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now sold thanks [color=#000000]Hi all[/color] [color=#000000]I bought this a few years ago when I was doing a lot more acoustic gigs - I don't do any now so letting this go.[/color] [color=#000000]These are apparently fairly rare - made by Fender between 2001-2004 only, it's a grand auditorium guitar with AA grade spruce top, solid mahogany back, Grover machine heads, abalone dots and soundhole rosette, tortoiseshell binding etc. [/color] [color=#000000]It's had an LR Baggs M80 active sound hole pickup and an end pin jack professionally installed. The M80 is designed to respond to vibrations and percussive styles played on the soundboard itself, so it's a very responsive and clear sounding guitar, with a slim comfy neck. [/color] [color=#000000]It also comes with a near perfect condition Hiscox hard case.[/color] [color=#000000]There's no noticeable fret wear or any significant dings. I've used it for a handful of gigs at most, and some guitar teaching sessions. [/color] [color=#000000]Sound wise its a little more precise and clean sounding than a dreadnought, with really clear, crisp note definition that makes it lovely for finger picking.[/color] [color=#000000]Price wise I was looking at ------- I think fairly reflects the cost of the guitar itself (which originally cost me £300 s/h, without the pickup or the hard case.)[/color] [color=#000000]I'm in Leicester, so collection is always good, but I'm happy to post it too, though I'd have to work out costs etc.[/color] [color=#000000]Fire away with any questions. [/color] -
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Eminence Delta 15" LFA Extended XM (500w) - Question
bassbiscuits replied to FranticAct's topic in General Discussion
Hi all I used to use one of these as my rig - I installed it in a cheapy old GK Backline cabinet. It was an eminence delta 15 LF 500w 4 ohm thing. Worked brilliantly. Plenty of welly, loads of bass and a good all round sound. As someone else pointed out, you ain't gonna be Marcus Miller or Mark King with it, but I found it great as a single cabinet rig - warm, fat and smooth. After the GK cabinet bit the dust I pulled the speaker out and put it on our bassbins, where it also sounds great. Good speakers imho. -
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Yeah they're very good and really helpful too. Ive used them for loads of stuff.
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Hello all, I'm finally getting round to selling my Ashdown Mag 300 head. Pics now added. Its from 2007, so its not the current Evo II model. Black carpet covering rather than the newer vinyl. Been gigged regularly and up until the last couple of years, when my Markbass LM3 head has taken over. It's been well-cared for, and kept in a pet and smoke free home. I've added four small rubber feet to the base of the case to stop it slipping too. I bought this Ashdown new in 2007 as a back up to my ailing Peavey head which was playing up at the time, and was impressed enough that it became my main amp from there on. It's actually very good, and really loud for the 307watt rating (regularly used it with a P bass and GK cab with a loud rock band and it always had plenty of juice left). Been reliable the whole time. Cosmetically the only blemishes seem to be a few marks like fingerprint on the silver face and back panel, which I've tried to show in the pics. I really can't kid myself that I'm going to use it anymore having acquired two Little Mark heads over the last few years, along with various other guitar and bass related stuff which has left me a bit short of cash! That's the only reason I'm selling it. Pricewise, I was thinking about £120 ono plus postage. I'm in Leicester and happy to post but I'll need to check the prices etc.
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P basses rule - that is why you feel this way. I've played something P bass shaped for most of the last 20 years. Recently I've explored other things and come to conclusion that P basses are really what I needed all along. I've been at gigs where I've taken another bass and thought "I wish I'd brought my precision" but I can't think of a time I've brought along my P bass and thought "I wish I'd brought something else". For me a good P bass ticks a lot of boxes. Enjoy!
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Whoa what an amazing guitar. My bro had a blonde one of these a few years back and it was stunning to play. The big neck certainly translated to some massive sustain and tone. Completely off the point - but that's an extraordinary looking rabbit you've got there too! Is it like a professional model rabbit or something? Wow. -
Oh well - I ended up buying one! Gave it a blast thru my hot rod deluxe when I got home and it sounded great. Hopefully a bit more time to plug in, play and analyse it a bit more over the coming nights. Looks beautiful, lighter than expected considering it's a fair thickness, neck is far more comfortable than I'd expected too. So far so good. Expect a NGD post to follow!
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worst amp you have owned or had the luck to use
bassbiscuits replied to stu_g's topic in Amps and Cabs
I'd have to say worst (i.e. most disappointing) were a couple of different faulty Ashdown ABM heads I had about six or seven years ago. They kept breaking down and were really quiet for the rating, so I eventually sold them. Though in defence of Ashdown, the little Mag300 head of theirs I'd bought a few months beforehand was great - very loud for the 300w rating, smooth and nice sounding and plenty of juice in it. I used that for a hell of a lot of loud gigs without any problems, and I still have it as a spare. -
Just bought a Korg tuner from Nige. Top man, easy to deal with, good price, and it arrived well packaged and on time. No complaints at all.
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I've got a Schroeder 1210R I got from Basschat a few years back - and I've used it for almost every gig since (paired with a Little Mark III). Its not lightweight, but its the best single cab rig for me. My Aguilar GS410 is arguably better and bigger sounding, but it a lot, lot bigger and heavier. I love my Schroeder. Brilliant cab.
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Had a wedding gig in Leicestershire last night. I honestly don't know how we got thru it - both myself (bass/vocals) and keyboard player have colds - he was sweaty and feverish the whole time, and we both felt bloody awful. But It turned out to be a brilliant gig! We somehow managed to come out fighting and absolutely nailed it, and the wedding party loved it! Should have been sponsored by Sudafed, Echinacea and any other medication we could lay our hands on. So pleased it went well. Feeling it today tho. Dreadful. Need tea.
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I play bass firstly, but guitar a close second, and I think they definitely help inform each other. Bass playing helped my rhythm guitar and timing skills, and lead guitar playing helps me when I want to do something flashy or fast on the bass (ok it's not very often I admit!) It's nice to have a wider grasp of music than just one instrument, and I find in the work I do there's lots of room for depping as a multi instrumentalist, so it's all good stuff.
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Nice one Walbassist, that sounds pretty encouraging then! Seena lot about this model on the internet, plus a fair bit involving the good man himself, and frankly they sounded great (Bernie and the guitar in fairness). I was slightly put off by descriptions of it having a massive thick neck, thicker than the PRS wide/thick neck profile, but I guess that helps impart some serious tone. Gonna have to try one out I reckon
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Hi, Has anyone tried one of these? I've been sniffing around a couple of PRS Se models recently and they seem pretty decent - budget guitars but nice nevertheless. There's much online about the Bernie Marsden signature model, which seems to be the cream of the crop Has anyone on here got any experience of one? Ta
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i had to learn a bunch of songs for a dep gig and realised that the bus trip to and from work was 30 mins each way to work thru stuff. i managed to sketch out the songs in my head based around the key i estimated them to be in (which was more often than not correct), with all the various nuances and changes etc, so that when i sat down with a bass i had it 90% in the bag.
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My action is quite medium/low to me but probably higher than some people would like. I'm quite heavy handed both with finger style or a pick, so it's more important for me to get buzz free notes than to have super slinky action. I also go for medium amount of relief on the neck - definitely a visible slope when sited along the fingerboard - to get a good bit of clearance. I've used 40-100 round wounds until recently, when I swapped to 45-105 for some depping work tuned to Eb, and found I actually preferred the extra meat anyway. My two main basses (Fender Ps) have been worked on a bit over the years (one had a refret and new nut, the other more than one fret dress) so they're probably pretty far away from how they left the factory. Their lack of buzz etc is more down to the work of the pro luthier involved in the overall set up than my own minor tweaks since then.
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i wish i got on better with flats - i really love the idea, and the feel, and the sound in certain circumstances, such as recording, but for every day gigging etc I keep falling back to round wounds as for me they give me a better all round sound and feel. I had some flats on my old Precision for ages, which really suited it and sounded good, but once I swapped back to round wounds the bass just became so much more alive and responsive. I've got Rotosound Sm77 flats on my fretless, but that's all.
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Hello I'd like this please. Just dropping you a PM. Edit - sorry I just noticed someone else was looking at it too - I'll have it if it's still available I mean...! -
SOLD - Markbass LM3 Little Mark III - Italian Made
bassbiscuits replied to bagsieblue's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
Great amps these - I have a LM2 and an LM3 which i sometimes run together into different cabs. Huge volume and tone for the size /money - can't praise them enough Have a bump -
[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1441628245' post='2860341'] 8x10"s can be very cheap secondhand, as I reckon just about every bass player buys one at some point and then realises they can never be bothered to haul it around for gigs. [/quote] This ^^ I had an Ashdown 810 for a while and it did sound amazing. But carrying it to and from gigs, even with a Volvo estate, was a massive ball ache. It had to go in the end, replaced by an Aguilar GS410 from BC's own Richardd, which in fairness is hardly a poor replacement...
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David Gilmour tour band - Guy Pratt on bass
bassbiscuits replied to The Admiral's topic in General Discussion
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As a footnote to all this, personally i find the build quality, wiring and hardware on cheap basses less reliable than on better built, more expensive ones. I've gone thru an awful lot of cheap bridge saddles which have worn thru to the cheap allow beneath, and chewed up a lot of frets (usually from playing a cheap, weaker sounding bass in the hope of getting more welly out of it.) I've also had cheap necks which needed regular tweaking to try to keep anything like a decent action. I eventually gave in and bought a secondhand USA precision, which i've used for 90 percent of my gigs over the last 10 years. It's still got all the original hardware, has needed one fret dress, and the neck has been stable and buzz-free all that time. Oh yeah, and it sounds loud, lovely, fat and full. To me, that's enough reason to play the extra. But that's me - I gig regularly, for functions and weddings as well as pubs, and I play quite hard, so I want something that's reliable and good. There are many people for which a cheaper bass will do perfectly well, and that's cool too. I use a couple of acoustic guitars for occasional gigs, and they're all sub £300 Far Eastern ones, which are good enough for me.
