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Just for laughs - worst bass colour ever...? Pics reqd.
alyctes replied to goonieman's topic in Bass Guitars
[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1436029484' post='2814470'] Bad? I am disappointed that is in the states or I would be bidding! [/quote] Here you go... one in London: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dean-Electric-Bass-Guitar-Custom-Zone-Florescent-Pink-NEW-/281651474626?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4193bc70c2 and its nearly-as-horrible sister: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dean-Electric-Bass-Guitar-Custom-Zone-Yellow-NEW-/271827679160?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3f4a3137b8 -
I bet the neck's proper uncomfortable. But I guess you might get used to it.
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[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1436285118' post='2816749'] Okay, the bottom string is 0.317" gauge. That's eight millimetres! [size=4]You could make [u]trussrods[/u] out of that.[/size] [/quote] I showed it to my son, and he said you'd have to play it with a mallet. Maybe it's a hammer dulcimer in drag?
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[quote name='tom1946' timestamp='1436295610' post='2816881'] I would like to say to anyone who may be put off by a ply body that I bought one and made a bitsa bass with a fender usa pup and the sound is fantastic! Couldn't believe it. Now I use it quite often. It even has my name on the headstock: 'Legend' Seriously though they can sound really good. Have a bump. [/quote] Speaking as someone who bought a MusicDrive bass because its initials are the same as mine, I thank you for the gen and the bump
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That's definitely different
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Okay, the bottom string is 0.317" gauge. That's [size=5]EIGHT MILLIMETRES !![/size] [size=4]You could make [u]trussrods[/u] out of that.[/size]
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Welcome aboard
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Just for laughs - worst bass colour ever...? Pics reqd.
alyctes replied to goonieman's topic in Bass Guitars
I quite like the Antiguaburst. Also, my PC desktop is burgundy mist, or a good approximation to it. -
A Harmonic Algorithm (Research Project - looking for input)
alyctes replied to Oscar South's topic in General Discussion
Blimey Sorry, I can't add anything but good wishes. -
This is how to do it - Courtney Barnett
alyctes replied to Jenny_Innie's topic in General Discussion
Not sure about the voice, TBH. -
Got an old piano - for free! Must now learn to play it.
alyctes replied to Skol303's topic in Other Instruments
[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1434475405' post='2800002'] You see lots of free or ridiculously cheap pianos on Preloved/Freeloved. Five miutes searching found these: [url="http://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/show/113264386/free-piano.html"]http://www.preloved....free-piano.html[/url] [url="http://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/show/113257114/untuned-piano.html"]http://www.preloved....uned-piano.html[/url] [url="http://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/show/113241740/bluthhner-upright-piano.html"]http://www.preloved....ight-piano.html[/url] [url="http://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/show/113241553/john-broadwood-and-sons-upright-piano.html"]http://www.preloved....ight-piano.html[/url] [url="http://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/show/113193789/free-to-collector-upright-piano.html"]http://www.preloved....ight-piano.html[/url] [url="http://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/show/113224025/piano.html"]http://www.preloved....4025/piano.html[/url] I'm surprised that somebody hasn't found a use for the wood - bass bodies?? - if nothing else. [/quote] Hm. Might be possible to build a nice bass rack in the carcass of a dead piano... I think you could probably fit 8 or 10 basses in there. -
I have a Kramer The Duke, so I have just the faintest inkling of what the sound is based on. (I recognise that bizarre through-bridge stringing arrangement, as well...) That's got to be a monster
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[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1436184911' post='2815667'] Yes the nut is quiet narrow [/quote] It wasn't a criticism - I was just a bit surprised by it. It's a looker, for sure.
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This seems to be a rare beast. Seller is a BC member, if the name is anything to go by. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-BJ5B-Bass-Guitar-Terry-The-Blue-Jeans-5-String-SBV-Model-/191622594243?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2c9d98bec3 Also, that's a really, really narrow nut on a fiver...
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I don't know how rare these actually are, but it's the first I've seen advertised. Not a clue if that's a sensible price, either. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KRAMER-Aluhals-8-String-Bass-SELTEN-inkl-MINOTAUR-Ledergurt-inkl-Case-VINTAGE-/221817924279?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_77&hash=item33a560eab7
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Just for laughs - worst bass colour ever...? Pics reqd.
alyctes replied to goonieman's topic in Bass Guitars
I'm interested in the pickup combo, but oh, the colours... Tort just does not go with that body, IMO. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-SPEAR-FLEXTOOL-BASS-GUITAR-WITH-3-PICKUPS-IN-JAMAICA-GREEN-SUNBURST-WOW-/111711340499?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1a0283c7d3 -
How many basses have you bought off the Basschat marketplace?
alyctes replied to Highfox's topic in Bass Guitars
What I can remember by counting my feedback thread: 33+. -
Just for laughs - worst bass colour ever...? Pics reqd.
alyctes replied to goonieman's topic in Bass Guitars
[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1436049530' post='2814638'] My preferred blue would be sonic blue as on this 1956 Cadillac Coupe ... [/quote] Now [u]that's[/u] a blue I could grow to love on a bass. -
Vintage MIJ (formerly J@pCr@p) Spotting
alyctes replied to Bassassin's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
Westone Spectrum GT, just down the road from me. £110. Hmm. [url="http://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/rare-70-s-westone-spectrum-gt-candy-red/1123456297"]http://www.gumtree.c...-red/1123456297[/url] -
Just for laughs - worst bass colour ever...? Pics reqd.
alyctes replied to goonieman's topic in Bass Guitars
And, lurching completely off topic, this is the [u]only[/u] tolerable colour for one of these... [url="http://www.mygear.com/img/item_pictures/large/30638.jpg"]http://www.mygear.co...large/30638.jpg[/url] -
Just for laughs - worst bass colour ever...? Pics reqd.
alyctes replied to goonieman's topic in Bass Guitars
I have a Peavey Foundation which is not far from that colour. Pinker, less brown. This is pretty bad, IMO: [url="https://www.lasvegasguitarworks.com/technical-articles/images/burst-guitars/jet-caribbean-burst.jpg"]https://www.lasvegas...bbean-burst.jpg[/url] And this is worse: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DEAN-Custom-Zone-4-string-BASS-guitar-in-Florescent-Pink-w-LIGHT-HARD-CASE-/141219661594?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20e159071a -
'Hybrid' is one way of putting it...
alyctes replied to Panamonte's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
[quote name='cytania' timestamp='1435993226' post='2814169'] Someone really wanted a double bass feel with the big radius and the extended high frets. [/quote] I reckon that's a good call -
Just for laughs - worst bass colour ever...? Pics reqd.
alyctes replied to goonieman's topic in Bass Guitars
[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1435995508' post='2814188'] Have you ever played a Longhorn? Very comfortable! And I think they look amazing FWIW. [/quote] I want a blueburst one. And I don't like blue basses... -
[quote name='ead' timestamp='1436004074' post='2814265'] I recently fessed up to owning six basses, althought there is still one undeclared fretless bass that will need to be accounted for as part of some highly complex multinational trade/sale deal involving travel to foreign parts like Wigan and maybe as far as Yorkshire. [/quote] Faking End User Certificates is difficult and highly illegal, you know... I have far too many basses. And most of them are on the cheap side, so I feel [u]mrtcat[/u]'s pain.