tomthebass

I heard one of these in a huge hotel atrium in the states a couple of years ago. Couldn't believe how fat and space-filling the double bass sounded from such a tiny box 🤩

Happy Friday bump 😁

I got my first real six string from Russ - but it was yesterday not the Summer of '69!

Top man, great comms, beautifully looked after instrument and we had a proper bass nerd chat to boot 😁

A credit to the BC community, buy with confidence!

Thanks for all the love... gone in a shade over 24 hours 😆

Beautiful classic bass in great condition.

Bought from Jay-Syncro of this parish last year, superb instrument but my dream bass arrived shortly after so this is not getting much playtime and time to pass it on to someone who will give it the attention it deserves.

Here's what Jay wrote:

"A lovely 80's made in Japan Ibanez Musican bass complete with a Hiscox flight case. 

This bass is extremely well built and features neck through construction, 24 fret ebony board, lightweight hardware and active electronics. It plays wonderfully with a recent set of Ernie Ball flats and a med/low action. It sounds great! 

Bad points are it has some superficial lacquer checking/dings/missing finish etc but nothing out of the ordinary for an instrument that has been used for 40 years or so! Also the bridge pickup seems to have a lower output than the neck for some reason. With the pickup pan pot balanced or favouring the neck you'd never notice it, but mentioning for clarity. I have considered modernising the pickups/preamp but IMO it sounds great as it is. 

A wonderful instrument."

The bass is as above, photos attached show the condition and some zooms on the dings.

Weight on my bathroom scales is 4.25kg.

Happy to arrange shipping at buyer's cost or arrange a meetup within reasonable range.

Cute little combo which I bought to have a missus-acceptable practice amp in the living quarters. Change in circumstances means it's no longer needed!

Good working order and overall condition apart from a split in the oak facing which looks like a thermal crack - doesn't affect the sound and could be glued to make less visible.

Open back design with space for mains cable stowage. Dimensions (cm) H35 x W43 x D26. Weight 10.2kg.

Happy to pack up and post at buyer's cost - I do also get around the country a certain amount as well and might be able to arrange a meetup.

Cheers!

PM'd

Happy to ship at buyer's expense!

I'll be heading down to Devon ahead of Christmas in case there's a meet up opportunity. And up to the Peaks mid-Jan

Super day, thanks to everyone who organised and participated. Really enjoyed meeting everyone, appreciated the chance to try out some exotic basses, and loved Guy's interview and the chance to play the sublime Betsy 🥰

Afterwards I messaged my boys to tell them I'd had a go on the bass used by the bassist from Oink Floyd. It was a typo but I'm bagging it as a tribute band name 🐷

Just tried to add myself to the list. Not sure I did it right 🤪

4 hours ago, cetera said:

Final call of Basschat members....

 

Any more for any more?

 

@cetera - Bass Collection Betsy, Fender FSR PJ Precision, Hamer Impact, Spector NS2, Spector Euro LX, Spector Euro Classic, Spector EuroX (Spectorbird), Spector Legend 4X, Spector Pulse II, Spector Dimension 4HP, Gallien Krueger 400RB & 700RB-II heads, GenzBenz Neox 2x12 cab

@TheGreek - All short scale this year - a @Jabba_the_gut scale 5er, Mini Ray, Short scale P bass

@Harlequin74 - Zoot Performer, Status Shark, Spector QV4 , Markbass TTE501 and Matching CAB. Maybe the Lehle Basswitch…

@TrevorR- Mk 1 Wal, Wal Pro IIE, Aria SB700, Frankenjazz, pedals and MarkBass LMII & Traveler 2x10

@bnt - travelling light, probably a couple of pedals such as T-Rex Diva Drive, Orange KongPressor

@bass_dinger - 1999 Washburn XB500, 1994 Washburn XB500, Washburn XB925 in zebrawood, Washburn XB925 in bits, Boulder Creek 5 string (likely to be for sale), SWR Workingmans 12.

@prowla - Probably a couple of Rickenbackers and some interesting oddities. Amp-wise a Markbass EVO and a 1x12 (last year I bought some others to try and never switched them on, as the EVO sounded spot-on).

@SuperSeagull - Status S2, Feline P Bass, Modded Fender Lyte, Flea Jazz, MB Combo

@Merton - various short and medium scale ACGs, Zoots and Conway basses, Barefaced cabs, modern Trace Elliot amps

@MacDaddy - Shuker (probably no3), Snapdragon Folding Bass, possibly a Rob Allen Mouse.

@neilp - matching pair of fretted and fretless 1980 Aria SB1000s, possibly my fretless Wal mk1, Ashdown ABM500/Ampeg 4x10, Tech 21 Bass Fly Rig

@NickD- Strunal Schonbach 5 String DB, and whatever else I can shoehorn in the car around it... hopefully a MD CMD121 H, Zoom B6, and maybe a Maruszczyk Jake and a Shuker Series 2.

@WalMan - converted Wal Pro, Zon Legacy Elite, Status S2, G&L L2500 fretless, McMillen 12Step & DSI MoPho, Two Notes Bass Revolt, Trondheim Audio SkarBassOne, BackBeat2 (and my BackBeat1 will probably be available for sale). 16. Darkglass Microtubes500 and one of the Barefaced cabs. All depends how late I leave and what will fit in the new car 🚙 😁

@Smanth - With my small, light, battery powered gear (mostly) ... IBBY-Ibanez GSRM25 5 str sub short scale, 'ELIMA - Kala California 5 str fretless ubass, QUINN- HB 5 Str Fretless, MOD Dwarf based pedalboard, Boss Dual Cube Bass LX. (Also some toys to sell)

@Jean-Luc Pickguard - NS Design CR5M, Squier Bass VI, Roland MicroCube Bass RX and some pedals.

@tauzero- the basses that @TheGreekmade me buy (handmade 6-string headless, Pedulla 6 fretless), Roland GR-55, one or two Seis, anything else that occurs to me, Mrs Zero (probably)

@rumblefish- Reverend Rumblefish, GB basses, Mesa Walkabout amp, Vanderkley 112 MNT.

@bassace97 - Musicman stingray basses, Fender Mustang bass, Pedalboard and my Mesa TT800 + SL112 cabs

@BillyBass - Reverend Decision P, Gallien-Krueger Fusion S1200 and Barefaced Midget

@silverfoxnik - some basses and noise amplifying boxes. 

@Simon C : G&L L2000 Tribute, Sire V7 Fretless, Ibanez EHB1000S Headless Shortscale. Various pedals (switch, tuner, Hypergravity compressor, Laney 85 Bass Octave, Bass Clone Chorus, Spectradrive, Ditto+ looper pedal and a Bluetooth page turner). Carlsboro Colt Keyboard Amp.

@Wolverinebass- Hamer Chaparral B12L, Tech 21 Dug Pinnick. Sideburns. Sarcasm.

@GoodShowSir- Cake, lots of.

@vz7- ACG (tbc) (as mentioned by @BillyBass)

@Chimike- KK Baby Bass Traditional, maybe my Monique, Ampeg Heritage B15 head.
@Kebabkid -  a Sire S7 or S3 (4 stringers), Roland Cube 120XL and possibly a Zoom bass unit or HX Stomp. (Hopefully!)
@HMX - Ray34
@chyc -  double bass and my GSS 06b400mkd 6.5" combo
@tubbybloke68 - lots of basses!

@stevie - LFSys Monaco, LFSys Monza, plus new LFSys cab as yet unnamed. Veyron head and Squier CV Precision bass

@tomthebass - Tobias basic 4 zebra wood, Ibanez Musician, Ibanez Promethean 5110

I've just found the footswitch for this so now included!

PM'ed

Cute but muscly little combo which I've decided to move on due to change of circumstances.

Features a beefy 10" speaker (8 ohm) and tweeter in tiltable cabinet, with a 500(watts)@ 4 ohm /250(watts) @ 8 ohms class D fully detachable head.

6 band graphic eq, bass, treble and vintage tone controls, speakon & 1/4 inch jack speaker outputs, xlr out, headphone out, tuner out, foot switch in.

All working well and overall great clean condition, a few scuffs on the corners especially bottom front (see pics) where a previous owner relocated the feet.

Weight is 12.7kg (bathroom scales) and the whole thing slides neatly into a funky cubic gig bag.

Basschat review here: 

This is a brilliant amp and bargain basement price, lovely warm valve preamp which is also incredibly quiet and great for recording, plenty of grunt... despite my skepticism about class D, I end up using mine for most live work and that's competing with Eden and Trace old school beasts...

Still here looking for next loving owner!

Got GAS for my own bass 😆 so having a Friday night play 😁

That's gorgeous - perfect with a Trace Elliott 😁

Yep, it's exactly 19mm string centre to string centre

Cheers

@funkle Nut width is 39mm.

Not sure what you meant about the neck? Truss rod works fine and so the neck is set up slightly concave with decently low action and no buzzing frets.

Currently strung with a newish set of DR fat beams 45-105.

Cheers,

Tom

Happy Friday everyone! Hesitating a lot about this one but new bass incoming and I need to be ruthless 🫣

Lovely and unusual all original Ken Smith from 1997, super comfy to play, usual Ken Smith punchy tone and feel.

Bolt on 3-piece maple neck with morado fingerboard, oiled body with walnut core and ash wings.

Usual 3-band Ken Smith preamp and standard knobs.

Great condition throughout with a little wear under the G-string and above the neck pickup, see pics.

Weight is 3.8kg on my bathroom scales.

Bought from a US talkbasser in 2020, I can share the original ad and YouTube walk around video of the bass plus customs receipts on request.

Comes with a lovely old Ken Smith hard case - new pics added.

Open to sensible offers but not looking to trade.

Go on, you know you want to!

Bump!

We survived Monday bump!

Great condition and proper meaty sound!

All in good working order.

4.25 kg on bathroom scales.

Usual Musicman spec with 19mm string spacing at bridge and narrow nut like a jazz, 37mm.

No case for this I'm afraid but can ship well packed in a box at buyer's cost and risk, visits to try are welcome!

Beautiful! What's the weight?