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[quote name='Telebass' timestamp='1450885521' post='2936722'] 'Yer tiz... [attachment=207863:DSCF1895.JPG] Given it a tweak to my likings, very pleased. Pickups so hot! Adjusted them down half an inch, which had the unexpected side effect of lessening the dead spot somewhat... Has flats on, silks are purple, not seen them before. Have some Chromes coming, will likely swap them out, but quite nice. [/quote] Lovely bass matey
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Nice stuff, great wife. I got a bass case.....empty. Not ungrateful but got a little GAS for an upgrade having seen the OP's little blue number Merry Christmas Funkateers X
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Are they still so clever and classless and free?
Raslee replied to colgraff's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='EliasMooseblaster' timestamp='1450862780' post='2936438'] Just to make it even more baffling/fascinating, we still insist on basing the categories on a system which had already been compromised by the Industrial Revolution. My understanding (disclaimer: GCSE History, so I'm happy to be corrected on the details as it was a while ago) is that originally Britain had a Ruling or "Upper" Class, who owned and inherited the land, and a Working Class, who worked on said land ([i]very[/i] broadly speaking). There would have been a small and rather limited group in between the two (guess what they were called) who had managed to drag themselves out of serfdom by whatever good fortune, but who were disliked by the Upper Classes, who saw them as "new money," which was greatly inferior to inheriting your money - contrast that with today's attitudes! The Industrial Revolution is usually cited as the point at which this Middle Class started to grow, and become much more influential. At some point during the 20th Century, it became quite clear that these three strata were inadequate to describe all the different echelons of society, particularly as very wealthy businessmen were emerging from "middle class" backgrounds, but couldn't be described as "upper class" because they had worked for their fortune. What about those who were working in technical, non-manual jobs, but not necessarily with the level of remuneration that would give them the typical comfort associated with being "middle class?" So terms like "upper middle class" and "lower middle class" got bandied about, however informally. "Middle class" now covers such a colossal section of British society that, whichever prefix you tack onto it, it's pretty much meaningless. Very good point, actually - as someone pointed out above, Florence Welch, James Blunt would be laughed out of court if they pretended to be working class (just look at Jamie Oliver), but there does seem to be a requirement that urban/grime/dubstep artists should be "street." [/quote] Indeed, class is socially constructed in the pursuit of dominance...as is labelling one another. -
SOLD: Schaller tuners £20
Raslee replied to Raslee's topic in Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale
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[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1450457365' post='2933067'] They are becoming rarer in the for sale section, but keep an eye out for the original US MM SUB. Great basses, which tend to go for around the £350-£400 mark. [/quote] Big +1 for the USA Sub, recently got one and it is obviously a very different bass to the Sterling Subs. I had a nice red stain Sterling Sub and quite liked it....but I love the USA Sub as its a beast of a Stingray
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SOLD: Schaller tuners £20
Raslee replied to Raslee's topic in Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale
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Proper yummy, best colours for a P
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Cheers chaps, yes definitely enjoying this pair. Gigged the Limelight last Friday and it had a lovely warm tone through my Orange rig for the soul band...was very old school and Jamerson heaven yet with great definition on every note. I also used the SUB last night with a relatively new 90's covers band and I really enjoyed the fullness, and aggressiveness, of that bass. As many have mentioned before me I think the trick with stingray's is to cut at the preamp and then add to taste rather than full on zing, in doing this I got some nice warm tones with the SUB and could add deeper bass for more dubby/dance tracks i.e. Massive Attack tracks. Although I can't stop breaking into old Chili's & RATM riffs...the Stingray sound somehow transports me to the 90's I think haha Can't make up my mind if tort should go on the black sub....sorry Discreet
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1) I missed my old Limelight P lots....Limelight is just up the road...road trip and bought an amazing Thin Lizzy replica..... but not a big fan of the mirror guard so fitted a tort guard and some cream pick up covers...plays and sounds sublime. 2) I missed having a Stingray vibe around but didn't want to pay out £700-800+ for a second and one, always liked the US SUB's and got this stunner at half the price recently... plays and sounds sublime too. Happy bunny.....Nuff said'
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Rosewood, dodgy scratched decal, J width ish, shallow back, overhang of fretboard at base, from 1998, clueless to origin, fits fender body, truss rod & frets are fine and no sharp edges. Fully functioning Could be useful to someone? £25 posted or collect from Plymouth Pics https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0OGRMtznGHkhf4
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I enjoy trying lots of different basses and never get attached to anything I plan to sell....apart from my Limelight P I sold a few months back. So much so I went to my Devon Limelight friend yesterday and alas I went for the Thin Lizzy Precision...feels like coming home..and it did. Gigged as well last night, love it. There's a little bit of magic in every limelight I've tried...magic I rarely get in other Precisions
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I got one of these for £24, so far very impressed 👍🏾
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MEC Pick Ups (Will fit jazz basses)
Raslee replied to Raslee's topic in Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale
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OUTRO chords that sends shivers down your spine!!!
Raslee replied to barneyg42's topic in General Discussion
Have always liked the outro on the Chili Pepper's 'Sir Psycho Sexy', not the most technical but I like it. Also the spacey groove outro on Gong's 'Flying teapot'.