Old Horse Murphy

For sale is a Pedaltrain Classic Jr with Pedaltrain  for case. It also has the Pedaltrain True Fit mounting kit fitted to it which will be included plus some spare Velcro. 
 

Yours for £75 inc. postage 

There's a contact/WhatsApp button on the mobile version of the Bass Bros website if you don't want to use the phone and whenever I've contact Will via it he's responded swiftly. 

Steve was kind enough to respond to my Wanted ad for a Boss SY-1. The pedal is excellent and Steve offered me a great deal for it and even posted it next day delivery before I sent payment! 
 

A top chap who represents all the best parts of Basschat. Highly recommended. 

For sale is a Boss AB-2 2-way selector switch in excellent condition (the boxed one is now sold). 
 

These are really useful selector pedals that allows various different configurations (switching inputs and outputs). Ideal of you want to run two basses in to an amp or a bass in to two amps etc. 

Overview from Boss:

The BOSS AB-2 is a 2-way selector that makes changing inputs or outputs easy. One stomp is all it takes to instantly switch between two guitars or effects setups, change amplifiers or switch between an amp and tuner. Rock-solid BOSS construction ensures the AB-2 will stand the test of time.

I'm looking for £32 posted. 

My recently acquired VM5 from Will at Bass Bros, weighing in at under 8 1/2lbs. I have a run of gigs and a bit of recording where a 5'er is needed so I took the plunge.  

I love SR5's but this is easily the best 5 String I've had the pleasure of playing. 
 

I'm up to three Sandbergs now and am really so pleased with them. 

I was sceptical too but as it pulls the strings straight through the holes on the top unit it is rock solid. 

46 minutes ago, Franticsmurf said:

I have a Spirit headless and it doesn't seem to be compatible with the existing unit as there's no obvious means to attach it to the headstock and still retain access to the truss rod (I was looking at the images on Thomann's website).

It's held on by the tension of the strings, nothing else. On the Jack (from memory) you could still  access the truss rod while it was in place as the unit literally just sits on top of where the strings feed through the holes, not the hole head piece. 
 

They do work a treat. I'm no artist (well, certainly no Rolf Harris) and if you can work out from my cruddy drawing, they sort of fit like this. 
 

It will. I had one on each on my Hohner Jacks and it allowed me to use my favourite nickel strings rather than double ball steels

There was a pub in the early-mid 2000's in Kingston where we often used to play after the strippers had finished on a Sunday lunchtime. It used to remind me of Jabba The Hutt's Palace but with stickier floors. 
 

Not the best gigs but we used to get lunch for free and it was a strangely subdued (dare I say spent) audience. 

Sold some strings to Chris in what was a totally hassle-free pleasant deal. 
 

Highly recommended 

Tuner, compressor, overdrive, octaver and chorus for me. I don't use them all the time for every song but they're there if I want to use them and add some variety to my sound. 

9 minutes ago, cetera said:

Sadly I'm a lot less tempted to buy from a European seller as a result of Brexsh*t. Whereas I may have taken a chance on a bass before, I now have to REALLY want it and the price has to be HUGELY competitive in order for me to even think about it...

Sadly this sums it up for me, likewise in selling to the EU. 

I'm a big Sandberg fan and that's especially lovely even by their high standards 

Reminds me of a clue from 321. 
 

39 minutes ago, vates said:

 

Nice! What’s the nut width?

Thanks. I think it's 39mm

1 minute ago, Adee said:

@Old Horse Murphy that’s gorgeous, thought you already had a shell pink Berg?

 

Lionel’s really are superb basses, love mine so grateful to @scrumpymike

The shell pink was a loan and unfortunately I didn't have enough dirt on the owner to get to keep it!

Well the shell pink Sandberg Lionel didn't end up in my possession so I picked this up instead.
 

It looks like it's been reliced by Scooby Doo wearing a blindfold but it plays beautifully, sounds fab (passive electronics) and weighs under 7.5lbs. Love it 

The answer is thimbles of course

JF344's sold, just the JR344's left now. 

6 minutes ago, Bald Eagle said:

Is either of the Thomastik sets cut suitably for a standard Fender Jazz bass?

The JF344's (Flatwounds) are. I've amended the ad as I hadn't made that clear. Thanks

La Bellas now sold 

1 hour ago, Rodders said:

I've never got on well with Chromes, aside from being very bright out of the pack, I found them quite grabby, more so than Roto 77's. 

I tend to stick to La Bella or GHS medium to heavy gauge.

Grabby- that just about sums up my experience too but I couldn't think of the best way to describe it. 

5 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:

They’re only high tension until broken in. Mine feel the same as rounds now. Personally, I wouldn’t use any other string.

I favour Thomastiks, so a tightly tied shoelace can feel high tension to me!

I find them very high tension so I generally avoid them. They sound great but I reckon you could use them comfortably to drop anchor (IMHO of course). 
 

If that's your preference though they'd probably be perfect. 

And the great Colin Hay on guitar too.