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Price drop to £850 Hi guys I'm having a bit of a clear out and consolidating some gear which doesn't get used enough. This is one of the best fretless basses I've had, but I don't play it enough - so given my current financials I have to let it go. I'll need to keep tabs on it so I can maybe buy it back one day! So here it is - a very rare series 1 Vigier Arpege fretless. Built before they started using/recording serial numbers properly but estimated to be around 1985. This is the first series made by Patrice Vigier, before they started experimenting with Carbon necks. Instead, the neck has a brass laminate running along under the fingerboard for rigidity, as well as a truss rod. Although the bass lives in a hard case in the office, my wooden necked basses occasionally need adjustment for seasonal variations - but this never does. I've literally tuned it once. Most of the hardware is Vigier's own; the bridge in particular is an interesting design. The pickups are made for Vigier by Benedetti. They're single coils and very powerful. They have an unusual 'tabletop' shape which looks great. The pre-amp is very unusual, consisting of a master vol with pull boost, series/parallel switch which actually processes some useful sounds, a boost/cut knob married to a Q filter and a passive tone. Also a pickup switch (front, middle, back) and a 'passive output' (Active output on the side of body) I'm not actually sure of the body wood but similar basses at the time were made of Walnut. It's a neck through and very comfortable. You can hear it here (wait for the fretless to cut in) where I'm suing the rear pickup only for that really tight bumpy growl, which this bass excels at. With both pickups it has a very open and warm sound. It comes without a case unfortunately but I would prefer to meet the buyer anyway at somewhere convenient. I'm in York but happy to travel to meet. The train to London is quick and easy, and/or I wan meet somewhere along the M1. My parents are in Oxford so it could be an excuse to see them, too. So I'm very flexible. Weight: 4.8kg (approx, bathroom scales!) Nut width: 41m Spacing: 15/16mm Strings: Elixir 'Super Light' Setup: Super low Strplocks: Marvel, strap side included Let me know if you have any questions or would like to try it. I'm in no rush so happy to wait for the right buyer! Cheers Chris -
I feel like some vids are a little sloppy (not that I could do better) but it's also due to the way it's been recorded, I think. For ages they only came out of one channel. Surely got to be worth setting up a more pro recording area for demos. However I do prefer the more groove playing demos to the super fast and/or upper fret melodic show-off type things put out by many others. I don't think the demos are pointless at all, they give you a real good idea what the bass sounds like. The vids are hit and miss, some recorded really quietly and others out of phase or something, but this is an OK one that gives a good idea of the sound. You can, at least, her the characterising 'plink' of the G string (especially at the end)
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Andy Irvine, really nice guy. One of the friendliest people I’ve met. 👍🏻
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Ive never seen a worst bass instructional video than this.
ped replied to bubinga5's topic in General Discussion
Ooh a ‘New York’ bass player no less! We are not worthy! Just opinion dressed up as fact imo. How do you know when an American is from New York? They’ll tell you! -
Depends on the mobile. Some don’t support ad blocking. You should all add us to your whitelist anyway
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I found having an amp around the house was a bit depressing - it takes up a lot of room and is completely a reminder of the gigs you used to play and often they can lose money much faster than an instrument can. I also don't like playing amps at home; they shake items in the room and everyone can hear you (probably even next door) so I cannot concentrate! So my advice is sell the amp, invest some time in deciding which bass to keep or have a bit of a cleanse and buy one great bass, then spend some of the money you've made on a really good home headphone based setup (my advice would be something like a Helix and a bassboard) - that way you can still play at home yourself in total bliss, along with music or whatever. It's a bit of an escape. And try not to over-analyse it; sometimes I don't play bass for weeks, but I still have a certain satisfaction that I love my gear and enjoy reading about gear etc online. Often the groove takes me when I least expect it, normally when I should be hoovering or something, and when you don't feel like you're forcing it, it's a great feeling. If you still miss being in a band, why not try some of the online collaboration sites where you can download tracks that need bass and send them back? Personally I get my kicks from playing along with music that I stumble across and spend hours jamming to them. When it comes to seeing things, it's far too easy to attach sentimentality to stuff which really are just objects. I recently sold a few watches that were totally blown away by a random punt on eBay for a watch about a tenth of the price of my most expensive. For a while I couldn't sell them because I thought 'but I wore that here' or 'I bought this then' but why should that not just be a nice memory? Who will benefit from me keeping it and telling them about it later? Nobody. I am very much a 'one item' person; rather than having a collection of watches or basses I tend to prefer to have one, which is 'me'. Obviously when it comes to bases that can mean one four, one five, one fretless, one half scale, one white, one black, one with single coils, one with humbuckers... Also echo Fozza's comment above - there's nothing wrong with tasing and chatting about basses even if you haven't played in a while. So stick around
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Stringbusters Reliability/Customer Service (WARNING - AVOID THEM!)
ped replied to TomWIC's topic in General Discussion
I have updated the thread title so hopefully a few others will avoid problems. -
Yes or at the bar (down the road)
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Everything wireless with no power needed 😂
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Sorry it’s been a busy week!
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I’d have to check the boobs first.
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https://nordstrandaudio.com/products/nordymute Havent tried one yet but used and loved a Bassmute previously. No room for one on my current bass though. So these look interesting. Reckon I could make some though easily. Stuck some foam to some wood and cut slots for the strings...
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Hi mate. They should be better configured now to appear as they used to. We’ll spend more time perfecting them over the coming days. We’ve actually been using Adsense for years but recently had to change the account stuff hence the weirdness earlier. A pop up blocker will certainly remove them and hide the ads but lose us revenue. They aren’t a main funding source for us (hence the decision to charge for sale ads instead) so you can use one if you prefer, especially if you have a sub already there’s no need to feel bad Now we’re up to date with it we will start to config them so maybe users with a sub will see no ads and guests see more etc but we’ll see what’s possible. Thanks ped
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Let’s hope you don’t find out the hard way during your date!
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Woah. Looks great! -
Sorry our fault, we were waiting for Google to update something and I had an email from them this morning - I didn't realise by default they give you 'auto ads' all over the bloody place. We're configuring them to be as they were before at the moment.
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My fault - we had to do some configuring of Google Adsense yesterday and haven't had a chance to 'optimise' it yet. Google of course give you the full beans as soon as they can until you tell them otherwise so we'll fix it later today.
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DR Black Beauties Sold
ped replied to haimesy's topic in Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale
She’s half Pug and half Boston Terrier. We were actually looking for a frenchie but then we saw this little bargain on gumtree! She’s five now and spoilt rotten ❤️ -
DR Black Beauties Sold
ped replied to haimesy's topic in Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale
Rest in peace JP. Lovely boy x -
Excellent, interesting read too. Really like John having worked with him before, and his stuff sounds great. Have to say I do find the stacked knobs too tall for my tastes though.
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I reckon if you tell her it has the option to split and merge the signal path she’ll be ok with it. If that fails, hit her with the fact it has a new mutron patch. Should work
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How about a BC discount code
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All done mate check the top of this forum Tell you what, here's a cheeky link: https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/331230-the-basschat-podcast-listen-here/
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Hi guys. Here you can find all the Basschat Podcast episodes. You can listen here and/or subscribe to the podcast using the services below. Enjoy and please let us know your feedback! Listen in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-basschat-podcast/id1428552711?mt=2 Listen via Stitcher: Download the Stitcher app on either your iOS or Android device and search for the Basschat.co.uk podcast to listen and subscribe. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1AXD0U4t9RxZaFw2R29FnH?si=-GaKSpyaR7qswB-8mal9VQ Listen in browser: Pilot Episode July 2018: @SpondonBassed talks about necks with @Akio Dāku - Also the amazing @Chownybass kindly donated his time to join us over video chat for a wonderful interview. https://soundcloud.com/basschat/the-basschat-podcast-pilot Episode 1 August 2018: @Akio Dāku speaks to @Sibob about the nature of bass playing, how it fits in with the reality of having a job and family and about how to approach playing different genres of music and keeping an open mind. Episode 2 September 2018: Episode 2 has forum member and podcast host @Akio Dāku (Bo) & forum member & moderator @Sibob (Si) talking about performance, talent, learning & the late Dave Hall. Before that though, Bo talks to @TrevorR (Trevor Raggatt) of the Wal Bass History Blog, taking us through all things Wal. You can find Trevor's blog here: http://walbasshistory.blogspot.com Episode 3 March 2019: In this episode, @Sibob talks to Jack Roan from Noble Amps. Then our host @Akio Dāku chats to Sibob about their favourite items for sale in the Basschat Marketplace this month.
