john_the_bass

Just been working out how many gigs I've done this year.
I make it 22 in the covers band and another 20 split across another 2 bands, plus a recording session. I know it's small time for a lot of you, but that's bloody loads for me, especially when I'm supposed to have a day job. Still, all good fun, I wouldn't want to do it every weekend though.

What about you?

What I was going to suggest. Also try [url="http://www.ship2me.com"]www.ship2me.com[/url]

Thanks but no - the only trades I'd take would be for a PRS Starla or Mira - I imagine that would be highly unlikely though!!

That's a nice top and I love the bound headstock and ebony fingerboard too.

Dave PM replied to
BassJase you have a PM from me too.

They be exactly what I am after

I don't know mate, I've not thought about it - not much I woudn't have imagined.
Give me a shout if you find your Dunlops and we'll go from there.

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[quote name='Phyrexian' post='678928' date='Dec 9 2009, 11:38 AM']Hi,

how does that Matamp Minimat sound for bass guitar? Enough low end?

thanks,

Bart[/quote]

Never tried it and it's gone to its new owner now.

I do wish I'd bought a Power Block when they were £50

We did Martin - we bought a pair of RCF ART 722s last year and were totally blown away by them. They were a lot of money, but they do EXACTLY what we want. A single sub is on the cards next if we can raise enough dough for an RCF ART 905S

Still looking!

Thanks for the offer, but no - already got a CIJ 72 Tele Custom which satisfies my Tele needs.

Still here - slight edit to the list of wants, mean to say there is a footswitch included.

Having picked up Thedontcarebear's (Adam) SG this week, I have to let one go (a guitar for anybody who thought I was making a fart joke) so up for sale is my Gibson Les Paul Special.

This is not to be confused with one of the faded models, this is from 1997 and is gloss nitro finished, has factory fitted Grover mini Rotomatics, a bound rosewood fingerboard, P100 pickups (P90 sized stacked humbuckers) and comes in an old fitted case - the case has Gibson stencilled on it, but I'm almost 100% certain this is not a Gibson case. If it is, it could be worth a few quid, but I doubt it is. For those of you who don't know what a Les Paul Special is, it was originally introduced by Gibson in 1955 as an intermediate model between the LP Junior and the LP Standard in a doublecut body shape and with a pair of P90s. This is a singlecut version (like what you'd expect a Les Paul to look like) and it's basically a full thickness mahogany body without the maple top on it. I have to admit I was quite surprised when I first got it as I was expecting something about the thickness of my Gordon-Smith GS1 - which is about half the thickness. I've not put it on the scales - it doesn't feel as heavy as my 9-1/2 lb LP Standard. The body appears to be a single piece of wood and the neck has quite a thin 60s profile - I guess this is some kind of 60s RI, but if you've played an SG with that 60s flat and quite wide profile, this isn't really like that.

Anyway - it's had plenty of use and has a few battles scars, mainly a few dings around the top and bottom edges - nothing major, nothing that detracts from how it plays, sounds or what it does. P100s are very nice - sound a lot like punchy P90s but with none of the single coil hum.

I am putting it up at £700 - I am open to reasonable offers but I'm not really looking for trades at the moment unless you've got something really interesting - I wouldn't turn my nose up at a PRS Starla or Mira in trans cherry or orange, but I haven't got any cash so unlikely to get my hands on one!!

Here's the pic I've posted in the guitar porn section and I will endeavour to take some more and add them to the thread.

I meant to add that there are 2 on ebay at the moment - a TV yellow one with a set of BKP P90s fitted and a proper Gibson case at £775 and a cherry doublecut one in a Gibson gig bag for £799 - save yourself a few bob and buy mine!

I only ever had a problem (well several) with Parcelforce. I've found UPS and DHL to be pretty good and I book through www.interparcel.com and www.p4d.co.uk

The best one is the one that the rest of the guys in your band use if you want to be 100% that you are all tuned exactly the same - hence I have a TU-2 and a Pitchblack - ok, so that may be overkill slightly, but the guys in one band all have Pitchblacks and the other band uses TU-2s. Simples!!

I've got a TU-2 and a Korg Pitchblack. The Pitchblack seems to have the edge as far as speed and accuracy go.
Can't say I notice either of them having an adverse affect on the tone.

Went to meet Adam today to take his SG Special - top man, thanks very much!

Think this needs moving to the recordings section?

They're nice basses - I had an original '68 in a sort of Pelham Blue on loan to me for a while. Really loud and punchy, nice neck, 32" scale is nice too.
I've seen reissues recently hit £500

Tentative PM sent

Nah I don't see too many Desertburst Les Pauls and there aren't many Les Pauls with black backs. I just don't think I'm a fan - I much prefer a Vintage Sunburst or Tobaccoburst I think.

Les Paul Special 1997 - proper gloss nitro version, not one of the fadeds. Weird one - I've had some really nice LP Standards and a fantastic but extremely heavy LP Custom, but I just like the sound of this - it's basically a full thickness Les Paul mahogany body, minus the maple cap and has a pair of P100s (stacked humbuckers). I really wanted P90 looks and will probably get around to trying a pair of P90s at some point, but to be honest I like them hum free!!



Les Paul Standard 2003 with a pair of SD Pearly Gates neck and bridge. I've put this up for sale 3 times since losing my job, but found that I would rather go with out or part with other guitars to get by. The thing is, I don't think it's much to look at, but I've rarely played a better.



CIJ Fender Telecaster Custom 2006 (I think - I bought it new, but can't remember when!!). Bridge pickup was crap so put a Giovanni cheapo from Axesrus in - surprisingly good.



(Peerless) Epiphone Dot 335 2005 with a Burstbucker (neck) and Rio Grande Texas humbucker. Nice guitar but compare it to a proper 335 and it just loses, which is a shame, however it was dirt cheap from Thomann, which makes it ok! Needs a Bigsby IMO



Gordon-Smith GS1 1983. Apparently had a Gibson Humbucker fitted when it was built - I only got it a few years ago so I suspect it was long gone.



Squier Silver Series (MIJ) Stratocaster 1992 - owned by me since 1994. Pickups were crap but budget Wilkinsons make a hell of a difference and it almost sounds like a real Strat



Crafter Lite T/SP. Bought new when I went to try guitars out for my mate's daughter. Bought him one and one for me to replace Mrs JTB's Yamaha F310 or whatever it was she didn't play so I could stick a guitar on a stand in the living room to pick up when I felt like it. I think I paid £115 each for the two of them - solid top, decent hardware, played really nicely out of the box - doesn't stand up well to what's going to follow, but probably the best value for money instrument I have ever bought.



C.F. Martin HD-28V 2007. Has an L.R. Baggs Element pickup which I would like to pull out and replace with a Fishman Eclipse system, but this does the job for now. I sold 2 basses and 2 guitars, my new mobile phone upgrade and topped up the fund with the money from 2 gigs to buy this. As soon as I played a chord I knew that I had to have one - such a weird feeling. The only instrument that ever 'spoke' to me - if that makes sense? I believe the H in HD-28V means that Martin scallop the bracing so there's less wood in it and the top moves better; the V I think is for "Vintage" which means the bracing is shifted forward, nearer the soundhole, like the pre-war Martins (the bracing was moved towards the bottom of the guitar because the tension of medium guage strings used to pull the tops off!) and gives, to my ears, a much nicer bass response. The neck has a noticeable V shape which was weird when I first played it but now seems so natural, "Waverley" open back tuners and a vintage style dark tint to the stain on the top. I had been after an all-solid wood guitar for a while and was pretty much sold on rosewood sides and back and spruce top. I tried about 20 guitars in the shop and this was the only one that sounded how I thought an acoustic guitar should sound. My first steel strung acoustic guitar in 1993 was a Sigma version of a D28 (Sigma were to Martin what Squier is to Fender) - it was alright, but this is just amazing (hence I've gone on about it so much!!). This is probably the one guitar I would never ever sell unless I was about the lose the house and even then I'd have to think about it!

Absolutely Clarky, I couldn't agree more. The problem I was having was that I play guitar in two other bands and am not prepared to give those up for the benefit of another project, which meant the band I joined was suffering a bit - but having me was better than having no bass player at all. There's no animosity - I only had to travel 5 minutes down the road and I don't think it cost me anything to practice with them - plus a get a night off now

I've just been let go from the band I was in (technically the old bass player, whose availability is much better than mine, wants to come back) and whilst I'm not bothered, I don't need to move this on for a 5.
Thanks for the interest.