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So the more important veneer - the top bookmatched one. So the main learning from the plain maple was that it is likely to shrink a mm from wet glue to bone-dry ironed First, as with all bookmatching, was to work out which is the best way round out of the 4 options. For this, I cut out a full-size paper template - it is amazing how often the nice figuring is not inside the body shape area! This will work, though: So same process as the demarcation veneer - apply the Titebond to both the veneer and the body and let them dry. When I applied the titebond to the plain maple, this happened: So there was a patch I didn't iron well enough yesterday. And is this going to be a problem? Well, no. Remember that you can reheat and remelt the glue as many times as you want. As long as there is actually glue there (and I know there is) then I know that when I iron on the bookmatched sheet, it will remelt this area too and glue them both So the first side gets positioned. The great thing about the glue being dry is that you can take as long as you like making sure it is where you want it: So that one is ironed on and the bulk excess cut off. Then for the second sheet, I matched up the figuring - but then overlapped the first sheet by 1mm. With luck, it will then shrink by a mm and be a perfect centre join (fingers crossed) Bingo! (Private "Phew!") So am I going to finish sand the edges? No - not yet. This is my cunning plan to try to keep the demarcation veneer white, even though I am going to be dying the top red. If I leave an overlap, then the dye won't soak into the white maple. Then I sand the edges of the dyed top veneer and reveal the white demarcation line! And (really) I have absolutely no idea whether that is going to work!!5 points
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hey everyone, its nice to see this forum still going and helping others pick their first bass! I’m really enjoying teaching myself my fingers are starting to get use to jumping over the fretboard, my audio interface arrives in a few days and hopefully i can start getting covers up on youtube so i can share with you all, hope everyone is keeping safe and well! 😊5 points
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My new Noguera Harmonie Standard Custom 6 Fretless with Brazilian rosewood fingerboard (my favourite wood for fretless fingerboards).4 points
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I’m a great fan of both. For obvious reasons, release of the new album has been postponed. https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1r7fnIS3ya9xbYMkKAbVCuf6ZBFI1mF1-jsa5kYkwhmwfFwobbW2OXC1E&v=uROM05_ARxc3 points
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Things of beauty. Can someone explain what the feedback switch does though please ?3 points
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Erm, having bought and (foolishly) sold an R400 last year, I have a new one winging its way from Poland too 🤷♂️3 points
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If you have ever let your email address anywhere near Scott Devine you will no doubt be sick to death of being inundated with promotional emails for his Player's Path. The idea is to give students a path to follow through all the distracting shiny things and study properly in a joined up way. I've taken the free trial and here's my reflection after just a couple of days: If you've already been to Scotts Bass Lessons you will recognise much of the material. If you're a grown up (which I ain't) I can't tell you how much you'll take from his approach. But if you're an outright beginner, fresh to the bass and Scott, I have to be a little gushing and say I think you will find this quite awesomely useful. For the price of three or four lessons with your real life local, and in my experience crap, teacher, you will get a quite astonishing musical education. I know a lot of people don't like Scott's style or his very American marketing techniques, and I've been as rude as most in the past, but this Player's Path thing I would have killed for when I took up bass 10 years ago and was pitched into my first gig without even knowing what a bassist did, let alone how (there were tears).2 points
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New price: 3.300,- EUR (negotiable) Due to covid 19 and the loss of nearly all my jobs as a soundtech and some extra bills that I have to pay, I´m open for your kind offers. Selling this incredible Jerzy Drozd Mastery VI Absolutley no chips or dents, like brand new. Cause it is like brand new. Cause this bass was totaly refurbished between Dec. 2018 till Mai 2019 by master luthier Jerzy Drozd himself. New truss rod, new fretboard and of course frets, new brass nut, new lacquer with highlighting the pattern of the wood with rich pigments, new pickup. The entire costs were: 2.798,- EUR (bills available) Some specs at least: originaly from 27.09.2005 completly refurbished between Dez. 2018 - Mai 2019 35" scale, 17mm string spacing (between strings) Etimoe (a kind of mahogany) body wings laminated maple neck through body design (2 carbon extra reinforcement bars) birdseye burl maple top with matching head stock extended 32 frets maple board brass nut special custom body design Aguilar obp3, 18 volts preamp Custom Jerzy Drozd JEDX humbucker with maple wood cover Recessed wood knobs weight: 4,3kg on the bathroom scale Original Jerzy Drozd case New price: 3.600,- EUR location: Mainz, germany sorry for my bad english2 points -
SOLDhttps://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+sade+smooth+operator+&&view=detail&mid=F43900A48A15A1F68F84F43900A48A15A1F68F84&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dyoutube%2Bsade%2Bsmooth%2Boperator%2B%26%26FORM%3DVDVVXX2 points -
2015 Fender Custom Shop Postmodern Journeyman Bass in Dakota Red finish. Price: £1900 Weight (by kitchen scales) is a little under 9lbs. I purchased the bass recently but owing to a need to free up funds I have priced this to (hopefully) sell quickly. I believe similar (new) models are currently listed at £3k+. The bass plays really nicely and looks lovely. I really like the marriage of a Jazz neck on a Precision body, and with modern touches like the hi-mass bridge, contoured heel, modern tapered tuners and the A-string retainer, this is an instrument that genuinely offers a blend of the old and the new. As you'd expect, the Custom Shop hand-wound pickup sounds great. Full and meaty, and also warm and thumpy. Pretty much what you'd want from a Precision! It's currently strung with DR Sunbeams (45-105). The finish has a light relic, where there is checking on the paintwork and a few dings and dongs, for those of us who don't mind that kind of thing! Hopefully this is shown in the photos, but happy to take more if required. It comes with the original CS case, but I don't have any of the case candy or certificate. I contacted Fender regarding information on the bass and I have copied their response below for fuller details of the specs. Hey Michael, Thanks for contacting us. This one shows in our records as a Custom Shop Postmodern Journeyman Bass in Dakota Red from February of 2015. Full specs below. I hope this helps! Model Name: Postmodern Journeyman Relic® Bass Model Number: 1500910800, 1500910805, 1500910854 Series: Postmodern Body: Lightweight Alder Precision Bass® Body Neck: Quartersawn Maple Jazz Bass® Neck, '60s "U" Shape Fingerboard: Round-Laminated Rosewood, 7.25" (184.1 mm) Radius with Aged White Dot Position Inlays No. of Frets: 20, Medium Jumbo Scale Length: 34" (864 mm) Width @ Nut: Micarta, 1.48" (37.59 mm) Hardware: Nickel/Chrome Machine Heads: Fender® Light-Weight Vintage Style Keys with Tapered Shafts Bridge: RSD Designed Hi-Mass Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment (854) Pickups: Custom Shop '63 Hand-Wound Precision Bass Pickup Switching: None Controls: Volume, Tone Colors: (1500910800) 3-Color Sunburst, (1500910805) Olympic White, (1500910854) Dakota Red, Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish Other Features: Precision Bass Body with Jazz Bass Neck, Contoured Heel, Vintage Chrome Pickup Cover, “F” Logo Engraved Neck Plate, "Stealth" A-String Retainer, Schaller® Straplock Buttons, Lower Vintage Finger Rest I'm not looking at trades and ideally not looking to courier at this stage (apologies to anyone outside of the UK), though this may change subject to whether the bass sells etc. I'm happy for collection or to meet/deliver, subject to distance and of course adhering to social distancing etc. Drop me a line if this is something you want to discuss. Thanks for reading!!2 points -
SOLD Here we have a as new Tribute L100 their take on a P bass. Lovely natural finish, 42 mm at the nut, C shaped neck, saddle lock bridge, D`addario strings, pretty sure it`s an ash body - the spec says alder but hey - weight 4.7 kg or 10. 3 lb`s. Looking for £295 delivered to mainland UK only or if you are local and want to collect with social distancing I`m sure we can work something out. No trades, I`ve got too much stuff. I`m pretty sure that it is the one they used on the Andertons video, the grain pattern looks the same. Any questions ask away.2 points -
Easily done with an MC6. You can even label the buttons via the display to say stuff like “chorus”, “distortion” etc.2 points
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75 Black Sabbath - Symptom Of The Universe.2 points
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I asked Adrian for a comparison of their surf v sea foam green as it looks the same on their configurator and he duly obliged with some photos. As it turned out I wasn't fond of either so went with the valley green instead. Maybe an email is worth a punt?2 points
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Made in Japan literally changed my life. Even today it sounds every bit as brilliant as the day I first heard it back in the 70's. It cost next to nothing to record and no overdubs. The so called 'porky' vinyl pressing listened to on a decent turntable is sonically astonishing, particularly when compared with much of what is released nowadays. Have to say that other than Purpendicular, the Morse era has had little to offer IMO. Gillans voice has been shot for many years now, but at his peak he was astonishing.2 points
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Welcome. I worked in Stevenage for years. A building called antelope house i believe it’s now flats? Lock your wallet away before going into the for sale section!! 👍🏻2 points
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Just put on second coat2 points
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Hondo Deluxe Series 830 Matching Headstock - £179 shipped Mainland UK. No trades please. I think it dates from 1983 if I'm reading the serial number correctly. I also believe the pickup may be a Di Marzio DP122. Weight 4.3KG. A few bumps and scrapes fitting in with the age of the instrument. Looks to be a lovely 1 piece maple neck. Replacement tuners Gotoh, though some 2 have the tabs missing and 1 x extra hole drilled per per tuner into the headstock. Small superficial lacquer cracks on both sides of the neck pocket. Some small amounts of lacquer missing on the underside of the fretboard - see last photo. A decent, vintagey P bass for not too much cash.2 points -
Looks like a blue ghost that is very happy to have escaped.2 points
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I have plasterboard walls too mate. I used the metal plasterboard fixings and they are solid. As I said, they have been hanging for years and I regularly take them down to play them, so they are getting well used. No problems at all.2 points
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Something for Chris Cornell and Audioslave fans here:2 points
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I’m not ashamed to say that this will be a faker. Being a leftie I’ve had a lifetime of music shops with zero guitars for me. This is why I started to make my own. Granted Fender have now started to make the Player Precision, but for yonks all that was available was the Jazz. I want a Roger Walters (tribute) Bass. Not available in leftie. Do Fender make a left hand maple neck that I could buy? Nope. Hence the faker decal on my own neck. Not trying to deceive anyone other than myself 😉2 points
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Could never get into Zep or Sabbath but have always loved DP since a copy of 24 Carat Purple appeared in the house courtesy of my older brother. IMV Ian Gillan in his prime had one of the greatest voices in rock music. There’s an interesting read here that touches on why Purple never reached the same heights as Led Zeppelin. https://www.quora.com/topic/Deep-Purple-band?ch=10&share=1868d6a3&srid=D9y7G2 points
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Assuming the guitarist and drummer hadn't arrived yet, I would turn the volume down, all presets and buttons etc off, put all the EQ to 12 o'clock and take it from there. I wouldn't spend much time working on the sound. IMO rehearsals are to get the band stopping and starting together and to get the geography right, so thereabouts is close enough.2 points
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I did it for a year assuming it would thereafter be a lot cheaper but it was still very expensive. I liked the lessons but got way more from face to face with a tutor. That is nothing whatever to do with SBL and everything to do with the way I prefer to learn. Or as Ped would say, you can't not agree to disagree that it isn't not a good way not to learn to not learn.2 points
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While I agree those three were massive, Zep was always seen as not really a heavy metal band, Sabbath's legend was kept alive partly by Ozzie's continued fame. I wonder how much Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow and Whitesnake helped to bury Deep Purple? And then before you knew it metal was redefined and they were just another bunch of old guys past their sell by. Odd how it can happen. They sound more prog than metal to me now.2 points
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There's one of the red ones on ebay for £25 posted. Seems a no brainer at that price.2 points
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It's on the other side of the board - TC Polytune 2 Noir. If you mean the pedal closest to us, that's an early 1st batch valve EF86 pre-amp called the Edison by Night Owl Industries (NY, USA). https://www.nightowl.industries/edison-preamp2 points
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I like Scott...I've met him a few times and he's always been approachable and friendly. I've found the free stuff he posts on YT really helpful. I would have loved to have had access to somebody like Scott 30 years ago. As somebody who's unlikely to ever earn any sensible money from playing bass I'm not going to dive in but I can see that somebody who's on the way up and motivated could easily get their moneys worth from his courses. Good luck to him...2 points
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I know how much work went into it and think it’s a brilliant idea. Best of luck to him with it.2 points
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Basic mistake....everything's the wrong way round 😉😉2 points
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That is one sexy neck..2 points
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I’ve got a ‘66 P bass. It’s an absolute belter! It sounds amazing and is easily the best Fender P I’ve had. It’s had a refin but that’s about it. Will be my main gigging bass once we can actually gig again.2 points
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Strong Feeler for this lovely Bass? Here's what Gretsch say about it: The G5440LS Electromatic Hollow Body Long-Scale Bass is a stylishly seismic new Gretsch bass guitar armed with two powerful new Black Top Filter'Tron™ humbucking bass pickups that endow it with an electrifying deep-end voice and identity. Its single-cutaway hollow and bound body resonates with full bass tone and balance, and features sound-post bracing and elegant bound F-holes. Other features include a maple neck, bound rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and Hump Block pearloid inlays, three-position pickup switch, classic G-arrow control knobs, rosewood-based four-saddle Adjusto-Matic™ bridge and G-cutout tailpiece. Strung with La Bella Flats, I can't find any damage and it comes with a Stagg hard case. Just revisiting the photos, there are no marks on the back or front, it is just the light catching the body in the sun. These Basses retail at £850 and a Gretsch hard case would cost a further £200 so my price for an 'as new' example represents a substantial saving! Do PM me for further info if interested please?1 point -
OK... So. Release the four fifths of the back leg and set them up in the workmate for finishing. I thought I'd taken more pictures, but you get the idea. Because I've changed my mind and I'm now fitting a leg vice, I had to buy some more timber. I got the cutting service in the shop to cut the board into 100mm widths. Glue up four fifths of the front leg. Spend an hour sharpening two chisels and a plane iron. Hopefully once I get good at it I'll just need a couple of strokes on the coarse and then fine grit. I don't sharpen enough because I'm rubbish at it, so I always need to do more when I do. Realise that I've made a mistake. Two of the front leg boards are supposed to have the mortice for the St. Peter's Cross to go into. Spend a few moments cursing and considering forcing them apart. Decide not too, it just makes the mortice slightly harder, for me, not a professional like the rest of you. Plane the back leg components with the freshly sharpened plane. They're about a mm under 70mm, close to square and parallel but I've only got a single bulb in the middle of the workshop, which must be the next thing on the list.1 point
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Here's a lockdown vid from another band wot I'm in.1 point
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They never saw themselves as heavy metal. Gillan famously said in a later interview 'Heavy metal makes me want to vomit'. When Purple signed to EMI they ended up on the Harvest label which tended to be set aside for their more left field artists. Even before Gillan and Glover joined they were seen as a 'progressive' group.1 point
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The back of the neck is beautiful, I love the way it contrasts with the body and headstock wood.1 point
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Just to close up this thread. Ordered and received the waist extension from the US. Cost a small fortune in the end for what it is (due to customs and processing adding whack into the cost) but glad I did.1 point
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I've been tinkering with my Elwood L fretless of late. I added clear scratchplate some time ago, but recently made that into a tort one by adding some thin celluloid behind the p/g. I've also added a DIY thumb rest made from dowel and painted with nail varnish. I've started to notice a tiny, tiny ridge between the neck and fingerboard; I guess the ebony has shrunk a tad. Doesn't affect the playability, I just know it's there. Still love this bass and it is definitely my go to. Weighs next to nothing (3.2k IIRC).1 point
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A little Sound✌🏿 Fragmento del tema Open Window, de @sy_goulding. Es un 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 com ( 750 X 750 ).mp41 point -
Don't do it. Despite these being a production model, there aren't many about. 5 years or so back, the odd one that came up was about £500 used. Now the odd one that comes up is usually around £900/£1000. One loony tune had one up on eBay a few months back at £2200. They haven't been made since about 2012 I think. It's not all about the money, it's the importance of Steve's blue P especially in the 80s and whilst it's only a personal opinion, these particular basses should really be kept original as a part of rock music history.1 point
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What is interesting about adding more strings is that scale patterns actually make more sense. When you have enough strings you can see how shapes repeat in each position. Going back to four string made even more sense because of it. The funny thing is that I have been playing 6 strings for so many years, I actually am more likely to get confused playing a four string which is "missing" strings! A little mental adjustment and I am back in the zone!1 point
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As mentioned above, I have to take a touch more off the neck haunches and I need to get the neck pickup back to Matt to swop the internal wires round, but externally this is done. So forgive the self-indulgence, but here it is:1 point
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Bought an Eich BC112pro from Adam, fantastic communication and arrived the next day, item just as described, like new. great basschatter..1 point
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Bought Adam's '64 Jazz Bass. As described and a very pleasant afternoon spent trying the rest of his collection. Recommended. Thanks Adam.1 point
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Bought a US Fender Jazz bass from Adam. Very good communication throughout. Guitar was well packed and tracking provided.1 point
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