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  1. bassbloke
    Hi. Are you able to meet part way for collection?
  2. bassbloke
    Hi. Are you prepared to post the head? I rarely make it to manchester.
  3. bassbloke
    Nick just made me a very happy man by selling me an SWR Triad. Nick was also kind enough to bring the cab with him on a trip into town so that I could collect it. Thank you.
  4. bassbloke
    Should add that years ago my bass rig consisted of a pair of these with a sm400 and later a 1200w class d amp and psa1. My experience is that they sound lovely (assuming hi fi is your bag) but simply couldn't cut through a loud metal backline and drummer I have no such issues with my current band thankfully.
  5. bassbloke
    Hi. Would like to take this off you. Are you able to meet part way if i cover your fuel costs? Say somewhere around Petworth?
  6. bassbloke
    Am interested in a straight purchase.
  7. bassbloke
    Hi. Where are you based?
  8. bassbloke
    Pm sent
  9. bassbloke
    Hi. Is this still available?
  10. bassbloke
    I bought an Audere for my us deluxe jazz 8 years ago. Iirc, no soldering required, even with a side mounted jack. I think I fitted it in under 10 minutes. The preamp is v versatile. I have the jz3d in 2 band (vol/vol) and 3 band (mid/blend). I much prefer the 2 band as volume is more consistent.
  11. bassbloke
    Kids of today. I've had to load in at 10am for an all dayer. I'd take a book, packed lunch, korg pandora and headphones and be sorted for the day.
  12. bassbloke
    [color=#000000]You are bidding on a unique, heavily customised American Deluxe 5-string Jazz bass.[/color] [color=#000000]The core of this bass is a 1996 50th Anniversary Edition American Deluxe 5 string with an alder body, graphite reinforced maple neck and rosewood fingerboard. The 50th anniversary hologram sticker is on the reverse of the headstock.[/color][list] [*]The bass has been professionally refinished by Insanarty Custom Art with a unique airbrush ‘bowling ball’ paint effect and lacquered. The refinish is super tough and looks stunning under natural and stage lights. [*]The stock pickups have been replaced with Fender Noiseless Pickups, which are much less aggressive sounding than the original pickups and suit the instrument. The pickups are less prone to hum than the originals, so you can solo pickups. [*]The stock preamp was, IMHO, noisy and very poorly constructed so was replaced with an Audere Deluxe Jazz retro fit preamp. I specifically chose the dual volume 2-band EQ model over the 3 band/pickup pan model as the buffer on the latter model resulted in the pickups being much louder when soloed. This bass sounds fantastic – it has that Jazz bass ‘nasal’ quality and sounds great played fingerstyle, slap or pick. The combination of dual volume, 2 band EQ, pickups impedance selector switch and passive tone provides a huge range of very useable tones. The preamp also has a useful battery indicator. [*]The stock Gotoh tuners have been replaced with Hipshot ultralite mini cloverleaf tuners. These look much nicer and improve balance. [/list] [color=#000000]The instrument has been well cared for.[/color][list] [*]The bass has had a professional Plek fret dress and fret ends nicely capped. [*]Fingerboard is in good condition and the neck set very straight with a low action. The bass is strung through body with Fender superbass strings. [*]It comes fitted with Schaller straplocks, a Fender USA moulded hardshell case and truss rod adjustment tool. [*]The only notable marks are a couple of chips in the lacquer, which do not affect playability and a ding on the end of the headstock. There is very minor buckle rash on the back of the body – you need to look at it under a strong light to see it. [*]It has spent the last 2 1/2 years in a case in a warm room. [/list] [color=#000000]I have set a fair asking price. I have two similar basses and am selling for a genuine reason. One too many band breakups, new job and a new found love of cycling means I want to sell this bass and put the money towards a shiny new time trial bike.[/color] [color=#000000]I do not want to post instrument due to the logistics and risk. I am willing to deliver within 25 miles of KT6 for the cost of petrol, or you can collect it. There will be a cup of tea/coffee and, depending on the day of the week, some homemade cakes or biscuits as reward for your journey.[/color] [color=#000000]I will also be listing my bass rig - A Tech Soundsystems TVM350 rackmount head, Tech Soundsystems TVM600 in Lizard Skins bag, Tech Soundsystems ND410S 4 x 10" bass cabinet (1200Watts) with custom padded cover and various other items.[/color] [color=#000000]Thanks[/color] [color=#000000][attachment=132536:WP_000600.jpg][attachment=132537:WP_000602.jpg][attachment=132538:WP_000603.jpg][attachment=132539:WP_000605.jpg][attachment=132540:WP_000606.jpg][attachment=132541:WP_000607.jpg][attachment=132542:WP_000597.jpg][attachment=132543:WP_000598.jpg][attachment=132544:WP_000599.jpg][attachment=132545:WP_000601.jpg][/color]
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    Hi, After my last band folded in a particularly embarrassing manner, I felt I needed a few months away from playing music. so I stuck my bass back int he case and spent the summer cycling and settling into a new job. Anyway, I feel the time has come to start making music again and, as fate would have it, one of my former bandmates got b ack in touch a few weeks ago and things look very promising. I can thoroughly recommend a break now and again. You come back feeling very refreshed.
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    I've asked drummers to close their hats, turn their sticks round, stick a coin to their bass drums, try wooden beaters. I've suggested tuning down a step to help the singer stand out more, switching to standard tuning to give the songs more bite, the list is endless. The point is there are two ways to interpret your keyboard players request 1) Take offence at his temerity in asking you to change what you do 2) Be happy that he cares enough about the sounds of the band and your bass to suggest you try something diffferent.
  15. bassbloke
    Hi, could you PM me with some more info?
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    [quote name='Evil Undead' post='1273548' date='Jun 18 2011, 10:45 AM']However, I guess it's along similar lines. Please don't bite me! Anyway, I'm curious. If you went to see a metal band, and the bassist was playing a white Squier P bass, would you think (s)he was any less metal? Also, if you were auditioning a bassist, would you turn them down for playing the above bass? I'm talking more death metal, black metal or thrash, rather than nwobhm or hair metal.[/quote] Alex Webster, bass player for Cannibal Corpse, used a white precision on their first two albums and up until he switched to Ibanez basses. If the bass player in a gore-obsessed death metal band can get away with using a white precision, I'm sure you'll be fine.
  17. bassbloke
    Battle of the Bands competitions are a travesty. If you're a young band, then go and see the landlord of your local boozer and say you'd like a gig. He won't make any money on the door, so say you'd like to put on a free gig and if you pull 50 people, you'd like £100 and if you pull 100 people, £200. any more than 100 you'd like £2 pr head and a £50 bonus. If every person buys 3 drinks, he stands to make over a grand in bar takings. My experience of young bands is that their first couple of gigs are jam packed. After that, parents, siblings, friends and other halves lose interest and it becomes difficult to keep the audience numbers up.
  18. bassbloke
    lower frets no. Higher frets yes.
  19. bassbloke
    the problem with most bass solos is that they're compositionally crap and cliched. Now, below is an example of a lovely, short, tasteful bass solo Jump forward to 2:50 and listen.
  20. bassbloke
    [quote name='ahpook' post='1224848' date='May 9 2011, 10:37 AM']well, as someone's who's having a hard time getting past people who think 41 is too old to play originals... musicians who value ability over age. [/quote] What kind of music?
  21. bassbloke
    I've discovered, since my last band split, that decent bass players are seriously in demand and, although I now have a project off the ground, still get a steady stream of offers and requests to join other bands or help out. Now, I'm perfectly happy and not looking to jump ship, but what do you value in a musical venture? Gigs, recording, technical challenges, jamming, singing, writing or is it down to material benefits?
  22. bassbloke
    I'd be inclined to go for it and at the first opportunity take them to task, in a polite way, for the way they treated you.
  23. bassbloke
    Tell him to go have sexual relations with his mother.
  24. bassbloke
    [quote name='Jambo10' post='1214081' date='Apr 28 2011, 06:59 PM']Of course all of us, in every band want to strive and make our individual selves better and the group unit as a whole. In the case of our singer at the moment, there are a lot of murmours coming from the punters that she is stale, same patter after every song, we ask her to change it about a bit, nothing changes. the biggest thing for the rest of us in the band is the lyrics, sure its not easy to learn EVERY song, granted, but it is read almost word for word, no variations to tone, it is basically reading from a book, and there are lines or indeed sections of songs that just get refused, not sung at all, the *anytime anyplace* section of Call Me, the whole mid section of Many Of Horror, there are numerous to mention. It has been subtly suggested that she tries various things, but all to no avail. We want to be playing better venues, and have already been offered bigger and better things then the local boozer, but, until we iron out these issues, we don't want to be made arses of in bigger venues and laughed out of town so to speak.[/quote] Sounds like the three of you have already come to some conclusion as to the problem and you wanted external opinion s for reassurance. Sensible. I've been there before - singers that don't warm up, singers that don't want themselves in the monitors so they can't pitch properly, singers that don't fit in with the rest of the band's image and style, etc... My suggestion would to take a different approach with your singer. Rather than subtle hints, get into the habit of making specific demands of each member. Step one - lose the music stand, step two - pre-prepare onstage, banter... Perhaps you need to sit her down and give her an ultimatum.
  25. bassbloke
    It's a shame I've only just got home from a writing session. My mate works/lives in Norway and would happily have lent him a decent Stingray 5 string in return for a free ticket.
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