miles'tone

A short instrumental reprise of "Sweet Transvestite". A great foot-stomper/hand-clapper that can be vamped on til you're done.
Job done.

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Just pi**ed myself laughing and woke up the baby. Cheers!

I remember reading somewhere that GHS makes Lakland's flats for them, maybe try the GHS Precision flats instead of Chromes or Labella's? Not tried them myself but they have a great rep (I use Fender CL flats by the way - always meant to try the GHS flats but I'm loath to change these Fenders as I'm loving them. If it aint broke and all that..)

They do come as standard in the 60th anniversary Precision though.

I had one of these pickups in one of my basses after I played a '62 AVRI and loved the tone. I agree with all the above descriptions of it's tone. They really are nice.
They also came fitted in some of the custom shop P-basses too so can't be bad! I replaced mine and went with a Lindy Fralin P pup which is really nice but at twice the price as the Fender original, it's no way twice as good! If I had to rebuild my bass for some reason I would happily buy the Fender again no worries. Amped up with a band it's as good as anything really.
As for whether you should buy one right now is a different matter. Why not try that Mex pup you've just bought and see how it goes with that. If it sounds great and does what you want you've just saved yourself an extra 80 quid.

Foam mutes... Niiiice!

Just received a pair of P-bass knobs that I bought off Nick. Dead simple transaction, they arrived quickly and were exactly as advertised, easy peasy.

Cheers Nick!

Si.

What a great bit of luck! I had initially bought Geoff's Vintage V4 bass and as we were sorting out the sale he noticed that I was selling a Vintage Jaco fretless that he took a fancy to. He then offered to use the V4 towards a trade with me instead which we did. Geoff came up with a plan and shipped the V4 to me in his own hardcase and I used it to then send the Jaco back to him. Brilliant!
I'm really pleased with the V4 and it's exactly as he described it to be. Communication and updates were fantastic throughout the trade which was very reassuring. A top chap to deal with indeed.


Thanks very much Geoff, it's been a real pleasure!

Simon.

Word Of Mouth withdrawn.
(Gonna try my luck on ebay)

Oscar Pettiford. Love him on the Bud Powell album Live at the Essen jazz festival
1960.
It's a classic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGc4-RFh6uE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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I remember The Bass Centre at Wapping very well and fondly. It was a regular haunt. I bought and sold a number of guitars there and some Trace Elliott amplification. Always helpful staff - if I recall right Nick was particularly helpful. I bought my MM Sterling there in the mid 90s - still my main bass today - and Nick threw in a hard case complimentary which has the The Bass Centre logo embossed on it. Still use that today too. A sadly missed store.
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That's right and the store manager was an American guy called Grant. Great bloke. All the guys there were great and very tolerant of the skint young wide-eyed grommit I was back then!

Hey Oversoul.
I've had a few pm's from our Basschat Bredren in a few different Euro countries and unfortunately the cost of posting this bass to mainland Europe (£90 was the best deal I found with insurance - Interparcel) makes the total price higher than you buying a new one in Portugal. If you want to pay that much in postage I'll gladly send it but I doubt you would!
The only way this will be a bargain to somebody is if I post it in the UK sorry. Wish I could do better for you.

Cheers,

Si.

Just sold a set of Schaller jazz pickups to Joe, instant payment, great communication - top chap!
In fact he said it was less than 24 hrs from the first PM to receiving and installing them! (South Wales to Newcastle - not bad eh?) Surely that's got to be a BC record?

Cheers Joe.

Heavy Weather heads up

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:-D

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If you're referring to the Brune Street one, that was only a pale shadow of the mighty Wapping Bass Centre. Words cannot describe how great that place was. Or the stock they had.
Fender, Gibson, Warwick, Dingwall, Alembic, Smith, Status, Parker, Musicman, Vigier, Ovation, Washburn, Steinberger, Kubicki, Yamaha, Ibanez.... And that's just the basses. Never mind the amps, strings, accessories.....
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Yeah I used to be in the Wapping Bass Centre everyday when I used to study at the M.I. which was directly above it ( mid nineties). It was like aladdin's bass cave. They used to get so many famous players giving clinics there too after hours. Saw and met Jeff Berlin and Stu Hamm there but still to this day feel gutted I missed JJ Burnel's.

Birdland bump.

Sold.

Aw very sad news.
I saw him in the acoustic tent at Glastonbury in 2002 and thought at the time wow this is the guy who opened Woodstock and set the tone for it all really. He played his arse off that day like he was still there. So passionate.
A true legend for sure.

Sold pending the usual to captain black.

Cheers for that gjones, they are great pickups for sure but the J bass I was keeping these for is now up for sale too. Cool vid!

Pm replied to. Still for sale.

http://www.touchstonetonewoods.co.uk/products/bass-261/schaller-electric-bass-guitar-pair-of-pick-ups-jbx-series-1228.aspx

I have a set of black Schaller JBX pickups which are pretty much the same pickup as the Dimarzio Model J. Same design, appearance and wiring options.They sound the same too. Manufactured to a very high standard in Germany.Here's a link to them (above).
They are used but in very good condition.
£50 posted.

Cheers,

Si.

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I got one of these as a spare...great bass when you compare it with the price. Recorded a YT clip with it. Only sold it because I got my Lefay back. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xd2394nEYs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xd2394nEYs[/url]
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That was you! Your vid was one of the reasons I checked one out in the first place! Great playing man. Just goes to show you don't need to spend a fortune to sound great

Cheers both! When I get some more time (and money) on my hands again I would have no hesitation getting another. But for now...

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Hi there.

Up for sale is my Vintage Icon Jaco fretless.
I bought it in September last year but it's had very little use due a new baby arriving so it has never even left the house in this time. I've actually only amped it up a couple of times as it's been mainly used as my "on the couch" bass and since New Year it has been relegated to just being hung up on the wall which makes it a very expensive ornament that I don't need really and the cash is needed elsewhere now.

Anyways it is a really great bass for the money and the neck feels lovely, really fast and slim with as far as I can tell the same dimensions as a real early 60's jazz. It has a real rosewood fingerboard and the Wilkinson hardware is absolutely bombproof. it is of course finished in the relic way which is ok for an instrument in this price range.

I did actually go shopping for a Squier Vintage Modified fretless when I picked this up but overall I found this Vintage Icon to be better quality all round. The tuners on the Squier felt a bit flimsy to me but they are heavy duty on the Icon. Something I knew I wouldn't have to upgrade. Also, the real rosewood fingerboard was a selling point to me rather than the ebonal on the Squier.

Soundwise it is very nice with the 60's spec Wilkinson pickups doing the job well enough for me not to want to upgrade.

A few things worth a mention:

Upon buying this bass I immediately installed a set of Fender flats which I always use on my basses and which of course protects the fingerboard from any roundwound snail trails as the rosewood board is bare (no boat epoxy here a'la Jaco!) although I did give it a rub down with some boiled linseed oil as it was very dry and thirsty looking when I got it. It's fine now.

Another thing I did was to take some very fine wet and dry paper and gently rubbed the high gloss face of the headstock as it to me just looked silly (the sides and back of the headstock/neck are reliced) and stood out next to the overall reliced appearance of the rest of the bass. looks better now I reckon. Also I did the same to the pickup covers (which were not only shiny and new but had two very stand-out chrome Wilkinson logos on them which looked naff to me) for the very same reasons.

There are a couple of tiny scratches on the back of the bass body that I must have done whilst placing it down at some point but they're only on the top coat and superficial and hey it's a relic so they don't stand out of course but I thought I'd mention them.
Also it will come without a case but will be packed very securely.

All in all a fantastic fretless for the money.

£150 for those in the Cardiff area or £160 posted anywhere in the UK (mainland)

Cheers,

Si. (I have a feedback thread to check out)