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@Old Horse Murphykindly tipped me off that BassBros had a really nice American 70s reissue Jazz just in, so I contacted Will before it even went up on the site and snaffled it. Super nice with flamed neck but - get this - weighs 8.0 pounds! The lightest Jazz I have ever played, fantastic! Only changes I made were to swap the stock white for a black scratchplate and to pop some Fender flats on. Pics or it didn't happen:14 points
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A quick mock up today of how it is going to look… really please so far. Assembly and final touches tomorrow!8 points
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What amp was it? Asking for a friend...8 points
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Unfortunately, some unexpected bills are making me list this beautiful bass. I got it second hand earlier in the year, when it genuinely looked liked it hadn't been played. It really is a very special bass that plays and sounds unlike anything I've been fortunate enough to play before. It is in amazing/unmarked condition - the only thing I can see are some little marks on the front of the headstock that I can't get to show in a picture (the specs in the pic, are dust!).. It features the twin Serek Single pickups and series / parallel selector for incredible tonal flexibility; gives you sounds from p-bass, jazz bass, stingray or single pick-up Gibsons. It is both incredibly light, and extremely resonant - and beautifully put together. Here’s the specs; Orientation: Righty Scale Length: 34" Body Wood: African Mahogany Frets: Fretted Fingerboard Wood: Indian rosewood Pickup: Serek Singles (Side-by-Side with series/parallel rotary switch) Body Finish: Solid Colour Satin Plum Pickguard: Black (B-W-B ply) Tuning Keys: Clover Along with all the other amazing standard spec - Hipshot bridge and tuners etc. The pics aren't amazing, but happy to get anything more specific if required - it really is beautiful. I've played it at every gig with one of our bands over the year (high-end weddings and corporate functions)... its always been transported in a Mono Case or its own Serek Gig-Bag (which is included). Its wearing a fairly new set of D'addario nickel round wound strings. This spec currently comes out at $3325 (inc international shipping) on the Serek website, which at current rates comes out at £2995. Obviously, thats not including import duties (which a quick calculation put at £750?!)... and the waiting period (which was 12 months when I last checked?). I currently can't see any other Sereks for sale in the UK. Straight sale preferred. Given the scarcity in the UK, its pretty hard to value - so if you are really interested, talk to me! The only trade I would consider is a P-Bass with at least £1500 coming my way. I would much prefer not to ship a bass of this value, however, will package it up assuming that the buyer arranges and pays for insured shipping. Happy for you to come to me to buy, or would drive for a meet if necessary (happy to go up as far as Bristol, or any of Devon/Cornwall/Somerset to meet). If you are interested or want more info, please get in touch.7 points -
Well, that's gone surprisingly pleasingly well! And even more surprising pleasing, is that it's flat! : So tomorrow, when the glue is fully cured, I'll get it on the bass and see what I need to do to get the action where it should be Bridge earth is also done so pretty soon I can see if I can get it wired up and making a sound or two.6 points
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Hello Everyone, Just thought I would give you all a heads up about the £10 IKEA chopping board that has made a most excellent pedalboard to sit on top of my amp, it won’t suit everything but it’s nice to have the controls to hand since I’m always playing around with settings. Apologies for the rubbish pictures, I’m too excited to wait until the sun rises again around May in Scotland. The space underneath is perfect for a wee power supply and gives the room a nice glow (and reminds me if I’ve left the power on again).5 points
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Overwater J5 Classic Specs Swamp ash body Maple neck Maple fingerboard with ebony blocks, black binding and MOP side dots Scale length 34” Through body stringing 20 frets Bridge spacing 19mm Nut width 46mm Hipshot tuners Overwater bridge John East J Retro circuit (flat response) Bartolini 57CBJD1 pickups (deep) Vintage style knobs Received this bass in February, only left the house once so it’s in mint condition. I don’t have a case for it so collection preferred (either from Rochester or central London). List price with upgrades is ~£3675, asking for £2500. IMG_3808.MOV4 points -
Comes with Vanderkley branded cover worth £50. 8ohms 600watts4 points -
RICKENBACKER 1974 4001s ALL ORIGINAL, plays great, lovely straight neck, fantastic condition, strung with Thomastik Flatwound strings, pick up preferred but postage and option, at buyers cost with full insurance. Open to offers.4 points -
I’m hardly likely to play a gig this year, if the band does have a gig this year the requirements are fairly small in terms of volume, small venues. I used 1 x 208 and the Mini last night in a rehearsal, it was plenty loud. This is it, the final countdown, “The Last Mall” . Tower of power in a flyweight GR RIG. All as new. GR 350 Watt MINI and 2 x GR AERO GRAPHITE 208’s. All bought this year. I bought Hot covers for the Cabs @ £47.00 each. I’m asking a Paltry £1,450.00 for the complete Rig! Weighing in at 17.3 Kg’s, cabs are 8Kg each Head 1.3Kg. Just in case your looking at only a cab or just the head and one cab here’s a break down: Reduction: 1 x GR 208 Cab £575.00 with cover and original packaging Reduction: 2 x GR 208 Cabs £1,100.00 with covers and original packaging Reduction: GR350 Watt MINI £275.00 boxed Retail on the “Flyweight” would be £1,850.00 With covers £1,930.00. Yours for only £1,375.00 AND THATS POSTED UK MAINLAND Here’s the Gubbins from the horses mouth: https://www.grbass.com GR MINI https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/GR_Bass_Mini.html 208 Cab https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/GR_Bass_Cabinets.html Save yersell’ a shedload of money I will be going down the combo route. I have kept the cab packaging and the Mini, so courier is a goer UK Mainland only. I am being realistic about gig prospects and this rig is overkill in aesthetics and Volume. Thanks for looking, enquiries and offers via PM.4 points -
New update :- Replacement amp arrived today and is working perfectly. Didn't take as long as first one. Clarity of tone and an amazing depth. With the amp running flat is thunderous even at lower volumes. I had to dial the bass EQ back to around 9-10 o clock on the amp to get a home tone i liked without rattling pics on the wall. I can now get that overdriven valve tone. Downside is that the original amp i returned was sent back to me from customs in UK stating it was too DENSE and they could not verify what was in the box with their scanning equipment and therefore they could not ship by plane. I've been offered a full refund on postage. Leszek is having a think about what to do next as he's confused too. Dave4 points
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Ah, I see .... but nope, no plans to do more than my pedals. And I'll add projects in the works. For a while now, I wanted to do something with Barbarella, so finally here she is on an upcoming build. Also upcoming, a Tonebender with blackjack and ...4 points
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T-Basses came out first in 1995, Lodestones came out in 2010. My T-Bass was borrowed by Mr Gooday in 2006 to get the design right.4 points -
I’ve found the cleanest way to remove tape residue can sometimes just be to use more tape. Put some new tape that isn’t going to fall apart over the residue, then peel it off and it often takes the old stuff with it. Repeat as necessary with a fresh section.4 points
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Probably the best bass I've ever owned. However as it's sitting under the stairs unplayed since I've rekindled my love of all things Musicman, it's up for grabs. It's a Fender Custom Shop Custom Classic Jazz Bass in Mercedes Blue made in 2010. Easily the best neck I've ever owned. Quarter sawn maple with a rosewood fingerboard and pearl inlays. It has the smoothest finish with lovely rolled edges to the fingerboard. The original pre amp and pickups were not to my taste (too brittle sounding and an unreliable jack socket) so I pulled them out and replaced them with EMG JV pickups with a BTS control system. (Separate bass and treble controls and a pickup pan) I also fitted the correct Hipshot extender. (original E tuner is in the case) All the paperwork is there including the birth certificate signed by those lovely Fender people. There are a few blemishes to the paint work on the body. I've tried to show them in the pictures. The neck is unblemished apart from the tiniest dent on the far end of the headstock. Currently it has flats on. Fender G&G case with outrageous red flock interior. I'll let the pictures tell you more. I can't post this one but would entertain the idea of a meet up somewhere as I travel about a fair bit with my work.3 points -
With many doubts I put this down for sale. Fodera Emperor Deluxe 5. YEAR 2005 Mounts Seymour Duncan pickups and Mike Pope 3-band preamp Active 9v. and passive mode with tone. Flamed Maple Top Light Ash Body Maple neck 3 pieces Gorgeous bird's eye maple fingerboard. 34” scale Weight 4.4 Kg Original Fodera case new strings sale only Any questions in private. I give my congratulations in advance to its new owner, he takes a hit. Here is a video of what it sounds like with the permission of its previous owner.3 points -
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1249192061703 points
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*** SOLD***HX Stomp XL £450 ***SOLD*** See Line 6 product page here. Purchased this from Coda Music in Stevenage on 9th September this year which makes it 27 days old. Got it home, updated it to the latest software version and then put it back in its box where it's been ever since. I play straight into a QSC and I'm going back to using the much simpler Fishman Platinum Pro. No idea why I bought it really, it's my third Stomp now, the first two went unused too, I suppose I thought I'd use it but was wrong... thrice. It is as new, still has it's screen cover on, complete with USB, mains and original packaging and updated to the latest firmware Helix/HX 3.15 (released February 8, 2022). You can pick up from Southend or meet between our locations or I'm happy to deliver to you (within reason, try me) or add a tenner to the price (£460) and I'll post next day delivery. Happy to answer any questions.3 points -
I think you misread that, are you sure it didn't say that THEY were too dense to verify what was in the box?3 points
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If then sold would it be a Mustang Selly?3 points
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OK, but I keep hearing people saying its all the fault of the baby boomers, they had it easy, cheap housing, full employment blah blah. That was then, things have changed, not better or worse, just different. Yes, I got my first mortgage in 1977, but it swallowed both of our salaries and we had no carpets, curtains or furniture. Couldn't afford a foreign holiday till 1988 and could not afford to have children. You make life choices and what to spend your money on. Whining about the past is futile, and mostly sepia tinted.3 points
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That’s fantastic! It turns out my avatar name is a character in Fururama, although my use of it predates the show’s use of it. I’m a big fan:3 points
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I must admit, I am adding some wax to the tru-oil finish and it really does give it a final sheen and evenness to the finish. I couldn't get the Birchwood Casey one but I got a CCL fine wax and it goes on lovely... it's a gun stock wax and really finishes it off!3 points
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The trussrod's arrived and so the clamps are out!3 points
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Cascade ～ Siouxsie and The Banshees3 points
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I have a Squier mustang that I should probably move on as I am not playing it, so I will bring it in case anyone wants to try or buy it!3 points
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4½ for me, anyone driving further than me will be challenged to a rigged game of conkers.3 points
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You enabler …. You’re encouraging this poor man to buy more in uncertain economic times and the chain reaction of GAS fuelled purchases will likely see him turfed out of his hovel for failure to pay rent because he’ll have spent that money on “di pedals” and other “must-haves”. He and his family will then likely end up sleeping under railway arches being harassed by someone relentlessly playing the zither. And it will probably be snowing too. I hope you’re pleased with your days work spent “stimulating the economy” @stewblack what next ? Shooting pigeons with a bow and arrow to keep the streets cleaner of bird poo?3 points
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Soooo....you're telling me that I NEED to buy more stuff to save money, right????....:) I think that is a very solvable problem.....:):):)3 points
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They're great value. Nothing wrong with the quality. The problem is unless you buy a bunch of other stuff the postage puts the price up3 points
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Edit - Spacewasters (punky psychobilly) on at The Escape Bar, Shepherds Bush/London on Saturday 08 October.3 points
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I'm bringing the prototype of the 10" system to the Bash. So you'll be able to try it out for yourself.3 points
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i'm deaf just looking at it!3 points
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Part of the problem is that politicians are too stupid to be able to tell the difference between the actual charger (the plug bit that plugs into the mains socket) and the cable which has a load of other uses as well as that of suppling power to the device for the purposes of charging the battery. Some personal observations. 1. All my chargers (the plug bits) are already standardised with USB A sockets. In fact it's been a very long time (more than 10 years) since I bought any consumer device which, if it did come with a charger, came with a different connector. Even the last two desk lamps I bought from Ikea are powered from a plug with a USB A socket on it. 2. As I said in my previous post I'm already standardised for my cables, they are all USB A to Lightning (apart from the laptop which requires a chunkier PSU and cable anyway). 3. The lifespan of the cable used to connect these devices to the charger as well as other devices DOES NOT EQUAL the lifespan of the device. I'm very careful with my cables, but at best they still only last a couple of years. Most people I know have to replace their cables at least every 6 months either because they get lost or damaged. 4. I need a cable (and PSU) for every device that needs charging because usually they all need charging at the the same time. 5. It will be a long time before I need to replace every chargeable device I currently own that doesn't have a USB C cable for charging (or data transfer), and I suspect that by that time USB C will already be obsolete and have replaced by something else, so I doubt I will ever see the "benefits" of this policy.3 points
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I totally want that, having had a quick look at MacDaddy's Shukers. Unfortunately, poor quality control means that this otherwise very perfect and beautiful thing was assembled with five strings, instead of the regulation four. Tut!3 points -
Now £100 for both this and the Trace Elliot 1x15. When sold together. Old school Trace cab in reasonably good nick. Previous owner chalked an R on it, I don't know why. Anyway collection only because it's quite lumpy, but still portable2 points -
I've played with a few multi f/x units (HX Stomp, Some Zooms, Mod Dwarf) and found them OK. I've not had the chance to try some of the super high end units like the Kemper or Cortex. Most are out of my price range (I drooled over an HX Stomp XL for sale in the marketplace for nearly an hour before deciding I just could simply not afford to buy it ... buy it if you can it a great bit of kit!) I had started down building the Effektlada but felt that it was ... well ... I did not want to abuse the Mod team. Whilst their software is open source, it felt wrong to use it given their struggle to stay afloat. I've nearly 30 years in IT and have reasonable electronics skills ... I've decided to build a multi-effects unit (MFX) myself. Pros It will do exactly what I want. It will be very cost effective. Cons It's going to take a while!! However, usinf an OSS approach I would hope that others would start to contribute to the range of capabilities; my skills/knowledge are limited .... but there are so many others out there with much more extensive skill/experience and once this gains momentum I would hope they would get involved. The power of the OSS approach is almost limitless! My bass playing abilities/experience are perhaps a 2/10 (I can groove a fair root/third/fifth on sight) but the subtlety of the effects, especially for us bass players are outside my experience. I'm reaching out to ask what you would want in a MFX I'm not enough of a rocket scientist to actually build effects plugins, but there are loads out there, I'm thinking about such factors as Display Number of footswitches In/Out connections Type of plugins supported (LV2/VST/etc) Form factor Anything else you can think of It will be an open source system so you can make one yourself, tho I'm happy to build you one if electronics is not you thing! S'manth xx2 points
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Here you go!2 points
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My favourite flats. GLWTS!2 points -
Whoever you are…. Wherever you may be?! You just bought a blindingly good bass! 😁👍2 points -
All good advice. But don’t forget to ask what a student’s goals are from the start. That helps enormously with their own motivation and makes lesson planning a lot easier. You’ve also got goals to set and aim for. Be patient. Get paid! Seriously, the amount of chasing I had to do at times was painful. Don’t show off. It may impress some, but could be a demotivator for others. Be patient. Oh and be patient. Almost forgot. Good luck2 points
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Just a quick shout-out to Stevie and Phil. The stage area is yours to share so feel free to decide between you how you want to set your stuff up and just go for it when you get there.2 points
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I think it's ugly because it's a Jazz2 points
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I hated school too (well, I hated primary and tolerated secondary). Weirdly enough, my last job before retiring was teaching primary school children, which I can state categorically was the best and most rewarding job I’ve ever had (the politics, however, can go and do one).2 points
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More: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/sep/15/sophie-ellis-bextor-musical-marriage2 points
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I've just looked at some of Shaun's old posts and see that he was the guy who's family took in the girl who was a refugee from the war in the Ukraine. He seemed like one of the good guys - a great shame he has gone at such a young age.2 points
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If left in close proximity like that, they'll breed. They're not to be trusted.2 points
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I always wanted to drive the London Underground tube train that I used to travel to school on. Back in those days (The mid to late 80's) they couldn't recruit enough staff because of the unsociable hours etc. Most young lads my age would rather be out clubbing at midnight on a weekend than working. I applied for a job and got one as a train guard and was a fully qualified tube driver within 18 months. The whole thing changed when they abolished the Guards job and left the driver on his own. We did get a wage rise though. I did 34 years on it and took early retirement a few months ago in April. So I did get my dream job in a way. 😊2 points
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