EJWW

I had my eye on this in the for sale section and am glad it's gone to a good home!

I love G&L gear but what particularly attracted me about this one was the sub 4kg weight. The lack of tone control does bother me a little I must admit but not enough to put me off trying one one day.

Enjoy!

Excellent bass, excellent price. 

My word that is a fabulous looking instrument 😍

Quick and easy purchase of a Tone switch from John.

Great service, wouldn't hesitate to do business again in the future.

2 minutes ago, jezzaboy said:

The BB 414 from BD arrived and apart from a dent on the bottom edge next to the input jack, it is remarkably good condition for a 11 year old bass. And everything works which is a bonus!

 

Stuck on a set of old GHS flats and it sounds really good. For the price of a Squier Affinity, I have a good quality bass that looks good.

They really are such great cheap basses and they look proper rock and roll. I really think that the most recent line of BBs has lost a bit of that classic rawness.

I'm convinced that my vintage white BB414 is a keeper although I've said that so many times about basses in the past....

Love that!

8 minutes ago, Fil1ip said:

£1850 +£50 postage a Peter Hook BB has just sold for 😲, 

I was watching that one out of curiosity. A decent Indonesian-assembled bass guitar. Well worth £950.

At the Ebay price above- they're welcome to it. I bet they won't even play it.

I like Scott and I've learned tonnes from him over the years but I only managed 3 minutes and 45 seconds before I had to switch it off. 

4 hours ago, Dad3353 said:

I suppose, following this 'logic', synth players should be replaced by string and brass sections, maybe choirs, too..? A very high percentage of what I compose is done using virtual instruments, including bass. It's well beyond my skills to actually play the bass lines I write. I'm a drummer; I use drum software more than I play acoustic or e-drums. Welcome to the twenty-first century. Bach, Mozart and Schubert would have loved it..! 

I do not think that synth players should be replaced with anything. Synth players can produce sounds that non- electronic instruments can't and are a specialism in their own right. But if it was a choice between my Bach being performed by a synth player or by an orchestra I'd chose the latter. 

Whatever your view is as a drummer/ composer that is fine but on a forum which is supposedly for people who love bass guitars I find it surprising that I'm having to argue that,  as amazing as today's music production software is, good quality live bass guitar is better than programmed, and that the role of the bass guitar in live music should be cherished and promoted. 

2 hours ago, 4000 said:

Why would it matter if it’s programmed? For me, some of the most awesome bass parts recorded belong to Tangerine Dream, with no bass (and no attempt to sound like one) in sight….

Because if bass guitarists don't fly the flag for using human bass players who will?

There are some awesome synth bass lines out there (Funkin for Jamaica immediately springs to mind) but the above Jake Bugg tune is one which clearly sounds like electric bass yet the bass player has been cut out of the picture. 

In a post some time back I complained about the Tower of Power gig I attended having no bass player (last minute sickness). Some on here were saying that if none of the punters notice then does it matter? 

Bass guitarists should defend our role and highlight the value we add to music. 

Just heard this on radio 2, really nice and prominent bassline. Please don't tell me it's programmed...😟

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=toWAlr5MIKs&feature=share

I'm pleased you're happy with it, I've been keen to hear more about these since I first watched Ed Friedland's YouTube review of the MV Jazz a while ago. 

They are very tasty looking instruments and I love the look of the roasted necks.

I agree with the comment above regarding the price though, I think far eastern build quality is very good but the profit margins on these must be very fat indeed.

3 hours ago, Machines said:

TBH all the BB finishes are a bit dull. Bring back metallics ! I'd take orange or pewter any day.

Agreed, lovely looking 615 has just appeared on ebay in a great natural finish. Highly conservative colour options on the current range of BBs. 

We must be due a new range of BBs soon? Last ones released in 2017.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334064513759

On 02/07/2021 at 19:27, Eldon Tyrell said:

Agree. The L2k has some amazing tones but old school tones are not really among those.

If the budget can be stretched a bit, I would recommend the US made G&L CLF Research L1000. Leo's last take on the P bass. Passive bass with a nice neck (1 5/8" slim C) and some great tones. Currently on offer for a ridiculously low price:

https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/g-amp-l-clf-l1000-bass-guitar-pharaoh-gold-firemist

The L1k has three positions (parallel/split/OMG) that can get you lots of different tones. Mega old school tones can be achieved with flats like in this video (from 09:43). Ed plays the exact same model the band "The Mavericks".

 

I wish I hadn't seen this. GAS is on the rise once again after I thought I had defeated it. Love G&L. Hate GAS. Help.

I've acquired one of these recently and it is a lovely instrument, excellent quality all round. Mine is sub 4kg so with the lightweight tuners I'm sure yours will be extremely comfortable on the shoulder. 

Tremendous.

He also plays with Louis Cole 

Recently acquired this Taiwanese built BB300 on a whim. What really attracted me was the reverse P pickup and the 2 simple 'sucked sweetie' knobs. And the fact it just looks cool 😎 

It had 1 wonky tuner and one non original one and it has a new generic but decent replacement bridge. 

@AndyTravis very helpfully supplied me with 2 proper original Yamaha tuners from his tool box which I have now fitted and work a treat.

Now just need to spend some time with it but my BB414 is such an all round monster of an instrument that cost so very little I've decided to put some flats on the BB300 and experiment a bit to try to find a role for it. 

Apart from the pickup the only other thing I really notice is the neck which is really chunky, far more so than the 414.

Time will tell if we bond but you'll hear about it on the BB mega thread first 😁

Lush.

Andy very helpfully supplied me with some parts for my new yamaha bb300. Sent them over so me without delay, top Basschatter with whom you can deal with confidence. 

4 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

No. I’m going Gotoh Lollipop in gold for the build bb.

I had 3 full sets of the BB tuners at one point.

Now I have some parts. Might be enough to make up 2 full tuners?

With your parts too?

will look for you @EJWW

Many thanks Andy 👍

I think these are very tasty instruments indeed but the prices are off putting for me. 

Well over a grand for a far east assembled P/J bass copy? Sorry, they look lovely but at that price are just not worth it. 

Does anyone happen to have a spare set of BB300 (or the type used on the BBs from the early 80s) tuners lying around? I need 2 for my new BB300.

There is a set on ebay but they're in the states and the seller won't send anything overseas. 

It's not the be all and end all but as it's an old bass in good nick I want to keep it original.

Pics of the tuners I want below.

Cheers!

53 minutes ago, Ricky Rioli said:

Photo pinched from a TB thread

You know, I think that could really work. 

Heard this on 6music this morning. 

I've liked Prefab for years but never heard this tremendous bass performance before. 

The bass is really forward in the mix and I just love the unmistakable Stingray tone. 

I particularly like the double-stop slides. 

GASing for a Musicman now...😫

11 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

Ive never seen a yamaha neck pocket with a big gap.

I’d want my hands on that before buying 

It could just be the light, can't be sure without a closer look. I really love it though, good photos really make for a good advert.