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bassmayhem

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  1. If you like the tone, why not try to find a second hand active monitor that you can link your sound/tone to. They can often be found at bargain prices and are useful for other stuff too. My keyboard player has two JBL Eon's and a personal mixer for his keyboard set up as well as for his monitoring of the rest of the band...
  2. I sold this beauty in December just to get money to buy a blue Lakland JO5: [IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/bassmayhem/20130917_172830-kopia_zps7acac3fd.jpg[/IMG] G&L JB made in USA. The new owner is more than happy...
  3. [quote name='Kev' timestamp='1409443029' post='2539835'] [/quote]Beautiful!
  4. My two black beauties: [i]Black Bob[/i] and [i]Steinie[/i]... [IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/bassmayhem/20140403_100801_zps2d13ec7d.jpg[/IMG] Lakland Bob Glaub PJ (2007) [IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/bassmayhem/20150106_184545_zpsea6e05c9.jpg[/IMG] Steinberger XL2 (1988)
  5. I used to have following Eden cabs: 1xD410XLT 1xD410XST 4xD112XLT I sold them all. The last nail in the coffin was when I took two of my D112XLT's over to TKS workshop and side-by-side tested the TKS cabs against my Eden cabs. I was totally devastated. The D112XLT's were like a nail in the chest, a midrange honky horn with no bottom at all. At that time I used my Genz Benz ShuttleMax 12.0. With the Eden cabs I had to boost the bass with approx. 6 dB to get a decent tone. With the TKS cabs I had a marvellously thunderous but so clear tone with eq at noon. My present cabs are: 2xTKS 2126 (no tweeters) 2xTKS H115, one with tweeter, one without The setups I use are as follows: Genz Benz Streamliner 900 (w. one or two H115 or one 2126 cabs) 900W RMS at 4 ohms Euphonic Audio iAmp800 (w. one or two H115 or one or two 2126 cabs) 1000 W RMS at 2 ohms Eden Wt800B (w. one or two H115 or one or two 2126 cabs) 2x550 W RMS at 2 ohms / 1100 W RMS at 4 ohms bridged Eden Navigator and QSC PLX3402 (w. one or two H115 or one or two 2126 cabs, or all of them) 2 x 1700 W RMS at 2,7 ohms / 3400 W RMS bridged at 4 ohms (Yes - this is overkill, but oh, so nice...) Next cabs will be a pair of the smallest TKS 112 cabs...
  6. I see this is an old thread, but I bought a master built Kremona this summer, an instrument originally built for a Danish bass player. (I got it in Copenhagen.) It is a somewhat odd custom built instrument with a 3/4 body and 4/4 scale. What made me buy this instrument? Well, it has a tone to die/kill for. Period. (It is a big bass; some 190 cm "from head to toe" with endpin retracted, and quite wide shouldered.) Due to the "massive size" it is a bit harder to play, but what you miss in speed you gain in tone. I equipped it with a Realist (under the foot copper) transducer and Evah Pirazzi Weich strings. This instrument is just some two and a half years old, but if it sounds this good now, well, how will it be when it has survived me...? I am no great upright player, my main instrument is electric bass, but I am more than okay on the instrument, I get well paid gigs anyway. There are better instruments around but I won't look for another. Don't have to. A really good instrument! Here are pictures from when I got it back home in July: [IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/bassmayhem/20140805_105542_zpsd1d55ee8.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/bassmayhem/20140805_105630_zpsf1213306.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/bassmayhem/20140805_105644_zpsc8b326ff.jpg[/IMG]
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    bobglaub01

    I just bought a beautiful blue Lakland JO5 from Ron. Swift, smooth action! Nice guy to deal with.
  8. Sold a Stick to Lars (Minski). Swift and smooth affair!
  9. I got a question from Minski if I had a feedback-page. Now I have one, Minski.
  10. [quote name='jazzyvee' timestamp='1420234311' post='2647097'] A friend of mine in the states has recently had this custom blue bass made. [/quote]This should be illegal to post.
  11. There is an old fretless Wal Pro 2E for trade - only for trade against a good five string bass - here in Sweden. Here is the link: http://pratabas.se/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=75233 Translated by Mayhem Translate gives: [i]Well, I love this bass but still I need a fretless with at least five strings and this has only four ...[/i] [i]A piece of British engineering from '79, absolutely top class and with a sound you will not find elsewhere. Newly renovated by Wal themselves (incl. reshaping the fretboard, new fingerboard markers, renovation of electronics, new chrome on the neck plate etc etc). I let the cracked laquer and dents be (see picture), then they do not bother me. Unfortunately, the original case is long gone when it fell into so many pieces that it could not be saved.[/i] [i]Not for sale but only swapping for fretless 5- or 6-string. I imagine something like the F-bass, woody and mwwaah, preferably lined fingerboard and bolt-on but it is not a requirement. Trade value around £1500-1600. Can arrange more images.[/i]
  12. [quote name='sykilz' timestamp='1410798998' post='2553289'] Fitted a set of these to my Yamaha BB414, though it looks very different to the massive lollipop types, now I'm used to the look I quite like the look. The difference in weight ,which is why I'm posting this, is incredible, the originals weighed 100grams each, the Hipshots are 44g each, in old money the weight loss over 4 tuners is half a pound, give or take, on a bass that weighed 9lb 1oz it now weighs 8lb 8oz! Anyone thinking of buying these, do !! [/quote] Also: they work like a hot knife through butter. Smooooooooth is the word!
  13. There is a girl in Sweden who custom paints pick guards: https://www.facebook.com/DesignByEmmaKlemets
  14. Well, now Blue Joe is at home... [IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/bassmayhem/20150102_163634_zps1312684a.jpg[/IMG] Nice and blue. Only 3,2 kg/7,05 lbs - light as a feather...
  15. I used to have this one: [IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/bassmayhem/CIMG1488.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/bassmayhem/DirtyBlondewithpinkstrings.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/bassmayhem/DSC_0051.jpg[/IMG] I bought it after my back surgery; I couldn't play anything heavier than this back then...
  16. [quote name='JimBobTTD' timestamp='1420030509' post='2644974'] Thanks for the info. I am registered on pratabas, I think, but I do not spend much time there. I shall have a look and see if I can bjuda in mig på a Stockholm rendezvous! [/quote] What a pity! Whe had a PrataBas get together at the TKS facility last fall. Tommy sells direct to customer; in that way you always get a brand new cab, unplayed and "unpawed" by others. Saves some dough too. I think TKS uses UPS for delivery, so that means shipping "everywhere".
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    Jazz

    [quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1418822863' post='2633680'] Here's my latest Jazz, another '61; [/quote] That's a nice bass for sure! I've always wanted a bass like that but with five strings; now I am a bit closer to that. I got this one on the way home now - not a Fender, but you recognise the "origins"... [IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/bassmayhem/IMG_0041_zps44c037a8.jpeg[/IMG]
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    Jazz

    [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1419974314' post='2644583'] 8.5kg! Do you still have the rest of it? [/quote] Yep! In a closet! I pick it out sometimes to frighten my friends. If you look under the thread with modified basses you'll find pictures of the original body. To be fair, it wasn't just the body that was heavy on this "monstrosity"; you could club an ox with the neck without that much effort. Then it had Badass bridge and three pups and solid metal knobs adding to that. Anyway, the neck have NO dead notes whatsoever due to that fact. Happy new year, btw!
  19. Well, I kinda got me this one tonight: Steinberger XL2 from 1988! I had my first, a lined fretless L2 back in 1984. Missed it...
  20. [quote name='wombatboter' timestamp='1405263649' post='2500212'] Used to work in a music shop in Belgium and this one was always great to play, a rare white Steinberger Elite with a D-tuner. A couple of weeks ago the shop closed and I got to buy this for a price which was affordable (2127 euros was a bit too much before the shop closed but I got it brandnew now for 1200 euros) My cat is cross-eyed since an accident by the way (glad he survived it) [url="http://s162.photobucket.com/user/wombatboter/media/P1020306_zps56dfc305.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] Nice cat! Nice bass!
  21. My old Fender Jazz '78 i got second hand in '82 started its life as jet black; the first thing I did was to get rid of the original bridge, ashtrays and pick guard. Then I "grinded off" the black plastic laquer. It had already DiMarzio pups, but I added one more in the middle. Here, the third pup is removed. Bass face included! (1985)... Around 2006, after 21 years with EMG pups... After a LOT of mileage it looked like this around 2010. Retired due to its massive weight of 8,5 kg(!!!)... Some three years ago I decided it earned a new life again, so I had a custom made body built to my specs. Chambered ash body with heavily flamed Swedish birch. Still a bass on the heavier side, but fully managable. Note the extra cutout on the back of the lower horn for full access to all frets, also a bigger tummy cut for a more mature(!) player... How modified is it? Well, it is original from neck up, with the exception of a refret and a new saddle. BassChat record...?
  22. [IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/bassmayhem/20140603_193245_zpsde1ade66.jpg[/IMG] My beautiful Yamaha JP2, also for sale now. I tend to play my Laklands all the time so the mighty six mostly hangs on the wall...
  23. [quote name='bobglaub01' timestamp='1419716695' post='2642227'] This beauty JO-5 goes to Sweden !!!! [/quote] But of course it does...
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