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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
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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 -
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
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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 – Gold6 points -
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
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For sale my Alleva Coppolo LG5 standard in a mint condition. 4200€ Questions only PM5 points -
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 -
Bill Laswell5 points
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"Highly sort after" really gets on my onions5 points
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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 sound5 points
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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 -
Gave the sides a quick scrape, happy with how the black veneer came out between the fretboard and neck woods4 points
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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
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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
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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
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Here is my steinberger xq4 , bought from a great guy of this forum, bartolini pickups it's just amazing!!4 points
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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
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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 fantastic3 points
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Loving this riddim, reminds me of another tune but can’t place it3 points
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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
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Great player. Unorthodox approach to string damping .3 points
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Then you could bind the inside of the pickup cavities... Fortunately you haven't got a neck pocket...3 points
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It is indeed Jane Munro of the Au Pairs, Alexandra Palace 16th June 1980.3 points
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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
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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
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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
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A better picture of the top...3 points
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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 cover3 points
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Clamps away!3 points
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I bought this 1978 Aria Pro Ripper copy off @ash a few weeks or so ago which needed a bit of work done to it as Ash wanted to invest in another project. I got the scratch-late from a German seller on Ebay otherwise it would be a 6 week wait on one from WD. I spoke to Martin Herrick of herrickpickups.com who supplied the pickups. Martin is a great guy to deal with and very helpful in getting the poles spacing on this one right, as you can see he did the neck at an angle to compensate for the string spacing and a big double one at the bridge. I could not order the proper ripper pickups from America for some reason or another but Im very please with the outcome, a wiring loom from Kiogan and a Babicz bridge to complement as the original one was pretty crap anyway. All in all a nice little project that has turned out well, I have seen one of these before now so they probably don't show up that often.. So here she is Guys2 points
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Recently acquired this Taiwanese built BB300 on a whim. What really attracted me was the reverse P pickup and the 2 simple 'sucked sweetie' knobs. And the fact it just looks cool 😎 It had 1 wonky tuner and one non original one and it has a new generic but decent replacement bridge. @AndyTravis very helpfully supplied me with 2 proper original Yamaha tuners from his tool box which I have now fitted and work a treat. Now just need to spend some time with it but my BB414 is such an all round monster of an instrument that cost so very little I've decided to put some flats on the BB300 and experiment a bit to try to find a role for it. Apart from the pickup the only other thing I really notice is the neck which is really chunky, far more so than the 414. Time will tell if we bond but you'll hear about it on the BB mega thread first 😁2 points
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I personally cringe at basses being called she. I also find it bizarre that a dent by the Jack socket needs to be highlighted with "in no way affects the playability"2 points
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I'd be starting the dispute as a bit of insurance in case or radio silence... can alway stop when resolved. Consider sending it back then make a cheaky offer? Or I'd be looking on £100 back (10% - 15%) to potentialy meet half the £200ish refin cost?... Then its for you to decide what ya do... like ya mentioned a bit of DIY with the Wet 'n Dry... And as long as ya happy and not making do... Good Stuff2 points
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Indeed these TRB-P's are just amazing basses, sadly on the heavy side. That said, not everybody has a bad back. 😉 It will sell very quickly as they are sought after, for some reason. And it's also a really beautiful one !2 points
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Though I've never tried to emulate him. Mick Karn was definitely a huge influence. I remember at the time nobody was playing like him - had a style of his own and played outside the mainstream.2 points
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Eh up Lowdown the plateau arrived and you were bang on....i have recently returned back to Bass i think i bogged myself down with Theory on Bass which started to get to much the more i delved into it.2 points
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I don't have any myself, but I'll ask my friendly neighbours and let you know! Edit - Me plus bass equals 14 stone and 0.5 pounds, me without bass equals 13 stone and 4.25 pounds. 14 pounds in a stone (right?) means it's 10.25 pounds, if my calculations are correct?2 points -
I have no idea who that is.2 points
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On the topic of women bassists I loved,2 points
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Top 3 for me are probably: Robbie Shakespeare Bernard Edwards Bootsy Collins2 points
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Rammsteim - Untitled2 points
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I am of the same mind, I am not vegan, although my wife is, but yes, if you can do somethign with less harm that should be a no brainer. Most of my other straps are US, seems oddly that is more of a thing there, Couch straps and Denali2 points
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Off to listen to 'Pump It Up' and that Fab Bass Line in 'I Don't Want to go to Chelsea'.... Twas more Gtr growing up... but same bands, Hawkwind & Motorhead (Lemmy) Zep (JPJ) Budgie (Burke)... Stranglers (JJB) Black Uhuru (S&R, cos ya cant have one without the other can you... wouldnt be right) as mentioned liking the band and music, and how it makes ya feel.2 points
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That's a good point! Also good to see Pekka Pohjola on the list - I saw him and Mike Howlett on the same night when Wigwam supported Gong in the mid 70s.2 points
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The fascination with watts always amuses me. What are we looking at? Soldering?2 points
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Great Review - i needed this 15 years ago! I have this exact Amp and I too have preshape 1 on and use the EQ to help the sound a bit. I have just joined and 80's band - so maybe I should "un EQ the 80's in" 😄 I have learned a couple of things this reading this esp with the compression - I am going to try your setting with a lower setting in on the high compression - Thank you. I owned mine since 2002 and it has never let me down with 18 years of gigging regulalry with the last 6 years using a Warwick $$ - I did have to give it a hover out about 12 years go - maybe i should open it up! Solid amp sitting on a 4x10 and 1x15 cab - although I sold the 4x10 cab recently to save my back/space... hoping I havent doen the wrong thing!2 points
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Ah, but the problem there is that OP asked who it was that turned them onto bass. None of the many exceptional female bass players did in my case (my age and timing being a contributing factor). That is not to say that I’m not aware of them, or that I’m not mightily impressed by their work, it’s just they didn’t turn me on to bass at the time and no offence or bias was implied by their omission. However, a list of female bass players whom I really like since taking up the 4 stringed beast would include: Rhonda Smith Yolanda Charles Tina Weymouth Gail Ann Dorsey There are, of course, others but these would top my list.2 points
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Take Too Many E's ～ Vice Squad2 points
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I adore the Markbass sound, can't speak for the Fender. But what i would say is when discussing sound types and quality, a huge amount of change is possible if you really sit down with the EQ and play with it seriously, both inside and outside the box. I couldn't get MB to work for me until by chance I brushed the EQ knobs with my hand, sending them all over the place - and quite accidentally achieved exactly the sound I wanted. I don't think I'd ever had managed it without that accident, because they're not logical or conventional settings. So if you do experiment, try every combination to see what it does. And I found the MB filter knobs helped me get sounds I couldn't with the conventional EQ controls on their own. YMMV and IMHO. (FYI, my settings are (in o'clocks) Bass 12, Low mids 11, high mids 10, treble 9, then the filters on 8 and 10, or 10 and 8: can't remember which filter knob was which setting. You may not like it, I find it works perfect for me with a P bass.)2 points
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In the end neither the Sterling or the Rick was used on the first post lockdown rehearsal, as I’d managed to get the new addition set up to my liking she got the honours. Wish my playing had been able to do her justice.....9 months without a gig takes its toll.2 points
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