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Music Man Sterling Classic 4 in great condition complete with original Musc Man hard case........ Free Postage if needed (UPS Next Day.... not Hermes). The body at the neck pocket is dated Apr 2011. Lovely gloss ash body with a great grain and the neck is a great gloss 'birdseye' maple (see pics) and a rosewood neck. Please excuse the reflections in the pics, but it's a nightmare to photo in bright sunlight. For the weight fans..... it weighs in at 8lbs 14 oz or a smidge over 4kg. Don't see many of these around for whatever reason but I believe it was discontinued, so no idea if it's even reasonably priced, although the last one I saw for sale (in here) was at a higher price. I've had this a while now but never used it really and never been used at a gig, but having said that I'm still in two minds about selling it. I'm more of a passive Precision type these days so it seems a waste to have it sat there doing nothing when someone else could likely benefit from it. It's had a nut replacement in the past to a bone nutn and ot long ago set up with Rotosound 100-40 Stainless Steel Rounds fitted. These are a bit different to the usual MM Sterlings in that it doesn't have the selector switch or control plate and is based more along the lines of 'old style' models being 2EQ with the controls being Vol-Treb-Bass but with no centre detents. Maybe better off watching these reviews of it:10 points -
I had a spare moment this afternoon and couldn't resist rubbing some oil into my body. It will darken further in the coming weeks. Next I need to decide what hardware to go for.8 points
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Hi! I have for sale a very nice bass like new condition that was used only in house. I got it here locally from original buyer and the bass plays like a dream. Has 34" scale, 19" space strings, 3.9 kg., swamp ash body, pao ferro fingerboard, NT maple neck, spalted maple top, marleaux bridge, schaller tuners. Comes with case and price is 2399 euro + shipping. No trades!7 points -
I miss JTUK. His constant proclamations of being amazing and what his vastly excessive tech requirements were for foldback monitoring. Then you find out he's playing "The Tickled Trout," in front of a massive plasma screen showing the FA Cup replay of Stoke v Crewe. How he only played with "named professionals," and was so amazingly talented at bass he could sneer at some of the greatest players to ever pick up the instrument yet provided no evidence of how he was apparently better. What a tool.7 points
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Is there any way you could do the swifts using tort? 😆6 points
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Discussing driver size is like hitting yourself upside the head with a hammer. It feels really good when you stop. 😉6 points
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Is it possible to be banned from the For Sale threads? Asking for a friend...6 points
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Now £2100 Much as I love this, I just find that I'm focusing on my 5 strings - and I also need to raise some funds. This is by far the greatest 6 string I've ever come across, very easy to play (I have small hands and never had any problems with this, unlike some other 6ers I've had) and sounds amazing. Currently strung E-F but will happily restring it for anyone who wants it B-C instead. Would prefer a sale but will always consider trades, vintage stuff probably more likely to succeed but I have strange tastes so always worth an ask! Also play 6 string guitar if that helps. Shipping within the UK is possible at extra cost but would greatly prefer collection from high Wycombe, London or pre-agreed mutually convenient location. Full spec below, copied from bipbip62's (who I got it from in the first place) original advert on here: The specifications : 32 3/9 " scale (as wanted by Jonas HELLBORG). 26 frets with zero fret. 1.5 mm action under the C string up to 2 mm under the B string 14 mm strings spacing at the Status Electro bridge (as wanted by Jonas HELLBORG himself). 8 mm at the graphite nut. 1 double action truss rod (beware as it's a typical English left screwing model). 3 bass Gotoh tuners on the bass side + 3 guitar Gotoh tuners on the treble side. Woven graphite neck with Rosewood fretboard. The semi-solid body with a single 'F' hole has a double size two-piece mahogany back with a red coloured veneer and book-matched Rosewood facing. Acoustic chambers are machined into the mahogany before the top is glued on : this allows the body to resonate and create a warmer, more "open" response. 1 Status Hyperactive humbucker really close to the bridge (as wanted by Jonas HELLBORG himself) + 1 piezo pickup under the saddle in the bridge with balance, master volume (20 detent positions), treble cut/boost for magnetic and treble cut/boost for piezo (like on all Electro II series). The Weight: 5.2 kilos . Delivered in original Status gigbag. Equipped with Thomastik JR round wound nickel strings (029 - 043 - 051 - 068 - 089 -118). Satin finish for the body and thick glossy finish for the neck. Delivered to Jonas HELLBORG in November 2001. Set up by Christophe LEDUC (great french luthier). It's the rarest Status bass ever, completely original and never modified. Official price today will be more than £4500 GBP is you can get one made. To add to that last point, I tried to get Rob Green to build me a 5string Electro about 5 years ago - in fact I asked him multiple times over the course of about 3 years - and always got a flat 'no'. I imagine if you're Mark King or that guy from Muse you'd probably get one but otherwise, the Electro seems to be never coming back as a model...5 points -
Before I set the heel angle and depth, I have to level the fretboard. For a fretted neck, that is straightforward - you get a dead straight levelling beam with fine emery on one side and run it up and down the fret tops evenly across the width of the board. The fret filings tell you when the tops are all flat and even (or not yet in this example): But for a fretless, it's a bit more awkward. You still use a levelling sanding beam, but black dust on black makes it difficult to see if you are getting there. So I tend to use an old mechanics' 'Engineers Blue' trick, but with blackboard chalk. I cover the beam with chalk and run it from one side of the board to the other. Where you see chalk, there is a high spot: All I have to do is scrape or sand gently wherever the chalk is: This is repeated until the beam leaves an even layer of chalk over the whole surface. With the fretboard levelled, I strung it all up and then measured the string heights at the same places that I measured with the fretted neck: It was about 0.5mm lower than the fretted at the G string and 1.5mm lower at the B. I measured and drew an accurate pencil line round the bottom of the heel and used a jack plane with a very fine cut to bring the heel down and angled, checking frequently for flatness (using the chalk trick here too). And here it is - within a 10th of a mm of the string heights when fitted with the fretted neck. And it sounds great! A nice subtle touch of mwahh And so the geometry bit is now complete and so that just leaves the side dots, the probable conversion to inserts and machine screws and the aesthetic bit And here I have a thought I'm going to pm @Happy Jack with. This is the colour maple goes with finish but without the ubiquitous amber stain: And AJR's moniker swifts don't have to be mother of pearl. In the past he's done them in ebony too: Just saying...5 points
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New year, new pickups (finally!)5 points
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Quick and dirty first impressions with quick and dirty phone pics of dubious quality then. Bonny! The body finish is a bit greener than the stock photo would suggest, but I don't know why this would be surprising - it is "Emerald" Blue after all. Body finish is flawless as far as I can see. The neck is mostly good - decent fret work with no sharp fret ends, feels nice to play with a satin finish on the back (gloss haters of the world rejoice!) BUT the finish was a little rough on the back of the neck between the nut and first fret. Nothing a quick going over with steel wool or a flexible sanding pad won't sort so I'm not overly concerned. What I presume to be a vintage tint has gone a little wrong and in some lights the neck looks almost yellow. What you see above is the colour balance of the phone camera doing it a favour. When I concentrated on the headstock I got this: In reality it's somewhere between the two depending on the light. Kinda like someone went a bit mad with the fake tan, whoops! Maybe in time it'll mellow, or maybe it just doesn't like the light from energy saving bulbs. Must take it outside tomorrow and see if natural light helps. Loving the blocks. The rosewood board looks a little dry and would probably benefit from being nourished a touch. Soundwise I've only had a quick play but it sounds good through headphones to me. A decent amount of top end for a single pickup P bass. I don't have an immediate urge to replace it with a split MFD. The electronics, while quiet aren't the best quality (well something's got to give to get the price down) - the taper on the volume pot is a bit abrupt and the tone control doesn't do a lot over its full sweep (not that I ever use the blasted thing). Yes, yes, BC, Kiogon loom, I know Bass comes strung with D'addario XL nickels which suits me just fine. Tuners are adequate and are pretty smooth for a bass at this price point - I don't feel an instant need to replace them (unlike the ones on my Epiphone Embassy). The bridge is the usual high quality G&L unit. Setup was mixed out of the box - action OK but the intonation was quite a bit off, all strings sharp when fretted at the 12th. Bridge has plenty of adjustment room though, had it sorted in about 10 mins. So, neepheid finally has a P bass. Kinda, because he can't do anything quite right. Looking forward to giving this a proper blast at the next band rehearsal.5 points
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After a long pondering I offer here my ultra rare Don Grosh Jazz Bass in the unique color "Ice Blue Metallic". Don Grosh is known in this country especially for his noble and super-resonant guitars in 7ender style. But every few years there is a "run" of 25 basses, which are then always sold directly. For those who don't know Don Grosh: Don's basses are in a league with the big boutique Jazz Bass builders like Roger Sadowsky, Christian Celinder, Aleš Vychodil, Alleva Coppolo, etc.. This starts with the quality of the woods and goes through the high quality hardware (Lindy Fralin, Aguilar, Hipshot,...) to the absolutely flawless build quality. In my opinion, the 7ender custom store is nowhere near this level with their instruments. Here are the specs: Manufacturer: Don Grosh Guitars (Broomfield Colorado, USA) Model: J4 Body Wood: Alder Finish Type: Aged Satin Lacquer Finish Finish Color: Ice Blue Metallic Neck Wood: Maple, 864 mm / 34" / Longscale Fretboard: Rosewood with 21 Frets Nut Width: 41 mm (Saddle), 57 mm (12th fret) Neck Dots: Aged Vintage Bridge: Gotoh High Mass Bridge 201-B4 Chrome Tuners: Hipshot Ultralite HB6C Pickups: Lindy Fralin Custom Jazz Bass Pickups Electronics: Aguilar OBP-2, 18V Cockpit: Volume / Volume incl. Push-Pull Passive-Active / Treble / Bass Price new: 3.590 EUR The J4 is enormously resonant and already unplugged much louder than other basses. The body is a "modernized" and therefore very comfortable "smooth-J-Style". The neck is kept quite slim and allows for very low string positions - absolutely buzz-free. Sound-wise, I'm really bad at verbal descriptions. But I would say that the J4 delivers the typical J-sounds with an extra portion of definition, enormous dynamics and silky shine. Otherwise just have a look on the World-Wide-Web - there are a few reports. But I'm also happy to send tests and/or soundfiles on request. The bass is absolutely unmodified and in excellent condition. The bass comes with the original case (see pictures). The instrument can be shipped safely packed worldwide. The shipping costs as well as the transport insurance will be paid by the buyer. By the way: Why am I selling such an instrument at all? This is the question I am asking myself right now. But I just can't warm up to Jazz basses and I'm more the Preci type. Therefore, please no trade offers, unless you have a noble P or PJ bass. I would also be interested in a bass with Lollar-TBs like DeGier or Mike Lull. Now the usual terms: This is a private sale of a used product. Therefore I exclude any form of guarantees, warranties or redemptions. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)5 points -
Ha! Of course ... it's an entirely new neck, so of course the headstock matches the back. Doh!4 points
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Haha, more. It seems that I had gas much earlier than I thought I did. 1971, a Gibson copy (my first Bass). Then my Ricky down at a WMC in Streatham:4 points
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I'm put off by the complexity of the electronics package.4 points
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The vast majority of names mentioned in this thread were not banned (waynepunkdude and bass ferret certainly were). Most have, I guess, chosen to leave or take a break because life and priorities move on. A number of the named members did indeed leave in the (as was charmingly described) "mass dummy spitting event" in 2015. I was one of them and I will not rake over old coals. I rejoined after 4 years and enjoy spending my time on here.4 points
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I had taken a break from BassChat starting sometime in 2017, but I started lurking a few weeks ago. I was sent a message by Lurksalot asking me to pop in as a couple of people were asking after me. To be honest this really surprised me. I can’t remember exactly why I left, but I think it was because I felt that I was being too miserable and not really contributing as a bass player. The one person I was really sad to see no longer here was iCastle. However, there have been mentions of several people in this thread whose presence I enjoyed (I am just really, really bad at remembering names, so didn’t know to miss them, if you see what I mean). I am not sure coming back right now (considering the reason I left) is such a good idea. Christmas has done a proper number on me (it always does, but this year seems particularly difficult for some reason), and we’re also in the middle of moving house, which I am finding incredibly stressful. We’ll see how it goes. One good thing about the house move is that I am getting a much larger hobby room, part of which I want to turn into a miniature home recording studio. So I may well have to start asking here for advice.4 points
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Short side project, I found an Epiphone G310 SG on marketplace tonight for $60 - bad photo and the ad said it needed stings and a knob might be broken. I chanced it and snagged it. After getting home I found that it was filthy. I mean FILTHY. I had to scrape the gunk off the fretboard with a blade. Frets polished, board cleaned and oiled, body cleaned. I swapped the bridge from my les Paul so I could put the chrome bridge on the LP (it’s also in better shape). Tightened the nut on one pot, new strings, set up and it looks way better, plays and sounds good. I’m going to use it until my les Paul is finished and then flip this for a profit - I’d hope to get $150-$200 for it.4 points
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Happy New Year Bassfolks! Up for sale a pristine passive Yamaha 24 fret stealth beauty. Time to offload one of my lockdown projects with the following mods: Removed the matching headstock colour and revarnished/tinted, applied a new Yamaha decal and a couple of additional coats of satin varnish. Don't ask me why, I just have a thing against matching headstocks 🤷♂️ Routed to enlarge the rear control cavity (now sporting a new cover) to allow 5 control knobs with a preamped treble-mid-bass-blend-volume setup. I've since removed the preamp for another project and returned this to passive volume/tone pair for each pickup and so one knob is currently unused. During the drilling process I clumsily damaged the lacquer around one of the pots, see pictures. Thankfully it's barely noticeable with the knobs fitted. Removed all the gold plated hardware and replaced with like for like black, with the exception of the neck mounting plate. This thing is lightweight at 3.7kg and super comfortable to play, truss rod works fine and you can get a low action without buzz, and it has a nice crisp piano-like tone unplugged. Pickups are the stock Yamaha passives, I assume single coil. That's all I can think of, feel free to fire questions!3 points -
We really should get a “Bass library” going where we can sign them out for a week3 points
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Sorted the frets today. Surprisingly they were all pretty level with only three or four needing a tiny bit taken off to level them. A few have got string marks but to completely remove those I'd need to file the whole lot down and then re crown, far too tedious for this old bass. I've just levelled and polished them all. Scraped the board with a razor to clean it up a bit, it still needs an oiling and a buff but I think it'll look alright after that. It looks darker in real life than this picture. Also glued the nut back on. Also made the rear cavity cover, and I've glued the pickup casings. The pickups are resin filled so all I can do is run superglue in the cracks and flat and polish them up.3 points
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Sorry - decided to keep it 2005 Tobias Toby Pro 4 in Violin Sunburst. In 8/10 condition, fitted with brand new Dunlop Superbrights. Wenge/Maple 5 piece neck through with solid flamed maple wings. Has been upgraded with 9v Seymour Duncan STC-3P 3 band preamp (apx £150 new) with EQ contour switch (treble boost but can be altered on internal pots). No access to a scale, but it feels about 7.5lbs and is the lightest bass currently here. Postage available in good condition Gator hardcase for £50 inc shipping. Otherwise collection from Tamworth area (but I will meet up within apx 30 mins drive of M42 J10). No trades please 😊3 points -
War of the worlds is on - Herbie on bass…and a hologram of Liam Neeson 🤣3 points
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Fretless Rock Bands back then? Bad Company? The Band? Jack Bruce? Probably more. By 1978, Jaco clones were well on the up as well.3 points
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Haha...me, proudly holding my 16th Birthday present in 1973. I think mine came from Len Stiles over in Lewisham. It was eventually part exchanged for a Ricky in '75. Then in 1976, the Ricky was part exchanged for my first Jazz Bass. (Again, Len Stiles). I actually then bought another Jazz later on that year and ripped the frets out....as some people did then...**3 points
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As luck would have it, my brother-in-law's 70+ year old tortoise has been looking a bit peaky for at least the past 20 years (like all of us older folk, he also has a tendency to drop off now and again...usually around November to February). I'll get the fret-saw ready just in case3 points
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Withdrawn from sale.3 points -
You know how it is when you see an instrument you really want but you can’t justify the expense or indeed find the space to put it if you do acquire said instrument? Well in an attempt to address the above, I have decided to offer a couple of basses for sale. First up is my Status Electro 2 5 string fretted. These are quite rare now, semi acoustic with a piezo bridge and a magnetic pickup. This one has a John East preamp fitted (volume, blend, bass, table and para/mid) giving an extremely wide tonal palette. Beautiful quilted maple top over a mahogany body with a rosewood board. The bass is fitted with Labella Clear Wrap nylon strings. Weight 8lb3oz Some very minor playing marks but overall excellent condition. Lovely flat neck and truss rod in fully working order. 48mm nut width, 17mm string spacing at bridge. Bass is located in Swindon, willing to travel a reasonable distance to meet up, postage to UK mainland now an option2 points -
Anti Pope - The Damned2 points
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If I'm composing with samples, either my own or from elsewhere, I'm not noting the date of creation of the samples. The composition is to be of the current month, from either stuff played live for the creation, or from bits'n'pieces from wherever, whenever. Short answer: Yes, you're over-thinking, and well done for doing so. Now get back to the lab and carry on composing. 'We're good', as I think our trans-Atlantic cousins are wont to say (whatever it's supposed to mean...). And it'd better sound good, or you'll get no votes. Hope this helps.2 points
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Greetings and a very Happy New Year to you lot. Here's hoping that 2022 is a great deal better than the catastrophic year that 2021 was. My missus blessed me with the OriginAl for Christmas. As we were with family up in t'North for the last week, I've only just now been able to get 5 minutes to play with the unit. Now, I'm very much a first impressions kinda chap. If I don't get the hair standing up within a few minutes, I move on. Well, I had a few minutes, then a few minutes more... No hair standing.... Buuuuuuuuuuuut.... Then I realised that I was hearing the Ashdown sound, nothing more, nothing less. Then I got it. It's the classic Ashdown sound in a pedal format. It delivers 100% that classic sound. It is more subtle than I was expecting, but it's all in how powerful the mids are. The bass and treble tame the tone more than scope it, while the mids do a lot of the heavy lifting. The overdive....? I think it's safe to say that I'm a bit of a drive snob. I like precious little in the drive arena. The EBS multdrive being probably the best I've heard (for the record, I absolutely cannot stand anything in the D@rkgl@ss ilk). I've read a fair bit that some recommend swapping out the tube for something more subtle, and going on what I've just heard, I'd say that's probably a fair assumption. Having said that, I'm not going to be sweating it... I wanted Ashdown at my feet, and I've got it. Tomorrow I'll put this through its paces running into my Ashdown Retroglide head into the two 210 cabs. I play with the graphic flat, so I'm guessing things can only be bigger and better with the OriginAL up front. More to cone... Glassmoon aka Julian2 points
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Great restoration.2 points
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"Selected lightweight obeche body" = made out of floorboards. 🙂2 points
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Yes, and by '78, as well as the solo album, there were three Weather Report albums with Pastorius appearing on at least some tracks. Many of the musos I knew were listening especially to Weather Report, in particular Heavy Weather. The idea that Pastorius wasn't influential (in listening and playing) by 1978 is ridiculous. It has its limits but its there.2 points
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A bit off-topic I know 🤒, but I remember the Aria TSB ads featuring Gary Tibbs: That was around the time that my bass teacher bought an SB1000... which was nice.2 points
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I suspect it's got more to do with Jeff than the bass then anything. Put Jeff on most things and he would sound great, he's a killer player. If you think about it, there's no reason why that bass shouldn't be quality. It's Cort - who make the cheaper range basses for lots of notable companies. It's a CNC bass, so it doesn't really matter where the machine is located, it's going to cut wood the same. Even if it's not playing great out of the factory (I think they are pretty good from what I'm aware of), a quick look over and fret dress by a decent luthier will get the thing playing amazing. I suspect Jeff's personal basses would have been subject to such predelivery attention. That particular model bass comes with a nice set of Bartolini's on it... which is going to help more than most nameless pickups that appear in the competition. And lets to forget, hardware wise, it's loaded with Hipshot (maybe the licensed ones, not too sure) and a Babicz bridge - so nothing shoddy on that front. So yeah, its probably a step up from most jazz basses, especially at that price - just won't have the name on the headstock bragging rights or resale value.2 points
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I saw the show back in 2007 at the O2. We were right down at the front. Happy to see Herbie had his Squier on stage with him.2 points
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Boz Burrell, Bad Company. Rick Danko, The Band. David J, Bauhaus. To name the first 3 that came into my head Edit: oops, missed lowdown's reply2 points
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I took the pickup guards off too. In my experience it was common to take them off. Took it off Fenders too. Several rock bassists used fretless basses. They are in a minority but you're incorrect to say rock bands never used fretless.2 points
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Dang. That’s flatter than a baby asleep face down in their cot with an arm and leg hanging down the edge of the mattress.2 points
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The best one for me was when he started slating Entwistle. I then found a video of his band playing 5:15. Badly. He was also playing the bass part very badly. I remember laughing so hard I felt I could asphyxiate as I could play that song better when I was 19. I mean, all of us here know what we're good at and what we're not so good at. That's regardless of what genre or style of player you are. I'm happy to admit my technical and professional failings. In truth, I miss his "Legend in his own mind," crap as it's so risible.2 points
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Very. The jump in quality is very noticeable. The stock pickups were more low-mid and mid focused. These ones have more low end. They sound very musical even without the preamp engaged. I have to admit that preamp+pickups cost me more than the bass itself, but it was worth it. I find it really comfortable, but soundwise, I was not that pleased. Now, it's probably my favourite bass2 points
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You won't know whats best until its too late, and the bass is in your hand. Go with what the guy making the bass suggests then take the bass round the gear stores and see what amp and cabs sound best with the bass. Just about everyone on this site has been here. It is a real lottery. Hope all the combinations line up for you.2 points
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I had to learn a whole stack of songs for a black tie, jazz gig a few years back. I’m not a jazz player, but I’ve played in a few blues outfits where I’ve used walking bass lines. When learning the set, I desperately tried to show horn walking lines into everything, only to find that a good proportion of the originals just had a nicely swinging root/V bass line. Once I became away of this, things became easier. Walk where appropriate (underpinning solos is a good place to break them out) but don’t overlook a simpler line that swings, remember that a lot of the original lines would have been played on a double bass and walking everything on a DB is exhausting, so those guys may well have kept it simple, just to be able to do the gig.2 points
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Im surprised you didn’t look at a Wal - they were ‘affordable’ back then. I chose a Stingray at the end of the 70s because I wanted that fat, staccato (Bernard Edwards) sound - active basses did that well with concurrent amps, as well as slap sound (Wals have a great slap sound as well). I was turned on to Wals at the time by Alan Spenner (funk and also Roxymusic) playing one and Percy Jones (jazz funk).2 points
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PRICE DROP £400 on hold pending NOW SOLD My Barefaced Big Baby is for sale. This is the version without the tweeter The previous owner bought this from Barefaced and said he hadn't used it much. I've gigged it about a dozen times. Only selling as I have my eye on a 2x12. Happy to courier at buyers expense or meet up within reasonable distance of Nottingham. Comes with Roqsolid cover. There's some paint missing from a small part of the grille which looks like rust but isn't.2 points -
Welcome to Basschat You'll have gathered that this has been discussed a lot in these pages so it might be worth using the search facility to find some of the older threads. Equally we forget sometimes that we were all new here once so I'll attempt a quick answer. The gist of this is that size is only one of the things that contributes to the 'sound' of a speaker. It's important, but only a small part of what makes the overall sound. Not all 15's sound the same by a very long way and neither do all 10's. It's not even true that bigger speakers have more bass than small ones; my 5" hi-fi cabs go lower than my 12" bass speakers. So, it's not a very informative debate, most of your answers will be of the 'I've got an xxxxx speaker and I love it it's a 10/12/15 so that's the size I like. The best advice is to approach speaker buying with an open mind and listen to as many speakers as you can, then choose the one you like irrespective of the size of the driver/s.2 points
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So 2022 starts off with deja vu, and not in a good way. Getting sucked in this time I am not. 🙄2 points
