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  1. Hi Folks. For sale is this bass that I acquired recently from a colleague who was in urgent need of cash, It's a lovely instrument but it is surplus to my requirements as I only play 5 string basses, I'm a working player and I really don't have space for basses or other gear lying around the house that I don't use. I’ve tried going back to gigging with 4’s but, I’ll be honest, I find it to be a bit of a struggle, I am at home with my 5er and that’s that. This bass has been given a custom 'pimping' by a boutique shop in Poland called 'Restauracja Gitar', check em out on FB, they specialise in giving instruments a complete overhaul, refinish etc. Description (from RG's FB page): Bass made of the original Fender Jazz Bass 1962 Reissue manufactured in Japan in the late 90's. Thick polyurethane paint was mechanically removed from the guitar, than we repainted the body with our hard sealer and a thin layer of purple nitro - a technique used in the 1960/70 Fenders. Additionally, the neck is covered with a thin layer of honey nitro. The instrument has an alder body and a maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard. The whole thing is completed by alnico pickups, bone nut and a solid and reliable Gotoh hardware. Relic edition - characteristic nitro crackles, dents, abrasions and a natural patina on the hardware. This purple paint looks phenomenal live! In addition to the visual metamorphosis, we have performed a numer of service works so that the bass not only looks unique, but also sounds professional - Jazz Bass offers a very universal and wide spectrum of sound, it will work in virtually any situation! I truly recommend! Full guitar service: - frets leveling, crowning and polishing - fingerboard cleaning and maintenance - electronics copper shielding - nut adjustment - new jack socket - new strings - professional setup. Weight is around 9lbs 5oz. This instrument currently has a brand new Hipshot BT10 Bass Extender installed, the original tuner will be supplied. The bass will be shipped in a used hardcase(not tweed case pictured).
    9 points
  2. THE BASS IS NOW SOLD - Thanks I'm selling my Status S2000 5-string fretless bass made in 1989-90, one of very few made in this series. This was bought here 4 years ago and just sold because I have other basses and can't keep all of them.
    8 points
  3. Moollon P Classic with a jazz neck. Best bass I’ve had/played so far and very sad to see it go. It has been played a lot and has some wear as you’d imagine with a very thin nitro paint. prices of these are going mad (up to 4200 dollars on talkbass) so I think this is a fair price at the moment? any questions feel free to get in touch
    8 points
  4. An Update: Having had lots of chats to the various surgeons, they've decided that they can try and rectify the previous error. But hell, it's sure going to take some rectifying... Two big ops, not sure of order yet. 1) The more expected one. Remove all the currently-installed metalwork. differently shaped, longer fusion from L5 to T... This includes reshaping some vertebrae, all in the cause of restoring some sort of lumbar curve. 2) ALIF - Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion. This is to fuse L5 with S1, effectively fusing spine to pelvis. It's that 'anterior' bit that worries. Draw a line from level with navel to just above pubis, a little to one side, cut, shovel everything aside until you get right to the back! Then start hammering bits of titanium in to the lower spine. Ops to be done just two weeks apart, likely before Christmans, so all of a sudden, there;s no hanging about. Jeeeeez...
    8 points
  5. MTD 5 strings in as new condition 10/10 Sound of Marcus Miller as perfect Buckeye Burl Top Mapple Fretboard Ash Body Buzz Feiten Tunning system Custom Bartolini pick ups and active electronics Trimpot inside the control cavity to adjust the gain £3410 / 3900 euros The bass is in France My feedbacks on BC
    7 points
  6. Sunburst/maple neck with rosewood f/b In great condition. Difficult to find a bad mark with the exception indicated. 2008-9 MIA. Fitted with Ernie Ball rounds 105-50. There is no S1 switch which on this model as Fender probably realised it was a waste of money anyway. Strings through body/high mass vintage bridge. As well as the good looks, it sounds great. Includes moulded Fender case, and truss rod wrench with a loose Fender hipshot drop D tuner for replacing E tuner if required. (These parts will be individually bubble wrapped if necessary) I Welcome to trial here in Coseley WV14 through amp. Prefer collection but could negotiate shipping if necessary. Details packaged would be 140x45x17cm 10kg. Cheers Geoff
    7 points
  7. If only this were 16 strings (I no longer play 15) . . . . GLWTS
    7 points
  8. On the One Show tonight there was an item by Watchdog’s Matt Allwright about people getting scammed on the Vinted web site. Not dissimilar to the experiences here. At the end of the item he said if there was anyone else who’d been scammed on any online marketplace to get in touch and report their experiences. I know that he’s a guitarist so he’ll probably be interested in hearing from anyone on here who’s been affected. I would suggest all affected members to get in touch ASAP to create some noise about this story.
    6 points
  9. Don't some airlines allow under 5s to travel free? Tell them your bass is under 5 years old.
    6 points
  10. It's been suggested that I do a bit of a precis / clarification of one or two of the myriad finishing techniques available, especially relating to Tru-oil slurry filling (I call it slurry and wipe), Tru Oil used for a satin final finish (Slurry and buff) and also wiping on old-fashioned polyurethane varnish (specifically, Ronseal Hardglaze). I won't cover the use of Tru-oil for a gloss finish as I don't really do that variation although I have seen very impressive results from folks who do. For natural wood, I tend to use Tru Oil as my filling and preparation method (if it's going to be glossed) or as my preparation and finish method (if it's going to be satin) Tru-oil 'Slurry and Wipe' for filling and preparing Take this camphor laurel top. Now that's what I call a filling job! Yes - some of those voids go right through to the other side! I use Tru-oil as the Wet part of a 'Wet and Dry' sanding job. And, personally, I start fairly coarse - 250 grit emery cloth or even 120!! I basically slosh the Tru Oil on and sand to my heart's content: Very quickly I end up with a wood-dust /Tru-oil sludge. once I have plenty of sludge, I use an old credit card to get that sludge into all of the voids. I let that dry overnight. The next day, I repeat, adding more sludge into the remaining void depth. This is day 2: I then move to finer paper - around 350 grit and do the same again, but this time, I wipe the excess sludge off while it is still wet with kitchen roll / old t-shirt. Maybe a repeat after it's dried. It gets me here: And, for Tru-oil Slurry and Wipe, this is where I would stop, let it fully dry and then varnish it. Sneak preview (I'll cover a couple of poyurethane 'bedroom builders' methods tomorrow), this is good old fashioned Ronseal Hardglaze wiped on: Tru Oil for Slurry and Buff Satin Finish ...is exactly the same as above, but you keep going. The slurry and wipe is done a few more times with finer and finer paper. And the 'wipe' is now used to remove pretty much all of the oil Then the final couple of goes, is Tru-oil with c 400 grit wet and dry, but now I not only wipe it all off, but I then vigorously buff it as dry as I can. I usually let it fully dry overnight and repeat. What you are left with is a silky smooth surface that is protected, but feels VERY organic to the touch. This is a Bubinga bass done that way. 8-9 years of playing later, it still looks and feels the same! I do pretty much ALL of my necks using this method. There are some if's and buts involved and some practice. However, the above methods require neither fancy equipment nor facilities.
    5 points
  11. On a hopeful note, aikido buddy of mine had a similar op a year or so ago, much the same context, fused vertebrae being supported with new hardware, lots of titanium and a deal of Black n Decker work, proper do or die stuff to save his ability to walk, and he came through it with greater mobility and less pain once the actual op wounds had healed. Very best of of luck.
    5 points
  12. Was the physics class using a low pass filter perhaps to remove upper harmonics reducing everything to a sine wave at the fundamental. That’s not compression.
    5 points
  13. Here we have what is undoubtedly the best amp I have ever owned and I've had a few. Rackmount chrome faced version in very good condition. Checked and serviced by Guy Morel at Ashdown two years ago. Don't think I need to explain it much more. Comes with the shallow Gator case, pictured. Collection please from Silverstone, Milton Keynes, Peterborough or Maidenhead.
    4 points
  14. Not many Vox Starstream owners on here (Obrienp and RichT are the ones I know) so this won't be of interest to many. Anyway, it works a treat and, while not cosmetically perfect, it's more than good enough for me. All easily reversible to leave the bass exactly as manufactured.
    4 points
  15. Compression is very much a misunderstood concept, you really need to understand compression to get the most from it and to apply it correctly. That cannot be overstated. When done properly it's often invisible, in so far as it's not obvious, although it can be. The subject has been covered many times on BC already so it's worth doing a search if you want to know more, although there is some ongoing misconceptions that keep cropping up. Better still, take a look at sound engineering sites online as you'll get a more objective overview. I've never heard of compression reducing overtones before, I'm not sure that's true. Compression is for controlling the overall waveform as well as signal spikes on the signal, including but not always the transients. As for the guy on YouTube with his acoustic guitar, it sounds like he didn't know what he was doing 🤷‍♂️
    4 points
  16. I was hoping to bring this along to the SW bash in a few weeks time, there has been a pickup and bridge change since it came into my hands last year.
    4 points
  17. I had to walk a similar distance one night in the 80's following a mate's band's gig in a West London club on account of Lemmy having signed the £10 note that was otherwise going to get me a taxi home
    4 points
  18. So, following on from recent forays into 70's Prog with Yes and Genesis I delved back into that other major force in 70's prog The Stranglers.... And wow I'd forgotten just how bloody amazing they were, and how prog they were (certainly far more prog than the punk label they had in '77/78 would suggest). Elements of Squire bass tone and Emerson keyboards? And this is just one of the best tracks ever recorded (in my humble opinion of course)
    3 points
  19. Hi. Here is my new (oldish) Pbass that I bought from gas station guitars. Love the colour and it’s pretty light so that’s good too. Good points: - colour is great, looks better in real life than the pictures. - sounds cracking. Just like a Pbass! - - neck fits my muckle hands better than the Jazz I sold to find this. Not so good points: - Had to give it a good clean as it was covered in a fine film of aged dust/grime/dirt - Input jack was intermittent on first plug in. Have removed the pickguard and cleaned up the jack and pots with contact cleaner. Much better now. Also adjusted the contact of the inout jack. - strings are covered in the same grime and have been loaded in to the tuners with only half to one turn, new strings incoming. - relief was a tad much so have adjusted that, good to know the truss rod works though. - saddles are flippin high so action is way more than I like. I’ll drop those later once I get ten minutes. all in all, happy with the bass. More care could have been taken with prep before shipping. It’s in ace condition, although they were a pleasure to deal with in terms of money and communication. The photos show that colour has faded a bit with time, as it’s more vibrant under the picknguard. if anyone knows anything about the pots, body wood and neck stamp please do share.
    3 points
  20. I’ve had the amp a week now, and whilst I’ve not yet managed to play it outside of my house, I have a few observations: 1. The USB recording output is very quiet. So quiet that I have to max the input gain and master volume to get a suitable signal level. Speaking to a guy at Peavey about this, it may be down to a compromise in the chipset they had to use (supply chain issues) but it’s no real biggie as I have my Ashdown B-Social still. 2. Not sure I’m a fan of the compressor as an always on feature. Even with the controls fully off the sound noticeably thins and loses a bit of fatness. It’s great as an effect though, and I can see it being useful for a couple of songs in my function band. 3. The flat (i.e. EQ centred at noon) tone is lovely. Funnily enough it sounds like an Elf but with much more headroom and power in the low end. I actually found that the Trace nearly flat sounded very similar indeed to the way I have EQ’d my Glockenklang. The Glock is more hifi/transparent with its EQ so I have felt I have to work it to get a bit of character in the basic tone; the Trace has it there already. This of course is a personal preference thing (see the recent thread about amp flat settings!) but it works for me. 4. The fan is probably the second quietest fan I’ve ever had in a bass amp. The quietest being in the Glock - even after a long loud gig you can’t hear it at all. With the Trace there is a whisper of one but that’s nothing compared to the Elf, any Ashdown I’ve ever owned or countless other amps. 5. The preshape really is the old Trace preshape. 6. The foot switch is excellent. Sturdy, solid switches and silent switching within the amplifier. Jury’s out still whether it can replace the Glock in my affections as the big gig amp of choice (I need a few gigs under my belt before that, and the Glock has more versatility vs the Trace with the drive control and voice feature for example) but I’m liking what I’m getting so far.
    3 points
  21. No, thanks though. I had one and sold one. Beautiful basses…..I just had to buy a house instead haha. Si
    3 points
  22. The Raven was the first LP I bought 'new' too. I'd bought the back catalogue of 3 LPs plus the live LP and loved them as a punk band. The fact that teen-punk me really liked the new album when it was a bit (spit) prog speaks volumes for their talent.
    3 points
  23. For me The Raven is one of the key Stranglers albums. I find it to be a worthwhile progression from the first three albums. I think it’s atmospheric and moody, particularly the title track. This probably has a lot to do with me first seeing them live on the Raven tour in ‘79. That gig was dark and moody and really cemented the album in my musical experience.
    3 points
  24. Another excellent band name ... Melted Decals, playing post-math art-rock at venues in and around Leamington Spa.
    3 points
  25. Well you'd better not look at these then...
    3 points
  26. And of course while front cover was good.... The back cover is one of the most iconic in rock history
    3 points
  27. Get to the rehearsal, start tuning, finish tuning, go home as the rehearsal is over.
    3 points
  28. Looking for the heart of Saturday night - Tom Waits
    3 points
  29. The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore - PJ Harvey
    3 points
  30. Superb pix. Next time I'm selling, I'll come to you for a photo session!
    3 points
  31. My little mustang is now blend/tone which is super 👌🏽
    3 points
  32. Stay clean with Lee Perry.
    2 points
  33. lol, I started my pedal journey with a HX Stomp thinking it'd suit me nicely. Then got a Boss OC 2, well, it's an analogue octave that the Stomp doesn't do that well, then an Aguilar Filter Twin, well, because it's an envelope filter that the Stomp doesn't do that well etc etc. Ended up trading the Stomp for a spare amp and continued to acquire a few more pedals ... ... and these are the ones not (obviously) on one of my already built 4 boards. Madness it is indeed!!!
    2 points
  34. I had to climb down from my usual reading position.
    2 points
  35. Fair enough, I realise it's probably a minority opinion, although I don't hear anything on it that I would remotely call early 80s generic pop. It's certainly more polished and less aggressive than the first 3 albums, but I think you can definitely hear the progression from Black and White to this. To me it's always been the album that sits on the cusp their early and later work, some of which was definitely poppier. Perhaps you had to be there...
    2 points
  36. When they start to smell of wee.
    2 points
  37. The Village Green Preservation Society - Kinks
    2 points
  38. The usual use of 'unicorn' means pretty much the complete opposite of the way you've used it. It normally means something so rare and mythical that it doesn't exist.
    2 points
  39. Can I respectfully ask that you give this a read - Killed my tone (ovnilab.com)
    2 points
  40. Ship's a'going down - The Residents
    2 points
  41. Wot? @ambient is called Mark? ... 😱 I always thought he's called Kevin! 😐 😁
    2 points
  42. 2 points
  43. Public Service Announcement ~ Jay Z Speaking of which 🙇🏼‍♂️ it's not for any of us to start bringing in rules but I've noticed a tendency for repeat title/artist combos from certain folks from time to time; no surprise as we're 1,300+ sheets in, but a little more imagination would be entertaining (props to our resident Resident who's put a very cool spin on things) and also will keep things fresh all round 🙏🏻. As always, disregard at will ~ I'd hate to confuse any casual onlookers after all. As you were 🙇🏼‍♂️
    2 points
  44. You're not wrong. I stuck a set in my Squier CV and they sound superb.
    2 points
  45. Seems everyone is thinking only of sound. For me, it's any 5 string. With a twiddle here and a twiddle there, you can get a useable sound out of 99% of working basses.
    2 points
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