Skinnyman

I read the title of this thread and my first thought was “Sounds like a good swap”.

😁

Also listed on Guitarchat!

We're into the final stages of the Great Retirement Clearout and this listing is from my 2012 FSR American Special Strat. I bought it new from Peterborough Music (sadly now defunct) and it's in excellent condition with all the original paperwork and Fender gig bag.

It has an ash body in natural finish with two Texas Special single coils and an Atomic humbucker. The full spec is listed here https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/StratAmSANat--fender-fsr-american-special-stratocaster-hss-natural-ash-body.

The guitar is available to try out here in sunny Cleethorpes or I can travel a reasonable distance to meet/deliver - please PM me to discuss options.

On hold

Sorry - listing now cancelled

And here's a couple of pictures of it from 2013 with the original black pick guard

It was a fancy-dress party and I'd gone as the Terminator, hence the leather trousers.

Honest.

2 hours ago, Born 2B Mild said:

Nice ash body. Is it 60s pickup spacing?

I believe the Am Std for 2012 had 60s Custom Shop pickups as standard and it looks like it’s 60’s positioning as well….

4 hours ago, HeadlessBassist said:

Not to worry, SM. If it goes, I'll be onto your Jazz like a pack of hungry dogs

There’s only one response to that… GLWTS!

8 hours ago, HeadlessBassist said:

 

Loving that starred addendum! There's always something that pips our interest - have you seen the lovely Warwick Alien I've got for sale on here? Eh, eh? 🫣

Nice bass. If it was more, say, Ampeg SGT-DI shaped I might go for it 😂

1 hour ago, HeadlessBassist said:

I use an American Original Jazz (basically a modern iteration of a '63) as my main gigging bass. Your FSR is lovely. Had I not just dropped all the money on a very special bass I'd wanted for 17 years, I'd be all over this! (Unless you fancy a deal with my 2005 Warwick Alien?)

GLWTS! 😃

Thanks! Sadly, I’m culling the herd so i’m not looking for trades*. 
 

*Who am I kidding? Of course I’ll consider trades! 😁 There’s not a lot that I’m after and I deffo don’t need amps, cabs or basses these days but there might be something that piques my interest so I’m open to suggestions. 

SOLD
 

The Great Retirement Clearout continues and now we’re down to the penultimate listing…

This is a 2012 Fender FSR American Standard Jazz bass. It’s a limited edition of 150 worldwide, of which 50 came to the UK. The first 50 were signed by Jeff Allen, the head of production at the US factory, and this is number 41. 
 

It’s hand-stained with a wine red stain and came originally with a black pickguard which I’ve replaced with a vintage white pearl PG (original Fender spare part). The original black one is included along with the Fender-branded TSA hard case and all the original case candy (Allen wrenches, swing tags, polishing cloth, manual, set up guide and, for some reason, a photocopied manual in Spanish). 
 

I bought this new in 2012 and gigged it regularly until I hung up my gigging boots for good in 2023. As a result, there are a few small dings here and there and a general patina of use but nothing major - it just looks like what it is, a well-used Jazz bass. I’ve tried to show the marks in the pictures but please PM if you want better pictures of specific areas. 
 

Like most of us here, GAS has meant I’ve had loads of basses over the years which got plenty of stage time but this is the one I kept coming back to. It’s got a lovely fat sound when you want it or you can get it to growl like a good Jazz should. 
 

Used Jazzes seem to go for about this price but the finish (and signature) makes this one stand out.

Feel free to ask any questions or for more pics/ sound samples. I really would prefer not to ship this so please PM to either come round and try it out or discuss meet-up options. 
 

Thanks for looking. And now, a few pics….

(edit: forgot the proof of ownership thing. Water-marked pics now added)

Bargain!

Looks nice. At the risk of appearing rude, how much? 

A 2022 model Alvarez concert-sized acoustic in immaculate condition. 
 

Collection (or local delivery/meet) preferred but PM me to discuss options.

I’m sure that AI (which I think stands more for “Apparent Intelligence”) will continue to develop and could even become quite useful at some stage. My concern is not that it will start to “think” for itself and decide that we’re the problem, rather that we humans will hand over responsibility for some quite big decisions to something that looks smart but isn’t really. A bit like the first generation of autonomous trading systems which over-reacted and cost a US brokerage firm billions in the space of a few minutes.

Provided we always have access to the “Off” button and provided we have double and triple checks on the big decisions, we should be okay…

I believe there’s a website that lists dogging sites locally……. Oh, hang on. You said “opportunities for sax in public”. 
 

My bad, sorry. 

47 minutes ago, Frank Blank said:

 

...and tram cab rides around The Hague.

I think he just prefers to be called William these days….

7 minutes ago, Happy Jack said:

The rest is endless padding, repetition and irrelevance.

90% of YouTube summed up nicely in that one sentence.
 

The other 30% being maths stuff I never watch. 

Merry Christmas to you too, @ped.  
 

When I consider the amount I pay for BC versus what it costs each year for Sky, the TV licence and my various OnlyFans subscriptions, BassChat is an absolute bargain.
 

It could only be better if I could persuade @Osiristo get a better webcam and then I could cancel my OnlyFans subs. 
 

2 hours ago, moley6knipe said:

So let’s REALLY ‘fess up… how many of us have messed up The Chain. You know the bit. Me, for one!

That’s one of the few i can reliably manage (these days, it wasn’t always so). My personal bete noir is All Right Now. I could play it perfectly when practising at home or at rehearsals. At a gig? I’d stumble on the part under the guitar solo every feckin’ time.

It got to the stage where we’d make a big thing of it and turn it into a joke. The one occasion i got through it without fluffing got a mammoth cheer.

I quite often miss out a few eight or quarter notes here and there. I try to make up for it by squeezing them into the next bar…

I’ve posted this elsewhere but this seems a more appropriate place….

https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/ashdown-pro-di-di-pedal

Ashdown Pro DI reduced to £176

4 hours ago, dirgefornovember said:

Good spot, snapped one up, arriving today 😁 

Would you mind posting a review when you’ve had chance to play through it? There’s not a lot of material about it online. I keep telling myself I don’t need one, I really don’t.

But I’d still love to know what it sounds like!

2 hours ago, neepheid said:

 

It wouldn't be BC if a thread didn't veer off into the weeds for a bit...

At least there haven’t been any fish (or cheese) puns.  

3 hours ago, SumOne said:

If you are going to be doing home recording then I presume you already have a Laptop and DAW and some sort of interface. In which case, you can get great sounds basically for free.

 

I've recently discovered that my Laptop with a UA Volt interface (comes with lots of high quality plugins), Reaper DAW (can use for free), and free/cheap plugins is superior and cheaper than using hardware pedals for home practice and recording. 

I’ve been using the plugins in Logic which are great but I’m trying to move my effects outboard as much as possible to prevent me being reliant one a specific DAW or OS (I have a load of old projects that will no longer open properly because they rely on deprecated plugins, etc). I also wanted a stand-alone box that I could use for practice without having to fire up the Mac. 

10 hours ago, Boodang said:

TC Electronic Spectradrive has everything you need plus toneprints for the drive and comp, so you can choose from a range of downloadable options. 

It looks like the Spectradrive is discontinued and the replacements don’t appear to have aux in or headphone sockets. A used one would have been worth a look if I hadn’t found my MG30 buried in the garage.