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  1. bertbass
    I’m selling my Burns 6 string bass. I’ve wanted one for 55 years and in August 2020 I finally got one. Green burst and short scale, sound and plays great. It arrived with a duff machine head which has been replaced with an identical one but with no Burns logo on it, I still have the original which I shall include. I’ve changed the strings with a NewTone set, which are great. It’s never been out of the house and is in as new condition. In love this bass and really, really want to play it but I can’t. No matter how hard I try, I just can’t get used to the string spacing and extra 2 strings so I’ve decided to let someone else have a go. It could be you! I’ve still got the original boxes and am more than happy to box it up, however, I’d like the new owner to arranger a courier. The bass weighs 3.6 kg, the boxes weight is 2.7kg, total courier weight is 6.3kg. The box dimensions are, 138cm x 51cm x 20cm. I’m after £325.
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    Cherry for me but I'd want a left handed one so probably not.
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    This!
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    Many, many, years ago, probably very early 1970s, I acquired a pair of 4 inch ITT hifi speaker chassis. I made a couple of boxes, probably about 6 x 6 inches, out of old 1 inch shelf and mounted the speakers in them. The cabs had no backs but I did put something like carpet felt over the backs of the speakers. They sounded truly amazing. Wish I still had them!
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    Not yet, but I will as soon as I can get the cash together. I quite like the idea of a Stat bass, left handed.
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    I've done it and thought it might be detrimental but it worked out OK. As you say, keep the set fresh and you should build up an audience.
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    Regardless of age, it's just a tool that you use for your trade. Do it! 1978 is not really vintage though is it!
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    Our old guitarist bought used one. Great for checking the venue mains voltage but little else.
  9. bertbass
    30 foot, sorry, about 10 metres for me. Anything shorter and you can guarantee that you will get to one or more gigs where the lead will not be long enough. I've had to lend leads to guitarists on many gigs where they thought their 6 metre lead was long enough and it wasn't.
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    I've just done the opposite. I just used a radius block and straight edge to check it and it worked a treat.
  11. bertbass
    I built a pair of Jack lite 12s and these are made from 1/4" (6mm) ply. With the Eminence drivers and horns they weigh in at 28 pounds each. All the drivers I bought from Blue Aran here in the UK as well as all the crossover components. I've used them for PA and they've been brilliant. without the horns they would be a one finger lift and I probably wouldn't need the horns for bass use. An easy built as well.
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    I tried one of these for the first time but only last night, https://www.thomann.de/gb/the_box_ma5.htm and I have to say I was very impressed, especially for the price.
  13. bertbass
    After years of upside down basses and turning the volume down with my forearm, I bought one of these. Bought from Bell's Musical Instruments on easy terms along with a WEM ER 40 and a WEM Starfinder 1 x 15" cabinet. I was a happy bunny!
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    The type of pick and the material it's made of make an unbelievable difference to the sound. My preferred pick is a Jim Dunlop, nylon, 1 mm, the black ones. These give the sound I'm after, other makes / materials sound different and not to my liking. Try different picks before altering the tone.
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    56 feet apart or more and you get no combing.
  16. bertbass
    Don't forget that in the 60s everything was new and exciting including the basses and it was also virtually impossible to get Fender basses in the UK. Other manufacturers set the standards. 60 odd years later and Fender designs seem to rule and most others have gone by the wayside although they keep making comebacks. You can't keep a good bass down. Try to buy a bridge and pickups that are not 19mm spacing and not only are they hard to find but also expensive, but they are out there, Retrovibe for one.
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    My point was that it is now but wasn't in the 60s. If you consider the short scale basses that were made in the 60s, most of them did not have 19mm string spacing. British companies like Burns, Watkins / Wem, Vox. European companies, Hofner, Hagstrom, Eko. US companies Danelectro, Gibson, Epiphone to name but a few, all made short scale basses to scale. Now that short scale is popular again, no attempt has been made to scale the basses down, They've only shortened the neck length and used a standard bridge and pickup(s) because that's easier than redesigning them and they are plentiful.
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    Another option is to buy a straight edge like a metre rule and file notches in the relevant fret positions.
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    👍
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    everything you could possibly want. https://www.crimsonguitars.com/collections/fretting/products/essential-fret-levelling-and-dressing-toolkit
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    Looking good.
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    Having started playing in the 60s, all the basses that I could afford, apart from one, were short scale and scaled down from 34" scale. It was only in 1972, when I bought my first precision, that I experienced the wider Fender string spacing. The only long scale bass I owned before that was an Egmond and that had a narrower spacing too. I think I was expecting the same with 21st century short scale basses. As an aside, the going rate for a second hand bass in the 60s was about a fiver!
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    I believe that TC have been bought by the Behringer group.
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    I bought one, a great bass, very well made and finished, however, I am disappointed with it. The neck, for me, is too thick front to back. I've thinned it down and it's a lot better, but this is only personal preference. The hardware is good, especially for the price but what I'm really disappointed with, is that while the neck is shorter, as you'd expect with a short scale, the width and string spacing are the same as on a 34" scale, the hardware is also normal precision size. The body is smaller which means the bottom cutaway is too small for my not especially large hands to get to the top few frets, yes I do play the dusty end occasionally. I wanted a short scale bass to be smaller all round. Narrower string spacing, narrower bridge and pickups, I'd be happy if the pickups were slanted to make the pole pieces fit under the strings. If you're happy with the, to me, down sides, it's a great bass for not a lot of money.
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    I thought I was the only one.
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