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This is a thread I started a few months ago as a NBD, but as usual it's turned into something more suited to the Build Diaries section. So here it is 😁. I bought an Epiphone acoustic guitar today for a workmates daughter, and while I was chatting to the seller he said he had an old 80s bass that needed some sorting. We'd spoke about fixing up cheap old gear and he thought it would be right up my street, and I was welcome to it if I wanted it, as it was just in the way. We met at his workplace (a really cool place that makes vintage pressed number plates, full of really old machinery BTW 😎) so he didn't have it with him but he said he send some pictures. Well he just has and it's an old Kay version of the 80s Aria SB/Westone Thunder type of bass. Natural wood, neck through PJ, active electrics by the look of the switching. I've been after a bass in this style for a while and am over the moon with his offer. I'll pick it up in the week hopefully, and give him something for it anyway. Bored yet? Yes? OK, pictures then. Any info about these basses gratefully received. Plywood wings and presumably heavy as hell. I'll update when I've got it. 🙂👍7 points
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Hi folks, Up for grabs is my stunning Roscoe LG3005. I've owned a number of Roscoe basses over the years and this one is pretty special. Update: No longer open to trades - sale only. I have something new in the works.I've set the price under what I think the bass is actually worth (I paid far more for it, less than a year ago). Price drop: I am now asking £1750. NOW SOLD The spec: Roscoe LG3005 5-string, 35" scale Mahogany body 5A Exhibition-grade quilted maple top Trans-red finish (with matching headstock) Spalted purple-heart fretboard (which is stunning!) 3-piece maple/purple-heart/maple neck Roscoe Bartolini pickups Glockenklang 3-band preamp Black hardware Strung with DR Black Beauties Fitted Roscoe-branded semi-hardcase Weight is 3.9kg Sounds stunning. Meaty, yet neutral (thanks to the Glock preamp). I've done everything from metal to funk and electronica with this and it's always sat right in the mix. The bass is in overall excellent condition - there are a few light marks where you might rest your arm in the edge of the upper body and some tiny cosmetic nicks, but as the photos show, you have to go hunting for them! I'm located in Derby and really do not want to ship this bass (I've had so much awful luck shipping basses and I no longer have a box suitable for putting it on), but I will drive for an hour, which is enough to cover a huge chunk the UK - especially if you're prepared to make a drive to meet half way. Collection in Derby is, of course, welcomed. If you need more pics of anything specific, or have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. Thanks! Shep7 points -
My RM800 EVO2 Musik Productiv purchase arrived this afternoon: I managed about an hour through it when I got back from work early. I really love the sound. Compared to my MarkBass head through the Super Compact, the RM800 is considerably more punchy and bright, though it is warm too. I thought the punchiness might be due to my compressor's attack/release settings so I turned it off and the punchiness remains. The Super Compact and RM800 EVO2 seems to be a match made in heaven.6 points
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I bought this guitar in April this year from Marleaux62. The bass is in as new condition (having barely played it) and is complete with a new Gretsch hard case. Price includes UK postage or collect and save the postage, have a cuppa and try the bass out to your heart's content Price REDUCED TO a mere £575 Now £525 OR Trade for effects pedal(s) Manufacturers blurb: The G5440LS Electromatic Hollow Body Long-Scale Bass is a stylishly seismic new Gretsch bass guit ar armed with two powerful new Black Top Filter'Tron™ humbucking bass pickups that endow it with an electrifying deep-end voice and identity. Its single-cutaway hollow and bound body resonates with full bass tone and balance, and features sound-post bracing and elegant bound F-holes. Other features include a maple neck, bound rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and Hump Block pearloid inlays, three-position pickup switch, classic G-arrow control knobs, rosewood-based four-saddle Adjusto-Matic™ bridge and G-cutout tailpiece. Body 5-Ply Maple Body Finish Gloss Urethane Body Shape Electromatic® Bass Neck Material Maple Neck Finish Gloss Urethane Scale Length 34" (864 mm) Fingerboard Rosewood Number of Frets 22 Frets Size Medium Jumbo String Nut Delrin® Nut Width 1.6875" (42.86 mm) Position Inlays Pearloid Hump Block Bridge Pickup Black Top Filter'Tron™ Neck Pickup Black Top Filter'Tron™ Controls Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone Pickup Switching 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup Bridge Adjusto-Matic™ with Secured Rosewood Base Hardware Finish Chrome Tuning Machines Die-Cast Control Knobs G-Arrow Strings NPS, .045-.105 Gauges Unique Features Hump-Block Fret Board Inlays, Bound Body Top and Back, Bound Sound Holes, Bound Fingerboard, Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs, Adjustable Truss Rod, "G" Cutout Tailpiece Dimensions 5.50x20.10x53.50 IN5 points -
Substitute those 1s with 2s and you've got it!! I shouldn't be surprised, you probably owned it at one point 😆5 points
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I've been vegan for about 4 1/2 years now. It took me about 18 months to transition from a fairly carnivorous diet, through vegetarian, to vegan. I have a good friend, who has been vegetarian all his life and vegan for about 9 years now, while I still ate meat I used to respond to his vegan FB posts or comments with stuff like "Mmmm, bacon" or "but it tastes good". But slowly, embarrassingly slowly, I began to realise my "I love animals" comments were in direct conflict with my "mmmm meat" comments, and that my responses to my mate's posts/comments were pretty disrespectful and infantile. That realisation triggered my journey to veganism.5 points
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My new cab turned up today. It turns out I accidentally ordered the Evo1 the first time around (locally) but the second cab I ordered from Muzik Produktiv is the mk2. Although they're slightly different, luckily they're the same dimensions so stack nicely. Lightweight, powerful and look great (to my eye at least). Can't wait until Wednesday practice now to put them through their paces.5 points
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After a long hard think about my gear and my ongoing physical demise* I've decided to move on the basses I wouldn't be able to use live without causing back and shoulder pain. My Rickenbacker has already gone to pay for my incoming lightweight Roscoe and this lovely old Yamaha needs a good home where it'll get some use. Bought her on this very forum earlier this year for more than my asking price and worth every penny. Made in Japan 1984 with typical Japanese build quality matching the MIJ Fenders of the time. The overall condition is very good for a bass of its age. Off white/cream and a lovely dark rosewood board. The vintage reverse gear tuners are the icing on the cake in my opinion. The only change I made was fitting a KiOgon loom and the strings to flatwounds. My kitchen scales says the bass weighs in at 8lbs 12oz. I don't have a case for it so shipping is a no go. I'd be happy to drive up to 60 miles from here to meet up or deliver at fuel cost. No trades thanks and the price is firm. *Well its not that bad but getting no better!4 points -
For completeness on the thread, here is the Denali strap (it also has a plectrum holder at the top)4 points
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Because that actually isn’t the case. I didn’t give up eating meat because I didn’t like the taste of it. Why do people always assume that? I gave up eating meat because I could no longer reconcile the taking of an animal’s life for my pleasure, given I didn’t need it to live. And the point is, everyone seems to care, as per my earlier post.4 points
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It's a rebranded Cort, passive, loud, punchy pickups (called 'PowerSound') and no plywood anywhere. These were great quality Korean-made budget instruments from about 1980, easily up to the standard of many similar Japanese basses of the era.4 points
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Yep... but they are usually quite thin... 😉3 points
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We all do gigs that after a while just blend one into the other, but last night was an evening I'll never forget. The band has set up and were relaxing in a side room when the drummer looked through the window and shot out of his chair like a rocket. We all followed him to the front door and met Clem Cattini and his wife, Clem was the drummer of the Tornados, the group that recorded Telestar, one of the sound tracks of my childhood Clem was the complete gentleman, he signed the drummer's Ludwig drum and talked with us for ages. Clem recorded Shaking All Over, No milk today (Hermans Hermits), early Kinks tracks and dozens of other famous songs in the 60's. He introduced John Lennon to BIlly Fury when the Beatles were the Silver Beatles, the list goes on and on. It was his birthday the day before, so we sang happy birthday for him, he looked genuinely pleased. At the end of the night Clem thanked us for playing and said how much he enjoyed the band, I'll never forget how friendly he is how he just talked with us all as if he was one of the gang. He's written a book about his career which I've ordered this morning God bless you Clem, thank you for a memorable evening which I'll never forget3 points
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Just had an update from Jon. Things have progressed well since the last photo update. He’s going to send me some more images tomorrow. The neck is complete and the body has a little work to be done on the finish, but we’re almost there 😀.3 points
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I was in a band booked to play Westfield College in November '75. After soundchecking, some scruffy 'erbert, in the widest Oxford Bags imaginable, came up to us and told us they were going to be playing, and that they would be using our PA!!!! Later that evening, during their set, the singer announced to those that were still in the hall, "We're The Sex Pistols... Have fun!" I remember getting the distinct feeling that he didn't really mean it! Anyway, to the point... I want to know who's going to be playing me!3 points
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My banana yellow righton strap has arrived for my banana yellow mustang and I'm very chuffed with it. I had been using an old comfort strapp with the guitar for the few days since I got it but this Righton strap is just as comfy and the colour is pretty much spot-on.3 points
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More pics in the Affiliates section.3 points
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I tend not to discuss it as I encounter so much aggression and feeble stereotyping from people.3 points
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Each to their own. You are absolutley correct that it is can be easier to tweak the sound of individual pedals on the fly, and that they'll often sound better than a multi-fx - though this is less true today than it was in the past. However - they're not necessarily far easier to use. To give a real life example, I use the Sansamp model on my Helix. I have it programmed differently within different patches though. I use it with the treble cranked but not too much drive in a patch I use for Sledgehammer. I also use it with lots of drive a general purpose patch. To acheive this with individual pedals, I'm either needing to buy the same pedal more than once - or try and adjust them mid set. With my Helix, it's just one pedal to press. There's also things like split paths, switching multiple pedals on/off at once that make life easier on a multi-effects. Yes, you can acheive this in the analogue world, just not very easily. Not to mention the fuss of patch cables and powering a bunch of individual pedals - along with the associated noise it can bring. However, what I will definitely concede is that to get the best from a multi effects is that you need to spend time with it - understanding how it works and programming it to suit your needs. The built in presets are rarely what you want. You can't just drop it in like you would an individual pedal and expect it to sound good. For this reason, a multi-effects really isn't for everyone. George3 points
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A 2982 L-2000. Wow! 😲3 points
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I should have known better than to try and post a teaser on here!3 points
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Oh there's no argument from me, standalone pedals definitely sound better than multis. However, for live work, multis are fine IMO. By the time the sound gets to the crowd, any recognisable tonal nuances are long gone I'd need half a dozen separate stomps to get the sounds I use my one teensy Zoom for, and I simply CBA to carry that much kit around when the punters won't notice the difference anyway3 points
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My usual response these days to the interminable “but it tastes good” comment is, “Babies. I bet babies taste great. Tried eating one of those? I bet they’re delicious.” It occasionally gets the point across. Where it doesn’t, there’s always the mention of sex and travel, or hospital food. 😉3 points
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I should add my mate's beliefs showed me I should change and another mate, who went from carnivore to vegan and has a couple of recipe books out now, showed me I could.3 points
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I didn’t realise they used recycled car interiors. That might explain the pair of furry dice that came attached to my strap.3 points
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The problem is often that people who don’t think it’s a serious issue can’t see why anybody else should be so passionate about it. They need to understand that if someone feels that “meat is murder” they’re likely to be passionate - and yes, sometimes belligerent - about it. After all, it really is about life or death. I have to justify my vegetarianism daily, often ridiculed - at least until my inevitable (belligerent!) reaction - or having to put up with comments like “but animals taste good” whilst being met with horror if I actually (excuse the pun) bite back. I’ve worked with so many people who complain about vegetarians / vegans “going on endlessly about it” whilst completely failing to grasp that they’re doing the exact same thing about eating meat, day in, day out, and who also completely fail to understand that ridiculing people for making moral & ethical choices is not acceptable behaviour.3 points
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Thanks to a bit of excellent serendipitous salesmanship on the part of Mr Merton I will soon be the possessor of a second RM 210T cab, unleashing thunderbolts of Ashy sound on my fandom. Not because Uncle Bulgaria's wrong, but because in one weekend I just earned enough gig fees to be able to afford it. And second bass cabilules are more important than food.3 points
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I know you like a restoration Maude and I think you will thoroughly enjoy doing this one, they are definitely gigable and the P pickup sounds really nice, my one is to my knowledge all original, if you need any pics of anything just shout 🙂3 points
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Yes, I'm three gigs in with a fourth coming up. If one didn't know better, you could easily assume there hadn't been a pandemic, or should you could easily assume there wasn't a pandemic going on still. I have to say, I have a lot more gigs in the diary for what remains of 2021 than I ever thought I would have in January.3 points
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We (headsticks) played Beautiful Days festival this weekend, the big top on Friday, then Bimble Inn on Saturday. Both were ace gigs. I'm on drums but out bassist is awesome. Standard American P3 points
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Mostly good now. With a 470R cathode resistor, plate dissipation is now just over 46% of max. This is somewhat on the cool side but I'm not hearing any crossover distortion. I'm going to order some 330R and 390R 10W resistors in case I need to warm it up a bit. Having read that current production rectifier valves don't cope as well as they might with reverse voltages, I tried installing some SS diodes in series to protect the GZ34, but the amp didn't seem to like that so I took them out again. Still might try a choke in place of the first dropping resistor, and/or a small dropping resistor before the first node... Here's some nice pictures of the completed amp with its BF playmate.3 points
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It’s good that there are options now.3 points
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FFS! Martin and I go back about 10 years!! We bought and sold each other so much gear it was a borderline joke. When we had our youngest in hospital (Martin was a hospital Porter), he was there - and brought his left field humour to keep us going - he checked in with Jen and I as well as saying hello to family and the kids. “I’m yer dads mate…I buy all the bass stuff he regrets” 😂 What a bloody awful shame. gutted.3 points
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There's nothing wrong with the down sweep on the EMMA, I just really like it's upward sweep. It's that classic, quacky filter sound. The Seamoon only does a down sweep, but it just does it so well. It's that great sound that Neil Jason used to use a lot.2 points
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Yeah, shut up fat thumbs. 😘2 points
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So I should probably update this with the gig experience from Satdy...took the 414 and one of my Shukers as backup. The Shuker stayed in its case...tho that was partly due to the, ummmm, liveliness of the venue (yeah, one of those gigs...), but I was very, very pleased with the results of a low-cost pimping. That bridge is super-comfy under the heel of the right hand, and the sound was bob on...the weight was fine, too...2 points
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To those of a suspicious nature bear in mind for me this isn’t one of those “I can’t afford the real thing so I’ll pretend to myself that the cheaper one is better”. I have both, I just prefer the cheaper one.2 points
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This is not the first BC who has gone to the great gig in the sky but I can't recall if we, as a forum, have ever sent flowers, etc to the funeral. I'd be happy to contribute - I'm sure if we all contributed £1 we could send a sizeable wreath. Anybody else?2 points
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A classic of 90’s played with my new Squier Precision Affinity (new model 2021)2 points
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I've been through a lot of gear and the only way you can be sure that it's right for you, is to play it with your band, at gigging volume. Basschat is a good resource to get others opinions on gear but ultimately it's a bit of a lottery.2 points
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One of the funny things on the vegan forums and facebook groups. People are constantly complaining that things don't taste quite right, but when they do, everyone is paranoid that it isn't really vegan!2 points
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It should be a perfect match for my equally worn black/maple/black crackle paint SB12 points
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Cruising through Woodford green listening to this2 points
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OK own up, who was it? Who reported the harp+distortion pedal video and got it taken down by YouTube?🤣 I kid you not, the video got flagged for unsuitable content. It's back now, but Emily is rightfully a little miffed.2 points
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Ooh, I like the look of that. Cool score.2 points
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Thats one thing I love about them - although it would be irrelevant if they weren't good, but they are. Not only is it recycled and nothing was killed for it, some of those old cars had really good interiors, especially in the 70s. Well, maybe not for a car, but for a strap!2 points
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They were also doing the 112's at the ridiculous price of 156 Euros (about £135) I grabbed one of the last ones and it arrived today. Can't go wrong at that price.2 points
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Second cab, whilst avoiding the bass boost as it gobbles up power... mids are your friend for being heard.2 points
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I know what you're driving at, but as a die hard KISS fan of many decades, I have a rather blinkered view of Stanley's shortcomings. Vocals aside, he's match fit (ish) and they all put in solid graft. At their age, putting on that show is no easy thing. In fact, not an easy thing at a substantially younger than they now are. DLR on the other hand, fails on all counts. YMMV.2 points
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