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  1. Cheltenham Hall last night. Fantastic venue although not the easiest for sound. It was a long day there and back from Yorkshire, but worth it!
    9 points
  2. Ok, first impressions are still solid. I’m very happy with this set up! The initial issue I had with the combo I briefly owned (volume dial acting more like an on/off switch) is definitely not the case here, it’s much more useable! It’s probably one of the best slap sounds I’ve had with the jazz bass. For £446, all in, posted and taxed, it’s a winner.
    7 points
  3. Great project Teebsy. I’ll watch your progress with interest. Top tip: Probably worth getting a few bags of peas in the freezer. Apparently, they’re the best thing for keeping fingers and thumbs fresh while you get down to A&E to get them sewn back on
    7 points
  4. Peavey B-quad Terrific USA made Peavey B-quad, probably from the early 90s. These basses have a Modulus neck! It's a great sounding instrument with a wide range of sounds using the 2 pickups and piezo bridge. The bass is in used but decent condition. It has some usermarks and small damages, but nothing significant in my opinion. All electronics including the piezo work like they should. The master volume is a bit scratchy, so might need a little cleaning. The back of the neck has been sanded for a really smooth satin finish, it feels just great. Apparently the nut has been changed somewhere in time, which hasn't been the prettiest job ever done. Easy fix though I've fitted the bass with fresh rotosound strings. A generic hardcase is included. Asking €1.550 I am located in the Netherlands, but could ship within the EU at buyers risk. As for partial trades, I am interested in a nice amp. Think; Ashdown ctm 100, Ampeg V4(b), Gallien-Krueger 400/700/800RB, Peavey Tmax... I could also be interested in basses, but only 60s or early 70s Fender (or maybe a nice copy) or a good MM Sabre. I've got more basses and stuff to add in a trade if needed.
    6 points
  5. Dear Mr Liberace, My suggestion is that you ask the same person who is going to drive you to the hospikul to pick them up for you. Or you could always ask feckin’ Alexa and watch it short circuit Yours, Lieutenant-Commander Margaret Merryweather, Women’s Institute (Paramilitary Wing), MA, Ret’d.
    6 points
  6. 5 points
  7. Great tip! Just a quick logistical question: if you've just chopped your finguls off, how do you open the freezer door? And how do you pick up your finguls to put them on ice? Yours hincerely, Liberacè
    5 points
  8. I am giving this another try, as much as I love this bass I prefer the strings spacing of my 4 strings and I don't use the B as much as I used to. I can sell outright or trade it with a Thumb NT4. This bass is from 2000, full specs below. In case of trade, open to cash either way depending on the year, condition etc Collection or meeting within reasonable distance, or I can ship at buyer's cost. GBP 1,600 or EUR 1,900 **I currently live in Paris, so can ship within the EU. **I also travel to London regularly, normally once a month, happy to take the bass with me for a possible UK sale. Specs from Warwick below, I upgraded the nut to a brass JAN3 and installed Schaller strap locks. Bass Thumb Bass NT 5 string Serial Number L 075333 00 Year 2000 Month November Number 075433 Neck Wood Ovangkol Wood Fingerboard Wenge Wood Frets Bronce Warwick Frets Nut Just a Nut II Version *Upgraded to JAN III* Neck construction NeckThrough hiddenneck construction Body 3 pcs. solid Bubinga Wood Surface Oil Finish / BeeWax surface Pickups active MEC JJ Pickups Electronic active MEC 18 Volt 3 Band Electronic Hardware Black Hardware made for Warwick Made in Germany / 08258 Markneukirchen
    4 points
  9. Hi everyone! I'm having to Sell my trusted Modulus Flea Bass. Condition is very good, only a few small marks on the body over the years but are barely visible, the neck is great but these basses do pick up marks between the lower frets on the fretboard from bending strings, all of this is visible in the pictures. I've owned this bass since new, it was bought from Bass Central in California in 2003. In the late 2000s I bought an early 1996 model from the US and swapped the pickups so it has the amazing Lane Poor. I'm only selling because of financial difficulty's at present, it was one of the basses I said I'd never sell. When I purchased it I gigged it for a year and since then it has just been used as a studio bass, and for the last two years its been in its case mostly. Unfortunately while testing it I broke the D string but will not replace the strings as the buyer would probably like to put their own favourite strings on. In 2012 a cable broke on the Aguilar OBP-1 so I had a brand new one fitted. It has a Badass Bass 2 bridge as most of them do. Also, comes with the original Modulus Case. I will box it up but the buyer can arrange their own Courier. Kind Regards, Scott
    4 points
  10. Best thing would be to drop a verse and a chorus, the intro, the solo, and the remaining verses and choruses. And the bridge. God I hate that song.
    4 points
  11. Madam, I'll have you know that we do not allow the likes of that little data-slut 'Alexa' or her ilk in our domus. Furthermore, due to the continuing global Covid pandemic, current NHS advice to those who have accidentally amputated extremeties is, and I quote, "Feck off and sort it yerself! We're feckin' busy making irritating TV & radio adverts. What do you expect from us? Treatment! Ha!" True dat
    4 points
  12. If you had any expectations of high ticket sales, that sentence has rectum
    4 points
  13. All our maps have everything south-west of Flax Bourton labelled as 'There be pasties'.
    4 points
  14. I use the same strings on my fretless as I do on my fretted, usually steel roundwounds. I've used Elites a lot, but I've got D'addario on there at the moment. I think LaBellas will be going on next time though. Flats can sound great but I prefer the tone of rounds on a fretless, and coated strings can get in the bin.
    4 points
  15. Dear Mr Teebs, Just ignore all the Faff and nonsense from those "Onlooker" who are probably envious of your gallant desire to create something that you will enjoy building and using. The whole biuld process is a satisfying, enjoyable process savored by the few who dare to try. I look forward to reading your diary account in the "Build diaries" section. Good luck with your efforts. Kind regards John (very amateur cab builder)
    4 points
  16. I have always loved La Bella nylons on my fretless basses, the tension is lovley and they can sustain for days with the right set up. Black ones are good if you like a darker tone, whereas the white ones have a brighter top end. However, I recently tried a set of the new Galli Synthesis flats, whch have a synthetic core, and they are just incredible. My new favourite fretless string without a doubt. If I was still using rounds on a fretless I always had good experiences with DR Sunbeams and Elixirs.
    4 points
  17. 4 points
  18. It’s a very nice 1982 US made Precision Elite. It’s in excellent condition. All original apart from some screws and a new nut. The bass has a great action and the electrics work perfectly. The chunky bridge is included and complete with intonation disc/screws though at the moment I’ve taken them off as they are a bit uncomfortable when muting. It’s a lovely well balanced bass and not a bad weight for one of these at 4.3kgs. Neck has some nice figuring and the body has a lovely grain to it. No trades please as this is part of my clearout. The bass was made in Fullerton US apparently and quite rare. At one point it had a basic BBT bridge installed and as a result I tried a threaded bridge on it which reduced the weight to 4kgs! There are five extra screws under the original bridge for this although you can’t see them. There is also a crack in the battery cover. Pickup preferred but I can post at buyers cost U.K. only as I have a decent box. Sorry no case.
    4 points
  19. For me it depends on the specific song. Some songs work best with the attack of a pick, some sound better with the subtlety of fingers.
    3 points
  20. Beautiful! I reckon this'll be gone in a couple of days tops. GLWTS anyway!
    3 points
  21. New in my herd. Ibanez EHB1005MS
    3 points
  22. This was my cheapo solution Still going strong after a couple of years…
    3 points
  23. Nice work Teebsy. Looking forward to seeing and hearing the finished product. I have no need for a gigging amp these days, so like Stub I've gone the PJB route. I have an earlier version of this: I got it for a little over £200 from a fellow BCer. Very nice it is too. Bit late for you of course, but hey!
    3 points
  24. Its hard not to look at that and wonder how you are going to get the gimp in before you put the back on.
    3 points
  25. We started our one song, but ran out of time before the second verse 🙃
    3 points
  26. I find the Sandberg Umbo to be the perfect mix of P and J. The warmer Alnico 3 pickups put the front pickup into P territory alone, but still sound like a Jazz when both are selected. Having 2 of the same pickup sidesteps the issues of a P and a J together that I find with my actual PJ. The passive circuit is quite quirky but capable of very diverse tones, from thumpy to bright to even semi acoustic like tones.
    3 points
  27. For regrettable sale is my Bravewood ‘58 Precision Bass commissioned by myself in 2015 and made by John Elliott between July 2015 and May 2016. I’d owned and played quite a few Fender basses over the years and got to understand what I liked and didn’t like about each of them. I’d gassed for a custom bass for a few years and in 2015 I finally had the money together to start making enquiries. I specified a 40mm neck, rolled fingerboard, lightweight body, and with deep body contours/chamfers. John had me take a few of my basses down to his workshop near Redruth so he could see what I liked about them, before starting work. It exceeded my expectations and it really is a beautiful bass to look and and hold. The pictures do not do it justice, the colour especially is much more rich and Blonde in the flesh. Since I had it it’s only been gigged twice at private events where I could trust it wouldn’t be nicked or damaged, one or two rehearsals, and played at home on occasion. It looks the same as the day I picked it up. My reason for selling is I’m barely playing bass anymore, sadly. I haven’t gigged in 2 years and some recent financial issues mean I can’t justify having a bass of this value sat around not being played, not just because of my own financial situation, but the fact this is a bass that deserves to be played! Swamp Ash body in vintage transparent Blonde nitro with reliced and checked finish. Maple neck with 40mm nut width. F logo on headstock. Vintage-correct hardware all round. Wizard vintage-spec pick up and Hiscox hardcase. And at 7.9lbs John reckoned it was the lightest Precision he’d ever made. John replaced the pickup with another brand-new Wizard in November 2016 after the original one mysteriously died, and due to inevitable neck-dive because of the light weight, I fitted some Gotoh GBR640 tuners which I reliced to match the original Gotoh’s John fitted. I didn’t have a clue how to price this, as Bravewood’s don’t come up very often, therefore I’ve listed it at 1500 *now 1400* which is what I originally paid . I’m happy for someone to tell me if this is too steep, but I think it is worth it as it’s hardly been used and is a wonderful instrument. I played it for the first time in months the other day, the set up is still very good but I cannot remember what strings are on it, although they are roundwounds with silver ball ends and still have a lot of life left. I will not post this, I am happy to meet any prospective buyer at my home address in Cornwall or I can travel within a reasonable distance to meet you, but I want to make sure the new buyer is completely happy as this is not an off-the-shelf bass, but a completely custom-made instrument. John put pictures of the bass on his website and you can see it here http://www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk/page21.html I will also include the whole email conversation between me and John to show how and when it was commissioned. The pictures I’ve posted are what John sent me once it was completed, plus a cheeky couple of it at home the other day. You can get a better sense of the true colour in these pics which is why I took them. Any Q’s please ask! Will
    2 points
  28. For sale if my lightweight (must be sub 8 1/2 lb) Shergold Marathon (not stereo). Lovely old bass with lots of character but I’m missing not having a Precision and so, as versatile as it is, I’m going to move it on. I got this from Ash of this very parish and due to Covid, it’s never left the house. This is not a collectors item and has some laquer crackling and dings and scuffs but nothing that affects it’s playability. Lovely low action and a sounds rather beasty! I have no hard case but will pack securely for postage at buyers cost and risk. Collection and trial preferred though. May trade for P Bass. A white one would be wonderful 😁 Might consider something MM. Maybe USA Sub etc The ghost is back to haunt me. Will consider Fender VI or similar string spacing VI. Condition colour not important as long as it plays well. May also consider something Barefaced.. Cash either way possible for the right bass.
    2 points
  29. ☝️this is what I had in mind
    2 points
  30. Sly and Robbie heavy Bassline
    2 points
  31. Something a little different from my usual thang....
    2 points
  32. Someone posted a pic of one on the Darkglass users fb page, that went down well 😂
    2 points
  33. Excellent band, seen @casapetein action a couple of times now.
    2 points
  34. Part of me thinks £195 for a preamp pedal is excessive and surely I can get similar sounds with my Zoom B1-Four and Laney preamp pedal, or get something like a Two Notes Torpedo for loading all sorts of Amp and Cab sims if that's what I need (I don't really need it)......but a bigger less rational part thinks why not give it a go - I like trying out analogue pedals to find 'the one', B-15 is a sound I like and this seems the going rate for Broughton pedals - which must be for a good reason. So I'll go for it (unless someone was quicker than me) PM sent.
    2 points
  35. And while you're at it, drop anything else by Status Quo.
    2 points
  36. Another great HEADS UP!! Plugin alliance is giving a $20 voucher you can use even without buying anything, I just got their Lindell 1176 and Pultec (each $9.99) using the voucher. If you use it today it will reset tomorrow and you can use it again but only those who use it today will be able to do it again so hurry up. Don't need to buy anything just use the voucher and then you can buy something tomorrow or just don't and re-use it again Voucher code is MEGA-SALE-20OFF
    2 points
  37. Great film! I was a full on grunge kid in my teens (and mostly still am, only older and podgier). The soundtrack was fantastic, I had it for years before I managed to finally see the film. the best song was Second Skin by The Gits. RIP Mia
    2 points
  38. But that means us Somersetians would have to cross the border from the hallowed lands into the Outside Realms. All our maps have everything north-east of Flax Bourton labelled as 'Heere Be Dragons'.
    2 points
  39. I thought I heard something... The Grateful Dead - where to start? I have played with two GD cover bands, first was The Grateful Dudes, a Leicester based 6 piece (lead & rhythm guitar, keys, two drummers and bass) which is probably the top of the Dead bands in the UK. I was with them for two years and then left due to the amount of travelling involved. I now play with a lower key Oxford based band called Frankin's Tower. Again, two guitarists, two drummers (usually one on bongoes and the other on Cajon), bass and a female singer. More fun than the Dudes, but not the bigger venues that they played. Both had a similar repertoire. So far as listening to the Dead goes, personally, I have listened to the studio albums once each. I have a fair sized collection of Dead CDs on the shelf in front of me, the vast majority of which are live recordings. They tended to record every gig (approx 2,500) and a good many have been released officially. They also actively encouraged audience members to tape their gigs, even to the extent of providing a 'tapers area' so they would get a good sound balance. This led to an active tape trading culture, now largely replaced with on line recordings. Widely considered their best live recording was Cornell University May 8th 1977, which is available as a 3 CD set and is of consistently good quality. Get a bunch of Dead Heads in a room (or a field) and they'll argue all night about better versions of various songs, but for a single package, Cornell is the best place to start, in my opinion. They are still going though their tape archives and releasing new live CDs, the Richard's Picks series (named after Richard Latvala, their archivist until he passed away), Road Trips series & the current Dave's Picks (named after the current archivist). I am a subscriber to Dave's Picks and receive four per year, the most recent was a few weeks ago and is number 39. I missed out on the early Dave's Picks and they now fetch silly money on ebay. The easiest (and definitely the cheapest!) way to listen to the Dead is via sites such as https://relisten.net/grateful-dead which has recordings of just about every gig they played, likewise https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?sort=-publicdate It's important to remember that though they tend to be remembered for songs such as Dark Star (very long, very spacey) and Playing in the Band, known to DeadHeads as PITB, a more straightforward song that could include lengthy jams before returning to the main theme, their sets also included a good many short, simple songs - Chuck Berry songs, country songs by Johnny Cash & Merle Haggard - just about anything. The Dead's versions of Dancing in the Streets is worth hearing as well - and great fun to play on the bass. That's enough typing, I'm going to stick a CD on and pick up my bass.
    2 points
  40. I have TI flats on an Ibanez and on my Jazz and Precision I have Dunlop Super Bright Nickel round wounds 45-105 as a direct result of hearing this:
    2 points
  41. And here it is with its Jazz cousin:
    2 points
  42. Jah Wobble in January, looking forward to some of this
    2 points
  43. I recently acquired this on here. It's a bitsa and swapped out the pickups and electronics and fitted a set of EMG Geezers instead. It's a sweet instrument. Just need some flat topped knobs to finish it off now.
    2 points
  44. Some of the comments on this thread are just silly. If only there was a thread on Basschat where all this guff could go... 'twood make the place much tidier.
    2 points
  45. I’ve finished the aluminium profile on the lower grill. It needs the corners tightening up (it’s all one piece of aluminium like the original) so I’ve given it to a blacksmith friend who’s got a very sharp 90° angle on his vice. Mine has wooden jaws so the angle and alignment is a touch vague and I want it spot in before the corners are soldered up. The preamp has also had a service and a coupe of minor issues sorted out.
    2 points
  46. To complicate matters further... Even if it sounds OK at the rehearsal, it's all going to change on the night of the gig itself. Fish batter is a notorious acoustic sponge - it'll soak up all the reflections, which will have its pros and cons. You might lose the slapjack / timing issues mentioned earlier, at the expense of being to hear the other half of the band. Is it too late to suggest a change to pie & chips instead? That might mitigate the problem somewhat.
    2 points
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