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  1. martthebass
    There's always the Sandberg Lionel, I love mine though it's more of a modern P sound than an older school thump. a number of users on here have swapped to EMG Geezers on their Lionels for a more vintage tone.
  2. martthebass
    Lovely pairing Ade. Im with you on the Ray/Lionel comparison, despite the price difference the Lionel is imho the better all round bass. I’d love another but I think Mrs MTB might kill me…..plus I want to change my Mini Cooper.
  3. martthebass
    Think he uses one of these on and off. Yes, not a great sound.....bit of an accomplishment as it's hard to make one of these sound bad.
  4. martthebass
    Not too bad Dave, not had too many pics taken so not posted much. Yup the singer is a lefty....that's one of the reasons I tend to use a Shorty on Glam gigs otherwise I end up sword fighting with him......
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    A very hot and sticky this last Saturday; a Bikers Rally at the Breighton Ferry. Absolutely cracking gig with lots of enthusiastic punters; sound was a bit of a problem as there was a wall in front of me a couple of metres out which gave me some horrible harsh sound spikes in the first spot.....the ears are still complaining despite me having moulded 21db Decibulz plugs.....
  6. martthebass
    Ouch. That's what stops me taking the expensive stuff - especially on easily accessible/zero stages. Never bothered me when it was the old jeans and T Shirt bands. BTW - Black bass and LEDS!
  7. martthebass
    Now back from Jon and in full working order. Just in time for a Biker rally gig tomorrow. Jon initially thought it was goosed because it sounded distorted and then realised it was supposed to be like that….
  8. martthebass
    At the minute I tend to use my cheapest bass on most gigs (a Sandy Lionel) but that's only because it's the most suitable for this band and the majority of the venues we play. I do have one case queen (a Status CW1) that was bought for me with money left by my Mum so I have a sentimental attachment, however it gets played often at home and is not a wall ornament.
  9. martthebass
    Could've sworn some of your recent images showed you wearing a long garb of some description.....I won't spit hairs on the fabric/substrate.....
  10. martthebass
    Too warm for the big leather coat BRX?
  11. martthebass
    I've had a few fretless Stingrays, all with Pau Ferro boards and found them all well suited to the job. I don't think it looks as cosmetically nice as ebony but that's a minor point. One thing I did note though is that it's a bit on the brittle side, I had the board resurfaced on a SR5 as it had a little wear and when the nut was removed a bit of the board at the back of the nut popped off and had to be glued back into place.
  12. martthebass
    Is the Pink Lionel active/passive? Did you get it from Bass Direct?
  13. martthebass
    All our venues are cash only. If they aren’t cash then they aren’t one of our venues. Fortunately we don’t do it for a living and can be choosy.
  14. martthebass
    Cheers, I’ve used Jon on a couple of jobs before and he’s the only guy I’d trust on a pricey bass.
  15. martthebass
    Bass Direct requested I use my own Luthier and had EBMM send the replacement part directly to me. I will of course request reimbursement of costs….
  16. martthebass
    Because the vendor isn’t fitting it Kev.
  17. martthebass
    A new pre is now on its way from EBMM via UPS (so fingers crossed…..). Mr Shuker has agreed to fit it so here’s hoping it’ll be fit and ready soon.
  18. martthebass
    I remember them as a nice bunch of lads. They used to frequent a local jamnight I went to years back every Friday when they were learning their trade.
  19. martthebass
    Is it tone Lego or ordinary Lego?
  20. martthebass
    I had a 4004Cii for a while. Yup, just normal rods. The thing I did though was to make sure I put the same number of (partial) turns on each rod. To be fair once I'd done the adjustment I never needed to touch the rods again, neck was very stable.
  21. martthebass
    He'll love it Dave. Still use mine in preference to my EBMM Ray Shorty which was a fair bit more (even used), they are awesome little basses. Us old Glamsters have found a sweet spot with Sandbergs eh?
  22. martthebass
    Over the last 40 years or so I've had a fair few Fender Jazz and Precisions, US, Mexican and Indonesian. I currently have none and expect that'll be the case until I hang up my gigging gloves.
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    I think you'd be safe with this one Lozz. https://www.thomann.co.uk/sandberg_california_vs_lionel_pf_bk.htm?srsltid=AfmBOop68odtvY22cC7MOJ5e3dIi5pbPqQ9y96_qnavhNNdId965YODafgE
  25. martthebass
    No that's a CW-2; that's one of the later one's that doesn't have the graphite through neck though I believe it could still be ordered with the carbon fibre shell like on the original CW-1.
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