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*** NOW SOLD *** No longer for sale - a unique and truly magnificent 4 string bass. Specification: Neck: Carbon fibre over maple Finger board: Tinted birdseye maple Frets: 24 Body: Carbon fibre over cedar Weight: 3.6kg Extras to a 'normal' specification include: Carbon fibre scratchplate, additional pickup, carbon fibre inlays. A one off bass, reviewed in Bass Guitar Magazine back in March 2010. So, why am I selling this amazing guitar? Have moved house and need funds. Also, band on hiatus and just not playing enough to justify having this unique masterpiece. Plus, it is not my go to guitar for a pub gig! It is in excellent condition except for a couple of small dings. These have been professionally repaired, but a precise colour match was not possible as Simon Farmer created a unique colour for just this instrument. You have to look hard to find them but they are there. Collection preferred, so you can check it out first. Definitely no sale out side of UK. For full spec and more photos, paste the link below to your browser: http://www.gusguitars.com/product.php?model_id=89 points -
I'm selling several classic Trace Elliot amplifiers from my collection. Next up is this AH250. These classic Mk V amplifiers were manufactured in the UK from around 1986 to 1989 at a time when build quality counted for more than cost and weight. AH250 GP11 11 band graphic eq Twin inputs Graphic In/Out switch Pre-shape In/Out switch Foot switch socket (not supplied) Graphic/Flat level slider Noise reduction In/Out DI Out with Pre/post switch Effects Send/Return Line In/Out Signal Out Low Level 250 watts at 4 ohms Min load 4 ohms Weight approx 21kg These are a rare find in good condition and I'm pretty confident that this is one of the best examples around. There is some scratching to the tolex on top of the amp sleeve and I’ve fitted a new handle to the case as the original was missing, but other than that it’s is in great original condition. This head was serviced (at some cost) at the start of the year by Keld Ampworks at Newark. Withdrawn7 points -
I've only just got this having been told twice that it weighs 8.5 lbs, it really does not! The real weight of this beautiful bass is 10.85 lbs. Which is why I'm selling it. I'm 74 with a glass shoulder and a very bad back. This is a quality reissue of the 1976 Stingray, When Mr Fender started the company. It has the dampers and the white pickup cover to finish it off, in the flesh (or wood) it looks amazing and plays wonderfully well being a 2eq. I can't tell you how disappointed I am over this bass, I love it and you will too. The price includes delivery. ****I should add that the only trade I would consider is another Stingray that weighs 8.5 lbs, 2eq, Maple board.**** Please buy it.7 points -
Hi all, I bought this a few months back from BCer and Shergold aficionado @ash to scratch my Factory records itch. Unfortunately I simply cannot get on with the neck, as all my other basses are short scale. Ash had it refinned in black nitro due to the usual knackered Shergold paint issue. Underneath the bridge cover it has acquired some scratches and gouges from the ball ends of strings from changing strings (see pic). These cannot be seen with the cover in place. Generally vgc and weight is a lovely manageable 3 6kg/7.8 pounds. Comes with a generic hard case and No gigbag but will be securely wrapped in bubble erm wrap and boxed if post required. Otherwise collection from SW London (Barnes). £600 plus post. Sorry no trades.6 points -
I'm selling several classic Trace Elliot amplifiers from my collection. First up is this AH300. These classic Series 6 amplifiers were manufactured in the UK from around 1989 to 1992/3 at a time when build quality counted for more than cost and weight. AH300 GP12 12 band graphic eq Passive and Active bass inputs Graphic In/Out switch Pre-shape In/Out switch Foot switch socket Graphic/Flat level slider DI Out with Pre/post switch Effects Send/Return Line In/Out Headphone socket 300 watts at 4 ohms Min load 4 ohms Weight approx 23kg As you can see from the photos this is in superb condition and I'm pretty confident that this is one of the best examples around. It comes with a heavy duty flight case which is in good order as I replaced the only dodgy section of foam not too long back. Any questions or futher photos required, please ask. Collection or meet up preferred as being around waiting for a courier could be a bit tricky at the moment, but I don’t mind driving a fair way to meet up (strictly observing Covid distancing of course).6 points -
Heres my bitsa P, Zebrano body, Warmoth wenge neck, Duncan 1/4 pounder, Gotoh hardware and the ubiquitous Kiogon loom.6 points
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With the advent of CNC machines, pro and non-pro basses is not a definition that means very much. The gulf between a bass that a pro player and a non-pro player might choose has all but disappeared.6 points
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I’ve got a few of the lads to look after mine for me 😁6 points
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Price includes EU shipping. Weight is 5.2kg - too heavy for me now. Partial to offers/trades but not Basses. I’m downsizing. This isn’t one of my builds but a bass I impulse bought in Seattle in 2015 and lugged back to Scotland. Its a copy of a G&L ASAT but with a proper G&L heavy bridge. Its pretty in all black, vintage thick gloss finish and Pearl binding. I was going to fit a Kickass 4 bridge, rehape the headstock (to a Telecaster), remove the decal, make it more like a Fender/ASAT/Schecter Baron Tele Bass — hybrid but I never bothered & left it untouched. It plays great with a really gnarly punk tone. I would keep it but I really dont need the number of basses I own. I simply want to get back to two. Pots are vol/vol/tone: Neck is long-scale Maple Truss adjustment at headstock 21 x jumbo frets. (Feels like a C profile, quite agile). 42mm at nut The Fingerboard is a hard rosewood or ebonite Neck is bolted on with stainless steel bolts Wilkinson Tuners The neck has pearlite bindings and the body has a matching pearlite binding. The Body has a Fender neck pocket, looks like mahogany with ash top and back. Ibanez Bass Pickups (look like Ibanez PFR N4/B4s unlike Alnico — but possible, it has quite a high output) It has no dents but it has small paint scratches between the rear pickup and the middle control pot and on the back top, easy to fix..(highlighted in pix.) Its a live playing bass. One to go nuts with. Nothing too fancy or foo foo. This is not a G&L ASAT but that bridge is a proper G&L Bridge. It’ll come custom-crated with a fresh set of rotosound roundwounds. I think it would make a good basis for a modding bass or a gift or a standby or as an all rounder. If no one buys it I will donate it, but I have a few bitsas in progress already while i empty my bits box. Here’s a shot of me with it live.5 points -
Obviously my comment about the triangle is 100% genuine though. That's exactly my sort of ting.5 points
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This is my current fretless, just made from cheap (at the time) bits - Cort MIK body, Mighty Mite neck, Duncan Designed pups, Fishman piezo bridge, Bartolini buffer pre, and Wilkinson tuners. Before this I had a beautiful walnut/pau ferro Warmoth jazz build which I bought and sold for ~£350, prices are considerably higher these days!5 points
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I imagine similar words were spoken by the man that invented the condom!5 points
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Even more worrying is his rather shocking reference to “Two-way Family Favourites”, which I’m sure is a sub-genre of its own. 😂5 points
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Dogs in yin and yang mode5 points
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Yep, basses are basses, two bits of wood that anyone with some decent tools could build and some bits of metal that are likewise not hard to engineer. A £300 bass in the hands of a pro will sound great, and not hugely different to a £30k bass. Contrast with the difference between a £300 and £30k acoustic instrument such as violin, double bass or mandolin and there’s no contest. I’m a half decent violinist, and recently played my usual instrument, a 100 year old German blonde, with a very high end bow. I could play lines at twice the speed I can with my usual bow. Give me a Squier or a Fodera, I’ll be able to play pretty much the same stuff at the same speed and it’ll sound pretty much the same5 points
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Off the back of this thread...... And also a PM conversation that got me thinking, a snippet of which is below....... Those three I just sold are better than nearly all Fenders I've played, including Custom Shop, they just didn' t happen to be made in Corona! I'll make a suggestion mate, give it a go, you can make great basses from cheap parts picked up on this forum or on ebay, and if they don't work out, just move it on and try again. I keep saying I'll stop but I never do, in part because it's therapeutic, and in part because my main bass, a 1970's Fender body and Warmoth fretless neck, was the result of years of trial and error. Best way of getting a custom bass is to build your own I thought this, especially the last sentence about best way to get a custom bass, would be a good conversation to take to the broader community, also in the context of this thread about 'Pro' basses and 'Pro price tags i reckon that given a few weeks looking on eBay/BC/Reverb, I can put together a pro quality bass for usually around £300-£500 depending to a degree on luck. Just amazes me that more people don't4 points
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A lot of silly claims with members pretending to have played bass on Blurred Lines. I can confirm it was me who played triangle on that recording. Lead triangle!4 points
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I totally agree! I love putting them together for myself and some clients who want specific stuff. You’re right it doesn’t cost the Earth and there’s lots of spares out there and trial and error is the best way! I’m lucky I can do woodwork and have a big workshop and lots of tools! Electrics and stuff I can fudge and have some very clever luthiers who I can call upon if I’m stumped! Honestly give it a go, it’s very therapeutic. Oh even though I build them I still bought that magnificent looking P bass off @Beedster Four of my recent builds below.4 points
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The three I just sold4 points
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You may say that Douglas, but I for one was shocked at his knowing references to the ‘pink toothbrush’ on Two-Way Family Favourites. 😉4 points
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Good thread. For me, making bitsa basses has been one of the most rewarding things about taking up bass, and maybe it was inevitable given my nerdish predilection for putting together Airfix models when I was a kid (I still have a boxed HMS Victory kit in the garage waiting for an idle weekend; bought close on 40 years ago......) I certainly haven’t made any money on it but usually recoup costs when selling on, and doubt I’ve ever built the “holy grail” of basses, but it’s immensely satisfying - no element of it is particularly hard - and you can put together that dream bass that’s always been in your head. For me, it inevitably starts around a single part that I acquire often for no particular reason (usually on BC) - for the most recent P bass build (pictured) it was the Oly White body, so the plan became a ‘70’s type Dee Dee Ramone / Paul Simonon type bass, fitted with the very nifty Stellartone Tonestyler. Current build started with a pair of Celinder Jazz p/ups acquired for a mere tenner, so it’ll be a more boutique type J bass (I’m French polishing the body at the moment, whilst watching the rugby.....) Once you’ve got the bitsa bug you’re hooked...... edit: meant to say that apart from Chris’s 3 basses FS that I’d commented on; this one was the most impressive I’ve seen in recent years, you’d be pushed to find a kosher Fender this nice:4 points
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Yes I think that’s a good description of dachshunds. Lovely bass btw4 points
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First thing’s first, this isn’t my amp. In belongs to One Louder studios in Newport. However, it’s as good as it looks. I played my ‘77 Jazz through this brute last week in a rehearsal. All pedals were redundant as it sounds so good straight into the amp. The way an 8x10 carries the sound is so unlike everything else I’ve used - big, pillowy warmth and punch delivered to the room via 300 muscular watts. I usually use a 2x12” set up and as loud as it is, the delivery of the sound that the SVT and 8x10 achieve is completely addictive and so much better than everything else. It’s well worth the chiropractor fees. I will own a set up like this one day. And maybe a small team to cart it about. 🤞🏻 👀4 points
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Recorded this in September of 2019 but never got round to uploading it to YouTube. My cover of Andrew Gouché’s bass part on a live version of Ain’t Nobody from the North Sea Jazz Festival in 2011. Hope you enjoy!4 points
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The focus on the flute players face is so intense - all on one leg. A dance tune in 7:8. So much great music out there and we have to listen to Kanye West .and Little Mix. I recommend you stick with this one!4 points
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I'm 6'4" and +20 stone and I got into an original GT! The door did not close and my derrière cheeks were perched atop the bucket seat rather than in it, but I class that as 'in'!3 points
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Three I built. The walnut jazz is my biggest regret. I did loads to get the parts and build it and was so pleased with it, but sold it in a credit card panic if I remember rightly.3 points
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Back in the room! I went for an unstable feel on this one, alternating bars of 7 and 9 keep it sounding wrong, and unbalanced. No synthesizers were harmed in the making of this tune, but it does mark a reappearance of my trusty Sonic Screwdriver, and a debut for my electric drill. And bongos.3 points
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Going through the back catalogue, this one was VERY nice3 points
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Status Graphite B-2, ordered in June and received a couple weeks ago. Requested with the original neck fitting and pickup positions; this is a huge, heavy monster of a bass guitar but I love it :}3 points
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Love the finish on this one, is there an accompanying thread?3 points
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I didn't taste the strap locks3 points
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Not getting into it about the lyrics to Blurred Lines, but I thought the court were wrong to rule in favour of Marvin Gaye's estate based on the 'feel' of the recording, ignoring what I thought were previous firm legal precedents. From: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/blurred-lines-final-verdict-copyright-case-court-robin-thicke-pharrell-marvin-gaye-payout-a8681381.html3 points
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*that* black one... Gosh... Here’s my bitsa pink horror (albeit a MJT custom build with some fantastic parts) I take when I’m sure I’m gonna need to go nuts... i.e. anytime doing punk.3 points
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Likewise Greg, and I genuinely believe that some of the best instruments I've owned came out of this. My current main bass below is a case in point, it's tall all intents a worn Tony Franklin, but wow, what a lovely bass to play, lovely pair of PUPs by Jason Lollar, circuit by Kiogon, body by Fender, neck by Warmoth at significantly around 25% what the Tony Franklin would cost new Think I'm going to be posting a lot of pictures in this thread3 points
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I had one of these for a while and it was ridiculously loud... It also sounded great too! 😊 The other thing is that these Amps will still be around long after WW3, along with cockroaches and Peavey gear.. 😁3 points
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Andy's basement earlier...3 points
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Bargain with a capital B. Actually with a capital ARGAIN as well.3 points
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Yep, not like Ric-O-Sound. Great bass for psychedelic for disco octaves3 points
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I really think as a bass player if you need that many effect blocks you are playing the wrong instrument lol.3 points
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OK - that's what I CALL a routing template : This is dampened and so it pretty much the colour it is going to be when finished. Bear in mind, of course, that most of the central block will be taken up with fretboard, pickups and bridge, but that quilting that is already starting to show is really going to pop out once the finish is finally on: It's why I love walnut...3 points
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The holy grail for me in the 70s and much of the 80s3 points -
It's the relationship between the tonic, the home note, and the fifth, called the dominant. In the other six modes based on the major scale this is always a perfect fifth, sometimes known as a power chord. This interval is very strong, is very closely related to the harmonic series and importantly is stable, it doesn't want to resolve. The locrian mode has a diminished fifth, one semitone (or fret- sorry I don't where your theory is up to) smaller. This is discordant to the western ear and wants to either resolve back up by a semitone or move down to a perfect fourth. Therefore the principle chord, chord I in the locrian mode doesn't feel like it's finished. Try playing B D F as a chord and see what I mean. This is sometimes known as tritone- you can wiki that all day long!3 points
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I’m for sale too. Vintage wood etc. 😁3 points -
Surely a pro bass is any bass used by a pro? The player maketh the instrument, not the other way around, just as an Alembic or Fodera will not turn a fumblefingers into Johnny Talented.3 points
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(You can embed the picture by doing right-click->View Image and copy the URL into the thread here.)3 points -
That’s horrible. I love it.2 points
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The band itself were excellent. I saw them at a college gig many moons ago (they were supporting The Fall) and they were tight as a ducks 4rse. Couldn't stand the bloke whinging into the mic' at the front of the stage, but the musicians were impressive.2 points
