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doonaboon

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  1. Aagh, I feel your pain! I did exactly that - a very brief but pedal killing polarity mistake accompanied by the unmistakable stench of fried circuitry - to a Tech21 pedal recently. I've been looking round for a good repair option seeing as the UK Tech21 distributor don't seem to reply to any attempt at communication...will definitely drop Keld a line and see if he can help, thanks for the tip 😀

     

    And glad to hear your BassBone is back to life, great DI.

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  2. Just bought an Amp Head from Chris - item exactly as described, posted lightning quick and excellently packed. Very helpful, friendly and quick communication throughout - a real pleasure to deal with and a thoroughly smooth transaction, highly recommended!

     

    Thanks Chris.

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  3. *** Price Drop to £750 until end of March *** - then I need to pack up for moving house so I'll withdraw it. If anyone is interested, please drop me a line in the next week!

     

     

     

    Bit undecided on this but a few other purchases need paying for so I think it's time to move this lovely short scale bass on. There is some nice wood grain to be seen through the red finish but it was hard to capture in the pictures. Currently strung with Chrome flats, plays very nicely and the DeArmond USA humbuckers do sound great. Very good condition throughout. There are a couple of tiny indentations on the top which are hard to see except when held just so and in the correct light (in fact I'd forgotten they were there until I took the photos). Have done my best to show these in the last photo below by using flash at just the right angle (tiny dinks encircled). Barely noticeable in general and certainly not affecting playability but thought it best to disclose. So not quite mint condition but pretty close for its age!

     

    Comes with a padded TGI gig bag in excellent condition which the bass fits in well. Collection from West London preferred but could maybe arrange postage / meetup if needed.

     

    Any questions / further pictures / sound samples needed, let me know.

     

    Cheers,

    Dan

     

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    DeArmond Starfire Bass Specifications:

    PRODUCED: 1997 – 2000 approx
    ORIGIN: Korea
    TYPE: Double cutaway semi-hollow body, passive 4-string
    BODY: Bound laminated maple with two f-holes
    NECK: Maple set-neck, 21 jumbo frets
    SCALE LENGTH: 781mm (30.75-inch)
    FINGERBOARD: Rosewood, bound with dot inlays
    HARDWARE: Chrome, stylized Bridge/tailpiece with individually adjustable saddles, Schaller sealed gear tuners
    PICKUPS: Pair of DeArmond 2B Dual-coil humbuckers made in USA
    CONTROLS: Volume & Tone for each pickup, 3-way pickup selector switch
    FEATURES: Semi-hollow body, medium scale length

     

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  4. Just bought an ACG Custom J bass from Mike who was very accommodating of my flying visit, despite short notice from me, with good comms throughout the day to arrange a meetup. Bass was exactly as described in great condition and offered at a very fair price. Lots of good background info about the bass also offered up.

    I'd have no hesitation dealing with Mike again in the future - a very quick, no hassle transaction and a pleasure to meet.

    Thanks 👍

  5. Great idea!

    Maybe add a bit.ly link to the Basschat post that the image comes from to each description? Then if our interest is piqued we can find out more about it. Would have to be a plain text link rather than a clickable url (I think) but still useful.

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  6. Thanks Lee!

    Have just had a quick measure as I wasn't sure of pickup placement - the gap between pole piece centres is 3.8mm. Given that (I think) the measurement for '60's position' is 3.6mm and '70's position' is 4mm, that puts it smack in the middle I reckon. That does seem to tally with my experience of the passive tone of the bass (although I think it gets a bit academic once active EQ is involved IMO).

    Here's a bit more noodling I recorded to help answer a PM question about B string definition and balance  (recorded straight with no compression, flat EQ, 50% blend of pickups). This should give some idea of the 'standard' tone of the bass: elwood2.mp3

    Thanks,

    Dan

     

  7. A small update with some extra info (from PM questions) which I thought I'd share.

    Strings are DR Fat Beams 45-125, barely played.

    A quick sound sample to show how 'noiseless' the single coil pickups are on their own - this is a straight-up 'into an interface' recording in four parts with me changing settings between bits, all with flat EQ: Neck Active, Neck Passive, Bridge Active, Bridge Passive. Did this very quickly so playing is a bit rough and could use some compression but I think it shows the nice 'woody' resonant raw tone. Also, how quiet the switching and pots are... elwood1.mp3

    And the included hard case is a Gator ABS job in brand new condition (still has barcode tag on handle!), see pics below:

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    Any further q's, let me know!

    Thanks,

    Dan

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    Excellent condition Maruszczyk Elwood 5a with the following specs:

    Ash body in Red Satin finish (hard to capture in photo, it's a 'dark red') with matching headstock

    21 Frets plus Zero fret, Rosewood fingerboard with blocks / binding, 34" scale with 19mm string spacing at bridge

    Häussel JJ pickups, Delano 2-band active preamp (switchable via push-pull to passive mode)

    Weight: 4.45kg (according to digital scales)

    Bass has had a full setup from Jack's in Manchester, plays and sounds great.

    Really great bass in cracking condition. Only selling as I don't play 5's that often (and my ACG is my go to) which means that this has been gathering dust of late.

    Priced at £800 £750 including Hard Case and postage. No trade offers please!

    NOW SOLD

    Thanks,

    Dan

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  9. Hagstrom Deluxe-F, single cut chambered electric with upgraded Entwistle 'HDN' pickups (original pickups included) - serial number identifies it as built in 2007. In overall excellent condition, with the two little dings on the back edge of the headstock (pictured) being the only marks I can see on it. Plays and looks great, more details can be found here.

    Any other questions, let me know. Can get more photos and some sound samples together if needed.

    £220 collected from Nottingham - UK postage possible at buyer's cost.

    Reduced: £180 collected (Nottingham) or £200 posted.

    SOLD

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    Cheers,

    Dan

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