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19 hours ago, Al Krow said:

...and Mandy from this crew will do you a "custom job" if you bring along the nail varnish  (She'll be at Islington O2 on the 31 March)

 

She's a nice player - I was impressed when I saw them on Part Time bands - would love to see them live.

Could we contact someone like Anderton's and negotiate a group buy?

I do like that schecter. A great balance between looking retro and purposeful.

This could be expensive. I started looking for a gig bag for my current epi thunderbird.

whick gigbags fit the vintage pro then?

On 1/10/2018 at 19:59, wateroftyne said:

I'm trying to convince myself I don't need one...!

This.

I already have a CTM-100 and Bassman 135...

No - the band were not my band - we just thought they were the best band for a wedding - a real rock n roll party band.

I am not doing much these days - I am now a solo parent to two boys of school age so I can't justify many hours out rehearsing or gigging. I am trying to improve my slab playing to a level where it could be classed as "tolerable" and maybe do the odd jam/dep and look for something when the boys are old enough to be living their own lives.

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As far as I know this is the only video of me on stage. This was 17th June 1995! It was my wedding and the band got me up for a song.

Looks the sort of bass a premiership footballer would buy...

Though it's not necessarily a big deal. Intonation adjusted for fretted. Fretless you can compensate if it's not perfect.

Tuning - shouldn't be hugely out. As long as you are not changing mid song you have a minute to retune.

It may be possible to drop, and reposition slightly.

Hmm. Sounds like a job for Paul Bigsby...

Dropping nut or bridge would alter tuning/intonation.

Can't say I have tried it with electric! never really occured to me TBH!

You're welcome to give it a try - I work from home so can even handle daytime dropins.

It's not listed in the spec in the instructions - I'll see if I can figure a way to weigh it, but it's, er, pretty solid :-)

Just now, Jezyorkshire said:

15inch speaker is useless for double bass, i would stick it for sale in amp section?

I prefer 12s, but it's an amp designed for double bass so actually works rather well..

It's a 15. and I still have the instructions!

With modern high power amps and small, light but potent speaker cabs it's not going to compete for out and out volume - would be great for a quieter player.

I'll try to either find and reinstate the pics, or take some more.

Er,  bump! 

You have pm

6 hours ago, SpondonBassed said:

I spotted Nick Lowe playing a Hamer eight on a Dave Edmunds number the other day.  I'd seen it before and wondered but this thread encouraged me to look it up when I saw it again.  I like Nick Lowe as a singing bassist too.  I have almost got Love the Sound of Breaking Glass down.

This? 

38 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

Is that for the Schaller bridge? I would have thought it would be cheaper to buy direct form Schaller, or through one of their UK dealers.

Could be interesting on pricing. The schaller site lists it as €108 - lnock off the discount and add postage and you are looking <>£100. Warmoth list it at $65, but their postage prices are geared around shipping bodies and necks, and are pricey even for that IMO. Cheapest puts it to <> $95 - £70, but you will be hit by the "handling charge" by importers, Duty & VAT so it's going to be close on price...

11 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

But where do you get one from as an aftermarket device?

Schaller do direct mail order. 

54 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

Tune Japan also make a one-piece 8-string bridge. I fact I'm surprised that they haven't been mentioned more in this thread. If I was going to buy another 8-string bass I wouldn't make any decision before trying a Tune.

able.

What is the problem with the T-O-M style 8-string bridge? The generic one fitted to the Dean, Schecter, Spector etc. basses is a perfectly functional unit. It's just the horrible tailpiece that makes it look so ugly IMO.

That's the problem - it may be perfectly functional, it's just ugly. 

Tune have been mentioned, it's just difficult to work out how viable it is to buy one. I do quite like http://usdweb.sakura.ne.jp/custom.order.gallery.top/framepage.tune.phoenix.custom.order.gallery.html page 16,  No.TP-000467...

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9 hours ago, Wolverinebass said:

Schaller 471. That's it. As far as I'm aware no production bass uses it. 

Don't bother with the Hagstrom. It's a 4 saddle bridge and is total crap.

Thanks - that was the conclusion I was coming to :-(

While the Hagstrom looks cool,  I had pretty much discounted it as being a tad behind.

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Talking bridges - I know the schaller is available as an aftermarket bridge, but what bases have a non-TOM bridge? The Hagstrom as a one piece, but if one wanted an 8-string bass with one piece bridge that  allowed independent intonation adjustment, just how narrow would the choices be?

That B208 does look nice - nearer spector than schecter price as well.Pity it doesn't look available yet :-(

On 1/21/2018 at 15:22, Sean said:

It's the Studio version - I picked it up at an amazing price and it was in stock in the UK. Always fancied one.

From Drew @ GBBL by any chance? I had me eye on that!

Possibly - it has been there as well. It's here mainly as it is aimed at double bass players. It's a bit of a niche amp, and technology has moved on with even upright players now classing 100W as a practice amp...

It's now on ebay as well. As you can tell I have not been in a hurry to sell it :-)