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@Marcoelwray is an official dealer indeed in Belgium and can offer any BassChat member a discount... Check this : https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/334307-delano-pickups-systemsfree-shipping-for-bc-users/
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I think it's about time to open a bunch of tappers! thread. 😋
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Tell it to Quincy Jones. 🤣
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@Leonard Smalls said it well, there are very good slap players that use the technique as part of their vocabulary, like Jonas Hellborg every time he's slapping or Marcus Miller, but they don't over abuse the "effects" of the technique. And this where the hatred lies : over abuse of over heard phrases. That said, there is a terrific Louis Johnson slap bass part here, nobody would disagree :
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This is mine, bought after my brother "borrowed" my old one. I started with a very old Elu with 1/2 bits and heavy as a Panzer. Still have my fingers and stomach. 🤣 So here is my new home, wasn't cheap at the time, but I can use 6 and 8 mm bits as well as 1/4 and 1/2, so don't have to worry about the bits I buy :
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Wot R U doing, Harry ?!? 🤪
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Really good work, Marco. Like it a lot. 👍
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That said, there are great slap players, but funnily, they are better when they don't slap. 😉 You want 3 names, but the list is almost endless : Stanley Clarke, Mark King and Marcus Miller...
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I once wanted to create the A.S.L. way back in the early nineties. I should have done it or protect the name as I'm sure it's being used somewhere now : the Anti Slap League. I just couldn't stand these slap "demos" (along with the shredding shredders) you were "hearing" everywhere in the shops, at the shows, ... : anywhere it was plink, plank, plonk, ta, ta, ta, tak. So BORING ! That said I don't care, I just play fretless... 🤣
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So it's a relic Limelight then. 🤣
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Read this article to understand some "things" about vintage basses (that weren't vintage at that time) and make your own opinion : https://www.basschat.co.uk/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=78279
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@binky_bass : Russ, here is your next instrument ! Who said that we are still inventing instruments ? Eternal histoty loop is well proven here. I really like the way she is playing it and explaining its possibilities. Glad, I'm partly Italian. 😊
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Strings spacing at bridge and nuts ?
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Thanks for sharing this interesting article. Being a 6 strings bass player and at some time a bass "historian", I knew most of it, but not all of it, which is very important. In fact, I knew the story through Anthony Jackson's interviews, but the funny thing is to see the part these guys played in the 6 strings bass history : Carl Thompson, Ken Smith, Vinnie Fodera and even Stuart Spector, all four in New York at the same time catching and understanding the vibe in the air. What is the most edifying is that the name Contra Bass is from Ken Smith himself and that the best concept of the instrument (here the 6 strings bass) is by the same guy... 👍 Being a huge fan of Anthony Jackson, I now have other parts of the sound puzzle, thanks to you !
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You would be amazed by the very small amount of wax I put on it. This bass has certainly been waxed at least once a month to get it so shiny with so little wax. I've owned lots of basses with oil finish needing to be waxed and it's the first time it gets so shiny with no effort... 😉 If there weren't marks on the pickups and the fret board, I would have described it as pristine.
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Thinning down the herd, so selling the basses I don't use, and desperately trying to keep only one ... or two FOR SALE OR (PARTIAL) TRADE BASED ON THE NEW RETAIL PRICE (€5769 EUR for the "same" model in the Masterbuilt series ) : WARWICK Streamer Stage II 4 strings with the rare afzelia body, wenge/afzelia hidden-neck-through and Yin-Yang mother-of-pearl inlays (August 1991) ! Asking price including shipping fully insured with tracking number to your place in these European countries (ask for other countries) : Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (excluding French overseas departments and territories), Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom : £2200 GBP !!! In fully working condition and very good condition for a close to 28 years old bass. Here are the specifications confirmed by Hans Peter WILFER : Body : 3 pieces solid afzelia wood Neck : wenge with afzelia strips in hidden- neck-through construction Fingerboard : wenge with side dots and Yin-Yang mother-of-pearl inlays Frets : 24 bronze Warwick frets (dressed for the last time before I got it) Headstock : 2 + 2 shape Pickups : Bartolini JJ (option) Preamp : Mec 2 bands Controls : volume (active/passive), blend, bass and treble Tuners : Gotoh/Warwick GB7 (2 + 2) Bridge : 2 pieces solid brass Schaller/Warwick Strings spacing at bridge : 19 mm (adjustable) Nut : Warwick Just-A-Nut original brass version Strings spacing at nut : 10 mm Knobs : original Schaller metal Scale : 34" Hardware colour : gold (except for the Straplok that were only available in black at the time) Finish : original oil finish with Warwick bees wax surface finish Land of craftsmanship : Germany (08258 Markneukirchen) Serial number : H 711 91 (August 1991) Weight : 4,5 kilos Action : from 1,5 mm under the G string to 1.8 mm under the E string at 12th fret (without any buzz, the frets dressing job being very very good) Will come with a well padded used Rockbag gig bag or a Tobago leather one if you prefer it (and a soft case if shipped), black Dunlop Straplok flush mount and the 28 years old bees wax hard as concrete in a very nice very well used vintage Warwick can. Non-smoking environment as usual. It has some few marks, mainly on the pickups and fret board which has been dressed before I got it in a trade. I only cleaned it totally, waxed it and played it : very Stuart ZENDER sounding with more versatility thanks to the JJ Bartolini pickups coupled to the Mec 2 bands (active / passive) preamp. The bass is fully original (except for the strings and battery) and has never been touched (except for a new output jack fitted as the original one was dead) : it still has the screws for the pickups height and the screws under the metal dome knobs (no, it’s not a John EAST idea at all 😉). No frets buzz, no preamp noise, no humming noise, no pots scratching… All you have to do is plug it and play without fearing anything for the next 28 years. The bass has been fully set up professionally. It has a new battery and has been fitted with a brand new set of D'Addario EXL165 nickel wound strings (45-105). Link to Warwick Masterbuilt Streamer Stage II series : https://shop.warwick.de/en/Instruments/Electric+Basses/Warwick+Masterbuilt/Streamer/Streamer+Stage+II/Warwick+Masterbuilt+Streamer+Stage+II,+4-String+-+Natural+Oil+Finish,+Gold+Hardware What you see is what you get ! Look at the pictures taken to try to capture the beauty of the woods to see the real condition : some few marks, due to the age, but nothing serious at all. Don't hesitate to ask for more. Dust is offered.
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SOLD....KEN SMITH /JACKSON BT6 ( Fodera & Smith, New York 1985)
Hellzero replied to 1966powers's topic in Basses For Sale