jazzyvee

Any particular tribute you are seeking?

 I'm looking for a bag to hold my Schertler Unico, and that looks like it might be the right size, will measure up and see.
Thanks 

I've never been asked to bring any kind of bass for a gig or dep. In actual fact i didn't even know what the P-bass  sound was until I joined this forum and read so much praise for them and decided to listened to examples.

I do have an active bass with two sets of P-style pickups and in recent years put on flats but i doubt it has the authentic tonality of a passive P bass. I've taken it on a few dep gigs and got close enough to the previous bass player's sound that they noticed. I personally don't think I 'need' that sound and It's never gonna be my first call bass sound but if that type of sound was needed, i'd bring it along and see what I could do with it. Sounds monster with rounds on tho.

16 minutes ago, tegs07 said:

I guess it depends on circumstances. I saw The Hamsters play numerous times in pubs throughout the country. I suspect they made a reasonable living and a 3K instrument would be worthwhile. I know a photographer that used a camera and lenses costing way more than 3K to photograph plenty of bands - many playing in pubs.

Is that "The Hamsters" with 'Snails Pace Slim' who used to spray his fretboard with WD40?   Superb band, I saw maybe early 90's in at the General Wolf in Coventry and Lichfield Arts doing a Hendrix tribute.

On 20/11/2025 at 19:52, Beedster said:

What can be done?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slight digression. Is it common practice to have position marker dots on a DB?

On 13/12/2025 at 10:39, HeadlessBassist said:

I almost forgot the very best purchase of 2025 - A trolley which saves me carting amps and cabs around. Sadly, like a Dalek, it's still foiled by stairs! Perfect for when you're almost 56!

 

where did you get this from?

I'd recommend listening to the following as well as Bob Marley & the Wailers.

The Wailers albums Catch A Fire, Burnin'.

Bunny Wailer - Blackheart Man, Struggle

Peter Tosh Legalize it, Equal Rights, Mystic Man, Bush Doctor.

Burning Spear - Especially the Marcus Garvey and Hail HIM albums.

Toots & The Maytals,

Third World - 96 degrees in the shade.

Any albums by Ijaman Levi,

Lee Scratch Perry

Keith Hudson,

Big Youth,

Early Aswad before they became more commercial,

Matumbi,

Steel Pulse (Handsworth Revolution) first.

Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus.

Sly & Robbie.

There's enough to start you off there.

Flash.

Thanks, I wasn't aware of that feature. 🙂

This bass is now sold. Not sure how I feel about letting it go as i've had the bass since 2005.

Can the admin close this thread please. 

Another barefaced BBII and Reidmar 250 head. Sounds a great combination though the head sounds compressed. The amp and single cab make a nice lightweight rig. When I get some time I plan to compare the two cabs with my BTII.

I have contacted Hypex and they confirmed that they no longer make the plate amp and are going to see if they have a service agent that I can take the plate/cab to for repair. Though it would be cool if Barefaced had one lurking in a corner cupboard in their workshop that they could sell or give me. 🙂Wishful thinking though. 

I've been in an interesting dialogue with a really nice guy originally from Sri Lanka but living in the UK he is interested in my bass but wants a specific sound from it. I have heard this sound on clips on youtube and it seems to be a common tone in popular music from that country.  He sent me some video links to the sound and i've got what I think is close and sent it off to him so will see what he thinks. 
The bass samples he sent are all on Alembic epic basses with bass and treble so will sound different to the europa with filters.

Also it requires a pick, which is not something i have needed to do before so used the 3mm Dunlop big stubby.
Anyone else had to provide a specific tonal sample to a prospective buyer before they would buy your bass?

edn

For pure self indulgence I have quite fancied a 10 stringer when I was playing in a folk band, but now would have no musical opportunity to use one. 

Having looked at a few 8 stringers on line some have the octave strings above and some below the main strings and i wonder what is the benefit of each? My simplistic guess would be fingerstyle would be below and pick playing above. 

I bought a Porter & Davies board when the band I was in went all in ears. I did like the added depth and feel that it provided but, the band never got the IEM system set up properly and the whole experience was just frustrating. Also the board weighs more than my bass rig and is more awkward to cart about. I haven't used it in over a year now. I am considering connecting to to my surround sound sub woofer channel and popping the sofa on top and using it to add another dimension when watching films and concerts.

What can I say but agree, they sound great. A bass player whom I depped for a few times, whilst she zig-zagged around the world backpacking, has decided she is not playing bass anymore and contacted me to see if I wanted her bass rig. YEAH!!!!! Now have her Reidmar 250 and another BBII cab which are in as new condition. 
I remember using that amp at her band's rehearsal room and was really impressed with the quality of the sound, so I'm really glad to have it.

Yikes, a close up with my EUB.

Yep fuse is fine as are the connections in the 240v plug. 

11 hours ago, walshy said:

I know they are in the process of moving workshops so this may be part of the issue. I only have brilliant things to say about the guys at Barefaced and never had any issues, they can sometimes take a little time to reply via email but they always do. Try an instagram DM too as they are super active on there always and if not another email wouldn't hurt. 
 

In the past I too have had great service from Barefaced so i expect this is a minor blip. I don’t use Instagram.  However it would be good to get a resolution from them before i resort to opening it up to see if i can find something obvious. If I don’t hear from BF by the end of the year, i will have to take it to a tech. Such a great cab to not have working. 
 

Zombie thread revival.

I bought an LF800 sub from a member here, ( not attributing any criticism at him). This summer I took it on a few gigs with a bbii to deal with the highs and the LF800 From the low frequency output of my preamp.  Then on one gig it was fine at soundcheck but come showtime, nothing out of it at all. Brought it home the audio and mains cables are fine. however when plugged into the mains no light comes on. I hace contacted Bareface by email, got one response to confirm it was the 12" sub not the 18." but nothing else. Emailed today again with no response and the phone number is not working. I'm hoping someone from BF reads this and gets in touch. Basically if the plate amp is shot, i would like to be able to get hold of another, failing that, remove it, seal the hole and convert it to a 12" non powered sub that i can drive from my power amp. Anyone have the ear of Alex?

Sure is a lovely looking bass. I hope you find a buyer. My first alembic was a SC signature and in recent years I got a new loom from alembic to convert it to anniversary electronics. Truly great basses.

On 30/08/2025 at 15:20, chris_b said:

 

. . .  . or you could give it to me. I'm a lot younger than I look. . . .  really!

How young is young? 🙂

I have an original old G&G bass case that came with a 1980 bass and that has a pong to it but not that bad. I wonder if these old cases use fish glue in their construction which makes the smell bad over the years.

Yes i use my Alembic 30.75" short scale bass, but not often as in recent years as for most of my gigging i use a 5 string..

I had some covers made by them a few years back for my Roland JC120 and also PJB Briefcase and they look exactly the same design and quality as the barefaced cabs. 

That said, who knows if the spec for BF ones is slightly different in some way. If they are it's pretty minor.