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another self fulfilling prophecy, our media really needs to show more responsibility when reporting these scare stories9 points
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Up for sale is this incredible Warwick Thumb bass, built in 2017. Masterbuilt with the nicest pieces of Bubinga I have ever seen, the way it shimmers in the light is impossible to photograph. This bass has a factory fitted custom brass Just-A-Nut III fitted to accommodate tuning down to B, which is how I have been using the bass. The nut is absolutely fine for regular tuning too. I also have a Tedur JANIII too cut to standard EADG if wanted, but it shouldn't be needed. The bass was strung up last week with a fresh set of Sadowsky blue label strings tuned to Drop B (B F# B E), 5 string set so the spare .40 will be included in the sale. This has almost all the features a brand new Warwick does, including the wooden tuner heads/trc, glow in the dark market, invisible fret technology and, best of all, the rechargeable lithium battery powered MEC preamp, with matching wood control cover. The preamp also includes a plug and play standard 9V battery snap too, should you not wish to trust a rechargeable preamp! (The regular 9V battery holder would need to be reattached to the control cavity with an adhesive pad or similar as it has been removed) Condition is excellent. No dings or issues with the bass. The only sign of wear is on the neck pickup cover under the top string, bit of string burn. Even the MEC gold logos are fully intact (if you know, you know! ) I have tried to find a way of keeping this bass for a while but sadly finances just can't accommodate keeping it at the moment. Some of you know about my Warwick obsession and I can say this is the best I've had, including all the eighties models etc. The build quality is just stunning. Specs Machineheads: Warwick Machine Heads with wooden pegs Nut:Just-A-Nut III Brass Neck Wood:Wenge neck, 5 laminations with Ekanga stripes Fretboard:Tigerstripe Ebony fingerboard Fluorescent Side Dots Fingerboard Radius:20" Scale length:34" / 864 mm (long scale) Width Nut:38,5 mm / 1.5" Width 12th fret:54,0 mm / 2.1" Width 24th fret:62,1 mm / 2.4" Fret quantity material and size: 26 Jumbo Bronze (extra hard) frets (width: 2.9 mm / height: 1.3 mm) Frets: IFT - Invisible Fretwork Technology Body Shape: Curved Body Shape Bodywood (Topwood / Backwood): Bubinga Pommelé body Pickups: Active MEC J/J pickups Electronics: Active Warwick 3-way electronics with rechargeable Lithium Battery Pot layout: Volume & Balance stacked (P/P) for active/passive / Mid / Treble & Bass stacked Bridge system:2-piece solid Brass Warwick Bridge Strap system:Warwick security locks Construction:Hidden neck Hardware colour:Black hardware String label / gauges: Sadowsky Blue Label - .125 .100 .80 .60 [.40 uncut included in sale] Weight:4.4 kg included accessories:Warwick User Kit including hex key tools and Cleaning cloth (RB PROD 50990 B COMP) Packing:Handmade Genuine Leather Bag by RockBag ( RB 20205 B W) Certificate:Individually issued certificate of authenticity sug. retail price:--- E-Compartment Cover:Matched wooden electronics compartment I have many photos of this bass, so below is just a selection. Specifics available on request. [couple from the previous owner too, hopefully he doesn't mind] The bass comes in its beautiful leather case, together with the toolkit, certificate of authenticity and all the usual stuff. I will not post this bass. However, for petrol money, i'm happy to drive a fair distance for a drop off/meet. I just don't trust couriers with it! Any questions, ask away. Trades? Only with substantial (minimum 50%) cash coming my way, this is very much a money raising exercise. £2,000, price is firm. New Thumb will set you back at least £4,500, add hundreds more for a custom order like this. Cheers!8 points -
Epiphone Jack Casady in Pelham Blue, bought new in December '20. I've added a Hipshot Supertone bridge designed as a direct replacement for the original 3-point bridge - this is included in the sale. The bass comes with the Epiphone case which proved very hard to get hold of! The case too is in excellent condition. The bass is fully set up with Dean Markley Blue Steels and is in immaculate condition. I'm not happy to ship this one so it's collection from Dartford. No trades this time either I'm afraid.8 points -
Ta da! IT'S ALIVE! Going to leave the strings on for a day or so and do a proper set up before testing.8 points
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And there was me, happy with my lot, until this popped up on FB Marketplace. Bugger. Don't know what it was with Ric cases, this one and the last one I bought were both broken, and both reeked. Both basses now rehomed in newer, non-stinky cases.6 points
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BAN THIS SICK FILTH!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a joke. Sometimes it is pick o'clock and I will use a pick.6 points
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Ive heard rumours that some people buy a bass to enjoy and play….i know, its a silly notion, but not everyone cares about resale, and not at this price.6 points
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Perfect Fender Jazz Bass Deluxe V John Suhr. Apart from the (great) Bartolini pickups (the original ‘big pole’ pickups come with the bass too) this bass is entirely original and in fantastic condition. Signs of wear but nothing that catches the eye. Comes with the ‘revolver’ OHSC in used condition. Famous players of this bass are Sharay Reed (Yolanda Adams, R. Kelly, CeCe Winans, Boys II Men, Ramsey Lewis, Aretha Franklin, and Chaka Khan and check his famous breakthrough ‘Joy to the world’ video on You Tube!), Michael Manson (George Duke) and Derrick Hodge (Robert Glasper).6 points -
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First gig ever in the UK. A very big day for me. After years of playing in South Africa, I finally join the UK gigging scene, in Sarf Essiixxxx no less. Anyway, my rig. Ashdown Retroglide 800 head (what an amazing piece of gear). RM-210T-EVO cab (Ashdown upgraded the drivers to bring this up to 500W @ 8ohms). I could've brought both cabs, but there was plenty of gas left in the tank (volume at 9 o'clock). Excuse the lo-fi mobile phone picture.6 points
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Beautiful FBass VF5 from 2008 in great condition. Very comfortable flat and fast neck. Nice passive vintage sound and more modern active sound with 3 band EQ.5 points -
First gig since December 2019 for The Caffreys, the originals band wot I'm in. A lovely ticket do at one of our favourite venues, an intimate little place in Tynemouth. It's always a bit of a squish. We did a handful of brand new tunes, including this one. My new-ish black '71 P is continuing to warm the cockles of my heart.5 points
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Here you go. I copied it from the Hal Leonard Best of Queen full score transcriptions. Only difference is the staccato eighth As in verse 3. They're not on the score but you can clearly hear them on the record, so I've added them. Hammer_To_Fall.pdf4 points
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Bit of a delay but it is almost finished. Excited😁4 points
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Awesome Squier Jazz Bass from the rightfully highly praised JV series 1983 from Japan. Some minor signs of playing wear, like some small dents at the backside of the body, but other than that in immaculate almost perfect condition: optically and technically. Plays and sounds like the best sixties bass you will find at a price that still is quite decent (and rising). About the Fender JV series: "Everybody came up to inspect them and the guys almost cried, because the Japanese product was so good - it was what we were having a hell of a time trying to do." Dan Smith, Director of Marketing, Electric Guitars, Fender USA. I will consider decent offers, funny offers, educative offers... or trades with cash either was. I am particularly fond of maple board, 5 strings and like Sadowsky's and Fodera.. but surpise me!4 points -
I watched the documentary and the one thing that stood out is the timing. The sexist, conformist, aspirational 80’s scene was dull. Some had found an outlet in the rave scene others found Nirvana. For anyone in their late teens both scenes would have been a massive improvement on the mainstream fodder. Edit: I was in my early 20’s by the time Nirvana were breaking through and had watched the Pixies, Cramps, Faith No More, Bad Seeds, Mudhoney and Loop at Reading the year before their first Reading outing. I wouldn’t say I was jaded just not the right generation to really get them.4 points
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Agreed on this one. A minor story of 8 petrol stations closed by BP ramped up to a full scale crisis. At least it makes the government look bad so that's no bad thing in my book4 points
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Was a great show - Nick Collins absolutely brilliant. Phil missed a couple of cues and in “That’s all” Went for a chorus when there was another verse. But overall - did really well. He’s obviously up against it (against all odds jokes aside…) Anyhow, if I’d paid £320 I would’ve been a bit underwhelmed, but as my tickets didn’t cost me anything I’m glad to have gone.4 points
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See the thread linked below. Recently a member has posted concerns about an apparently well set up bass being 'out of tune' when played near the nut or beyond the twelfth fret. I'm thinking the culprit may well be the new Korg Pitchblack Custom Strobe Tuner. This is 'accurate to 0.1 cent.' The ear is sensitive to tone differences of about 4-5 cents "the interval of one cent is too small to be perceived between successive notes." A typical tuner has a precision of 1 cent. 0.1 cent is 1/1000 of a tone (let's ignore the logarithmic nature as we are looking at tiny errors). That's a distance of about 1.5 thousandths of an inch at the first fret. To be accurate to 0.1 cent, the first fret would need to be placed to an accuracy of about 1.5% of its width. For the last fret, it would need to be placed with an accuracy of less than 0.5% of its width. Basses are generally made of wood not metal and working to such accuracy is almost impossible to achieve. Even the way someone frets a note can differ between players (or styles of playing) enough to shift the tone by a cent or more. Most strings drift by a cent from when they are struck to once the note has settled. I forecast two impacts of these new 'super accurate' tuners: People taking ages to tune up and never being satisfied because they drift out of tune after every song. More and more people reporting that they can't set up their instruments to be in tune all along the fretboard. It's a regular issue in engineering that nothing waste more time and effort than trying to work to an accuracy greater than is needed simply because the measuring equipment offers greater precision than the jobs requires. That's why the concept of 'tolerances' was developed, and I suspect we need to cultivate the concept of a tolerance of 'within one cent' as the gold standard when tuning and setting up instruments.3 points
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I like to think I'm aware of pretty much every oddity that Fender has put out. But no, those crazy Japanese are still hiding the odd surprise up their sleeve.... Here's the Hojin Egawa signature Jazz, produced by Fender Japan in the mid-to-late 90s. Yep, it's a new one on me too. And no, I don't own it.3 points
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Thought you’d have owned and then sold on (probably 48 minutes later) about 7 of them.3 points
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Waiting for the final coat to dry/cure on the body, so got some fretwork done today.3 points
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Upgraded my Yamaha TRB6P. Bartolini preamp and Bartolini Classic G6 pickups. Hipshot Bridge and tuners. Recessed strap locks. Upgraded the cavity shielding as well as removing the battery case to hold 2 x 9v batteries.3 points
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(For various reasons) I ended up with a heavily-strung (50-110) 4 string tuned to D standard. If I want E standard, I put a capo on the second fret. It wasn't at all what I had envisaged, and was driven by circumstances I hadn't forseen coupled with a touch of laziness on my part. The end result is really rather good, though.3 points
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Well it's the one's you least expect that surprise you every time. Small village pub run by the sis of a guy who helps us get gigs (retired, got a bit of tie on his hands and some patience to chase) A shoehorn and industrial tub of vaseline required to squeeze us in, and starting on best behaviour level wise. Only plugged one of the One10's in but it was holding its own pretty well. Weird feedback from the PA after the third song but got that nipped in the bud. First set went well and the crowd were up for it, so the guitars crept up and for the second set I stopped using the second One10 as a stand and plugged it in, also got the Series 2 out of the bag as I hadn't spent the whole of the first set knocking chunks out of the beaten up Series 1 generally used in tight fits as it's had a hard life and I worry less about it (still sounds great and the reason I picked up the S2 and would like another Status at some point). An older crowd to start with, but by the end of the night the youngsters had come in as well (probably to mock the old men making a noise, but they were singing along at the end of the night 😁) Just the one numpty who wandered up mid song, was ignored by the vocalist and so turned his attention to me just as I was stepping up to the mic for BV's and totally oblivious tried to talk to me / shouted in my ear. 99% sure it wasn't "you're ****" but possibly asking if we had a CD. I was a bit busy at the time, and he wandered off, so we'll never really know3 points
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All DNA removed…took two hours - whole strip down mate - (you know I keep basses clean). It sounds fab. Some more work to do. But plays, and sounds great, absolutely brilliant. Will attempt some recordings later tomorrow.3 points
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1st gig after 2 years (apart from internet ones). New drummer and guitarist too. Went reasonably well - everyone cocked up a little bit... Mine was due to not being able to see fret markers in poor lights. Must get some dayglo markers! But audience seemed very keen - 6th band out of 9 at Dollfest Abertillary....3 points
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Fabulous 1971 P bass with the rare A width neck. Bought on this forum from the super helpful Yannick aka @Hoochand still in the same condition. All original bar refret, new nut and cavity shielding which Yannick had done. Very light bass (8.4 pounds) and plays slickly with LaBella 760 light flats. Selling as I am happier playing a Jazz bass these days (love my AVRI 62 RI). Was after essentially what I paid including import costs/VAT (it came to me from France) but will take a near 15% cut to get it moved on. Collection south of Hammersmith Bridge or post at cost. UK-only after some post-Brexit horror stories (2 of which I have been involved in - 1 of which was getting this very bass from Yannick in France!) Will come in a very rudimentary (but protective) non Fender hard case and will be very well packed. No trades, unless its an all-original early 1970s Jazz in 3TS/rosewood that weighs no more than 9 pounds (not many of them around, so highly unlikely ...) Previous FS link with loads of pics and history of the work Yannick had done on this2 points -
Ooh, Marcus Miller has an ugly sister.2 points
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You Need Hans ～ Max Bygraves2 points
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Boris: There's not a fuel shortage! Man on forecourt: I say there is Boris, and I should know, I've seen a few. Crowd: Hail, fuel shortage! Boris: There's not a fuel shortage! Will you please listen?! There's not a fuel shortage, do you understand?! Honestly! Woman: Only a true liar denies his untruths! Boris: What? Well what sort of chance does that give me? All right then, there is a fuel shortage! Crowd: There is! There is a fuel shortage! Boris: Now, f**k off!!2 points
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Which led me to this….2 points
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Some definitely are, but their A range basses and some of their higher end acoustics are quite excellent. These basses in particular are Ibanez Premium level easily. I had one with Aguilar pickups and an OBP-3 and it was better than a lot of vastly more expensive basses I've owned.2 points -
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Very sad, a real hero of mine. Played along to his bass lines for hours when I was a kid. Nobody made a Mustang sound like he did. The 1974 album Quo is considered “the” Lancaster album - will be listening later today.2 points
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2 beers and a poke in the eye where I live.2 points
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Waterfront by Simple Minds2 points
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Best not bring up the "Final" Fantasy series then...2 points
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First gig with the Metro Express last night. Really enjoyed it. I think it sat very well in the mix, was easy to get the sounds I wanted and it suits the type of stuff that we play: soul/jazz/funk.2 points
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and a spare for each!2 points -
RIP A.L. Hard as nails, like his bass playing. One of my first bass heroes.2 points
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Not that difficult at the moment.2 points
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I think you are right. Mentally, I am still stuck between 87 and 94. Best times ever.2 points
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Be an interesting banjo that would fit in this banjo case: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/114710290432?hash=item1ab5442000:g:uY0AAOSwj4FgPjQF2 points
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D tuners are fine if you have a 4 string bass and want the occasional use of some extra notes, but a 5 string bass is an instrument in its own right, and gives the player so much more than just a few low notes.2 points
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Who said Nirvana weren’t ahead of their time, in 1991 they managed to get Hanoi Rocks to split up in 1985, even Dr Who would have struggled with that one 😀2 points
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Fair to say solid colour basses don’t really do it for me anymore… Current roster;-2 points
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Well, that and Courtney Love.2 points
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