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    Hi Gary Mac - yes mate its yours if you want it. PM me with your details and i'll get it packaged up and sent out to you. I'll see what the postage is (couple of quid at most i expect). Cheers
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    From my parts drawer - it's a parchment white pick guard from a 2001 USA stratocaster. However.... The previous owner of the guitar left the various manufacturer's stickers on the pick guard, and while the rest of the colour has aged, there are lighter marks showing the outline of a Fender USA logo etc on the pick guard in the area below the middle and neck pickup. Other than that it's good nick, with lots of foil shielding on the back etc. For anyone wanting a cheap pick guard for a project or someone who's gonna cover it in stickers! NOW GONE....
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    Did a double-header Friday/Saturday night in O'Neills Bar in Leicester city centre. Absolutely insanely busy on both nights (one for St Patricks Day, one for the final Eng V Ireland Six Nations match). To my relief they were both excellent gigs - really good vibe and lots of people up for dancing/singing along, which always makes all the difference really! Had sung myself hoarse by the middle of the first night tho, so had to keep nipping to the nearby McD's between sets to grab some coffee to sooth my poor throat. Currently talking like Barry White as a result. Whole mid/upper section of my voice has disappeared for now. Oops.
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    Another big P bass/flatwounds fan here. Mine has been strung variously with La Bella 760FL flats (nice tension, similar to 105-45 gauge rounds) or occasionally Daddario EXL165 nickel round wounds. Both have plenty of warmth and thump - flats better for the sound you're describing, but rounds arguably a more versatile all-rounder. Don't be put off by price of flats tho - you won't have to change them for years, if ever, as they don't go dull the same way as rounds. They also feel smoother and more comfortable than rounds, and have a fat thumping low end you won't find anywhere else. I've only tried La Bellas (great sound and feel) Thomastik Infelds (great sound, tho tension is a lot lighter) and Rotosound Sm77s Monels (quite stiff). Like everything else, there's an element of suck it and see, or try them out on other people's basses if you get chance. There are sometimes used flats for sale on Basschat, which is a good cheaper way of getting to try some.
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    I'm coming from Oadby just outside Leicester and there'll be space in the car if anyone needs a lift in. Even more space if i don't bring my amp (which isn't anything spectacular/interesting)! I'll rustle around for a raffle prize too tho - good call.
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    I'd echo this. Both will be really good basses.
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    Whizzzy

    bassbiscuits replied to tombboy's topic in Feedback

    Sold Colin a bass case for his Coronado bass. Good comms, and even had time to chat about basses. Top bloke.
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    Now sold thanks
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    Thanks for all the interest - on hold pending sale etc
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    Hello, I'm selling a hard case for a Jack Casady Epiphone bass, tho I believe it will also fit a Fender Coronado and an Epiphone Rivoli bass. Price reflects the condition, which has a small area of damage (about 50p sized) where the bottom strap pin has worn thru the inside fur lining, and broken some of the wooden casing beneath. The corresponding area on outside has a similar 50p sized bump as a result, but the outside surface isn't broken. I've tried to show this in pics 3 and 4 below. The damage was present when I bought the bass and case last spring, but the whole case still holds firm and has been perfectly useable and stable for taking in car to gigs etc. Probably quite an easy fix to add some extra padding inside the case. Other than that it's fine. All the hinges and catches work perfectly, couple of scuffs on the tolex but nothing serious. No key unfortunately tho. Hoping for £25 & postage which seems reasonable given the condition. If anyone wants to collect it from Leicester then I'll pop the kettle on too. Cheers
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    Cher 'Believe', with its autotune vocals, is one of the worst abominations of music I've ever had the misfortune to listen to. And a fairly recent Robbie Williams song, I think is called Candy, which is just utter tripe. We have the radio on in work and whenever either of them comes on there's a dash to turn the thing off.
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    I play bass and sing lead vocals in my band but it's taken a good while to get to be fluent at it. Realistically when learning a new tune I end up focusing on one thing or the other, so the first few times we rehearse putting it all together the cracks are there to see. For example, the bass line will go a bit astray on a tricky vocal part and vice versa. But it does bed in once the rhythm and feel of the bass part settle into muscle memory a bit, and the sound of the singing becomes a bit more familiar so you have to think less about it. It takes even longer for me to make the vocal sound really sincere, like I mean it, rather than a bloke trying to sing along to himself playing bass. And some songs I'll never crack because the vocals and bass are so different. Stuff like Billy Jean or Rhythm Stick seem almost impossible to sing and play. You'd need two brains I reckon!
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    If you're not desperate for it to be a valve amp, i can heartily recommend the Blackstar ID Core range. They have a really usable range of clean/dirty tones, multiple effects and sound absolutely staggering for the size/cost. And plenty loud enough. Also does headphones for quiet practise, and MP3/CD input to play along with stuff.
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    [quote name='Deedee' timestamp='1488926945' post='3253071'] A long shot, but do you know if those 3 screw holes line up with the 3 inner most holes on a MIJ Fender 5 hole BBOT ? [/quote] They don't - I've had both bridges before when I was trying to replace one on a bass. The three holes are more spread out; the five holes are closer together.
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    For me it was visual stuff first - roughly at the same time as a teenager I became aware of both Kiss "Alive II" and Iron Maiden "Live After Death". The images on these album sleeves of Steve Harris and Gene Simmons; sweat, fire, pyrotechnics, heroic poses onstage etc blew me away. Then I listened to the music and knew exactly which member I was going to be listening out for.
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    [quote name='arthurhenry' timestamp='1488574337' post='3250266'] What about Arion effects? Cheap and cheerful, but the Stage Tuner was a classic and was owned by just about everyone. [/quote] I still have an Arion tuner and it still works perfectly well after 30 years! i also had a book by a bloke called Jim Gregory that had a floppy 7" record in it for tuning and backing tracks.
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    Satellite My first bass in 1986 was a short scale white Satellite bass. Plywood body, awful sound.
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    Christmas 1988, first gig ever at the sixth form room at our school ( when I was only a fourth former!) Westone spectrum ST bass Thru some carlsbro bass combo belonging to the drummers brother. Probably rotosound strings
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    Currently its either a Fender P bass or Epiphone Jack Casady Bass, each with a Comfort Strapp, into a Markbass LM3 housed in the Markbass bag, which is my little office full of bits. That goes into a Schroeder 1210 cab, via a Korg Pitchblack tuner. They're strung with La Bella flats (P bass) and TI flats (the Epi). That's it, apart from my mic (Sennheiser e835) and stand, harmonicas, Earpeace rubbery ear plugs and bunch of leads, plug boards, spare strings and little tobacco tin full of tools, fuses, tape etc.
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    I used to own an Ashdown 8x10, and did a couple of summer festivals this year using Ampeg 8x10 and either an Orange Ad200 or Ampeg SVT head. I agree- the sound/feel was divine, but the size/weight is ludicrous. I sold the Ashdown 8x10 after getting fed up with trying to lug it up the steps to my house at 2am after a gig... it did make your trousers flap tho.
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    Do you happen to know the weight? Cheers
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    I absolutely love my one. It's a gold top too - a Korean-made Peerless one from 2007. It's strung with TI flats, but the varitone dial means it goes from smooth acoustic sounding bass, to P bass tone, to really growling stuff. I think they look awesome too. Yes it has a bit of neck dive, but nothing serious and the whole thing is so lightweight anyway. I got it second-hand in summer 2016 and it immediately slotted straight in as a gigging bass. Great bit of kit.
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    To resurrect an old thread, I'm weighing up getting some quarter pounders too - they're to go in a bass which is naturally quite bright and midrangy, so given what i've read about them, i'm hoping they may add a bit of thud/smoothness to things. I've heard a few people describe them as a bit too aggressive etc - what does that mean exactly? Are they just too hot and push to distortion, or do you mean they sort of overwhelm the sound of the bass itself? I'm a novice to replacement pickups, but there's a point at which i'm just going to have to buy some and see how they get on.
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    Hello - do you know the weight of the bass, and whereabouts are you?
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    Bought a tort pick guard from Simon last week. Arrived quickly, looked great and already very much at home on a new bass! Nice one Simon.
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