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    SOLD

    Nickthebass replied to Sibob's topic in Basses For Sale

    Very nice. The necks on these are meant to be great! Was this a custom order? The Lakland website doesn’t seem to list black as a standard colour.
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    PM’d
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    @dodge_bass - anything you can help with?
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    PM’d just in case.
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    Thanks very much. 😊 At heart though it’s just a Jazz bass albeit with some bells and whistles.
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    Congratulations. I was about to chip in with some advice but it’s moot now! I waited 14 months for my Sei - I picked her up in January 2012 and ever since the wait has been a dim and distant memory.
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    Not enough Sei love around here so I thought I fire in a couple of pictures. Ordered 1 Dec 2010, collected 12 Jan 2012 and my main squeeze ever since.
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    This! IMO better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it. It’s the same reason I take at least 3 jack cables, 3 speaker cables (for two cabs) and a spare DI box / preamp.
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    That’s exactly where I was going. I bought the first album on the strength of the ad! To this day it’s still a great “4 people in a room giving it heaps” album.
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    A big vote for the Mono double gig bag. With a light weight head and Barefaced cabs I can carry two basses and a 900 watt rig on my own in one go. Don’t give up on the double gig bag idea - I only one take a single bag if I’m taking one bass to a jam. (Just make sure you keep two cables and a set of earplugs in all your bags.)
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    The one who always has spare cables and insists that they are properly wound up and put away.
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    This ... totally this. The lowest voice controls harmony. Sting put it as “it’s not a C chord unless I play a C”. In terms of “keeping time” that role is often played by the bass but not always. In a classic 60s Motown tune the tune keeping is more in the guitars (chords on 2 and 4 over a driving unwavering drum part) whilst the bass pushes and pulls against this. The bass line typically is the place where harmony and the basic groove come together. You should be able to hear the shape of the tune (both rhythmically and harmonically) by just listening to the bass. I like to think of the drums as the heart, the bass as the skeleton with the rest of the band layered over that shape and powered by the heart.
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    No worries - I was about to delete my reply in any case! Undecided about when best to shift on the one I have in mind. GLWTS
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    Any interest in a trade (cash my way)?
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    Ok BassChat hive mind ... I need some advice on how to structure practice time. There are lots of useful things that could be done in each session (transcription, technique, time, scales and harmony etc.) and ideally you should hit them all on a regular basis. Is it more productive to do a little bit of multiple things in each session or to focus on one thing per day in each session? For example ... 15 mins each on technique, scales, shifting between subdivisions and walking through a jazz standard or ... Monday is just technique, Tuesday is just subdivisions, Wednesday is just major scales in broken 3rds, Thursday is walking on Autumn Leaves etc... Thoughts?
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    Wow - he’s moved. He was in Putney many moons ago.
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    I just had Chris do some electronics fixes and set ups on 2 basses for me. Both came out well. If you want to get hold of him it’s best to text or call his mobile rather than email. He is pretty busy at the minute.
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    Welcome aboard Euan - I’m in Edinburgh too.
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    As a replacement for what? Into what sort of bass? What sort of sound are you going for? 😁
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    Totally personal response ... for me it’s just not a great time. I’m looking to buy / trade for a good P but with things the way there are I’m not in a rush. I need to sell first (or trade). The bass looks nice and for me - you’re being totally upfront which is a good way to go. I don’t think you’re the only one in your position though. I think there is an early 70s 3TSB languishing somewhere in the depths of this forum - and has been for several weeks.
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    Anyone any reviews or thoughts on these?
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    No ... you weren’t wrong. There are just many ways of being right. I once heard “there are no wrong notes, only poor choices”.
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    Thanks for the suggestions folks. I’ll do a little more digging.
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    I’ve got a mid-80s Squire Jazz that I’m going to soup up in a (sort of but not really) copy of Paul Turner’s 1960s Olympic White Jazz. I know it won’t make me sound like him, the tone is in his hands etc. not a daft fan boy - but it’s a well known and well heard reference point. Anyone any thoughts of pick-ups? From what I can see it’s pretty much a coin flip between Nordstrand and Lindy Fralin (pretty similar price points). Any other options to add to the mix? The Fender equivalents seem a bit over priced.
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    Thanks - they sounded like single coils but wanted to check.
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