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  1. Clarky
    Last call before I either buy the Eminence at the Gallery or pay up a bit more for a new Eminence?
  2. Clarky
    Hi Nik, could you please amend the gear I will be bringing to: Fender CS Pino and MarkBass CMD121P Thx, Clarky
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    Until we ran into the "drummer quits" problem this summer, my punk band was struggling for gigs (were doing c.20 a year previously and our run rate was half this in 2010). The turnouts were appalling. At one gig, the three of us (and our other halves) were the entire audience for the headline act we supported (a reasonably well known punk act with 70s credentials). We never got paid. Best we ever got was petrol money or free drinks. My new band will probably only do 10-15 gigs a year as we are so geographically disparate (South Coast, London, Scotland) but they will be paying (mind you there's 14 of us so it amounts to not much each!).
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    Sold via eBay
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    Sunday bump with reminder of trade options in the preceding post
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    It's not launched in the UK yet so the only ones who could have tried it would be those attending trade shows or nonUK BCers if it's already launched elsewhere. Looks incredibly well spec'd for the £375 indicated UK price (eg at DV247)
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    Going to give an answer that will not please all (!) - I ended up a bass player as I was too sh*t on guitar for my teen band and 4 strings seemed easier than six
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    I can also offer some hot air. Interested?
  9. Clarky
    I have some snake oil if anyone's interested
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    It's no good. I tried to play this bass for a few songs this evening with a very broad, thick leather Minotaur strap and it's just too uncomfortable for my shoulders /back. So regrettably it's up for sale again. This time I am shaving £100 off my outlay and calling it £1300 posted. If 11 pounds in weight doesn't bother you this is a great deal. Reminder pics of my bass and Cliff Burton with same model. If £1300 cash is not available to an interested party (or a straight swap with an Eminence upright bass), I might do as I have done before ... which is to trade against a decent quality Fender-shaped bass that I should be able to move on without too much difficulty and that I could happily live with if it took a bit of time (eg, sunburst, sonic blue, seafoam green Fender CS, Sadowsky etc) I appreciate this is a bit of a 'special interest' item (for Metallica geeks, like me, or Alembic fans of which BC does not have an overwhelming number) so I have also put it on eBay [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130454200107"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=130454200107[/url] Happy, as ever, to pull the listing early if a BC'er wants this (assuming there are no bids at that point) [attachment=63776:alembic02.jpg][attachment=63777:alembic05.jpg][attachment=63775:43212.jpg]
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    2X18 feedback

    Clarky replied to bigd1's topic in Feedback

    Sold Will some black nylon strings - as others above have repeatedly said, all good!
  12. Clarky
    Just bought a beautiful fretless Fender Jazz from Brian. Super-easy transaction, we agreed deal Tuesday and two days later I have the bass and he has the funds - couldn't be better. Bass was well packed and is exactly as described. Brian was a gent to deal with and I recommend him to other BC'ers
  13. Clarky
    Additional incoming fretless porn (CIJ 62RI Fender Jazz) - bought from bythesea (aka Brian) but pics courtesy of previous FS thread (cardinaljay's; thanks!) [attachment=63695:fretless2.jpg][attachment=63694:fretless.jpg]
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    I use these on all my basses as does Happy Jack. I have posted about the merits of these before and been the subject of much derision! Apparently its way cooler to either move you belt buckle out of the way, tuck you shirt over you belt, or alternatively scuff up your bass and I am a nerd for paying the princely sum of £15 odd quid to protect a bass costing over a grand
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    Unfortunately my several pages of feedback on BC speaks volumes Most recently I went for the TC hype and bought a TC 450 Classic head for £540. Its a good head but doesn't quite do it for me (I think an Orange Bass Terror would be better for my meat-and-potatoes bass playing and musical tastes). However, I've seen people struggling to sell nearly-new TC heads on BC for £400-ish and I just can't face taking a big hit again! (Unless someone wants to trade )
  16. Clarky
    As a newbie I am discovering that each type/model of DB suits certain strings better. I have Silver Slaps on my DB, having found Thomastik Superflexibles a bit too tense for my liking. I tried an E from a set of Innovation Honeys on my DB last weekend just to compare with the Silver Slaps and found it less easy to play, not dissimilar from the Thomastiks. As I posted elsewhere, the Eminence EUB at the Gallery is strung with Spirocores and I found it played horribly - yet there are loads of Eminence devotees who say that its superb with different strings (eg, Kolstein Heritage). Given DB strings are typically £75-100+ a set (over £200 for Garbos!) this makes finding the right set-up bl**dy expensive ...
  17. Clarky
    Martyn P Casey (The Bad Seeds) - simple and melodic Paul Simonon - nuff said Can't think of a third that influences me as such. Loads I admire across a range of genres (eg, the Metallica boys, Scott LaFaro, Robbie Shakespeare, Jamerson)
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    Then this woman must be in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's tallest! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wilfer-full-size-Double-Bass-/180584479155?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Sting_Instruments&hash=item2a0bac79b3"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wilfer-full-size-Dou...=item2a0bac79b3[/url]
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    [quote name='Happy Jack' post='1018957' date='Nov 10 2010, 04:32 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260686639540&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT[/url] I was keeping an eye on this one, thinking it might go for less than a ton. [size=3][b]£238.[/b][/size] That's for a cheapo DB which sells new for £385, and has had its neck snapped clean off. Without warrantee. And scuffed up. I had a word with my regular luthier about it. Even as a favour to me, he'd charge £50 to repair that properly, so if I'd bought it I'd have ended up spending about £300 on a broken-but-repaired instrument when I could have a brand new one (with warrantee) for just £85 more. Just me, or is that barking?[/quote] Perhaps it was being used as a prop in a music video? (lets smash up the double bass ...) Agreed, barking
  20. Clarky
    Yep, me again. Just sold Dave some strings. As ever, a pleasure
  21. Clarky
    [quote name='silddx' post='1018513' date='Nov 10 2010, 10:42 AM']Bloody hell Clarky, that's very generous![/quote] Not compared to the pleasure I get from BassChat and the worthiness of the charities
  22. Clarky
    Nik, I would also like to add to the raffle list an as-new Orange Crush pix 25W combo that I simply do not use. Perfect condition and function. Looks like this: [attachment=63555:Orange.jpg]
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    [quote name='2x18' post='1018358' date='Nov 10 2010, 08:35 AM']I will take them if they are still available[/quote] yep, still available. Will PM you
  24. Clarky
    I had these on my 51P bass to emulate an upright sound but the new owner of the bass didn't want them so I swapped them out. They are only a few weeks old, in very good condition with the silks largely unmolested (albeit I have cut the ends down to fit a body-through Fender scale length neatly). Straight competitors to Rotosound TruBass strings but, in my view, nicer feeling (softer, less plastick-y). Cost me £28.60 + post at Stringbusters. So how about £14 posted? PS, here's the blurb: La Bella 760 Black Nylon Tapewound Re-designed for improved tone, sustain and longevity, these stainless steel wound strings have an outer wrapping of black nylon tape. These smooth nylon tape winding makes them particularly suitable for fretless bass guitars, whilst the warm tone means they also sound good on acoustic bass guitars. Gauges 60 70 94 115
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    I was thinking $10,000 doesn't sound much (£6,000) for that provenance. For heavens sake, a new Alembic or Fodera can cost you way more than that.
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