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I am selling two lightly used Thomann E-Bass Case ABS hard cases. They are not brand new, but they are well kept and, if anything, gently seasoned by travel. They look like this: https://www.thomann.co.uk/thomann_ebasscase.htm They are objects of a certain quiet seriousness: rectangular, black, unpretentious, built not to impress but to endure. They have travelled London to Dublin, Dublin to Liverpool, back again, and eventually home to London – companions to the small upheavals of rented flats and changing postcodes. They have waited in hallways while keys were located, leaned against unfamiliar walls, and rested in the polite half-light of rehearsal rooms. They have crossed thresholds more often than stages, and have done so without complaint. What they have not known is neglect. No airline conveyor belts, no rain-lashed festival fields, no catastrophic encounters with gravity. They have been carried, not thrown. They have been closed with intention, never slammed. They have performed the humble but essential task of containment. Cosmetically, they are in very good condition. I cannot see any scratches on the shells. Along the seam – where the two halves meet – I may have placed a strip of paper tape as a precaution, simply to avoid cosmetic rubbing over time. It was a preventative gesture rather than a response to damage, and it has done its quiet job. Underneath, all is as it should be. Inside, the plush black lining is soft and reassuring, the padded neck support steady, the internal compartment ready for cables, tuners, and the small debris of musical life. They fit most standard electric bass shapes (and then some) comfortably and offer that rare and civilised sensation of closure – the knowledge that something fragile has been properly enclosed, making their bearer slightly less anxious about gravity and door frames Retail is around £69 each; I am asking £80 (somewhat negotiable) for the pair, which strikes me as fair. I now possess all the cases I require – indeed, according to my partner, I have surpassed that threshold and entered surplus. These two stand in the corner like retired sentinels: still capable, faintly dignified, waiting for reassignment. There is something almost unjust in their idleness. Tools such as these are meant to move, to accompany, to guard. They deserve another instrument to protect, another set of hands to lift them, another series of staircases and train platforms to traverse. They deserve to close once more around wood and wire and quiet intention. Ideally, they will be spared the frequency of house moves that marked their first chapter, though they have proven themselves equal to the task. If your bass is currently entrusted to a soft gig bag and optimism, this is your moment to upgrade its existential security.11 points
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More progress on this one… Blank is fully cut and shaped now. Horns are flowing nicely and I’ve softened the edges without turning it into a bar of soap. Always that “measure twice, sand forever” moment, but we’re still in one-piece territory. Belly cut is carved and blended. Went for comfort over bravado – this one will sit properly against a ribcage rather than just looking good in photos. First coat of Liberon is on the ziricote and… wow. The grain has absolutely come alive. The dark lines have gone deep and dramatic and the lighter figuring is glowing. It’s one of those woods that looks fairly reserved dry, then turns full cinematic once oil hits it. Before anyone asks – this isn’t staying oil finished. The oil is just to pop the grain and show me what we’re working with. It’ll be sealed and finished in nitro clear. I want that depth and chatoyance under a proper gloss coat. A few tiny natural pin knots showing through – staying. This is wood, not laminate flooring. Letting it cure now before the next stage. So far… I’m very happy. Made to play. Built to last.6 points
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They were incredibly lucky that when someone left they always had a family member who could step into the role.6 points
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Maybe I'll make a new post for this, but I thought I'd share the first pictures of my build!5 points
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My daughter has decided that she needs a bigger guitar. She has been using this one for nigh on 8 years and it has done sterling service. We did not buy it new, so I am not entirely sure of specs, but the internet is strongly suggesting the following - and I have no reason not to believe it Solid Engelmann Spruce Top Solid Rosewood Back Solid Flamed Maple Binding 5mm Abalone with Fibre Border Rosette Mahogany Neck Grover Rotomatic Gold Machineheads 2 Way Truss Rod Shadow Performer Tuner Preamp / Shadow Nanoflex Pickup Hardcase Included. The present model goes for a grand-ish. But it has a little cutaway for the widdlers in our midst. OK, ok, for the people who like different chord voicings. It is a lovely guitar, but she is not about to start a guitar collection (who would do such a thing?). So it is one in, one out. Especially as I will be fully involved in augmenting the purchase price of the next one. I think the asking price is fair and I will not be motivated to bring it down. There are one or two dings photgraphed with flash for clarity. They are not that obvious away from the flash. These are reflected in my valuation. Any cheaper and I will keep it myself. To add to my collection. Don't judge me. Let us split insured shipping costs like grown ups.5 points
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...I sure wish I could play like this guy. He didn't just play the bass, he slayed the bass!4 points
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I didn't have as much problem with my first wedding ring as I did with my first wife.4 points
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Same thing rebranded. Reform are just Snickers to the tory Marathon. Either way, they need a warning to say they contain nuts.3 points
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Subscribed! Finally get to annoy the wife again with a pile of Bass mags in the downstairs loo 🙂 Good job3 points
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Oh my. I'm going through a bit of a Steven Wilson crush at the moment. I feel the guy seems to have invented a machine that does 72 hour, ten day weeks. Just staggered at his output. That said, Headphone Dust, his online store. Just seems to be a great opportunity for SW to bypass whatever label he's on and just issue audio. I bought his The Raven... album; £15 buys the ATMOS/5.1, stereo versions, videos, demos and artwork. He's also going to be issuing live stuff in spatial audio as well. The spatial audio is in MKV format (essentially a digital container similar to that you'd get if you ripped a Blu-ray or DVD) and will just play back through a home cinema system. Just push it up to a NAS and use Plex. Easy! Part of me genuinely hopes he expands this store to include other artists that he works with as well.3 points
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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…3 points
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After years of Tuesday rehearsals from 6pm - 9pm we changed our time to 11am - 2pm starting today. It was quite good but we did feel hungry and, as there are no windows, one of us felt it was about 8pm. I enjoyed it and we'll see how it goes next week. Also... it's £10 cheaper.3 points
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https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1ArBGznuLb/ https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUTgeRnjFtD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Nice story about headless basses from Guy Pratt....3 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.2 points
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I have more faith in both than I do in your average piece of audio marketing fluff2 points
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I have taken the brave decision to launch a new print and digital bass magazine for the UK market. I've been publishing magazines in my day job for 27 years and think it's terrible that we don't have a dedicated magazine anymore. We launch the mag officially at the Birmingham Bass & Guitar Show next month where we will have a small stand and giving away a sample issue (while stocks last) - we will then publish quarterly moving forward. Editor is Joel McIver who ran Bass Guitar magazine and then Bass Player so no cheap AI generated content here! Website is here You can subscribe via the website - our socials launch on Monday. If you are at the show next month come and say hello - be nice to put faces to names. The cover of our sample issue is here for your thoughts and comments.2 points
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Here is my lovely single cut bass. It’s an ACG Sona next to an ACG Finn. Alan’s single cut design is very comfortable and a joy to play as is every ACG I own. The black Finn is a beauty as well.2 points
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Thanks Phil , yep that makes sense. Something tells me I'll end up building it with just the Fane and find it's just what I need !2 points
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Something that feels comfy and has an aesthetic you like is the best place to start, as you need to want to pick it up and play it.2 points
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Thank you, Beedster! Lots of fond memories from those days, most of which was managing The Bass Centre in L.A. We certainly enjoyed the "London/Los Angeles" tag line which contributed to both stores being the hub of all things bass at the time for all levels of bass players, not just celebrities. I'm so grateful that I met Alan Morgan early in 1985 when he moved to the U.S., and had the opportunity to work with him for 8 years. It was an honor to be associated with Fred Friedlein, Barry Moorhouse, Rob Green, Mark Gooday, Trevor Cash and dozens of others over the years. Good times indeed.😀2 points
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Back in the days of yore I had a 50 watt Bassman. I then upgraded to a 100 watt Dual Showman head. I couldn't tell any difference in the volume. Twas puzzlement until I took my first course in Electrical Engineering and found out that they had the almost the same voltage swing capability, all the second pair of output tubes really provided was additional current capacity, which didn't give more volume.2 points
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Well, getting there now, I'm not the best solder'er but I managed, with decent kit anyway,. Bridge on, Pickups in and tested, tort guard to finish, ooh,, and brushed steel control plate made and fixed, looking good...2 points
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Great bassist, plenty of attitude, whilst people might say he didn’t play anything difficult he did it with the attitude and aggression the material required, doing that for a whole gig is harder than many might think.2 points
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Phishing scam for sure. I’ll get my coat2 points
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New pickguard arrived! From Earlpilanz on eBay. I sent the original in and he matched it. Great service and great quality product very much recommended. Glad I went for the parchment inbetween the black as it matches the body colour perfectly. I have to say this looks flipping brilliant and I am so chuffed.2 points
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As if Trump and Brexit weren't enough change to be going on with......2 points
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Actually one of my peeves there - "Fred Smith got stabbed yesterday in Biggleswade high street, we now go to our reporter standing in the street in Biggleswade' - "Hi, Im reporter, and I am standing in a street in Biggleswade where yesterday someone was stabbed, somewhere down there". Why did they need to be there? "Big change in government policy, going to our reporter live on the roof near parliament' - "Hi, yes, I am standing on the roof of a building in the cold to tell you something that happened in one of the rooms near here".2 points
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This ^ I can't speak for the effects of fretting a formerly fretless neck, but I've had basses that sang with a fretless neck and were comparatively lifeless when a fretted neck was installed (I like to chop and change necks). OK, the fact that it's both the original neck and that it's graphite reduces the risk somewhat, but I can't help feeling that Tony's advice is good advice 👍2 points
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The word "hacking" is more likely to describe a congregant's cough, rather than how they access an IT device...2 points
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Cheers! So far, so good. Yesterday was just the core band. Today we were joined by our BV ladies, and tomorrow the brass lads will be joining us. We're having to do all the rehearsals without lead vox as out guests won't be arriving until later in the week so there's always that worry that we'll need to change keys. Hopefully not... Bass-wise, I'm sticking to the two J's. They're doing everything I need. As for guests -as ever, it's top secret but I can say that Matty Healy from The 1975 will be making an appearance...2 points
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Hi Pete as we say in the West Country "if that's where you want to go I wouldn't start from 'ere" The attractive hillock of top end with the Fane would have to be removed to successfully integrate a tweeter and its a lot of hillock and would make for a very complex crossover. Other 8's have a much smoother roll off like the Celestion Pulse in your 110T and you'd be far better looking at one of those.2 points
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Well done and well deserved. Look forward to seeing the gig posts in the future. Dave2 points
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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, Eude2 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 exclusivly 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 Hardcase2 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.2 points
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Train goes Tuner - EQ - Noise Gate - Comp - OD - Drop - BDI 212 points
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Local pick up from London (near Victoria Park and Mile End Station). This instrument is fantastic. It's a great compromise between an acoustic instrument and a portable one. Only selling cause I'm moving abroad. Comes with a removable waist extender (to mimic a normal upright body) and a soft gig case. You can see in the photos there's two inputs for the two pickups, so that gives you some nice options for dialing in your sound. It's in very good condition. Cosmetically there are a few light scratches here and there (tried to show this in one picture), but nothing very noticable. Returns not accepted, but you're very welcome to come try it out and make sure it's all to your liking before taking it home. I have an amp here you can plug into to test it out and hear the amplified sound. Specifications: Neck:Rock Maple, fixed Fingerboard:Ebony Vibrating String Length:41-1/4 inches Top:Arched, Laminated Spruce Back:Arched, Laminated Curly Maple Air Chamber Depth:3 inches Body Size:10½ x 31½ inches Bass bar:Solid Spruce Sound post:Solid Spruce Bridge:Maple, Fully Adjustable Tailplate:Solid Brass Endpin:Fully Adjustable with Steady-foot™ Anti-rotational Endpin Foot Total Length:63 inches Weight: 13 lbs Here's a youtube playlist of people playing one of these:2 points
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Hi ! It is not the best configuration here, I'm playing too hard when I'm soloing. Well, I share it if it can inspire someone who is beginning the double bass like me in a self-taught way.2 points
