JohnDaBass

18 minutes ago, krispn said:

I’m just waiting to demo one as soon as my local GuitarGuitar get it in stock.  

Let us know your feedback. 

Hi Karl,

Lovely bass!!

Is this one of the MIJ 30ins scale or the later 34ins scale?

GLWTS

Yes still for sale. 

I'm in Tenby Pembrokeshire, but I'm prepared to travel a reasonable distance to meet up. 

55 minutes ago, Old Horse Murphy said:

Well I did this. Love it

 

Well done, it looks fantastic.

All you need now is to use a black Sharpie to imitate a crack in the pickguard from the 'E' side of the heel of the neck to the Pup and you have a perfect "vintage" '72 Tele Bass 😂

48 minutes ago, Black Coffee said:

Any thoughts on posting this beauty?

Yup,

I have recently sent two bases to Liverpool area with no issues.

The buyer used DHL UK and the pickup and delivery was perfection.

I don't know how much it cost but it was a first class service , I can ask the buyer if he wishes to pm you.

8 hours ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

They'll sell.

Take a look at this. They're not priced this way 'not to sell'.

https://www.genesimmonsaxe.com

I must be living under some Welsh boulder as I never realised there was such a huge market for highly priced memorabilia tosh🤑.

I mean to say that's it a completely different ball game compared to auctioning off Eric Clapton's "Blackie" Fender Strat for charity. 

In my limited experience I'm pleased with my US Fender Stu Hamm Urge 1 , Epiphone Rumblekat Alen Woody and Fender Mike Kerr Tiggar/Barbie Jag bass. All reasonably priced very nice, playable, unique basses.

Clearly not memorabilia. 

59 minutes ago, Clarky said:

The original

The replica

   

Great detective work, well done. Did the original have a Sidewinder Mudbucker or a later humbucker pickup?

15 minutes ago, JohnDaBass said:

Looks as if Gibson are doing a Gene Simmons in the same way Fender did the Mike Kerr Tiggar/Barbie bass.🤣

 

https://www.gibson.com/en-US/Electric-Bass/Gene-Simmons-Bass-EB/Ebony?sc_src=email_1190958&sc_lid=133982208&sc_uid=OOyVKBC9MJ&sc_llid=130602&sc_customer=c58dfdf9-85db-4dc2-ace1-8e54b0ffd644&utm_source=Emarsys&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=9.19.23%3A+Gene+Simmons+EB-0+Bass+Launch

 

Gibson | Gene Simmons EB-0 Bass Ebony

 

Crazy price !!!!!!

I have to say it does look fantastic.

I like the body thro bridge and the Pup in the sweet spot (10ins from the 12th fret).

It will probably have a bit of neck dive with the strap located at the heel of the neck, it may have been better to fit the strap on the upper horn just like the Les Paul Jr Tribute DC. 

The Pup is the SG humbucker and not a Sidewinder Mudbucker like the original EBO. 

Looks as if Gibson are doing a Gene Simmons in the same way Fender did the Mike Kerr Tiggar/Barbie bass.🤣

https://www.gibson.com/en-US/Electric-Bass/Gene-Simmons-Bass-EB/Ebony?sc_src=email_1190958&sc_lid=133982208&sc_uid=OOyVKBC9MJ&sc_llid=130602&sc_customer=c58dfdf9-85db-4dc2-ace1-8e54b0ffd644&utm_source=Emarsys&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=9.19.23%3A+Gene+Simmons+EB-0+Bass+Launch

Gibson | Gene Simmons EB-0 Bass Ebony

Crazy price !!!!!!

Oh my Lord look at this

https://www.gibson.com/en-US/Electric-Bass/Gene-Simmons-Bass-EB/Ebony?sc_src=email_1190958&sc_lid=133982208&sc_uid=OOyVKBC9MJ&sc_llid=130602&sc_customer=c58dfdf9-85db-4dc2-ace1-8e54b0ffd644&utm_source=Emarsys&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=9.19.23%3A+Gene+Simmons+EB-0+Bass+Launch

Gibson | Gene Simmons EB-0 Bass Ebony

OMG look at the price 🤪

Let's hope Epiphone will be along shortly with a lower cost version.

21 hours ago, casapete said:

 

I’m looking at getting a 500, or possibly 800 in the near future. Unsure whether to go for combo or head option though. 

I highly recommend the Rumble 800 combo. It’s light powerful and can easily keep up with a couple of guitars and noisy drummer. It's my current goto amp at present from my other Mesa D800, Rumble 800HD , Rumble 500 head, Barefaced SC and BC 1x12 Mk3 Silvertone cabs.

PS

I agree the  800 Stage has far too much stuff , the simpler 800 Comb is just right with the pedals of your .choice 

Interesting. 

Eminence has a huge facility in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province,  where they manufacture OEM speaker cabs, combos and chassis speakers LF and HF. I'm not sure but I it maybe  some form joint venture with one of the big contract manufacturers. The article refers to only 90 members employed by Eminence which suggests that the Chinese operations are out sourced to a subsidiary joint venture.  Ampeg and Fender source cabs and combos from the Eminence Guandong facility. 

It would be interesting to learn what competitive advantage B& C gain from the acquisition?

Could they use lthe leverage of the Guangdong facility for B& C products, its economy of scale for component cost savings or do they merge their technical knowhow with the Eminence volume knowhow to build market share and presence?

Churn, has already started. 

Someone is unhappy with their purchase. 

Bassbros have a second user at £1050.

That's an amazing buy for somebody wanting a Tiggar/Barbie Bass.

1 hour ago, Beedster said:

@JohnDaBass Do you have a link to the build diary thread, can't find it 👍

Here you go, it's not in the build diaries. 

2 hours ago, Old Horse Murphy said:

They're still a bit off but it's made absolutely no different to volume and in truth I can probably count on one hand the Fender basses (or Music Man for that matter) where the strings have line up absolutely precisely with all the pole pieces. The angle of the photo doesn't help either and it makes it look less lined up than they are.  

Clearly your OCD is far less acute mine 🤔

1 hour ago, Old Horse Murphy said:

The one I picked up is flawless and indeed all I did was to change the strings and action. 
 

The bridge pickup is akin to the Gibson mini humbucker on the SG bass or similar. It doesn't do it for me sonically on its own and I would never use it on it individually. My choice obviously. 
 

Combined with the neck pickup though it sounds very good but for me, the money shot is the neck pickup. It sounds anything other than weak and flat. 
 

I didn't pay £1,500 and was given the luxury of playing it in the shop for as long as I wanted so I had a real chance to see if I liked it. If it had been for sale at £1,500 I'd certainly have thought about it a bit more but it still would've inevitably come home with me as it's certainly on par with anything else I've bought at that price point. 

How did you solve the G & D string alignment? The picture on the other forum seems to show that the D & G strings don't sit exactly above the pole pieces of the neck Pickup. 

My OCD simply didn't allow a body thro bridge on a non body thro body.  In my experience 5 screw bridge fixings always tump 3 screw bridge fixings. 

Did your bass have the wrong length stock strings?

17 minutes ago, Black Coffee said:

PMd 

Answered 

A deteriorating arthritis condition in by left hand has forced me to play short scale basses exclusively.

Consequently, I am downsizing the herd.

Here for sale is a unique BITSA Tele-Ray build.

The covers band I was in at the time required quite a diverse range of bass tones to achieve the 60’s, 70’s Pop covers on the set list.

So I assembled this BITSA to provide the solution. P’ bass tones, Stingray tones and a great variety in between.

The build can be found here.

The body is from a Squier Telecaster bass, (purchased from a Fellow Basschatter), the neck is an after market Jazz width, bound neck with MOP block inlays and a 51’P style headstock. Pickups are Warman Stingray at the bridge and a split 51’PJess Loureiro Pup at the neck . The Loom is a  @KiOgon  CTS V&T , 3 position Pup selector and a Switchcraft jack. Fender flatwound strings.

Selector switch options are

 Position #1 is the Jess Loureiro in it’s series mode, gives a powerful warm, clear, typical P Bass tone,

Position #2 is both Pups in parallel and adds a huge amount of depth and mid drive. Probably my most favourite setting.

Position #3 is the Warman Stingray on it’s own and is identical to that familiar Stingray sound. I was astonished how powerful, and tuneful the Warman replicated the Stingray sound. I am convinced it would need a real expert ear to differentiate in the blind test.

 This BITSA has oceans of Mojo, the body being second user already had some level of marks & bumps but I tried to add some sympathetic relic features to add to the overall Mojo.

The bass balances well on knee or strap.

I also have a teardrop shaped Hiscox Lite flite case for sale with this bass. ( not included in the price. ( £40))

37 minutes ago, Musicman20 said:

Just heard a few more demos of this. More QC issues and the pickups sound so weak and flat.

Mmm not sure I concur with the weak & flat Pups. 

Yup as with all first run production, processes are not fully bedded in so there could be a few issues. 

The Pups are fine ,the neck, body and build is fine. Maybe there is a need to implement some corrective action on the D & G string Pup alignment. 

For me it was simples, I'm not a fan of the 3 screw fixing of the bridge anyway, so I fitted a Gotoh 5 screw gold bridge.

Using the centre screw fixing I aligned the G&D strings and drilled new holes for screws 1 & 5 . Then used the Gotoh screws in 2 & 4 positions and resulted in perfect string/ Pup alignment. 

Yes on a £1500 instrument you would have expected a better standard, but I feel that the stock bridge was the wrong choice since it was a thro body bridge but there is NO thro body arrangement on the bass. And personally  I think the 3 screw fixing is less resonant. 

Any new product will be open to negative views but I have learnt over the years that it's always best to form ones own opinion after physically playing the instrument and not being influenced by unqualified commentry. 

Frankly it's a fine bass with huge range of tones and an absolute dream to play.

But I'm a half deaf ,70 year old Welsh man who doesn't take kindly to people who tell me what I should do and what I should like and not like.

Apologies to our Danish friends. 

41 minutes ago, Mickeyboro said:

This belonged to the late @yorks5stringer and is being sold on behalf of his family.

 

I will add details as I find them. It includes the case pictured, as well as the newer gig bag.

I played this instrument at the last South West Bass Bash where my table was nextdoor to @yorks5stringer, It is a magnificent example of a character vintage bass. I am also fortunate to own a 1972 Fender Telecaster Bass which sounds superb, has a very high output and wide variety of tones on offer.

It is truly a piece of Fender history.

I wish you every good luck in selling this instrument.

38 minutes ago, Dazed said:

First time I’ve noticed this model, looks good, sounds good on the videos too. Bit pricey though @£1499

 

Sandberg Florence

 

 

 

Agreed, there are some really positive reviews and videos. It sounds great and if my quest for a worn Cherry Gibson Les Paul Tribute fails then the mahogany will be on my radar.

2 hours ago, NHM said:

That's interesting, the distance of the pup from the 12th fret. I've just measured my Gibson Les Paul Tribute which is also 10". My Musicmaster is 9.5", although I'd say that's as sweet a spot as you could imagine, just a tad darker in sound than the Gibson...

Well it's been said before and it will probably said again, " You can't beat 10 inches Vicar" 🤣🤣🤣

But seriously , 10 ins does seem to be the norm on a number of 30 ins scale basses, like you my Gibson Les Paul Tribute, new Fender Mike Kerr Tiggar/Barbie bass, G&L Fallout Tribute, one Pup on my Epiphone Rumblecat, and now also on my modded Guild/DeArmond Jet Star bass.

1 hour ago, scrumpymike said:

I like that middle pickup setting too but the only one of the 7 settings I don't use in our classic rock covers set is bridge only. The switching versatility is what I love most about the Fender Rascal. This is how my re-bodied Rascal looks now.

 

That's wonderful remodel which is not only unique but beautiful to behold. Is the middle Pup 10 inches from the 12th fret by any chance?

It just seems to me that 10ins appears to be the sweet spot on short scale (30ins) basses.

On 29/08/2023 at 13:06, Old Horse Murphy said:

So the best laid plans and all that... 

 

I was supposed to be travelling up to Scotland this coming weekend for a couple of gigs with a few old band mates that I used to play with.
 

To save me the hassle of travelling with a bass, another mate of mine offered to lend me his JMJ for when I was up there, which started this whole thread about strings. Anyway, the strings arrived yesterday and my mate's JMJ arrived today....

 

He misunderstood my request and thought I needed to borrow a short scale so sent it down to me! He's a very dear friend but I do sometimes wonder what's between his ears.

 

So it looks like I'll be travelling with a bass after all!

Here it is with my other short scales. 

 

So you bought the Mike Kerr from A Strings. (PM me on the setups I've done)

Thats' a lovely shot of your Shorties.

9 minutes ago, miles'tone said:

Just out of nerdy interest John, where is the bridge pickup on yours? You have one from an early batch so I'm just wondering if your bridge Pup is really close to the bridge as some promo photos suggest. It seems that now they've moved it further north...unless the early pics were some kind of photoshop skullduggery.

Wondering if any Newports were released with the former...

As you do 😉

News to me, not aware that the bridge Pup had moved. I did forget to mention that I did replace the bridge with a Hipshot 2 point bridge to improve intonation and action height adjustment.