-
Posts
1,247 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Shop
Articles
Everything posted by NickA
-
I'll bring it ( and more importantly, the roll of labels ). In truth I do very occasionally find a missing earth or something
-
Sold - Wal Custom MK1 4 String Fretted Shedua Facings
NickA replied to BB2000's topic in Basses For Sale
-
Shall I bring my PAT tester then? I can PAT test everyone's extensions, leads, amps and PSUs for free. as a chartered electrical engineer I will also be able to confirm that the process is largely bollocks.
-
-
Very happy with my PJB flight case (£250 from these very pages). it's very transparent and has an input impedance high enough for a preamp to make no difference. Not that loud though at a "gentle" 150W. So I have the pb300 to go underneath it when playing cathedrals without a PA Tried an acoustic image (coda?) at a bass bash and it was also v good. The only Aer I could find to try was an amp 1. Very clean, build quality is just .. stunning; but a bit boring sounding somehow.
-
Sold - Wal Custom MK1 4 String Fretted Shedua Facings
NickA replied to BB2000's topic in Basses For Sale
-
-
-
I certainly enjoy " the nerdy stuff". Look, no op amps! And no buffer before the (single pole) filters. And the mid boost instead of the variable q filters. Totally different from what (I think) is inside my Custom. ... and yet, both sound recognisably Wal like. I'd love a go on one of these.
-
Lovely bass. I'd buy it myself if I didn't already own one of its brothers. I just copied your add to the Wal Facebook page; hope that's alright. There are a mix of collector types there ( who want perfect shiny with spotless gold hardware ) numerous Tool fans ( who want frets ) but fretless fans too. Maybe a better place to specifically sell a Wal. And no-one will be asking about string spacing then saying " oh that's too wide / narrow for me" 🙂 Good luck with the sale ... but also sorry for your loss. Mine will have to be prised from my cold dead hands.
-
Pickups make difference. Did you try your own and the tutor's bass without amplification? if he had a £400 schertler and you have a £25 shadow ..... Probably the bass tho . I can vouch for Bassace's Bryant with its new extra wide bridge. He gave me a go at a bass bash. Very playable. I've tried basses in dealers that were on sale for £12k to £20k that were not nicer to play ..tho often older and frequently smothered in repair work. If the one on musical chairs is really the same quality for £2800 it is a bargain indeed. My own bass is a big old German one (4/4 size but not unplayably deep in the chest). Valued 7-8£k. It's louder and fuller sounding than the bryant and has amazing sustain; but on the other hand I would not rate its playability. The hefty build, extra scale and consequent string tension mean It's really quite hard work. Basses I like the sound of as much, but which are smaller and easier to get a nice sound out, of seem to come in around 12k at dealers. If you try lots of basses you may find your soul mate. But easy to play Basses with a great sound don't come cheap. There's a reason your tutor's bass cost him 10k!: PS: just check your bridge and sound post haven't shifted. My bass felt awful for a few months, till I realised that smacking the bridge on a door frame leaving an orchestra rehearsal had shifted the bridge 5mm to one side - pushing it back made a surprisingly huge difference.
-
Ovation 5 string, fretted Acoustic Bass [NOW SOLD]
NickA replied to Bass Wielder's topic in Basses For Sale
Tried one of these in the Seoul music market in the 1990s when I lived in Korea. £440 asking price ( before the inevitable bargaining). Should have bought it. Bit quiet acoustically, but really nice amped up. Couldn't find its like in the UK when I moved back. Rare to find here. If you want an acoustic bass ... Well worth a punt. Kinda tempted myself .....- 10 replies
-
- acoustic bass
- 5 string acoustic bass
-
(and 2 more)
Tagged with:
-
Googled bb5000 and the first result was "why are bb5000s so hard to find". I guess it's because 5 string basses weren't comon in the 80s. Anyway, the bb5000 appears to have a normal not a reverse p neck pickup (reverse being the "correct" way imho), so not quite a 5 string bb2000. I found a bb2004 which is an active bb2000 and a bb2005 which is a 5-string version .. but that one has two J pickups. The search continues.
-
I had a 1980s BB2000 for a while; traded it in against another bass and now really wish I'd kept it. Unusual in being a through neck and having a reverse P bridge pickup. For a passive bass it was awesomely clean and punchy. If I ever see one for sale, I probably buy it ... was there ever a 5-string version of that bass? If so I'm going hunting.
-
1. jebroad 2. Len_Derby 3. Jabba_the_gut 4. Spondonbassed - Hohner B2A, Steinberger Spirit XT25 5. Andyjr1515 6. Jimothe y 7. Mojo 8. Owen 9. Teebs 10. Josie 11. Aidan63 12. Frank Blank 13. petecarlton (newbie) 14. Bassman Sam. NR Custom built Thunderbird, Ashdown 2x10 combo, MM P-bass. 15. ChrisLovatt (bassbash virgin) 16. Stub Mandrel - Fender Pe rformer 17. Richard R. (newbie too). I'l l bring along my Brawley Artemis, if anyone is inte rested. 18. Marillionred - John Letts fretless 5, Warwick Dolphin SN 5, Michael Kelly Dragonfl y acoustic 5 (this one is for sale 🙂 ) 19. Skinnyman - only a possible at this stage but I'll try and make it with a BF One10, possibly one of their new GXII cabs, and a b donkey or two 20. LukeFRC Mesa Walkabout and a few Basses 21. Nick A: Wal custom fretless, Warwick dolphin pro1, bitsa with a very nice acg-eq-01 preamp in it. PJB flight case and pb300 ...
-
Bought mine (a Tanglwood rosewood reserve):to play at folk sessions ( where electrics are frowned upon or simply banned ) rather than lug a double bass to the pub. So quiet against a guitar a fiddle or two and a couple of squeeze boxes no one knew I was playing. ... maybe a good thing 🙂
-
Find my Warwick Dolphin ( active MEC pickups and 9v tronics) a bit "polite" sounding sometimes. Lovely sound and a joy to play but lacks a certain fundamental frequency THUMP. Was thinking of buying a Stingray!!! 🙂
-
Some people love those extensions. Better than a 5 string as you keep the string spacing and the neck width of a 4 string plus can still really DIG IN to a fat bottom E ( most often the lowest note you need). Drop tuners are an option but when you deploy them, all the other strings go out of tune. There is a lot of classical music that needs bottom D or C so mostly we retune to D A D G or C G D G between pieces. It's a pain and smaller basses suffer string flap when tuned down so low. an extension is probs the cure ... But UGLY, can't bring myself to adulterate my bass with one.
-
I've have spent many hours and GBP's trying to make my amplified double bass sound like that upright sound in my head !!
-
I will admit, the other week we started off playing "Triste" and I was obviously playing the wrong chords .. thought I'd maybe printed a Bflat chart .. nope, I'd dropped my left hand in 2nd instead of first position 😞
-
The cheap one has gone, the expensive one still there! Why don't people just sell them here instead? Bigger audience of actual bass players and no commission to pay.
-
Need to be a contortionist to see the dots mind .....
-
-WITHDRAWN- / MusicMan StingRay V Classic All Rosewood
NickA replied to JlsBss's topic in Basses For Sale