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    robocorpse replied to davebass66's topic in Effects

    I have a brand new boxed Bass Murf for sale. 285 posted.
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    Hi everybody. Many thanks for all your orders, I am now completely [u][b]SOLD OUT.[/b][/u] If I get any more, I will let you know. Cheers!
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    That Kay is Fkin gorgeous. But its up to 128 quid now, no bargains to be had here!
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    [quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='786888' date='Mar 26 2010, 01:11 PM']I've just started `squire-ising' my Electra MPC bass - the horns are off!!! Nick[/quote] Hahaha, I KNEW you would succumb PS, that Status is playing like a dream, lovin it. Cheerz!
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    Must be an absolute sod to mic up! think of the feedback tendencies with a PA big and deep enough to amplify that body.
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    [quote name='4000' post='776783' date='Mar 16 2010, 10:50 PM']FWIW I've had about 9 Ricks and for me the earlier ones are best. Never got on with my 2xCSs or my V63 as well as my '72 and '73 4001 basses and my old '73 4000. The '99 (?) 4003s8 was pretty killer though. [/quote] I've had around 14, and the best were the '69 4001, and the V63. I had a '67 4001 for a while, but it was a bit sh*t. The worst one I ever played was a CS, it just felt, played and sounded completely wrong, and miles apart from the V63. Maybe I got unlucky/lucky?
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    I have a spare 10 inch aluminium cone Hartke speaker, model 10XL8. 100w 8 ohm. It fits the 410XL and any other 410 cab up to 400w. It has never been fitted, it is as it came from the distributors. I bought this direct from Hartke a few years ago, and it never got used. I've moved on from Hartke stuff now, so this is no use to me. It has one tiny little bump in the cone, about 2mm across, and this makes absolutely no difference whatsoever to the operation. 15 quid plus postage in UK, or pick up in London. Cheers!
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    And expensive ones, Parker Flys use balsa in the construction, thats totally acceptable as its a filler wood, and the main guts of the instrument are man made. They sound incredible too. I object to ply and MDF though, thats pure cheapskating in the quest to find ever CHEAPER ways to make money out of building instruments, not a conscious decision to aid the design and playability of the instrument. I would have no problems if someone came up with a guitar that used MDF as part of the design to exploit some characteristic of the build or the tone, although that is highly unlikely.
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    Case now sold. Sorry about the brusque post earlier, had a lot on my plate yesterday.
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    Free bump, these are fantastic cases, I would recommend them to anyone looking for a lightweight but extremely sturdy case.
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    No, but the 3 other people who are apparently so desperate to buy it have all gone quiet or backed out. Im getting sick of this bullcrap and will just ebay it to save any more hassle if I dont have my full asking price by midnight Monday.
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    [quote name='smurfitt' post='771148' date='Mar 11 2010, 12:19 AM']Hi, sorry to sound dim but I'm a newbie. Can you tell me what you mean by 'the rear catches might foul the amp'. Thanks[/quote] Too late, case is now reserved .
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    It wont get damaged, I was just concerned the rear catches would foul the back of the amp, but if you say your LMII is 10.1 inches, then you are probably OK as long as you don't want to store your cables in the back.
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    TAKE THE 3000! I'd strongly advise against a last minute major setup on the 4003, or you risk knacking it. They are very fenickety, and as soon as you take it out of the boot of the car and into the warm pub, it will change again, and might play worse than it currently does. Rickys need time to settle in after a setup, then a recheck 24 hours later. Thats how you get the best out of them.
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    FTW has been around for years, and traditionally means "F.ck The World", but has recently been appropriated by internet kiddies to mean "For Teh Win" (sic). It was very common in France and Germany in years gone by, along with a tattoo of 3 little dots in a triangle on the bearers hand, which stands for "FTW" or "F.ck The Cops" (translated literally as "Mort Au Vaches / Death To Cows). This would get you beaten up by guards in French prisons, but would also get you respect from other inmates. The tattoo is common all over Spain and Mexico as well, but there it means "Mi Vida Loca", but I digress...
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    [quote name='Annoying Twit' post='770656' date='Mar 10 2010, 05:23 PM']All these comments about going back to the era of MDF.[/quote] ...are true, and there was a new era of MDF starting on ultra budget stuff in the late 1990s. This even makes the crappy Korean plywood guitars look good. I still see it occasionally today on noname budget guitars, and its really hard to tell until you take the neck/plate off and look, or (if you are unlucky) it starts to swell or crack. I have seen it with my own eyes on a less than 5 year old MDF Telecaster.
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    I've tried advising, you have the dimensions, its up to you to decide whether it is suitable or not.
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    [quote name='hubrad' post='769496' date='Mar 9 2010, 05:53 PM']Why do we, as a country, insist on still importing the cheap cr*p just because the factories still make it? You can get decent inexpensive which won't put beginners off so WHY? [/quote] The people who are importing this rubbish are not musicians and dont give a hoot who buys it, as long as they can shift units. Anyone who is a musician and does actually have a conscience should not be involved with this crap, same as all the "Harley Benton/Jim Harley/Stagg" stuff that flooded the market a few years back. Now the standard has slipped again, and we are well into the realms of MDF bodies and neck woods so cheap that Bryant and May would reject them. Just like the early 70s all over again. MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME. THats why when something truly great comes along (old Tokais, Grecos etc) it is quickly squashed, then becomes collectable as the Squiers and Tokais were head and shoulders above the tosh that F* and G* were turning out in the 70s. I noticed loads of really shoddy Gibsons round in the last few years, maybe the whole industry is taking a nosedive, and widening the gap between well built playable guitars, and the rest, even if it has a 4 figure pricetag. I returned the last new Les Paul I bought as the binding wasn't scraped properly, the fret ends were hanging out, and the fingerboard looked as dry as the Sahara.
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    [quote name='throwoff' post='770256' date='Mar 10 2010, 12:22 PM']Maybe some of the big stores like GAK have one on the floor and a couple out back but almost every guitar ever is ex demo! Strikes me as an incredibly cynical way to get away with bigger discounts.[/quote] Strictly speaking yes, but Ex Demo is generally taken to mean the "floor model" that has never been sold, and is still "new" but may have picked up fingerprints or the odd little dink by the saturday morning warriors. What, pray tell, is wrong with a discount? cynical or otherwise!
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    [quote name='bassbarber' post='769763' date='Mar 9 2010, 09:26 PM']hi was thinkin of changing the pickups on my eppi tbird non reverse, but what to? any gd ideas? was wanting to change them all and have about £120 to spend.[/quote] EMGs. No contest. Grab some used off ebay and sling them in.
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    [quote name='smurfitt' post='769928' date='Mar 9 2010, 11:36 PM']will this be suitable for a LM11[/quote] No, the rack has 10.5" available depth, and the LMII is exactly 10.5", so you'd have to unplug it all every time you moved it, and theres still a danger the rear catches would foul the amp.
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    [quote name='Annoying Twit' post='769355' date='Mar 9 2010, 04:03 PM']As the owner of a "Shine" bass, can I point out that this is a "Swift" bass, distributed by "Swift Music of London". It clearly says Swift on the headstock. Shine basses get better reviews than Swifts, and I think my Shine six string is well worth the £60 I paid for it. It's the same bass as has been sold as the Harley Benton six string.[/quote] Oops my bad, I meant Swift, but Shine stuff aint much better IMHO.
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    [quote name='cocco' post='769215' date='Mar 9 2010, 01:42 PM']So if I want a 'hot' ric this isn't the way to go and I'm better off with a later 4001 or even a 4003? but I still want some sort of good investment ric but one I'm not gonna be scared to gig. What should I be looking for? Also what is the difference between a 4001 and a 4003? Sorry I've hijacked your thread by the way[/quote] I'd say find the money and buy this one (Stackers bass). Whatever Ric you buy, its always gonna be an "investment", even unloved early 4003s are starting to pick up in price now, and this FG will probably blow all of them out of the water in most respects, and it will continue to appreciate. Whatever Ric you gig with will always get the odd dink, so why not buy one thats nicely worn in, and sounds like a Ric SHOULD, rather than compromising your lust for a nice 70s one by buying a later, plain bound, Hi-Gained 80s/90s hot Rick? Unless you desperately want Hi-Gains? Seriously, whats the difference between gigging a well used £2000 bass, and a slightly cleaner £1500 bass? Once you are up in that sort of price range, I'd only worry if the bass was a minter, or a really rare colour/variant. They are meant to be played after all! I have my giggers and my home/recording basses, they all get played, but I would never gig the V63 unless it was a crucial gig that absolutely needed it, and even then it would be a kid gloves job, and I would be devastated if it got dinked. However, I can throw my 4001S round with impunity, as the previous owner already did a good job of wearing it in and chipping the edges.
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    They've obviously been threatened to cease and desist by G*bson or F*nd*r. Shame that the musical instrument market is becoming subject to the same restrictions as DVD regions nowadays, and being enforced. Very sad. Rickenbacker are the arch bastards for this sort of thing, all kinds of strict rules about not shipping parts internationally, so you officially had to pay £125 and a 6 month wait for a part from Rose Morris you could have had in 2 weeks for $99 under the counter from a well known Ric parts stockist in California...
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    The thing is, he wants 59 quid for it, I have seen those "Shine" basses for 39.95 new in the box. They truly plumb the depths of horrific cheapness, matched only by the MDF telecaster I saw a couple of years ago.
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