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  1. Pinning posts is the best way to make sure nobody sees the thread. I only like pinning things like rules so they can be referred to easily. I’d also rather not pin something about a scammer because at first glance it could look like he has something to do with the site and I don’t particularly want to see his name every time I open the forum. No, much better to just keep the thread normal 👍🏼
    13 points
  2. Squier CV 70’s Precision Bass in Walnut This bass is unmarked and as new with inspection tag and new Rotosound strings. It weighs 3.6kgs and plays and sounds great. The walnut finish shows off some lovely figuring on the back of the bass. The neck on this bass is amazing for the money. I bought it on a whim very recently as it looked and played so well but I always revert to my older basses. Comes with original box so happy to courier at buyer’s cost UK only. Sorry no trades.
    8 points
  3. Well, as is the way this year, my band where I needed a 5 String has folded. There is no real need for me to play a 5 String elsewhere right now, so I'm putting this one up for sale. It's a 2020 Music Man Stingray Special 5 String that I bought from Andertons for £2,099 about six months ago. It's in immaculate condition (still has the stickers on the back) and comes with the case Candy and original hard case in equally good condition. It's in Aqua Sparkle which is simply stunning and has the factory fitted ebony fingerboard. It weighs 8lbs 14oz but I'd call it 9lbs to be safe and is easily the best 5 String I've played. These Specials really are something else. Im looking for £1,600 plus postage but would be happy to meet near Monmouth if we could work something out safely. I'd consider a px for a Music Man Stingray 2EQ Unlined Fretless if its in good condition and a nice weight, plus cash my way.
    7 points
  4. And what is this cunning plan? Well it's to use the spool clamps in the photos above, but with a mod. At the heel, all is straightforward because the sides of the heel and the freboard are both square and so the fretboard just can't move sideways at all: But here at the nut, the fretboard is tapered and so I have to mod the clamps otherwise they are just clamping the widest point, which is the top of the fretboard which would allow sideways movement of the fretboard to the neck: And so they are modded to give clearance of the fretboard and clamp the narrower neck/board join: And then - other than the G clamps - I should just need this: - Good quality masking tape for the neck up to the join - A flat hardwood clamping caul for the fretboard - a softer caul for the bottom of the neck. I will scrape a 'C' shape into this so the load is spread a touch But it's still worth sleeping on it before taking the action. And then, while this is gluing tomorrow, @Jus Lukin 's headless will be getting some attention
    6 points
  5. And - we're back Compliments of the Season to one and all. So having tolerated me over the past few days, MrsAndyjr1515 has encouraged me back down into the cellar. By the ominous click when I went down there, I think I now understand why 'double-security padlocks' were on her Christmas list Anyway - it was useful and, under duress, she has let me out to take some photos in the short daylight hours left. Fretboard! This build - straightforward in many respects - has some 'every ounce of skill and a decent sprinkling of luck' aspects. One is that we are trying to replace the fretboard without the need - at all - to refinish or even touch up the neck itself. Why? Well - it has ageing and player's mojo. It has cracks in the varnish. It has dints from having to escape quickly from bad gigs: And so I will be changing my normal sequence of fretting, attaching and final dimensioning the fretboard. Nowadays I normally cut close to final size, fret, sand and dress the fret ends and board top to final size, glue fretboard, scrape the taper from the fret-ends to the neck join, blending the fretboard and neck profile with scraper and sanding block. For this - to try to avoid scraping the neck anywhere but the glue line - I will be: cutting, planing and scraping the fretboard to exact final dimensions at the board/neck join line; gluing the board to the neck, finishing the fretboard sides from glue join to fretboard top; fretting; sand and dress the fret ends. So first job was to cut the board to shape leaving around 2mm oversize of the neck shape (1mm safety factor for a further 1mm taper between the top of the fretboard and the join line thus allowing the neck profile to continue up to the top of the board): Then some VERY careful work (after a few sacrifices to the Bassmaker Gods) with the block plane to add the taper to the sides so the at the join the fretboard is an exact fit: And the board is ready to glue. Normally, you would drill a couple of holes in a couple of the fret slots to put some panel pins in to stop the board floating out of position on the glue during clamping. But there is so little timber either side of that central graphite slab I'm actually reluctant to do that. I have a cunning plan...but am going to sleep on it just in case it doesn't sound so cunning in the morning
    5 points
  6. After 12 years with a cheapie Yamaha, 20 years with a lovable Jazz, this was my first precision for my birthday this past October:
    4 points
  7. Here we have my 2003 Gibson Thunderbird Manufactured in the Memphis USA plant. Sold complete with Original case which is super nice! Combination lock works and its nice and padded, even has a silky pink sheet cover, what's not to like! This particular model has seen some life and has some battle scars to show for it but nothing major. I can take pics of areas no problem. The black finish is showing a lovely aged patina, something that can only be achieved over time and with genuine wear. It's a very good weight and feels very comfortable to play. The sound is the undisputed low end roar of a rock n' roll machine. I am loving the Rippers I have at the moment and had a day with the RD Artist yesterday so I have decided this can be moved along. Shipping available and test drive welcome up in the frozen tundra of Northumberland!
    4 points
  8. As I've said in previous threads when this question has been brought up, once the bridge has been attached to the body, in mechanical terms they become a single item, so the added mass of the baseplate on a "high-mass" bridge is negligible when taken as a percentage of the overall weight of the body and all the other things attached to it. What does make a difference is that most high mass bridges are better engineered than the original BBOT, especially in terms of preventing lateral movement of the individual saddles, but that is it. If it was me I'd pick a bridge for its looks and ease of intonation adjustment.
    4 points
  9. My stock answer to this: Most of history's iconic basslines involve a BBOT.
    4 points
  10. Dear friends, I just received a email from Kevin Johnson that my EVO-FX4 made it on the top 10 bass of the week columns for 2020! Here is the link https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2020/12/28/best-of-2020-top-10-reader-favorite-bass-of-the-week-features/
    4 points
  11. 1989 Paul Reed Smith / PRS Set Neck 4 String Bass Guitar Here is an excellent example of a "PRS Golden Age" 4 Bass guitar. Featuring a beautiful quilted maple, Mahogany back, and Brazilian rosewood fingerboard with Avalon bird pattern inlays. This fine instrument looks almost as good as it sounds! It incorporates a 5-position pickup selector. Result wide sound possibilities. It works in active and passive mode. Original case included. Price 2200 euros
    3 points
  12. Warwick Star Bass Made in China unmarked and in perfect working condition comes with padded gig bag this is the med scale model 32" .great sounds and great tone variations for sale or will trade for a fender Jazz with rosewood board block inlays eg 70's reissue etc cash either way ok
    3 points
  13. Line 6 Helix Stomp as per the photos. Excellent condition, fully working, firmware updated to the latest version, and very, very clever. In fact, too clever for a simple soul such as I, hence the sale. I prefers me separates. I’ll leave my one and only patch in it too - it only has a Pitch Shifter in it for Pete, our singer, hence the patch name. Price includes tracked shipping. Here’s the manufacturer’s bumph: https://uk.line6.com/hx-stomp/ Here’s the pictures:
    3 points
  14. 3 points
  15. There is a petition that aims to get this debated in Parliament. I don't expect that the over-privileged toffs in power give two hoots about this issue, but at least this might put some pressure on. Seek Europe-wide Visa-free work permit for Touring professionals and Artists We would like the UK Govt to negotiate a free cultural work permit that gives us visa free travel throughout the 27 EU states for music touring professionals, bands, musicians, artists, TV and sports celebrities that tour the EU to perform shows and events & Carnet exception for touring equipment. More details The UK has a huge music / event touring industry which has suffered immensely due to Covid. After the end of the transition period, we face further hardship when trying to tour the EU on a professional basis, with potentially each country asking for its own visa, that would be valid only for one trip, As a freelancer I and many like me travel through the EU countless times a year on different tours and events, this will become impossible due to cost and time if we do not have visa free travel. To sign up, you can go here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/563294
    3 points
  16. I'm talking glass-mastered CDs, with production quantities of 500+. CD runs of under 500 are mostly CDRs which IMO don't count because they don't have the longevity required to be considered a reliable delivery medium.
    3 points
  17. Sounds awesome either way to me. This is interesting given it’s from the same album, same bass & rig but recorded in a different place, disregarding eq etc:
    3 points
  18. To be fair if you were the seller you’d be on here saying some c-unit was just on FB haggling me over an already decently priced BB 😀
    3 points
  19. He's 78. I don't expect to live that long, never mind be able to perform. His dues have been overpaid and then some.
    3 points
  20. I bought this bass off a great user on this forum at the start of lockdown and I'm not finding myself having the time to play it anymore now things have calmed a little so id prefer it went to a better home where it was used ! It doesn't come with a bag or stand but I'm happy to include my brand new copy of https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hal-Leonard-Bass-Method-Complete/dp/0793563836/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=learn+bass+guitar+book&qid=1609181646&sr=8-4 if it goes to a new player. I'm based in Abingdon but I'm happy to meet in the surrounding areas Original Post can be found here ! As per the original post there are a few nicks but other than that its in fantastic condition and sounds great !
    2 points
  21. hi i got this beuty recently here on the forum, great bass but not for me , this one plays like butter way to nice for me , this bass sings like a bird and the electronics are really dope this pope preamp is the only one i like till now bass is in great condition only a small thing on the body and headstock , the case got some mojo as well see pictures, for trade will like jazz basses hi end 5 strings , ken smith or adamovic , a celinder 5 strings will be great ,f basses , some other fodera but 35 inches scale , just try me , i will add or take cash as well here a fodera link of the bass
    2 points
  22. Trade fell through so again for sale: Music Man Stingray Special in very nice looking Firemist Silver, with a delicious roasted maple neck. The feel of this neck is really amazing and the sound is superb (it's a stingray, right?) Condition is almost like new (few little marks), with original case and candy. Shipping is possible, for now EU only:( Price £1550 or 1725 euro's, including shipping. I am maybe interested in partial trades, only four strings!
    2 points
  23. Alright everyone? I've been playing bass for a few years now and I've got a small band going with some mates at uni in Birmingham (only had one gig so far though lol). At the minute all I've got a red TRBX174 and a Blackstar Unity 60, with a couple of decent pedals (Clone Theory and a TS9 I managed to get cheap from cash converters 😅). I'm into a lot of the old new wave bands and Peter Hook's probably my bass hero. I started saving up when they announced his signature guitar and now it's on the way from PMT 😁.
    2 points
  24. Letting the side down. You'll never be heard in that jazz cafe gig. You should have got 4. At least.
    2 points
  25. American original? Looks good 👍
    2 points
  26. That's a really pretty bass - I wouldn't do anything irreversible. 👍🏼
    2 points
  27. And as someone who has had an album released on both CD and vinyl, the CD version is noticeably closer to what we were hearing in the studio during mixing, and what we want our audience to hear.
    2 points
  28. I've cheekily re-named it '2020 Blues' and bashed out some suitably bleak lyrics. I wonder if singer Alan will approve... 2020 Blues It came all the way, from China to your door No matter what you say, it’ll knock you to the floor Nothing left to lose, got those 2020 blues. You might fear the worst, if you’re old or if you’re sick If your bubbles burst, this flu won’t miss a trick Nothing left to lose, got those 2020 blues. With old freedoms lost, will things ever be the same Or will we count the cost, and forever change the game. Nothing left to lose, got those 2020... I've just read the news, got those 2020... Im just so confused, I've got those 2020 blues.
    2 points
  29. Most of my best paid work in the last 10 years has taken place in the EU, probably by pure luck more than anything else, and I think it would be a massive shame if UK acts were priced / carnet-ed / visa’d out of doing a run of European gigs. Apart from function gigs in the UK, it was always the European ones where me and the guys would get paid decent money and get really well looked after. Audiences round Europe have often been great as well, really up for it. We’ve got to at least get visa-free travel for UK artists to make it worthwhile. Unless you actually are an established top tier act, but even so...
    2 points
  30. Far too fragile? What are you doing with them?? I've just catalogued my vinyl collection with the Discogs app, which sounds incredibly boring, but nevermore will I end up buying doubles!!
    2 points
  31. Jingle bell? Ring my bell? Bell Bottom Blues? Hells Bells? Pavlov's Bell? Morning Bell? I'm here all week unless I go on Tour....
    2 points
  32. When Sgt Pepper came out, I was 11. Seriously. Hearing a song about being 64 made no sense at all to the 11-year-old me and by a couple of years later I had classified it with Yellow Submarine and Maxwell's Silver Hammer as being a mere joke song. At the time, my grandfather (b.1899), for whom I was named, was 68. He'd been a fine figure of a man in his day, 6'1" with athletic build, served in WW1 and was a colonial policeman for 40 years, but by 1968 he was a shrivelled-up stick-like man, gaunt and tobacco-stained. Today he would pass easily for a man in his 80s. At the time, pretty much everyone over 50 looked (and smelled) like that.
    2 points
  33. It's almost as if the general public don't care about that kind of thing........
    2 points
  34. Probably inspired by Jonas Hellborg’s twin neck Wal, which also had a single pickup per bass.
    2 points
  35. Wishing you a very happy birthday Jack. I would liked to have got your bass back to you in time for your birthday but it's been giving me a hard time, plus I'm on shut down until the new year
    2 points
  36. Yes, rear routed and no scratchplates on these beauties; matching headstock. You’re right, it does look like some hefty leather. There wasn’t enough to do the back as well so that will be ‘plain old’ redwood 😉 with matching backplate. Expecting some pictures of the back from Alan. Shaun
    2 points
  37. Hi Guillaume, to most people the Sire U5 will be good as it is without any work by a professional. If you are a nitpicker like me you might want to upgrade the tuners and pickups at some point, but that's a very personal thing and mostly a matter of taste (I even mod >2000Euro basses that already have quality hardware with other quality hardware, just because I prefer a certain brand of tuners and/or pickups.. I just like to work on instruments in general, so a lot of the mods I do are not so much out of neccesity, but rather to give my personal flair to the instrument...). The gigbag I use for my U5 and other short scales is this one (a perfect fit!): https://www.thomann.de/be/thomann_gigbag_deluxe_egitarre.htm As to the Labella strings I prefer to use the La Bella 760FL-S Deep Talkin Bass shortscale flatwound set on my short scale basses as they have just the right amount of tension to compensate for the sloppiness that often comes with the shorter scale, yet they play effortlesly and have a great sound to them. Again, this is very subjective, but if you like playing on flatwound strings you can't go wrong with Labella i.m.o. https://www.thomann.de/be/la_bella_760fl_s_deep_talkin_bass.htm Hope you enjoy your new bass! Kind regards, Don
    2 points
  38. Considering we're only 2 days away from this kicking in. There seems to be little to no real information around as to what the new rules will entail. I've still no idea what I would be expected to pay shipping goods out of the UK into the EU. Or the other way around. My wife who runs a small Etsy business has now taken the UK off her shipping list altogether. I will never understand how anybody ever thought this was a good idea. How are business supposed to deal with all this cr@p with less than a weeks notice. Another appalling mess from Boris and his chums.
    2 points
  39. @GH63 I doff my Harley Benton cap to you. I need to up my game if I really want to be considered as a proper HB fan!
    2 points
  40. The live version on the Twin Peaks live album is over 31 mins - almost twice the length and still brilliant
    2 points
  41. If Reverb don't have something like the Global Shipping Program set up then you will pay the courier when it arrives in your country.
    2 points
  42. never mind – we're doing it again 😊
    2 points
  43. Shag Jane Seymour... or Stevie Nicks.... or Debbie Harry
    2 points
  44. And off! No issues or damaged maple, so happy.
    2 points
  45. He was playing it fine. It was just an arrangement / mix choice, that’s all.
    2 points
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