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Greatest Live album of all time (arguably)10 points
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And tada! Survived the journey across the ocean... my first Smith after 33 years of playing! What an awesome beast, absolutely lives up to expectation in tone and playability 🤩8 points
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SOLD Update: reduced now to £700...impending purchase and wife's eyes on bank funds discount. A result of collaboration between Ned Steinberger and luthier John Bolin and built by Bolin in Idaho USA. A stunning instrument in very good condition. There are some dings as Shown in pictures. The absolute best Piezo bass sound available. I think someone on here said “the piezo sound to rule them all”. Currently strung E to high C. Get that Steve Swallow vibe. 35in scale Graphite nut Sperzel Locking Tuners Body: Alder Top: Quilted Maple Light Amber Finish Fingerboard: Ebony with small offset markers (was previously drefretted professionally by Andy Viccars and subsequently refretted again by past owners) Professionally refinished frets by Rob Bowman (head luthier at Auden Guitars) Fishman piezo under each string 18V preamp Ramp - detachable using double sided tape Hard case included Serial number #0086 I'm only selling this (along with a few other guitars/basses) to fund a more expensive bass I don’t have the luxury of buying outright currently.4 points -
First dibs when the price is £100 tomorrow4 points -
For sale my stunning bass From Chile Delgado Model Catrico! Body : chestnut and walnut Top : Buckeye burl stabilized Neck : 3 strips of maple Oak and Purpleheart toneblock Fretboard : Tineo Headstock Back : Purpleheart Scale : 33.5 String space : 18mm Preamp : Aguilar ob3 Pickups : Aguilar super single Hardware : Hipshot Weight : 3.5kg Price 2500€ I'm open for Trades plus cash🙏🏽👍🏽4 points -
And to the neck carve. Although I use a spokeshave and microplane to get much of the bulk out of the way, I do most of my neck carving with a humble cabinet scraper: It is very controllable, it is gradual - and with neck carves it is very easy to end up with a dip or a thin bit where you didn't intend one to be! And - while there is a lot of confusion about scrapers and they are only a couple of £'s each - they are planes in their own right. Here are the shavings: I had sent P a profile gauge to take the neck profiles from his present bouzouki. While I can't replicate these exactly because he has asked for the fingerboard to be wider and shallower than his present one, I will be replicating the 'soft V' at the lower frets (still a bit more to do here!)... : ...progressing to a more 'C' shape further down (a lot more to do here!): Ah - that's a bit better... : Now I'm a bit odd. I always have to 'air guitar' a build to see if the profile is right - even if I've never played a particular instrument. While I have never played a bouzouki, I can tell if it feels as I would expect based on P's profile measurements. Besides...it gives me an excuse to do a quick gratuitous mockup with the 2-coats-done-2ish-to do-body Bear in mind that the neck will darken and amber up a touch when the finish is put on: The neck actually feels great even though it is significantly deeper than a guitar or bass. The relative slimness and that V at the lower frets makes fretboard access a breeze. So, so far so good....4 points
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BB1600/714/4244 points
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I'll personally hand the bass over & a signature 🤗... Worth it..aye a just noticed price 🤑4 points
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Sexy tops, exotic woods, high end mega money basses I would like to see, the flashier the better. Here is mine. Not super high end but a full fat cherry burst Lakland 5594..3 points
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Or this 😁3 points
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My latest.3 points
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After 4 coats of Tung, I had left it for a day extra to cure and am now slowly but surely putting it together. Also had the control cavity cover split on me along the grain whilst drilling holes for the pots. Ah well, I will have to redo it (and redo 4 coats of Tung) and it will be fine. Some selected pics for you to look at whilst I have a little cry in the corner3 points
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What Quatschmacher doesn’t know about this stuff ain’t worth knowing. I keep telling him to offer bespoke patches online for a fee.3 points
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Tomato plant thing £9.99 from ebay. Rotating holder. 3M of poly pipe (£2.19), compression Tee piece (£2.47). Body is fixed to the arm by a plate, bit smaller than the pocket, arm rests on the middle frame support. Long pipe slips over the base of a guitar tripod stand, tool bag is used for ballast. Drape a dust sheet over the top and you're good to go.3 points
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Woot £9000 discount!3 points
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@MattiZ and @gobasserk some great BBs there. Here's my not-quite-matching BB pair to put alongside yours!3 points
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There's a handful of bass players out there that indirectly owe Pete Way a huge debt of gratitude, Nikki Sixx top of that list. And yes, Strangers In The Night is certainly one of the greatest live albums ever released.3 points
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I would buy a Harley Benton and with the rest I would spend it on cheap hookers, coke and bottles of JD so I could be the proper rock star I should have always been. If I can't play Paranoid properly on that , I'm not going to play it properly on a multi thousand pound coffee table bass either.3 points
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I know it doesn't appeal (or even make sense) to everybody, and I can see why, but there's something about these lay by/service station/dodgy car park meetings that many of us enjoy. I saw @Frank Blank today, very briefly, very socially distant, but it was lovely to put a face to the name. Basschatters become more real, more 3 dimensional once you've actually met them. So not only is this a bit of a giggle, it's also a great way to bring folk together.3 points
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Lovely bass - Looks, sounds and feels great! Comes with hard case. Body & Bridge Top: AAA Flamed Maple Body: Laminated Maple Body Shape: Curved Bridge: Warwick 2-Piece Construction: Set-In Finish: Daphne Blue Neck & Fingerboard Neck: Maple Fingerboard: Rosewood Fingerboard Radius: 26" Width at Nut: 45mm Width at 12th Fret: 61mm Depth at 1th Fret: 19.5mm Depth at 12th Fret: 24mm Frets: Extra High Jumbo Nickelsilver Number of Frets: 21 Fret Width: 2.9mm Fret Height: 1.3mm Scale Length: 34" (Long Scale) Electronics & Hardware Pickups: Passive Vintage MEC Single Coil Electronics: Passive Rockbass Controls: 2 x Volume (Push/Pull), 2 x Tone Strap Locks: Warwick Security Locks Nut: Just-A-Nut III Hardware: Chrome2 points -
Fender Precision Pro in immaculate condition and i mean immaculate no swirls or dings nowt..fitted with KickAss string thru bridge and a pair off Nordy's, case, keys & certificate off authenticity at hand. Willing to jump on a train and meet up half the distance anywhere in the UK..i don't mind a journey...cheers for having a nose 👍2 points
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Hi all, So I am debating another custom build... as such I'm turning loose this rather splendid 7 string Overwater Progress III bass. It's a beautiful bass in immaculate condition and works exactly as it should. It has a mahogany body with a fantastic quilt maple top and a nice thick ebony fretboard. Looking at the current Overwater price list, this would be near £4500 to have made today, so save yourself over £3000 and buy my one! The tonal palette is vast, you can achieve crisp, bell like, paino-esque tones through to super boomy bass and pretty much everything in between. This is only for sale to fund another custom build, otherwise I'd keep it! It has recessed strap pins that work with Dunlop strap locks. The bridge is the standard Overwater high mass bridge, and excellent piece of design. The pickups are Overwater Kent Armstrong pickups and it had 'factory' custom wood top hat knobs with centre indents. It really is about as good as you can get for a bass! Scale is 35" Spacing at bridge is 18mm Spacing at nut is 9mm weight is 5.9kg All in it is an absolute monster of an instrument in the best of condition made in the UK by one of the finest luthiers. £1400 is a steal for a mint £4400 bass. Collection from Basildon, Essex is preferred, but postage can be arranged. Any questions, let me know!2 points -
Up for sale is my Fender Japan Jazz Bass Special which I actually imported from Japan myself as I couldn't find one here! It's one of the coveted first run E series (1984-1987) with the all black neck and Hot Rod larger pole PJ pickups which sound amazing! It's a low number E series so I think it's possibly a 1985. It is all original, even down to the pots and switches and even has all 3 of it's original 'F' knobs present and complete (they are pretty much impossible to find and are pricey when they do show up) I suppose I have to mention the ubiquitous Duff McKagan of Guns and Roses connection - he used exactly the same bass throughout the GnR years... Which I knew nothing about until I started shopping for one! I was initially inspired to get one because Zia Geelani of Ozric Tentacles played one to GREAT effect. It really is a fabulous bass, the neck is Jazz width at the nut (which is graphite) and super solid and straight, the nicest Fender neck I've played, and the truss rod works perfectly with plenty of adjustment in either direction. The electronics are Volume/volume/TBX tone control (goes brighter and also deeper than a normal passive tone - every bit of it usable) and also a pickup selector switch which between them all adds up to incredible versatility for a passive bass. It's pretty lightweight weighing in at 8.7lbs and balances perfectly. It does have some dinks and bumps here and there and has been touched up near the input jack where it looks like it was dropped at some point in it's life. Purely cosmetic as it doesn't affect the playability in any way - Genuine road worn mojo! It is a 35 year old bass after all. Currently set up with a nice low action with a set of virtually new DR Hi Beams 100-40. Another nice touch is the head stock decal, which in fact isn't really a decal.. They were actually silk-screen printed on then lacquered over! Quality. The whole bass is pure class and feels it. I will miss it dearly and already plan to get another when my finances pick up again. I'm just looking to get back what it cost me which is £680. I will post it safely if required at the buyers expense. Thanks for looking.2 points -
Well said, that's exactly how I feel about my L5500! I wasn't aware of the existence of the MJ5 at all.2 points
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As an active, five string version of the full fat USA JB-2 basses I think they look bang on the money and no doubt sound and feel fantastic too. Was it the blue one with the empress body? Only thing I can guess at re the MJ-5 is that it likely wasn’t selling given that most G&L five strings ordered will be L-2500 or JB-5 models. I see that the passive JB-2 bass is discontinued from the USA line too after over twenty years or so in production. Still love the Tribute versions of those and will buy another soon! Incidentally I exchanged a couple of emails too with another basschatter today about another seemingly unloved and forgotten G&L five string - the L-5500. He just picked one up, his is a ‘95 and mine is a ‘96. Not for everyone with EMG pickups and preamp but a seriously well made G&L with its own vibe. Definitely good to have something familiar yet little known and/or under appreciated imo Keir2 points
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Don't cry. It's probably your higher power trying to tell you that a nice shiny metal one will look better. 😉2 points
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It's a fair cop!2 points
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Another consideration is if you’re using a DI out from your amp to the PA most amps send the DI after gain so having the gain low and the master high will raise the noise floor on the DI signal.2 points
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Hello everyone! For the new cover played with the new Harley Benton PB20 satin black, I chose a song by The Smiths with a very original bassline by Andy Rourke: a single and articulated riff repeated in a loop throughout the song... a real endurance test lasting almost seven minutes. What to say? I hope I made it! 😅2 points
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Yes, that's a proper discount now. GLWTS 👍2 points
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Probably not.2 points
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Victor has got a fabulous outlook on playing bass and is always an interesting guy to listen to. Sadly, I can't stand his actual music 😂2 points
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Episode 4: ‘Wind Yer Neck In’ I filed the ‘item not as described’ with eBay for the neck plate and that’s going back. Proper one bought as per @AndyTravis’s suggestion. Just before packing the dodgy plate up for return, I borrowed some genuine Fender bolts from one of my other basses so I could exactly where we were with the Flea neck fitting this body. Dug a used set of strings out and set to it. I had visions of me taking the neck on and off all afternoon adjusting the truss rod, but no, it all came together very well and the neck relief was spot on (for me). The saddles needed very little adjusting and the intonation was even spot on. I had thought about replacing the bridge, the saddles are almost on the floor and if I get one with a thicker plate, that could cause issues I fear. I think the next move is to purchase @KiOgon’s control plate and get this bad boy routed. All in all I’m pleasantly surprised with today’s events. Shopping list now includes shielding tape and wire for grounding (it does have grounding wires, but I’m going to replace them). Any recommendations for either? Stay tuned 🌧🌧🌧🌧😎🌧🌧🌧🌧2 points
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Ah balls, didn’t upload, sorry! Try these for size2 points -
C'mon, be honest, it is clearly one of these "Honey, I know I promised to put the bass up for sale. I did but no one bought it. Don't know why" 😉2 points
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+1 and indeed, so much quicker than a radius block. @spacecowboy, is there a built in stop to prevent rolling off the side? I made a similar radius jig a few years ago that I made quite wide to prevent mistakes from the router sled rolling off the side. Your is much more compact so keen to learn how you tackled it.2 points
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Hefty price 😉2 points
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Hi all, I thought you'd enjoy some pics of two basses that arrived to me from a very loving home :). I originally had my eye on the Squier Musicmaster as I'd never owned a short scale before. Apparently only produced for one year in 1997 but please correct me if I'm wrong. All I can say is that I now completely understand why people adore short scale basses. Even without the beautiful thump from the single coil, it's just fantastic to play. It's in good condition considering it's age and it's even got a bit of birdseye in the neck! The second bass is a Fender Modern Player Telecaster. They're fairly new (as far as Fenders go) but it's really quite nice. The pickups really standout and they're super versatile. The mudbucker by itself is my favoruite though. I may be tempted to sell them at some point but for now, enjoy the pics!2 points
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+1 for the "jinwan" necks. I've had 2 Tele Bass necks and one Jazz neck and they've been great. All three had the MoP block inlays on maple boards with gloss finish and are great. As @RichardH points out the headstock is not quite 100% but 98% in my veiw and a man on a galloping horse is not going to notice!2 points
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I'm a big fan of the "this isn't how they say to do it but it's how I do it" explanations.2 points
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If you're referring to the Status pickups the coils were parallel with each other as in a humbucker not as in a split coil.2 points
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RIP but in some ways it's a surprise he lived as long as he did, certainly lived life to the full.2 points
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Since lockdown I’m more 3D than usual.2 points
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Svirfneblin ?2 points
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Sandberg Superlight. 6.5 lb jazz. Wonderful. Things.2 points
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It's been a little while since I did anything to this but whilst I continue playing my mini bass instead of finishing off completely, I decided to get on with a couple of jobs on this. FIrstly, I needed to decide on what the front of this should look like. I opted for the flamed maple veneer so I can also do a matching headstock - this build is also about re-using and the maple veneer can from my dad who had this knocking around for years so sort of fits into this as it wasn't bought specifically for this build and was potentially destined for the bin as there are a few cracks in it. I cut the cracked sections away which left me just enough width for the top. I then glued the two pieces of veneer together along the straight line I just cut. I know this sounds a bit odd as the veneer is only 0.6mm thick but I wanted to do this to give me a singe sheet to glue onto the body. I glued along the edge of the veneer and held them with masking tape until dry. Net up I sanded the top of the body flat ready to accept the veneer and drew the centre line. Using a gloss paint roller and wood glue I put an even coat on both the bbody and veneer them stuck them together, holding them in place with plenty of clamps!! So this is how the tope now looks - not perfectly book matched but is fine for this project. I'm planning on having a black scratch plate on this, only because I got given one and I want to re-use that too!! Here's a mack-up of how that might look: But I also tried it without the scratch plate and that looks kind of nice too!! Decision, decisions,...2 points
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Fresh from the garden:2 points
