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  1. So here it is... Number 23 of 72 - A Ball Family Reserve USA Music Man Bongo 6. It is ridiculously good. I was VERY sceptical as to whether I'd made a good or bad choice buying this, but DANG, it's a monster. The tone is like nothing I've played before, (and I've owned a Bongo 6 before!) it cuts like a hot knife through the mix, the pallette of tones is exceptionally good and really easy to dial in. The neck is probably the nicest neck I've felt, and it's not half bad to look at! It's on another level this beast... I totally agree the aesthetics are very much Marmite, but I think I might just be on the 'love' side of that arguement! I'm very pleasantly surprised by this bass. I was expecting it to be a great bass, as well it should be for the RRP, but I wasn't quite expecting it to be a phenomenal bass...
    11 points
  2. Selling my Fender Jazz Elite V 5 String Bass. Glorious colour! I've owned it a few years, probably since 2017/2018. Very well cared for. Really don't see this finish anymore! And in my opinion, it's one of the best (if not the best ☺️ Very versatile basses. This one comes complete with everything as when it was new. Condition is a solid 9 out of 10. Case has some marks from use, bass has couple of tiny blemishes, but really nothing! Looking for £1700. Based near Yeovil in Somerset. Happy to ship the bass at cost of courier.
    7 points
  3. Bit of a freak show of basses... Left to right they are: Warwick Alien 6 Music Man BFR Bongo 6 ACG Recurve 9 ACG Salace E-Type 6 Bee Bass 'Binky' 10 ACG Salace E-Type 6 (another one...) Conklin USA Custom Shop 8 Peavey USA TL6 6 Ibanez 1979 Roadster 4
    7 points
  4. We were in a place in east London, called the Engine Room. It's a live venue/rehearsal space that operates out of a very unglamorous railway arch on the edge of a tired business estate.
    6 points
  5. There's absolutely no way in hell I'd play barefoot on some of the stages I've stood on 🤢
    6 points
  6. This pic will come alive soon. I'm way in the back. Blue
    5 points
  7. Treated my self on my birthday not sure if I should move it up front tho?
    5 points
  8. I lost my Spector cherry a short while ago with this used Bantam I picked up for a good price. I thought that the combination of the body shape and where the strap pin sat on the top horn combined with the shorter scale would make the bass feel familiar to my usual Fenders and it worked a treat. The light weight (just over 7.5lbs) together with the shorter scale made gigging with it an absolute pleasure and the build quality is superb too.
    5 points
  9. Withdrawn(what was a I thinking!). Will save up for a tasty 87 Thumb
    5 points
  10. Too many underfoot hazards in most rehearsal spaces and venues for me to do that
    5 points
  11. Longer term Baschat members may have seen this on the site back in 2018 at £1100. Today its on at an inflation busting £900 850 800!!! Potentially trade for a 5 string PJ bass? A beautifully made bass with rock solid build quality and high quality parts and plating. I'm only selling as it covers similar territory to a twin humbucker Shuker I had made and I allegedly own too many basses. The following details are copied verbatim from the 2018 ad when it was in the posession of a proper pro musician. I'm trusting that the precision of the weight given means he had access to much better scales than I have in my bathroom. Neck: Bolt-on Canadian hardrock maple Fretboard: 24 frets Scale: 864 mm/34" Body: mahogany and rarewood imbuia top Finish: matt Pickups: 2 Sandberg powerhumbucker - switched split coil on bridge pickup Preamp: Sandberg 3-band, active/passive Neck width at nut: 1 ¾”/45mm String spacing at nut: 8mm String width at bridge: 2 ⅞”/73mm String spacing at bridge: 18mm Weight: 4.11kg/9.06lb Comes with a Sandberg gig bag It has a small number of very minor blemishes as shown in the photos for full dislosure; they aren't very noticeable against the grain of the bass. I'll ship boxed and in the gig bag within the UK at buyer's expense and risk, or could meet up within a reasonable distance of Tunbridge Wells or in London. Of all the basses I've sold this is the one I'm most reluctant to let go of so there's a slight chance I might withdraw it if my herd thinning resolve weakens....
    4 points
  12. I got a few pics and video snippets from Saturday night, and one of them was filmed from right by my head, capturing the sound of my Headrush 112 on stage, which someone may find of interest. VIDEO-2023-05-31-12-24-05.mp4 5be173a8-57fe-4a51-8518-2144aff27cf6.mp4
    4 points
  13. I've owned this bass 33 years now. I did hundreds and hundres of gigs with it. Literally 100 a year for nearly 20 years. My wife named it 'Old Faithfull' because I was playing it when we first met (and she plays bass too, so recognised it when we eventually got together 16 years ago) any excuse to post a picture
    4 points
  14. To me its quite a normal thing, is known as anthropomorphizing and is part of human psychology. We do it all the time with religion and the belief in a divine being called Elohim, Buddha, Allah etc. mythology like Zeus the Greek god, animals in certain cultures, films, TV and literature for example car characters in the film Cars having names and a certain teddy bear called Winnie, mascots as well as objects like ships and planes. We even give names to weather like storms, hurricanes etc. So if someone wants to name a bass 'Dave', a dog 'Butch' or a car 'Trevor' then they are just anthropomorphizing and no different to praying to Shiva whilst wearing a T-Shirt with a duck on it called Donald, whilst escaping from a hurricane called Barry on a plane called Mary-Ellen.
    4 points
  15. This 100%, recognise the extraordinary privilege that far from being the result of talent - lots of people are far more talented - or hard work - lots of people work harder - or 'sacrifice" (you're flucking joking me) - is simply the result in 99% of cases of luck, and get out there, be a pro, and give the audience what they've paid for. If they don't like you, grow some and win them over rather than resorting to the standard 2020s model of whinge. I did a single gig with a semi pro band (whatever the fukc that actually means), the singer of which threw a major hissy fit mid-gig because people in the 'crowd' (about 40 people in a stinky poo pub in Surrey) were talking during the set and still see it as my musical low point, the guilt of association etc (BTW this 'semi-pro singer had arrived at the gig without his mic case so had to borrow the SM-58 that i carry in my kit bag just to make it through the gig in the first place, and had the lyrics on a printed sheet in his hand. Complete prick). The sense of entitlement that oozes from so many musicians today amazes me.
    4 points
  16. Congrats to @upside downer for a great win in May , and as if by magic we have got to June already So without further ado, here is a note to accompany the image ... "These are troubling times. Let's all try to be a bit more like this happy, blissful soul." Simple rules ✔️ Entries must be <5 minutes and recorded between now and deadline. ✖️ No illegal samples, copyright infringements or other snide goings-on ✖️ Bagpipes. please no bagpipes, there wasn't a truce worth noting this month , and if there was, we probably missed it! ✖️ No voting for your own entry. We'll know. And we'll shame you.. Deadline wise , we will go for midnight on the 24th which means you'll probably have till 9.00 on the 25th ...though I might be a bit later than that if I am away on the Saturday... Mrs Lurks has the diary ! A line or two of blurb as well for the vote thread will be lovely. Have fun
    3 points
  17. 78-88 for me…great rock, jazz fusion, country/southern rock…I was playing a lot of gigs….good times
    3 points
  18. I'm good with that. My nickname in one of my bands is The Laird of Thankerton. (just a bit of fun because i live in countryside and dont work for a living anymore. Lord Dave sounds good. You may proceed with that ye olde peasants Lord Dave
    3 points
  19. Anyone requiring help with Session amps can contact us at: [email protected]. Please try to keep it short if you can. The fading signal is a common problem for ANY amp with an FX LOOP. It's usually the FX RETURN jack that causes the it (FX SEND jack on Carlsbro amps). It's our environment that causes the 'sterling silver' jack switching contacts to oxidise. It not a design fault, but it does suggest that the amps that suffer this have not really seen much effort in servicing to keep them in tip-top condition. It takes about 10 minutes to clean them up... dead simple! SG100-112, 115 and 410 were quiet due to a number of problems caused by our brains! Yes... read this to learn more: https://award-session.com/pdfs/Amp Tone-Volume Effects_1.pdf This applies to ANY AMP EVER PRODUCED! I did warn the 'marketing men' before the design was finished that this would be the case! No one can defeat the laws of physics, sadly! Good Luck: Stewart Ward - Designer.
    3 points
  20. How about "Dave Lord of the Gates of Hell in the 9th Kingdom of the Minds of Angels Who Dance with the Leaders of Men", then?
    3 points
  21. What you get up to in your garage is up to you, but I'm assuming that's why the rest of the band didn't want to go back!
    3 points
  22. The audience don't owe you anything. If they're not responsive, get your head down, play your derrière off and get out of dodge. Entitled whining is never a good look - especially for a band as mediocre as Royal Blood.
    3 points
  23. As an owner of 3 Ashdown amps & 3 Ashdown cabs, I'm not going to argue there
    3 points
  24. Selling my JMJ mustang bass as no longer using it. Great bass but needs must unfortunately. In excellent “road worn” condition 😀 Currently has rounds on it but I have the original Fender flats which will be included. Alternative white pickguard included Will include a proper Fender short scale gig bag with this rather than the normal size one that came with it. Price includes UK mainland shipping,
    3 points
  25. I played barefoot once at a very hot summer rehearsal. Suddenly I had a new appreciation for the Boss pedal design.😆
    3 points
  26. Just paint your feet black. Nobody'd know.
    3 points
  27. IME 99% of the factory presets are useless for any real-world band situation and at best simply starting points for a sound that actually works with the rest of your gear and the overall sound of your band. When I get a new multi-effects unit the first thing I do is to wipe the first patch location and load it up with my default effects selection - usually EQ, drive, chorus and delay. I'll adjust each of those until I have sound I like, and then take the device to the next rehearsal where the sounds are further adjusted to suit the general band mix. This is then my "default" patch for that particular band and all other sounds that I need will use this patch as a starting point. All final adjustments are made when we are rehearsing the songs when they can be appreciated within the overall band sound. This is why technical rehearsals are important if your sound is any more complicated than simply plugging your instruments into you amps.
    3 points
  28. Oh! What I'd give to be spat-at-in-the-face have the rehearsal room hoovered once in decade
    3 points
  29. 3 points
  30. This was a grimy fretboard on a bass I bought, I used alcohol wipes to clean it which worked very good, and lemon oil to restore and condition it after
    3 points
  31. Only owned for a couple of months, bought from Bass Bros. Has a new set of Daddario EXL-170 on. Bass Bros sold it as “immaculate”. It isn’t. It’s in very good condition, but there is some swirling to the finish, though it is nothing that could be picked up in a photo. The neck and headstock are immaculate, however with no chips or dents. Reason for sale is, I’m calling it a day on gigging… again. Circumstances mean I just don’t have the time for a regular gig. I’ll still dep here and there, but don’t want the BB sat about unnecessarily. This is the 2nd I’ve owned. Truthfully, they’re my favourite workhorse basses. They fit me and sound great for all styles. My first was only sold because it was too heavy at 10.5+lbs. This one is 9.5lbs and balances superbly. I’ll upload more pics over the weekend, below are the ones from Bass Bros. Located on the Isle of Wight, could do a Southsea meet up. Otherwise, collection and postage can be arranged. The Yamaha case is luxurious, but with that comes added weight, so postage could be costly. Any q’s please shout. Not looking for trades at this point. Cheers!
    2 points
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  34. I thought the only choices were fingers or plectrum. You live and learn.
    2 points
  35. The parallel output is hard wired to the input by design. This parallel output is the dry signal from your instrument. When the Bass Driver DI is bypassed your signal is un-effected and goes through a high quality buffer. When the pedal is engaged with the Blend off and the tone controls at noon, the signal is un-effected. It is a clean DI with no amp or speaker emulation but the EQ can be used if desired. The Drive and Presence controls will not work with the Blend off. When the Blend is turned up it starts to add the SansAmp circuit to your signal. Think of the Blend control like a pan pot that can sweep from un-effected to the full SansAmp signal. (On the Bass Driver DI the speaker sim cannot be turned off when the SansAmp circuit is engaged.)
    2 points
  36. Plus they sound good.
    2 points
  37. OK @tegs07 Echoes - Pink Floyd 😂
    2 points
  38. No, don't confuse the things - that shows them running 4 speakers - if they were all 4Ω and in parallel then yes that would be 1Ω, but they aren't, they are 4 separate 4Ω speakers being driven by 4 separate amps, driven from the same source. And note this is perfectly possible with 4 separate ABMs (or even 2 separate ABM1200s) just that it has a mod to make this easier.
    2 points
  39. I think I said something like that. 😫 😁
    2 points
  40. Top job, @upside downer, well deserved 👍🏻
    2 points
  41. Sounds like the same one - got it for my 21st birthday and thought it was amazing.
    2 points
  42. Absolutely this. And also..They are rather mainstream. And they are rather radio friendly. Christ, it’s not like they’re exactly Cannibal Corpse is it?!
    2 points
  43. Right, so I have this neoprene Lekato strap that also was slightly too long for me. I ordered a thimble, black nylon sewing thread, upholstery needles on Amazon for a total of 18 pounds. I googled "how to sew" then folded the strap at the extremity that does not touch anything when I adjust length, and stitched everything together. My stitches do not look beautiful up close but that's all hiding inside when I play and the nilon thread is extremely robust. The strap now is perfect length, and still adjustable
    2 points
  44. Two fantastic shows this weekend. One was a private function for a super-wealthy individual. We played in front of his lake on a mezzanine over a swimming pool and koi pond (and gymnasium with boxing ring). It was quite the eye opener into a very different world. Last night we closed a local festival to a brilliant crowd, many of whom had turned out just for us. We had a pro crew in filming too. No proper pics yet, but I’ve swiped a few from people’s facebook pages.
    2 points
  45. A few pics from a few weeks back at the NABD rally in Cheshire. Was nice to be rocking the Fallout Bass.
    2 points
  46. Gig bags are so 2000's. This is the future:
    2 points
  47. My very basic board but all doing something ! LMB3 always on GEB7 always on Sparkbooster always on
    2 points
  48. Some Leduc's on the dressing convertible couch where I like to play. From left to right: Masterpiece MP 624, U-Basse UMM 4 SF, Masterpiece MP 524 and Masterpiece Headless HMP 624.
    2 points
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