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    Sold now thanks
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    Withdrawn! My bad - it just occurred to me the strap pin parts of this are still attached to my guitar, so not much use without them. My apologies. I'll wake up properly in a minute....
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    Set of Dunlop straplocks Only used for s short period and then put back in box. After £10 posted in UK.
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    Hello, Continuing my new year parts drawer clear out, I've got a bass Comfort Strapp in extra long. That's 42 inch to 54 inch, or 106cm to 137cm. Its the usual Comfort Strapp design, with a thick padded neoprene main section to help disperse the weight of heavy basses and make them more comfortable on the back and shoulders. Its been barely used but I did fit it with Dunlop strap locks, which have left their circular imprint on the leather around the strap holes. Otherwise in near perfect condition, from a pet and smoke free home. Looking for £20 posted in the UK.
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    Couple of queries but it's still here.
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    Happy owner of a Yamaha BB604 from this very forum. Bought it winter 2016 as a back up bass but it's turned into a regular gigging bass as it's so good. I keep toying with the idea of giving a crazy art makeover but haven't settled on a suitably cool design yet. Here it is alongside my Jack Casady.
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    I think the white one looks amazing - I prefer it to the black to be honest. Looks very Gretschy - the cream and white together work well for me. Kind of attention grabbing without being flashy. All good.
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    I have only one these days. A 1969-70 P bass.
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    I had an old Ashdown Mag300 head, and a GK backline 1x15 cab, the speaker of which had been swapped for an Eminence driver. It sounded huge and was really portable too - did loads of gigs with that. Good shout on the old Peavey TNT too - i had a TNT130 for a long time and thrashed it, but it always sounded good.
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    Holiday for sure, probably in a villa on a Greek Island. Would do more good for my rain-soaked, wind-beaten British winter soul than just another bass.
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    Yep, i can't stand Oasis (their songs or the band) but fair play to them, they are probably the last genuine working class band to have made it from the bottom up.
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    Bump
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    I first tried flats on a cheap old SGC Nanyo fretless, and they were Rotosound Monels, which i didn't like at all (too stiff for me, and a bit toneless). But, I've got TIs on my Epiphone Jack Casady, and La Bella 760FLs on my Fender P bass, which are both lovely. Enough string tension without having to fight them, and really good, refined tone. I doubt i'd swap them back to rounds. I have a Yamaha with nickel rounds for when I need that sort of sound.
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    Now sold thanks
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    Gruvgear strap on holding pending sale
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    And PM replied to. Comfort Strapp still available
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    PM incoming too - I'll join that queue too (I'm after a v long strap exactly like this!)
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    Hello, This is a Comfort Strapp in the long size ( 38"-45", or 96-114cm) which I no longer need. Neoprene padded design helps distribute the weight of the bass evenly and comfortably. Has had light use only, and only one actual gig if I remember well. It has the usual light wear around the strap pin holes but no damage. It's clean and good condition, from a pet and smoke free home. Looking for £20 posted in the UK. The other strap in the pic - a GruvGear Duostrap Neo - is also for sale in a separate post.
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    Hello, I bought this strap some time ago when I had a shoulder injury, but I no longer need it. It's as you'd expect - a thick, padded strap combining neoprene and leather sections, including one strap for each shoulder. One attaches to strap pin on top horn as normal, and the other wraps round the top horn of the bass to distribute the weight evenly. You can also detach the right shoulder section and it just works as a normal, heavy duty padded strap. Works exactly as described. I also bought the extra long optional attachment which extends the whole strap by about six inches, as I found the regular setting put the bass a bit too high for me. Both the long and regular attachment are included. Its had very little use so more or less in new condition, apart from some usual small wear around the strap pin holes. Plenty of info on these online, on the Bass Direct website and on GruvGear's own site. Looking for £40 posted in UK. (The other strap in first pic - a Comfort Strapp - is also for sale in a separate post)
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    Did a cool gig on Saturday night - local music pub did its annual Let's Play Bowie tribute night. I did some 70s-era songs as part of a power trio - Moonage Daydream, Let Me Sleep Beside You and The Man Who Sold The World. I'm not a massive Bowie fan, and confess I'd never heard of the first two until I sat down to learn them a week or so ago and realised they have some excellent bass parts. Brilliant night - place was rammed to capacity, people singing along, and over half a dozen really good bands/singers giving it their best interpretations of Bowie over the years. If you can't swagger around the stage with a big gold Jack Casady bass on a Bowie tribute night well when can you? Should have gone the whole hog with the eyeliner too if i'd thought it through... Job well done.
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    Genius! Yeah I'll tell her I've got a surprise planned. Something a bit different, and with cake involved. How could she resist?
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    Argh! That's the same day as Mrs Bassbiscuit's birthday. I'll have to see what I can do, but would love to come.
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    It's definitely true that old doesn't mean its automatically good. Even among the modest number of vintage basses i've played, some of have been superb, some very mediocre and some a couple just total planks. Modern ones are more consistent, and less likely to have been molested and altered along the way, but I've still played some very mediocre brand new, £1000+ basses. A good bass is a good bass, whatever the pedigree/cost etc.
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    I've just discovered how much i hate the sound of overdriven/distorted bass. I'm learning a Bowie song which needs a fuzzy bass tone, but after a few minutes looking online at various pedal reviews/demos, the grating sound of people flailing away on overdriven bass absolutely did my head in. Cliff Burton? Fair enough - he sounded cool. But its not a sound I want to listen to for any length of time, sorry.
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    I own one vintage bass - a 1970 precision. I bought it 24 years ago, when it was merely old, but nice, because it played, felt and sounded great. It wasn't for any sort of investment, or an ego trip. It was just the best secondhand bass i could afford at the time. What distinguishes it from the other newer basses I've owned since, is that its very comfortable and played-in from 48 years of use. Its super lightweight because the wood has spent years drying out, it has a beautiful woody, mellow sound reflecting nearly half a century of the wood reverberating, the lacquer has all aged to a beautiful amber and the paintwork is far more authentic than any modern relic I've seen. None of this makes it the best bass ever. But it is a very cool, usable instrument. Replacing it with the equivalent USA P bass you could buy new today would give you a very different instrument, which some might prefer, but other might not.
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