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Bought recently as a donor for a fretless ‘51 I’m building but way too nice an instrument to pull apart plus I’m going with a slightly less trad approach for the build now anyway. Originally put together by BCer@kevin_lindsay who clearly knows how to do these things 👍 Link to sale thread with details of components and more pics here…12 points -
Hey gang.. Some of the longer-term members here might remember that I play in the house band at Sunday for Sammy, a huge music & comedy show that - until 2020 - happened every couple of years at Newcastle Arena. We've had some amazing guests over the years... Mark Knopfler, Brian Johnson, Trevor Horn, The Auf Wiedersehen Pet cast, Johnny Vegas, etc. But then COVID happened. And then nothing... until now! After 18 months of planning by an amazing team, it all happens again next Sunday. Two shows in one day, with a huge cast, it's a massive logistical challenge. I've been working on the songs in my own time for the last few months, and rehearsals start in earnest tomorrow. In the meantime, the crew loaded in to the rehearsal space today, and we (the core band) popped along in the afternoon to set up and do line checks. Here's some photos - more tomorrow! Two J's at the moment - both with flats. I might switch one for a P. FOH is set up in one of the dressing rooms. Monitors. My drummer pal. Guitar village. My hangout.11 points
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More of an audition than a rehearsal but whilst at Whitby Goth festival last November, I had a call from the singer of Siouxsie and the Banshees tribute “Painted Bird” saying that the bassist had left and the remaining three had all said I would be a great replacement. I was flattered. I said yes and tonight was my first rehearsal / audition. I took my Fender USA Jazz, for that Steve Severin vibe and my Blackstar U700 head. The built in chorus and overdrive immediately gets my sound in the right area. I have been so busy with real life that I went in feeling under rehearsed and I didn’t want to waste anybody’s time. We started with Metal Postcard and then launched into Happy House. I could tell they were happy. As the set wore on, it was obvious that I had put the work in. Nine songs in and I missed the timing on a section of Switch, but it was in the bank by then! I am officially the new member of the band… and I must be doing alright as I was presented with a band t-shirt too! My first show is Water Rats in March with Echoes of the Bunnymen.10 points
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Beautiful Alusonic Django 4 Deluxe Carbon custom shop. 2023 model in excellent condition, lightly gigged a handful of times and only for sale as I have been using short scale basses exclusively for a while now and it's a shame for this amazing and versatile bass not to be used. Specs below, everything is the highest quality. It also has a hipshot drop tuner fitted, I will also include the original tuner. The strings are Dean Markley nickel rounds. Plenty of online videos of these basses showing the sounds available, the 5 way pickup selection switch and active eq give a huge varity of tones all of which are usable. There is a active/passive push pull on the volume knob. Weight is 3.6kg and the balance is perfect on the strap, strap locks fitted which I will include. I'm not keen on posting this bass but if you have a courier you trust I will make sure the bass is well packed, it comes with it's original hardcase. also happy to drive for a halfway meet up, possibly Bristol or Yeovil, Dorchester area. Possible trade for a Fender JMJ mustang or any other interesting short or medium scale bass, depending on value I have a few more 34" scale basses I will be selling soon, Yamaha BB1500A, Yamaha BEX4, a roadworn Japanese Fender e series PJ-455 C o n s t r u c t i o n : Bolt – on Body: Chambered Selected Swamp Ash Body Body Finish: Open Pore Matte Black Acrylic Top: Carbon Fiber Top Finish: Clear Matte Acrylic Neck: Hard Maple with Graphite Reinforcing Rods Neck Thickness: 20mm at 1st fret, 23mm at 12th fret Neck Shape: Custom “C/V” Neck Finish: Epoxy Matte Black F r e t b o a r d : Graphitex F r e t b o a r d Finish: Natural Scale Length: 34″ (864mm) Radius: 12″ N u m b e r o f F r e t s : 24 F r e t s Size: Medium Jumbo String Nut: PPS “Tedur” N u t Wi d t h : 40 mm P o s i t i o n Marks: White Side Dots Truss Rod: 2-way Set in Normal Position Neck P l a t e : 5-Bolt Bridge: Alusonic Aluminium Quick Release Matte Black S t r i n g S p a c i n g : 20 mm Tu n e r s : Hipshot Ultralites Black Pickups: Alusonic Hybrid Alnico5/Neodymium Hum+Split Coil PBass Controls: Volume (push-pull Active/Passive), Treble (passive tone), Bass, 5-way Selector S w i t c h H a r d w a r e : Aluminium Matte Black P i c k g u a r d : Aluminium Matte Black Knobs: Aluminium Black String: Alusonic Steel 45/105 Wesso 3es: ABS Hardcase9 points -
Errr..... interesting !6 points
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That is a big ask. The term is a safety blanket to those, mostly Americans, who deceive themselves into thinking the jump in quality of mid 70's Japanese products was the result of IP theft and shady practises. Truth is Japanese factories had been building 'crap' because Western importers put profit first and ordered crap, the game changed once the Japanese decided they'd had enough and started building on their own terms. Similar mindset is with us today regarding Chinese and Indonesian instruments, as if somehow cultures with a history of string instruments going back 1000s of years are incapable of building simple stuff like electric guitars.6 points
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Selling my Vintage (brand) V1004DX bass, I've had it for a fair few years now (probably 10 or more!), originally bought as a backup but I actually used it for a few gigs and really enjoyed playing it. It's currently strung with TI flats, and in great condition. It's kept in a smoke-free home, but doesn't have a gig-bag or anything, hence the reasonable asking price. Collection only from near Swindon, in Wiltshire.5 points -
Here's a couple of my single cut basses, both ACGs, one design a little more extreme than the other, however, the extreme one is insanely ergonomic. To me, sonically, single cut basses seem more resonant, and have a much stronger fundamental on the lower strings. This is of course down to the design, the more contact the neck has with the body, the better. Both of the above are set neck construction, so the neck has as much contact with the body as it possibly can. I'd absolutely recommend a single cut to anyone, and ACGs, I appreciate the look is marmite, but I love it, although ironically, I don't like marmite... Cheers, Eude5 points
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If people want us there we could pop down with some bits?5 points
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I think that I’ve committed a Tier 2 infringement, I’m afraid, but I do have extenuating circumstances. The sound guys at church want us to try using in-ears (which I already have) but I’ll need a small IEM amp. So I got a little Behringer in-line belt pack for 23 quid off Amazon. I can only apologise for being naughty, but a big boy made me do it and ran away (to behind the sound desk). 😫5 points
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We had a good one tonight, focused on new additions to the set for our big gig at the Earl Haig on Sunday. Edit: it's very odd being under blue lights for three hours!5 points
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Browsing around the Bass Gallery website, I happened across an Antbass Pharoah: https://thebassgallery.com/collections/bass/products/antbass Headless neck-through bass - just the thing to pique my interest. But only four strings. So I set off on a quest to find out about Antbass, which came to a very rapid conclusion when there was absolutely no sign of them on the internet except for this very bass. Does anyone happen to know who, what, when, and possibly why? Judging by the photos, it has a distinctly used (but looked after) air to it, and the brass cover which I assume conceals the truss rod access looks a few years old.4 points
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That was done to save amps from being cooked by impedance loads that players employed because they didn't know better. I will confess to having done that, running 2 ohm loads with Fender amps that wanted no less than 4 ohms. But that was the '60s, we did all sorts of weird things then and managed to survive, and those Fenders were built like a Centurion tank.4 points
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Here's my single cut Safran semi acoustic. Lovely bas with an beautifull "woody"and deep sound. It has a piezo in the bridge and a magnetic PU under the fretboard. Just volume and a balance (John East MPM preamp). Due to the singlecut it has an enormous sustain!4 points
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All I can say is that if the sound guys at church were so damn keen on everyone using IEMs, they should have provided the necessary equipment. Making it all work is their problem, no?4 points
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USA made spector. 3,7 kg emg with a tone pump.4 points -
Blondie basslines are like ABBA basslines, sound simple until you try to play them 👍4 points
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Public service announcement / humble pie consumption 🍰 I need to issue a correction before the synth police revoke my license. Earlier I confidently declared that “Warm Pad Fade” was my favourite Yamaha DX7 patch. Several of you (correctly, and with admirable restraint) pointed out that this patch does not exist on the DX7. You are 100% right. My brain has since rebooted, and the truth has emerged: I was thinking of the Roland D-10. That lush, nostalgic Warm Pad Fade lives firmly in Roland-land, not Yamaha-land. I have unfairly slandered the DX7 by giving it credit for something it never did, which is ironic because the DX7 usually gets blamed for things it did do.4 points
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I think I had the first buckeye, 5-string, 26 fret Sei singlecut, and I think I've inspired a few purchases over the years, including from other makers like Shuker. It's nearly 23 years old at this point, and still a stunner!3 points
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It's not about watts, it's about voltage sensitivity. That's 3dB higher with 4 ohms, so with the same amp settings the 4 ohm speaker will be 3dB louder, assuming all the other T/S specs are the same, which they seldom are. 3dB is audible, but just. As for maximum SPL that's mainly determined by the cone displacement, T/S spec Vd. If Vd is the same maximum output will be the same, again if all the other specs are the same, which they seldom are. The 3dB increase in voltage sensitivity comes at the cost of drawing twice the current, which some amps don't deal with very well.3 points
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The only single cut bass I've owned and for some unknown reason sold on! I can't say whether the single cut design made it better / worse / different from a standard bass, it was just overall really really good.3 points
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I wonder how many readers of this thread have picked up their basses and started looking for dead spots. I'm not going to bother. I'm not aware of any and would be frustrated if I found one. Good luck with getting it sorted and although I've not had any dealings with Dingwall, I only hear positives about its customer service.3 points
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Pretty sure UDHR is one of the FM parameters. 😅3 points
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This is basschat 🤷♂️ have you been playing for very long?3 points
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Because wrestling through 2000 comments that are partially outdated or contribute very little is not something I am willing to do, here's something that got me started: This guy has several decent videos on going wireless, but wired is fine if you're glued to your spot. The next question is, how are the others in the band getting their monitor mix? They probably have a mixer with a channel for each person to dial in what they need to hear.3 points
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This is the ultimate ruggedized IP67 waterproof case for your gig gear. Commonly used by the defence industry to move fragile electronic equipment around the world. These cost £380+ new, so grab a bargain by collecting it from Bury St Edmunds for just £100. Thanks for looking. Empty weight: 9kg.3 points -
This is pure audiophile talking meaning absolutely nothing and wrapped in pseudo science. If it was really doing this, it would mean an even more pronounced dead spot by frequency cancelling. I've been in the audiophile sphere during so many years, and it's the kind of things you read very often, alongside the extraordinary snake oil. I'm still an audiophile, but not an idiophile.3 points
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First post here, howdy. Current gig board plus the Future Impact V4. Donner Harmonic Square pitch shifter, Source Audio Spectrum, Mothership Control (SA C4), John K BASSBALLS+, Zoom MS60B.3 points
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It was a really fun one on Saturday night at the recently renovated Exchange basement in Bristol. It used to be a big corridor with a tiny stage, but they've opened up the space and now there's a bigger stage and increased capacity. We were opening up for a local band's new album release and I got to try out my Spector NS Icon 5 live for the first time, which was nice. The gig was a sell out and I was surprised at the number of people who came to see us. My brother and his mate came along too, so that was really nice to have them there as well. On the Spector front I tend to pick rather aggressively at a gig and with the curved Spector boddy and big pickups, I lost count of the amount of times I smacked my fingers into the pickups. They were feeling a bit sore the next day 😅 That's going to need some work if I'm going to play it live more! It sounded great through the usual Boss GX-100 -> Laney Digbeth and then the venue's Barefaced Super Twin. We played well and individually had lots of complements after the gig too. Should be getting some professional pictures back from that gig at some point once we hear back (and pay) the photographer. The other bands were Row of Ashes and the headliner Epimetheus.3 points
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OK...... I'm still on a HUGE high so please bear with me if I'm little over-effusive... On Saturday night my brand new Doobie Brothers tribute show 'The Doobie Experience' played it's DEBUT show. It was at the lovely Shoreham Ropetackle Arts Centre and quite honestly we really couldn't have had a better evening, in every way! First of all, on arrival, we found out it was all but sold out (200 tickets!) with people having to stand all around the edge of the seated area! Then, we were meeting our own dedicated sound man for the first time and were thrilled at how good he made us sound, out front and in our IEMs! It turned out I'd worked with him a couple of times previously (with the Spandau/Duran show I'd depped in) so I knew he would nail it! He'll be with us now on most of our shows and has all the settings saved! Best of all though, the actual show was AMAZING - we played great (just a few tweaks will need to be made going forward), the sound was fantastic and the audience loved us! We actually had people actually queuing to shake our hands and thank us afterwards! It's those kind of nights that really make everything worthwhile. I can't wait to do more! Gear-wise I kept it more traditional (no Spectors! ) and played my Fender FSR PJ bass through my old GK400RB head and LFsys Monaco cab. Only effects were Chorus (1 song) and Phaser (1 song), both care of my Zoom B3. IEMs were KZ-ZS10's and my Sennheiser G4 system. Here are a few short phone clips from the night that show the different Doobie-styles we covered: Rockin' Down The Highway: Another Park Another Sunday: One Step Closer: China Grove: What A Fool Believes: Sweet Maxine: It Keeps You Runnin: Long Train Runnin': Takin' It To The Streets:3 points
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Hi Everyone - A big HELLO from California! I was involved in the bass community in the 80's & 90's as the former national sales manager for Trace Elliot and Status, manager of The Bass Centre in L.A. from '86-'93 & was the Trace Elliot and Hamer product specialist for the western U.S. from '93-'97. For the last few years I've been creating YouTube videos about rare Rickenbacker basses (the 4005 & 4002,) and recently posted the video "The 80's Bass Decade!" which is a comprehensive look at why the 80's decade was so special for bass players. Im glad to be here! Chris2 points
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Not a fan of the slab body but that neck is gorgeous for a Fender https://bassbros.co.uk/product/1966-fender-precision-bass-slab-body/2 points
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I have the fretless version. Bought it a few years ago. Absolutely love it. My favourite out of the five fretless basses I own. Such a pity Vintage never did a 5 string version.2 points
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Yes very wise words. However, knowing the gear I have out in my little studio means even on the days I have too much pain to get out of bed, I know for example I have the best strat style guitar I have ever played and a 0.5watt point to point hand wired amp and 8 inch hemp speaker in a cab I made myself, means I CAN get the best SRV guitar tone I have ever heard reproduced by anyone that isn’t SRV himself and it’s not gonna blow your eardrums inside out. I not boasting, I just saying that years of trawling through gear had led me to my holy grail of guitar tone and when I am ill, as I have been for the last week or so with a flare up of this stupid illness, I can think of my gear waiting for me and it makes me happy, so far from a fleeting impulse of happiness it is long lasting. I should have given a bass example but a lot of guitarists that are into SRV say it’s impossible to recreate his tone but it isn’t. Took me about 3 years of buying and selling stuff to find the right combination and also playing technique, and I always made a loss when selling cabs and amps but it has kept me happy, at least it stopped me topping myself, which has gotta be money well spent 😁2 points
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If I recall correctly we tried this at a Bass Bash once, same bass and 4ohm amp into the same cabs, both 4 & 8ohm versions. Again from recall no real noticeable volume difference but the 4ohm cab sounded more “alive” in comparison.2 points
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Oh, this is the guy I spent a lot of time talking with and demonstrating the pedal to at the booth in 2024.2 points
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Many quality jack socket have what is called self-wiping contacts. If you don't insert a plug, it will leave the contacts to tarnish.2 points
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Every now and then, a "pre-lawsuit Ibanez" or a "lawsuit Greco" pops up on the various used web pages. I've always wondered when those lawsuits were, who filed them and how they ended. Surprise surprise, they never happened. Ever. No lawsuit over the Fender or Gibson designs has been filed against the Japanese manufacturers, nothing was ever settled in or out of a court of law. So. Please stop using those terms. They are wrong.2 points
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I got a tier 2 fail for something similar - although went for the more extravagant Swiff wireless IEM than the cheap and cheerful Behringer!2 points
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Which has solved problems with two of my amps over the years 👍2 points
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And in contrast to Pete, I been married nearly 46 years and my wedding ring has never left my finger...not once. Obviously this means I always play with my ring on and I've never come across an issue, same with a watch on my left (fretting) wrist2 points
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Last night's rehearsal was difficult, trying to get the finale of Anything Goes to work. It doesn't help that I'm on guitar for this show, but the incentive to practice is useful.2 points
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I didn't have as much problem with my first wedding ring as I did with my first wife.2 points
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Three Hail Stock Aitken and Watermans and one Dead or Alive. For penance you must now completely recreate all the DX7 sequences used exclusively to perform 'You Spin Me Round'.2 points
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Think that would count as 'cruel and unusual punishment' under the UDHR?2 points
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When I restarted gigging about 20 yrs ago, I realised I couldn't get used to playing with a ring on so I just stopped wearing my wedding ring altogether, and I have not worn it since. I used to take my watch off for rehearsals and gigs, and keep it in my pocket, but since I've been wearing an apple watch, playing the bass seems to inflate my number of steps for the day so I keep it on to boost my stats.2 points
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As i say im a massive fan of SC's but as note some luthiers do love to go a bit OTT with their SC designs, I love a lot of KL's designs (hate the squid headstock thing though) and i can apricate the skill that does into the design and build but.... One thing were SC does look super cool in the mini basses realm. I got one on my own self design/builds cued up (yep i ripped off the lower horn ;) )once the weather improvers i hate using the workshop at this time of year even with heating!2 points
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The dead spot is inevitable on instruments as it's linked to their resonant frequency and every material has one. You could add some weight on the headstock to move it further away so it won't annoy you, something like the (Fender) FatFinger can do wonders and it's easy to place and remove.2 points
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Great sounding, lovely playing and not too heavy 76 Jazz bass. It’s been in my possession for the last 23 years and I toured with it for 18 years hence a few battle scars which in no way affect its playability. It’s nicely lived in ! CTS pots date to 1976 and serial number bears this out. You will see in the photos that it has a mark on the maple board however this does not affect the way that it feels or plays. Its a good honest old bass that you’re welcome to come and try out anytime and it’s currently strung with LTFs.2 points
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