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Hi All. Sometimes it's only when you put something up for sale that you realise the level of sentimental value it holds. I've literally played all gigs in the last 11 years on this bass. And as my wife helpfully pointed out, if I died she'd keep the bass because of all the memories it holds, but if I got a new one, she'd just sell it. 😂 So i'm withdrawing this one. But... if you fancy a Lakland PJ4 - then I have one of those that I only got last year and holds no sentimental value, so that one is for sale! Best Rgds, Mark6 points -
I'm pretty chuffed with myself if I'm honest. I've never attempted anything like this before but I've ended up with a lovely bass: The bits: Warmoth P body in swamp ash Finished with Crimson's Penetrating Guitar Oil 2016 Am Std Jazz neck Gotoh 201 bridge EMG GZR PJ set Hipshot D-tuner I've wanted a PJ for quite a while and considered going down the Limelight route but this was, for me, more satisfying (plus I had the neck already). I had a couple of squeaky moments and if I was to do it again, I'd probably shield with copper tape rather than shielding paint but it plays great, sounds fantastic and I am in love with how it looks.5 points
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I love that logo, eye catching but not brash Ive Just got the logo for my upcoming build(s): again, not quite as clever as yours but nice and simple5 points
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Haha thanx. Well, here you go:5 points
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Hi! I am selling my Sadowsky NYC 5! Assembled in 1995 in Roger Sadowsky's workshop in NY, time has yellowed and patinated this beautiful bass which was originally translucent white. By far the best of the 4 Sadowsky I have owned. It will come with its original softcase. Based in France. Sending possible. Thank you for your interest All the best4 points -
Autumn Leaves - various Can we have another referee's decision please?4 points
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A few items supplied with US NS2 Kramer basses .4 points
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You rang?4 points
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You appear to be getting rather worked up over someone not understanding what you see as basic physics. Yet I don't understand why you, or anyone else, hasn't thought of the, to me, blindingly obvious answer to the problem of the high action on the fretless part. Ask yourself this, why does the board have to be the same height along its length? If the fretless part was the same height as the top of the frets then you could achieve a nice low action on both the fretted and fretless areas, whichever way around they were. Even better action could be achieved for fretless if the fretless part were at the lower end as the nut could be filed right down, nearly to the board as a fretless should be. Some people don't/can't visualise things the way that others can, but there's no reason to belittle them. 🙂4 points
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For sale Mike Lull M5V Sunburst colour with Aguilar OBP3 Preamp and Seymour Duncan hum cancelling pickups Ash body and 35 scale neck Bass Mid Treble and Mid frequency pull switch , plus active /passive switch Weight is 3.81KG with Protec GigBag This Bass Guitar is very versatile indeed capable of great finger style and slap tones and leans towards a vintage tone and its In great condition. Mike Lull bass guitars are known for great feel playability and sound. No Part Ex Cash Only please4 points -
Entry for November comp. It's a spoof of a 1960's American TV show theme. Back story in spoiler box.4 points
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Straight from @ped's dingy backstreet lockup to my bass! BC Grolsch button straplocks, unfortunately they didn't come attached to a BC brewed bottle of beer.3 points
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Hi folks Call it what you will but after passively looking for a Stingray for a long time I was delighted to see a birth year ray come up on BC. Now I don't go in for YOB basses and think it's borderline weird but a bright white pre EB was always going to pique my interest. I know there has been quite some discussion here recently regarding the values and relative bargains of the EB Stingrays and I know all too well that the pre EB rays to some may seem over priced - the thinking here though is that the instrument will hold it's value better, whether that is based on a ill judged notion of pre-EB rays sounding better/different is not for me to say! Having tried many Ray's in the past (mostly 5ers) and finding my favourite of them all was in fact an OLP with a status neck I have an open mind about what I think sounds good and judge each bass on it's sound (and I guess visual appeal too). This one just sounds very 'full' and 'chunky' - with that 'slapping a power line' kind of taught attack to the sound which to my ears sounds quite different to others. The treble control in particular sounds very nice and adds a great 'click' to the sound which seems to affect frequencies above the norm, even the enhance setting on my pre. I rarely find a bass arrives to me setup to my liking (super flat neck, super low action) - but after slapping on Elixir 40-95s and loosening the rod a bit to compensate, I only had to drop the G saddle a tiny bit and adjust the intonation on the low E (Which I always tune to D) and it was spot on and I played it happily all through a zoom meeting just now (camera off!) For an instrument the same age as yours truly I can say it's worn the years better than I have - a couple of small bashes here and there and some wear to the scratch-plate but the white hasn't faded one bit (I think they used a different paint latterly which doesn't yellow like before?) and the neck is great, exhibiting that nice balance between chunk and manoeuvrability. Of course the Basschat strap locks look fabulous on it too!! Cheers and thanks to the seller who was great to deal with and UPS who although a day late didn't lose it and/or smash it up. ped3 points
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After reading heaps of positive reviews and talk of "Heft" with these New Gallien heads I thought I'd give it a wizz.I've had a 1001 and a 700 rb before but never tried the classic 400/800 this is based on. Only had a quick blast tonight and it sounds great....... Won't be able to crank it until I'm in the rehearsal room with the boys, god knows when that will be? 😭. Anyone else Rocking a Legacy or fusion s?3 points
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This is my second twelve string build. It took me quite a while to get this one done. Totally underestimated the lacquer process of the intended Mazda colour Soul Red Chrystal. But I'm quite happy that this red monster is finally ready to rock. - Mahogany body - Nine ply laminated Mahogany set neck. Glued in - Soul Red Chrystal 46k finish - Ebony fretboard - Red position dots - Jumbo frets - 34" scale - Buffalo horn nut - ETS twelve string brass bridge set - Two spoke-wheel double action truss-rods - Carbon reinforcement strip in the neck - Lace Alumitone Bass Bar in the neck position - Double Lace Alumitone Bass Bar in the bridge position - Two separate outputs. - Series parallel switch on the back - Gotoh GB 350 lightweight bass tuners - Gotoh Stealth ST 31 guitar tuners - d'Addario EXL 170 - 12 strings - Weight: 5.2 kg Electronics circuit by Bas Becu. Pics of the build process can be found here: https://www.enkoo.nl/brooks-exb-12-3p.html3 points
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Mine is super simple. Love yours @HazBeen its lush3 points
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Leaving On A Jet Plane - John Denver3 points
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Knowing Me Knowing You (AHA!) - ABBA. Yes I did it, not proud, but I stand by it 😂3 points
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Crikey, that beautiful. Oh god, I want one now.... 😕3 points
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The most complicated wiring I can remember ever successfully doing was on a Strat and for one of Vigier's show demonstrators (beats me why he wanted one of my builds). From memory, it had 125 combinations. He spent the best part of a weekend trying all of them repeatedly until he found the two - yes two - he'd been looking for. And he was as pleased as Punch. I was just relieved - on many counts. It was a tight squeeze in the controls channel of a standard Strat:3 points
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Both arrived today, absolutely superb quality. They look and feel amazing! Smell pretty good too! Not the cheapest but I reckon the lifespan will be pretty lengthy on these 🤘3 points
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It's really not the point of choosing the SimS pickups, but I'm stumped on the total number of pickup options. I've got 9 single pickup options and 27 doubles which gives the 36. I hit my mathematical limit on the triples, though. Writing a list or tapping out the possibilities with my fingertips, the ol' cauliflower wheezes to a halt at 21. The formulae are beyond me as it's a mix of permutation and combination, I think. So 57 is my probably wrong sum. Regardless, although I've never named a bass before, '42' seems quite an apt moniker for this one!3 points
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Twist & Crawl - The Beat3 points
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How did I miss this?! 😅 That P looks amazing. @Beedsteryou need to do a "Beedster Warehouse Sale"! You always have great gear hanging around.3 points -
touchdown in Brussels, great stuff, thanks again!3 points
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You can achieve a lot with flaming to finish All of the below were flamed to either pop the grain, scorch or burn when I popped them together, refurbed them or made them.3 points
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Beautiful. Enjoy the enhanced bass playing skills that are included - you just need to swallow two straplocks with an evening meal. The other preorders will be arriving with buyers today or tomorrow, and they'll be on general sale to everyone in the next few days once I have the supplies ready. Cheers and enjoy!3 points
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Due to the Covid-19 situation and severe back problems (66% officially disabled because of it) plus right shoulder injury (non-operable capsulitis from which, after more than 3 years, I will never fully recover), I'm selling all my basses over 4 kilos and also the ones I'm not really using. I've also considerably lowered the price for a quick sale. ACG Finn R Type Fretless 5 Custom Spec Level, November 2014. ONLY POSSIBLE TRADE : LEDUC U-BASSE FRETLESS 6 ! Asking price including shipping fully insured with tracking number to your place in these European countries (ask for other countries) : Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (excluding French overseas departments and territories), Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom : £1895 GBP !!! (new price is way more than £3000 GBP and some time to have it finished..) Fully working and in excellent condition. Here are the specifications : Body : black limba Top and back : thick flamed redwood with two black accent veneers Neck : set in with a small tone block of Macassar ebony, 5 pieces of, from center to external side, Macassar ebony, ash and wenge (asymmetrical profile and fast neck, think JP Basses or MTD) Fingerboard : thick (7 mm) flat radius acrylic impregnated Birdseye maple with a black accent veneer Positions : 26 with partial fret lines and Luminlay side dots (Luminlay torch delivered with) Headstock : angled 3 + 2 shape with flamed redwood top and back and two black accent veneers Pickups : 2 x ACG FB humbuckers Preamp : ACG EQ-02 with 2 passive tones (47 nF TAD Mustard capacitors) Controls : volume + blend (stacked), low pass filter with frequency + cut/boost (stacked), high pass filter with frequency + cut/boost (stacked), passive neck pickup tone, passive bridge pickup tone and red battery control LED (the other small circuit inside the cavity) Tuners : Gotoh Res-O-Lite GB-350 Bridge : Hipshot "A" Style Strings spacing at bridge : 19 mm Nut : ebony Strings spacing at nut : 9 mm Knobs : ACG-East Scale : 35 inches Hardware colour : black Truss rod : one double action Finish : satin finish that has become shiny over the years Land of craftsmanship : United Kingdom (Scotland) Serial number : 0172 Year : November 2014 Weight : 4.535 kilos Action : from 1.5 mm under the G string to 2 mm under the B string at 12th position (can go lower, but was perfect for me) Will come with the original Hiscox hard case (2 keys inside), a set of Dunlop black Straplok (used) and the Luminlay torch. Non-smoking environment as usual. The bass has been fully set up professionally. It has received a new battery and has been fitted with a brand new set of La Bella White Nylon Tape Wound 750T-B-XL strings (50 - 65 - 85 - 105 - 135T). Certainly one of the best fiver fretless around. Top luthier build quality (Alan Cringean is in the top ten, for sure) and a sound to die for. The neck is a pleasure to play and the sound has tons of mwah. The original preamp was an ACG EQ-01 (there's a mistake on the website confirmed by Alan himself), then @Bass Wielder put a John East Uni-Pre and I removed it to put an ACG EQ-02 so I had the opportunity to put two (2) passive tones with oiled paper capacitors that are softening a bit the very fast attack, but maintaining the long decay. And you still can use the two filters to tailor your sound. The La Bella White Nylons are simply perfect for this bass (and any fretless, by the way) as they allow you to make very fast slides and also small accents with dramatic effect. There is absolutely no neck diving. I'm only selling it due to my health problems as it's really too heavy for my broken back. Link to this very ACG page : http://www.acguitars.co.uk/project/0172-finn-r-type-fretless-5/ Link to the ACG EQ-02 : http://www.acguitars.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ACG_EQ02_4k_2019.pdf Link to the La Bella strings fitted : https://www.labella.com/strings/category/5-string-white-nylon-tape-bass/ What you see is what you get ! Look at the photos taken under different angles and light to see the excellent condition of this bass. Some very minor scratches and very small dings impossible to photograph. Here is the link to the 40 photos in high resolution, plus some of the work in progress : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qhK_Y1nDnNGNQTiiCOhmMB4VhU6qbk_l?usp=sharing Don't hesitate to ask for more.2 points
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Cab and BF cover both in A1 condition with no dings/scrapes or Tolex peel. This 'S' version is switchable between 4 and 12 ohms and spec'd at 600W, though Alex at BF says they're good for 800 clean watts. I've gigged it in a rock covers band at 4ohms with an Eden WT550 Traveler and 12ohms with a Mesa Subway D800+ - both plenty loud enough for me! Collection only or happy to meet anywhere within a half-hour drive from J25 M5 when covid rules allow.2 points -
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Ask Me Nicely - Steven Wilson2 points
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The Streak - Ray Stevens (remember this?)2 points
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Word of caution there. Japanese buyers went nuts in the 70's and bought up everything Fender. Demand was huge and some enterprising Americans set up "chop shops" to fuel the demand, not all the basses shipped to Osaka were legit.2 points
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Nothing worse when you've sold something. I now try and pack it straight away, saves the heartache2 points
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Same kinda thing for me too Mart. My band does mainly theatres which usually means a 3 month window of promotion and selling tickets before the gig happens. Subsequently so difficult to try and predict when will be the time to try and secure new dates. We have a bunch of gigs on our website ( some of which have been selling tickets) in which case if / when they are deferred hopefully the punters will still be able to attend the new dates. We are very fortunate to have a solid following who have been great with the situation so far, which is heartwarming in these difficult times.2 points
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Not too sure about the case accessories Spector supplies these days , here are a few items from the Kramer days.2 points
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You’ve hit the nail on the head. So I tried to get some comfort as RB suggested but couldn’t find any the local shop, seems locals prefer persil! I saw I post on another forum about using baking powder. first I tried leaving it on a tray in the case closed. It got the smell out in the general area but not overall. So I changed tactics and sprinkled a couple boxes directly onto the lining, then left the case open with it on for a day. it’s taken three rounds with the Hoover to get the bits out but the smells totally gone 😅2 points
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Yep, I love "Chalkmark..."! It's one I should have mentioned in a previous post. The opening track, My Secret Place, with Peter Gabriel is a masterpiece on it's own. I.M.H.O.2 points
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Late to this as usual- do all you guys not do anything else? 😀 Joni fan since the 1970s here- my all time favourite artist. The Guardian falling into all the usual time-honoured traps with JM - a nostalgia for the "simpler" times when Joni was a west coast acoustic guitar playing singer songwriter in the mould of Dylan, James Taylor etc. My all time favourite Joni Album is... Chalkmark in a Rainstorm! Heresy, I know but it has everything - great storytelling, performances, collaborations, arrangements, production. Truth is, whatever album Joni released over most of her career is likely to have been one of the best released in that year. An amazing career and portfolio of work.2 points
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So, you have 3 essentially identical pickups, each of which has 3 configurations, and you have 4 different switching options as between the 3 pickups. Is that right? Assuming the above, you can take each switching option and deal with it separately. Option 1: B+M: you have 3x3 = 9 options Option 2: B+N: likewise you have 9 options Option 3: M+N: again, you have 9 options Option 4: B+M+N: you have 3x3x3 = 27 options. Total options = 9+9+9+27 = 54 options. Theoretically they should all give different results; whether anybody would notice all the differences is an entirely different question of course...2 points
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The more I think about it, it ties in nicely. Bass has certainly given my life meaning, and this design was only reached after a long period of considerable pondering. It will probably have the dowdy brown looks of Arthur Dent in his dressing gown, and electronics almost preposterous enough for the bass player from Disaster Area!2 points
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Totally agree. It is absolutely crucial that everything is recorded and presented/analysed accurately, that is not happening.2 points
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Thanks! Its great fun - The natural P bass looked very bland before I flamed the lines, just enough to bring something out and Gun oil popped the rest. The jazz bass started life like this Then this after flaming Being swamp ash it really popped - the stain was first with Tea and then wire wool soaked in vinegar. The jag started life as this before going through various stains, bit of a burn and then a gun oil seal Get the torch out - if it’s too much, you can buff/sand it back. You can use the torch to create relic stuff on a nitro finished bass The ‘bubble’ effect on the belly cut was using a torch till the paint blistered, bang it in the freezer for 20 mins - the bubbles then pop leaving the bass below unharmed. Just a few bits of trial and error from me if peeps want to try2 points
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Personally speaking, I worry about having it and passing it onto someone else - an elderly relative for example - puts me off hugging and socialising. I’d stopped way before the inept, useless self-serving shower of a government told me to. The only people lying about Covid are the ones parroting the nonsense about it being the same as flu, or otherwise trying to diminish its potential for death.2 points
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Watermelon Sugar (Harry Styles) Get me with a current song, I'm all hip with the kids don'tcha know! 😁2 points
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Its a clever mechanism so you don't confuse the website with the straplock and end up wasting hours staring at the straplock2 points
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I couldn't find a pen so I have burped into your envelope instead, hope that's OK2 points
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Worth another mention for baking powder. I acquired an upholstered 60s chair that absolutely reeked of that special 'charity shop blend' of aromas. Flushed with the success of deodorising my old slippers the chair was treated to a sprinkling of baking powder, brushed in, left for a day, vacuumed off. Had to do it 3 times but it has worked.2 points
