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  1. I thought my collection was complete. Well, I always had GAS for a vintage Gibson EB-2 but they were way out of my budget. And then I found one online here in NL, for a decent price. Non-original knobs and switch (pots are original), non-original truss rod cover and a non-original case. But boy is this bass amazing. So happy.
    14 points
  2. A beautiful 2004 German-made flamed maple neck-through Warwick Streamer Stage I. This instrument plays and looks fantastic. I wish I could keep it. I am only selling it as I am moving abroad and sadly can only take my 5-string. I have been its only owner. The condition is great for an instrument of this age. There is some minor wood wear and discolouration at the contact areas, and some minor tarnishing of the gold hardware as expected. No major scratches or dings. The jack socket was replaced a while back but otherwise everything else is original. Specs: - Oil finish - MEC active preamp with 3-band EQ - MEC P/J pick-ups - Passive/active switching - Wenge fingerboard - 24 bell brass frets - AAA Flamed maple body and neck - Warwick gold hardware - 3.8kg Included is the original hard case, ID tag, warranty card and truss rod tool.
    11 points
  3. This is a Squier Classic Vibe (first series) body in Sonic Blue purchased from @Jono Bolton. The neck is a Status P flavour purchased from @Cuzzie. The body had the original CV high-mass bridge removed and replaced with a bbot, with the original screw holes plugged and new holes drilled. The electrics had been replaced with CTS pots and a switchcraft Jack socket. I fitted licensed Hipshot Ultralight tuners to the neck and bolted it together but was never entirely happy the neck was solid enough, as the screw holes in the neck were a little slack. Fast forward a few months and I decided to get the job done properly, so took the bass to Jon Shuker who plugged and filled the holes in the neck and re-drilled them, refitting the neck more snuggly than a really, really snug thing. While we were at it, I also asked him to refit the original CV high-mass bridge, plugging and re drilling as required. So, it’s now a very pretty, very solid, well playing bass that I could quite easily keep (as it’s worth far more than the sum of its parts now Jon has breathed on it) but I’m on a mission to clear out most of my gear as I no longer gig (nor do I really have a desire to). There are a few marks on the body (the worst one being to the left of the bridge) that I’ve captured in the pictures. The neck is in beautiful condition save for one of those weird carbon scuff marks that is under the lacquer (so you can’t actually feel) and a pin prick sized indentation. One point of note is that now the original bridge is back on, the holes for the bridge cover would need to be altered slightly if you were wanting to refit one. EDIT - Weight on my trusty luggage scale is 4.08kg (or pretty much 9lbs in old money). Collection very much preferred although if no collection buyers are forthcoming after a couple of weeks, I may well decide to ship.
    10 points
  4. Not sure how you get sacked from a band you started. I’d take everything with me - cancel gig dates, protect the name and logos, the lot.
    7 points
  5. You soon might be able to hire it out very cheaply.
    7 points
  6. Selling this for my dad! 800 Watts of Fender-y goodness, in a nice light package. Nice amp in excellent condition! Here's the link to Fender's website with all the specs etc: https://www.fender.com/en-GB/bass-amplifiers/pro-tube/bassman-800-head/2249706000.html From a quick Google search, the cheapest I could see new was from DV247 at £1039. So save yourself £240 on a great condition used amp. *Price Drop - £750* Pickup from Brentwood, or postage available at buyer's expense. Alternatively I gig all over the country so let me know where you are and maybe I can drop it in en route! Cheers
    6 points
  7. Unexpected house expenditures necessitate one more in my sequence of bass sales in 2022 - in this case my 2019 fireglo 4003 beauty, which weighs a more than acceptable 9.0 pounds (4.08kg). Plays very slickly with 40-100 DR Pure Blues strings recently installed. Comes with Rick hard case in good used condition. A few minor knocks visible in pics (tip of headstock; rear underside edge; and small [2cm ish] patch of buckle rash, not through the wood) but none visible except very close up. Collection from SW13 London (south of Hammersmith Bridge) or delivery at cost (around £30 and probably UPS?) Sale only. No trades. Also, sorry to our EU brethren (I didn't vote for B...t), its a UK sale only.
    6 points
  8. Bacchus, blocks and binding? I don't really play 5 strings anymore so decided to move on my beloved 04 Bacchus Standard 5. I love the tone of it, but have just accepted that 4 bangers are where I'm most comfortable. Then I had an idea and found this Woodline in Japan from the same era, when they had the "Handmade" range with the two-piece Deviser bridge. After repairing some things the seller amazingly omitted to disclose, and a thorough clean, this thing is just what I was looking for. I still think I'll install a Bart XTCT preamp I have knocking around to get me exact tone of the 5 string, though, however it is lovely sounding as is. Anyway, here it is. Fitting in with the 4 string members of Team Bacchus
    6 points
  9. Not a whole lot of love, there. Sorry, I couldn't stop myself.
    6 points
  10. I wonder where the venue stands, legally, to impose this? If a photographer or band is hired by the couple, then that's who their contract is with, not the venue. The venue is just another contractor hired by the couple and, as such, should have no right to access information on other contractor's payments details or impose a fee, based on the value of the contract between separate contractors and the couple, surely?
    6 points
  11. I got a new short scale yesterday, in the ACG flavour. It seems my son has decided to steal it from me already 😫
    5 points
  12. A great bass with a lot of tonal variety as you’ll all know. Ash top with an alder body, I think this model has only been built for limited periods. It’s main points of difference from a standard L2k are that it is slab fronted (but with body contours), has wood binding and the nicer top. Condition wise it is very good, there are small marks and an odd chip which are shown in the photographs. I would say pretty standard stuff for a used 25 year old bass. Really plays great, the neck width at the nut is 1.75”. Comes with original case and certificate. I’m only selling it as I was told it was an ‘87 and wanted a G&L from when Leo was still there. But in doing some research post purchase I’ve established this bass is 10 years older so my search will continue…. Collection or meet up preferred but can post as I have a box that fits this case in, I would imagine cost would be around £25.
    4 points
  13. Hello everyone I introduce myself My name is José Manuel and I live in Seville (Andalusia). I am older. When I was young I was in London 5 times studying English, I took advantage of the holidays in July to go normally, but sometimes I did it in winter. In fact I stayed two months (January and February). I really like the bass and I currently have three: Squier jazz bass affinity 4 strings, squier jazz bass affinity 5 strings and Höfner Shorty White 4 strings. I consider myself a beginner, because I have been many years without playing the bass and I have started again since March of this year. Delighted to be here. Thank you and sorry for my bad English.
    4 points
  14. Who thought he was on the Reggae thread then...? Duh.
    4 points
  15. Saw this on FB market place, and even with the price of petrol, it was well worth a little jaunt up the M5. I love that folk won't touch HB gear, especially when I know just how good it is. The price was ludicrously cheap, the amp a belter. Loud as the apocalypse, built in tuner which works like a dream, silent fans, and a very usable compressor. Everything you want to access on the front of the amp, speakons at the rear. Excited to gig this.
    3 points
  16. That would be a shame, but such is the life of a bolt together instrument🤷🏼‍♂️. Still available by the way folks.
    3 points
  17. Shaolin Temple is probably one of my favourite albums from Barrington , around 1979 and backed by the roots radics , there’s some great Basslines on the album, which I think might be on YT, this is a great song
    3 points
  18. Been replaying this lately too
    3 points
  19. Just to open this up to everyone- Stoneham are interested in making a small-footprint 100W bass valve head. I’ve spoken to a few people today and am gauging interest - it might be that the economies of (small) scale production may assist. May not of course, I might be taking bollocks! FWIW I’m thinking Ashdown Little Bastard size and features but 100W - likely 2x KT88s.
    3 points
  20. A referral scheme makes sense and isn't a bad idea in principal, plenty of businesses use them. It sounds like they've just thrown that out there as a way of trying to deal with all of the negative backlash though. 'Oh stinky poo, we've made a bad decision. What can we say to get out of it' There's no way that original email was written with the intention of introducing a sort of loyalty scheme with preferred suppliers.
    3 points
  21. I sold my old T'n'B to a guy in Croatia. I took out all the valves and wrapped them individually in (newly-washed) old socks before packing the thing up. I'm glad I did. On arrival in Croatia the local Customs guys completely dismantled the whole thing looking for drugs. The buyer wasn't even slightly concerned; he'd been expecting that to happen. He re-assembled the amp, fired it up, and away he went.
    3 points
  22. This is my thought process too. Buy strings that were built for that bass! Obviously there are other good strings out there but I just use stainless steel Ernie Ball's on mine. Now I've got an ABM600 I'm loving my Stingray more and more. Soich more I treated it to a custom scratchplate today with the band logo on it...
    3 points
  23. The funk is in the gunk, but only if it’s tone-gunk .
    3 points
  24. Hipshot recommend aluminium HVAC tape, at least they did when I sent them an email regarding a similar situation, some time back. I eventually just used masking tape, worked/works fine.
    3 points
  25. 3 points
  26. The correct way is of course to fill the holes with a fitting wooden dowel and woodglue, then drill the appropriate size hole.
    3 points
  27. I mean it literally says: ”Register for FREE now to attend BASS SPACE 2022” Fairly easy to decipher. My further understanding is that once you’ve registered, you can, at your own behest, choose to pay a fee to unlock further features such as VIP Webinars and the recordings of all the content. But the free content is the live classes and the like throughout the weekend. Also with regards to ‘spam’, just unsubscribe if that’s what you want to do, so easy. Si
    2 points
  28. A certain Mr. Maynard James Keenan with an early version of 'Sober'. Good grief.... 🤪
    2 points
  29. I'm not a big fan of sunburst in general but I was very happy to make an exception for this '64 Gibson EB-2 I bought yesterday.
    2 points
  30. I bought my very first Gibson yesterday. Super chuffed. EB-2 from 1964.
    2 points
  31. My Mum and Dad flew over to visit. My Dad asked if we could take a day trip to see the Rockies. I was so sad to tell him that they were as far in the opposite direction as the UK is from Toronto. 😔 I would have loved to take him to see them.
    2 points
  32. Back to the early stuff today
    2 points
  33. 2 points
  34. Apparently it's Nobody's Fault But Mine.....
    2 points
  35. Pedals in order: Wah - Univibe - Fuzz - Compression - Fuzz - Treble Boost - Distortion - Overdrive - Phaser - Chorus - Vibrato - Harmonic Tremolo - Delay - Delay With option to insert pedals before and after modulation. Looking forward to incorporating this into my small board.
    2 points
  36. 2 points
  37. Took this in a trade and would be keeping it but for the fact that I already have an EX Ray with mutes. So this is surplus to requirements. In excellent condition, comes with the MM hard case. It's an 05 and weighs in at 9lbs10oz. Plays great. Couple of small dings as you'd expect from a 17 year old bass. Would prefer collection, but I will send it at buyers risk.
    2 points
  38. Another classic , can’t resist
    2 points
  39. Prince Albert Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers
    2 points
  40. Totally agree. Just watch the two trumpet players at the beginning. Not every one will agree, but for me it's just a self-indulgent pissing contest.
    2 points
  41. stoned immaculate - dub syndicate
    2 points
  42. I am really pleased with my 2 Super Compacts which I have owned for a number of years. At a smallish gig 2 years ago one of the SCs just went silent. I was using just the one SC with a Fender Rumble 500 head and just at the end of the first 45min set the cab just stopped working. Emailed BF the following morning and a new driver arrived the following day. Swapped the driver and hey presto all good again. Great after sales support and customer service. I owned a One10 which was great for home use but after building a 10ins combo using one of @stevie and @Phil Starr cab designs I moved the One10 on as the combo cab just sounded better to my 70 year old ears ears. Two SCs with a Mesa D800 head is just sublime.
    2 points
  43. Back on my Ibanez GSRM20 neck + GSRM20B body Mikro Bass, which I named "Dud Bottomfeeder", and which I just added a Jack Skellington (from Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas") skull sticker to, and swapped the regular D'Addario XL nickle plated roundwound steel core strings, which was gauge .080 - .060 - .045 - .034, to accommodate the G standard tuning I use for this bass, that is 3 half steps above regular 4 string E standard tuning, for a set of Elixir Nanoweb nickle plated roundwound steel core guitar strings, gauge .080 - .062 - .046 - .036 (using cut off ball ends from old bass strings to thread the strings through in order for them to be able to mount in the bridge holes and not slip through) : Oh, and by the way, as you can see the J pickup has been uninstalled, and instead replaced for a folded piece of matte black cardboard, the P pickup replaced for an EMG Geezer Butler P pickup, wired directly to the output jack socket, which has been moved and replaced from a side mounted barrel type one to a front mounted regular jack socket, installed in one of the redundant pot holes, the remaining 2 knobs being there exclusively for visual decoration, further decorated with green electrical tape (also known as insulating tape), the P pickup also having been decorated with red electrical tape.
    2 points
  44. The fraudsters are, in all likelyhood, not making strings at all. They are simply supplying dirt-cheap strings in a fake package made to look like the 'real' strings, at a lower price than the real deal. Their only 'skills' are in the use (or abuse...) of Photoshop.
    2 points
  45. Chucking my two cents into the mix... I love my Stingray. I have a 1991 four string in teal green, rosewood board, birdseye maple neck and the bridge with the mutes. Hands down my favourite bass in my small collection - the others being Fender Jazz and Ps. My favourite thing about it is the build quality. The Fenders (All USA models) don't come close. It's incredibly well balanced too. It makes me look like this...
    2 points
  46. Well, of my top whatever of bassists Chris Squire, Geddy, ‘Nard and a few others have been namechecked already so I’ll nominate the leader of my joint fave band ever. Philip Lynott.
    2 points
  47. Excellent firing! He probably would have kept threatening to leave for the next ten years.
    2 points
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