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  1. SOLD I have a Moollon P coming soon, and so this is up for sale after only having house playing time. Absolutely as brand-new, mint condition. Great basses for the money, well made, great fit and finish and sounds cool too. No case (as is standard with these), so collection/meet-up preferred from or near Hemel Hempstead, High Wycombe or perhaps London. My kitchen scales are showing it as bang-on 9lbs Sale only at this point, no trades thanks. Cheers Si
    5 points
  2. Arrived today, a Players Series P bass that I bought to modify. I love my precision but being as it is the same colour as my Jazz, I thought a good old fashioned black & maple would be a good bet. Early indications are that it is light, well balanced & easy to play. The same can't be said of the cat!
    4 points
  3. For sale Iron Ether Xerograph Deluxe . Mint condition. https://youtu.be/mu9zVeDBIAI The Xerograph Deluxe is a 4-pole resonant lowpass filter, inspired by synthesizers, with deep envelope capabilities and expression control, which can be used together or separately. In addition to the dubby static lowpass sounds and foot-swept resonant filter sweeps of the original Xerograph, the Xerograph Deluxe can create envelope filter sounds from classic auto-wah to modern subtractive synthesis, downward envelopes, and triggered slow synth sweeps. Version 2: The XD has been retooled with a new expression attenuator knob, a stomp switch to activate the envelope follower, all jacks on top, improved envelope response in Down mode, and some subtle tweaks that make it easier to dial in.
    4 points
  4. As it is well noted and unanimously decided amongst the great members of this, the marvelous Basschat community; Ted Theodore Logan III is the most generous and giving chap this side of Helsinki. As a result, I am offering up a most beautiful and prestigious Sandberg California Fretless Boom Stick to one very lucky member of the BC community at the very gentlemanly price of just £895... “SAY WHAT?!!...." Yes, you read correctly, there is no need to search for those elusive reading glasses which were simply in your top pocket all along... A meager £895 for all that Sandberg German goodness! “Is Ted mad?!" You may ask yourself... Simply put... “Yes, yes I am." So why not take advantage of Ted's insanity and become the proud owner of what is probably the best Sandberg California TT4 Fretless Bass Guitar in 3 tone Sunburst Matt finish currently for sale at this price?.. “At only £895 of your English Doubloons, you'd be mad not to!!..." (Dirty girl) “Here's the spec'": As new condition!!  Item Description: model: Sandberg California TT4 Fretless Bass Guitar finish: 3 tone Sunburst Matt electronics: Sandberg AlNiCo Passive Jazz Pickups controls: Volume, Balance, Tone hardware: Sandberg Locking Tuners & Sandberg Premium Bridge (matching black) neck: Unmarked Fretless fingerboard wood: Rosewood scale: 34inch (oooh, that's long) weight: 4.4kg case: Sandberg Padded Gig Bag condition: Mint price: £895 (in gold or cash) Happy to arrange insured courier at buyer's cost or for buyer to arrange their own courier. Go on! Get some German wood in those hands and strum it like you've no shame! Here's some brand new pictures to satisfy those fans of “heavy rock".... ...backgrounds... (Taken at the quarry where I currently reside) (Clears throat...) End.
    3 points
  5. Up for sale is my 62 Jazz Bass. This one really is great player. It came from Mark St John, manager of the pretty things l as it was used used by them. Here's what Steve Browning has to say about the bass (in the thread below) ..... ''I actually played that very bass in the studio during my time with the Pretty Things. I used it on recordings with Ronnie Spector and David Gilmour and also the single Eve Of Destruction, which made it into the top 40. It's a lovely bass for sure.'' The bass was refinished in the early 80's by Knight Guitars. It's a thin poly finish so is hard wearing but is still showing some nice natural checking from age. A repro pick guard has been fitted (I would think to match the refinish). Pots are original and pickups certainly look to be original also (I'll get some photo's up asap) Please feel free to try it out. Collection preferred. No trades sorry. Feedback:
    3 points
  6. NOW £950 Shipping included Sandberg Grand Dark with a wonderful Darkglass preamp. Incredible Sandberg quality, and the Darkglass is really something special. Bought earlier this year, it's rarely been out of the house, and still has the original Sandberg strings on. Really as new. Neck: 6x bolted / canadian hardrock maple Fretboard: 22 frets, pau ferro Scale: 35” for 4 and 5-string Body: european ash, black matt finish Hardware: sandberg, gun metal finish Pickup: Sandberg PLUSTM-set Preamp: Darkglass 3-band EQ, PU-split, active/passive String spacing: 18 to 19.5 mm Fingerboard radius: 14 inch Neck profile: : c-shape Weight: 4.1 kg Plexi pickguard Some of the pictures are from the Thomman website, since it is exactly this bass, as they informed me when I purchased it new. The price includes shipping costs. Feel free to PM for any questions; I also have feedback here on BC.
    3 points
  7. Mini XO This is a really cool overdrive pedal built by John Kallas. It is in great condition, only used at home. It is basically a "biamp in a box". It keeps your low end tone and punch while allowing you to select which frequency from 100hz to 1khz to overdrive, and the amount of overdrive. It has gotten nice comments on Talkbass. Read more about it here: https://johnkvintageguitars.homestead.com/mini-XO.html).
    3 points
  8. Just thinking through a post I put on another thread and I thought it may be useful to open the discussion wider. I started playing bass in September, 1980, when, after starting work full time, I bought a black Hondo II Precision copy. I was playing Rock and Heavy Metal at the time but my head was already being turned by other music forms including Prog, Fusion and Jazz. As my playing progressed, like most of us, I was exploring the big names and couldn't get enough of everything. I recall reading bass magazines and hearing all these names and I would always check people out when I could (it was harder in those days as this is pre-internet and finding a recording with a certain player on it was not nearly as easy as it is now). I remember hearing names of the funk greats; Marcus Miller, Larry Graham, Bootsy Collins, Rocco Prestia and, much later, Victor Wooten etc. I also recall everyone getting excited about the tapping guys like Billy Sheehan, Stu Hamm, Jerry Peek and, later, Michael Manring. Both of these areas got a little attention for a while and I learned some slap playing (remember that Thumb Basics things with Jonas Hellborg) and tapping (I recall playing Jeff Berlin's Motherlode and a couple of things off Hamm's 'Radio Free Albemuth'. I recall a couple of years ago learning about double thumbing so I could 'do' it. Despite these forays, I never really used them because, fundamentally, despite 'enjoying' the challenge of applying the techniques, I never actually liked the music that is played using these techniques. I listen to Run For Cover by David Sanborn and LOVE that bass line but I cannot listen to the whole song. Same with Good Times by Chic; 'great' bass line but the much is a big fat nothing. I just find funk ultimately unsatisfying and hatefully repetitive. Two handed stuff is the same. Impressive as a technical exercise but, ultimately, pattern based, repetitive and not particularly nice to listen to. In modern bass playing, there is increasingly too much 'technique' for one person to be able to do it all at a satisfying level and, whilst I can (or, at least, could) slap and tap, I don't, for no other reason than I find that I don't like any music that uses those techniques. My pick playing, for instance, is very good although I never use it live but the other two have been consciously left to wither. Lots of great music out there to play, why bother playing stuff you don't like. Consequently, I don't need these techniques. Thoughts, anyone?
    3 points
  9. Up for sale is my Custom Shop 1960 stack knob Jazz Bass in Gold Sparkle (Light Relic) The bass has been finished with Nitrocellulose lacquer which has been aged to give some wonderful checking. This bass is in immaculate condition with it's original case and case candy and certificate of authentification. My feedback:
    3 points
  10. Dave bought this along to one of the SE Bashes - it's an absolutely stunning bass. If it's half the ACG Harlot bass that I sold Frank Blank it'll be a monster. Somebody's going to get a great buy...
    3 points
  11. Currently well priced at £450 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Trace-Elliot-twin-valve-gp7-5881-valve-driven-bass-guitar-amplifier-hand-built/114079526063?hash=item1a8fab6caf:g:rGIAAOSwK9heE6ZP
    3 points
  12. The price has dropped from the silly numbers that were floating about when I wrote that review. They peaked at about £3400 in late 2018, spent most of last year at around £2600, and are now available (in the UK and Germany) for less than £2200. Google is your friend. FWIW, if the price (new) drops below £2000 it is entirely possible that I'll buy one. I was, and remain, very impressed by that bass.
    3 points
  13. I would like my second offence to be taken into consideration yer 'onor. I did wilfully meet with another bass player, in Leicester, having taking there an Ibanez six string I was hoping to sell in order to recoup some of the 1850 squid (to be accurate) that PMT nicked off of me when I fell for the Sandberg, but did instead, wilfully and with my partner in grime, Ms Alice Aforethought, exchange said Ibby sixer for a Fender Jazz bass, even though I already had two perfectly good Fender Jazz basses at home. Go easy on me….
    3 points
  14. I've been watching Stuart Copeland's excellent Adventures in Music series on BBC4, and heard part of this piece by Caroline Shaw. I should say right away that this won't be everybody's cuppa (and as I said in the title there is no bass guitar - or indeed bass equipment - content whatsoever). If you're looking for bass content, you won't find any in this post. I found it fascinating though, and am planning to have a look at some of her other work. Curious to know what others think.
    3 points
  15. There was a time when I wanted to learn everything and be as good as anybody at everything. Then I grew up.😉 Seriously, I didn’t often need to slap, and although I was not bad at it was never going to be Mark King (which would be pointless anyway unless you were in Level 42), so that pretty much fell by the wayside. My fingerstyle (and the slap to be honest), suffered badly when I started having problems with my right arm, although I was always more of an Entwistle than a 16th/32nd note groove machine. I was never interested in tapping, or certainly tapping whole tunes, which on bass I always thought sounded a bit pointless, so never bothered much with that. Thankfully my pick playing was always very good. I did wrestle for long periods with trying to play other people’s styles, but eventually grew to realise that many of them didn’t feel natural and/or I wasn’t great at them. I play best when I’m being me, and the more I accepted that, the happier I became. I remember Dave Gilmour saying something similar. One pivotal moment for me was playing before Martin Turner at a festival. I played the gig and sat and watched his set. I loved what he was doing in the context he was doing it, the band was great and his sound was great, and I suddenly realised that I actually approach things in a not dissimilar way with a not dissimilar sound. I then realised that if I’d been watching me, I’d have liked what I was doing, which for someone who has always been very self critical was something of an eye opener.
    3 points
  16. I can only do the basics of slap & tapping, never interested in solo-ing and I've no idea of jamming jazz.... However, I've never been without a band, have toured the world and can lock in tight with a drummer as well as turn up on time and be a good bandmate. I guess it depends what you want out of it. I LOVE my basses, playing bass and providing solid basslines in a band. I prefer the traditional role of a bass guitar in blues, folk, rock and roll, rock etc and the grooves in proper original r'n'b, soul, funk etc. Never had any interest in playing lead solo lines, playing 10 string basses or the like.... Everyone is different and gets something different out of it and that's great/as it should be. Personally, I prefer to play my role in a band communicating great music to large groups of people and the inherent energy and emotion that brings...
    3 points
  17. Sold:/// Looking to sell this Hofner 182 from 1964. Superb little bass: vintage, lightweight and versatile. Bought here 2 years ago, not getting used much nowadays, time to move it on! Comes with case. Original ad: Will ship at buyer's expense within Europe. 600 POUNDS / 725 EURO. Not looking for trades (except maybe short scale fretless or light/small tube amps). Thanks for looking, Marco
    2 points
  18. Wasn’t sure whether this should be in here or in Repairs & Technical but here goes…. The restoration of the electrics on my '83 SB-R150 is finally complete and I'm very pleased with the result. Huge thanks go to @Prostheta for his wizardry and patience and also to Rautia Pickups for the pair of MB-1E replacement pickups. This bass was originally listed for sale on here several years ago although I subsequently found it through an ad elsewhere (EDIT - I was actually given the heads up by @Fionn of the ad on FB). Turned out that the BC ad was indeed still live. I purchased it because it was in such beautiful condition, including the original case. The big (very big) and obvious issue was that the original pickups and electronics had long since been removed and disposed of. After conversations with Prostheta as to what was or wasn't possible I decided to push on with trying to get it restored to as close to stock as possible. The first pictures show the bass as I bought it, then with everything stripped out. Note the packers that had been fitted inside the pickup cavities to take the screws for the previously installed Armstrong pickups. Fortunately after some careful chipping away I managed to clear the old glue off to reveal the original pickup screw bushings. As you can see the loom (including 6-position Varitone and preamp) that Prostheta provided is a work of art and it seemed a shame to have to try and cram it into the seemingly tiny electronics cavity in the back of the bass. It was a squeeze but it went in and it is beautifully quiet running. No humming, no buzzing, even sat directly in front of the amp with the volume up to gigging levels it is uber quiet. Finally there are a couple of pics with this now complete bass taking its place alongside my R60 and R80. I may look out for a set of black or bronze pickup screws as the silver ones do stand out a little but all in all I'm thrilled with it. It sounds great with a powerful preamp and a huge range of tones and I know it’ll be good for years. I'm a happy chappy and I hope you enjoy the pics showing the seemingly simple but oh not so simple transformation. 😀
    2 points
  19. Hi, not an easy decision ... but I need to invest in a new roof for my old house, so I have to sale some of my babies. This Status has one of the most beautifull top made by Rob, unique piece of Myrtle wood. No leds, 17.5mm. The bass is with me since 2012 (and during a short period with Mike) , and rarely used in concert, so the condition is nearly perfect I live in Belgium, I have the hard case Status, so I can send it everywhere on earth (cost of shipping for you). I would like to have 2800 EUR for it, no trade pls. So sexy ! no ? I have also an Alembic Rogue 5 and a MM Stingray Classic 5 on market, so I could cancel this sale at any time. Regards Luc
    2 points
  20. 2019 MusicMan Stingray V 3EQ Active Bass Guitar. White with Maple neck. This was my dream bass and I'm reluctant to sell, however .I'm moving to NYC Available to pick up in Lincoln. Apart from a tiny dink on the neck which I've tried to capture that doesn't affect playing whatsoever this 12 month old bass is in great condition
    2 points
  21. I thought id go with the two classic colours of Christmas a month or so ago...
    2 points
  22. While it's the antithesis of my punky roots, this evening is all about Donald Fagen. Cheeky bottle of red and Donald. Joy.
    2 points
  23. I wonder if we might setup a slightly more friendly ‘Gear Watchers’ type setup. Instead of failing the year by purchasing, we list everyone taking part in the first post, then the month they’ve been ‘abstinent’ from next to it. You buy/acquire something, the month updates to the latest. That way, some of us might get to the end of the year with at least 2 or 3 months completed haha. Less impressive, but perhaps more friendly to ourselves. Si
    2 points
  24. So as part of my journey of documenting gigs, the guys out my band got together for a little run through of tunes... so I took my cameras down to try some stuff out. Still learning... oh - and this is a lot easier when you aren't on stage too! My main learnings on this one... is my motorised slider was so slow... you can't even tell it was moving. FAIL!
    2 points
  25. I am guessing that this policy is created by someone who thinks like you and doesn't understand why someone like me just won't do it, which is probably why when making a sales decision it is important to consider that not everyone is like you. The thing is - I don't mind asking how much something is, assuming someone is there, which is not always the case. When I have a look round I want to see if there is anything in the price bracket I am looking for that is interesting. I have no interest in engaging or finding a salesman just to find out that first step. Say I wanted a jazz bass. I go into PMT, there is a wall of maybe 10-12 jazz basses, from squiers right up to some custom shop thing. I would look at that, and I want to see what of those basses I should be being tempted by. Say If I have £800 to spend, I want to know what is up to £800, but maybe there is something really nice at £900, maybe I would be ok with that too, a salesman can't know that. Say I can afford all of them. Some of them are nicer than others, some of them look better than others, some are cheaper than others, some look horrible but play well. He could tell me the prices of those basses, but there is no way I will remember them. So yes, I will still go there for something I already know the price of and have already decided on to try and buy, but it completely stops the idea of an impulse purchase. Its just not practical, that is why shopping online is such a joy, you get to know the price. People always say the internet killed the high street, but that is rubbish. The high street killed the high street, it was just it had nothing to be compared against until the internet came along.
    2 points
  26. I usually check out GAK website as well if you are going down the on-line route. GAK will price match any other UK price. I've even driven down to Bass Direct from Glasgow area just to get a look around it. Its an amazing shop and sometimes a drive is what's required when spending good money on a bass. My first stop to try basses out is Guitar Guitar in Glasgow. If i like something i'll buy same bass from GAK. Dave
    2 points
  27. Mine has the 'nappy' bit at the bottom, where there is a bit that goes underneath to keep it on. I also don't have the standard feet. I have that on my speakers and thought it was worth having. Very happy with it, and them.
    2 points
  28. No cross purposes - a bass and treble dial don't have a centre frequency, a bass control goes from some frequency to zero, and a treble goes from some frequency to the highest the amplifier can do (or the highest you can hear) - there is no 'centre' to that. If you have a parametric control, or mid control, it has a centre frequency, which is the centre of the range of frequencies above and below where the largest effect has. If you write a frequency on a bass or treble control you have made an arbitrary decision what the frequency is and how you measure it. For instance if it is a bass control, maybe it starts at say 600Hz, you certainly can't hear that, but the lower it gets the more noticable it gets. So do you call it 600Hz where you can't here it, but it actually starts, or do you call it 400 by which time it is down 3dB (so its half of what it was), or do you say it is 200Hz by the time it is 10dB down (like really reduced), or maybe at 100 by the time it is 20db down? There is almost nothing of it then. So you make a decision and say 'we are going to call this 400Hz, which is the point that the output has been reduced by half', and that is what the bottom and top knobs do on an amplifier.
    2 points
  29. Attendance & Gear List: 1. @Frank Blank‘s No Longer Acoustic Corner - Rob Allen Mouse, ACG Harlot SC, ACG Recurve SS, Ibanez SRC6, QSC K12.2, Helix Stomp, HX Edit. 2. @rich’s Garden Of Delights - Shuker custom 5, Tanglewood acoustic 4, EBS Neo 2x12 & probable new amp (tbc) - both basses strung with nickel Elixirs. Possibly some FS stuff, details tbc once it hits the paid Marketplace. 3. @wrinkleygit, Jabba’s Semi Hollow Fretless, ‘72 Gibson EB0, SWR Working Mans 10 combo & 1x10 ext cab & a set of h’phones. Both basses strung with Labella flats 4. @scrumpymike Setting aside a bunch of FS stuff to give SW Bashers first shot and minimise packing and shipping work/costs. Unless cash flow dictates earlier sale, this will include: a couple of BF cabs (either SC Gen 3s or Two10s, to be decided); BF One10; Maruszczyk Elwood 30" scale; Spector Bantam if still unsold (already posted FS); Eden WT550 if still unsold (already posted FS); Ampeg PF800. 'Keepers' also on display will be: the other pair of BF cabs; my no. 1 gig bass 'Rascal Mervyn-Lyte; 'Rascal Lyte Mkll - provided I can decide what it's going to be in time for AndyJr to build it; my no 1 gig amp (Subway 800+); my old no 1 gig amp (Genzler Magellan 800). All of which will hopefully bring forward the day when Mrs Scrumpy can finally join her old man in retirement 😁 5. @Pea Turgh My Frankenstein Jazzguarman(!) strung with D’Addario XL Chrome flats. My black bitsa (same strings). Probably my Peterson combo which I’ll flit between selling and not selling (still). 6. @stevie Ibanex SR1200-VNF, Ashdown RM500, BCbass 112, plus some other bass cab developments (probably) 7. @yorks5stringer Gretsch Electromatic, Markbass CMD101 Micro Marcus Miller 8. @Andyjr1515 Not yet sure what I will be bringing except my athletic physique and chiselled good looks (and if you believe that.... ) 9.@stewblack Trace Elliot Rig of Death. Ric inspired 'tributes' various amps and basses for sale unless they shift here first. A hernia (probably). 10. 11. 12. 13. @Teebs Not attending but definitely hinnocent. 14.
    2 points
  30. Except under current rules you can't post offers on the thread. Why would anyone want to do this? You can already make an offer to someone selling something
    2 points
  31. Just to get the taste-buds going, here's Mrs. Scrumpy's menu. Mrs Scrumpys menu.pdf
    2 points
  32. Im not a huge Ed Sheehan fan but this is great playing from Santamaria. Imo.
    2 points
  33. For me its about playing what I like and what gives me pleasure. The whole point of picking up any instrument is in that statement. I have never lumbered myself with stuff or so called technique that I dont need and would never use, why waste that time when it can be spent on some aspect I enjoy and will utilise? I spend enough time doing things that are a chore, like work etc so why turn my enjoyment or hobby into a chore simply because its a current trend? If I was, or wanted to be, a session player learning all the techniques out there would be a must, but I couldnt think of anything worse, so I dont need to. I also play drums, and an article in a drum mag made me think hard about this subject. A top drummer suggested getting rid of stuff you dont need or never use, not just equipment but technique. He reasoned why continue to practice stuff you either dont like or never use? Be great at some things rather than being average at everything. I bought into that in Bass playing and drumming.
    2 points
  34. I don't need to try one. Any bass where the pickups look like they came from a low budget 1980's sci fi horror film are a definite no from me.
    2 points
  35. Play the music you want to play using the technique you want to employ. You don't need our approval or any kind of justification. Just go with it.
    2 points
  36. I've been playing bass for something like 45 years now, and have never slapped at all. Never been asked to, it simply doesn't come u in the sort of music I play. I see no need to be 'versatile', I'm not a pro who needs to be able to take any gig that's offered. For the first 40 years I played finger style, never even thought about playing any other way, then I knackered my right hand in an accident and lost the use of my middle finger, since when I have played with a pick exclusively. I've got over feeling that 'I'm not a proper bass player anymore' now A couple of weeks ago, I met up with a chap who wanted to give me a Jazz bass in exchange for one of my Ibanez six string basses, he tried mine first and was playing finger style and then some slap. He sounded good, knew how to play alright. Then I tried the Jazz bass, pick in hand and he was impressed by my pick playing! Goes to show we are mostly impressed by the things we can't do ourselves.
    2 points
  37. Blimey. Weird, beautiful and absolutely bonkers all at the same time! Serious singing skills.
    2 points
  38. I think all BCers should wear a Christmas hat , or at least a hat , that way we could all be just a bit unsure ......
    2 points
  39. New bass day. Schecter Dug Pinnick Baron-H signature. I've waited a long time for this.
    2 points
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  41. For sale is my Sandberg California TM4. Now £700 - SOLD Bought in 2014 from Mark @ Bass Direct, it has served me well for years as my main gigging bass, but am now trying to reduce my instruments down to only 3 for space saving! Bass is in great condition and has always been very well looked after, but has a few small road marks detailed in the pictures. Mainly the DELANO writing has started to fade on the pickups, and some small marks on the headstock, neck and body. Comes with the original Sandberg Softcase, which is a fantastic case. Bass is located in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Would rather do a meet and handover for an item of this expense, but am happy to work shipping out if needed.
    2 points
  42. I know this is Basschat, and most folks are only really concerned with bass here. but meanwhile in the real world, the song is all that exists! If you ask someone to sing Good times by Chic, they won't sing the bass line. the bass in that tune is there to serve the bigger picture! If someone likes a song for its sentiment, or it's emotion, or to dance to, They don't care what any of the musicians techniques are doing to achieve the desired outcome. The ability to hear and serve the whole is what all musicians should strive for. All great songs are more than the sum of parts.
    2 points
  43. Brand new unopened set of DR Hi-Beams, Medium 5 String Long Scale, MR5-45: 45, 65, 85, 105, 125. I had a plan, I bought some strings, I changed my plan. £28 posted within the UK.
    1 point
  44. My old sunburst Jake. Still don't know why I sold it. So easy to play.
    1 point
  45. I'm genuinely interested in knowing how keeping strings at tension would predispose the bass to courier or temperature damage? I've bought a lot of basses (!), and from some serious/knowledgable dealers in UK and US, and never had one delivered with string tension reduced. I've bought a few on BC however that have! I wonder who's in the right?
    1 point
  46. Nonsense, they're on the fiddle as well
    1 point
  47. The bass is completely scratch and dent free. 🙄
    1 point
  48. Like Jamerson, Jaco and John-Paul Jones? (And probably loads of other semi-pros that start with 'J'..)
    1 point
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