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SOLD I really don't get this 'thinning the herd is cathartic' business; it just doesn't seem to get any easier, not for me anyway. This is my third topic in the 'Basses for Sale' section in less than two months and it was brought about firstly by my sudden urge to get a particular bass built and secondly, the realisation that by having ordered said bass, it would exceed my self imposed limit of 'x' number of instruments that thus far I have dutifully bound myself to. It also helps to fund the new build, but deciding what was going next was traumatic. In the end, I numbered six Stingrays 1 through 6 and rolled the dice 😬. I ordered this bass as soon as the "Old Smoothie" was announced, so it's one of the first to arrive in the UK and it's a cracker. It has a beautiful mellow tone, a nice low action and looks stunning (IMHO). The chocolate burst finish is very well done indeed. The bass still has all the stickers on it, as well as the one on the scratch plate, plus all the tags and candy in the case. The padded envelope hasn't even been opened. I guess it's what you would call a case queen. Almost no playing time and I would describe it as new. Weight: 9.86lbs. This model was released to commemorate 40 years of the Stingray. Here' the MM blurb from their web site.... Since its introduction in 1976, the Music Man StingRay has been embraced as one of the world's classic electric bass designs. To celebrate, Ernie Ball Music Man is proud to introduce the 40th Anniversary "Old Smoothie" StingRay, a faithful reproduction of StingRay prototype #26, designed for Sterling Ball during his time spent testing and developing the original prototypes back in the 70's. Named for its smooth even tone that is reminiscent of the highly sought after vintage Music Man StingRay sound, "Old Smoothie" has been precisely reproduced including the one-of-a-kind custom made 10 pole piece pickup design, body headstock and pickguard shape, 34-inch scale maple neck and fingerboard, low profile narrow frets, hardware, and active electronics. For those that haven't seen it, here is the video from Sterling Ball giving some info on the history of the original bass and it's replica.... Spec for this bass at a glance: Specifications StingRay 40th (Old Smoothie) Model StingRay 40th (Old Smoothie) Size 13-1/2" wide x 1-5/8" thick x 44-7/8" long (34.3 cm wide, 4.1 cm thick, 114.0 cm long) Body Wood Alder Body Finish High gloss polyester Body Colors Chocolate Burst Bridge Music Man® chrome plated, hardened steel bridge plate with vintage stainless steel saddles and adjustable mute pads Pickguard White Scale Length 34" (86.4 cm) Neck Radius 7.5" (19.1 cm) Headstock Size Only 8-3/4" (22.2 cm) long Frets 21 - Low profile, narrow width Neck Width 1-11/16" (42.86 mm) at nut 2-1/2" (63.5 mm) at last fret Neck Wood Select maple neck Fingerboard Select maple Fret Markers 5/16" Black dots (no 21st marker) Neck Finish High gloss polyester Neck Colors Natural aged light yellow finish Tuning Machines Schaller BM, with tapered string posts Truss Rod Rear mounted adjustable - no component or string removal Neck Attachment 6 bolt neck plate Electronic Shielding Chrome plated brass control cover Controls Custom "Old Smoothie" 2-band active preamp; vol, treble, bass Pickups Custom "Old Smoothie" humbucking with 10 elongated Alnico magnets and split cover Left Handed No Strings 45w-65w-80w-100w (Super Slinky Bass #2834) Photos: Shipping I initially stated that I didn't want to ship this bass, but it would appear from the enquiries I've had, that I'm limiting my audience somewhat. I've looked at the usual couriers. Eurosender seems out of the picture due to reasons stated elsewhere and reading the fine print of the major couriers doesn't fill me with joy regarding loss or damage. Therefore, I've had a quote from a man with a van - not just any man with a van though! This is the guy that @walshy uses and the guy has quoted me £60. I'm fairly sure that doesn't include getting it to the Outer Hebrides, but should cover getting it out of Essex to most areas of England. Please note, I will have to confirm this price with him if I have any enquiries depending where you are located. So, yes, it's more than the £30 quoted by Parcel Farce (which only gives £100 cover by the way - full cover with a load of get out clauses is over £100!!), but (and it's a very big but as far as I'm concerned), the man with van guarantees delivery within 24 hours of collection from me and most importantly, there is total peace of mind regarding damage and/or loss. If @walshy trusts him, that's good enough for me. I think @AndyTravis has used him with confidence success also. So call it £1850 delivered to mostly everywhere in England. No trades thank you - unless you have a particularly nice Zon Sonus.8 points -
I've just started what will be the slowest build ever. So slow it won't be complete in my lifetime. It will have a one piece sycamore body and a neck from the same tree. Here it is so far:8 points
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And done. Hardly an invisible mend, but silky smooth to the touch, structurally sound and sounds great!7 points
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Not quite an effect - a softsynth module. A Squishbox, based on https://geekfunklabs.com/products/squishbox/ but I've been doing some extra programming. I first saw https://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-Stompbox-Synth-Module/ which was superseded by https://geekfunklabs.com/products/squishbox/ The intention was to build a unit that could be powered by a guitar effects 9V power supply of sufficient current capacity, controlled from a USB MIDI port, and outputting via a 5102 sound board to 1/4" jacks. I didn't bother with a DIN MIDI IN. I also decided to go for a 20x4 display rather than the 16x2 display of the original, which gave the possibility of extra information. The 5.5/2.1mm power socket goes to a KBP307G bridge rectifier to provide reverse voltage protection (any bridge rectifier with a maximum current of 3A or more will do) and then to a buck converter set to 5V. This 5V feed goes to a protoboard that is also used to mount the 5102 board and male headers for the display and footswitches. The 5102 board itself has a further male header for the output sockets. On one I used Dupont cables With the way I've mounted this, the whole will fit (snugly) into a 1590BBS Hammond box. I've made another one in a 1590C box which gives somewhat more room. There isn't a problem with digital crosstalk even with the sound card sandwiched between the protoboard and the Pi. The one in the larger box has the soundcard on the other side of the protoboard - there's no difference in interference levels, ie. none. The display is mounted on brass M3 spacers with 6mm of stand-off which are epoxied into the box (Araldite Rapid was useless, J-B Weld has proved rather better). The Pi is mounted on 25mm M2.5 countersunk bolts with a nut and washer holding the Pi, then a 10mm nylon spacer, then the protoboard, then nylon M2.5 nuts. I've put heatshrink around the power supply components. Note that the power connector must have the sleeve isolated from the case, as the case is attached to 0V and the sleeve of a Boss-type PSU with centre negative is +9V. The power connector I finally used isn't the one shown here - it's a plastic-bodied one with the thread at the business end so it fits from behind the panel and I can remove it along with the protoboard if I need to dismantle it. I got some audible interference when I first assembled it, caused when metalwork on the Pi USB and network sockets touched the case. I made the cutout a little larger and put heatshrink round the sockets. Problem solved. I've been indulging in a bit of Python programming to modify the original, as I was using the I2C interface rather than the parallel interface which meant an awful lot of soldering. My version will also play songs (.wav, .mp3, or .ogg) and playlists (just a list of files to play) so set break music can be supplied.6 points
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So I recorded a short demo track using the filter twin. It's such a killer filter pedal! What do you guys think? Any filter twin fans out there?5 points
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The following is from an email I just got from the venue - "On behalf of the Village Hall Committee, we are delighted to announce that the Village Hall will be re-opening on the 17th May. In accordance with Government guidelines, there are some minor restrictions we must all observe, ie face masks must be worn; a maximum of 30 people at any one time can attend and spacing of a metre between attendees. We hope that in the not too distant future, these restrictions will also be lifted." Looks hopeful. So long as nowt changes- worse case scenario would be masks on and distancing but if we still trust bozzer's plan - should be almost normal.4 points
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Or Trapped Under Ice?4 points
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Middle age millionaires, completely disassociated from that which made them great in the first place, struggle and fail to capture anything of merit while unable to relate to each other or their music, incapable of critiquing or being critiqued, then subtly blame the whole mess on Bob Rock who, wisely or unwisely and under great pressure from management, went shoulder deep to extract turgid offerings from far, far up their rectal passages and piece it all together in some sort of cohesive and musical way. What more is there to understand? It was embraced all the way to the charity shops. The documentary is wonderful, as is Berlinger's book about the experience, but the soundtrack should be buried under lava 😁4 points
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My rig for medium to large stages. With monitoring this combination never lets you down. There are more cabs in case Metallica is calling but usually I take only one with me 😎4 points
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Reluctant sale, 2020 Musicman stingray special 4 string, roasted maple neck, Dropped Copper finish, excellent as new condition, with hard case, comes with 2 scratch plates,black and white. collection preferred, based in Berks, sale only than you. ON HOLD4 points -
I was not aware. Thank you. Dear Wife, you know I said I wouldn't....4 points
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Do you prefer not to use 'frets' because intonation should come from the player?4 points
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Superb alembic Epic like new. Fresh strings, case and superb aaa wood. Includes shipping to your doorstep.I am saving for a new bass. Cheers.3 points -
Putting up my 5 string for the chop and sticking with the 4s for now. Amazing workhorse 5. Just really easy to play with a great range of passive tones that slots into all styles well. It's got a bit of light gig wear to it but otherwise great condition. Seemingly unavoidable PA speaker is too close to me small chips and scuff to the top of the headstock. Some light swirling to the finish but no serious wear or anything through the finish. Weight is 4.4kg on my kitchen scales. I can post at buyers risk in worn but functional CNB gig bag and boxed for £25.3 points -
Hi, SOLD pending the usual Now £1250 Selling my Warwick Infinity SN 5. German made. Great condition. Ball end tree B-string slot filed a little to a little to accommodate D’Addario strings. Not visible. In striking Zebrano wood. Single coil neck and splittable humbucker in bridge, giving wide tonal palate. Pickup from Cambridge or meet within reasonable distance. Cheers, Andy3 points -
Inspired by a couple of existing threads. What (forgotten) albums will future generations re-discover? I'll go... Infected - The The Introducing the Hardline according to Terence Trent-D'arby Stop Making sense - Talking Heads Handsworth Revolution - Steel Pulse3 points
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Very good condition, comes with the carry bag, the original TE packaging box (not shown in photos) and power supply. £225 includes UK postage3 points -
Take a P bass, reverse the split pickup, add a J pickup, add active electronics, have it built in the same Mexico factory, give it a roasted maple neck, paint it a fantastic colour, get it almost-new from BC, pay £7003 points
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Time has shown Lars to be the sound one of the group. Amazing 😂 On topic... Kreator - Renewal Mindfunk - Dropped Living Colour - Stain Motley Crue - s/t Prong - Prove You Wrong3 points
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Oh god yes 😂 Demographically (and physically too, I suppose) golf is a more older gents hobby than cycling. So perhaps the ladies on Gransnet meet there to discuss their husbands in much the same manner 🤣3 points
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Because cycling is quite a popular hobby at the moment and - from what I can gather from the widows of Mumsnet - takes the male out of the house for very long periods during his downtime from paid employment. Which is not very compatible with the Mumsnet demographic of mothers with young children who require the help of their partner for whatever time he is not out at work. There is commonly a large disparity in how much 'off time' from house/children/family responsibilities the father has in comparison to how much the mother has. Hence all the widows threads ... Phew. I think I managed to answer your question diplomatically ...? 😂3 points
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I've been out of the pedal game for a while but a new potential project required a few FXs and who doesn't need a compressor. Nothing boutique for me but these X series Boss pedals are really good.3 points
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Sparks - propaganda Klaus Schulze - moon dawn Groundhogs - Hogwash Atomic Rooster - In hearing of Rush-Rush Stormtroopers of death - speak English or die Hawkwind - Hawklords Tangerine dream - underwater sunlight Crosby stills Nash and young - deja vu Jean michel jarre - waiting for Cousteau Kings x - anything really overkill- taking over Nuckear assault - the plague Swamp terrorists - grim stroke disease Thats enough to be getting on with 😊3 points
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Ha! Ha! Ha! by Ultravox! So that the future generations understand which band Muse has simply plagiarised without ever mentioning it. Sad but true 😉 , just listen to this gem by Ultravox! and you should understand where the inspiration comes from.3 points
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Apart from instruments using the Lightwave optical pickups and similar systems, "active" pickups are simply low impedance/output coils and magnets pickups with a level/impedance matching pre-amp fitted into the same casing. The method by which the string vibrations are sensed is exactly the same as standard "passive" pickups.3 points
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Just applied for a new job, same company but a different role. Fingers crossed for an interview....3 points
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It's more hated than forgetten, but in years to come St Anger will be understood and embraced.3 points
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Jamerson and Babbit would like a quiet word…3 points
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These look nifty: https://elgaratge.com/expression-knob/3 points
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Works for me too. Sometimes I use it, sometimes I don't. I've learned over the years that you can spend hours faffing around setting up something that sounds lovely at home that then sounds complete poop at a gig. A simple one knob pedal like the Spectracomp is an easy remedy.3 points
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You could suggest she picks up one of your basses and learns to play too...3 points
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A custom build made for myself, completed in 2017. https://www.acguitars.co.uk/project/0269krell-4/ Body Wood: Black Limba Top Wood: AI Buckeye Burl with Purpleheart accent Body Finish: Satin Lacquer Neck Wood: 5 piece Maple/Purpleheart Finger Board: Purpleheart Scale: 30.5″ Neck Finish: Satin Lacquer Pickups: ACG RFB humbucker bridge. ACG PB split coil neck in a Black Limba/Purpleheart/Buckeye ramp. Hardware: Hipshot Type A Dunlop Dual Schaller Straplocks, Hipshot Ultralites with Detuner on the E. Pre-amp: ACG DFM 4K Weight: 4.1kg (9lbs) One small ding by the strap lock at the bridge end. Sounds amazing, plays like butter. I also like that the neck doesn't encroach too far in to the body. This means it feels like a standard scale bass and not like a toy, but with the benefit of the short scale. My collection is getting too big and I don't really play it. £1300 delivered in a Hiscox hard case. Price negotiable for those of y'all that can come and view before transacting (NW3). I might be interested in swaps or p/x for pedals and SMALL cabs/amps/combos (i.e. MicroMark/PJ Double 4). Crypto-friendly - ETH/DOT/UNI/WOO, pretty much any ERC-20 that is top 200. Or bank transfer is fine. Available for Zoom if anyone wants to see it and get some more details. Thank you for viewing.2 points -
There are at least 2 words which are badly lost in what I have quoted.2 points
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My concern is that future generations probably won't know what an album is in the first place2 points
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I love the profile so much my first thought was to buy this and have two. I think I have a problem 🤦🏼♂️2 points -
I've always said this about Use Your Illusion 1 and 2 as well 👍 HOW can Justice and Puppets be considered over rated in any scenario? Seriously??2 points
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This is the Vigier Delta Metal fretless.2 points
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That’s a great album to play along to, there’s some really nice Basslines on there , this is probably one of my all time favourites2 points
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Just realised this thread could have been better entitled Inactive Guitars2 points
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Yes, but not for the last 50 years or so2 points
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A new record arrived today '100 tons of dub' and the title does it justice. Heavy sounding Channel One (soul syndicate) dub, I think mostly recorded in late 70s. George Fullwood, Robbie Shakespeare and Flabba Holt on Bass. This one is the most surprising, never heard it before but it sounds like it was made much more recently: Perhaps my favorite from the album:2 points
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All of my back catalogue.2 points
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Loved by many...just short of 2 hours of Sade2 points
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Wham, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, pretty much all of the early 80s bands. Being a schoolboy punk at the time this music was a personal affront to me, how closed-minded I was!2 points
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Also incorrect, Fact: 6 string bass players have 10 hands, each with 1 finger. 6 hands on the left of the body and 4 on the right. No thumbs. Left handed 6 string bass players are a figment of our collective imagination and do not actually exist. Artists rendering:2 points
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Just listened to that - it’s painful. Love the way the put it front-and-centre of the interview. That’ll teach her.2 points
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Today may 11th marks the 40th anniversary of Bob Marley’s passing , one of my favourite tracks, mighty Bassline2 points
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Ha ha. So true. I once had to smuggle a copy of Bass Player magazine out of the newsagents hidden inside a copy of Razzle2 points
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Or if she has no musical or technical facility, she could become a singer.2 points
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Wal pro bass. ‘78 I think.2 points
