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  1. I meant to write this a while ago but time slipped by. I often moan about couriers but wanted to be positive (which is far less entertaining but possibly more useful!). Manson's guitars in Exeter are brilliant. I first came across them when down that way visiting the in-laws and since then have bought from them quite a few times. I recently ordered a new strap for my Washburn headless. Manson's sell Right-On straps which are "vegan leather" straps that look awesome, are comfy to wear, and are really durable. A few times now in the last few years I've called and asked if they could get me straps that they don't have in stock. I ordered one recently and knowing it was likely coming from Spain I was OK with the wait. They kept in touch, apologised profusely - though it's not their fault, so I replied to that email saying words to the effect "no worries, I don't expect it to be quick in the current climate" and when the strap arrived I had a lovely hand written note thanking me for my patience. The personal touch really makes it. All round top service.
    8 points
  2. I bought this awhile ago to be the passive partner to my much loved BB1100s, but after buying my first P Bass from @bigthumb recently my wife has pointed out I might like to downsize my collection somewhat. I believe this is a 1984 version of Tony Kanal’s bass of choice. The serial number is 142050. It’s black (obviously) with gold hardware and it sounds incredible. P bass with a bit of bite from the J pup. Despite the fact the action is set low there’s no buzz I can discern. It travels in a good clean Gator case that’s included in the sale. The bass has been played no doubt about it (I’m not the original owner) and it’s gigging years are reflected in the small dings on the body. The black headstock is actually in good condition as is the neck. The gold (plating?) is worn and tarnished in places (see pix) but everything works as it should. A lovely played in Japanese vintage bass in other words. I can ship this as I have a bass box, but courier not included in the price. If you can make it to South Somerset you’re very welcome to play the bass. Any questions please ask. The only trade I’m looking for is one of the smaller barefaced cabs (SC, Super Midget, one 10 etc) with cash adjustments as necessary. Thanks for looking.
    7 points
  3. So what I will have a go at is bending this type of b/w/b purfling (generally used for detail features on acoustic edge binding and rosette holes) to go all the way round the edge of the recess. This should give a passing nod to the same b/w/b of the fretboard/neck demarcation line: It will need bending over my acoustic side bending iron first. While I'm fiddling with that, I'll carry on doing the final sand and putting the additional tru-oil coats on the hatch itself.
    7 points
  4. Many thanks to Mark at Bass Direct for trading it back. Here's all the blurb. A 1990 example of Yamaha TRB5P. The bass features a 34" scale, two band eq and switchable piezo bridge with independent volume pot. The bass comes with a fitted Yamaha hardcase. Maple / Mahogany / Flame maple body, maple / mahogany 5 piece neck, ebony f/b. Controls are volume, blend, bass, treble, piezo cut and a switch to turn piezo on and off. Weight: 10lb 5oz/4.5kg Piezo Pickups in Solid Brass Bridge The piezo pickups used on the TRB models use individual bi-morphous piezo elements for each string, all built into a specially designed bridge which is machined from solid brass. Figured Maple Body with Thru-neck Construction The TRB-series basses feature figured maple bodies that offer the requisite tone as well as outstanding visual appeal. Neck-thru Models Because piezo pickups directly pick up the resonance of the instrument body, the body itself must be made from the finest woods and designed to deliver rich, deep tone. The neck-thru design of these basses affords the best possible foundation for this amazing sound. Construction - Neck-thru-Body Scale Length - 33-7/8" (860mm) Neck - Maple/ Mahogany Fingerboard - Ebony Nut Width - 1-13-16" (46mm) Radius - 23-5/8" (600mm) Frets - 24 Body - Figured Maple/ Rose/ Maple Bridge - BPZ-5 (with Piezo), 19mm string spacing Pickups - Single Coil x 2, Piezo Pickup Pickup Switch - 2 Balancer Controls - 5-Control System Hardware – Gold
    6 points
  5. And out comes the acoustic guitar sides bending iron. Note the positioning of the waste bin - it saves time when you are throwing all the snapped ones away But it's a lot easier bending purfling than acoustic side sets ... I reckon this is going to work OK. I'll tidy up the sides of the rebate to get smooth continuous curves so there are going to be no gaps and then get it trimmed to length and glued.
    6 points
  6. For sale my Alleva Coppolo LG5 standard in a mint condition. 4200€ Questions only PM
    5 points
  7. I bought this recently from the original owner and it is a lovey bass in perfect condition - however, I am running out of space and trying to cut down to a core of 3 or 4 Fenders, so this one has to go. Standard 34” scale, active pre-amp, a bass which sounds as good as it looks, but I must sell before I get used to it! The price included the Ibanez standard case for the Premium range, a semi hard case. Even the original booklet is included. I paid £600.00 collected from the buyer and will sell for the same. Whoever buys this will not regret it (unless they are as tight for space as I am!)
    5 points
  8. "Highly sort after" really gets on my onions
    5 points
  9. What…….. 19 posts in and no Andy Fraser This must be one of the fattest bass sounds ever - and with regard to another thread, is helpful when there are guitar solos 😏 https://youtu.be/0gQ3u6qIn1s Ps won’t embed - such a good live sound
    5 points
  10. I acquired this bass in a recent trade and just can’t seem to get along with it! it’s a late 80's Goodfellow bass by Bernie Goodfellow Purchased at Carlsboro Sound in Leicester around 1989 Some crackle on the volume pot Some marks etc Lovely action and huge sound from the 18v active electronics trades Or part ex wise I’m into Road Worn Fender Precisions or Jazz basses Lakland, G&L but pretty much anything will be considered. happy to meet halfway or post bass at buyer’s risk. PRICE DROP TO £1000 UNTIL FRIDAY 25TH JUNE WHEN BASS WILL BE WITHDRAWN AS FOUND ANOTHER BASS AND NEED FUNDS ASAP!
    4 points
  11. Gave the sides a quick scrape, happy with how the black veneer came out between the fretboard and neck woods
    4 points
  12. Let's give the people what they want, I've re made the pickup cover and bridge so the grains match up, it's a small thing but I really think it's worth the effort. Tomorrow I'll be able to cut them down to size and the bass will have its "go faster stripe" once again! My missus agrees with you all by the way so she'll be happy too! Also let's place bets on this guy lasting the night... 6-1 odds on it not dripping off!
    4 points
  13. Strictly speaking - and important if you are discussing with other luthiers - it's a "purpleheart-stringers-bound-between-oak-and-maple" joint Also known as ein "lilaHerz Stringer zwischen Eiche und Ahorn gebunden" gelenk in Germany, @Si600 ?
    4 points
  14. Couldn't keep my finger away from the "Buy now" button any longer. In a week's time, this little baby should be arriving at my house. I only have one bass at the moment (a Sandberg), which feels a little risky when gigging. So rather than having two basses that cover the same ground, I figured it was better to go for something completely different. And it's travel-friendly too 😁
    4 points
  15. Here is my steinberger xq4 , bought from a great guy of this forum, bartolini pickups it's just amazing!!
    4 points
  16. Just a quick update. I tried filling the online ToR form in last night. It said they usually take 14 days to process a claim. It asked for health certificates for the animals to be uploaded to their site but you cant get a health certificate until under 10 days before they travel. I ended up ringing them and they were very helpful. Turns out I can pay the VAT and I have 6 months to reclaim it when I return, which will be much easier I think. Just a quick thankyou to the guys who gave me the info and help on here. Much appreciated.
    4 points
  17. I previously mentioned a few fusion, modern jazz geezers who I check out nowadays but back when I was a young'un the biggest inspirations were.. Dave Allen, not the wry Irish comedian but the original 4 stringer with Gang of Four and then Shriekback. To my ears some the best sounds from a bass I've ever heard were on Shriekback tunes like My Spine is The Bassline Derek Forbes during Simple Minds Empires & Dance to New Gold Dream period. First player I heard who was right up front in the mix Simon Gallup of the Cure. Definitely a major feature of the classic Cure period Michael Dempsey, the original Cure bassman but his best stuff was on Sulk by The Associates. Really imaginative, out of the box pick playing. Steve Severin -that tone he gets on Juju onwards is fantastic
    3 points
  18. Loving this riddim, reminds me of another tune but can’t place it
    3 points
  19. Starting to look a bit more like a neck now! Edit: just realised what a s***hole I'm making this corner of the garden... oops!
    3 points
  20. Great player. Unorthodox approach to string damping .
    3 points
  21. Then you could bind the inside of the pickup cavities... Fortunately you haven't got a neck pocket...
    3 points
  22. It is indeed Jane Munro of the Au Pairs, Alexandra Palace 16th June 1980.
    3 points
  23. After playing a mid 90's CIJ '62 Jazz for 25 years, I recently got myself a brand new custom shop '60 Jazz stack pot heavy relic. Yes, rather expensive, but worth it to me. It plays beautifully, sounds just like it should, feels sublime, and is very well put together. Worlds apart from the CIJ in terms of playability, build, sound and looks. It has the kind of mojo that makes me want to pick it up and play constantly, no mean feat after 55 years of playing. Absolutely no regrets. I'm not a banker, BTW.
    3 points
  24. A couple of tips: 'Action' and 'Page>' buttons together to access the Tuner/mute. So you can use the footswitch for something else. Unless you use an expression pedal it's well worth getting a dual footswitch. I got a Mosky from eBay for £15.99 including postage and it works fine (need to go on global settings and invert the polarity for FS4 to be on the left and FS5 on the right). (EDIT: That global setting polarity invert doesn't seem to work with this for some reason but changing the FS assign in Preferences seems to do the job). I've assigned FS1, 2, 3 ,4 as stomps (as it has no light I'll generally stick with 4th being one style of effect to make things simple) and FS5 is the 'Page>' button so I can access the menu to then scroll presets/snapshots/stomp views. Stomp control over 4x effects blocks at any one time (and can have more than one block assigned to a FS) should be plenty as I'll use the other 4 blocks for things like FX Loop, Amp & Cab, EQ, IRs that don't really need FS control and can have different snapshots for them on/off in different combinations.
    3 points
  25. The bottom amp will go as loud as the one perched on top of it (which delivers 900W at 4 ohms) and will cost you £150 less than the RH 750 even at Andertons prices. In terms of value, it's pretty hard to beat.
    3 points
  26. For the rebate that the magnets will fit into, I've cut a couple of pieces of the offcut from the walnut top: Not the prettiest, but it should be functional (and it's hidden ) I have a decision on whether to add a binding to close the gap a touch, but this is basically how the grain will match so I am glad I did it this way: Tomorrow will be the trussrod cover
    3 points
  27. This bass has now been sold I have to move this on, as it is in my way and I haven't played it for over a year, so have reduced the asking price by £250 to £1250 I bought this in January 2020, it has been used for one rehearsal and one gig since then. It is is in perfect condition, not a mark or sign of wear on it. I have not played it at home, so no dings or dents from random bits of furniture - it is in the same condition as I bought it. This bass has a mahogany body with bocote top (a wood I’ve never heard of, but it looks good!), fretboard is rosewood with abalone dots, and the hardware is black. Two Sandberg trapez pickups and Sandberg active preamp. The bass sounds and feels wonderful - I didn’t intend to buy another bass when I saw it, just picked it up to kill time, but soon realised I had to have it. To play and hear this bass is to need it! Several people have queried what looks like drops of wood stain on the light wood in the centre of the bass. I have discussed this with Sandberg and they assure me that this is not stain, as they do not use stain on these basses, just a clear satin finish to protect the wood. The dark marks in the lighter sapwood is simply the way in which the tree has grown, with a few parts of the dark outer wood mixing with the light sapwood. Comes with a Sandberg padded bag, but fits a standard Hiscox case (not included) I would much rather meet any prospective buyer so they can try it out properly and am reluctant to trust this beauty to a courier. I live near Oxford, please get in touch to arrange a time & place to meet and try this bass if you are seriously interested in buying. I paid £1950 for this piece of bass nirvana, and will sell it for £1350.
    2 points
  28. Not enough Sei love around here so I thought I fire in a couple of pictures. Ordered 1 Dec 2010, collected 12 Jan 2012 and my main squeeze ever since.
    2 points
  29. This is the son of Augustus pablo , nice
    2 points
  30. Currently working with a client who is, at times, a royal PITA. The only thing that makes him bearable is the fact that he thinks it's "subwoofter", not subwoofer.
    2 points
  31. the neck joint is kind of bound with purpleheart stringers between the oak and the maple 😁
    2 points
  32. Lost me there too. Looks like a 60s Portakabin there
    2 points
  33. The Idles track is getting a lot of plays on 6music. Hopefully they’ll play some others now! RIP Andy Gill
    2 points
  34. But can you copyright hammering on a chord?? It is very difficult to definitively determine authorship of very simple musical figures.
    2 points
  35. I'd go with that list plus Dee Murray P.S. Bonus point for spelling Jack's name correctly, but Ashley's surname is Hutchings 😀
    2 points
  36. The guy who made me get up onto my hindlegs and notice that bass was a thing was JJB. Then Bruce Foxton at around the same time. I joined a band as a rhythm guitarist and the bassist was (and still is) an extraordinary musician - I was mesmerised. But the pro who I really fell for and still love the best is Bruce Thomas from his time in the Attractions. I now have a longer list (thanks to Basschat) with Entwistle, Watt-Roy, Dart, Jamerson, Edwards, Dunn, McCartney, Jones, Kaye, Osborne. Only criteria for me is liking the band or music they play in. I don't see music as a clinical, technical exercise, so if the music leaves me cold no matter how good the player (Jaco, Mark King for example) I won't learn much from them.
    2 points
  37. Motown/ Stax and Atlantic were a big part of my childhood/ teen years so that would be Jamerson, Duck Dunn, Bob Babbitt and Carol Kaye, though I didn't know of them at the time. As a big Talking Heads fanboi Tina Weymouth was a real inspiration when I started playing.
    2 points
  38. Geezer Butler Al Cisneros Jason Newsted James Lomenzo (met him at a guitar show and genuinely nice bloke, plus i loved Black Label Society at the time) John Deacon Scott Reeder
    2 points
  39. Probably not influential as such, but in my mind one of the greats is the very recently departed Juan Nelson. Another one who caught my ear at an early age and piqued my interest in all things bass was Tiran Porter.
    2 points
  40. Are we meant to list bass players we think could objectively be considered to be influential? Or is this just another exercise in listing our personal influences or favourites (again) ? 😁
    2 points
  41. A mate whos always mocking my liking for reggae ( only in a messing about way tho !) sent me this .. ! Haven't actually heard this since the 70s
    2 points
  42. Bet they all had the right gear, though.
    2 points
  43. Great cab(s) _ I have the 1260 compact (Eminence Gamma 12". Eminence LA6cbmr 6.5" + Horn) 300/8 :-
    2 points
  44. There definitely needs to be more ladies in these lists, gents!
    2 points
  45. Look into it well before you show up at the border!
    2 points
  46. I've had a couple of rehearsals with my blues trio as we have a mahoosive old barn we use. I've been trying my 'Lockdown Purchase' basses to see which is the best fit. So far I've used a brace of old cheap Japanese basses and I have to say I love them. First up was a 1972 Antoria EB-3 into which I fitted Artec pickups and sits under the mix quite beautifully without being prominent. At the moment I'd say I prefer the tone of the neck mudbucker in isolation - mixing in the bridge gives some bite but also dilutes the expansive woody character. But it does a passable Jack Bruce when driven. Big surprise is the mid 70s Antoria Precision that, it turns out, had a genuine 1975 Fender pickup fitted at some point. It is lightweight at 8lbs and has the most amazingly comfy neck. Massive aggressive tone from that pickup that has definition and bite and a very different experience to the EB-3 (or my other Precisions, come to that). The guys reckon it sounds better than any other bass I have used with the band. Next week I will take my Guild B-301 to see how it sits compared to the Precision. As I recall the tone is slightly glassier but it is equally rude. Iality I expect I'll use them all in rotation.
    2 points
  47. I have the fretless P bass, one of just three go to basses I've had in the 40+ I've owned. £199 new is crazy value for money: IMHO they considerably exceed Squier for quality, and the Entwhistle pups are excellent. One of their main dealers is the Bass Gallery in London, one of the UK's most respected top end bass shops and luthiers, which must say something.
    2 points
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