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He's started to do little blog thingies... here's the first.12 points
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Not if you compare it to its equivalent on a Rickenbacker - and that genuinely is a slapped-on afterthought. Roger Rossmeisl's original design followed the form of the instrument in a way the current "design" doesn't. I think I've only seen a couple of singlecuts that aren't foul. I really have no idea why anyone thinks it's a good idea to add an extra 2kg of timber to a bass and make it look like this: And once you see it, that's all you can see...8 points
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Modern singlecuts..... Euuurrghhhhhh...... Bodies like toilet seats *cough* MM Bongo *cough* Multi-string 'basses' that have more notes in the baritone,treble, alto & soprano range than actual bass notes available8 points
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I’m loving everything about this. Lakland Bob Glaub. What a beautiful thing, sounds killer and used to belong to Nate Mendel. Lush as7 points
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Since @AndyTravis posted a photo of his fine pair...6 points
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Ever so very much this ^^ They look like comic book whales to me.5 points
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Stingray scratchplate and control plate. For such an "iconic" design they look like a rushed afterthought to me.5 points
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It possibly comes under the heading 'functional' (although I've yet to encounter problems without the feature) but I just don't like the of any of those modern single cuts. A traditional single cut looks fine, Hofner Club, Gibson Les Paul, Yamaha Bex4, etc, it's just those with a bloomin' great bulbous top, erm, lump, that I can't get my head around.5 points
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Maybe Jet Black and Carol Decker?5 points
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Hi! For sale beautiful Fbass BN5 from 2000. Bass is in very good condition. No deep scratches or cracks in the lacquer on the body. Realy small cracks of the polish on the head but it's hard to show in the picture. Original Fbass (by Gotoh) tuners replaced by another Gotoh model. Very rare, beautiful three-piece neck. In reality, the color is more beautiful and deeper with a pronounced wood structure, but that's all my camera can do. Original gigbag Fbass included. Feel free to ask on PM. I enclose two short movies recorded on this bass. Price: £2500 €27504 points -
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! You're not supposed to touch your face!4 points
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One word: Dingwall. I’m sure they’re great instruments but I think they just look ludicrous.4 points
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Double Trouble are one of my favourite rhythm sections. Tommy and Chris’ work with Storyville is often overlooked, which is a travesty.4 points
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Factory relicing. Will not touch it.4 points
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any any any..six string4 points
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Branding on the body. Sandberg make some nice basses but those four dots mean I will never own one. And perhaps more controversially, tortoiseshell scratchplates. I always assume people like them because they invoke a particular era, because visually they make no sense - especially on a sunburst - gross! Highly subjective of course! Edit: I just thought of another one: those big long single cut bodies you so often see on higher end basses. I realise this one is not purely an aesthetic choice, but a horn does the same job, surely?4 points
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Au contraire mon ami, the early P/Tele Bass headstock has the most pleasing symmetry and it is the later P Bass that should be confined to a darkened room!4 points
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Also cough. The only 4 string I'll ever need. NYC Will Lee. The longer I've had it the more I love it. The Will Lee switch adds a lot of extra mid punch and tonal options to the bass.4 points
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The theme from Minder. Not cool but love it. (Dennis Waterman wrote the theme tune, sang the theme tune)4 points
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Long Beggs-related story. Feel free to scroll on by. Back in late '86, when I had hair and a discernible waistline, my rock-pop band were making our desperate bid for stardom. We lived in Reading, so it was dead easy to jump in the car and head into London to play gigs. We played quite a bit at the Red Lion in Brentford (RIP) -- our first few gigs there were as support to a guy called Philip Jap (the old farts among you might remember him) and his then band 'Secret Society'. I think he missed a trick by not calling them 'Jap's Eye'. Anyway, he asked us to play support at a party in London and we accepted. Being the mid 80s, slap was still acceptable -- almost mandatory in fact -- and our songs featured a lot of it. A lot. So there I was, thumbing the blazes out of my poor Wal, and it gets to the song with my showoff solo bit... I take a deep breath and go thwack-thwacka-ding wickety-wackety-wockity-dang, and having given it my best I look out at the crowd... straight into the eyes of Nick Beggs. Apparently an ex-label mate and friend of Mr Jap. I had a brief moment of wanting the ground to open up, I mean here's this bass god looking at me and I've just tried to impress this audience with something he could probably have done with one arm tied behind his back. But then his face broke into a big genuine smile, and with a nod he raised his glass towards me. I was walking on air for a month after that. I've bumped into him a couple of times since then, obviously he doesn't remember me but he's always been really friendly and happy to chat. Definitely one of our instrument's Nice Guys.4 points
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Absolutely.3 points
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And the last job to be done before I start with lots of sanding on the body was to make a control cavity cover. Again, I made a template for this and used an offcut of spalted beech to make a cover.3 points
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Next job - use the template to cut the pickup pocket (after carefully measuring to make sure it was central and square). And check again before cutting...3 points
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Next task was to make a template for a Musicman style pickup. I've got one template but it was just a little too tight fitting. First thing was to mark out a piece of mdf with the key dimensions Once that was done holes were drilled for the mounting lugs and a few others for cutting out it out using a coping saw. After that I used some pieces off wood pinned to the board ready to use the router to neatly trim the template with a bearing cutter. And the finished template3 points
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Its got to be Fodera. They design such beautiful basses and then it looks like they have forgotten about the aesthetics of what the pattern of the preamps knobs will look like. Its a cluster x*"! of knobs that have no cohesive design when it comes to the rest of the body. I don't get it. Jens Ritter does an amazing job. But no, not Fodera. Maybe its substance over style.3 points
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I quite like the look of my own one.3 points
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This is quite funny, and very true, especially the intro’s bit.3 points
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Exotic hardwoods/coffee table basses. "Reliced" (another word for deliberately trashed). Weird shapes, especially angular/pointy. Dozens of strings and knobs. Stupid names/emblems.3 points
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Any pretend Fenders - that is, basses with all the features/shape of the original but not. Appreciate they may be better built / higher spec / more upmarket / expensive / boutique, but just make the whole thing more original. I’m looking at you Sandberg, Sadowsky, Lakland etc etc.3 points
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Markbass.3 points
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This one. Bought new in '88, been with me ever since.3 points
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Duck Dunn /Thread.3 points
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Really wanted this last time it was up for sale. Looks even better with the Tort guard 😭😭3 points -
Body : Alder Neck : Maple (U shape) Fingerboard : Rosewood, 200R, 20F Pickups : VPB-Z, VJB-2B Controls : 2 volume, 1 tone Hardware : Chrome Color : Vintage White Quiet inspired by the Fender Jazz Bass Special from the Boxer Series, the one used by Duff Mckagan. This bass is simply amazing... only 40 mm on the nut. Really fast neck to play. Fat & precise sound... the pickups are great. She's in great condition ! Weight is 4,2 kg and well balanced.3 points -
My new MusicMan Cutlass. Sounds, feels and plays fantastically well3 points
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EDIT: I've added more pictures further down the thread! Review: Cort Jeff Berlin Rithmic V CONSTRUCTION: Bolt-on CUTAWAY: Double Cutaway BODY: Alder body with Spalted Maple and Padouk Top NECK: Hard Maple Neck, FRETBOARD: Rosewood, 12" Radius(305mm) SCALE: 34" (864mm) TUNERS: Hipshot Ultralight Tuners BRIDGE: Babicz FCH5 Bridge PICKUPS: Bartolini Jeff Berlin Custom Soapbar Pickups ELECTRONICS:volume, 1 Balance, 1 Tone passive Electronics HARDWARE: Gold STRINGS: Labella Low Tension Felxible flats STRINGSPACING AT BRIDGE: 18.5mm WEIGHT: 3.9kg. / 8.7lbs Hi, I'm offering this beautiful bass up for sale/trade. i.m.o. it is one of the best sounding and most versatile passive jazz basses ever made (check the video). The bass is mint except for one little ding in the finish on the underside towards the back (you don't even notice it unless you really look for it. Will ad detailed pictures later!), so I'd give it an 9/10. Soundwise this thing is a beast, the neck pickup goes from a Gibson EB type sound to a P-bass on steroids kinda sound and the bridge pickup goes from a 70's style jazz pu sound to full on Musicman growl, It is no doubt a very versatile little beast for a passive instrument and she will be missed.. RRP for these is 1350Euro or +-1200£, so I'd set the trade value at +-750£ and cash price at 650£, I still have the box it came in so shipping is no problem. Feel free to give me a shout if you have any questions. The video above gives a nice overview of the different sounds you can get with the passive controls, the video below shows the bass in action in the hands of Lorenzo Feliciati . Lorenzo Feliciati playing the JB signature 5: Kind regards, stay healthy and safe! Don2 points -
Let’s see some more ‘go to’ basses! It’s interesting to see that for several people, your ‘go to’ is a relatively cheap instrument. It just goes to show that a great bass is the one you feel most comfortable with, or the one you normally have to hand. I must admit I feel more ‘loose and relaxed’ playing a bass which owes me less than a super high end bass. I guess it’s a bit like driving an old banger which you’re comfortable to park anywhere. There’s something inherently fun about that.2 points
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I've only managed eleven of them. You must be one heck of a twitcher. PS: Hi Silvia! @Silvia Bluejay2 points
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Nothing wrong with bullet truss rods and three bolt neck joints at all. After all, Fender himself used them at MM and G&L and made wonderful instruments which were well made and, as a result, have absolutely stood the test of time. Design wasn’t the issue with Fender in the 70’s and early 80’s. The problem was execution. They were simply cheaply and sloppily made with no QC. That’s the problem which carried on through a lot of US Fender models until they shut the old plant. A lot of the hallowed early 80’s are nothing special. They’re just not crap like that which had previously been shipped out the door and carry a good reputation as a result.2 points
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Jimmy Dewar had one of the greatest male rock voices of all time - just my opinion . Just epic2 points
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My favourites are John McVie with Fleetwood Mac & Russell Jackson with BB king2 points
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Carmine Rojas? He'd be on my list. He'd be joined by Richard Cousins, Nathan East , and Colin Hodgkinson.2 points
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Sunburst of any description Tort scratch plates Sunburst + tort = wrong2 Gold hardware Millions of controls on active basses2 points
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Not a fan of Fender shapes - P bass, J bass (body and headstock). Yes some of them are nice to look at - especially those not made by Fender, e.g. Sadowsky, Sandberg et al. - but there's so much out there that looks better. I loathe pickguards, especially tort, especially on Fender-ish basses. I really don't like 'burst' colours, although I'm stuck with them on a few of my basses because there was no lefty alternative. I'm sure I'll think of something else!2 points
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Big influences on me were Russel Jackson (BB King in the 70's and 80's) and Danny Thompson (Alexis Korner in the 60's).2 points
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Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go. Insanely nice playing. Every time I play it/hear it, I'm like, dayum... I wish I had come up with some of these lines.2 points
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I remember my friends laughing at me for liking ABBA in the mid/late 70’s, really glad they became so iconic.2 points
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I have a thing about strings going straight through the nut. So any of those ones where the strings spread out are not for me. I think my favourite is the 3 + 1 on the MM 4 string. Like below:2 points
