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  1. BillyBass
    I bought a 5 string version a few months ago and, impressed by the fiver, I Thought I would get the 4 string version. I've been after an active PJ, with a J pup at the bridge just as usable on its own as the P pup. @Old Horse Murphy suggested one of these Charvels and I've followed his advice
    13 points
  2. DaPhonque
    dear Leduc Community, Hellzero invited me to show my Love here. I ordered my Masterpiece 5 fretless in 1999, and can still remember the lucky day Christophe told me that I could pick her up. I kept it all passive. A real candy is the (now) 120 years old rio rosewood fretboard! That was such a nice day, driving to Christophs luthier-shop near Metz (before his move). Since then it's my favorite Bass, in sound, ergonomy - unbeatable. So enough talking here are some pics.
    7 points
  3. Crusoe
    Why didn't he just tune up before he started playing. 😶😆
    7 points
  4. SamIAm
    The end of chapter one. I printed the bottom cover for Trampa last night. The USB adaptor fits nicely this time 😭 The old hole (to the right) can stay ... I think at some point I will print the main enclosure again, but with 3mm walls instead of the current 2mm; this will depend on how Tramp holds up under use. 12mm M3 bolts seem to be the right size. Using a soldering iron set to 200c (The working temp of the plastic filament used in the enclosure is 220-230) I set the receiving mounts in the body. The holes printed are smaller than the mount diameter so that they will melt into place; the hole was designed to be deeper than required to take the M3 bolt, this was to allow space for any molten plastic to 'escape' ... otherwise it might ooze up through the mount and block the thread. Attach the cover Apply some magic Velcro And like magic ... ready for band practice this afternoon. I'm using an external USB battery for now, it's handy as it shows remaining charge ... and it fits nicely under the wireless guitar cable receiver. Now to try it out, see how it holds up, figure out the best configuration for gigs. At some point I will install the additional OLED displays and update the hardware/software to support them; for now ... time to practice some more chord tone patterns S'manth x
    7 points
  5. lurksalot
    Congratulations to @skankdelvar , a popular one with the voters and duly collected the reward of being the Honourable Picture Provider By way of introduction ... "This month's pic is Forge Valley, Scarborough by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836 - 1893). No great significance, it's just a picture I like." Simple rules ✔️ Entries must be <5 minutes and recorded this month. ✖️ No illegal samples, copyright infringements or other snide goings-on ✖️ No Bagpipes. please no bagpipes, the Platinum Jubilee day truce didn't materialise . panpipes only if you have too. ✖️ No voting for your own entry. We'll know. And we'll shame you. A line or two offering an insight to your inspiration/track choice will be good as well , it works nicely on the voting thread. The Deadline for entries is Midnight on Thursday 23rd June good luck everyone
    6 points
  6. disgrace of bass
    Bought on a whim as a treat to myself...and sat in the case since! - as new and representing a 25% saving on a new one. I'll even throw in the Stagg hard case and Souldier leather strap (which really compliments this beautiful finish). Tech specs here - https://www.fender.com/en-GB/electric-series/player-plus/player-plus-basses/player-plus-jazz-bass/0147372370.html Feel free to ask questions - can discuss delivery or meeting halfway if that helps. £750.
    5 points
  7. FinnDave
    Fellow of the Royal Society, apparently. My band mate told me so I didn't actually need to ask. I think he's used to that! I had thought it could mean 'Fairly Reasonable Singer'.
    5 points
  8. ryancowell25
    Atelier Z Custom for sale. This is a great Super Jazz but just not getting the use it needs. Looking for £1350 delivered. I've used pictures from it's original listing at the Gallery but will update with new ones tonight. Its in exactly the same condition as when bought. be mindful it's definitely not the lightest Jazz bass in the world but definitely one of the most resonant I've played. Any questions drop me a PM Specs Atelier Z Custom Fingerboard Material Maple Body Material Ash Finish Burst Number of Frets20 Scale Length34 Pickups ATELIER Z JBZ-4 Pre-Amp Bartolini XTCT +Spectrum boost Hipshot D-Tuner Weight 10.4 lbs
    5 points
  9. mcnach
    Stingray. It just does everything and has the most comfortable neck.
    5 points
  10. Obrienp
    NBD. Well finally, here it is, still with the protective plastic. It’s in Lake Placid Blue that turns out to be a bit lighter than I was expecting but still looks good IMO. It got the thumbs up from the other half, so it must be good. After a very quick plug in, I am pleased to report that it seems pretty quiet for dual single coils. Lots of useful tones, although I can’t imagine wanting to use the deep treble cut that often but I’ve only tried it through my practice rig: Warwick Gnome and a Barefaced One10, so it might be more useful at gig volumes. I was surprised to find it pretty much in tune: did it come all the way from the USA without going out of tune? The only QA issue I have spotted is that the jack socket retaining nut was loose.
    5 points
  11. KevP
    **FINAL PRICE DROP TO £1300 COLLECTED** For sale is an Ibanez Prestige SR5000-OL, made in Japan, 4-string bass. Bought from Andertons in Guildford in May 2022 for almost £2,000, it's a beautiful bass in pristine condition. It was bought on a bit of a whim and I'm not really getting on with the slim Ibanez neck. I have had some La Bella flatwounds fitted, but apart from that it's pretty much untouched since I got it at the beginning of May. It's a real stunner, with amazing versatility, thanks to the Bartolini custom pickups and the 3-band eq. Comes with the hard case, of course, with all the case candy as well. COLLECTION ONLY FROM WINCHESTER, HAMPSHIRE (the value of this bass makes it prohibitive to courier it at a reasonable rate). More photos attached. Here are the full specifications: Body Body Wood: Wenge Top / Wenge Back / African Mahogany Body Body Shape: SR Neck Neck Type: 5pc Wenge/Walnut w/KTS™ TITANIUM Rods Neck Shape: Atlas-4 HP Scale Length: 864mm/34&quot; Fretboard: Wenge / Mother of Pearl & Abalone Oval Lnlay Radius: 305mm Frets: Medium Number of Frets: 24 String Spacing: 19mm Nut: Graph Tech® BLACK TUSQ XL® Electronics Neck Pickup: Bartolini® Custom (Passive) Bridge Pickup: Bartolini® Custom (Passive) Controls: Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-Band EQ w/ EQ Bypass Switch (Passive Tone Control on Treble Pot) & 3-Way Mid Frequency Switch Hardware Bridge: MR5S Bridge Hardware Colour: Gold Miscellaneous String Gauge: .045/.065/.085/.105 Factory Tuning: 1G,2D,3A,4E Case: Hardshell Case
    4 points
  12. walshy
    Now £750 Bought on here ( see original listing below ) and it is a damn fine but if kit. I just prefer my heavy valve amp. Comes with Bergantino bag and cables too. Price includes U.K. shipping.
    4 points
  13. oldslapper
    @Beedster Inevitably it has ended up at my gaff, thanks to @alyctes Should have bought it in the first place. Unlined ebony P width neck, zenith… 😂😂
    4 points
  14. Barking Spiders
    Like in French restaurants
    4 points
  15. Old Horse Murphy
    Goodness, they must've really wanted the sale. That's exceptional customer service 😮
    4 points
  16. BillyBass
    they are DiMarzios, not sure of the vintage of the cream colour well here's a pic with the bass next to its big sister
    4 points
  17. Stub Mandrel
    As in Leiderhosen, literally "unfortunate leg-wear".
    4 points
  18. skej21
    Here you go! It will be generally available on YT on Friday but seem as it’s now queued, I thought I’d share it early with you all!
    4 points
  19. Cosmo Valdemar
    I'm not usually a fan of solo bass, but this piece is just so, so beautiful... not to mention technically mind-boggling. Lyrics could never say more than this.
    4 points
  20. SumOne
    Classical, Jazz, Techno, Ambient, Dub, tribal drumming, (and many more) disagree. Instrumental music communicates emotions without directly telling you in lyrics 'I am sad/happy because...' it's applicable to every human regardless of what languages they speak, it lets you use your imagination. It's instrumental music that makes me consider the philisophical question of why people enjoy music, whereas someone singing 'yeah, yeah, I love you baby, and I don't mean maybe' sort of de-values music.
    4 points
  21. Happy Jack
    I hardly ever buy either bricks or mortar.
    4 points
  22. Dad3353
    And the winner is... @skankdelvar..! Here, then, is your Winner's Certificate (download and save as pdf file, then proudly print and frame...) ... BC_Chal_Cert_2022_05.pdf ... which looks like this (but bigger, of course..!)... BC_Chal_Cert_2022_05.pdf
    4 points
  23. skelf
    I tend not to get to specific with that particular line of thought. There is a lot of variation in the wood within the same species. So the way I look it is as an overall structure which you can manipulate to a degree in order to get into a general ballpark. So I have an idea of what a combination of woods as a structure will produce but again it is a general idea.
    3 points
  24. skelf
    I came to the conclusion that the player is one of the most important aspects of how a bass sounds a long time ago. I play all my basses when I set them up and they to a degree sound like me playing a bass. I have had my own personal basses played by a fair number of people and they sound very different and mostly better played by other people. So trying to sound like another player is more than getting the same gear. The recording chain also plays a big part in that as well.
    3 points
  25. skankdelvar
    Thanks, everyone, you're far too kind. There's so much talent and hard work as goes into these comps I've shunted a pic across to Lurks for the June comp and I'll be submitting an entry but I'm def taking a break after that. This last one took days of fiddling around and I've been getting That Look from the Missus
    3 points
  26. adamg67
    I don't need asking twice to show it off The Nordstrands were both custom orders to match the 17.5mm string spacing. The big splitman is amazing, each half is split coil so hardly any buzz when only using half the humbucker.
    3 points
  27. Doctor J
    Having wanted to try the EMG Geezers for a while, I picked up this old Highway 1 body, a while back, which already had them installed. The good people at Warmoth delivered another lovely roasted J neck last week and, as a result, I can positively and affirmatively confirm without doubt that neither of these are Precision basses, no matter how much they sound like them.
    3 points
  28. xgsjx
    Cheers Dad. I've not heard that for years. I remember posting it, saying "I do like a bit of Manring". To which the long since banned BigBassChief replied "Preferably shaved Phillipino".
    3 points
  29. dutchwife
    Last Drain to Clarkesville ～ The Monkees
    3 points
  30. Agent 00Soul
    The story has a happy ending! The Bruce Thomas pickups have been installed. I haven't played out with them yet, but I have practiced. The video review on YouTube posted above is quite accurate at portraying what the sound is like. This is very much what I associate the 70s P-Bass sound with, although I guess that's actually wrong since Thomas based this on his 64 model, but souped up. So maybe Fender's 62 reissue also sounds like this. BTW as other reviewers have said online, these pickups are quite loud: easily the loudest bass pickups I have ever owned in fact. But that is of no importance to me, I was concerned about the tone which is just what I was looking for. Thanks everyone for all your advice!
    3 points
  31. Nail Soup
    Maybe it's just telling the same story you already heard. The lyrics and playing on NMTB tell a different story.
    3 points
  32. Dad3353
    Yeah, sure ... ...
    3 points
  33. LukeFRC
    are you suggesting that everyone's been focused on a Wal as the magic ingredient ... and the tone is all in his fingers?
    3 points
  34. neepheid
    Disagree - Drag Racer by Doug Wood Band means snooker. Soul Limbo by Booker T and the M.G.'s [sic] means cricket etc. EDIT - [sic] added before I get the apostrophe police come after me, it's a quote.
    3 points
  35. Greg.Bassman
    The famous cable blunder 😉. I have a cable story. I remember having a wireless pack for the longest time, and on the one occasion that I had to use a cable, I forgot. Thinking that I was wireless, I decided to leap toward the front of the stage to interact with the audience, but as you can imagine, I did not get very far when I was yanked back. I managed to catch my balance, thank goodness. Can you imagine if I had fallen over as well! 😄
    3 points
  36. TheRev
    Luckily, most of them are on Talkbass where they're easily avoided.
    3 points
  37. ezbass
    My moments come from when I was playing guitar. The first, I was playing the Crystal Palace Bowl and a really big stage for the first time. We started the first song, which opened with my playing the song’s signature riff, I then went for my Woodstock moment and ran across stage, my normally quite long lead wasn’t that long it turned out, as I pulled it out of my pedal board. Fortunately, I made it back and plugged in again (which could be heard on the recording) just in time to play the riff again. The second time was with the same band, but this time on a much smaller stage. Suddenly, I had no no sound, yet everything was plugged in and all indicator lights showed all was working. It turns out that due to my movements (I had had a wee drink or three) my lead had snaked around the level control of my OD pedal and had turned it right down (perhaps this was a critique of my playing).
    3 points
  38. Jean-Luc Pickguard
    When I put together my fretless precision bitzer I didn't want to spend a fiver on a nut blank I was probably going to ruin, so I went to the nearest Chinese food wholesaler, Wing Yip in Croydon, who supply restaurants & takeaways, but is open to everyone, and I bought a box of fake ivory plastic chopsticks for about a quid. I cut a few down to the length of a nut, filed them to the width of a nut and cut the slots using a variety of needle files and wet & dry paper wrapped around things. I ended up with a perfect nut on my first attempt and no elephants were killed. The material the chopsticks were made of was perfect s it is quite a dense plastic which files very well.
    3 points
  39. Pea Turgh
    Oh I got a couple of peaches. Simple, but massively effecting destroying my confidence for that gig. 1. Early days of gigging, maybe ‘97. Some Battle Of The Bands thing in a uni bar. Funky number, everything but the vocals drop out, I try to start a crowd clap. Despite my flailing arms, nobody in the audience joined in. 2. Much more recent (age has not bestowed me with wisdom) at a decent venue, just us playing to an almost sold out crowd. A little tipsy, tried to moonwalk on to the stage for our 2nd half. Knocked both my basses over.
    3 points
  40. chris_b
    We were just finishing my first ever gig, at a youth club, and the singer said, "We'd now like to do the last number". All the lights came on and the caretaker was walking up the room saying, "I wouldn't bother mate. They've all gone home!".
    3 points
  41. JohnR
    Vanderkley Spartan amplifier in pristine condition with flight case, gig bag, powercon power lead, and rack ears. £1,100 delivered in UK. No box but will be well packaged. Bought here at the start of the year for a project that isn't going to happen. A truly amazing amp and the best I have ever had the pleasure of playing through. Price is firm-ish. Anyone interested is welcome to a trial in Glasgow. Blurb from the Vanderkley website: https://vanderkleyamp.com/spartan/ Input with 0/-12dB selection and mute 5-band active tone control, boost/cut with centre click; Low -18dB/+18dB @ 40Hz Low Mid -15dB/+15dB @ 90Hz Mid -14dB/+14dB @ 600Hz Mid High -15dB/+15dB @ 4kHz High -18dB/+18dB @ 11kHz Master volume The pre-amp is built up from high-end, audio op-amps Transformer Balanced DI out (mic level), Pre/Post Eq, Ground lift All signal switching is done with relays Output A: 800 Watt @ 4 Ohm, 400 Watt @ 8 Ohm Output B: 800 Watt @ 4 Ohm, 400 Watt @ 8 Ohm Total output: 1600 Watt High-end OEM two-channel class D power-amp Switch-mode power supply Universal mains, 100V – 240V Ultra silent cooling fan Weight: 5 Kg Dimensions: h x w x d = 9 x 30 x 23 cm It is two rack units high and comes with rack-ears for 19″ mounting Gig-bag for the Spartan is available
    2 points
  42. skelf
    You know what one Wal sounds like in your hands. There is a lot of variation in instruments even if the appear to have the same spec.
    2 points
  43. ambient
    I only have one bass.
    2 points
  44. fleabag
    I dont get it. If you dont want to trade, put NO TRADES in the sale. One either wants to trade, or doesnt. Bit like those cheesy tiresome " feelers. " Either it's for sale or it isn't. Decide before posting. Or is all that too simple ?
    2 points
  45. AndyTravis
    3 basschat bands for the price of one… 26th June, Belthorn, Lancs. @Dankology @mr zed and me… https://fb.me/e/1W4aiNiDo
    2 points
  46. dclaassen
    How about this one...had one back in the day....
    2 points
  47. JPJ
    So this arrived today. Only had 30 mins to muck around with it but so far I’m very impressed. Obviously a lot of the default preloaded boards are aimed at our guitar brethren but I was able to get a pedal board setup ready for tweaking in no time at all. Looking forward to spending a bit more time with this tonight 😎
    2 points
  48. Crusoe
    Lieder. Leider means unfortunately, so maybe you did use it correctly 😄
    2 points
  49. MrSpace
    Thanks. Almost a week with this bass, and I'm really enjoying playing it. I haven't done any setup on it at all, and it's basically fine. I am getting a little bit of buzz when fretting near the nut, so I will probably tweak the truss rod when I get some time.
    2 points
  50. Japhet
    Joni Mitchell's voice irritates the beJesus out of me.
    2 points
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