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I bought a 5 string version a few months ago and, impressed by the fiver, I Thought I would get the 4 string version. I've been after an active PJ, with a J pup at the bridge just as usable on its own as the P pup. @Old Horse Murphy suggested one of these Charvels and I've followed his advice12 points
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dear Leduc Community, Hellzero invited me to show my Love here. I ordered my Masterpiece 5 fretless in 1999, and can still remember the lucky day Christophe told me that I could pick her up. I kept it all passive. A real candy is the (now) 120 years old rio rosewood fretboard! That was such a nice day, driving to Christophs luthier-shop near Metz (before his move). Since then it's my favorite Bass, in sound, ergonomy - unbeatable. So enough talking here are some pics.7 points
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Why didn't he just tune up before he started playing. 😶😆7 points
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The end of chapter one. I printed the bottom cover for Trampa last night. The USB adaptor fits nicely this time 😭 The old hole (to the right) can stay ... I think at some point I will print the main enclosure again, but with 3mm walls instead of the current 2mm; this will depend on how Tramp holds up under use. 12mm M3 bolts seem to be the right size. Using a soldering iron set to 200c (The working temp of the plastic filament used in the enclosure is 220-230) I set the receiving mounts in the body. The holes printed are smaller than the mount diameter so that they will melt into place; the hole was designed to be deeper than required to take the M3 bolt, this was to allow space for any molten plastic to 'escape' ... otherwise it might ooze up through the mount and block the thread. Attach the cover Apply some magic Velcro And like magic ... ready for band practice this afternoon. I'm using an external USB battery for now, it's handy as it shows remaining charge ... and it fits nicely under the wireless guitar cable receiver. Now to try it out, see how it holds up, figure out the best configuration for gigs. At some point I will install the additional OLED displays and update the hardware/software to support them; for now ... time to practice some more chord tone patterns S'manth x7 points
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Congratulations to @skankdelvar , a popular one with the voters and duly collected the reward of being the Honourable Picture Provider By way of introduction ... "This month's pic is Forge Valley, Scarborough by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836 - 1893). No great significance, it's just a picture I like." Simple rules ✔️ Entries must be <5 minutes and recorded this month. ✖️ No illegal samples, copyright infringements or other snide goings-on ✖️ No Bagpipes. please no bagpipes, the Platinum Jubilee day truce didn't materialise . panpipes only if you have too. ✖️ No voting for your own entry. We'll know. And we'll shame you. A line or two offering an insight to your inspiration/track choice will be good as well , it works nicely on the voting thread. The Deadline for entries is Midnight on Thursday 23rd June good luck everyone6 points
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Bought on a whim as a treat to myself...and sat in the case since! - as new and representing a 25% saving on a new one. I'll even throw in the Stagg hard case and Souldier leather strap (which really compliments this beautiful finish). Tech specs here - https://www.fender.com/en-GB/electric-series/player-plus/player-plus-basses/player-plus-jazz-bass/0147372370.html Feel free to ask questions - can discuss delivery or meeting halfway if that helps. £750.5 points -
Fellow of the Royal Society, apparently. My band mate told me so I didn't actually need to ask. I think he's used to that! I had thought it could mean 'Fairly Reasonable Singer'.5 points
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Atelier Z Custom for sale. This is a great Super Jazz but just not getting the use it needs. Looking for £1350 delivered. I've used pictures from it's original listing at the Gallery but will update with new ones tonight. Its in exactly the same condition as when bought. be mindful it's definitely not the lightest Jazz bass in the world but definitely one of the most resonant I've played. Any questions drop me a PM Specs Atelier Z Custom Fingerboard Material Maple Body Material Ash Finish Burst Number of Frets20 Scale Length34 Pickups ATELIER Z JBZ-4 Pre-Amp Bartolini XTCT +Spectrum boost Hipshot D-Tuner Weight 10.4 lbs5 points -
Stingray. It just does everything and has the most comfortable neck.5 points
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NBD. Well finally, here it is, still with the protective plastic. It’s in Lake Placid Blue that turns out to be a bit lighter than I was expecting but still looks good IMO. It got the thumbs up from the other half, so it must be good. After a very quick plug in, I am pleased to report that it seems pretty quiet for dual single coils. Lots of useful tones, although I can’t imagine wanting to use the deep treble cut that often but I’ve only tried it through my practice rig: Warwick Gnome and a Barefaced One10, so it might be more useful at gig volumes. I was surprised to find it pretty much in tune: did it come all the way from the USA without going out of tune? The only QA issue I have spotted is that the jack socket retaining nut was loose.5 points
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**FINAL PRICE DROP TO £1300 COLLECTED** For sale is an Ibanez Prestige SR5000-OL, made in Japan, 4-string bass. Bought from Andertons in Guildford in May 2022 for almost £2,000, it's a beautiful bass in pristine condition. It was bought on a bit of a whim and I'm not really getting on with the slim Ibanez neck. I have had some La Bella flatwounds fitted, but apart from that it's pretty much untouched since I got it at the beginning of May. It's a real stunner, with amazing versatility, thanks to the Bartolini custom pickups and the 3-band eq. Comes with the hard case, of course, with all the case candy as well. COLLECTION ONLY FROM WINCHESTER, HAMPSHIRE (the value of this bass makes it prohibitive to courier it at a reasonable rate). More photos attached. Here are the full specifications: Body Body Wood: Wenge Top / Wenge Back / African Mahogany Body Body Shape: SR Neck Neck Type: 5pc Wenge/Walnut w/KTS™ TITANIUM Rods Neck Shape: Atlas-4 HP Scale Length: 864mm/34" Fretboard: Wenge / Mother of Pearl & Abalone Oval Lnlay Radius: 305mm Frets: Medium Number of Frets: 24 String Spacing: 19mm Nut: Graph Tech® BLACK TUSQ XL® Electronics Neck Pickup: Bartolini® Custom (Passive) Bridge Pickup: Bartolini® Custom (Passive) Controls: Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-Band EQ w/ EQ Bypass Switch (Passive Tone Control on Treble Pot) & 3-Way Mid Frequency Switch Hardware Bridge: MR5S Bridge Hardware Colour: Gold Miscellaneous String Gauge: .045/.065/.085/.105 Factory Tuning: 1G,2D,3A,4E Case: Hardshell Case4 points -
Now £750 Bought on here ( see original listing below ) and it is a damn fine but if kit. I just prefer my heavy valve amp. Comes with Bergantino bag and cables too. Price includes U.K. shipping.4 points -
@Beedster Inevitably it has ended up at my gaff, thanks to @alyctes Should have bought it in the first place. Unlined ebony P width neck, zenith… 😂😂4 points
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Like in French restaurants4 points
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Goodness, they must've really wanted the sale. That's exceptional customer service 😮4 points
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they are DiMarzios, not sure of the vintage of the cream colour well here's a pic with the bass next to its big sister4 points
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As in Leiderhosen, literally "unfortunate leg-wear".4 points
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Here you go! It will be generally available on YT on Friday but seem as it’s now queued, I thought I’d share it early with you all!4 points
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I'm not usually a fan of solo bass, but this piece is just so, so beautiful... not to mention technically mind-boggling. Lyrics could never say more than this.4 points
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Classical, Jazz, Techno, Ambient, Dub, tribal drumming, (and many more) disagree. Instrumental music communicates emotions without directly telling you in lyrics 'I am sad/happy because...' it's applicable to every human regardless of what languages they speak, it lets you use your imagination. It's instrumental music that makes me consider the philisophical question of why people enjoy music, whereas someone singing 'yeah, yeah, I love you baby, and I don't mean maybe' sort of de-values music.4 points
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I hardly ever buy either bricks or mortar.4 points
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And the winner is... @skankdelvar..! Here, then, is your Winner's Certificate (download and save as pdf file, then proudly print and frame...) ... BC_Chal_Cert_2022_05.pdf ... which looks like this (but bigger, of course..!)... BC_Chal_Cert_2022_05.pdf4 points
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I tend not to get to specific with that particular line of thought. There is a lot of variation in the wood within the same species. So the way I look it is as an overall structure which you can manipulate to a degree in order to get into a general ballpark. So I have an idea of what a combination of woods as a structure will produce but again it is a general idea.3 points
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I came to the conclusion that the player is one of the most important aspects of how a bass sounds a long time ago. I play all my basses when I set them up and they to a degree sound like me playing a bass. I have had my own personal basses played by a fair number of people and they sound very different and mostly better played by other people. So trying to sound like another player is more than getting the same gear. The recording chain also plays a big part in that as well.3 points
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Thanks, everyone, you're far too kind. There's so much talent and hard work as goes into these comps I've shunted a pic across to Lurks for the June comp and I'll be submitting an entry but I'm def taking a break after that. This last one took days of fiddling around and I've been getting That Look from the Missus3 points
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I don't need asking twice to show it off The Nordstrands were both custom orders to match the 17.5mm string spacing. The big splitman is amazing, each half is split coil so hardly any buzz when only using half the humbucker.3 points
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Having wanted to try the EMG Geezers for a while, I picked up this old Highway 1 body, a while back, which already had them installed. The good people at Warmoth delivered another lovely roasted J neck last week and, as a result, I can positively and affirmatively confirm without doubt that neither of these are Precision basses, no matter how much they sound like them.3 points
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Cheers Dad. I've not heard that for years. I remember posting it, saying "I do like a bit of Manring". To which the long since banned BigBassChief replied "Preferably shaved Phillipino".3 points
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Last Drain to Clarkesville ～ The Monkees3 points
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Maybe it's just telling the same story you already heard. The lyrics and playing on NMTB tell a different story.3 points
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Yeah, sure ... ...3 points
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are you suggesting that everyone's been focused on a Wal as the magic ingredient ... and the tone is all in his fingers?3 points
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Disagree - Drag Racer by Doug Wood Band means snooker. Soul Limbo by Booker T and the M.G.'s [sic] means cricket etc. EDIT - [sic] added before I get the apostrophe police come after me, it's a quote.3 points
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The famous cable blunder 😉. I have a cable story. I remember having a wireless pack for the longest time, and on the one occasion that I had to use a cable, I forgot. Thinking that I was wireless, I decided to leap toward the front of the stage to interact with the audience, but as you can imagine, I did not get very far when I was yanked back. I managed to catch my balance, thank goodness. Can you imagine if I had fallen over as well! 😄3 points
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Luckily, most of them are on Talkbass where they're easily avoided.3 points
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My moments come from when I was playing guitar. The first, I was playing the Crystal Palace Bowl and a really big stage for the first time. We started the first song, which opened with my playing the song’s signature riff, I then went for my Woodstock moment and ran across stage, my normally quite long lead wasn’t that long it turned out, as I pulled it out of my pedal board. Fortunately, I made it back and plugged in again (which could be heard on the recording) just in time to play the riff again. The second time was with the same band, but this time on a much smaller stage. Suddenly, I had no no sound, yet everything was plugged in and all indicator lights showed all was working. It turns out that due to my movements (I had had a wee drink or three) my lead had snaked around the level control of my OD pedal and had turned it right down (perhaps this was a critique of my playing).3 points
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When I put together my fretless precision bitzer I didn't want to spend a fiver on a nut blank I was probably going to ruin, so I went to the nearest Chinese food wholesaler, Wing Yip in Croydon, who supply restaurants & takeaways, but is open to everyone, and I bought a box of fake ivory plastic chopsticks for about a quid. I cut a few down to the length of a nut, filed them to the width of a nut and cut the slots using a variety of needle files and wet & dry paper wrapped around things. I ended up with a perfect nut on my first attempt and no elephants were killed. The material the chopsticks were made of was perfect s it is quite a dense plastic which files very well.3 points
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Oh I got a couple of peaches. Simple, but massively effecting destroying my confidence for that gig. 1. Early days of gigging, maybe ‘97. Some Battle Of The Bands thing in a uni bar. Funky number, everything but the vocals drop out, I try to start a crowd clap. Despite my flailing arms, nobody in the audience joined in. 2. Much more recent (age has not bestowed me with wisdom) at a decent venue, just us playing to an almost sold out crowd. A little tipsy, tried to moonwalk on to the stage for our 2nd half. Knocked both my basses over.3 points
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We were just finishing my first ever gig, at a youth club, and the singer said, "We'd now like to do the last number". All the lights came on and the caretaker was walking up the room saying, "I wouldn't bother mate. They've all gone home!".3 points
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New basses week! Not had a self indulgent bragging moment for a while 😀 Marus Elwood Jazz landed last week - simply brilliant, lightweight, warm sounding with nice slap tone…perfect! 96 Teal Stingray, arrived today - feel like a dog with 2 doodahs! 8.5lb weight, low action, pure funk machine, just total perfection! Along with the 74P this is my best holy trinity to date 😀😀😀2 points
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I feel violated 😳2 points
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this is OT but it is quite amazing how much difference our playing can make. My main bass for years was super bright sounding - so my fingers learned to bring out more low end. Give my bass and amp setup to a mate of equal level and he's getting so much more top end and a different attack on the notes for fingerstyle played in the same position.2 points
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Hugely inflated, as per, but there's always room for negotiation/manoeuvre. It's a small closed-shop community and I get the sense they work together to set some of these prices. They certainly pass instruments around - a stack-knob Jazz appeared on Andy B's site for a few days a while back and then moved swiftly onto ATB, where it quickly sold. David Pym had a couple of Precision basses (a '66 and a '69) on his site for a few years (that, IMO, were overpriced) which are now on Andy Baxter's site (at the same price). The days of getting a genuine bargain (or even a fair price) are long gone...2 points
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Ha ha i see I'm not the only pedant☺️2 points
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This comes up in the sax world as well where players are also split between readers and ears... You have to be patient and accept that it's like learning to read - you start off with 'Janet and John', not Shakespeare. A useful technique is to download the score from a site such as IMSLP for an orchestral work, play a recording and follow a line in the score (bass/cello in this case). Acquire the ability to follow the line and listening for it as well. That will get you used to reading and following. My singing teacher would just put stuff in front of me and say 'sing that'. If you want to get better at reading, you just have to get on and do it. Find some easy stuff, and take it slowly until you can get it right, then speed it up, until eventually playing it at the correct tempo.2 points
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I think I’ll try some. That vid sounds great.2 points
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Check out bass bros!!!2 points
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I have done it a lot with brass. While it is nice to have the real thing, at the end of the day, it is less people to split the money with. There, I said it! lol 😜2 points
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Malone Again, Naturally ～ Gilbert O'Sullivan2 points
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In the early 90s we were going to play a gig at (iirc) the King's Head in Fulham... We were told that a number of record company scouts were specifically coming to see us as we'd somehow built a bit of a following. So we rehearsed like crazy, tight as a gnat's etc, and on the night someone had the bright idea that we should have a few beers so we might be just that little bit more stage-showey. About 6 pints later someone sparked up some serious grass reefs, after which we were all a touch spacey and drunk. So in order to alleviate this, some other bright spark brought out the coke, which we imbibed freely before going on. Needless to say, the whole band was completely Merded - falling about, out of time, unable to see properly and so playing everything wrong. But what was worse, being full of Executive Powder, we thought we were playing brilliantly. We weren't signed, and no record company scouts came to see us again! A valuable lesson was learned...2 points
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