garbev

Hi Alun,

I'll be at the Abertillery gig, haven't met you so
wear a badge or get a Bass related tatoo done.......maybe.

Gary.

Hello,

Hardly 'Mini Rig of Doom' but mini nonetheless.

SWR Goliath Jr III 350w 4 ohm, older version with grey grille, only used for practise.
or as top cab in Biamp setup.
Ashdown Superfly, boxed, under warranty. I've decided it's OTT for a practise amp
and GAS is getting the better of me.

I would prefer to sell the both for £300, but would take offers on the
individual items.







Cheers,

Gary.

Hello,

Hardly 'Mini Rig of Doom' but mini nontheless.

SWR Goliath Jr III 350w 4 ohm, older version with grey grille, only used for practise.
or as top cab in Biamp setup.
Ashdown Superfly, boxed, under warranty. I've decided it's OTT for a practise amp
and GAS is getting the better of me.

I would prefer to sell the both for £300, but would take offers on the
individual items.

I'll get some pix up asap.

Cheers All,

Gary.

Speech...........less......ulp!

Hi Pablo,

The necks are identical, I'm sure other BC,ers can confirm this.

Cheers,

Gary.

Hello!

I've decided to sell my Lakland 55-01, not getting any use since I got the Bacchus.
It's Black, Maple neck and has had an East U-Retro dlx professionally installed.
The bass plays and sounds great, the East preamp opens up a huge range of tones
on the bass and is much more versatile than the Bartolini pre.
It's in lovely condition, no dings only very fine scratches on a small part of the body
which don't show up on camera. Comes with a Lakland hardcase. I'm looking for £550
I will consider a P/X of a Jap 70's reissue Jazz Bass( I seem to be collecting them lately)
or poss trade for a 4 string Lakland, 44-02dlx, Darryl Jones.
Some pix:









Thanks,

Gary.

Hi All,


[b][size=5]Price Drop to £250[/size][/b] I'll be in Music Live at the NEC on Sunday, could bring it with me.


I'm selling my Yamaha P5000S, I haven't used it since I sorted my Eden/ADA rig out.
It's in excellent condition, always been cased. Comes with 2U Unicase, it's a very
powerful and reliable amp.

Spec from Yam Site:

The main features of the Yamaha P5000S include:

* Great poweramp, powerful with 2600 watts output at 4 ohms bridged mono operation
* 2 x 1300 Watts at 2-Ohm/2600 Watts at 4-Ohm bridged/2 x 500 Watts at 8-Ohm operation
* 2-channel, parallel or bridged mono operating modes for flexible application
* XLR and 1/4 inch jack TRS inputs
* Neutrik Speakon, jack plug, and 5-way binding post outputs
* Sweepable high and low pass filters for optimizing output to any loudspeakers
* Professional SPEAKON and touch-proof binding post loudspeaker outputs enable secure operation
* Balanced XLR and 1/4 inch jack TRS inputs
* Continuously variable-speed fans
* Power on/off muting, DC detection, thermal protection, current limiting, and a protective cover for the attenuators is also supplied
* Weighs 12kg


Cheers.

Gary.



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Thanks Dood.

Hi All,

I'm selling my Yamaha P5000S, I haven't used it since I sorted my Eden/ADA rig out.
It's in excellent condition, always been cased. Comes with 2U Unicase, it's a very
powerful and reliable amp.

Spec from Yam Site:

The main features of the Yamaha P5000S include:

* Great poweramp, powerful with 2600 watts output at 4 ohms bridged mono operation
* 2 x 1300 Watts at 2-Ohm/2600 Watts at 4-Ohm bridged/2 x 500 Watts at 8-Ohm operation
* 2-channel, parallel or bridged mono operating modes for flexible application
* XLR and 1/4 inch jack TRS inputs
* Neutrik Speakon, jack plug, and 5-way binding post outputs
* Sweepable high and low pass filters for optimizing output to any loudspeakers
* Professional SPEAKON and touch-proof binding post loudspeaker outputs enable secure operation
* Balanced XLR and 1/4 inch jack TRS inputs
* Continuously variable-speed fans
* Power on/off muting, DC detection, thermal protection, current limiting, and a protective cover for the attenuators is also supplied
* Weighs 12KG

Pics:





I'm looking for £270 plus postage, don't mind driving to deliver along M4/M5 for petrol.

Cheers.

Gary.

Hey charlic,

When I owned it I changed the gauge of string without any issues.

Gary.

Just go for it!!!!! and Happy Birthday.

Hi John,

I can't believe this bass is still for sale. Its a great sounding and playing bass.
The price is amazing, top quality components and woods.
An OPL or some other 'clone' would be around the same price. I really enjoyed the
bass and I'm sure I would have kept if I hadn't completely switched to fretless.

Thumbs up for a great bass and nice guy.

All the best,

Gary.

Hello All,

[size=5]Price drop to £550, and will consider P/X of good quality 1x15 cab[/size]


I've decided to sell my MM Status fretless due to my recent acquisition
of a five string fretless (at last). The body is a '91 Stingray, beautifully
grained Honey Sunburst with the P/up and electrics upgraded to a
Duncan Bassline and 3 band eq system.
The neck very playable, slim and comfortable. Amazing action with
loads of mwaah and double bass growl in the low register. The range
of tones is terrific, everything from Jaco to Pino, with a healthy dose
of Dub thrown in for good measure.

I'm looking for £600 plus postage which I think is fair. May be interested in
a 70's reissue Jazz (Maple neck) or poss a Geddy Lee in PX.

Welcome to try the Bass, I know S.Wales may be a trek. Chris(Beedster)had
a look at it a while ago and I think he was impressed.

Cheers,

Gary.

This post has been edited by garbev

Sunburst....Ho Hum

Hi Alun,

Greeting from sunny Maesteg.
The MK1 is a 'passive' pickup in that it doesn't require a power source to work unlike Emg's.
It should be quite straightforward to bypass any preamp but the output of the bass may
drop unacceptably. An elegant but expensive option would be to modify or replace the
preamp to one with a bypass option such as an East or some of the Bartolini's.
To check out the levels I would suggest 'hotwiring' the p/up to the output jack, I
did it once with a Bart soapbar and it was fine and quite liberating not having a
Vol or Tone control on a gig!

Hope this helps,

Gary.

My search for a fretless 5 has at last come to an end!

I got this on Ebay a few months ago, no bidders, so
I made an offer, and got the bass for a very good price.
I've had some work on the nut, dropped in a J-Retro
and now this beauty sounds and plays beautifully.
It sings, growls, amazing sustain and "swell" in the
lower register, right down to bottom C. I'm very
happy with this bass, plays like my MM/Status 4 string,
amazing action, plenty of the "M" word.

B string is great, taut and well defined, surprisingly so
for a 34 inch scale. A bonus is that it sounds like a
Jazz Bass with 5 strings......if you know what I mean.

I've used this Bass on about a dozen gigs now with
a few bands and the comments have been very
complimentary(about the bass not my playing).
On a R&B gig I did last week the "old old school" guitarist
commented "Christ! that sounds like a PROPER bass but I
can hear every note, even that low sh*t you play, weird,
but I like it!"... a convert.

Thanks Bacchus, and to Mr. East for his fab preamps.











A very happy Gary.

Oh yeh, it's fretless so it's got to be BLACK.

And replied.

Bump for a cheap and fab Bass, any more trades out there?

Gary

Hi Garry,

I was lucky enough to find the plate on this site, used but not abused!
The Duncan eq gives a lot more control over the mid range, great
for fretless but the classic MM sound is there if needed.
The "Slap" preset on the volume control is very handy, used
in conjunction with the treble control on "cut" you can get a
very smooth top end with lots of "air" but not too harsh.

Cheers,

Gary.

Cheers John,

Its a great fretless, plays like a dream, sounds lovely,
but I cant justify keeping it. I wouldn't play it and that
would be such a waste.

Gary.

Hello All,

[size=6][size=5]Price drop to £550, and will consider P/X of good quality 1x15 cab[/size][/size]


I've decided to sell my MM Status fretless due to my recent acquisition
of a five string fretless (at last). The body is a '91 Stingray, beautifully
grained Honey Sunburst with the P/up and electrics upgraded to a
Duncan Bassline and 3 band eq system.
The neck very playable, slim and comfortable. Amazing action with
loads of mwaah and double bass growl in the low register. The range
of tones is terrific, everything from Jaco to Pino, with a healthy dose
of Dub thrown in for good measure.





I'm looking for £600 plus postage which I think is fair. May be interested in
a 70's reissue Jazz (Maple neck) or poss a Geddy Lee in PX.

Welcome to try the Bass, I know S.Wales may be a trek. Chris(Beedster)had
a look at it a while ago and I think he was impressed.

Cheers,

Gary.

I've been using a 55-01 with an East U-Retro Dlx for a while.
Playability and feel of the Lakland is second to none, and with
the east preamp the palette of tones is amazing. IMO better
than the USA made 55-94 I've used for recording.

Lakland (modified) all the way.

Gary.

Pm'd

Emg Jazz Bass set plus Emg BTC 2 band eq mounted in Vol Vol Bass/Treble
concentric pot config. Mounted on Jazz Plate, add 1 PP3, 10 mins
soldering and away you go.

Less than half price, £90 posted?

Cheers,

Gary.

Hi Dave,

Glad to hear you're still having fun. i havn't got a new eub yet.
After I pranged my car(not my fault) I've still got problems with my
elbow and can't hold my left arm in position, so it's f/less bass for me
for the forseeable future.

Cheers,

Gary.

P.S. Wanna buy some used p/ups!!!!!!!!!!