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For sale: Epiphone Masterbilt Century semi-acoustic archtop bass guitar. In excellent condition with no marks that I can see. The original piezo pickup installation is still present and a magnetic pickup has been professionally fitted with a separate jack socket. I don't know what make, but looks similar to Artec? Short scale, strung with Labella 940FL flats and includes Tourtech hard case. Acoustically the bass is loud enough for home noodling and might cope with a single acoustic guitar but like most semi-acoustics needs to be plugged in for anything louder. The magnetic pickup gives a balanced woody sound with a bit of thump. I've not succeeded in getting much out of the piezo, but not really needed to. Collection from Ipswich or a meet-up are strongly preferred. In theory it's possible to ship this at cost, if I can find enough cardboard and a courier who will accept a package this big. Price is £550, not really looking for trades. Stand not included.- 4 replies
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I did the same a few weeks ago, and spotted a Maya Ricky copy in great condition at a bargain price. See Happy Jack's thread. The other thing I like about Hobgoblin in Canterbury is that they keep all the value-subtraction instruments such as cajons, didgery-doos, bodhrans, shaky eggs and so forth together in one area of the shop, so I can avoid going into that corner altogether. I've also had great service from the Rathbone Place shop a number of times, and sold a couple of instruments through them before they put their commission charges up to the current 40%.
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Was at Bonnie Raitt's last gig of the UK tour leg last night. No photographs, I'm happy to respect the request not to film or take pictures. Bonnie was in great form and the band were excellent. They were joined for a couple of songs by the support Jon Cleary who used to be a member of the band. Finding accommodation in Brighton with parking is next to impossible, so I went down on the bike and came back last night after the gig. 29 degrees on the way down, road works closure issues all the way back, but it was worth it.
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I don't think this is the likely cause. Post pre-amp signal is normally taken before the feeed goes to the power amp so won't be affected by the master volume. My TecAmp works this way. I think this must be a design feature of the Rumble 100.
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They missed 'laziness' - it's written on every headstock. It's a Fender brand now, but the Squier company was created in the 1890s by one Victor Squier.
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Your best bet is to take some pictures and post them in the EUB and Double Bass Forum. That's where people who might be able to advise you are likely to be found.
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Very nice. There's a great clip of Ida Neilsen reviewing one of these on YouTube somewhere.
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My L2500 Tribute had very narrow spacing, probably less than 17mm. That's why I got rid of it, I prefer wider spacing. I've not played a USA but I'm led to believe that the necks on the Tributes are much chunkier front-to-back. Most of the Ibanez range seem to be quite tight, except for the BTB series.
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To FX Loop, or not to FX Loop... that is the question.
pete.young replied to Rich's topic in Effects
If you're going to put the board into the loop and plug the bass into the amp input, it might help to know whether the loop is serial or parallel. If parallel, only part of the signal will be modified by the effects (50% if there is no blend control). -
Back Door!
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I'd expect it to be fried in fairly short order. A cab splitter box, like this one from Palmer: https://www.palmer-germany.com/en/products/signal-splitter-switcher/5088/cab-m would be the way to go, or a DIY version.
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There's no need to fix the straplock to the strap. Just put the strap end over the button on the guitar, then clip the straplock on top of it.
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We use Muzodo for the brass band, which works brilliantly. The blues band uses 'Band', which sucks water melons through elephants.
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Sorry Chris, it's a lovely looking thing and £450 is a very fair price, but I can't justify it at the moment. -
Many thanks Chris. I was thinking TI Flats or maybe Labella LTFs, which have transformed my Epiphone Century. Can send you a used set of TIs if that would help.
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Won't get fired again!
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The opportunity arose a couple of weeks ago, when we played on a cramped stage where there wasn't really enough room for a double bass. I used my Epiphone Century, HPF and a bit of always-on compression into the Walkabout Scout and the Monza. EQ'd out quite a lot of the bass, boosted the lower mids a bit and it sounded rich, warm and authoratative. 2 bass players in the audiece came up and raved about the sound.
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Yes, it looks great. If you have time to string it up and see how it plays, and whether the weight is truly an issue, I'd be grateful.
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Very nice work. Saved another one. More Abigail Washburn than Bela Fleck, I think that's going to sound very authentic for old-time.
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£22 for two sets of D'Addario Nickel on Amazon
pete.young replied to skidder652003's topic in Accessories and Misc
Seems slightly odd that long scale length is a custom set with a slightly heavier E. if you want standard long scale lights, the price goes up to £33 for a 2-pack. -
Ethernet cable I can use at a gig
pete.young replied to franzbassist's topic in Repairs and Technical
Or go for the volume approach: buy a reel of cable, a crimp tool and some RJ45 connectors, and make yourself a new cable for each gig. -
Coo, a Westminster. My dad had one of those when I was about 7. You could talk to Paul Glazebrook, he looked at my son's Burman a couple of months ago.
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How does it look with the Chinese F/L neck?
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Duesenberg Motown Bass *Now £1100* - *SOLD*
pete.young replied to MarkBuffaloStokes's topic in Basses For Sale
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