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7 points
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Would love to be able to say the same of our drummer5 points
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update - withdrawn and now on loan to a mate. With MM prices rising so steeply I think I’ll keep hold. Bought new by me in Sept 2018 when the Specials landed in the UK. Much loved but now not used since I managed to buy back my beloved and sentimental old faithful ‘95 Ray, after selling it during a rough time. This is 1 of 2 basses I’m selling as I trim the herd. Has a neck to die for, is roasted maple and has a great shape. The tones are plentiful with the HH and the new revoiced EQ which is incredibly versatile and useable across the full sweeps. This is far and beyond the most ergonomic Ray they have released, very comfy to hold. Good condition, well looked after, and just minor signs of use over 3 years - nothing nasty. The case has marks on the front from tight storage. Weighs 8.64lbs (3.92kg).. Some of these go up to 9.5lbs or more, so this one is a good weight for a HH Special. Back in 2018 the bodies were listed as swamp ash, now it’s just ambiguously stated as ‘select hardwood’.... TRADES - I’d much prefer a sale as I can’t think of another bass I need right now. Though feel free to get in touch with bass plus cash offer as I might accept if it’s something I can sell on and enjoy for a bit while keeping hold of. Sorry, I’m not wanting to trade by post. Collection always preferred, but PM to discuss shipping please. My feedback -4 points -
I finally got around to cleaning up my first ever bass today, I bought it in 1997 from a cash converters, I did the punk stuff with it then when I got a better one I put it in a cupboard, 100 basses later and it's one of the few I've kept, does anyone know what model it is, it's a shortscale encore, I know it's rubbish and worthless but it means a lot to me.4 points
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Few more pics…4 points
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To bring some perspective my auntie used to live next door to Roger Glover in Richings Park, Iver, Buckinghamshire and my (then) teenage cousin Pete used to wash Roger's car to make a few bob. One time Roger was in his garden planting out some marigolds and my uncle leaned over the fence and said 'Rog, is Smoke On The Water heavy metal?' and Roger put down his trowel and thought a bit and said 'No, Norman, it's hard rock but played with a hint of heaviness'.3 points
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Baaaaaa In my day "just after t'war" you'd be shot for 'avin' fret rattle. Mind we played proper basses in them days. Upright buggers None of this fancy stuff Tha naaaas 😁3 points
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It is usually messier... or tidier.3 points
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Simple, because I felt like it. Couldn’t decide what to do wrt logo so this meant I do not need to worry, and it is a neat hidden feature.3 points
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I read a post on YouTube on one of her songs, I forget which song it was now. This person said they remember this song with great fondness as the last time they had heard it was from a foxhole in France. I Googled the song and it was released in the 50's, so this guy must have heard a very exclusive pre-pre-pre release edition being played on his radio whilst he dodged bullets from the Jerry's!3 points
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I got a scratch plate for the JMJ from AxesRus3 points
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Progress! - sanded back the body - stained it again - trussrod cover made - Logo recessed in neck - frets polished3 points
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I prefer a medium/ high action. I just can’t stand fret buzz and I think you have more control of note length with a higher action. Speed then comes with practice and technique. Plus it’d be nonsensical to have a p bass with flats and the clackerty timbres of low action.3 points
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It's just been announced that my band Black Atlas will be playing Bloodstock this year on the new blood stage! I can't wait!3 points
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SOLD Roland GR-20 Guitar Synthesizer – good condition. No pick-up, cables or power supply - £100 ***NOW £50*** SOLD Line 6 MM4 Modulation Modeler – good condition, light scratches, no power supply - £100 - ***NOW £50*** SOLD TC Helicon Voicelive vocal effect harmonizer – excellent condition with generic case - £100 SOLD Zoom B3 multi-effects unit – excellent condition - £100 SOLD EBS UniChorus – excellent condition - £100 - ***NOW £50*** SOLD Boss CH-1 Super Chorus – excellent condition - £50 SOLD Boss DD-3 Digital Delay – VGC - £55 SOLD MXR M135 Smartgate – excellent condition - £50 - ***£30*** SOLD Boss TU-2 – VGC - £40 - ***NOW £20*** SOLD Boss TU-3 – excellent condition - £50 SOLD Boss RV-5 Digital Reverb – excellent condition - £70 SOLD Boss GEB-7 Bass Equalizer (Monteallums modded) - excellent condition - £70 SOLD Digitech BSW Envelope Filter – VGC - £45 No trades or swaps thanks2 points -
Hartke LH500 valve amplifier and hydrive 210 speakers. Mint condition complete with Hotcovers Padded Cover. Valve preamp and sold state power amp. Not class D so has serious not shouty power. 350/500 watts with extra speaker. Power Output: 350 W Speaker: 2x 10 " Controls: Volume, Bass, Middle, Treble, Brite, Limiter Limiter: Yes Compressor: No External Speaker Cabinet Output Port: Yes DI Output: Yes Effects Loop: Yes Headphone Output Port: No MP3/Line In: No Output on tuner: No Type of electronics in the preamp: 12AX7 Tweeter: Yes Dimensions: 609 x 381 x 580 mm Weight: 38 kg UK Plug: Yes2 points -
Eh up So..... It's been years since I was here last. Most of you won't remember me, but a few oldies might. I've been here since the start, since the "Bassworld" days which most of you won't remember. I've been totally out of it all now for at least a couple of years. I totally lost all enthusiasm for bass, and making music generally for no reason I can put my finger on other than concentrating on art. I've had every bass you can imagine.... I must be into 3 figures of them... fender, lakland, musician, sadowsky, ibanez, Yamaha etc.... from 3k to £100 (best P bass I ever had... a 100 quid knackered MIJ Squier from the bay).... Anyway.... 2yrs since letting my last 2 Yamaha BBs go..... I got the itch again... my Mrs has bought me (with my guidance) an old Yamaha RBX460. It's, really fun to play, made in Taiwan, around 1997 I think. I'm already looking for pickup upgrades lol.... but it decent as it is... anyways.. Just dropping in.... 👍🏻2 points
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Mine needs a little work still…2 points
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I’m learning lots of sayings here, gritty clank, rattle, chewie midrange, buh, clicky percussive, buzzy, clackerty timbres, plasticky overtones, twangy, clank, mush , I didn’t realise you could get so many sounds 😁2 points
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And there's all theses luthiers, engineers and experts working their socks off to get good-sounding, reliable musical instruments, only for it all to be reduced to 'clank', 'mush' and distortion..! S'a funny ol' world..! ...2 points
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You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me - Frank Sinatra2 points
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Not if you grew up in the 80's on this side of the Atlantic2 points
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My 'go to' tune to check out my system setup for 25+ years -2 points
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I'm not sure which song you are referring to but we did "Run' for a while and that certainly was an exercise in staying awake. On the other hand, we have added 'You Oughta Know' by Alanis Morissette to our setlist and that is a great song to learn. The bass line is basically all in F# Dorian so there is a lot of scope for adding in your own short phrases from the scale in the song. I don't usually have this level of freedom doing covers.2 points
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Scratch perry 19762 points
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Just to follow up @Steve Browning's point. I work in the tech sector and many equipment manufacturers have crazy lead times at the moment. I'm not sure if this is just Brexit and border changes, or raw materials sourcing issues too. I also know that we as a company are struggling to deal with the wave of spending that is starting back up because we had to lay so many staff off during the covid period due to there being no work. Customers who hibernated and weren't buying or paying during the pandemic are now expecting the same instant high level of service but we have hardly any backroom resources left to deal with quoting, purchasing, service, invoicing etc. We are doing our best to rebuild, but I'm sure the powers way above my head are nervous to splurge on recruitment in case this is just another short spike of business. All the time this is going on, those of us that are left are working flat out trying to save the face of the company but are undoubtedly letting customers down here and there. As I said, we are not the music shop industry, but thought it might be worth considering as reasons as to why they are so bad at the moment.2 points
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Great song Chris, I was only playing this version a while back2 points
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Whatever works for you, really - I dislike the pure note on it's own going 'buh' and like a little bit of fret clank and/or rattle behind the note to help it growl, in varying amounts of course.2 points
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A Peter Tosh cover this time The Meters - Stop that train | Bass Transcription | George Porter Jr.2 points
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The only music that is truly no good, is any music no-one enjoys*. *i.e. Edith Piaf and yodelling.2 points
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And play bass - that’s Richard page, he wrote the song also2 points
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Excellent service received from Brian at EarlPilanz for my scratch plate. Thanks for the recommendations. Had the original and new ones back within 2 days of him receiving the original to use as a template. Overall pleased with the result, black looks a lot better than the original mint coloured guard IMO. Only niggle is that It's about 2mm out on the bottom edge next to the control plate.2 points
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Musical categories are just so Robert Christgau knows who to slag off.2 points
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Mine has arrived :D.....thread incoming Si2 points
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No-one said these were inherently bad because they're not MIA. Seems like defending them before they needed to be defended. I think they look good. My beef with the price is that it'll drop off a cliff in the second hand market, because it's not a Fender. It doesn't matter where it's from. It could be the best P bass Fender never made - that won't matter a jot to a predimonantly ill-informed marketplace. Because of this, and because I can't be trusted not to get bored/distracted and sell basses on, I would never consider buying this bass. But I hope that they work out for you, that you never sell them and enjoy playing them for a long time.2 points
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seem to be based on the Reb Beach Ibanez sig from the 80's2 points
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@Cuzzie Thanks dude. To be honest, the size isn't an issue. I bought loads of pedals and now realise that they're fun for playing around at home but useless with my band so they're mostly going to leave plenty of pedal board space for just a preamp and tuner. It sounds like the Le Bass could be what I want. I'm just looking for something fairly subtle to push the sound that last bit.2 points
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It is a bit. I’m not keen on Oxford Street either. Waterloo sunset- The Kinks2 points
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Stop analysing music and just appreciate the art-form. It doesn't need to compartmentalised.2 points
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I question the need for the extra cab. Is there PA support? Best to dial it back a bit and let the PA be loud and proud without interference from the stage rig getting into drum mics. If no PA support, best to stay under the vocals and not drown out the drums etc. No third cab required.2 points
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I feel I'm among understanding friends here, so thought I would share a confession I have about my 2013 Musicman Stingray HH. It is, without doubt, a fine and well crafted instrument with a great tonal range and a fantastic neck. The action will sit as low as I want and it is no effort to play. A wide strap compensates for the weight and with the TI flats I have on at the moment it sounds great. In short, it is the best bass I have ever owned and I like it - a lot. But (this is the confession bit) I don't LOVE it. Feels almost sacrilegious to say this but I've had her for 2 years now and play every day. I don't know what it is, but I don't feel as free on the fingerboard as I do with other basses. It might be something to do with how the bass sits on me. It feels maybe a little too biased to the right. The neck is amazing, but altogether it just seems to lack that rubbery funky freedom (that's the best I can do) I've had on other basses. For precision, tone, quality and looks (sunburst with tort pickguard) for that matter I can't fault it. I'm just finding it a little..... sterile? I just wondered if others have had a similar experience with Stingrays. I played a Stingray 5 recently, and that seemed to sit differently against the body. I'd be really interested to hear your experience of this amazing bass that I seem to be surprisingly ambivalent about. It can't be just me? Can it (Janet)?1 point
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Stingrays sound great to me, but only when other people are playing them.1 point
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I’ve had a Selmer T’n’B 50 and an Ampeg PF-50T. The Ampeg had much more usable volume than the Selmer.1 point
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Damn, I have the same model in the same finish. I might also have to go down this route as the black looks much cooler!1 point
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I can’t recommend the Ibanez UB840 highly enough. It’s brilliant for a bass guitar player who wants to look and sound authentic in a jazz setting. I use a Markbass CMD 121P with it but tend to have the bass (on the amp) cut back a bit. The object is to be heard without being loud, amongst two saxes, electric piano and drums and I’ve found less bass-boom works better. This particular upright also has each string with it’s own piezo pickup in it’s individual bridge, which has allowed me to swop the strings round - I am an unashamed lefty. I like the original strings and believe your playing style makes a huge difference to the sound you get. Having it’s own stand, rather than being an unsupported stick, is extremely useful in gig situation and the price is just insane - what’s not to like. 😎1 point
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Very 80's -- they're not just for slap!!1 point
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