Gwilym

One of my favourite Curtis Mayfield songs...

On 08/01/2024 at 11:58, Gwilym said:

FYI - in case it matters to you, I don't have a XLR cable to test the DI works (no reason to suspect it doesn't), everything else I know works perfectly, and of course if there were a problem I would cover a full refund and return postage to me. It's boxed and ready to go!

I now have a xlr cable, abd I've tested the DI out via a small mixer into my headphones. All works as it should, so bump.

1 hour ago, Owen said:

Tauzero, are you Rachel?

Quite a coincidence, I've just been reading her web site.

4 hours ago, Mykesbass said:

Been some interesting people covering this, from Phoebe Snow to Bernie Marsden. I do like the way Delbert Clinton merges two genres that rarely get seen together, Country and Funk, in his version.

 

Talking of Delbert, I always loved this BB version of his song...

I don't think i bought anything to solve a problem. That might be a problem. Certainly it's a problem having way too much stuff than i can justify given how much i play now, but find it very hard to get rid of it.

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/296744-noble-preamp-any-bc-owners/

Bamboo tube compression socks for better tone and definition. 

49 minutes ago, tauzero said:

This has been through many BC hands - at least @Gwilym, @bubinga5, @carlsim, and @eddking (who I bought it from).

 

Ed and I met up at Gordano services after an eventful journey down (for me) and exchanged a Cort GB5 Custom and some money with the Sei.

 

The neck is lovely, as I'd expect from a Sei - slim and shallow. It's light and is well balanced, both seated and on the strap. The tuners are smooth and free of play. The bridge is nice and chunky.

 

Soundwise, the Bartolini pickups have plenty of output with nothing lacking. The East Uni-Pre controls are volume/blend, bass/treble, mid sweep and boost/cut, and passive tone, plus a mute switch and an active/passive switch. The blend is very effective. Treble and bass do their jobs nicely, with a lot of boost and cut but very controllable. The mid controls definitely work but I think I'll steer clear of them. The "passive" tone works in both active and passive modes, and in extremis gets rid of all the treble.

 

With any luck, the Basschat bike has found a forever home.

 

This is a lovely bass. I got it from ebay back in about 2004 probably, and was the first basschat owner, probably! Bought from a pro musician producer based in east London who i think was the original owner.

It was originally passive, but i had a preamp installed by Martin Peterson at the Gallery, although i can't remember which pre i had put in there, i think it's been changed again since then.

There were Barts already in there, so they are probably the same ones.

I seem to remember a lovely woody tone. Can't remember why i sold it, probably to help fund my GAS. Anyway, @molan was the next custodian.

Congrats, hope you enjoy it 😊 

26 minutes ago, Richard R said:

Nice bass. 

 

If you're a commercial seller or distributor  this is not the correct forum to sell from. I'm guessing from the watermark this is your site?

 https://www.musicforceglobal.com/default/ 

Have a chat with @ped and he'll point you to the right place if necessary. 

 

 

Musicforce are based in Korea. The seller is in Zurich. I assume just using (some of) the pictures from where the bass was sold originally.

Seems like a nice bass and not inexpensive.

Why not have it done professionally rather than potentially wreck it?

4 hours ago, StingRayBoy42 said:

There's reasonable offers and there's taking the piss.

Nowt wrong with asking someone (nicely!) if they'll take £50 for something that's up for £55, or £1200 for something that's up for £1250, or "Will you include postage?" IMHO especially if it's been up for a while.

I wouldn't then try and haggle further if they said yes, that's taking the piss.

They can always say no!

I certainly wouldn't be offended by it.

If a listing says "No oferrs, the price is firm", that's different.

As long as you're nice I don't see a problem.

This

23 minutes ago, Quatschmacher said:

 

Now that is a tune... thanks!

14 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

I saw the one listed here last year.

 

@Jackemmings logged in on Friday by the looks of things.

 

Jack - if the amp has sold can it be marked up that way? Then the mods can close the sale thread.

 

There is also another username of

 

@Jackemmings1

 

for some reason.

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/484631-aguilar-db751-now-£1425

6 hours ago, Quatschmacher said:

Dug this out again:

 

Not heard that version before but I've always liked Eddie Henderson's (original?) version. Also written by Alphonso Johnson according to Wikipedia.

2 hours ago, obi 2 kenobi said:

Snap!

sold mine after 6 months. No regrets. 
Replaced by a Ken Smith which got the ergonomics right 

With the added benefit that to my ears, and with my KS BT5at least, i can get a very similar tone to Stanley Clarke's sound.

This one... a Groove Shoppe GS5.

The Groove Shoppe were a specialist bass gear retailer based in Long Island, NY, and designed their own basses. I think about 26 or so got made.

Don't have any pictures of my own at the moment, so picture credit to the poster on the TB thread.

I've had it since July 2008.

More about it here

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/groove-shoppe-5-gs5-review-pics-wohoo-sorta.269410/

But seriously, probably this guy...

I listened the Journey To Love quite a lot earlier this year, great record. I love the sound SC gets out of his Alembics, but having played a couple (Europa & Rogue) i suspect they are a little bit of a marmite bass, from a sound and ergonomics perspective.

There was 20th anniversary bass at Bass Bros recently (maybe still there) which i remember seeing reviewed in Guitarist magazine in the late 80s and lusting after it at the time.

Obligatory post. My first "new" amp for quite some time and total overkill for bedroom practice, but YOLO.

Sounds great through the ACME cabs and plenty of tone options.

More present in the mids, and feels better suited to these cabs than my Tecamp Puma 1000 which sounds too polite by comparison. These rarely come up used, as I've learned from past experience, so i didn't hang around this time. Thanks @Mama Huhu for a smooth, easy and honest deal.

A bonus is that my better half hasn't even noticed 😁

On 13/05/2024 at 11:00, Gareth Hughes said:

I miss my 3x10 ☹️. It’s my one ‘buy it now’ purchase should I ever see one again.

There's one on eBay at the moment 

Wal Pro2E for £500, Wal Mach 3 fretless 5er for, i think, £1200.

Should've held on to those 😂. 

Edit, those are what i bought them for. Sold both for a little more than that, but same ballpark, and nowhere near the crazy prices they are going for today.

Got to scrach an itch. I will take this, PMs sent.