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  1. Heya guys, It's back! Police dropped it back at mine last night. Now here's hoping they catch the crook that sold it! (Police have got plentiful evidence so hopefully something happens soon!) Apologies for the VERY low res photo! Thanks all Josh
    23 points
  2. 9 years old and nails the bass face too.
    8 points
  3. I have a really nice example of a USA original Peavey Cirrus V bass. I bought it whilst living in the USA. Unusual and new, it has a delightful rich tone. It’s just I’m trying to clear wall space down to say two basses its a bit posh for me, I never use a lot of my basses and hoarding is a waste. Description Spec The body is of Red Oak and Alder composite. The fingerboard is in Rosewood at 24 Frets. It’s a long neck. A 35' single wood through body bass. Tuners are Gotoh 720’s I think. Original anyway. The Bridge is an original milled brass bridge, and all parts are in gold colour. No pitting or deformities. The Control section is comprised of Volume, Pickup blend, EQ: Bass, mid & treble controls with a 10dB boost/cut a huge range of tonal controls. Comes supplied with the original Peavey Hard Case. I’m not looking for trades to be honest, (although I have seen a few ACGs that get me damn near close, she says not looking for any more “posh” basses). Hit me up with a PM if you are interested.
    7 points
  4. Not a good idea at all! The life of a mobile ice cream salesperson is already stressful enough without burdening them with distributing and administering a vaccine. Only the other day I found one laying on the floor of his van, covered in Hundreds & Thousands. It turns out he'd topped himself.
    7 points
  5. I understand that these guys all around the UK are being drafted in to help with distributing the vaccine.
    6 points
  6. Music critic. Someone who's failed at being a journalist and a musician, then settled on combining the two for a lifetime of resentment.
    6 points
  7. Now £350 Are you sitting comfortably..? then i'll begin A few years back the fine people at Enfield/SIMS were selling off some stuff from their workshop. This is one of those things. Its was a P bass body with about 2mm skimmed off the face and an Acrylic cracked mirror facing expertly applied. The 21 fret (yay high E!) neck is Maple and the headstock was modified to give a more old school p bass vibe. Hardware was a knackered old BBOT bridge and no electronics. The Back is gloss black by the SIMS paint shop. I started out by cleaning and doing a set up to see of the neck was any good etc. Turned out the heel of the neck had to be reduced by a couple of mm, which i did (probably due to the skim from the front for the acrylic changing the neck pocket presentation). I also tidied the headstock the Nitro varnished the back of the neck and knocked it back to give a very smooth and non sticky feel. On the body I installed a Kick-donkey (edit KICKASS) bridge, my go to p bass pickups the Dimarzio DP122 (adjustable pole pieces., high output, great tone), Copper shielded control cavity, CTS pots, orange cap and cloth wiring. The machine heads are un-stamped but are very good quality. Suspect they are Schaller or similar definitely not a Chinese £15 a set! I tried a few scratchplates and settled on the mirror one you see here. Weight: approx 9lbs or 4kgs.. The bass now plays great, warm hi output and looks the nuts, or at least looks unique! I have gigged it a good few times an it always generates positive comments. It certainly has 'mojo' and plays great, truss rod is free and adjustable, plenty of room to manoeuvre on the saddles for low/hi action. There are scratches on the back and one dint in keeping I guess from a guitar that sat around in a workshop for a good while Condition is subjective I guess as its seen some life not road aged or heavily knocked about but there are a few dints here and there, but show room isn't what this bass is about. It's unique characterful and lets face it Shiny! So to sum up this is a very nice p bass, you definitely wont see another, plays well, choice hardware and all for the price of a Squier... Some pictures...apologies is needs a wipedown edit: just run some polish over the back, and most of the scuffs have polished out..last pic of back updated.
    5 points
  8. This beauty is now mine!. Fabulous construction, playability and tones - I think I've reached Bass nirvana. So comfortable, balanced and perfect in feel. I never really liked Single cut designs before I saw my first Merlin, but I think this shape looks great, and the timbers are beautifully crafted as all of Bernie's products are. Facings on the body and headstock are black american walnut (I think) on a spalted maple body. Not sure what the neck laminations are - maple, walnut, with ebony detail stips between the neck and wings, and between the body and top. The body is chambered, coming in at just over 9lb. The electronics package features two GB single coil pickups, volume, pickup blend, stacked bass / treble control, stacked parametric mid (boost/cut on top and centre frequency below), passive tone knob with active/passive switch. The passive tone works in active mode, giving you all the tone shaping you could need, as well as a pure passive mode for all of those sounds. As the pickups are single coil, the series/parallel switch has been configured as a kill switch. which is very useful. This is a beautifully constructed and thoughtfully designed instrument from the master, Bernie Goodfellow. Thankyou Bernie, for your superb craftsmanship. A significant investment, to be sure, but I'm a very, very happy camper!. P.S. sorry for the crappy smartphone photos - really doesn't do it justice.
    5 points
  9. I assembled a bass from some nice parts. I’d really like to get down to two basses soon. I have a fretless Precision Jazz with Seymour Duncan Quarter pounder pups, Fender tuners, a hipshot badass 4 heavy bridge, brass nut and a lovely flamed maple neck. Fender neck plate. Rosewood marker-less fingerboard (be warned the side dots are not for fretless, I know I know, it’s what I had to hand) Current strings are LaBella Heavy flatwounds. It’s not a proper Fender PJ (the decal *definitely* wasn’t my idea, but i kinda fell in love with the Flamed maple and the skunk stripe was just [chef’s kiss]) parts were all new and unused and sourced here and there: ebay for the body, basschat, talkbass — but it’s a lovely ash body bass and in beautiful condition. weight is 5.4kg. 11lbs yeah. It’s not light wood but heavy lumber and a real woody so it rarely gets used in my Punk Rock Project. The profile of the neck is very comfy and it has a great tone. Just clearing wall space. The neck is bolted using stainless steel bolt inserts (this is standard in all my builds) and this is good for sustain and tone and general sturdiness. It’s also a good low action and the bass has a really satisfying growl. Looking for £399 plus shipping (which is less than the cost of the parts). Also comes in a tatty but safe for shipping gator case.
    5 points
  10. Is that the guy who nicked it. He looks well dodgy!! 😉
    5 points
  11. it won’t be the first time a Pfizer product brings relief to the older population....😂
    5 points
  12. No need to worry about it now. They've refunded me Result
    5 points
  13. I have been clearing. I have shifted a bunch of stuff but I cannot see items 1- 10 here going but I am loath to just bin them. If anyone on this forum (which is the one which gives me most pleasure these days) wants any for the cost of postage alone, they are yours. Let me know if anyone can use any of them. This is for items 1- 10 only.
    4 points
  14. UDPATE: We've found it!!!!!! Just waiting on the police to give us the all-ok and then I can go pick it back up! Thanks to everyone in the community. Josh x
    4 points
  15. Shuker Series 2 custom 6 string bass. Comes with high end custom flight case. Immaculate condition. With case this would be over £3k now.
    3 points
  16. 35" scale graphite through-neck. Drop A-tuner fitted to the B-string. Made for me in 2004 by Rob. A few small marks to lacquer here and there, and a small 1cm hair-line to lacquer by jack-socket. Plays like butter and is booked in later this month to be re-strung and intonation +set-up as necessary by https://www.southamptonguitarrepairs.com/. Will be supplied with original Status hardcase. Available for testing / trial in Hampshire, near Winchester - SO53. £1500
    3 points
  17. Billy Sheehan now has a YouTube channel, the link below of him making his bass guitar straps is a fun watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUqpBAjT04Q&t=3s John 😎
    3 points
  18. I don't want to rock myself, but I'm willing to salute those who are about to.
    3 points
  19. On the bird/fish front, at 47 years old, I've only just found out that Bombay Duck is a fish. 🤨
    3 points
  20. He'll probably rebel against his parents and become an accountant.
    3 points
  21. May I just say that @CookPassBabtridge is definitely one of the great usernames of all time. Right up there with @Jean-Luc Pickguard IMO.
    3 points
  22. Well, it is being manufactured in Belgium and has to be stored and transported at minus 70 degrees. I just hope nothing goes wrong at British ferry ports in January to hold anything up. Oh, wait........
    3 points
  23. I suppose he found it more enjoyable and rewarding to help create some of the 20th centuries iconic music, rather than become a "Great bassist". I know what I would have settled for.
    3 points
  24. Love this, you really can’t beat consanguineous harmony. I bet they were bricking it when they performed it in front of Paul Simon!
    3 points
  25. What was she doing taking a pet to a music gig? You should have been straight on to the RSPCA.
    3 points
  26. There are potentially thousands of viruses that could transfer from animals to humans, apparently. It’s much more likely to happen if we continue to destroy their natural habitats such as the rainforests.
    3 points
  27. The future does look a little better today, but only for us in a rich country with socialised healthcare. The virus will still wreak havoc around the world, attacking the poorest and most vulnerable. Sometimes it’s worth ignoring the negativity, and recognising just how lucky we are to live in this country.
    3 points
  28. This reads like it came right out of my own mind, only I had the unfortunate experience of discovering Robert Christgau quite a few years ago. And indeed, he was a big shot. I believe he, along with a few other select individuals, is to blame for the sorry state of popular music criticism today. The whole idea of pop criticism was fairly new back when he got his break, so there is no denying he helped shape the entire genre. Any critic attacking your favourite bands is bound to be annoying, but Christgau's positive reviews are as horrid as his negative ones. They just don't mean anything. It's just not parsable text. I will say, as musically ignorant and fashion-oriented as pop and rock criticism still is today, it was far worse in the 70's. Interviews as well as reviews were openly antagonistic and so harsh on their subjects you'd think they were writing not about musicians, but about corrupt politicians, or pet stranglers, or worse. Obviously, actual musical knowledge was never considered a requirement for writing about music. I'm an avid reader of Sight & Sound, and sometimes I think of just how different things would be if music journos were expected to be half as knowledgeable and passionate about their chosen subject as your typical film critic is about cinema. Of course there are exceptions, but the standard is ludicrously low. And a large part of the reason for that being the case is because the people who read Christgau, Lester Bangs, Julie Burchill etc. kept that dreadful tradition alive in their own writing.
    3 points
  29. Price drop - £400 Had this for a long time but had little opportunity to use it in the bands I've played in over the years so its pretty much as I bought it (sometime in the 90s?) apart from the addition of lined frets. A trawl of the internet provides some additional information about provenance and construction that I believe to be correct. Mazeti basses were manufactured in Korea in the 1990's. The body and neck are mainly walnut and maple, with solid walnut wings and with maple and mahogany through neck and ebony fretboard. The black hardware seems to be of decent quality. Controls are active/passive switch (currently working as a kill switch - see below), volume and tone controls, and 3 band active tone control. It's a 35 inch scale, currently strung with round wounds. My bathroom scales are not very precise but on the basis of weighing with and without holding the bass I'd say it weighs between 8 and 9 pounds. Condition is excellent. Only defects/blemishes are a slight dent below neck pickup as indicated by my finger in one photo, and the battery powering the preamp runs down even when unplugged. I suspect the latter requires a minor fix to the jack socket? The price reflects the likely cost of getting that fixed. When I've played around on it I've been perfectly happy with the passive sound so had no incentive to fix it. There's no case or gig bag but I can package it up robustly if the buyer organises collection and insurance. Alternatively a socially distanced pickup or meet up within a reasonable distance of Tunbridge Wells could be arranged.
    2 points
  30. SOLD Hi, Up for sale is my Sadowsky Metro Express (Made in Japan) RV4 Jazz bass in Olympic white. Originally bought from guitarguitar a couple of years ago. It is in excellent condition - as you can see in the photos below. I'm selling as my MV5 covers all my jazz bass needs and I would like to get something a little different. If you are familiar with Sadowsky's you'll already know that they are very easy to play, lightweight and sound incredible and this one is no exception. I'll be sad to see it go but it's not getting used enough to warrant keeping it. Comes with the offical semi-hard case. I'm looking for £1500. Bass is currently strung with DR rounds, here's a couple of clips of the bass in action: With rounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsgyyTFKN-Y With flats: https://www.instagram.com/p/CCNq0OiHxjs/ Weight: 3.7kg Spec: Body Solid Alder Fingerboard Morado Frets 21 Nut Sadowsky Just-A-Nut III Pickups Sadowsky set Controls Volume, pickup blend, treble roll-off (VTC) with pre-amp bypass, bass boost, treble boost Bridge Sadowsky bridge with quick string release Tuners Sadowsky Light machine heads with open gear
    2 points
  31. Rock has probably had its day with the hurried lifestyle everyone leads these days. Most have only got time for little snippets of gravel.
    2 points
  32. Mrs Riva turned me on to this... so much about it I love!
    2 points
  33. Well that was news to me too and i'm 60 Dave
    2 points
  34. And we were 40,000 personnel short in the Battle of Britain. Too much negativity. There are a ton of folk losing their jobs / on part time work due to Covid-19. I appreciate the Pfizer vaccine has to be stored at very low temps and the medics amongst us will be able to correct me: but I'm not sure it would require a huge amount of training to up-skill unemployed graduates / school leavers who are facing a brutal jobs market to administer injections under the supervision of a qualified nurse? If need be, we can deploy 40,000 military personnel - a plan that is already underway in relation to mass testing. If we, as a species, can come up with a successful RNA vaccine (amazing scientific achievement) it's surely not beyond our abilities to work out how to make sure we get it to folk who need it most urgently?
    2 points
  35. I'm blaming 🤞 I love that Ron's keyboard says Ronald instead of Roland.
    2 points
  36. mmmmm Chocolate buttons....
    2 points
  37. Not quite Dave. As it turns out, i was dealing with the boss all this time, including the original purchase, all through the emails regarding the first leccy problem, and onwards with the 2nd problem, but didnt know it Its only when posting this thread , when someone said email the MD, that i found his name in a companies search, and of course then i found his surname, which i never knew before because he never gave it in communications, just his first name. Still, it ended well after all that. I'll not be doing business with them again, so they get added to the list along with Bass Direct
    2 points
  38. A Betsy and an Ashdown rig, very Guy Pratt.
    2 points
  39. After a long delay I've finally got my Betsy. Ordered back in July and planned for delivery in August it got delayed due to a lack of EMG pickups. Noticed one difference to the original posters in that mine has a plain chrome plate on the back rather than the Bass Centre logo.
    2 points
  40. There is a special place in hell reserved for NME journalists. It’s in the section labelled “pretentious and irrelevant bollocks”.
    2 points
  41. Great Stephen Fry quote on Critics “Picture this scene. A critic arrives at the gates of heaven. 'And what did you do?' asks Saint Peter. 'Well', says the dead soul. 'I criticised things'. 'I beg your pardon?' 'You know, other people wrote things, performed things, painted things and I said stuff like, "thin and unconvincing", "turgid and uninspired", "competent and serviceable,"...you know'.”
    2 points
  42. It certainly didn't help the people who were beaten up by the police because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time, or looked like someone else, or who were black. Luckily we have got a bit better than that.
    2 points
  43. My prefect career, being paid to have an opinion. What could possibly go wrong.
    2 points
  44. The first series were really heavy. I sold my 5 string TM5 because of it. Was a lovely bass, just far too heavy. The California 2 series is a lot lighter, and the Super Light even lighter still.
    2 points
  45. Hey guys.. I am pretty new to this place.. as in, this is my very first post.. ha ha.. GREAT GREAT Musicman basses here.. 👌🏽.. Over the years I have caught one or two myself.. below is one of them.. Ill try to post more later.. Have a great day.. / Palle
    2 points
  46. Music critics are for the most part, a bunch of narcissistic pond life, with over inflated egos and sense of self importance. The key word in the job title is the word critic. The best music judge is your own ears. If I'd listened to music critics before buying a record I'd never have heard and fallen in love with half the music I have. You only have to look at the scathing reviews of so many records that went on to become all time classics to realise they have no clue what they're on about.
    2 points
  47. Not a pedal or an effect, so maybe off topic? But I did build it myself. A midi controlled loop switcher, with dual switchable inputs (A or B), one always-on loop (for tuner, comp, etc.), five switchable loops, dual switchable outputs (X, Y or X+Y)
    2 points
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