Matt P

there is an official website for Barefaced, the Head honcho Alex is a member on here, http://barefacedbass.com/ the best recommendation i could make is to give him a call and discuss your needs with him, he managed to pair me up with my perfect cabs (i had no idea which ones to go for and am incredibly pleased with what i ended up with) I'm guessing you're in Scotland, it might be worth asking if there are any barefaced owners near you that would let you try the cabs, if you're near Newcastle upon Tyne you'd be welcome to try my midgets. Matt

big thumbs up for the midget from me, one on it's own is a wonderfully punchy cab and light as a feather. they're not cheap though and the waiting list is growing by the day, but i'm totally in love with the sound and the weight (9kg) Matt

oh and i should have said that the wilkinson trems are very highly thought of!

i'm pretty sure that you've got a wilkinson vs100 trem there, so the replacement arm should be this one [url="http://www.allparts.uk.com/online-shop/guitar-bass-parts/bridges-parts-tailpieces/bridge-parts/tremolo-arms-and-arm-parts/tremolo-arm-for-wilkinson-vs100-by-gotoh-push-in-arm-55mm-dia-2-p-4124.html"]http://www.allparts.uk.com/online-shop/guitar-bass-parts/bridges-parts-tailpieces/bridge-parts/tremolo-arms-and-arm-parts/tremolo-arm-for-wilkinson-vs100-by-gotoh-push-in-arm-55mm-dia-2-p-4124.html[/url] matt

hmm £250, my first reaction was that was a little high but a quick search on here shows that to be about right, personally as it's a pawn shop i'd say that if it plays well and the electrics are working then 250 is about right but i'd make an offer of 200 and see what they say, if they've had it for a while they might be flexible on the price. i bought a guitar last week that had a £190 price tag, made an offer at 130 and then we haggled to 150, it's always worth a try and the worst they can say is no! Matt

I think it's an IGB-65, I had a 38 as my first bass and a friend is still gigging his Integra, they're great basses and really good value, the pickups are a standard size if you feel like modding it but they sound pretty good with the original ones. I seem to remember that the necks are very comfortable as well and it never aggravated my bad back either. Matt

[quote name='kristo' timestamp='1368363005' post='2076076'] Cheers for the advice. I put some bronze 12's on it yesterday and it is significantly louder, and the neck seems to be fine...., [/quote] it wouldn't be the neck that i would be worried about, the top of the body is the thing to watch, keep an eye out for any change in shape, the reason that my guitar won't take 13's is because it has a lightly braced cedar top which might not take the strain of the heavier strings, i wasn't sure how Koa was for strength,

Isn't music store the company that's just taken over dv247? I've always fancied a ric but the prices and actions of the management have put me off the real thing, these look pretty good though! Hmm really wish I didn't have cash burning a hole in my pocket!

That's a fairly small body guitar so heavier strings will help, 12's will be fine as that was what the guitar was shipped with, I'd suggest an email to takemine before fitting anything heavier though as not all acoustics will take the tension of very heavy strings, I know that my mcilroy is only warrantied if I don't go above 12's, luckily that's my favorite gauge so I'm fine (newtone heritage are my all time favorites) Due to the size of the body I'd expect that volume wasn't on the agenda when it was designed. Matt

a short report from my band practice on tuesday, the midget [i]really[/i] cuts through, i had been struggling with the in-house ashdown 4x10 and while the midget wasn't that much louder it was so much easier to hear myself, i got comments from the others, the best one being that the guitarist could finally hear me properly! (something he'd been complaining about for about a year) i can't wait to play a proper gig now (with the full double midget stack) Matt

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1367917666' post='2070858'] I'd be very interested to hear what your impressions were! We need a Barefaced Waiting Room Support Group [/quote] i'll post some thoughts after tonights practice, a support group would have been good, i think that we need to make sure that we get our barefaced cabs to plenty of bass bashes and let the world know how fantastic they are, so far Basschat seems to have turned a tiny one man in his garage operation into a 3 man company with premesis and a full order book, we have the power to boost employment in brighton and re-energise the economy just by buying more cabs! (this might not be true but we can dream can't we?) i'm hoping that some of the other projects that Alex is thinking of come to fruition, the idea of some new hifi speakers is very tempting. Matt

actually i should point out that the waiting time for my cabs did include Christmas, new year and the birth of Alex's son so was not typical. the cabs are built to order and they're making them as fast as they can. the hardest thing for me was the update pictures that were occasionally posted on facebook, scanning the row of cabs looking for a pair that matched what i had ordered, the joy when i got a note saying that mine were in the photo and would be with me by the end of the week was immense! Matt

i waited an agonising 4 and a half months for my midgets, it was painful but as soon as they arrived all the pain and agony was forgotton, these are fantastic cabs and definately worth the wait. i get to try them properly at a band practice tonight, i've packed spare earplugs for my bandmates! (and i'm only going to take one cab along) Matt

weirdly this kind of appeals to me, i'd probably bolt it to an old cymbal stand i've got lying around and then use it for acoustic gigs, it could do with a bit of re-shaping on the body to smooth it off though, and it would need some kind of control system for pickup blend and tone. luckily it's too expensive for what it is but if it gets relisted at a lower price i might be tempted. it's a Yamaha neck so at least that would be a good starting point for a fretless project. Matt

Bought! just wonderful, i bought the last EP a while ago having found it through your Signature, got a very nice Email from Kit and a personalised message on the CD sleeve. this one sounds even better! Please come up to Newcastle and play a gig, i promise to bring all my friends along! Matt

EBay should have a few sellers or these guys might be able to help http://www.allparts.uk.com/online-shop/amp-parts/coverings-grill-cloth/grill-cloth-c-277_297_446_548.html Matt

i'm not surprised that you've reached rig nirvana! i'm only still gassing as i've not really tried many heads out, i bought the headlite as it was cheapish and i wanted somethging lighter than my superfly, i'm going to try my midgets with as many heads as i can, i might realise that the Headlite is my perfect amp or i might find i want something else, it's going to be lots of fun finding out! (the th500 is very high on the list of heads i want to try) Mat

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/205819-vintage-icon-mrjp-jaco-pastorius-fretless-l150/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/205819-vintage-icon-mrjp-jaco-pastorius-fretless-l150/[/url] no connection to the seller but this is a great price for a fantastic bass

I'd go for trading it for a fretless if that's what you want, especially if you could get one of the cheaper Yamaha bb fretless basses. Failing that what about stringing it differently, B-D maybe or with nylon flats for a different tone. Matt

I've not had a huge amount of time to play with this but I'm playing in church in the morning and it'll get a good run out then. Matt

[quote name='danweb22' timestamp='1366393986' post='2052086'] My other midget arrived today too! I now have the same stack as you (but with black grills) and an Aguilar TH500 Currently running the sine wave through it to break it in, sounds like a helicopter overhead! [/quote] yeah I've got the sine wave running as well, it's quite a disconcerting sound, makes me feel quite uneasy! I'd love to hear what the Aggie head sounds like through this rig, it's been on my GAS list for a while now. Matt

Well I've been waiting impatiently for a while now and they've finally arrived and i couldn't be any happier. thought i'd do a short unboxing photo stream to show them off, well if people start web pages to show the unboxing of an iphone then these cabs deserve a thread. this is what was torturing me for 2 hours at work this afternoon. [attachment=132928:boxes.JPG] this is what greets you when you carefully break the seal on the top of the box [attachment=132929:Box open.JPG] one cab unpacked [attachment=132930:one unpacked.JPG] and a quick view of the back [attachment=132935:Back.JPG] and the quality control tag [attachment=132932:Qc Tag.JPG] the pair waiting for a head [attachment=132931:pair.JPG] and the full rig. [attachment=132934:whole rig.JPG] to say that I'm happy is an understatement! Matt

[indent=1]taxi driver, technical director (guitars, amps, PA and recording kit), and tea boy (we're so rock and roll that we start each rehersal with mugs of tea and biscuits)[/indent] [indent=1]the singer/guitarist covers the rest, our drummer is notoriously disorganised although he did a top job of being my best man![/indent] [indent=1]Matt[/indent]

[quote name='bobpalt' timestamp='1366299514' post='2050754'] Oo - Er! Where can you get these facially unadorned small persons from, and isnt it politically correct to call them "vertically challenged people"? [/quote] i have had to be very careful about facebook postings! i've got a fedex tracking number now, expecting delivery first thing tomorrow! Matt

i was once offered a mex precision with Stings signature on the scratchplate, trouble was that no-one had peeled the protective plastic off before it was signed and the signature was wearing off quite badly! i offered him about 250 quid for the bass (without the scratchplate) as it played like a dog and needed some serious setting up and some new strings, the owner declined my offer and put it on gumtree for £1000 and as far as i know he still has it (about 4 years later!) Matt