Hammeron

Boost pedal by 3Leaf Audio. Bass and Treble boost controls with a switch to change treble freq. Nice eq points as selected by Spencer.

Limited edition 49/99

Bought directly from Spencer Doren in 2014.

One owner.

Has some signs of wear.

Built like a little tank.

Open to offers, postage included.

Thanks.

Price includes postage.

Offers welcome 🤘

The original You’re Doom pedal by 3Leaf Audio.

Bought direct from Spencer in 2015, one owner… me.

The pedal has some very minor signs of wear, it was on a pedal board for a while and then I kept it at home for occasional use.

Comes in original box with instructions.

Can post anywhere.

Beautiful bass!

I play a Pavel Aryel, and nothing else.

These basses are of the highest level of craftsmanship.

If I had the money I would purchase this instrument.

Bass is now sold.

On 12/10/2022 at 21:44, Skillabill said:

Whereabouts in Dublin are you based? I work in Dublin during the week. 

I'd be interested in checking the bass out.

 

 Pm'd.

On 04/10/2022 at 09:55, BlueMoon said:

Nice bass. Japanese quality and a great relic job.

 

I have a Buzz Hornet built by the same guy who did this relic job. It’s a great “players” bass, so I would expect this one to be very nice as well. 
 

GLWTS.

Hey BlueMoon,

Thanks.

You're 100% on the money.

Much appreciated \m/   

49 minutes ago, petecarlton said:

Superb pix. Next time I'm selling, I'll come to you for a photo session! 

They are great.

I didn’t take them myself, they are from Restauracja Gitar’s FB page.

The bass looks just as good in person.

Hi Folks.

For sale is this bass that I acquired recently from a colleague who was in urgent need of cash, It's a lovely instrument but it is surplus to my requirements as I only play 5 string basses, I'm a working player and I really don't have space for basses or other gear lying around the house that I don't use. I’ve tried going back to gigging with 4’s but, I’ll be honest, I find it to be a bit of a struggle, I am at home with my 5er and that’s that.

This bass has been given a custom 'pimping' by a boutique shop in Poland called 'Restauracja Gitar', check em out on FB, they specialise in giving instruments a complete overhaul, refinish etc.

Description (from RG's FB page):

Bass made of the original Fender Jazz Bass 1962 Reissue manufactured in Japan in the late 90's.

Thick polyurethane paint was mechanically removed from the guitar, than we repainted the body with our hard sealer and a thin layer of purple nitro - a technique used in the 1960/70 Fenders. Additionally, the neck is covered with a thin layer of honey nitro.

The instrument has an alder body and a maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard. The whole thing is completed by alnico pickups, bone nut and a solid and reliable Gotoh hardware.

Relic edition - characteristic nitro crackles, dents, abrasions and a natural patina on the hardware. This purple paint looks phenomenal live!

In addition to the visual metamorphosis, we have performed a numer of service works so that the bass not only looks unique, but also sounds professional - Jazz Bass offers a very universal and wide spectrum of sound, it will work in virtually any situation!

I truly recommend!

Full guitar service:

- frets leveling, crowning and polishing

- fingerboard cleaning and maintenance

- electronics copper shielding

- nut adjustment

- new jack socket

- new strings

- professional setup.

Weight is around 9lbs 5oz.

This instrument currently has a brand new Hipshot BT10 Bass Extender installed, the original tuner will be supplied.

The bass will be shipped in a used hardcase(not tweed case pictured).

Hi folks.

A quick update.

Previously unexplored by myself: Round Core vs Hexagonal Core.

An aspect that I had just overlooked.

I've been using Hex core strings for some time now.

I tried a Round core B recently(courtesy of Neil at Newtone Strings) and the bad overtones are very much reduced... almost gone(to the degree that it does not cause me to cringe and consider quitting 5 string bass when I play an F# on the 7th fret of the B)... for the seemingly simple reason that the string just has less inherent stiffness, and vibrates more like an actual string than a farmyard fence. This seems to be an issue of how stiff a string is rather than one of how much tension the string is under, the complaint of a "floppy B string" is a completely different matter.

That been said, the unwanted overtones are still present but they are not as noticeable and now sound less intrusive to the fundamental of the note, they even have a slightly lower pitch on some notes.  

The discontinued LaBella strings that mentioned earlier in this thread turn out to have been round cores... and I'll be using round cores from now on, thanks very much Neil 👍.

Thoughts?

Hi everyone,

Firstly thanks for all your input, much appreciated.

Since I last visited I've made two changes which seem to have improved the sound of my B-string somewhat.

First change was: I installed a brass bridge(Hipshot A-style) on the instrument. When I first received the bass a brass bridge was on it already, but I switched to an aluminium bridge, my thinking was about the weight of the bass primarily and also I thought the aluminium bridge sounded punchier. My bass is very resonant, and there is a noticeable difference between the brass and aluminium bridges in how the instrument feels and sounds. The brass bridge seems favour a stronger fundamental, whilst the aluminium seem to be more "airy" favouring higher frequencies. I admit that this topic is subjective to many people, but I really think that my bass has a stronger, deeper resonance with a heavy lump of brass attached.

Second change, if you could call it a change, was: I took the time to properly intonate the B string, as best I could. I used the tuner on my DAW, previously I had been using a clip on tuner, and spent the best part of a frustrating hour trying to get as close as I could to perfect intonation on the B string. Here I will hold my hand up and say that I never really sat down and spent any time on B-string intonation before, as many of you will probably agree it can be a pain in the ar**e. But the results are noticeable, my B-string still has it's own character, but less of the unwanted overtones are present. 

Bellow is the bass in question, a Pavel Aryel Deluxe, made for me by Pavel Del Fuente in 2016.

That's a beauty!

😍

2 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

Was that LaBella Steels? I've found that for me these pretty much solved the problem.

 

Since then I've had decent (although not quite as good - but then they are half the price) results with Warwick Black Label (taper wound B) What I have found with other strings is that you need a much heavier low B to match the rest of the strings. I'd be looking at 135 as a minimum (to go with standard 100-40 E-G) for strings other than Warwick Black Label and LaBella Steels. 

 

Is your bass 35" scale length? That may limit your string options.

 

If you haven't already, get in touch with Newtone and see about getting them to make you a clone of your favourite LaBella set (that's what I would have done if the Warwicks weren't a acceptable compromise for me).

Thanks for the advice 🙌 BigRed.

Yeah the LaBella strings were steels, can't remember which product, but I've scoured the internet for them and they're nowhere to be found. I've tried other LaBella sets but these particular ones had a .127B and they hit the sweet spot.

The bass is 34".

1 minute ago, BigRedX said:

What bass(es) are you experiencing this problem with?

Hi BigRedX,

I play a Pavel Aryel, which was built for me by Pavel himself.

I haven't always had this issue, when I first acquired this bass I strung it with LaBella's and there was no overtone problem, or at least I never noticed it to the degree that it became a problem. LaBella then discontinued that particular set and my ears began to notice this issue more and more as I tried different sets/brands/gauges. At the moment I'm using Nickel D'Addarios with a .130 B and there are very little overtones. It's when I try different stings that I occasionally come up against this problem. 

I was intrigued by the idea that Nickel strings might be less susceptible to overtones? But I can't find anything about this online.

2 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

So I believe the answer is in your bass, not in the strings. 

Hey Fretmeister.

Yes, I think you are correct.

I've had several 5ers myself, and all of them have had the unwanted overtones, but to varying degrees.... that or the B-strings just sound bad all round. 

Instrument construction must play a significant part in this problem. 

3 minutes ago, Grimalkin said:

If you have usually the front pickup (and back) too close to the strings, you get wolf-tones, the further up the board you go, as the string begins to get closer to the pickup. Try dropping the pickup a little under the B

Hi Grimalkin,

I didn't mention that setup options have also been tried, pickups raised and lowered etc.

I really think that B strings are just too thick to sound good above the 5th fret.

Hi folks.

First time posting on this forum.

I know this has probably been discussed time and time again, but I have never really found any good solid advice regarding eliminating those horrible overtones that can emanate from a B-string. So I thought I'd try kick the subject around here on Basschat and hopefully hear from some players who have tackled this issue.

I'm primarily a 5 string player myself, and from time to time the issue of a nasty sounding B-string raises its ugly head for me, usually above the 5th fret, with very noticeable differences between similar pitches on other strings(G played on the 3rd fret of the E sting and 8th fret of the B for example).

I've been trying different brands, gauges, materials, cores, tapered and non-tapered strings with varying degrees of success. However I am not made of money, and there's a growing heap of discarded string sets in the corner of my man-cave, some of which have literally been attached to my bass for a few minutes and then taken off.

Recently I have tried tapered strings, of which one brand in particular seemed to reduce the issue considerably, another brand(non tapered) have yielded good results for me with their nickel sets. At this stage it all seems a bit random to me and I have almost accepted the idea that I will just have to continue searching and experimenting.

I have attached an audio file to demonstrate. First I play a note on the B string and the the same note again on the E sting, hopefully it is evident to all as to what I'm talking about.

Any and all discussion/advice is welcomed.

Regards and seasons greetings,

Hammeron.

overtones.mp3

Hi,

Still available?

The bass is now sold, my thanks to everyone for their interest!

Some people have been asking me about the last picture where the bass looks amazing. Well the picture was touched up with filters in the photo app on my iPhone.

Here’s the original unfiltered picture:

Hello, 

This is Cyril from FB?

I have been looking for a Flea Jazz Bass, but unfortunately I am not interested in the TRB, if you can make me a cash offer plus the Flea, then yes we can have a deal.

Best regards,

Steve.

Up!

Bump!

1 minute ago, haimesy said:

Lovely bass 

Always nice when the studio assistant brings you Wotsits  as a mid song snack .

Made me giggle ... GLWTS 

 

Yep, loads of help around here!!

Thanks.

Hi everyone,

A couple of members were asking me about audio clips of this bass.

I don't currently have any means to record at home right now, but I did make this little clip about 2 months ago, on GarageBand and my iPhone, messing around and sloppy playing but you can hear how the bass sounds.

Please use earphones.

Thanks, Steve.