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  1. Bassmidget209
    So this weekend I got my third ever bass (first one for 19 years!). I've been oggling reverends for a few years now and felt the split coil /bridge humbucker combo to be the best option for me (I've never enjoyed the bridge single coil sound much). Every single sound is useable both pickups sound great, I genuinely can't believe how much of a difference this has made to my sound. I was always of the opinion that amps and pedals had a bigger overall influence on your tone but I'm very happy to be proven wrong. Even my amp sounds ten times better, which I have never been fully happy with. Overall very chuffed 😁
    11 points
  2. Dan Dare
    10 points
  3. petecarlton
    Do they do a Corbett Short Scale too? 😂
    10 points
  4. Stub Mandrel
    Our guitarist booked me one of these for tonight's rehearsal as a special treat. I have now popped my SVT cherry. 300W is plenty.
    9 points
  5. funkgod
    well im sure Lemmy stole his identity from the mayor in trumpton town, shocking 🙂 are there any more ? ?
    7 points
  6. briansbrew
    I have for sale my 2004 Overwater Jazz bass , the bass would have been without the scratch-plate as there is the access at the back for the wiring loom, the previous owner said that a Sadowsky preamp was fitted hence the front plate Controls are Vol/Pan/ 3 band EQ with the lower knob as push/pull for active and passive options weight is 4.2 Kg's nut width 39mm Fitted with Bartolini candy bar pickups frets are in good shape with little wear some buckle rash to the back with a few dings on the lower bottom of the bass but nothing nasty for some reason the plate at the back with the serial and date has it as a 5 string, possible mistake I dont really know I have spoken to Chris May about it and he said it was a customer order as they dont normally do Bart pickups Lovely well made basses from Overwater and today this would cost over £3000 to order Any question please fire away No trades please as its a cash sale only
    7 points
  7. Chopthebass
    Frets are in the 10” to 14” radius fingerboard.
    6 points
  8. funkgod
    haha grow them, you know you want to 🙂 Another Identity thief, prince defo modled himself on Jafar from aladdin 😆
    4 points
  9. JGTay
    Have been working on the headstock shape and blending in the volute today. The front has a small reveal of the mahogany. Also done fingernail access for the truss rod cover, just need to put some magnets in to hold it in place. Very pleased with how it is coming along.
    4 points
  10. Tech21NYC
    The sample settings for the Bass Driver DI were done with a vintage Fender bass directly into a mixer and near field monitors. The Blend is usually set to 100% since the SansAmp emulates vintage tube amps that have no blend control. What you are plugging the Bass Driver into will have an impact on the final sound. It's best to use the Bass Driver into a flat response platform when you first use it so you can hear and understand how it works. Running through other effects or a bass amp with its own EQ curve will negate the sample settings and the way the pedal is supposed to work. The unit does have a midrange scoop by design and backing off the Blend or increasing the midrange can help if you require more mids. We also offer the ParaDriver and VT Bass DI's for players that want more control over the midrange content.
    4 points
  11. lemmywinks
    A Load/ReLoad single album with the fat trimmed off would have been great back in the day, although I quite liked Load as an album in its own right. Still think that era is the best they've ever sounded in the studio and live.
    4 points
  12. Andyjr1515
    The good news is that I've got to the 'make a list of the final jobs' stage. The bad news is that I've only ticked off half of one of them in a morning's work. But that's better than going backwards I've tidied up the bridge pickup chamber, copper-foil shielded and earthed it, fitted it and modded the trial pickup ring to as thin as the chamber allows. Here's the shielded chamber, ready for sorting the fixing holes. I confess I am a little nervous of the un-supported outlet cable coming from the Gemini pickup. It's a heavy cable and those three teeny coil attachment wires are pretty fragile. It's a pity that there isn't any sort of cable secure - I would have thought a simple lacing through a couple of drilled holes in the base plate would have been possible. Still, it seems OK - I just won't take it out again! Also here is the slimmed down trial guard for @ped to see what he thinks. The final version - whatever shape @ped decides on - will have two small pickguard screws holding it in place, one either side of the pickup.
    4 points
  13. neepheid
    It was a serious reply - there's absolutely no money in it. We're far too old and far too ugly to "make it" so we just make some tunes, record them and send them out into the ether to absolutely zero plaudits because we must suffer for our art - and we're terrible at convincing other people to suffer our art...
    4 points
  14. dutchwife
    Swingin' ～ Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
    4 points
  15. luckman67
    Back in the mid 80's you could pick up a 60's 500/1 for, less than a new Squier or Tokai bass. I picked up 2 during this time a 1964 Violin bass which cost £175 which, I sill have to this day, & a 1964 Senator bass which cost me £150. I let the Senator go for a new MIM Fender Jazz in the 90's not one of my best ideas. My friend had the CT Cavern bass and it looked really good but I'm, amazed how much the German made basses cost these days it's like Fender CS money. The best £175 I ever spent on a bass guitar.
    4 points
  16. Cosmo Valdemar
    I prefer Precisions in every way.
    4 points
  17. TheGreek
    Or what's the handle for
    3 points
  18. Rich
    I bet you’ve never seen these two together in the same room. Uncle Albert from Only Fools and Repeats Rob Halford out of Judas Priest
    3 points
  19. CJPJ
    Fork or five string?
    3 points
  20. Tom Stafford
    Sting-Wal body and neck have finally arrived! Stupidly forgot a few parts so will be a week or so before I finally plug it in… Also slightly nervous to take a drill to it to mount everything so might take it to Denmark st…
    3 points
  21. paul_5
    there is a third part to this equation...
    3 points
  22. fretmeister
    Depends entirely on the music I'm playing. For metal I like a jazz type but I don't play a lot of metal these days. For the stuff that I am playing now, a P or PJ can be the perfect thing. I could really do with 2 of them though - 1 with flats and another with rounds!
    3 points
  23. TheGreek
    So it's good night from me....
    3 points
  24. Andyjr1515
    Don't you think those cutaways add a certain 'je ne sais quoi' ? A bit like cooling vents on a Maserati
    3 points
  25. Barking Spiders
    I'm no Metallica fan but TBH I don't get all the noise about them 'selling out' when the black album came out. In fact I'd say they got better, moving way from the tune-free first 5 albums etc to writing actual songs, you know the stuff that people can actually hum/sing along to. Load and Reload both have some good tunes and if they'd been combined on one album, this would by some way have been their best effort.
    3 points
  26. Baloney Balderdash
    Harley Benton SpaceShip 80 :
    3 points
  27. PaulWarning
    Headsticks have done very well and are reasonable big on the gigging circuit, we're not in that league. We easily covered costs on our first 3 albums, which is all we wanted, we recently remixed our first album, , added some live tracks, we were never happy with the original recording and it had long since sold out, we have struggled to sell the 100 copies we needed to recoup the costs, which is what prompted the singer's wife's (too many apostrophes Dad?) comment. We can still sell T shirts though 😃
    3 points
  28. Bassybert
    I’ve started using DR Hi Beams and I think I’ve found my favourite string. I love the tone, the growl and the feel of them. The tension seems spot on for me, not too firm but not sloppy either, they just seem really fun to play. No idea how long the brightness lasts but they’ve been brilliant so far. One trivial/purely cosmetic thing I also like about them is that they don’t have silk wraps, as I don’t like the way they fluff up and separate.
    3 points
  29. Dan Dare
    Do you have "big hands"? There's a luthier (ahem) whose work sometimes features on here who may have just the thing for you 😊
    3 points
  30. JPJ
    First gig out with this rig yesterday, very impressed! Ashdown ABM 400 Neo 1x15 combo with matching 1x15 Neo cab. Easiest load in/out I’ve done for a full electric show 😎
    3 points
  31. hooky_lowdown
    I prefer right hand basses myself. 😎
    3 points
  32. fretmeister
    D'addario pro steels.
    3 points
  33. Marvin
    Harley Benton seem to be on a bit of a roll. I do like these, I just wish I had a reason to buy one. https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_mv_4msb_gotoh_sb.htm
    2 points
  34. Burns-bass
    Sadly, I need to sell this beautiful 2010 Rickenbacker 4003 in delightful Mapleglo. This is in excellent condition for a gigging Rickenbacker. It comes with the official Rickenbacker case and has been fitted with an aftermarket black bezel (the original cover is included). There are a few marks, all pictured. Bass is currently strung with GHS flats. The frets are, as you can see, in excellent order and it plays wonderfully all the way up and down the neck. The truss rod is fully functioning. Originally I thought there was some tail lift. But was told by a Ricky expert that it’s the body shape, and nothing to be concerned about! That’s a relief It looks like a Rick, plays like a Rick and sounds absolutely thunderous! It also has the push-pull pot to enable you to access the famous 60s vintage Rickenbacker sounds. The case is in excellent condition too, however, there is a slight crack on top which I have pictured. It doesn't impact the functioning of the case, but it's essential I mention this. I've enjoyed owning this bass, it's a beautifully made thing, I just need to free up some cash from home renovations. I'm looking for £1500 collected from Bristol.
    2 points
  35. 2pods
    Candles.......for Forks
    2 points
  36. Dan Dare
    You're so right. How foolish of me.
    2 points
  37. lemmywinks
    They went from £120, then briefly to £90 then got cleared out at £60 which is when most people on here bought them. I paid £60 for the P and £25 for the Strat which appeared in the window of my local SR a fair bit after the BC gold rush had occurred! Cycled past it on my way to work, went to the cash point and was there waiting when the shop opened at 9am, thankfully my boss understood that a £25 Strat can't be missed and let me come in a bit late.
    2 points
  38. BlueMoon
    Well, I was so impressed with my first P bass from this builder I asked if he’d create a PJ unlined fretless for me. No problem. So, I eventually settled on a polyester-coated ebony board. It is currently strung with Labella flats and sounds really lush. Some pics:
    2 points
  39. Buddster
    Born Free. Matt Monro
    2 points
  40. Beedster
    Must admit I'd always seen them as vulgar and unnecessary, especially on a fretless, which is why I never bothered to use them on the SIMs, only realising that I needed to check them when I listed it for sale. I played it for around an hour last night in a dark room with the lights on and have to admit that my intonation and precision generally were improved significantly. Thanks, flash is generally beyond my skills, I might have to use them just to achieve mediocre
    2 points
  41. Wotcher
    Commando. Ramones
    2 points
  42. Hellzero
    Yes, it's called a Precision Bass. 🤣
    2 points
  43. police squad
    I have one of these limited edition CT basses from 2012. Only 60 of these were made. I put LaBellas on it and it goes thud. Lovely
    2 points
  44. Ander87
    Well well well! I have completed my mini pedalboard after a solid 2-3 years of not using pedals! polytune 3 mini - Effectrode PC-2A Compressor - Fuzzrocious Lil Fella - Zvex Woolly Mammoth fuzz - Zvex Instant Lo-Fi Junky chorus the Zvex design is not very inviting or friendly for stomping especially if placed on the side (against all knobs) so I stacked them under each other… very impressed with my Pedaltrain Nano!! My wife even asked me to pose with it as I accept it as my new Lord and Saviour (probs just taking the fosters at my excitement):
    2 points
  45. Paul S
    Presumably the PJ would also have an ash body if left behind in a house fire. Sorry. Someone had to be the smart alec so it may as well be me.
    2 points
  46. stewblack
    2 points
  47. Bluewine
    Some video from Wednesday night. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=704796184315362&id=100000222668845&sfnsn=mo&mibextid=RUbZ1f Blue
    2 points
  48. knirirr
    I was amused by the combination of the car, its position occupying two parking spaces, and the small sign directly in front of it.
    2 points
  49. Thor
    We had a gig in Portsmouth last night, bit of a schlep in pouring rain, but thankfully the rain had stopped in time for load in, we played a working men’s club and during soundcheck their was a table of oldies sat with fingers in ears complaining that we were too loud. By the second song the oldies that were complaining were in full flow, singing and dancing and it carried on that way all night😁 i was using my Trace Elliot RAH600 back up amp as my DB750 started banging and popping during rehearsal last Tuesday, heard something rattling in the case so thought I’d take the lid off and found a loose capacitor!? Guess I need to find an amp shop around Wiltshire or Bristol….☹️
    2 points
  50. JGTay
    Got on with sanding up through the grades on the radius this morning. Didn't take any pics at the time, but took some when I finished for the evening. The pics don't really do it justice, sanded up to 10,000 grit and it shines! The grain is fantastic. This afternoon I moved on to the neck profile and thinning out the back to the required thickness. Looking at around 18mm at the nut and 20mm at the heel... thin neck! Marked out and then on with the Shinto. Almost to the line. Just need to level it off and then I can start doing the rounding of the profile.
    2 points
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