there are a couple of very small dings bottom edge and a bit of very light surface scratching rear of body. Neither would photograph. Any marks you can see in the pictures are reflections.]1 point
