roman_sub

bump - £12 posted, noticed some minor scratching due to use of truss rod

The deep sustain of a '58 Les Paul... the natural reverberating shimmer of a '63 Stratocaster....

Well, this guitar has none of those things, however it is a fully functional, 1 humbucker 24.7" scale guitar that is super easy to travel with. Good condition, with original carry case and new-ish strings.

You can also use it to surprise you guitar player with your chops, offer it to him as a novelty item when he breaks a string - or just hit him with it...

£60 collected from Wimbledon / Redhill / Surrey please.

If you really really want me to post it, I can do, but it would likely need to be another £12 on top.

It's just like this one:

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cheers
Roman

bump - £55 posted in UK. I won't go any lower and may just have to hang on until I get a bass especially for these puppies....

Surplus to requirements, in excellent condition (note one of the knob shafts split, but it stays in place well and I can't see it being an issue during reasonable use..)

Harness detail:

• Matched* CTS USA Custom Audio Taper 250K Split Shaft Volume & Tone Potentiometers - smooth linear volume and tone change (no bunching or on/off effect)
• 0.022uF Sprague "Orange Drop" Tone Capacitor** - removes the thinness and harshness inherent with budget capacitors
• Quality Jack Socket
• Bridge earth wire supplied with heatshrink tube to twist join with exiting earth, solder and insulate
  

Great sounding USA-made Precision pickup, originally from a 2012 American Deluxe model. This paired with a N3 bridge humbucker.

DC reading is 11.2k. It was a close call between me keeping this pickup, or the Lindy Fralin - the latter marginally won. Compared to the Fralin, this pickup has slightly more power and focus (but I preferred the vintage Fralin tone more for my uses).

If you want another comparison, vs the Dimarzio Will Power, it sounded much deeper, and didn't have such a pronounced mid-honk.

I'd say it's a high quality modern P pickup :-)

Full disclosure - the connections had to be at some point resoldered but pickup works great. I am also including matching covers, though these are somewhat worn / scratched (due to stupidity really). New ones from fender cost £10 if condition of these really bothers you, though they are perfectly functional.

£42 posted in UK please. Bank transfer or paypal gift preferred.

thanks
Roman

Fender Custom Shop '60s pickups, coming out of "as new" 2012 American Standard bass. I am only selling as I prefer a Bareknuckle set in this bass. Superb pickups in great condition.

Bridge pickup is wider than neck. DC readings are 7.2k (neck), 7.4 (bridge). The two balance nicely :-)

£65 posted (via recorded delivery in UK). Bank transfer or paypal gift preferred

cheers
Roman

As bass is normally panned dead center, I suspect you may have better luck if you apply Mid-Side approach (which would allow you to get at the center, without affecting the rest of the mix). You could then try to precisely target the most prominent bass frequencies.

You have to be careful to avoid removing the bass drum "thump" however, as it's likely to be in the same frequency area as the bass...

I'd be happy to have a go at doing this - I got a few new tools and this could be good practice for me. Feel free to drop me a PM, and then you'd need to send me the MP3 / WAV

cheers
Roman

I think the only way to do it properly would be to replace the fingerboard entirely. That's likely to be £200+ job... unless the bass in question is really, really special, I wouldnt recommend it!

For what it's worth, I found playing on lined boards easier, having previously only played unlined ones.

+1 on ACS custom molds. mine are still going after 11 years!

loving the fusion mb500, though fan was somewhat louder than expected. really not a problem in a real world application - gigs, rehearsals, normal volume recording. However, if you try to play at bedroom levels you might hear it...

original post is from over a year ago ;-)

Sebastien bought my Warwick thumb in a somewhat complicated transaction, which also included him buying and sending me a flight case for the bass to be posted in.

He's a great guy, very honest and prompt with payment - I would recommend him.

p.s. he's now owner of a kickass bass too! :-)

sold a gigbag to Simon, instant payment. deal with confidence!

bump - needs to go. £85 posted in UK

re: matching high F - I guess none of their jazz guitar flats would be long enough?

GLWTS - top strings..

+1 on heating up the frets with a soldering iron. go slowly to avoid/minimise chipping.

chips that do occur may potentially be filled by mixture of appropriately coloured wood-dust mixed with glue/epoxy...

Final step: post results!

Solded

SOLD

Having a go at mastering is easy but doing a good job is not! In a way it's a deceptively difficult job.

When paying for a pro mastering engineer, you are mainly paying for their experience and ears.

Mastering processing techniques tend to be more complicated than basic mixing - multiband compression, mid-side, dynamic eq, soft clipping and limiting etc...

Plugins can be helpful but be wary of any magic bullets. Every mix is different. IMO most difficult part of mastering is knowing when NOT to use the tools available to you!

Not meaning to put anyone off, but there's definitely more to it than using a few plugins on presets. Then again, depends on what you're after

+1 for Guitar Aid - great guys to deal with

I would recommend getting the best quality active DI box you can afford for this application, to go between your guitar and interface. My favourite is the Rupert Neve DI, though something like a Samson active DI can be had for much less...

in my experience, active DI boxes seem to retain transients better, with more high frequency detail.... which helps to make digital amp simulations sound better and more life-like

great instrument - I miss mine!

Pete sold me a hipshot d-tuner. all arrived as expected. Deal with confidence!

Bought some Bare Knuckle pickups from Lee, all as described and quickly posted. thanks a lot! Deal with confidence :-)

I'll think i'll stick to a P-bass... :-)