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Happy Jack

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  1. Happy Jack
    Never knew Yes did covers. 😉
  2. Happy Jack
    The strings are a necessity regardless but as for the rest the key question is, are you refurbing this to play yourself or getting it ready for sale? An easy starter is to hold the bass upright with the end-pin fully retracted - you don't have to use the end-pin, it's there to make the bass taller. If the nut is way higher than your eyebows then the bass will very probably be too big for you, but if the nut is anywhere close to eyebrow height then the fact that it's a 4/4 doesn't really matter. If you are physically capable of playing the bass, only then do you have a decision to make.
  3. Happy Jack
    I didn't even know these things existed (I have two pairs of Xvive bugs, use them at every gig) and a little voice at the back of my head is saying "this defeats the very purpose of these devices". It's OK. Why should you listen to the voices in my head when half the time I don't bother to myself?
  4. Happy Jack
    I have to assume that all the real bargains got snapped up quickly - what's there now is a set of reductions so modest that they barely qualify as a SALE SALE SALE GET YER CHEAP PA KIT HERE event. It's more a WE'VE KNOCKED 5% OFF THESE OVER-PRICED & SLOW-SELLING ITEMS.
  5. Happy Jack
    The thing that makes the most obvious difference to the playing experience is the presence of the centre-block. Apart from affecting the sound (although not by as much as some claim) it obviously increases the weight of the bass noticeably, and has a marked effect on balance. If at all possible, try a genuine German-made Hofner in a shop first to get a better understanding of what you're looking for. Then try the hollow-body Chinese made, and only after that the one with the centre-block.
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  7. Happy Jack
    They still are, yes. Andrea's number is in the post (above). I'm just depping for them on keys.
  8. Happy Jack
    I've been using Xvive U2 wireless for a few years now and the battery packs are beginning to fade; they used to be perfectly happy to play 3-set gigs on consecutive nights without charging, now they struggle to reach the end of a single 3-set gig. Given how (relatively) expensive they are, I'm not happy and I won't be replacing like with like. My Joyo JW-3 bugs cost just a third of the Xvive price (at the time I bought them - I see they're a fair bit dearer these days) and have delivered a very similar perfomance level to the Xvive U2. I like the look of that charging-case system a lot. I play two gigs most weekends, sometimes three (hell, occasionally four), so having the bugs starting to recharge the second I put them in the case at the end of the gig works for me. Amazon today have a better deal on the Lekato equivalent so I've ordered one of those.
  9. Happy Jack
    "The Neoprene padding is guaranteed not to react with any lacquer/finish" That turned out to not be the case when I first started putting nitro-finished basses on neoprene stands/hangers. Has something changed or improved?
  10. Happy Jack
    I've not played both so can't really compare for you, but I followed this thread with interest. I got very close to pressing the button on the Squier VI until I fell down the YouTube rabbit hole of just how dreadful the bridge is and the amount of work needed to make a brand new instrument playable. So last week I bought https://www.thomann.co.uk/harley_benton_guitarbass_vs_vintage_series.htm It arrived yesterday and the first thing I needed to do was to tune it. Then ... well, I played it. That was it. Straight out of the box it was exactly what you want from a new instrument, everything as it should be, set-up perfect, intonation perfect, no dodgy fretwork or crackly pots, very nice sunburst and very nice tort for the p/g. It feels light (actually 7.5 lbs but it feels lighter somehow), hangs well on a strap, and in the hands of a good player - not me, the guy in my soul band played it all last night - it's a very competent bass as well as an excellent baritone guitar thingy with all due allowance for the tuning options. And it cost £185
  11. Happy Jack
    Aha! An excuse to re-post one of my all-time fave YouTubes ...
  12. Happy Jack
    I'm always on the lookout for interesting side-projects so I check JMB / Gumtree / FB every day in case something crops up. Looking at a singe page of JMB this afternoon offered me ALL of those tags above in the space of about 30/40 listings and I realised that the whole lot was simply washing over me.
  13. Happy Jack
    Disco in 6/8 time ... the outcome is inevitable:
  14. Happy Jack
    I have literally no idea what most of these mean, what sort of songs they are, what sort of bass-playing they require ... indeed, whether or not they actually need any bass. I suspect that many of the people using them have wildly different definitions from each other anyway. Am I missing something? Should I invest hours/days/weeks going down the wastepipe rabbit-hole of trying to understand all these things, or is it safe to carry on ignoring them?
  15. Happy Jack
    All tested, all fully functional, no extra charge for velcro. Flat rate £5 for P&P anywhere in the UK. I have the original packaging but forgot to take a photo.
  16. Happy Jack
    Bass needs more strings ...
  17. Happy Jack
    Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
  18. Happy Jack
    [Bob Marley] I don' wanna wait in vain ... [/Bob Marley]
  19. Happy Jack
    And here's the long-awaited debut gig ...
  20. Happy Jack
    It's this one: https://www.gak.co.uk/en/electro-harmonix-bass-mono-synth All tested, all fully functional, no extra charge for velcro. Flat rate £5 for P&P anywhere in the UK.
  21. Happy Jack
    It's this one - pretty sure they don't sell these any more. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nux-Modulation-Digital-Guitar-Effects/product-reviews/B00BK3V8DO All tested, all fully functional, no extra charge for velcro. Flat rate £5 for P&P anywhere in the UK.
  22. Happy Jack
    Just found the original packaging!
  23. Happy Jack
    So here's a game I play roughly once a year. I list a whole bunch of gear for sale (really not wanting to sell any of it you understand) and once a few things have actually sold 😩 I let the remaining listings slide down below the radar. Until the next time. I'm not selling because I'm desperate for the money, and if I was John Entwistle then I'd just keep the lot and have an ever-expanding collection, but the reality is that over half my gear gets used very little, if at all. Common sense says that at least some of this lovely kit should get back out in circulation. I have no interest at all in trades. Replacing an amp or cab that doesn't get used with a different amp or cab that won't get used seems like a complete waste of time and effort. On the other hand, much of my kit is pretty non-standard or left-field and therefore hard to price, so I'm not absolutely wedded to the figure stated. I'm in Harrow HA1, close to Sudbury Hill on the Piccadilly Line, and I gig regularly throughout Beds, Bucks, Herts & Middx, with occasional forays into Surrey. Pickup in person is always preferable to despatch (from home, or a mutually-convenient pub, or at one one of my gigs), but I've had nothing but good experiences with DPD so if you live more than - say - 50 miles from Harrow then that's an option. This listing is for: powersoft_lq2804_data_en_dis.pdf Currently racked with a Powersoft Digam LQ2804 which is also listed for sale. If someone buys both, then obviously I'll chuck in the Gator 2U Shallow case as a freebie. All tested this morning and working perfectly. Collection from Harrow HA1 or possibly the West End would be easiest and safest, but £15 P&P will get it to anywhere in Mainland UK.
  24. Happy Jack
    So here's a game I play roughly once a year. I list a whole bunch of gear for sale (really not wanting to sell any of it you understand) and once a few things have actually sold 😩 I let the remaining listings slide down below the radar. Until the next time. I'm not selling because I'm desperate for the money, and if I was John Entwistle then I'd just keep the lot and have an ever-expanding collection, but the reality is that over half my gear gets used very little, if at all. Common sense says that at least some of this lovely kit should get back out in circulation. I have no interest at all in trades. Replacing an amp or cab that doesn't get used with a different amp or cab that won't get used seems like a complete waste of time and effort. On the other hand, much of my kit is pretty non-standard or left-field and therefore hard to price, so I'm not absolutely wedded to the figure stated. I'm in Harrow HA1, close to Sudbury Hill on the Piccadilly Line, and I gig regularly throughout Beds, Bucks, Herts & Middx, with occasional forays into Surrey. Pickup in person is always preferable to despatch (from home, or a mutually-convenient pub, or at one one of my gigs), but I've had nothing but good experiences with DPD so if you live more than - say - 50 miles from Harrow then that's an option. This listing is for: https://www.gak.co.uk/en/tech-21-sansamp-rbi-bass-driver Currently racked with a Powersoft Digam LQ2804 which is also listed for sale. If someone buys both, then obviously I'll chuck in the Gator 2U Shallow case as a freebie. All tested this morning and working perfectly. Extraordinarily, it even comes with the original packaging. Collection from Harrow HA1 or possibly the West End would be easiest and safest, but £15 P&P will get it to anywhere in Mainland UK.
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  25. Happy Jack
    Sounds a bit pointy to me. 😆
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