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PM me please. Just saw it.17 points
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Sept 2018 - I played my last gig with the band I'd been in for 19 years having moved away from Wakefield and it's familiar music scene a few months earlier. Since then I've done some depping jobs with a rock and roll band , played a local fundraiser festival with a scratch band and that's been it. I tried to get a band going here in Notts but I just couldn't get a steady line up - stop start stop start etc. Out of the blue a few months back a guitar player who'd been in one version of the band that never was rang me and he was reforming his old long term band with folk who'd all been in it at various times but needed a bass player. So - off we go again. Tonight is our first gig - I'm not too happy about the drive into Sheffield but I'm glad to be back on stage. Been to see a couple of bands recently and I felt like a spare part standing in an audience. I feel at home on a stage. I swore no more rock bands but a covers rock band we are. 'Age appropriate rock' , I call it ! A lot of the set I was doing 40 years ago ! Anyway I feel a bit weird after so long a gap. I keep thinking there's something I've forgotten about gigging and I keep checking everything like nervy folk do. I'm sure a lot of you seasoned gigging players have either been out of the game and returned or are currently out of it but about to return so I'm sure many of you know the feeling , however alien it is to me. That's it - just a bit of waffle to let you all know that at 61 I'm far from finished yet and I can feel the cocky bar steward inside me fighting to let 'em have it again !11 points
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1974 Fender Precision Bass - Sunburst. Another reluctant sale due to some building work I have to get done at home. This is a great player, lovely tone with some typical looks from the era. The finish is so thin on top of a finished natural body. I played this as my main bass for a very long time, lovely feel and a very typical tone for the 70’s Fenders. 4KG. On the nose. (According to my Amazon Basics luggage scale) Pickups - Rewound by Iain’s Guitar Repairs in Glasgow, about 5 years ago. The old windings completely gave up on one side so this had to be done. Paint - Tired? It’s a very thin finish. Frets - Good. Original. Neck - Lacquered and in good straight condition, truss rod works fine. Pots - I replaced the tone pot when I first bought the bass, it was far too noisy, I kept the old one in case. Scratchplate - I don’t think this is the original, unless Fender sourced them from somewhere else in the 70’s?? It’s correct as black but not badged as a Fender product. Looks the part though. There’s also a Fender original replacement included, in 60’s tortoise shell. Tuners - Original. Pickup and Bridge covers, original and all present and correct, including the thumb rest. I don’t have screws for the pickup cover, but these can be sourced easily enough. Case - Pretty poor quality item, not original but will suffice. Shipping - Arrange it yourself, I can get good guitar boxes through my job so the bass will be well packed but I’d rather collect, drop off, meet up etc, just for safety. No trades please, I need the money. These basses are becoming so much more collectable and expensive these days, this one is very playable and LIGHT, some of them, (I’ve had a few) are very heavy and numb, this one not so. It’s a good one. Nearly 50 years old. Like Me. (I’m a 74 too)10 points -
Hi all Continuing my instrument clear-out. Wasn't sure where to price this one as it's truly one of a kind and probably very much a love or hate it guitar! That said, given the amount of love, money and time that has gone into it I don't want to let it go for a silly price so would rather keep it if no one is interested. It started life as a Squier Classic Vibe Mustang. Since then it's had the following modifications: - Nordsrand NM4 Pickup - Hipshot Lollipop tuners - Neck and body fully stripped - Luminlay side dots installed - Body refinished in seafoam green over two colour sunburst - all in nitro and done a few months ago so it will continue to wear as it's played - Heavy relic finish with lots of checking - Neck refinished in tinted nitro with matching seafoam headstock - Back of neck nitro worn back down, tinted and left with a super smooth satin finish - Gold Fender decal applied - Fender Rosewood Thumb rest added - All hardware reliced - New parchment pickguard with subtle relic - Squier neckplate replaced with plain relic one Let me know if you have any questions. Cheers Dan9 points -
This is mine. kiwi's cat.mp49 points
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Hope you get it back soon. @Jon Read you are a welcomed new member. If you want to buy anything I have for sale there's a 10% discount.8 points
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Played outside last night. Yep, you read that correctly. The place has a huge covered courtyard, open to the elements both ends, and we set up in a line. The space we had to work with was long but narrow so the drummer had to go at the end. The sound was weird, our drummer plays with finesse and a light touch. I couldn't hear him for much of the gig, he couldn't hear me at all. I set up a kick drum mic in the break and fed it to my in ears which helped keep us locked in but increased the weirdness of the sound. On the positive side, they loved us, and we're definitely coming back next year for a few more dates. I played through a PA cab to save space so I can car share for tonight's gig. Used an amp sim on my Mooer Prime P1 and it sounded fine. Decided to give my Impure Guitars, Luna bass a run out. It was very lovely.8 points
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Selling my beautiful American Fender Precision 5 string bass that I got a while a go in a swap here on Basschat. The bass is in great condition apart from one ding by the arm contour and one ding on the neck that I personally don't even feel when playing. The bass has had a pickup swap and it now has a great set of Aguilars and an added bridge pickup. I have mostly used this bass for function and studio work but I've also used it with the Kris Barras Band in live situations and recordings. The bass can easily hand Motown to hard rock due to pickup configuration and the beautiful clarity and punch of the Aguilars. Weight on bathroom scale is 4.4kg. The bass comes with a Fender hardcase that is scratched and it's not perfect but it does the job and I have never had any problems with it, not even when flying with it. Selling for £1100 o.n.o. and I am not interested in any trades. Happy to post at buyer's expenses. Happy to use Paypal as long as buyer covers fees. I am based in Hertfordshire and I am willing to drive for fuel as well. Any questions, feel free to ask!7 points -
After an unexpectedly quiet couple of weeks, I got to use the WB-100 last night for a semi-regular dep. It's unreal... I genuinely struggle to explain it, but the detail and the - yes, I'm going to say it - heft is remarkable. It's just effortlessly dynamic. Here's a clip from a camera capturing the stage sound. The amp was barely ticking over. So much headroom.7 points
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Just got back from a gig at Trillians Rock bar in Newcastle. Went well. Good sound and great turnout. Long journey though 2.5 hours there and 2.5 back. Certainly wouldn't want to do that regularly.7 points
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I was after a straight sale but as there's a lot of basses sticking at the mo, I would take a part trade with cash my way. If there was a Flea jazz or any Jap P or J 4 string then I may be interested. Up for sale is my near mint USA Fender Flea Jazz. Made in 2019 and in limited numbers, the Flea USA is a future collectors item. It has a satin pink finish and a satin lacquered neck making it a real smooth player. Equipped with a single custom humbucker & Aguilar OBP-1 2 band active preamp it sounds brilliant. It also has a custom profile neck 1.5" at the nut but with 12" to 16" profile as you go further up the board. Apparently makes those snazzy "Fleaesque" soloing lines easier. Apparently. Condition wise it has one minor chip on the rear but very minor and weighs in at 3.8kgs. I'm on the Wirral so it can be viewed, played or collected from there or I can deliver within 50 miles or so. Other than that UPS insured shipping would be around £50. Here's some spec blurb; Satin finish in shell pink with matching headstock alder body Fivefold screwed neck made of maple with standing annual rings (Quartersawn Maple) "C" neck profile Maple fingerboard with 12" to 16" compound radius (305 mm to 403 mm) A Fender Custom Humbucker Active Aguilar OBP-1 2-band tone control with 18 Volt power supply Fender 4-Saddle HiMass Bridge Fender Lightweight Vintage Machine Heads6 points -
I just put together an EMG based P bass with a roasted maple neck and, I think, a Meranti body from Gear4Music. So far so fun! The body is very light and resonant, the EMG's clear, authoritative and very unforgiving of bad technique (uh oh!). I was really inspired by ead's limelight build: Though I'm not there yet I do have 2 EMG p pickups, so this is step one of getting somewhere close. I think I'll need an alder body with the double reverse P routed in. Or maybe a body blank as I found the drilling of the bridge and neck pocket much less difficult than I thought. Anyway, some pictures (I know it's not exactly a looker...):5 points
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I want to see people's faces when I wheel that rack with the four Terror Basses and a pair of SVT4's ininto The Old Dog & Botfly.5 points
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I too 'retired' from playing in 2019 - tried again in '21, but nothing came up.... Got the bug again this year - re-equipped, but then....nothing. Getting a bit depressed about various things (life wasn't great), hadn't played in a month or two, and was debating if my time up really had come. Out of the blue, an old contact (who gets very good gigs) messaged me about something new. Kind of chap that when he gets in touch, it's a case of 'where and when' - you know it's going to be good. First rehearsal next week, dates booked next month already. Immediate practice regime suddenly regimented......nice to have my focus back. Good luck tonight, DD - you'll smash it! 😁5 points
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Great night. We hadn't played at that pub for many years. Easy setup parked outside, quick setup. Got started but the sound was a bit weird. Had to turn the bass down to half the level of last week, and turn the PA up full, and still the little alto speaker wasn't even showing hte clip light, so not sure what the issue there was. Still, got a good sound in the end and there was much dancing and singing. There were a couple dancing on a table which looks like it was going to give, but somehow it seemed to survive!4 points
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Surely no musician wants quiet fans. A bit of cheering and applause is the minimum really.4 points
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As some of you will know my solution to singer problems was to become one ! Clearly this isn't for everybody but I would say this about it. Don't ever tell me you can't sing. What you mean is you don't sing. Because of that you haven't learned how to use your voice - what suits it etc etc. When you started playing bass how good were you ? Gigging standard 5 mins after you first picked one up ??? Of course not - you took time to practise and learn new skills and your competence grew. Same with singing.4 points
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The great clearout begins... Weight 8.97lb. The bass is in superb condition, especially considering its age, with just a few very light marks to the body edge (see pics, although they look worse than they are under the camera flash). As far as I can see, the wenge neck is spotless. The bass comes with a sturdy hardcase. Mild disclaimer - I'm not 100% certain the pickups are MEC as they are unmarked. However it wasn't unusual for MEC to leave their pickups blank back then so who knows. *Withdrawn*3 points -
Up for sale is my 1995 Crafted in Japan Fender Jazz 1962 Reissue in Olympic white with matching headstock. It looks amazing and plays great. Everything is working perfectly, truss rod turns freely, pickups, bridge and electrics are original. This was originally a fotoflame finish but, as is their way, the finish cracked badly so it’s been stripped back and professionally refinished in nitrocellulose Olympic white. The headstock has been finished in matching white and the decal, although replaced, has no visible lines. It’s had an after market 4 ply 62 tort reissue pickguard fitted too. For those people who prefer a lightweight instrument, it’s great - I’m not sure on the exact weight as I don’t have scales but it’s the lightest bass I’ve ever gigged with. The nitro finish is starting to come through now, as displayed on the pics - this will age really nicely soon with some more gigging action! I can send via courier at the buyers expense or anyone is more than welcome to come and try it here in Middlesbrough.3 points -
Price drop - now £995 until the end of the week and will post within the UK. Up for sale here is my USA Precision Bass. I’ve had this since around 2012 and it’s a 2008 model. For those who don’t know, 2008 is the year Fender massively improved its quality control and this bass really shows that. I’m only selling to fund a custom shop purchase. Olympic white with rosewood board. It’s in very near perfect condition and I’ve highlighted a few minor imperfections in the photos. There is some minor buckle rash on the back. The Olympic white has faded and yellowed beautifully over the years and the neck has a lovely satin feel to the back of it. I’ve added a hipshot D tuner and a genuine Fender thumb rest which will both be included in the sale. It’s nice and light at just under 9lbs. It’s currently strug with flats but happy to switch to rounds for a serious buyer if they are preferred. Year - 2008 Colour - Olympic White Body Finish - Gloss Body Wood - Alder Neck Finish - Satin Neck Wood - Maple Fretboard - Rosewood Frets - 20 Scale Length - 34" Weight - 8.9lbs/4kg Electronics - Passive Pickups - Fender P Tuners - Ultralite with D Tuner You are very welcome to come to give it a try in Chessington/Surrey, South West London. Pickup preferred or happy to meet somewhere in the south east/London for drop off. Delivery also possible but I would need to find a case for it. Any questions give me a shout Thanks Dan3 points -
Friday night gig, not as many out as we would of liked, sign of the times I guess. Still the Ashdown rig had a good blast.3 points
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Just started up with a new band. Mature people, no prima donna's. It has all suddenly become enjoyable. I still chat with the old rhythm guitarist. They asked him to play bass. He told them where to stick it This is all water under the bridge now and I posted it at the time in part for reassurance. Given so much time I'm firmly aware that it was down to this guitarist and his personal issues. Sad as I put a lot of work in. It wasn't ever about artistic nuances. It was about his inability to play a consistent structure and then having a hissy fit when I politely mentioned it. Peter3 points
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Thank you so much, I can see some hope now3 points
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Suggest you PM the OP as well! As a newbie you may not be aware, if you click on the OP's avatar you will bring up their page and there will be a contact place.3 points
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You sound like one of them experts. We don't like experts these days.3 points
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Got it back yesterday, a very rare Peavey TL-Six (Tim Landers signature first edition, circa 1989). Amazing bass for sure.3 points
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Jaco's cat only needed 4 strings3 points
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An unlined electroconductive fretless neck that administers small electric shocks for bad intonation. What a source of mirth that would be.3 points
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I get the feeling you want an unlined fretless. Maybe santa will be good to you Dave 😂3 points
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Late to the party but this is going to be easy and probably sound a bit like a stuck record 😁 Fender: Make a standard US Jazz and Precision with an unlined fretless neck. Ideally an Ebony board but Rosewood is fine as long as its unlined then that'll do. Fender: Make an American Vintage or Japanese FSR Precision with an unlined fretless neck based on your original 70's and first fretless bass. Even better if you made two, one with a maple fretless neck and another with a rosewood fretless neck. Musicman: Make an EB SR4 with an unlined fretless neck. Even better if you offered a choice of board woods. Ibanez: Make a Japanese SR with an unlined fretless neck. Even better if it's pretty with fancy woods and finishes. Ibanez: Make a modern day version of the Ibanez Musician with an unlined fretless neck. Yamaha: Just make a fretless bass god dammit and make it mid to high end with an unlined fretless neck. Other: Someone make me a pedal so that I sound like a cello, with the option to have lots of reverb or delay for long sustained notes and also octave so I sound like an orchestra 😁3 points
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Since my contribution to this thread I've acquired some cheap wood. First an 80s Kay neck through which was given to me in a right state. I stained the wings and lacquered it, (it does have strings now 😉). Next a 90s Encore precision copy found in a charity shop. After a thorough clean and polish, some extensive neck/fret work and a Tonestyler pickup it really is a great bass with some lovely grain in the body and fretboard.3 points
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Started on the truss rod channel this afternoon. First job was getting it in the correct position and drawing round it. Then with a straight edge clamped in place along the lines, scored it with a Stanley knife. Then followed up with a chisel pressed in all the way around. And out with the freshly sharpened 6mm chisel to remove the wood. Tested the rod in place. Managed to get most of the way there, only a couple of mm to go, but had to down tools for the evening. Should be able to get it finished tomorrow and then I can look at getting the fretboard in place.3 points
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I've always worked on the 'no @rsehole' principle. No amount of talent is worth it, life is too short. As difficult as it might be, if your vocalist has reached that point, life, and music, will be much better in the long run.3 points
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Test fitting the preamp. Loads of room! waiting on the audio transformer for the balanced DI output3 points
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Personally I would be looking to replace him, life is too short to put up with rude unhelpful and unwilling people. If you find a half decent vocalist you should be up and running after a couple of rehearsals if you give them a detailed list of what needs to be sung. Even more so if you allow them a music stand, it’s not like you are asking them to remember a long set of lyrics. I went to my first rehearsal in ages last night, and I was asked to try some new songs which I had never sung before and wasn’t familiar with. 2 listens to the songs while everyone had a loo break and I was pretty much able to get through them problem free with lyrics on my phone. My point is that you can achieve a lot with a positive attitude and some willing, so try and find someone like that.3 points
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I haven't had any luck so far on Talkbass so thought I would post this here. I'm looking to trade my Pike Vulcan plus enough cash to make it worth your while towards your Pike Vulcan XL. Shoot me a message and we can work out the details. Cheers, Andrew2 points -
Fender - how about a run of JMJ mustangs in pristine non-roadworn nitro, maybe with some new colour options2 points
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Sr300e in ocean fade metallic.2 points
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Here is my Bravewood sonic blue fretless, still for sale if interested, It may get a fret job yet which i'm reluctant to do on an Ebony board. But would get more use.2 points
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Fender Jazz elite Ocean Turquoise2 points
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The SR1000s of the time had a curved body2 points
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This was from the Facebook public group. He was known as Scoop on here: Today is a sad day. I've kept this mostly to myself and haven't advertised the fact but in June I suffered a significant stroke which affected the left side of my body. I've not recovered as well or as quickly as I'd like and I'm not really able to play at a satisfactory level. In addition, last Friday I accepted a severance package from my employers, a charity. As a charity they weren't able to offer an enhanced deal so the financial package isn't significant. I need money. All bar a very few basses from my collection of 25+, including over 10 ACGs, will be delivered to Bass Direct for commission sale later today. It's heartbreaking but needs must.2 points
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Gratuitous pics 😉. As it came from HW (original owners pic), On the frontline,2 points
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I've been putting this project off for years... I purchased the neck and electronics in lockdown with the intention of making a body... Never happened. But I snagged a pre made body on ebay, that I plan to heavily modify for upper fret access and or reshape generally. Neck is from a Polish luthier i beleive...All norsdtrand electronics, Nordy MM in the bridge, nordy Jazz at the neck, Babicz bridge. Ash body. The plan is to stain/oil the bass only because i like the fifuring in the wood. ill try and source a small pieve of ebony yo make a controll plate. Ill be using laser scanning, 3D printing and my CAD design skills to help finnish this, so its likley that it will exist in the virtual domain long before the real one. Wish me luck 🙏2 points
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Things I'd like manufacturers to do.... Read this thread2 points
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Finished the pickup this afternoon. Did 8000 winds on the second coil, joined the bobbins together and wired it up for testing. Very happy with the sound and output. North coil clockwise, south coil counter clockwise and the magnets in reverse polarity on each coil to enable the hum cancellation. Not too worried about how it looks as I will be making a cover/surround out of the walnut. The magnets aren't glued in place as I want to get some slightly bigger ones, either 8mm or 10mm. The main thing was getting it made so that I could pre-cut the cavity to size before gluing on the body wings.2 points
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Finished the first coil of the humbucker this afternoon, did 7000 winds in total and then wired it up to test the output. Works well. Managed to keep it looking quite neat, very pleased. Will make the bobbin for the second coil tomorrow and possibly get started on the winds if I have time. Managed to get a good technique going clockwise, will be strange doing a counter clockwise wind now. 😆2 points
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Few updates. The 42 AWG wire arrived on Saturday, had a couple of hours free over the weekend so made the first pickup bobbin and then this afternoon started the wind by hand... got to 40 winds and snap... start again... managed just over 100 winds and snap again. Realised that my skin was too rough and the wire kept snagging on it, so asked the wife for some moisturiser and started over. Success Managed to do 4000 winds before having to stop for the day, but the moisturiser is working great, getting the right amount of tension in the wire and it flows through the fingers easily. I have also been varnishing the winds at certain intervals, getting plenty on and letting it soak in and then turning the bobbin and doing the same from the other side before continuing the winds, shouldn't be any need for wax potting at the end. Had a few deliveries today as well - Fretboard, double action truss rod and some walnut boards. The walnut boards are only 100mm wide, so there will be a bit of work getting a seamless join on the wings, but I like a challenge... which is why I decided to go with Leadwood for the Fretboard. Harder than Ebony and apparently very difficult to work, sharp tools are essential 😆 Pretty sure I planned on this build being lightweight, I was told Leadwood was on the heavy side... too damn right it is!!!! Looking forward to this.2 points
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Fender Precision Bass 1972 with Jazz neck. An absolute killer P bass with a lovely ‘72 J neck in beautiful condition. Has a wonderful full fat P sound, plays wonderfully too. Pick ups date to early 60’s and pots are dated 1966. The neck is in lovely condition too, no issues and truss rod turns both ways as it should. The frets could have been replaced, pretty tough to tell. The tuners have been replaced with GOTOH FB30 Comes with a Fender tweed case. Weight 3.7kg Price includes U.K. postage.2 points
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