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  1. For sale Fender Custom Shop Classic 5 String Jazz Bass in a beautiful Ice Blue Metallic 2005, This bass is in excellent condition, The neck is straight with no issues. SPECS: Solid Body Finger Board : Maple with blocks Neck : Maple Pickups: Original Fender Noiseless Preamp : john east Weight : 9lb 8oz String Spacing : 18mm regulable Hard case : Fender ( i don't have the original preamp and certificate authenticity ) 2100£ = 2300€
    8 points
  2. So, the last piece of the puzzle turned up today, and I now have an Ashdown ABM600 EVO-IV and two Ashdown ABM210H EVO-IV Pro Neo Cabs. Nice and portable, plenty light enough, and that lovely Ashdown ABM sound.
    7 points
  3. I haven't posted for a little while. Is this type of 'shaming' the type of thing Basschat has been reduced to now? Really uncool guys. Really uncool.
    6 points
  4. Birthday gift from my wife. I never fail to appreciate how much manufacturers are able to cram into ever smaller enclosures.
    5 points
  5. I had this great bass up here for sale at the beginning of the year...there were a few people interested and a buyer who pulled out last minute...so I decided to keep it eventually. Its up for sale again as I need cash....so the only trade possibility right now is with a cheaper (precision) bass + cash. Specs are: Alder Body, Maple neck (gloss finish), Coco Bolo Fingerboard with binding (actually could pass as Brazilian Rosewood), Aguilar 60s Pick Ups, Candy Apple Red finish, Brazilian Rosewood Ramp that is attached to the pick ups via the screws and therefore can be easily removed...comes with a Fender Case. Shipping throughout Europe is no problem. Any offers and questions only via pm please. Thanks.
    5 points
  6. I'd say get it done. Original frets don't add much value to a bass IMO, not in the same way an original finish or pickups etc does. I think of them as a necessary replacement at some point in the life of a bass, similar to strings.
    5 points
  7. Put together out of some Squier bass and parts from here;
    5 points
  8. Every model of bass has a different tone, every model of amp has a different tone, every model of speakers has a different tone, even strings have different tones, and every player has his own tone preferences. The only way to know what works best for you with your gear is to experiment.
    5 points
  9. Get it done, otherwise what’s the point of having it? That said, it’s a bound neck so take it to someone who knows what they’re doing.
    4 points
  10. For those reasons alone get it a nice new set of frets and keep playing it for another 27 years. Your fear is understandable - the changes to tone caused by the frets wearing have been very gradual, this will be a sudden change (albeit not necessarily a noticeable one). Going for super Jumbo stainless steel frets will definitely change the tone, where as something like it left the factory with (medium height cupronickel or silver nickel) would be a more sympathetic/appropriate (?) choice. Go for it! 😎
    4 points
  11. I will be asking if I can review these new cabinets in Guitar Interactive Magazine.
    4 points
  12. We do a couple of Smiths songs (This Charming Man and There Is A Light), and they're two of my favourite songs to play; the bass lines are great fun, and they always go down a storm. People like to think they're singing along ironically, but they're really not... 🙂 Sadly, Morrisey himself has personal opinions I'd rather not contemplate, although that can be said of quite a few people in the business. That's where the phrase 'Never meet your heroes' comes from... Musically and lyrically, The Smiths were an important band, and yeah, they were very Marmite - at the time, I, like some people in the thread, couldn't get past Morrisey's schtick, but in later years I've come to like the tongue-in-cheek lyrics, some of which are genuinely brilliant. Oh, and it's a measure of the 'love it or hate it, but you can't ignore it' nature of Morrisey's delivery that any time someone sings a Smiths song, they're irresistibly drawn into a Morrisey impression...our singist tries very hard; he starts off in his own voice, and three lines in he's hooting and parping... 😁
    4 points
  13. Thanks GreeneKing It’s definitely a genuine post. I’m a friend of the guy (Steve) who passed on (April) and have come here on behalf of his wife (Lisanne) who has asked me (and lots of other musos) to help locate it. Please do let me know if you hear anything or you can go back to the original Facebook post if that is more comfortable for you to do. regards
    4 points
  14. Seen lightning bolt live three times in my life, each one louder than the last. Noise rock is about as useful a term as rock itself - it´s applied so liberally to bands that are so different to each other that it doesn´t hold much weight as a genre. Sonic youth, shellac, the jesus lizard, there´s far more digestable entries in the canon, and then something like the locust, which makes lighting bolt look like baby shark... Personally I´ve always thought of lightning bolt as a really really loud jazz band that get stuck in a 30 second time loop.
    4 points
  15. How dare those pesky youngsters go around enjoying music that the older generation don't understand. It wasn't like it in my day.................. oh, hang on.
    4 points
  16. Just picked up a 78 P bass and not just any old Precision, it’s my first decent bass, the one that I cut my teeth on and then sold about 33 years ago. I sold it back in the 80s when I started using active basses. I had two precisions and sold the good one as it was worth a few quid more! Always wished that I had sold the other one instead. It just came up for sale by a guy who's got a studio in Leeds. The only problem is that I paid five times what I sold it for all those years ago! I remember somebody here posting about buying back their old P bass. Like him, I’ve had a couple of precisions, but they never seemed to compare to ‘my’ old P bass. To me, Fender Precisions define what an electric bass is, despite me happily using many other basses over the years. I remember that when I originally bought this bass, I knew that I was now going to be a proper bass player! You have to remember that when I started playing, virtually all of our heroes played a precision! A few played Ricks and the odd one played a jazz bass, but me finally having my own P bass was a big thing! Quite emotional to get it back...
    3 points
  17. ....Wow 😮 Stumbled on this archive by John K, whilst looking at some potential bass overdrives, some real interesting stuff, plus lots of soundsamples. This guy really is a masterbuilder, loads of interesting stuff here👍 http://johnkvintageguitars.homestead.com/Overdrive-Pedals.html http://johnkvintageguitars.homestead.com/index.html
    3 points
  18. SOLD This one is going to hurt. Beautiful, beautiful bass, bought here a few months back. I sorted the neck dive problem but my shoulder injury just can't handle the size of this beast. I'm always playing two frets too high! So 300 plus 20 postage please. Generic hard case included. No trades thanks. Original post here with pics.
    3 points
  19. Punt taken Wont be here till late Dec /January ??? according to Amazon Maybe the builder grows them from seed
    3 points
  20. I know he's a misanthrope but I didn't realise he had it in for cetaceans as well.
    3 points
  21. I wanted the combo so I had the option for 1x10 or 2x10 with the extension. I’m in a 6 piece band so stage space is at a premium for smaller venues. To my ears, I think the elf sounds great for what it is. I’ve owned Trace heads and this isn’t pretending to be one of those I don’t think? Just a nice little modular setup which is light, portable, doesn’t break the bank or back and sounds good. I’m happy with it and would recommend anyone to try it out if they are looking into 1x10 setups.
    3 points
  22. 3 points
  23. Get a used Squier classic vibe (around 200-300 euros), then get someone who relics guitars/basses to relic the squier, get them to upgrade the electrics and machine heads (should be around 500-600 euros), which is within your budget.
    3 points
  24. I like plastic wrap too. Some carriers say black wrap causes probs for inspection. Its mandatory for palletised ships. I also sent my JJ build Bass build crated. Again, no probs. I think a crate is a good thing to make for all basses not just £1500+ vintage basses and technically the original flightcase it came with (with original price sticker) deserves shipping protection. 12mm Featherboard, 2-3mm ply, screws. It can be reused/upcycled/repurposed or turned to kindling. I feel bad about styrene though, looking into alternatives..
    3 points
  25. I keep 2 basses at work. One is a Mazeti 5 string fitted with two beefy Villex pickups. Vol/Vol/passive mid cut/tone. Neck through 35" and very nice. I also keep an MTD Kingston 5er there. I LOVE the MTD neck and feel. I want another. If no one has one my world will still turn but it does not hurt to ask. I am not looking for a sale cos I will just need to replace it. I just want another MTD Kingston and they do not come up often.
    2 points
  26. I like Lightning Bolt. Noise Rock has been around as a genre since the early 80's though, and got increasingly popular in the 90's (though largely remaining an underground kind of genre). Sonic Youth properly being the most popular band of this genre. I played bass in a noise rock band myself around the mid 90's, and later in the 00's in a noise rock and hardcore influenced math rock band with the same lineup, but with an added extra bass player (where I had more sort of a "lead" bass player kind of role and the other bassist sticking mostly to a more traditional supportive bassist kind of role). Basically it is just more or less experimental rock, partially drawing inspiration from early punk and incorporating noise/atonal and sometimes improvisational elements from avantgarde music and free jazz. This is a great album from Lightning Bolt :
    2 points
  27. An original on which I contributed the bassline and BVs was played this afternoon on the radio. OK, it was internet radio being broadcast from someone's back bedroom somewhere ... we're not talking Radio 2 or Capital here. But it remains my first ever radio broadcast. Box ticked. Next up? Television. 😂
    2 points
  28. Jon Shuker will do a fab job mate. He’s damn good
    2 points
  29. Ash stop posting things I want for crying out loud 🤣🤣🤣 Can I have these please? Jon
    2 points
  30. I'd say a Yamaha BB. I had the BB425 and found it hard to fault as a five string, the low B was good and strong. The string spacing is just nice, too - not too tight at the nut or the bridge. Too heavy, sadly, so I had to go elsewhere. But Bas's 1025 would be a peach. Having said that, I'd be very curious about a Harley Benton 5er.
    2 points
  31. That's a really helpful steer. I started a similar journey on here a few years back: Best 5 string bass you've ever owned and why? - Bass Guitars - Basschat I actually ended up getting a Yamaha BB 1025, partly based on lots of positive recommendations from other BC'ers. I've ended up with several other 5ers, but despite getting regularly asked whether I might be thinking of moving it on, my 1025 is firmly entrenched in my herd. A used one in very good condition should be within your budget. The Yammy has 18mm string spacing but a very comfortable neck. It's a purely passive bass but nevertheless a just lovely PJ and will easily go toe to toe with basses costing several times as much. The other 5er I would heartily recommend, which might be just above your price bracket used, is an Ibby SR Premium with big single Nord pups. Light (< 9lbs), immensely playable fast neck - partly due to the narrower 16.5mm string spacing. The Ibby SRs are active with a very decent 3 band EQ including selectable mid centres, but with a passive switch setting too (which is always a nice back up if the battery dies mid gig!). The model I have is an Ibanez SR 1825 which is the middle one:
    2 points
  32. Wrong again. He was a Communist. Communism and Socialism have little in common. Communists believe all property is theft. The Tory rags use the Communist slur to denigrate anyone who believes in a kinder, fairer system of government. A cheap trick that seems to work with the hard of thinking.
    2 points
  33. I’d get it done, though if you’re feeling unsure then a decent stop-gap could be a fret dress (might send that idea to J.P. Gaultier!). That can often put a bit of life back into worn frets...
    2 points
  34. There were the original "Grey" label (which Doddy mentioned above) which comprised of the octabass/multi comp/unichorus. Which had jacks the opposite way round (those crazy Swedes) I'm not sure if the Bass IQ came out as a grey. There then came the black label, which added extra features like the mode switches and I think a slightly different enclosure, as well as standard in/out jacks. These were buffered bypass and gave a slight volume boost when engaged. Then came the "True bypass" black label pedals,with some minor under the hood tweaks and production moved to China. Then came the studio edition,which was basically a cosmetic makeover and some more tweaks under the hood (im always suspicious of "improvements" made inside. Usually means using cheaper to source components). This blue label is the first change they've made to the function of the pedals. Im sure our very own EBS freak, whom is the authority on these things,Will be able to point out a lot more than I 😁
    2 points
  35. Wow - very nice. In the words of another BC'er...... "Very very nice. Not my usual sort of thing - or so I thought - but a beautiful colour and striking shape." 😁 GLWTS
    2 points
  36. My father in law has a 73 P bass in the same position. The answer is leave it if it is retired and purely on show, otherwise life goes on and you should get it done. Do your research, get a refret done by someone who knows what they are doing (rather than just someone who does setups) and there is no problem.
    2 points
  37. Well seeing as it is the 1st December...
    2 points
  38. Wishing you a successful recovery.
    2 points
  39. There is a simple mod, removing a capacitor, that will improve the performance of the English Muff'n for bass. I went a step further and changed the capacitors in the tone stack as well.
    2 points
  40. I think Tony is a massively underrated player and should be spoken about more often than he is. His work with Colosseum and Greenslade was exceptional.
    2 points
  41. Good energy, great crowd involvement. Seen (and played) worse!
    2 points
  42. A wee anecdote of an experience that changed my view on gear... I remember my old originals band managed to get a support slot with the Pat McManus Band. I had no idea who they were, but Pat was a proper hero to our guitarist. What was surprising was that they used budget gear - With a Vintage (brand) Les Paul and a Pino style Squire P Bass doing most of the work. I had a chat with their bassist Marty about his gear. He had tried a proper Pino signature model in the past. There was a definite difference in quality - but nothing to justify a ten-fold increase in price. Overall, their ‘cheap’ gear was perfectly sufficient to gig with, played well and sounded great. Also less to worry about when chucked in the back of a van. From a whole other perspective, a friend of mine will happily drop £2k+ on a Gibson Les Paul to play at home. Folk will play the gear that’s right for them - who are we to judge?
    2 points
  43. I remember vividly the thrill of hearing Tommy Vance reading out my name on The Friday Rock Show when I did a session for them in 1981. What I never realised at the time, when I was 17, was that this would probably be the highlight of my career 😂
    2 points
  44. That is your opinion. Other people are allowed their opinions regardless of you deeming them to be morally right or wrong.
    2 points
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