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Maybe they no cry?16 points
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I buy on looks alone - I can make anything sound dreadful 😁9 points
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I've decided to part with my Bongo 6, so I'm hoping it can find a loving home on here. I've had the bass around 5 years. It came from Wunjo Bass in Denmark Street. It's a really beautiful colour, which makes for an all-round lovely looking instrument (I'm assuming you don't mind Bongos in general). It plays really nicely, and sounds fantastic (modern, active, lively). The colour in these photos is very accurate. It's basically in the same condition as when I bought it: Good in terms of all the critical elements, but some cosmetic damage to the paintwork. You can see more in the photos, I hope! Good bits (condition): The pots are all clean. The electronics all working as expected. Fretboard is excellent condition, and the frets are in good order. I've had no issues with raised frets or similar. The neck is completely clear of cosmetic issues, and still has the satin finish intact. Tuners are all excellent. Bridge is excellent. No marks on the front of the body. The flight case is excellent. No funny smells. Never stored in a smoking household (to my knowledge). Cosmetic issues (all visible in the photos): A few bits of damage to the headstock paintwork. A mark on the rear, near the cavity cover. A small mark on the lower cutaway. For those who are curious, you can search for the serial number, here: https://www.music-man.com/serial-number-database Happy to answer any questions, as best as I can! Shipping options: I'd be happy to ship the bass. I have a suitable shipping box for it. Most couriers will insure it, as it has a flight case. Also happy if someone wanted to pick it up, or meet somewhere South of Leicester, West of Cambridge, East of Taunton (ish). Obviously more than happy for interested parties to come and check it over in person! regarding trades, please see below. Trades? I’m always interested. However, I’m primarily motivated by a cash sale right now. Some trades I’m definitely not interested in: 4-strings (or less) string spacings larger than 18mm at bridge anything that doesn’t balance well on a nylon strap.8 points -
Doesn’t matter. Rotatable logo!! 😆8 points
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So I took this today as part for a deal from one of my favourite independent guitar shops for my Thunderbird, Geddy Lee Jazz and some guitar bits I moved on. It's a new 2021 American Pro ii Jazz Bass in Dark Night but as it has a rosewood fingerboard rather than the standard maple board, it's a limited edition run. I much prefer rosewood boards on Jazz basses, so it suits me just fine. It's a lovely weight (8lbs 14oz) and plays really well. I'm not really a Jazz Bass fan as the ergonomics don't work for me but it was a compelling deal. I won't unwrap it as such as I may well move it on imminently. It's a very striking colour scheme and the built quality is excellent as it has been on the other American Pro II's I've seen.6 points
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And here she is…..effortlessly smooth transaction with Will. Well wort the longer than expected journey 🤣. Will give the amp a thread of its own shortly6 points
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I'm not a woman and already think he's a d1ck.6 points
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That's because they don't want to show us up as the rank amateurs we are. If Mrs Rich set fire to some of hers, we'd have no windows. @Witters, please don't tell her I said that.6 points
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Two out of my 8/9 piece ska band are female. Two out of my 12 piece soul/party band are, with another 4 in our regular dep roster. They're musicians, that's all that matters. What they keep in their trousers is neither here nor there. And as for that ridiculous M'boro venue... anyone who says women can't sing rock needs a.) their ears cleaning out and b.) a slap.6 points
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Well, here's an interesting little piece - Thundercat's appearance will confuse your Mum, but here he talks eloquently about the role of bass within a band and chooses some favourite influential bass lines. Enjoy.5 points
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On hold sold pending usual For sale only.Sire Version 2 Marcus Miller V7 Alder 5-String Bass in Lake Placid Blue. Great condition 9.5 out of 10. 2 very tiny marks as shown in pics. My fault when clean it on Matt and didn’t notice what it was pressing up against,it gutted me. Weight is 9.05lbs on bathroom scales.We all know how good these are and great value at this price.Recent strings and set up. Any trial along with tea and biscuits. Collection from Stoke. Case not included. Possible meet for petrol money. Thanks for looking.4 points -
There are plenty of ads for “female-only punk band” etc on JMB. I don’t sit and boil my head over it. I just move on. Maybe the person posting has had a rough experience with female band members, maybe he’s uncomfortable around women…there could be loads of reasons. Same if it was posted from a female to male perspective.4 points
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Have to say, he seems like a complete asshat. But that aside, I see far more adverts for all female band seeking another female than I do all male seeking male. I'm not offended by it, I'd just steer well clear as clearly its not the gig for me. If he'd said no women because they are crap at guitar, whole different situation, but from the looks of it, he has a set image of what he wants the band to be, and I guess for him thats all male.4 points
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Many years ago I worked in a bookmaker's and the female manager would have made Lemmy sound like a soprano 😆4 points
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Apparently the official announcement will be made this week4 points
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I the other thread on this subject I mentioned that Leicestershire Trading Standards supported the 2020 prosecution of this chap which resulted in him being convicted of five charges of fraud by false representation and two of falsifying articles for the purpose of fraud. It might be worth also contacting Trading Standards to bring him to their attention again.4 points
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As much as I love this bass, bills need to be paid and I have to let it go. I only bought it off of a fellow basschatter last year after having searched one forever. - 1st gen Arpege bass (1984) - Walnut wings - neckthrough Maple & Walnut neck. - Phenowood Fingerboard - Brass plate between fingerboard and neck for reinforcement -> the neck is mega stable - Benedetti Pickups (bridge pickup is new) - original electronics! - serial: 239 comes with the original hard case. shipping in bomb proof packaging is no problem. located in Germany.3 points -
I'm reducing my collection and this time it's time for this black beast to come out. DTC ARTIST SCSA5 CUSTOM Characteristics Neck integrated in body Swamp Ash Body Diapason. Indian rosewood with Avalon circle markers. 5-piece maple neck with walnut core. Aguilar DCB Pickups Previous Bartoloni NTMB Ultralight Hipshot Tuners Hibshot b-style bridge 34" scale String spacing 19mm Active and pasive Frequency selector 3 HZ 1000,500 and 250 Weight. 4.3kg Lugo SCOFT case. sale only almost new condition It is very comfortable to touch The sound is comparable to brands like Sadowsky NYC ect... This bass is worth it, do not let it escape. Price €2100 I am not interested in making changes. Any questions please in private. Greetings3 points -
For sale Ernie Ball Musicman Sterling 4 H Bass. Manufactured august 25th 2000. Ash body finished in trans teal. Transparent after market scratchplate- black original included. Recent luthier set up, new jack and neck oil and wax. some play wear and dings. Finish stabilised in a couple of places with a surprisingly close colour nail varnish. photos to follow asap to show condition Comes with non original gig bag Looking for £850 collected3 points -
My little boy really wants a bass so I've decided to try and build him one! Being only 7yrs old he struggles with a standard short scale so I got given a crappy Burswood 3/4 sized guitar that in going to convert into a 24" scale bass So I started off with a template of a standard sized P bass then scaled it down till it looked right also making sure the neck pocket size is correct and the scale length will work out right too..... It did come out quite a bit smaller...... Here's the donor guitar And here's what it will hopefully look like? The body blank is gluing up at the moment so hopefully I'll get started cutting the body tomorrow........ 👍🏻3 points
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I have a Super Vintage coming. Will report back once it arrives and I’ve had a play.3 points
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Update : taking stock of the "don't defile the family heirloom" vibe from you good people, I've sourced the donor bass elsewhere! A Highway One Precision - currently sunburst but hopefully won't cause too much consternation here with a black respray.l! Still now to get all the gold bits but it's a TV logo with the truss adjustment at the body end. Also I'm never going to be passing it off as something it isnt (e.g an Encore with a Fender Logo) - something that never sat well with me. Further updates to follow...3 points
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It's not the sentiment here but the delivery, it wreaks of the 'NO IRISH' signs in UK pubs of old. In this situation, i'd quite likely leave them looking for a bassist too.3 points
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dont see the problem if i dont want women in MY band then i wouldnt same visa versa for poeple to say its breaking the law is quite frankly hilarious3 points
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She doesn't like the sound of most women singers - a bit odd as she is a singer but that is her preference. She has nothing against groups with women in them, or even backing singers, just female main vocals that she just doesn't like There are no bands with female singers she likes. A few she respects, but none she actually likes. And yes, the last touring groups I saw (apart from Gary Numan) were Wolf Alice and Within Temptation, so she wouldn't go to those.3 points
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I’ve only ever owned one PJ, which was an ‘88 (IIRC) Pedulla MVP. It was one of the best-sounding basses I’ve ever owned. And it had Barts in, which I normally hate!3 points
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I could understand a band specifying a male or female singer. You're very unlikely to find a lady who could imitate Lemmy's vocals for example. Maybe even if it's a band member who would do backing vocals and you want a female backing vocal behind a male lead. The rest of the band, I'd just want to play with the most competent players no matter what sex, race, religion etc. Just as long as they're not heavy stoner, I can't be dealing with them again.3 points
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I think the stand out is that it has a Pre-Shape button. 🙂3 points
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But...there are bands that are all female and don't want male musicians and would not hire one. Is that the same thing?🤔3 points
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Look at it this way. If you are female and they don't want any females in the band ( and vice versa...I saw an ad recently for a female bassist wanted for an all woman band),, at least you are aware "up front" and don't waste your time applying. If they go by societies' rules and speak to everyone, they will just not ask you to audition, nobody is any the wiser and you still don't get in the band. Or worse, give you an audition and having spent ages learning the songs, they were just "going through the motions" with no intention of hiring you.3 points
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I think the main point of the law is that there has to be a good reason for excluding one or more sections of the population from applying for a certain job. It works across the board, with race, gender, sexuality etc. I can live with that, without necessarily crying "woke".3 points
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Are they a Village People tribute band?3 points
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I'm about to do this very thing to get some ancient recordings from my 80s synth band digitised along with any of the local band demos that have IMO stood the test of time. 1. Use a good quality cassette player. Ideally one with dual capstans and separate motors for the capstans and tape tension. Nakamichi, and the high end Aiwa or Sony decks should be suitable. (I've got an Aiwa F660.) 2. Play the tapes as little as possible. Once to set the levels and then once to actually record the contents. If you can set the levels so that you are just under 0dB in your DAW for the hottest off-tape signal then you can just get on and play them all once. Be aware that the tapes may have been recorded at up to +10dB for a good quality Chrome or Metal tape so attenuate the signal at the interface appropriately. 3. For leads, I can't help you. I have phono to just about everything leads so I'll be experimenting to see which gives the best match. I'd probably start a phono to jack line level and take it from there. 4. If the tapes have been recorded with Dolby B, turn it off for playback and use EQ in the DAW to re-balance the bass and treble. However, if they have been recorded with Dolby C or S then you will need to have it activated on playback. Make sure your cassette deck has the appropriate NR. 5. There are all sorts of tape enhancement/restoration plug-ins available. Start by having a look at the mastering tools available in Logic. You shouldn't need any compression as the recording process should have already taken care of this for you with tape saturation. Certainly all the analogue tapes I've digitised in the past have already had plenty of tape compression on them, and apart form hard limiting some very excessive peaks I've not had to used any compression at all.3 points
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You could try and get some media attention... That programme 'Rip Off Britain' is still about, you can contact them on the below email address, they might have an interest in this scam as its been going on for years and nothing has been done. [email protected]3 points
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I am slimming down to 1 main bass, which very likely could be an Alembic Rogue 5 string. Long shot, but if you happen to have one and willing to take this Aries in a trade + money off course I'm interested. Otherwise, trade could be something for which there's always an interest and the possibility for a quick sale for me afterwards, like a Stingray 5, Jazz 5 etc. Up for sale my Aries Senses 5 string Single Cut bass. Aries instruments are unfortunately rather rare and no longer in production. The founder of the company, Arijan Sabic, closed his business some years ago and according to local sources in Croatia he moved to Germany to work as a luthier. A shame really, these instruments deserves to be recognized for the quality the possess. There is still a fan driven Facebook site with all the history https://www.facebook.com/AriesBassescom/ Mine for sale is a 35" 24 fret but feels like a normal 34" as the neck is set quite deep into the body yet with unlimited access all the way up. Mahogony body Padouk top Ebony venier Maple neck with ebony veniers Ziricote fretboard 2 x humbuckers, matching wooden cover, with split allowing for parallel, single coil and humbucker by means of the two switches 3 Band Pre-amp plus blend and with pull of volume for passive Hardware from ABM and Hipshot Weight around and not above 4 kg. Endless sustain and an ultra defined B string due to the design and 35" scale. This bass can sound exactly as you want from mumbled neck PU with mid and treble rolled off to powerfull full blast with both PU's in Humbucker, or Jaco on steroids with neck PU in parallel and bridge in Humbucker and balance towards rear. I got this bass in a trade earlier last year but are slimming down to the bare minimum hence for sale. This particular instrument has been traded on the German/Swiss bass site bassic.de for varios sums between 1650 and 2500€ If it had an american brand name on the headstock you'd be looking at the same price level as a Ken Lawrence who was the first I saw with an opening in the upper SC. I'm asking a very resonable 1650€/1350£ incl. a hard case. Shpping can be made for around 50€ within mainland Europe and 60£ UK (Brexit) Thomas P [email protected] WhatsApp and mobile: +45612095202 points -
It will be fine. You don't have to run an amp that puts out exactly the rated power of a cab. A decent cab (which you have) will tolerate occasional short term peaks that are over its rated input power. The usual rule applies - if it makes nasty noises, turn down.2 points
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Sounds like an ad for an echo chamber of misogyny. Actually thats a pretty good song title.2 points
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Benchmarking against old trace stuff is pointless. This is a completely different amp from a completely different manufacturer. It's nice that they have said that they have tried to recreate the classic trace tone and I hope they were successful. I would probably prefer to buy an amp from a smaller company that built them in the uk purely because any issues could be resolved without involving distributors and that was a big draw for me when I bought a trace amp years ago. I still have a nice old trace head but I don't use amps live very often because silent stages suit my band so much better so I'm not in the market for a new one.2 points
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I have. Gawd I miss her!2 points
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Well, he seems a bit of a pink torpedo, but if that's what he wants/doesn't want then that's up to him. Nothing to get offended over, or offended on behalf of others over. I don't want a tibetan derrière-flute player in my band...... and that's my choice. Nothing to see here, keep calm and carry on....2 points
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dont see the problem if i dont want women in MY band then i wouldnt same visa versa for poeple to say its breaking the law is quite frankly hilarious2 points
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Of course, there have been predictable whinges on farcebook... "why do they keep trying to reinvent the wheel", "a proper Trace (what the hell is that?) has a UV light", "the classic interface is the original and best", ya de ya boo hoo. Generally the sort of people for whom time stopped in 1985.2 points
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Nora Dean - Peace Begins Within2 points
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I think a lot of us have been hoping that Origin would bring out a bass pedal - now we have two - but at the back of my mind I always knew they were gonna be spendy! Still it's good to see more bass specific gear released even if it is a bit out of reach and they do sound good.2 points
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Me too, going to the Manchester show.2 points
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I received an email from them about these this morning. So, Origin effects take on tech21! I do like the look of the 'Super Vintage' but its not cheap, just a little shy of £400 from the Origin effects website.2 points
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There isn't much point in putting a cab sim if you do have a cab to sound from, but I'm currently using a Mooer Radar with great results. I connect my ABM's DI out (post-eq) to the cabsim (set only with cab and eq - just a high pass filter matching my cab's response, no preamp in the pedal) and go straight to FOH. I had the IRs of my very own cab made in a studio and it's really great. I mounted it all in the back of my head's case.2 points
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Just have all the options to hand. out of shot passive J and fretless… I must say if I was stuck and had to have just one bass…erm. P/J would do it - specifically a passive bb2 points
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I'll definitely have a look at the Fishman - thanks for the lead. If I had to name one feature on the Helix that I don't think is up to much it's the tuner! I carry a TC pedal in my bag rather than use the one on the LT. The apparent attraction of the B6 is that it has all the things that the older Zoom units don't have - the DI, ground lift, touch screen etc. On paper it looks great because it offers many of the features of the Helix but in a smaller footprint and aimed squarely at bassists but responses I've seen thus far are lukewarm.2 points
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