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Just back from our monthly outing at The Anlaby Park Hotel ( just outside Hull ), with the acoustic duo. Usual full lounge of punters, with stacks of requests. Tunes played included ‘Highway to Hell’, ’Enjoy yourself’, ‘No matter what’ x2 ( Badfinger tune and the Boyzone one after some confusion) ’Harvest Moon’ and ‘Everlasting love’ which was a bit fast for playing fingerstyle! A good night and a small increase in our fee so happy days. Home before midnight too. 😁15 points
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Played an afternoon show today at Warners hotel in Bembridge, Isle Of Wight with Duran/Spandau tribute 'From Gold To Rio'. Nice big room and stage and a great sound in the IEMs and out front 👍13 points
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Gibson SG Bass Ebony – S/N 102180233 - 2018 model with tan Gibson hardcase. Only modification is I replaced the stock Gibson/Grover tuners with Hipshot licensed Ultralite ones to completely eliminate neck dive and make it an extremely light and well balanced bass guitar. I still have the original Gibson tuners and will be included. The small single hole holding the Hipshots will be covered by the Gibson footprint should you reinstall them although I would not recommend this. Good condition with a great tone. Trade wise I would consider a US Fender Precision, with cash your way if appropriate, but would need one with the 41mm width or less and not the too chunky a profile. Sorry will not post so collect only however but I am willing to travel to meet up if not too far - I live near Loughborough about 15/20 mins from J23 M1. I would travel further for the right P bass. Thanks6 points -
For sale is my Modulus Quantum 6-string. The bass has a 35" scale length, the body is made of alder and for the looks there is a beautiful top made of flamed maple. In addition, of course, it has the Modulus typical carbon neck. The three-band preamp and pickups are from Bartolini. The bass is in excellent condition - I can’t find any scratches, dents or other damage. The fretwork is absolutely excellent and allows for an extremely low action. Accordingly, the bass is absolutely effortless to play. As an accessory there is a case from SKB. The case has a small crack on one corner, but it is still perfect for shipping. My asking price is 2300 GBP or 2800€.5 points -
There were a couple of models. Peavey signed up Brian Bromberg for a signature bass and allowed him to go to town. Called the B-Quad, they came with Modulus CF necks. This is my one . Few years later, 1998, they revisited CF necks but this time it was a under-sized maple neck with a carbon wrap. There was the 4 string model, G-Bass, 5 string G-V. Mistaken identity/crossed wires/wishful thinking have led to an urban myth the G-Bass/G-V also had Modulus necks, total BS 🤣 My old pal recalled the raw necks were shipped out to a gun factory, Bell & Carlson, for wrapping. Never found a G-V but did snag a G-Bass.5 points
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Agreed Dave, they did some great stuff. It was quite funny last night - a punter requested ‘No matter what’ which I thought was the Badfinger classic so we played it. As we finished it the guy shouted out that he enjoyed it but had actually wanted to hear ‘No matter what’ by Boyzone ( which I’d forgotten existed) so we did that straight after! Made us think of doing nights where we only play songs which exist in this way, although unsure about whether it’s feasible - maybe just do a featured song title each gig or something till we run out of ideas!5 points
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Great looking and playing 5 string Stingray, which has gone a really nice aged white. Plays and sounds exactly as expected. Comes complete with a Hiscox hard case.5 points -
Hello There For Sale I have a Yamaha BB614 4 string bass in Silver/Pewter. If you’re looking at this ad then you know what these basses are and how good they are. This bass comes with a few upgrades, namely a Gotoh bridge and Glockenlang preamp. The original preamp will be included in the sale. Don’t have the original bridge unfortunately. This Preamp is a vast improvement over the stock preamp, can do active and passive options in one circuit via a push pull volume knob. Products - GLOCKENKLANG Reason for selling, well there are three. Firstly I have too many Yamaha BB basses, so this one isn’t getting the attention it deserves. Secondly I’ve moved away from Active basses and prefer passive basses, personal preference. Lastly I’m jonesing for a Fender P Bass so looking to raise funds for that. Looking for £300, postage included Any questions please feel free to ask. Thanks for Looking!!4 points -
A massive turnout for Nicks funeral yesterday, Peterborough Cathedral was full, it showed how respected Nick was, a great fun loving guy sadly missed.4 points
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Had a couple of those. Left is the Dyna-Unity, centre a standard DynaBass, right is a Unity. On the right my, now sold, Dyna-Unity Koa.4 points
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Some phone footage of our performance on Saturday...plenty of room for improvement, most obvious being lead vox too low in mix. Psychosapien.mp44 points
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Nipped into Merchant City music today for a wander. Decided to try some of the Reverends. The colours are always so good in that range! Tried the Thundergun, Mercalli and Decision P. All basses very similar fit and finish wise. Really nice necks. Mercalli and Thundergun very similar to me, found the tone good, but the tone became quite treble heavy with not too much turning of the tone knob. Not bad but not quite for me. Decision P just felt better for me, pickup placement for my anchor points and just liked the tone. If one or two more things sell I might be tempted... Venetian gold Thundergun pic attached3 points
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I bought my first guitar, first amp and far too much other stuff from Pete Hamm's brother, John, who had a music shop in Swansea for years. Very friendly bloke and never made a deal out of his more famous brother. But when I asked, he did say that he had all of Pete's guitars and other kit in storage above the shop. The shop is long gone now.3 points
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As I countered above. You say that you (a buyer) is protected, you say no difference from the seller's POV but I've personally posted items and had chargeback claims which favoured the buyer... and the buyer sent back to me a broken item with an alternative serial number! ...and I have an awful lot of people (inc many of the admins) who would vouch that I'm not dodgy! I'm not saying trust every seller but I likewise wouldn't trust every buyer.3 points
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That’s a global thing that will improve tracking across the board. In a nutshell, a neural network will be fed real-world audio clips. Anything that causes mistriggers will be analysed and the code modified to eliminate these. No idea of timeframe.3 points
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It's probably already been taken...3 points
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I have this lovely thing, to compliment i'm also looking for an elusive 2eq Natural/maple, there must be one somewhere........Anyone3 points
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I came across this video of Danny Sapko covering a few bass players’ amp settings. JJ is the third one in at around 24s. These are the amp settings he used: -3 points
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Not a USA made Peavey but I do like my Millennium BXP3 points
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Although I'm not currently active, I studied bass guitar at Salford University on their Popular Music & Recording degree and played a lot of bas in bands during my late teens/ early 20's. Mainly in the Sonic Youth, Big Black, Butthole Surfers vein. After this I moved over to music production and had various record deals during the 90's/ early 2000's - releasing records on PWL and Robert Miles' S:alt Records, before becoming a teacher, a technician, and subsequently running a eurorack modular synthesiser store.2 points
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Hi all, Up for sale here is my Vintage V900 bass (pretty sure it's a V900!) It's an active bass, small body, nice and lightweight too. I've just put some 'nearly new' strings on it as the ones that were on it probably hadn't been changed in a decade! I've given it a bit of a set up and a battery change as it has sat unused for some years so now the action is nice and low (probably could go lower if you wanted) and it sounds and feels great! I'd say condition wise it's a very solid 8/10 with a few minor zings here and there but all very minor! It'll come with a Voyager branded semi-hard case as seen in the photos. Collection from Essex for £90 or posted (uninsured and at your risk!) for £100. Any questions, please ask.2 points -
Transformer based Boost (up to 35dB) pedal:2 points
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A recent one from Roberto Sanchez I’m liking2 points
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I bought the model t and returned it as it was crap - had the shielding/ grounding issue but apart from that was just completely bland.2 points
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Definitely replace it with the LHZ Haz pre. I organised the European distribution for Lonnie West (the maker of LHZ) with Mark at Bass Direct and they are super popular!2 points
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"The Yew-tree Operators?"2 points
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Yeah the JJ one is fairly weak, if he weren`t playing a Stranglers bassline possible not many would think it was meant to be JJ. For me as well as the blown speaker it`s valves, I`ve always found it much easier to get near the JJ sound through a valve amp, there seems to be a chunky but smooth aspect in mids in valve amps. Many years ago I had a Dave Hall DH1 and it did that nicely. Of course a lot of it will be down to how he was playing at the time, angry young man playing angry new music.2 points
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The original Schecters from late 70's to early 80's are outstanding instruments. Custom shop level and quite innovative for the day (coil tapping, etc). They were USA-made and still command a high price amongst the small group of collectors. The newer stuff pales in comparison and has a 'metal' aesthetic which doesn't appeal to many. It's a shame really as they could probably cash-in on their original heritage, but it's likely a very slim market. I think things such as the "Machine Gun Kelly" signature guitar would probably alienate older, more traditional, players like myself.2 points
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tbh I don't think that sounds much like JJ's tone, too much treble, a big boost around the 1 -2k Hz gets you nearer, the nearest I can get is using the Zoom B1on sansamp clone for distortion and various EQ2 points
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"Clunk Click" and"Age of the train" aren't in use.2 points
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After indulging this G&L flavoured sidebar, back on topic - Schecter. A vendor I'm well aware of but not much of their stuff matches up with my taste radar. The FSOs they do seem competent enough, with fancy woods and an extra fret or two. When it comes to their own designs, I always thought the Stilletto was a handsome bass, but always admired from afar. There is one (sadly discontinued) bass of theirs I would love to make the acquaintance of at some point - the 4 string Hellcat... I'm a sucker for a triple pickup bass, can't help it2 points
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I had this for a while ..looked stunning in my opinion but beauty’s in the eye of the beholder 😉..the quality was exceptional and those fishman pups are awesome …must own up that the truss rod was seized so it had to go back schecter & guitarhuitar were good offered me an equivalent as it was discontinued ..I did have a couple of model T exotics for a while ..quality was top notch still a lot of money when you have sire doing an equivalent for half the price2 points
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Your separate personalities don't get a vote each, that's not how it works2 points
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I've just picked up a lovely 2004 small-body Fender American Deluxe Jazz in transparent Butterscotch Blonde. Can't recommend it enough. I'd forgotten how good these were 20 years ago.These would now be at the lower end of your budget.2 points
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Makes me wonder if we should have more discussion of 'tone' on here. I don't see much useful discussion of how to get particular types of sound, beyond comments like 'use flats' or 'use pedal x'. It would be interesting to see what settings people are using for their JJ sound.2 points
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Gotta love this line: “It is a type of guitar specifically designed for playing bass notes in music.”. Ya don’t say! 😂2 points
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Just want to leave this here for anyone who is interested: this is a great FREE set of bass IRs by Shift Line. (Their B15 is the stock can sim in the Ampeg SGT-DI.) https://shift-line.com/irpackbass2 points
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I don't have any pre cut but I could probably look at laser cutting something at work. Does it have to be foam? I wonder if black acrylic would look better?2 points
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I just don't bother. 😎2 points
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Fretless players: do you ever have one of those days when you start playing and your intonation is just bleugh? And then find yourself wondering, "Are my hands having a bad day, or are my ears having an unusually good one?"2 points
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Pop a Haz Labs pre in there and with the active EMGs you'll get exactly what a Spector is supposed to sound like. I replaced a TP with one recently and it's like coming home. It's meant to be. I'll be buying another after April 6th. https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/product/lhz-03-hazlabs-preamp-clone/ You can buy them at Bass Direct. And just to clarify, I'm not a Bassdirect.co.uk fanboy. There's some stuff that BD sells that isn't available through other channels.2 points
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Meh 🤷 Sorry 😁2 points
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Sorry Ewan, but Roberta's version beats yours hands down.2 points
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Achieved....just for the number of CD's alone! 🤣2 points
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My left hand, which I damaged in a horse accident in 2023, has regained a decent amount of mobility in the past year and my main issue nowadays is a degenerative neck condition (which could also have been hastened by aforementioned accident). So a long scale bass is now more comfortable for me (I have been using short scales almost exclusively) ... but it has to be super light. I spotted this Fender Traditional 60s P bass at FenderFever and it stated an amazing weight of 7.6 pounds. I asked them to double check and they confirmed. So I snaffled it and installed a DiMarzio DP122 creme pickup for the full Martyn P Casey of the Bad Seeds look. Very happy with it. No band at present but, when I get back in the saddle (obvs not a horse one), it should be very gig friendly.2 points
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I wish to apply for Nerd of the Month please. 🤣2 points
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Selling my P Bass as I just haven't gelled with the wider P Bass neck. I've realised that I'm a Jazz Bass player neck wise. So this excellent Bass is up for sale. I don't have the original traveller but I do have the spec sheet from Fender that they sent me from the serial number. This is a 2003 vintage blonde, pemium ash body, rosewood fingerboard bass. The Relicing is not overdone, just looks like a played/gigged, well looked after base. Weight on my bathroom scales is 4 kg. Comes with the case, strap, thumb rest and I'll include a Charles Guitars 'aged' torty pickguard. Tweed hard case included. Currently has Fender stainless steel flats on it 45-100. Any trail welcome.2 points -
Sod AI, I think someone's hacked into my home CCTV. 😬2 points
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Sandberg VS-4 through GK MB200 and BarefacedTwo10.2 points
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Well, just to say, this was all about me getting one of my bucket list basses, the other was a Wal Pro11e or a Wal Pro 1 - without a lottery win, they won't happen 😆 So, just want to make this clear 😉 this refurb was purely for me, I have a few basses that will stay with me till my dying day, and this was always going to join them. Absolute keeper 😎 Huge thanks to Gary Bell at Sylva Guitars for transforming my bass, superb work 👌🏼 https://www.sylvaguitars.co.uk/ Lovely bloke, and another first class luthier up here in the North East 👍🏼 We rehearsed last night for first time with it, I'll need to get used to the shorter neck compared to the Thumb which is now getting too heavy for me - the Vigier is a lightweight in comparison. Band mates loved it, I love it 👌🏼2 points
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