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Following on from the thread "Things I'd like manufacturers to do...", I just now remembered a success story. I visited Hobgoblin's London store, in search of an acoustic bass. I specifically wanted a 5 string, in their Ashbury range, but they did not make them. So, I emailed the Head office asking if they had any plans to do so. No, they had not thought of it, but they were due to visit the Musikmesse Frankfurt that coming Easter, and would ask if their suppliers could make that model. By October of that year, I got an email from head office. They had made a run of five prototype 5 string basses, and one was at their London store, and would I like to pop along to try it out. I went along, liked it, and bought it. So, companies do listen, and respond.10 points
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First gig in a while with my semi-regular dep, doing songs from the golden age of American music. Nice old-school social club - great-sounding room, lovely people, cheap beer. Second chance to use my new Handbox valve amp, and sounded lovely. Here's a clip.8 points
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I wonder why John McVie is selling this gear at this stage? It's not as if he needs the cash. I suppose he's got to the age where he realises that all he really needs is a Harley Benton Precision and a secondhand Fender Rumble 500. As we all do eventually8 points
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J'arrive! I've actually got the guitar version of this, which means I've ended up finding out quite a bit of info about these. These are among the earliest Japanese copies and probably first appeared around 1969-70, and were likely available for three or four years around that time. As was mentioned upthread, they're quite common in the UK branded as Jedson, also sold as Vox, plus numerous other names. Like many old MIJ instruments, plenty were sold unbranded. Most names on instruments like these are just brands, not manufacturers, but these also come up labelled Sakai, which was a 60s/early 70s Japanese manufacturer.7 points
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I read a few mixed reviews on these before I pulled the trigger! Couldn't find one to try locally so ordered untried online. Really liking it so far, satin modern c neck with a pretty flat radius feels really good and fast getting about. Never had a Fender PJ before and recently started to like playing basses with dual pickups. The active circuit seems pretty tame and easy to dial in a fairly natural sound (at least to my ears). Really like the tight sound of the j pickup blended in slightly with the p I get to try it with the band next week and hopefully sounds good.6 points
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Spent Friday and Saturday being driven to gigs by the singer, which was nice. However, a smallish car meant taking a smallish rig. I chose an RCF powered pa cab. As much to see how it performed as anything. Used a small preamp to get some eq control and compression. Come Sunday the final gig was in a much bigger venue. I was in my own car by then (heading home post gig) so space less of an issue. I keep cabs dotted all around so grabbed one out of her garage, and as I always carry my Elf I set up a curious hybrid rig. RCF on top of the generic 15" which was driven by the Elf. Tried the DI out of the Elf but it appeared not to deliver much volume at all to the RCF. So I came out of the headphones socket instead and wow! Anyone gives you a scientific reason mixing cabs and speaker sizes can't work, my advice is just try it . I think by the way the Elf would have handled the venue just fine but with the RCF in there too it was huge. Very few people came out which was disappointing but we got paid and the management want us back so that's a win. A nice three hours set to round off a great gigging weekend.6 points
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So my custom ABM EVO V landed a little while ago, but this weekend finally saw it leave the house for a gig. This thing is everything that I expected; slightly different character to the EVO IV, in much the same way the EVO IV was different to the EVO III, and still needs some tweaks to the EQ as everything is interactive as per the previous ABMs. Suits my ABM 610 perfectly. Great sound, stacks of headroom, the intelligent cooling is a nice touch, not as b*stard heavy as my old ABM 900 EVO III. Smiles all round!6 points
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Provide info about what strings are fitted to a new instrument, to give the option to replace them with the same.5 points
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Simple "off the shelf" type board... Does all i need wonderfully5 points
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Rain day = bass day. Just put together another p bass with jazz neck... Stained, oiled and waxed quilted mapel top on popular body. Great weight to it and a nice bright tone5 points
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Purely as a treat for the ladies (and some men).4 points
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Well, suppose I'm not quite like the rest :0) Story is that I play Alembic basses, the Steinway of Bass, and wanted a rig that could process the transparency and tonal scale these instruments have, while still being flexible. The Glockenklang is the center element which in principal only manages the overall level, and the routing of seriel and parallel effects, all connected to a Midi controller. As the DN3600 is also Midi controlled, I've used it as the tone shapping device so I have had a number of reference sound, Clean, Fat, Funky, Fretless, Clean + Chorus, Fat+octaver, Fretless + Reverb etc. all by means of midicontrolling effects and equializer programs. The 504 is just a good compressor, and allowing you to link compressors. I used one channel as basic setting and channel two in series when needed to get a bit more compression say for Slap, In addition, I build two speaker systems, each with a 15" and 12+6". Never liked tweeters but could in principal be added. And to sum it up, driven by a pair of bridged Crown XLS 1500 which are resting in a pocket in the rear section of the 12/6" box. Some may think I play ridiculosly loud, that's not the case. This is about transparency and horsepower to manage dynamics. In a car world it is similar to Torque over Horsepower. All in all the outcome of curiosity, creativeness and available sparetime. All components bought used, so it's not like there an insane amount dumped into it. Right now resting in our basement as we currently rehearse at a school which can't facilitate to store it.4 points -
Hi , Up for sale , a Freedom Custom Guitar Research Retrospective P5 in good / players condition. Here are some specs:- 34” scale 46mm at the nut / 19mm spacing at the bridge Alder body in Shoreline Gold Maple neck with Honduras rosewood board ( 20 Stainless Steel Frets - C shape profile ) Gotoh GB528 tuners Active 2 band - with passive pull up on the tone knob , vol-tone ( push / pull ) treble / bass stack with centre detent, side jack. Full nitro finish 4.1kg weight This is a killer P5 with vintage feel & tone , with a modern 2 band eq. The body has some mojo/wear , with a fair few dings , finish checking etc The neck is in great shape with comfy C shape profile and lovely rosewood board. I’ll include a Hiscox case , And uk mainland shipping. Any questions or more pictures let me know , no trades please. Cheers Chris3 points -
Top of the line Stentor, carved front, carved wood back; set up by luthier with pirastro strings. Ready to gig with low action, includes bow and soft case. Details here: https://caswells-strings.co.uk/product/stentor-elysia-double-bass/ some minor marks but overall excellent condition3 points -
I'm selling this MTD Kingston with Upgrades 34" scale, 4 strings Mahogany body with Burl Maple top Hipshot Wide MTD bridge (19mm) spacing Maple neck Five controls: volume, balance and 3 band EQ - Bartolini pickups and electronics Hipshot USA hardware Dunlop Straplocks The upgrades were made through MTD Kingston's official worldwide distributor, which until recently was Dana B. Goods, and are as follows: - Pickup : BC4CX soapbar and Preamp HR-5.2APMT/918 of 3 bands Bartolini: MTD voiced, The same ones that Michael Tobias uses and They cost 500 € - Hipshot Tuners , custom MTD x4. They cost €140 (made by Hipshot especially for MTD) - Hipshot Type B bridge, MTD custom. It cost €125 (made by Hipshot especially for MTD) - Black Dunlop Straplock security closure. It cost €25. These are the ones that American BAT have as standard. In total nearly 800€ of upgrades 👍🏽 price : 1000€3 points -
Hi there! Here I am offering my beautiful and quite rare MUSICMAN CLASSIC SABRE in Inca Silber with shell pickguard. Based on the serial number the bass was manufactured on May 20th 2014 in San Luis Obispo (CA, USA) facility. Beside the two special designed humbucker pickups the Classic Sabre features a 5-way-switch and a 2-band-active-EQ. In this way you can easily produce every authentic sound between a Stingray, a Thunderbird and a really good P-bass. In addition the bridge allows for using the string mutes to “simulate” old flatwound strings. Regarding the woods the neck is made from wonderful birdseye maple with a fine rosewood fretboard. The body is made from dense ash. Although the body is quite small the Classic Sabre weighs 4,3 kg. I am really not good in describing sounds and handling, since this is a totally subjective feeling. So please refer to all this professional reviews and videos if you need more information on that. The condition of the bass is very good and well maintained. But there is only a dent on the front of the body, which is visible (please see pictures). Otherwise, the bass shows no signs of use. The MUSICMAN CLASSIC SABRE is located in Germany near Dortmund, but can be shipped Europe-wide. The shipping costs can be split between seller and buyer. Shipping will be securely packed and insured in a hard case. Please ask if you have any questions. I will try to answer immediately. NO TRADES please!!!3 points -
For sale this beautiful Marín Cano MC-Jazz bass. Is only Passive In good conditions and nice finishes! Body : Ash Top : Curly Maple Neck : Bird's Eye, Pickups : Bartolini Tuners : Hipshot with Dtuner, Comes with case It's very comfortable and sounds great. Price: €13003 points -
I'd like all effects pedal manufacturers to standardise on input, output and power socket positions. It would make it much easier to wire boards neatly. What would be really nice is a wire free design with pedals clip on to the board with all connections integrated.3 points
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Here's a video of the bass during a live session3 points -
Here is my Fender 60s vintera jazz. Basically unplayed, and still has the plastic pickguard cover on it. Has a nice Fender gig bag with it. Beautiful instrument and really lovely feeling to the neck, but I prefer the Precision bass I have at the minute. Not really looking for trades, but I would listen to any suggestions, the worst I can say is no thanks. I will post within UK only.3 points -
Ibanez do that for at least some of their basses on the published specs. What's on my wee certificate is confidential between me and my GP.3 points
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An absolute no brainer for me is for tuners built into amps to be as standard as a volume control. My MiniMax has one - one of my TCs has one.... still the exception rather than the rule though.3 points
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I know that I will get agreement from all owners of AJR basses. All bass manufacturers...install electronics covers with magnets rather than screws. Makes access soooo much easier.3 points
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After the first gig out with it this weekend, I can finally post a picture of my current setup, including my new custom ABM EVO V! This thing is absolutely killer, and sounds particularly good through a big cab like the ABM 610. Definitely a little different to the EVO IV, in a similar way the EVO IV was different to the EVO III. Still working on the EQ, as is typical for the ABM as everything is quite interactive. Loving it so far!3 points
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Fender should change the knobs on their Jazzes to volume, blend, tone. The historical arrangement of volume, volume, tone irritates me.3 points
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OK I'll confess it's a vanity project, GAS or inertia depending upon your point of view. I've been giving the same advice for several years that one good 12 would be loud enough for almost everything and two would cover every possible eventuality. I decided to take my own advice and go for two 1x12's For years I've been taking all sorts of half complete prototypes to gigs and the band were beginning to get more functions so I wanted to up my game by having a consistent and good looking rig. I was going to build two BassChat Mk3's and ordered the crossover components from @stevie He wanted me to trial the Silverstones which use the same drivers so we did a deal to use the drivers I already had and he would build me the case and crossover . I've also sold my old passive PA and have no passive speakers but retain the amps so I have top hat mounts in my Silverstones so they can double as a PA if I ever have problems. Ironically the band have now moved to in-ears and may be losing the backline altogether so no bass amp might become my normal. I'm convincing myself that any working bassist needs a decent amp and speakers 'just in case'3 points
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Made it smaller. Made it lighter. Made it louder. No mean feat that now you could skateboard to your gig with more firepower than an Ampeg fridge rig.3 points
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@Ashdown Engineering - revive the brilliant graphic preamp from the Superfly/Superduperfly and make it a stand-alone pedal. All bass manufacturers - make more headless basses. As evidence that this is required, see the endless whingeing on the previous five pages about headstocks.3 points
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So, my first foray into playing bass with a band has fizzled out. The band leader has decided she has too much on to keep it going and has put the whole thing onto the back burner. However....... Last month I attended the Jazz Jam in Lancaster and was really impressed by the standard of musicians that showed up. I approached the bass player who spent most of the night backing up all the musicians and asked if he'd consider giving me some pointers on jazz standards. He said he would, and on my first lesson, he said "you can play!". On the second lesson he told me he was intending moving to London in January and would I mind if he passed my details onto the bands he plays in with a view to me being his replacement! The upshot of this is that I have an audition on Wednesday for a jazz band, most of whom attend the jam, and it's jam night this Friday too. So', I'm going to nail four or five tunes from their set for the audition and hope they like me, and play at Jazz Jam on Friday too! Buzzin! Yee har! Rob3 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.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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I've got an old Matsumoku P Bass from late 1970s with ye olde Yamaha BB type tuners with the sleeve around the shaft to adjust the tuner tension. (Does anyone know who used to make these?) They look like this Anyway, these should have a tiny litle C spanner to adjust them with. but hens teeth are probably more common these days. The C spanner would locate in the little holes and you can then tighten or loosen the sleeve up. I couldn't find a satisfactory way to tighten them up without this spanner.... until now I got one of these bulldog clips and took one of the arms off it and then bent it And it can then be fitted into the little holes perfectly and used to tighten and loosen Just the job..... 🙂2 points
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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 Dan2 points -
I dont think solo bass is her bag to be fair. She's great in a band situation playing rock. But then again, if you are looking at selling basses... I've never thought the bass demos for Andertons has ever been that great tbf... but meh, what would I know. I'm not the target audience.2 points
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Yeh, the problem is though they dont do rack ears for half rack sizes per class d amp etc, otherwise thatd be great, and there doesnt seem to be a universal width for the current class d amps. A small half rack (ish) prewired case with x2 class d amps, a tuner, sansamp and rack plug sockets, all weighing around 10kg would be lovely...2 points
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Also I think this one has turned up on the forum many times before but not on this particular thread, and it is unquestionably superior to the dreary original2 points
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Managed to prise Rod's lovely Limelight Jazz away from him. He agreed to meet me as near as makes no odds halfway between were we both live. We had a good chat about life, music and Basses. He got the Coffee in and is an all round good lad, deal with confidence. Cheers Rod.2 points
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The Elf's DI output will be at mic level whereas the headphone output will be close to line level. There should be a switch on the RCF to select the input level (mic or line) - I wonder if yours was on the line level setting.2 points
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It wasn't too much extra (can't recall the actual figure I'm afraid), but this was a treat to myself for a milestone birthday so worth a little bit on top to have something a bit special. It matches my custom CTM 300 which was from family for a previous milestone. It could be said that I have a slight problem with chrome!2 points
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That sounds like a limitation of the Stomp. I'm pretty sure you can do what you want with the full Helix Floor (or Rack). I think the other thing you need to consider is the trade-off (if there is one) between the convenience of having a suitable sound for each part of every song in a single unit and just a single footswitch press away versus having exactly the sound you want but with a more complex pedal board, and also if you can tell the difference between the two in the context of the overall band sound anyway. Before I switched to programmable multi-effects units, I found I was compromising my live sound anyway, because it was more convenient to simply have one distortion/chorus/flanger setting for the whole set even if it wasn't necessarily the best one for each individual song (or even section of the song).2 points
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This, and the rest of his work, are masterpieces! The wonky tuners are just perfection, I am always thinking to myself, I wish my Jazz bass had wonky tuning pegs that looked more like testicles! The nut that has been filed with the same tool for each string is simply genius, now I can put my E string in place of the G with no issues. The headstock is so cleverly designed that it can't hang on the wall reducing the strain on the neck which from his description has been given the perfect set up! The bridge hanging off the back of the body and held in place with 2 screws must help reduce the sustain of the instrument which is brilliant because I love it when my notes die off really quickly. The 2 screw system must be fantastic for bending notes as well, a bit like a tremolo, just grab the back of the bridge and bend away! Talking of bends, those scallops on the frets are a great way to make sure you are pressing the string down straight, great for a beginner to learn on! The reduction in weight from the missing knob is vital in this case, nobody wants a heavy bass! Judging by his workmanship elsewhere, I for one am excited to see the work he has done on the electronics to join all the earths differently! Finally, the addition of the black dots are great for making the frets more visible in dark venues, great addition.2 points
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https://londonjazznews.com/2022/11/20/ewan-hastie-wins-fifth-bbc-young-jazz-musician-competition/?amp=12 points
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Prepping fingerboard for fret installation IMG_9507.MOV2 points
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They kind of wrong footed me by deciding that the set for next week's gig would start with one of my favourite songs - as soon as we started playing, I was happy again! Guitarist was fairly sociable and good natured and I completely forgot why I wanted to quit! And the nice guys were just being themselves but that was enough - I enjoy their company and the music, it's just the guitarist… For the sake of being able to play some great songs that I love, I'll put up with him a while longer.2 points
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Was he? I can't see anything where he is talking about them - do you have a link? And why does that makes what he says wrong?2 points
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2 months later... ta-daaaaaa2 points
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All amp manufacturers - PUT THE POWER BUTTON ON THE FRONT WHERE WE CAN FIND IT!!!2 points
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