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  1. I could get quite accustomed to this double comma ,, thing ,,. Perhaps it's a way of indicating that what is being said is definitely not a quote. I suppose it's a form of accentuation like when Spanish people put an upside down exclamation mark at the start of a sentence and another one at the end that's the right way up, just to emphasise the exclamatory nature of their utterance e.g., ¡My paella's been struck by lightning! They do the same with question marks e.g.,: ¿Would it change my life if the earliest known footage of someone slapping a bass suddenly became available? ¡Fück, no!
    7 points
  2. Absolutely mint conditions It's a 2015 NOS Custom Shop Postmodern Jazz bass neck on Precision body Compound radius 64 CS pickups Olympic white The bass is absolutely like new. Perfect in every detail It's a great sounding bass, but I'm definitely not a P guy. All goodies in perfect, like new, never used conditions. 2200 euro plus shipping from Italy
    5 points
  3. Tony B and Henri M kept talking to me about music and I'm gonna get back to playing and donate the profits to charity, instead. Will end up being the bigger amount by Christmas if they fiiiiiinally let us go out and play So everybody wins, eh? So I was about to sell this back in January/February when I realised I hadn't touched a bass in 5 months or more. It's been 2 months and I still haven't touched a bass, so I'm selling this even though my friends tell me to not quit. I can always just buy a 100 squids chinajazz if I feel like playing next year or decade. So this is a Yamaha TRB6-P. P here stands for piezo. The TRB basses got Patitucci and Andrew Gouche to switch over from Ken Smith, and these are well known and loved basses. The 33 7/8 scale makes this a really nice first six. Well-defined B without extended scale. Pretty jazz-like tonally, but the piezo opens up new possibilities, it can be blended in with the magnetic pickups with it's own pot. Can sit in the mix very much like a jazz bass does. Ebony board gives the highs a very clean, clear character, which I need to hear what's happening. It seems to me to reveal more nuances in technique and such. Frets have very little wear, it's been owned by 2 jazz players before me. The photos show the small ding in the back of the neck, and Nordic winters have caused the typical shrinking of neck to make the fret end on the UPPER (thankfully not the lower) side of the neck to peek out. Asking price excludes shipping costs, because those will vary very very much based on what company and options you want, so there's no fair way of including shipping costs in the price. More photos: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qiec2i1jcd15nb5/AACZpDouW1CQF8WQBz5wmmZxa?dl=0
    4 points
  4. Fender Jazz American Elite bass with Fender hard case £1400 Really not sure I should do this but apparently you CAN have too many basses and I’m oggling another one. So here we have it. This really is a stonkingly good bass in immaculate condition. The only mark I can see are some faint buckle rash on the back of the body not breaking the surface so difficult to spot. I think the colour is Ocean Turquoise and the fingerboard is ebony. The necks on these things are magic to play and the action is set low all the way up the neck. It’s a real joy to play. The passive sound is what you’d expect from a Jazz. Then you switch to active and the range of sounds is huge. Weight is a happy 9.5lbs When I got the bass, it had the D’ tuner machine head fitted, which I’ve never used. I also have the original tuner which I will include. Also you can see from the pix that she is wearing a very attractive pearl scratchplate. I will of course, include the original tortoiseshell . We are nearing the point where it is allowed to meet up so, if it’s legal I will meet up half way within reason. I’m in Malvern, Worcestershire. Otherwise I will post for £35
    4 points
  5. If I had a hundred quid for every time I've played that song in front of a bunch of happily singing punters...oh, wait...I pretty much have... 😀
    4 points
  6. Purchased the bass a few years ago with the intention of levelling up my playing from beginner and splashed out on an awesome bass. Since then it's been used very few times at home, you can see from the fretboard there's virtually no sign of wear. It's been very well looked after and kept in a hard case. There's only one small surface mark which I've adding in the images -I'm assuming the mark could be polished off. The strings have been replaced approximately 4 months, removing the originals. Essentially it feels and plays like a new bass. £1000 ONO
    4 points
  7. Well many congrats to young @Leonard Smalls and myself ( ah shucks)who managed to scupper Douglas's hat trick. A picture then , chosen by Lenny himself in his usual eclectic taste, and offers a little insight into the image. A Zulu delegation who came over to the UK to honour those who'd fought at Rourke's Drift, one of whom was my great grandfather (whose grave you can see in the pic).. . Usual rules apply. You know the drill: ✔️ Entries must be <5 minutes and written/recorded this month. ❌ No illegal samples, copyright infringements or other snide goings-on ❌ Bagpipes. ( Christmas truce now expired) . Also on thin ice with panpipes, to be perfectly honest. ❌ No voting for your own entry. We'll know. And we'll shame you. A line or two offering an insight to your inspiration will be good as well , I think it works nicely on the voting thread. Deadline wise , we will call midnight on the feast day of St George ( and yes, you probably have till about 19.00 on the 24th, but don't bank on it though, the 24th is a Saturday and I might not be at work all day , I might sneak half a day off and get the post up early! ) Dive In , enjoy
    3 points
  8. 1988 MIK Columbus Series 3 PJ bass in metallic gun-metal grey, serial number 880134. I believe these were made in the famous Samick factory in the late 80s and early 90s. Very well made. Has a straight dark/rich rosewood fingerboard (been lemon oiled) and satin amber flamed maple neck. Truss rod fully working, minimal fretwear. Very lightweight at 7.1lbs, 40mm nut. Had some upgrades: Ibanez machine heads and bridge, Entwistle JBXN (neodymium) jazz pickup. The bass has volume and tone for each pickup and 3-way switch. The original pickups were weak and frankly pretty rubbish, so I was in the process of upgrading them to Entwistle neodymium’s, however I haven’t got round to getting the Entwistle P neodymium, just too busy, as a result both pickups are NOT connected, so not currently working, however you just need to solder the pickups to the 3-way switch and it’ll be a lightweight monster! The cavity for the electrics is huge, and could easily accommodate Active electrics and battery if desired, though it’s currently all passive. In overall very good condition for it’s age, has some sticker marks by previous owner. D’Addario strings. £85 (sale only, no trades), plus postage.
    3 points
  9. Ash body with rosewood on maple neck. I swapped the original black scratchplate (included), with a pearl one. The scull can easily be removed. I had thought of walking into Superdrug with the bass and getting a nail varnish colour match for the nicks but with this Covid lark I never got round to it, best left anyway. The bass is No. is F03028 and is referenced here http://www.musicmanbass.global/serials-sterling/ Comes with Musicman hard shell case. Welcome to try out here in Coseley West Midlands before sale, observing distancing. Some spec: Scale Length: 34" (86.4 cm) Neck Radius: 11" (27.9 cm) Neck Width: 1-1/2" (38.1 mm) at nut, 2-1/2" (63.5 mm) at last fret Controls: 3-band active preamp; vol, treble, mid, bass Switching: 3-way lever pickup selector Pickups: Music Man humbucking with ceramic magnets and hum cancelling phantom coil Cheers, Geoff
    3 points
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  12. A few hints. For those amongst us who suffer with S.I.A.D.’s (Soldering Iron Anxiety Disorder) Blue Aran offer a fully built SpeakOn connector plate with screw terminals. It’s around £9 where the individual parts cost around £6. If builders wish to achieve a pro look-alike finish, those with S.I.A.D. can practise their soldering iron technique burning holes & scrolls into cheap Wilko roller sleeves. It’s great fun and a lot cheaper than buying the purpose made rollers. The pattern I have used mimics a sort of leather Ostrich Skin finish. I generally apply with a brush and then use the roller to create the texture. I like to use the large dia tall rubber feet on my cabs, mainly to keep the cab way off those wet rainy pavements and those beer wet floors down the Dog & Duck. As many have experienced from feet “popping off” cabs of some repute, it is difficult to achieve a decent means of securing wood screwed feet on light weight, thin wall cabs. So I try to fix the front feet through the base and into the baffle batten meaning at least 30mm of “ meat” to hold the wood screw. To align the rear feet I add a glued off-cut to the inside of the cab to “beef” up the wall thickness to 24mm. I tend to use the “filament” type speaker cabinet wadding which I staple to the internal battens, not forgetting to fit some to the rear of the baffle
    3 points
  13. Well, just under 90 minutes to go and I think I'm a fairly safe bet to finish Q1 with ZERO bass purchases . The rest of the year is looking a bit dodgy as I've just finalised the spec on a custom build. Deposit to be paid next week. I did try 😂.
    3 points
  14. Hi! Thought I should post my transcriptions here, and update it whenever I do a new one. Transcriptions All created for personal use and tuition, with a few commissions too. Some of the older ones are a little less consistent in quality and appearance, so I'm going through those and updating them when I get the chance.
    2 points
  15. I was hunting for a back up bass and after being denied finance found a 3.7kg Sire P7 v2 on eBay. Don’t usually buy on eBay but a Sire at this weight I couldn’t resist! I’ve played it for about 35 mins and it’s unreal, so playable thanks to that 38mm nut, rolled fretboard edges and super smooth finish. Already owning a V7 which I’ve been incredibly happy with (apart from its 4.8kg weight), I’m familiar with the preamp and this one definitely feels similar. It’s strung with the factory strings which I believe are D’Addarios 100-40 NYXL super zingy to my ears (I’ve been playing flat wounds or semi flats for 3/4 years almost exclusively) lots of snap when you pop 😁! Very refreshing to a flats lover. I was gonna swap in some Dunlop flats but I’m torn, I might just keep these on! So looks wise it’s pretty cool in a vintage-modern way, 3 tone sunburst body (with some grain a poppin!), white pearloid scratchplate and maple fretboard. The maple neck also has some graining going on at the back which is cool.
    2 points
  16. Yeh, but they have to add a 30-second slap solo and then tap the last eight bars.
    2 points
  17. Reading the BBC article, it’s actually quite cool how chuffed he is to write a song that has stood the test of time and to have written another ‘Streets Have No Name’ or whatever. It’s one of those songs that you can shout along to after a few beers, even if you can only know some of the lyrics. As long as you remember ‘jealousy’, ‘price I pay’ and ‘Mr Brightside’, you’re good to go!
    2 points
  18. @Reggaebass I think I saw on tv last night the cave you’ve been living in for the last 18 years
    2 points
  19. TODAY ONLY (1st April). FREE Emotional Recorder. The Legato on this is terrific. Emotional Recorder | Fracture Sounds 👍
    2 points
  20. So after a few hours of Oldfield’s Tubular Bells, Motown greatest hits and Cream Live I used some rice and the online tone generator to check the frequency of the cab tuning. I was really pleased that it turned out to be between 49.5 and 50.5 Hz so I am happy to call it 50Hz. It’s not that easy to accurately detect when the rice stops vibrating but it’s in the ball park. Setup to A/B the cab with my BF One10, a bit “Heath Robinson” but I wanted to compare what I had built with what I had bought. The BF One10 has only been used at home, and has not been pushed further than home volumes would allow. Fortunately Mrs DaBass went for a walk down the beach so I was able to let rip to hear the difference at some higher volumes. Firstly the BCEasy Build-10 has a much tighter bottom end the BF One10 had a fuller G down to open E. Secondly, the BCEB-10 was definitely louder. While the BCEB-10 was not as “warm” as the BF One10 it did have a greater “attack”. The mids of the BCEB-10 were much more forward, clear and clean. The BF One10 broke up much earlier than the BCEB-10 when I was able to crank up the volume out of the Fender Rumble. All in all I am really, REALLY, pleased with the outcome. It may not be a £400 cab but I tell you what it's a little Monster!!!! We are so blessed here on Basschat to be able to follow @stevie and @Phil Starr excellent technical guidance to enable us to enjoy building something of personal value and achievement. The purchase of the MiniMax has added a combo to the original speaker project and the cab dimensions have allowed for a nifty “cubby” to hold, mains lead, speaker lead, guitar cable and the Zoom B1 Four in the back of the amp compartment. BTW thanks to John @Chienmortbb for the supply of his excellent hand made speaker cable.
    2 points
  21. Not me, I had to look up algorithms 😂 The CDCM allows for larger and more complex modeling algorithms
    2 points
  22. it's never really bothered me, I have the same bridge (but in black) fitted to my Letts 5 string, my only minor gripe is that the black finish isn't very hardwearing, the chrome fixes that. Matt
    2 points
  23. Many thanks all , I really enjoyed doing that one , congrats to Lenny I really liked his, mind , it was a good bunch all through . Anyway enough chittle chattle try this for size........
    2 points
  24. As I said mechanical recording and playback systems are full of compromises. Improve one thing and something else suffers.
    2 points
  25. After wading through this thread, I feel the need to slap. Just need to find a face.
    2 points
  26. Something about the all black 80s jazz that just looks so cool. Lemme go get my chorus!
    2 points
  27. Dream Theater/Nightmare Cinema
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  28. We can start getting into a tonewood debate with these.........
    2 points
  29. Anyone remember the band Gaye Bikers on Acid? They had an amusingly named alter-ego , and sometimes (If I remember correctly) used to support themselves................ Lesbian Dopeheads on Mopeds
    2 points
  30. Of course there won't be many (if any) video lessons around earlier than that, because no one was making them. DCI and Star Licks didn't start making instructional videos until '82 and '83, and even a show like the BBCs Rockschool wasn't on until '83. Incidentally, that Larry Graham video was taken from the Star Licks Right Hand Bass Technique video which came out in '92, not 1980. Back on topic, that video of Jagger is clearly not playing slap or from '68.
    2 points
  31. Everyone shut up and watch Koko
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  32. I'm the bass player with Stray. Our main man, Del Bromham, writes a lot of bluesier less rocky stuff, so we'll often go out as Del Bromham's Blues Devils. Sometimes we'll be our own support act!
    2 points
  33. Is the wagging finger a sign from the T1000 to walk away?
    2 points
  34. I remember hearing about the track they released about mick hucknall having sex with a rabbit He was holding back the ears ..
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  36. That's one way to find out how close they are. My advice ''sorry, I don't let it out'', and no exceptions. Otherwise it will get roadworn at best and wrecked is a strong possibility. You really don't want to be dealing with that.
    2 points
  37. XTC’s psychedelic incarnation, the Dukes of Stratosphear
    2 points
  38. Someone from Essex that doesn’t appreciate White and Gold? frankly I’m shocked!
    2 points
  39. Bwahahahahahaaaaaaa!!! I picked up a bass guitar for the first time in my life on my 49th birthday. I started gigging at 51 and that was 13 years ago. I have no plans to stop any time soon. I play any style of music that will have me (always excluding any form of metal, and anything that ain't really music, like rap and sampled R&B). I've played country to people suffering from cerebral palsy and Dad-rock to teenagers, singer/songwriter stuff to hipsters and rockabilly to afficianadoes. Any way the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me. To me.
    2 points
  40. Hmmm...David Dyke is certainly very busy. Even though it was only half a dozen items from their in-stock finished, it has taken twice as long and counting (and chasing) to come from East Sussex than this below has taken to come from Maine, USA : A beautiful Hipshot B-style, on brass (I like a bit of mass for the bridge) at 18mm spacing. Great service from Best Bass Gear in Kennebunk, Maine ... 5 calendar days from placement of order They will definitely be going on my 'suppliers to use again in the future' list. So this means I can start to work out the neck angle (I always start with the physical bridge at hand) so when the neck splices eventually do arrive from E Sussex, I can make some better progress.
    2 points
  41. Regarding the presto lathe.it is owned and operated by the Lathe Revival Company in the northeast.my bluegrass trio recorded "ill fly away" into a single mic while the operator brushed the cuttings away with a paintbrush.You start with a blank disc with no grooves.At around 2.5 minutes the lathe develops a whistling noise so you are limited as to the length of the song.its an experience i would highly recommend if you get the chance.the resulting record really has the 78rpm 30s sound but without the scratches developed over the years.im sure they have a site where you can hear their recordings done at various festivals and events.cheers.
    2 points
  42. So for me, who wears hearing aids & wanting a decent turntable for less than £500 (so the full system will be lucky if it tops £1500), a half speed remastered record is pointless.
    2 points
  43. Mixes should always be mastered specifically for the delivery medium as they are have different strengths and weakness. If the vinyl versions sounds better than the CD it's probably because the CD version wasn't mastered properly (or it's purely subjective). I can categorically state that all the recordings I've been involved in that have both the CD and vinyl versions the CD versions sound the most like what we were hearing in the studio when we were doing the mixing.
    2 points
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