Gareth Hughes

9 hours ago, Hellzero said:

Saw Morphine with Moondog Jr opening, with the two bands playing together a full encore: one of the best "rock" concerts I've ever attended.

I am properly envious of that, what a magical pairing. 
 

I could have seen Morphine at Reading ‘94 but I was wedged down the front to see CooShootCop and Rollins Band. And I didn’t know who they were at the time, alas.

17 minutes ago, Minininjarob said:

How has this not sold? I love mine (trying not to think about buying this as a spare) 

 
In fairness, I haven’t bumped this in over a year. I do love this bass, but (dare I say it???) I have too many to justify.

Standard 9v psu or batteries.

A few pedals for your viewing - 

Aguilar AGRO - from nice to nasty, vintage warmth to modern clank. £90 £85 *SOLD*

Carl Martin Opto-Compressor - awesomely awesome compressor. There's a fullness to the sound with these that is addictive, and no loss of high end.

Here's the Ovnilabs review: https://www.ovnilab.com/reviews/reviews/cmclassic.shtml

I have two one of these for sale:

#1 - nearly new, one paint scratch, never gigged, no velcro. £85  £80 posted

#2 - not new at all, gigged and velcro'd. £60 posted.  SOLD

Now £160 posted.

Price drop - £170 posted

And for your viewing pleasure - enjoy the wobbly chorus at the end (if you get that far). And yes, I'm reading this, so excuse the flaws.

Yep, I've seen that a few times. It's an odd one, but glad to have it sorted here. Lovely low action since the repair and no issues at all.

Hi folks - up for sale is an Ashdown Amp - the little amp that could. Fine amps, awesome on a pedalboard. But I have six amps and even I think that's ridiculous, so last in first out.

Bought here 2-3 months ago, not gigged since I got it so up for what I paid - £160 including UK postage.

Hi folks - up for sale is a Tech21 Leeds pedal. Long discontinued, lordy knows why - a fine fine fine pedal. Excellent condition - it may well have been new old stock when I found it. Comes with original Tech21 tin.

Looking for £180  £160 posted.

Hi Folks - up for sale is a Maruszczyk Elwood L 6P bass. Original owner, I had the bass made in June 2017. Here's the specs:

24 fret - flame maple neck with a bound ebony fingerboard, 34 inch scale

Passive Volume/Blend/Tone controls, Sadowsky-style knobs

Olympic White on alder body

Hipshot A bridge - 19mm adjustable spacing

Hipshot Ultralite Y-tuners

Delano JSBC-HE pickups

Weight is 4.3kg

Deluxe gigbag included.

The bass is in excellent condition, with a few minor nicks on the headstock.

The neck originally had a rosewood fingerboard when it was made, but the truss rod was made of cheese and snapped in early 2021. I had the fingerboard replaced with ebony and had carbon fibre rods added at the time. Work was done by Balazs Prohaszka at the Avalon Guitar company in N.Ireland. Here's some of his own work: https://prohaszkaguitars.com/

The same bass spec'd today from Maruszczyk is €2620, working out at £2275. I'm selling this for £1350 £1250 including shipping within the UK. Insured shipping at your cost. Bass comes with a semi-rigid deluxe gigbag and will be very well packed.

And now the pics:

For perfectly clean, and having a good compressor and effects loop, the Fishman is great. But if I had to choose one between the Fishman and the SH1, I’d go with the SH1 as it works great for both electric and upright.

25 minutes ago, Linus27 said:

 

You can or can't see it replacing your Fishman Platinum Pro?

I can’t - after the sound I heard through the amp, and out front (my son was playing while I listened) - I don’t think I’ve any need to replace the Fishman. The Tech21 SH1 - with blend set fully clean - is a great double bass preamp.

Honestly - the Tech21 SH1 is turning out to be the best all round pedal preamp I’ve come across. Recently did a gig using it on double bass - blended out the Sansamp circuit and had a great 4 band eq plus tuner all in one. For electric bass it’s a no brainer. I can’t see myself replacing my Fishman Platinum Pro for double bass as the SH1 just does everything righteously.

PM’d.

8 hours ago, NancyJohnson said:

Just stick a bit of cardboard in there, but make sure it's tone-cardboard.

Which cardboard is best for metal though?

On 24/03/2025 at 10:23, Linus27 said:

Has anyone tried a Fishman Platinum Pro-EQ? I'm thinking that my current Sansamp BDDI v2 could stay on fretted pedalboard and the Fishman could be used on my fretless pedalboard. It might be a little more musical with the fretless over the Sansamp and the Sansamp will give me the tone I want for the fretted bass. Plus the Fishman has a tuner meaning I could lose a pedal.

I have a Fishman Platinum Pro-EQ, and it is a glorious all-in-one (minus overdrive-abilitly) pedal. Works especially well for double bass, with the hpf. Also equally awesome for clean bass tones. EQ points are great, sweepable mid, compressor is great - boost function is great for balancing slap/pick sounds with fingers. My one problem is that my particular unit has developed an annoying intermittent fault where the power glitches on and off momentarily if the wind changes. It’s become too temperamental to take out on a gig alas.

Have just taken delivery of an Ashdown Ant from James. Great communication throughout, speedy delivery and bomb proof packing. Thanks James.

Pm’d

Yep, still here.

30 minutes must be getting to you Bilbo - you've linked the wrong chart!  'Rien Ne Va Plus' pops up instead of 'Mari Mulambo'.

And metal/rock sounds aside, it’s serving me well in a pop/rock orchestra. With the speaker and bite switches disengaged it’s can cover a lot of non-metal ground. Then taking the Sansamp element out of the equation with the blend knob fully counterclockwise, it’s a great simple 4 band eq. Despite the manual saying different, all 4 eq’s work this way.

On 28/01/2025 at 09:07, Minininjarob said:

Thanks! I was getting tumbleweeds for a while. 😂

Maybe it takes the brain the size of a small planet to get it? 

(Not saying I have one, just the best comeback reference I can muster!!)

On 24/01/2025 at 07:38, Minininjarob said:

2000w into 4ohms for the 2001rb???? And GK with their legendarily conservative power ratings????? Are they sponsoring Disaster Area?????? (anyone get this reference?)

Love the big transformer inside. Makes me happy. 

Quality reference!

Pm’d