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  2. I use this site regularly - whenever a potential customer asks me if the Diamond Comp is any good I always direct them here to get an independent view
  3. Given that you like to have somewhere to anchor your thumb (and were looking to fit a ramp on the Fodera to help in this regard) then you'd probably need a twin humbucker Ray. In general terms I always think MM's are well made but I don't get on with them to play. I've owned both regular Rays and Sterlings but none have kept me interested for more than a couple of weeks - I can never put my finger on exactly why but they just don't 'work' for me
  4. [quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1397904392' post='2428420'] Those Carvin amps are a bargain ! [/quote] The B1000 is my new favourite. Really clean and powerful and has a 'killer' sub-bass control. This is at about 40hz and either allows a subtle low end boost if required or, which I think is more likely, it can reduce boominess in a difficult room. The B2000 is the same - only more so! Both only put out full power under 2 ohms but this is actually really useful. Means you can use a pair of 4 ohm cabs and get decent power from just one and then even more with a pair
  5. [quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1397835504' post='2427804'] Barry, I am very grateful that your shop is 3 hours and 10 minutes away from me. Yes, I've checked. I have had my eye on that 61 CS Closet Classic for a couple of weeks and GAS of all kinds was not helped by spotting the Carvin BX 700 which looks an amazing piece of kit for the money. Again thanks everybody. Gig money burning a hole will one day be the death of me [/quote] The BX700 is really cool and crazy value for a genuine US made piece of kit. £430 for something made in California rather than China is really impressive. Phil has been over and seen the factory, everything is made in-house and not bought in partly assembled. 3 hours isn't that far. . .
  6. My favourite playing from Pino is with D'Angelo
  7. Here's Alex's quote about pairing amps: [size=4][i]"[color=#333333][font=Helvetica, Arial,]We've heard that Genz Benz is probably being killed off my Fender (who've owned it for some time). This is a shame because many of our customers use their amps with Barefaced cabs with great success. However, I hope that they resurrect the[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Helvetica, Arial,]line successfully under new brand - though history does not bode well... On the plus side, I recently discovered that you can get Carvin amps in the UK now - their B1500 and B2000 (great preamp!) are ideal for getting HUGE SPL out of our cabs:[url="http://www.bassgear.co.uk/product-category/bass-amps-and-cabs/carvin-amps/"]http://www.bassgear.co.uk/product-category/bass-amps-and-cabs/carvin-amps/[/url]"[/font][/color][/i][/size] [size=4][color=#333333][font=Helvetica, Arial,]I should add that I work at the shop referenced here but the recommendation and link comes from Alex. [/font][/color][/size][color=#333333][font=Helvetica, Arial,]Since posting this the BX1500 has been discontinued (there's one left at a knock down price) and been replaced by the 1600 version. They've also introduced a B1000 which is very similar to the B2000 but in a smaller package, with less power (obviously) and lower weight.[/font][/color]
  8. The thing with Andy's basses is that, in my experience, they are all really nice. Everything works properly, action is good, no dodgy necks, crappy finishes etc. I always think anything he has for sale has a 'quality assured' warranty This is something you really can't say about most vintage dealers out there (again, purely from my personal experience).
  9. Fender USA P now on hold Oops - and now back up for sale
  10. I had some and they went black quit quickly and blistered my fingers too
  11. [quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1397671720' post='2426363'] Link please Barrie? [/quote] Don't worry Silvia, it was only £150 extra off the, already heavily discounted, price - if you called we'd take £200 off!
  12. I used to have the Star shaped Traben Bootsy - such a fun bass and sounded really nice.
  13. [quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1397681276' post='2426523'] Possibly so! Not really our issue to worry about. [/quote] It will be when you can't feed your GAS any more because there aren't any retail businesses left. . .
  14. Just found some more details on the US Fender P Pickup - this is direct from Fender themsleves: [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Pickup: American Standard Precision [/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Position: Rhythm (Toward Neck)[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Used On Models: American Standard Precision Bass [/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]American Deluxe Precision Bass [/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]California P-Bass Special [/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]American Standard Precision Left Handed[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Part Number: 0056004000[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Description: The P-Bass has been at the heart of popular music for five decades. This is the bass sound heard on countless popular recordings, live performances, and is the most recognized sound throughout the music world. The classic split pickup design is humbucking, and the pickups[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]are offset to produce the unique qualities of tone found only with the P-Bass. The Standard series P-Bass pickups maintain this tradition with a sound that is smooth and punchy, and the woody tone quality the P-Bass is known for.[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Wire: #42 Polysol[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Turns: 10,000[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Bobbin: Plastic[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Magnet: Alnico 5 Level[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Polarity: North[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]DC Resistance: 5.30 K - 5.90 K Ohms (10.5 K Ohms Both Coils)[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Inductance: 5.9 Henries (Both Coils)[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]DC Resistance: 5.30 K - 5.90 K Ohms (10.5 K Ohms Both Coils)[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Appearance Details: Classic Fender split coil humbucking design, Ainico 5 magnets, flush magnet array / non staggered, polysol magnet wire, vintage construction, plastic pickup covers. Changed from Fiber to Plastic bobbin in 1999[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]This info doesn't date it but I'd estimate it's a few years old - looks in great condition though.[/font][/color]
  15. Just for fun I slashed a hefty amount off the price of a lefty bass today to see if it might generate any interest
  16. Dr Duck's Ax Wax is brilliant. We use it in the shop to clean almost all guitars before they leave and we're still not through our first bottle after about 10 months! You have to use a really tiny amount to clean with then just wipe away. Works on most fretboards and cleans up frets nicely too http://www.ducksdeluxe.com/ddaxwax.html
  17. [quote name='mcarp555' timestamp='1397639281' post='2425843'] I agree with many of the comments above from builders and dealers - they are the ones stuck in the middle. Guitar companies make (as I've mentioned before) the one or two models (usually only in black). Every LH player sees them in every shop, and we don't want them. Many left-hand players refuse to ever buy another black instrument as long as they live. So there they sit, gathering dust. Dealer tells the manufacturer "It's not selling", manufacturer says, "See? They don't sell! Why should we make more?", and the circle continues. [/quote] This was absolutely not the case with our store - every one of our lefties was interesting in terms of colour or design and they still didn't sell and we still got grief for not offering enough choice. We have the potential to offer lefty models across several of our custom build ranges and, as mentioned earlier, we've had just one enquiry for a lefty build in the last three years and that didn't lead to a sale
  18. [quote name='skelf' timestamp='1397636976' post='2425805'] The previous two years I built a left hander to take to the London bass show. Over the two shows only one bass was tried by one person. I had to discount both basses in order to sell them and even at that it took ages. So at the last show I did not build a left hander and have decided not to build a stock left hand bass again for the simple reason there is very little interest. [/quote] That's exactly what happened to us - we commissioned a special build lefty Carvin to take to the show last year and only one person played it (maybe the same one!). It's still hanging on our wall and I've just knocked even more off the price to try and shift it. I think it's unlikely we'll order more for stock based on this and will have to move to a 'special order' only basis
  19. [quote name='skej21' timestamp='1397636827' post='2425800'] We were in the exact same boat last year. Bought a load of lefty les Paul's, a few basses, some Gretsch and fender and out of the lot, we sold one. The main response we got from the lefty players coming in? 'Its nice that you have a few but I want a selection to choose from if I'm buying'... We sell a number of Gibson Les Paul traditionals every week but our black lefty LP traditional has been in the shop for nearly 2 years and a year of that at a seriously reduced price. They just don't shift and businesses don't want stock that hangs around and makes no money. The market will never grow with this attitude. It's a big monetary gamble for a company to buy lefty stock and it then doesn't sell because leftys get militant and 'want a better choice'. That means selling stock at little/no profit or worse, at a loss, and that then reflects to the shop itself but also the manufacturers that lefty instruments don't sell. Companies aren't going to produce 100 different styles and colours and pickup configurations of lefty instrument so you can choose one to buy out of the bunch. The leftys attitude of 'I'm entitled to a choice' is actually hindering the growth of the lefty market. If they bought a few up and got them moving through the stores, more would sell, figures at store/manufacturing levels would increase (demand) meaning that it would also increase the supply. It's pretty straight forward. [/quote] I must admit that this is exactly the same attitude we got when we had a larger stock of leftys - the general view was that however many we had it simply wasn't enough and their was an expectation that we'd need to stock maybe half as many leftys as rightys to offer a decent range. With sales accounting for about 2% this was unlikely to ever happen.
  20. At the shop I work we went through a period of 'positive discrimination' towards left-handed instruments for a while. We over-stocked relative to regular right-handed ones vs average percentage of players and customers and commissioned a few custom builds to offer something a bit different. The shop owner was really keen to offer things people found hard to find (across the whole store) and lefties were an obvious market. Unfortunately they took an absolute age to sell. Average rate of sale was far worse than righties and cost of stock (simply the amount it cost us to buy them and keep them hanging on the wall and tying up valuable capital) made them unprofitable. Some we even had to discount below cost to sell. We now have just one in stock and it's been on the wall since March 2013 and hasn't been played by anyone this year. We also sell a range of custom build instruments from about £950 up to many thousands and I do all the spec confirmation and price quotes. We've had just one request in 3 years for a lefty and that didn't result in a sale. Our simple summary is that it's just unprofitable for a small specialist retailer to stock left-handed instruments. We'd love to offer more but selling virtually zero profit or at a loss is no way for us to stay in business
  21. I've bought from Pefect Bass before. If you're registered on TalkBass they sometimes give additional discounts. I bought a few sets of DR from them at just £12 a set inc postage to my hotel! Bestbassgear are good for some brands too.
  22. [quote name='6v6' timestamp='1397550167' post='2424954'] Really? I find it pretty hard to believe that the biggest manufacturer of J basses on the planet can't make two near-identical basses, so either he had some strange outlier to their normal quality control, or he wasn't important enough for them to try a couple of dozen basses to find one the same? FWIW I tried about 10 2012 P-Basses last year and they all sounded very similar, in the end the decision came down to weight, slightly better wood/resonance and colour choice. [/quote] Yes, really. A very senior guy at Fender went through a large number of UK stock instruments and couldn't replicate the tone of this one particular bass. He even went so far as to say that it was unlikely they'd ever com across another that would sound identical. The player is very well known and Fender have been 'courting' him for a while to play their instruments. They specifically chose this bass because they thought it would be perfect for him (they were right) but they didn't foresee that he'd then ask for an identical spare
  23. I've played near identical Fender Jazzes (same year of manufacture, exact same model etc) back to back and even they sound different. I know a top pro guy who bought a brand new 2013 Fender P US Standard and asked Fender for another that sounded the same so he'd have a spare to take on tour. They couldn't find one. . .
  24. [quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1397510543' post='2424732'] You should see if Billy wants another spare! [/quote] I did think about that
  25. [quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1397484039' post='2424339'] No one has yet proved that there isn't a 750 watt module in there...its just held back and effectively turn the amp up to full tilt and it won't break a sweat. [/quote] Why would TC limit the RH450 to just 235W if it could go to 750? I can understand holding a 750 back to something like 450-500 but going as low as 235 would seem a strang decision?
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