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Selling my Mayones Custom EP 5. Bought last year from Guitar Guitar. Recently set up at The Bass Gallery and sounding fantastic. It’s one of the best sounding basses I’ve ever owned but I’m really not getting on with the 19mm string spacing. Collection from Peckham SE15 preferred, or could potentially meet up somewhere. Would rather not post it. Comes with all the original bits; very swanky semi-rigid gigbag, strap locks, tools, paperwork etc. Weight is about 4.36kg so not too heavy and balances very nicely on a strap. Condition is excellent. One small ding near the jack socket, as shown in one of the pics. Other than that it’s perfect. Selling now as something has caught my eye on here. If that sells I may well withdraw this as it is a lovely bass! Specs below: •Origin: Poland •Year: 2023 •Body Wood: Swamp Ash/AAAA Quilted Maple •Colour: Blackburst •Finish: Gloss •Neck Finish: Satin •Neck Material: Maple •Fingerboard: Pau Ferro •Pickups: Mayones •Preamp: Mayones •Pickguard: N/A •Hardware: Black •Gig Bag/Case: Gig bag •Frets: 24 •String Spacing: 19mm •Nut Width: 44mm •Scale Length: 34.25” •Weight: 4.36kg-
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Basses you don't regret selling (or regret buying)
simonlittle replied to BassAgent's topic in Gear Gallery
I don’t regret selling my Hofner violin bass either. Sounded bloody fantastic in the studio but it was such an arse to play and, like you, I was worried I would break it all the time. Never once did I play it live but it made it onto a good few records over the few years I had it. Now happily replaced by a Wilcock bass which does that sound equally well and gives me loads more options. -
Ah the endless joys of the mystery rattle! As @NickD said, could be one of many things. My bass develops weird rattles all the time and rarely can I pinpoint where they come from. They always seem to resolve themselves. It does help to have someone else listen to the bass and see if they can find it whilst you’re playing, because guaranteed you’ll never get your ear next to wherever the problem is…
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Only the Yamaha SLB100 has the headphone socket. With the SLB200 or SLB300 you’d need something in between (headphone amp, audio interface etc). I play an SLB300 and it’s great for silent practice both arco and pizz. Usually plug in through my audio interface. Scale and feel matches my acoustic upright perfectly so everything is directly transferable.
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Looks lovely. Dying to try one of these out at some point. GLWTS 👍 -
They do if you put in a custom order. I suspect you’d have to go through a shop with the order as some of the options aren’t on the standard Configurator form, ie; pickup options and D-tuners.
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The more I look at it, the more puzzled I get
simonlittle replied to tauzero's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
Looks like they’ve tried to stain it with old tea bags… -
The flame top Hadrien Feraud signature. As soon as played it in the shop I knew I was in trouble…
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Good idea! Might give that a try. Pretty sure I have at least one spare set knocking about in a drawer somewhere…
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I recently got hold of the Hadrien Feraud Burner that was up for sale at The Gallery and I love it. Been looking for a good five string with 17.5mm string spacing for a while now. It’s definitely the sweet spot for me having played Warwick fives for so long in the past. The Smith is a really good weight (just over 4kg) but it is a bit neck-divey; currently investigating wider straps to try to solve that little niggle. Just slapped some Dunlop Super Brights on it and it’s really singing. I’d definitely recommend checking them out if you’re after a really clean and fat sounding five-string.
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Have you ever fell out of love with an awesome bass?
simonlittle replied to AngeR's topic in Bass Guitars
I too had a similar situation with a Stingray. Had a lovely pre-Ernie Stingray that I played for years with the Divine Comedy. Lovely slim neck; so easy to play. But I could never get it to sit right in the mix. Certainly never recorded with it. Had a brief dalliance with Precision basses before eventually settling on a Sandberg as my main gigging bass. Had one made that looks just like my old Stingray and I love it. -
@joel406That does look bloody lovely 👌
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Please ignore the original pricing on this listing! Was originally selling a bundle of 3 Boutique synths and have been adapting the post as things sold. Just the SH-01A left now. -
Even 50 hours of use shouldn’t result in the string coming apart like that. Either they were duff when they bought them (in which case they should have sent them straight back) or they were seriously mistreated on the instrument. Definitely worth trying a wanted ad on here, as @Burns-bass said. Not sure how common those strings are but someone might be able to help you out with a set
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That would be a hard no from me too… Not worth potentially damaging your fingerboard or your fingers. Not sure why they’d even try selling strings once they’ve got to that stage to be honest
