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    Bump - gotta shift these...
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    Just bought a P bass from Mike - all went smoothly, and deal done quickly. Good man - would happily deal with him again anytime.
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    Thanks for the kind comments - yes it's a fine bass indeed, but surplus to my needs these days.
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    Cream and Average White Band now gone too. Arctic Monkeys and Alter Bridge gone also.
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    Now SOLD I'm also happy to offer this with just the original Lindy Fralins reinstalled, and reduce the price further accordingly. And I'm always open to sensible offers... I'm selling my beautiful 2015 Mike Lull PJ4 bass, complete with a choice of pickups and superb Protec Contego case. It's a stunning instrument, with passive electronics, bought less than a year ago from Bass Direct, and I've taken very good care of it since then. I've cut right back on my playing to concentrate on my young family, hence the sale. It's the lightest, and best balanced bass I've ever played in 30 years as a bassist. It also has a stunning, fast neck, with the smoothest finish I have ever played – no sticky lacquer here! It comes with a choice of two sets of pickups. From new, it was fitted with a Lindy Fralin PJ set (standard neck, + 10% overwound bridge according to the tech support guys at Lull), but I've swapped them for a Hot Rod (formerly Wizard Pickups) Thumper and J84 set (work done by Leicester luthier Howard Smith). It is a straight swap to put the Fralins back in, and both sets of pickups are included in the sale. I found the Fralins were definitely brighter pickups, more transparent and wonderfully articulate; the Hot Rods are darker, louder and more thumpy, which is the sound I was looking for. But either might suit you depending on your preference - its a simple job to swap them back. These basses are handmade by Mike Lull's small team in the USA's Pacific Northwest. This one is known as Trans Baby Blue and may well be a custom colour. It looks like a slightly bluish version of Fender surf green, with a very subtle sunburst meaning the edges are opaque but the centre shows off the ash grain beneath. It appears in the background of various photos online at Lull's 2015 NAMM stand (right of centre in last pic) and chatting to Bass Direct they confirmed they remember buying it from the same NAMM show at the time. I've not seen any others in this colour, and Trans Baby Blue isn't offered as an option on the Lull website. Specs: Lightweight, swamp ash body Maple one-piece graphite reinforced neck Rosewood fingerboard, 12" radius with 21 frets Bone nut, 1.625 inches wide 34" scale Controls are a master volume, pan and master tone. Hipshot A style bridge (19mm string spacing) and Hipshot ultralight tuners Weight 3.7kg The bass is essentially in brand new condition – I'm very careful with my instruments, and it's seen light use only over the last 12 months, including a handful of function gigs. There is no fret wear at all. It's currently strung with D'Addario Nickel EXL165 round wounds, 105-45 gauge. It came new nicely set up with medium/low action, and I haven't had to touch it. It comes with a really nice Protec Contego semi-rigid case which is in great condition apart from one small handle on the back which has become detached from the main case – you can either reattach it or remove it completely, as it doesn't affect the use of the case (as shown in pic). These are brilliant cases, which are very strong yet light, and have lots of storage for spares/cables/music/tuner etc. I've carefully stored this in its case at home in a pet-free, smoke-free house. Here's a link to Bass Direct's original advert (Note: they incorrectly list the weight as 3.8kg – its actually 3.7kg, and the nut width is 1.625" not 1.75") [url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Mike_Lull_PJ4_Baby_Blue_Burst.html"]http://www.bassdirec...Blue_Burst.html[/url] This bass cost me £2,250 back in autumn 2016. I am now looking for £1,500 ono, which includes both sets of pickups, and a spare parchment Mike Lull scratch plate, which is in used condition with some light scuffs etc. That's a saving of more than £700on the cost of a new one, for what is essentially a mint condition example which has the advantage of having loosened up a bit from a year of playing! Given the value of the bass, I'd rather meet in person to make sure a buyer can try it out etc. Happy to travel to meet buyer within any reasonable distance of Leicestershire, or Basschatters are always welcome to my house where a good choice of teas, coffees and biscuits are usually on hand. No trades on this one thanks - the money is more use to me at the moment. Any questions, fire away.
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    Nice bass - I played a similar one a few months ago and it sounded great. Lovely neck too. Well done!
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    [quote name='gareth' timestamp='1499003963' post='3328490'] Can I have Wilko Johnson / Roger Daltrey - Going Back Home [/quote] Of course Gareth - PM me your details and I'll get it sorted
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    Hello All gone to British Heart Foundation [s]Clearing out some of the house, and getting rid of a load of CD albums I don't listen to. All in great condition. List now edited to remove the ones already sold. Each £3 inc UK postage, or four for £10. Bank transfer ideal as I don't have PayPal! Gary Clark Junior - The Story of Sonny Boy Slim Black Stone Cherry - Folklore and Superstition The Cult - Choice of Weapon PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project Jet - Get Born Stereophonics - Graffiti on the Train Buffalo Summer - debut album Gary Moore - Out In The Fields The Very Best of... Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible The Feeling - Boy Cried Wolf Lenny Kravitz - Greatest Hits Nice one.[/s]
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    Hi Pestie - I'd like this please! Will PM you
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    Marlowe DK does a thing on his instructional YouTube vids too involving getting a little bit extra lifespan out of dead strings by slackening them right off, and pulling/slapping them against fretboard for about 30 secs and then retuning. It sort of dislodges the worst of the gunk and does help to a degree, certainly for one gig. I agree with what's been said here tho - while there's nothing wrong with changing strings before a gig, if the OP is happy with the sound and feel of his existing strings then he should just leave them on and turn his attention to enjoying the gig! Whatever you decide string wise, hope the gig goes well anyway!
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    [quote name='funkyjimbob' timestamp='1498587175' post='3325729'] To whoever was asking about Rag n Bone man's bass. His name is Bill Banwell from down my way and he has got some serious chops. Used to post on here a few years back. Google him if you want to see his stuff, there's plenty out there. [/quote] Cool - yeah that was me asking about him Funkyjimbob! I'll check him out.
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    I'm not sure where this idea has come from that a week before a gig is too late to change strings? Have i missed something? I've regularly changed mine the day before a gig - as long as you keep giving them a good stretch and play them a good bit before the gig they will have settled down and will stay in tune no problem. I did exactly that last weekend. Quite whether the change in sound was appreciated by the punters is a different matter tho! I should have asked them both...
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    [quote name='ern500evo' timestamp='1498480636' post='3324862'] He's a member here, his name is Bill Banwell. He's a great player. He had some work done on one his custom Warwick's by a tech I use, and is apparently an incredibly nice guy too. [/quote] Cool - well if you're reading this Bill, i well and truly tip my hat to you buddy! Sounded great.
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    Mine would be Womad 1994, in Reading. Seem to remember spending most of it listening to trance music from people like Transglobal Underground, Banco De Gaia and Astralasia. Apparently the line-up also included Gil Scott-Heron, Jah Wobble and Lee Scratch Perry, but i appear to have missed all that lot. Oops.
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    Thought Chic and Barry Gibb's sets were both ace - and also Rag N Bone Man had an awesome bassist with him. V impressed.
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    Do you know the exact weight?
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    Musically I've had a couple of lucky blags. I won a Blackstar practice amp in a promo event at my local music shop in Leicester last year which was cool. Even more impressively I won a place on a two-week summer school course at Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts back in 1998. It was an amazing experience - doubly so because I hadn't long finished university and would never have been able to afford to go. I also got sent on a freebie holiday to Majorca back in 2002 when I was a trainee reporter on my local paper. Apparently I was reviewing the place but that amounted to about an hours work when I got home to Britain! Again me and the missus were poorly paid young journos at the time so jumped at the chance of a free holiday. I also got to review Download 2010 as a journo too, which was a class weekend out, all in the name of work of course. Makes up for all the times things haven't worked out for me I guess ha ha!
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    Lovely basses these - I have a gold Korean-made one and its incredible. Much more versatile than you might expect too. And they look coooool.... GLWTS.
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    I remember these when they first came out in the 1980s, but i didn't finally own any until the early 2000s and they were great. I've had a 301 fretless and a 310 fretted. Both great little basses, which were reliable and easy to play, tho didn't really suit the image of my band to be honest! But great value, and well-made instruments.
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    [quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1497590728' post='3319244'] Stow on the Wold? Just down the road from me, never knew he'd lived there, thought they were all West London boys. [/quote] As far as I know it was a place called Quarwood just on the hills beyond Stow - you used to be able to see it up in the trees from the road to Stow from Cotswold Wildlife Park.
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    These budget versions do exist apparently - googled them, and they go for about £600 new...
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    [quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1495802013' post='3306727'] I would have no problem being naked in the right setting where it would not be unexpected, like an event arranged by naturists or for some daft arty thing where nudity was part of the performance. At an ordinary gig where the audience might not be into the idea, not so much. [/quote] Exactly this! Probably not ideal for any gig I've ever done to be honest, but I'd have no problem in the right setting - at least it would be quite cool and breezy onstage for once.
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    Hello - do you know the weight please?
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    I've had my old P bass since 1994. I managed not to sell it when i was a student and up to my ears in debt, and then I recovered it a few years later after it was nicked along with my car. So I've got no plans to part ways with it any time soon. I've got a Hohner acoustic guitar which was only the second one i ever bought back in 1988 too. It doesn't get out much but its still playable and sounds decent.
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    I'm afraid 1980s metal did it for me. Some friends had some Kiss, Iron Maiden and Scorpions albums, back in the day when you had gatefold sleeves with pics of huge gigs inside them! Really made me want to play, and my earliest influences were Steve Harris, Gene Simmons and then people like Tom Hamilton from Aerosmith, Duff McKagan from G'n'R, Billy Sheehan who was playing with David Lee Roth at the time, and then later things like Extreme, Mr Big, Saigon Kick and Skid Row. I was 12 when i began playing and it all seemed incredibly exciting. Over the years the influences broadened thankfully, but there were a good range of techniques (fingers, using a pick, bit of slapping and tapping, thumping root notes and fast melodic stuff.) I haven't mastered it all - far from it. But I reckon i could probably play Live After Death still from memory, having played it so many times!
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