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The Pipeline in Brighton last night. Fun but smaller crowd than we would have ideally liked (and I felt for the main act who drove all the way from Nottingham). Guess even a rainy Sunday night doesn't pull out all the goths! Anyhow, my make-or-break test run of Rickenbacker was OK but not as comfortable as my short scale Mustang16 points
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Punk gig with Emergency Exit last night 6-9pm so able to get a kebab on way home Fairly busy but not packed. Few dancers throughout the evening. Used the Godin Shifter Classic for its first gig. Took me a while to get a sound i enjoyed altho others said it sounded deep and more full sounding than my MarloweDK. I think my problem was where i was standing directly in front of the amp it was just hard to hear an accurate sound. Some vids appeared late last night and the bass sounds really nice so i think its a keeper. Great neck and very easy to play. Pick-ups are very hot on the Godin and i had to drop the compression level and gain quite a bit to stop peaking which is always my starting point for any new bass and then i start bringing the gain back up to get that little bit of overdrive. New Pinegove strap i got from @walshy worked a treat with no shoulder aches at all. Ampeg SVT7 and Mesa cabs Great night with enthusiastic audience. Dave11 points
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Great gig for Red Heart rock band Saturday night although we had lighting issues !! A lot of lights and lasers etc as part of our setup but at times the lighting was hard to see fretboard !! Good crowd and we enjoyed playing Ipswich again after a two year break10 points
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Interesting tuning.8 points
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Kramer DMZ4001A, 1979, superb condition, plays great with tons of sustain, minimal fret wear, I had a pick up surround made which looks more aesthetically pleasing, (no drill extra holes and the original is included) lovely grain and includes the original hard case. I should imagine this is quite rare now. Trade wise I have 2 specific wants….1. Musicman stingray, natural/maple preferably 2eq 2. Fender American precision sunburst with maple or RW neck (no 44mm nut widths pls) cash adjustments either way and can travel within reason for a meet up7 points -
Larger than life character... Played with everyone. Dominated the Warwick bass channel with his intro for many years. A nice guy by many accounts of his appearances at the London Bass Guitar show.5 points
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Own a bass called Brian! 90s Jazz Bass, Brian By Bacchus **Reduced** £230 posted! I picked up a couple of these Jazz basses locally, they are both excellent, IMHO this one sounded better to me with a mellower tone but it's a wee touch heavier! All the information I can find, which is minimal, is that these are made for Bacchus in Korea. They bass has seen some action but it is in decent condition for a bass from the 90's I changed the scratchplate, the one that came with it was not original. It's a great bass but I don't need two! Model: Brian by Bacchus JB-style Made: Korea, late 1990s (no serial on these) Finish: gloss Body: alder (unverified) Weight: 4.475kg Neck: maple, 15" radius, 34" scale Pickups: Bacchus 8-pole single coils4 points -
Until Thursday 😀4 points
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ok so it still needs some cable ties tbh but I’m happy4 points
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Back to the 80's with an Arion PSU Case, Tuner, Metal Master, Chorus and Flanger4 points
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Video of mark collecting the bass4 points
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WITHDRAWN3 points -
And which would you feel pigeon-holed playing? I'm gonna kick off and say I'd happily own a Fender Geddy Lee Jazz bass. I love early-to-mid-70s Fender Jazz basses and the GL ones have a great reputation. They're proper disco funk machines, as well as being great for rock. I'd feel able to use one of them in pretty much any situation I'd use a 4-string. I don't think I'd get a Dingwall NG as it seems just a bit too focused on the hard-rock/metal genre, though I think they're awesome instruments. I own a Combustion and I can kind-of sneak it into a lot more situations than the NG without looking like I'm in the wrong band! The darkglass tone capsule is also less versatile than the EMG.3 points
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Much to my regret, circumstances mean I have to let this one go It’s a fantastic bass, beautifully made, very straight neck, incredibly easy to play, sounds amazing either passive or active, and can do a huge variety of tones (even a surprisingly good impression of a P bass!) Condition is almost perfect, including the chrome which hasn’t tarnished unlike most you see. There are a couple of minor dings on the side which I’ve tried to show in the pictures Afaik it’s all original, including the bridge which is nice as it allows adjustment of the string spacing Cash on collection only, sorry but I don’t trust delivery these days. I’m just off J16 of the M4 so pretty easy to get to. Doesn’t come with a case or bag3 points -
I would hope so. On this side of the pond the SUV has practically replaced the sedan, even though they have the same passenger space, while pickup trucks with size inversely proportional to the owner's IQ are the norm. The dumbing down of America is officially complete.3 points
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I do like my Japanese Geddy Lee J bass (one of the first run they made). Not because I'm a big Rush/Geddy fan (I am), but because it's the best Fender I've owned, and I've been through a few looking for one I liked and could stick with.3 points
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Christophe Leduc is a wellknowned french Luthier. He built this HMP524 in 1993. Since he retired his basses become rare. The specs are : Maple neck through, Broadneck, Para rosewood fretboard, Bodywings Ash, EMG soapbar pickups, Leduc-EBS EL-5 preamp, Leduc Headless aluminium bridge with brass locking saddles. Only 3,7kg (personal scale) All potis has been renewed recently. All technical things are in good condition, but it got some dongs (shown on the photos) in the last 30+ years. Comes in original Gigbag. The price for a new one has been around 4000,-€ - 4.500,-€ the last years. http://leduc.fr/index.php/basses/27-solid-body3 points -
Where power conditioners are concerned there's no more need for them in the US than in GB, which is to say none. Since they don't do anything useful they amount to being expensive power strips.3 points
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For a signature bass transcending the artist, the Warwick JD Thumb - JD being John Davis. The progenitor of all Thumbs, AIUI.3 points
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I see a big player in Nordstrand is now wading into the Wal tone pool with some new "kind of" multi coil pickups. https://bassmusicianmagazine.com/2024/03/new-gear-nordstrand-audio-polyvox-multi-coil-pickups/ It has just one coil per string with 2 pole pieces (effectively a splt P pickup per string on a staggered angle) Different to the Wal.. Should be popular though.3 points
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I use the Fishman Platinum Pro for a multitude of uses, not just straight preamp or DI and they are very versatile; find one 2nd hand (I did and a 'wanted' advert on BC can be useful) and you won't regret it.3 points
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For me the Sadowsky Verdine White. It really just feels like its own instrument and not a signature model.3 points
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Rotherham Real Ale and Music Festival at Magna yesterday. One I've always wanted to do. Sound engineer was fantastic, my brother was in the audience and said the sound out-front was spot on. I assumed it would be as the woman doing sound asked me to play multiple times during the changeover/line-check. She actually cared about bass sounding good out front which is great!3 points
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The audience will be full of 50 year-old men. Be like the opposite of a Take That gig. When are tickets on sale? Asking for a friend.3 points
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Did sound with a friend and his new PA in a village hall up the Tweed Valley. Interesting options for bass amplification. Two nice vintage drum kits but only got pics of one.3 points
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Your Aguilar board is cute though, and @admiralchew doesn’t have one of them3 points
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Man, The Admiral has both quantity AND quality. I’ve just got quantity ha ha 😆. Seriously Mr Admiral, your boards are bonkers and are how you are supposed to do it, hats off to you sir 👍🏻3 points
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The finished Bass. Mark is due to visit the workshop this Friday to take delivery, and we may make a short video/sound check.3 points
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Fantastic value alnico Precision pickup from Tonerider. These have great reviews online. I bought this to replace a P bass pickup I thought was defunct however it just required a simple rewire so this was only mounted briefly. The quality of these pickups is astonishing for the price. They sound as good as pickups three times their price and certainly a step up from Squier and standard MIM pickups. It comes with unused screws, original packaging and wiring diagram. Price includes UK postage.2 points -
Picked up on Friday from the Gardiner Houlgate auction house following their guitar sale (along with an Ebow and a Boss CE5). This is the JTV69 with HSS pickups rather than the JTV69S which is SSS. Also came with the Workbench hardware - I already have that but it's not a bad thing to have a spare.2 points
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i though Rolf was more of a wobbleboard man.2 points
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We need to see the Star wars board!! 😍2 points
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People tend to have smaller cars here? Or are we just more sensible? No idea really. A big rack unit never appealed to me personally - I don't want to carry more than I need to and I prefer the form factor of pedals/multi FX to rackmount gear for stage use. If I was touring stadiums, I can really see the advantages of rack gear. It can all be safely stored and moved, spares can be kept in the same rack, etc. For playing pubs and small venues, I'd say it's a bit overkill. I'm sure there will be others who disagree though!2 points
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Thanks for the kind words @jimbobothy, always a gentleman (and great to chat to about pedals). Thank you too for the help on the Cog front. I only have one on these boards at the minute as some are being saved for something else. Haha, true. I’m not sure I’ve played an Aguilar pedal, in fact. Probably best not to go near another brand rabbit holes.2 points
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I don't understand the need behind signature basses. I've never been a big enough fan of anyone that I would buy the bass they played! I would still sound like me, so why would I be trying to achieve?2 points
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The vast majority of the time nothing terrible is going to happen and you are unlikely to damage any of the equipment. However depending on how the sockets are wired and how the cables are wired into the plugs at each end you might get unexpected audio side effects. If you have reached the stage where you have patch bays in your set up then you really should be also at the stage where you can solder up your own cables so that you are using the correct ones with the correct plugs attached.2 points
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Upgraded with what I believe are Bartolini BA 9J1 Set (they are dead silent and passive soo..) + Pre amp upgraded to a Nordstrand 2B-4c I think I still have the original MEC if that's of interest been thinking of selling this for a while, I've owned since 2012; my bass teacher at the time had some and I made it my mission to get one as I fell in love with the feel. Have used it throughout uni back in the day for jazz and later in life used it for various metal projects. it has jazz pickups but sounds nothing like a jazz; sounds like a Thumb ha! angry, punchy... angry sounding lol. its shape and ergonomics make it comfy to play seated and standing but its of course quite a weird bass if youve never used one; but so fun to play ... time to let it go and let someone else enjoy! Trades wise- im open really ill entertain anything and can maybe put some cash your way. these cost a lot new. I recorded a sound demo to show you guys what it's like. it's a modern sounding bass that actually sounds lovely to rock playing too. I have ordered a new concentric knob for the bass/treb (hopefully it fits and will be with me soon) Weight: Warwick. lol its made of dark matter; I'll try and get a measurement soon. Serial number: c-098766-03 Article number: 1224030000BZOVAOWW produced: 10.04.2003 Description: Thumb BO, 4-string Natural Oil finish Ovangkol body Ovangkol neck Black hardware Made in Germany IMG_7691.heic IMG_7692.heic IMG_7693.heic IMG_7694.heic IMG_7695.heic IMG_7696.heic IMG_7697.heic IMG_7698.heic IMG_7699.heic IMG_7700.heic IMG_7702.heic IMG_7704.heic IMG_7690.heic2 points -
Paragraph ～ Black Sabbath2 points
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The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers - Charles Mingus2 points
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Took the bridge off and found some nastiness.. used a scotchbrite pad to clean up the body a bit and sanded the back of the bridge but I think I’d maybe like to replace it long term. Getting stuck into cleaning up the fretboard. The wood was thirsty as, and covered in crap. Nothing bugs me more than seeing someone else’s finger grime on a fretboard 🤮 I think I might also order a new nut since that’s not in great shape, and perhaps a truss rod cover. Otherwise it’s not looking too bad. Frets could use a file/crown but I’ll play it for a bit before I get into that.2 points
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The three that spring to mind are the Fender Geddy Lee Jazz, the Fender Marcus Miller Jazz and the Epiphone Jack Cassidy Semi-acoustic. All very well known bassists but with basses that you would be happy playing in all sort of contexts. The fact that two are flavours of Jazz bass probably helps their transferability. The bass I’d feel pigeonholed by would be any pointy metal type bass. They look silly enough in their coven genre but utterly ridiculous anywhere else. I saw Chuck Berry at a festival in 1983 and he was clearly using a pick up band. The bass player had an Explorer shaped bass - an Aria ZZB IIRC. Playing Maybelline and No Particular Place To Go it just didn’t look right!2 points
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Poor guy on bass, we need to set up a crowdfunding to purchase him some shoes. 😀2 points
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I was in London this weekend and went to the Gibson Garage. It's one of those shops where it's a good experience just going in to look around. I didn't think I'm a Gibson person until I realised 50% of my instruments are Gibson brands (two Epiphones and a Kramer). There's some hideously expensive guitars and some reasonable stuff too. The t-shirts follow the same pricing as the guitars, with Epiphone and Kramer t shirts half the price of the Gibson t shirts which are mostly £69 each (not a typo). There's a good range of basses out if you look for them, Thunderbirds, non reverse Thunderbirds, EB-3s... Downstairs in the Epiphone area I had a go on a Newport. Obviously I had to play it upside down but impressions are... Felt nice to play. I don't think I've played a short scale before but this felt good, no big adjustment needed. The fit and finish seemed very good, nothing about it felt cheap which painted neck guitars often can. Surprising range of sounds from the pickups, the blend control really made a difference. There was a satisfying "fullness" to the low E string and nice clarity on the D and G. I'd imagine playing with a pick would be really good, or putting on some flats for finger style. I am tempted to get one and "reverse" it because I don't know of anything else out there like it at that price point or in left handed. Also the available colours are great, love the banana yellow!2 points
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Selling the following pedals. Prices include UK shipping. Pickup from Cambridge possible. Sushi Box FX Space Heater - £160 SOLD Tube-based boost/gain/overdrive. Hand-wired version from the US boutique pedal brand Sushi Box FX in the fantastic (and now discontinued) rainbow's end color, with a JJ 12AU7 tube in there. More details: https://www.sushiboxfx.com/product/space-heater/ Becos Compiq Mini One - £140 NOW £130 SOLD Brilliant little compressor from the Austrian company Becos, famously known for their high quality compressor pedals.2 points -
My Son's Bitsa Board for Guitar, Bass and Keyboards... Cry Baby GCB95, Joyo Tuner, Sonicake Fuzz, Behringer Bass Chorus, Boss Vocoder, Joyo Delay, Joyo British Sound2 points
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A little update; I got to use the Monza at a rehearsal for the blues band I play in. For rehearsal it was the Monza/Warwick Gnome iPro/Flyrig 2 combination with my Boss wireless. To say I was pleased with the Monza’s performance is an understatement. Although this is the loudest band I play in, we tend to avoid ear-ringing volume at rehearsal. Still loud enough for a small pub. Anyway, I had the Gnome with Gain around 11 o’clock and Master between 9 and 10 o’clock, with the EQ settings following @Phil Starr’s recommendations. I could hear myself so clearly that I thought I must be too loud but I took a wander around the room and the balance was perfect, with the bass cutting through clearly. What really impressed me was the amount of low end coming through. I play a Maruszczyk Elwood 32” with this band and the Monza was really letting it shine. Unfortunately, both the bands I play in are currently suffering a gig drought. We haven’t got anything booked until June 😭, so it is going to be a long time until I can hear what the Monza is like at a gig. On current form though, I think it is going to be brilliant. The only thing is my rig looks comically small alongside the guitarists’ 2 x 12 combos. That will be their hernia though 😀!2 points
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About five years ago I went into a florists in Kidderminster the day before Valentine's day. Ordered a bunch of Roses for the then Mrs StingRayBoy and nodded hello to the long-haired, leather jacketed old feller waiting for his flowers. We stood there and made "Tsch, mad this innit, what are we like?" faces at each other for a very long five minutes, while my brain played "That's Robert Plant. That's Robert Plant. That's Robert Plant. Out of Led Zep." on a loop. They say never meet your heroes, but I think he handled it really well.2 points
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His children have formed a symphony orchestra.2 points
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I find particularly pleasing the pairing of a Fender teal houndstooth strap with my American Fender Ocean Turquoise Acoustasonic Jazzmaster.2 points
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