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    [quote name='mybass' post='567900' date='Aug 13 2009, 01:00 PM']As a long time player I have also designed, built and sold fretless basses on a private basis. I was asked to join a new instrument business venture and had bought parts etc and started making instruments. Due to current economics this venture has ground to a halt. I have asked the Basschat Mod. chaps about selling on the site and have been given an okay with a small donation going towards Basschat. My basses have generally sold at around £1200 mark though I'm told this is too low by two bassists! I can offer this bass to Basschaters at £1050 plus postage and there is no case at this point. Anyone is invited to try the bass out first of course. The fingerboards have a more compound shape, flattening out towards the higher octaves. I think this is very important for fretless, (well, even fretted for me, like Fender). Specifications as follows: 4 string fretless Swamp Ash single piece body 3 Piece maple neck 4 piece bolt on with "eyelet" washers , brass inserts into neckwood Macassar Ebony fingerboard about 12" compound radius, flattening out up the top end Seymouy Duncan Active Jazz pickups (I've used these p/ups for many years on basses) Vol/Tone on each pickup Schaller 3D bridge Schaller Tuners Weight 7lbs/3.25kg (kitchen scales!) Nut width as close as 39.5mm/1.55" Neck depth at nut 25.75mm/1.015" 12th fret width 55.4mm/ 2.18" Neck depth at 12th fret 27.5mm/1.085" Double octave/24 frets distance though the G#/25 note is available on the G string. Neck has a natural Danish oil finish Body and headstock face finished with "Tru Oil". Currently fitted with Galli 105/85/65/45 strings The bass neck is slightly deeper than I normally leave them but I think some players prefer this. I am situated in NE Hants, 3 miles off the A3 /Hindhead.[/quote] BUMP
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    [quote name='MoonBassAlpha' post='575711' date='Aug 20 2009, 04:08 PM']Out of interest, why Danish oil for the neck and Tru-Oil for the rest of the bass? Nice to see 1 solid bit of ash too.[/quote] Good question........ Danish oil penetrates into the wood more and gives a very flat finish to the neck wood, though sometimes for a couple of times when new, it may need a wirewool "smoothing down" as the neck wood fibre roughens after a few plays, then re-oil. Tru oil builds up as a surface coat similar to varnishing in a way. 6/7 coats are applied as per one a day, with light micro fibre (very fine polishing paper) in between coats. The choice for me is Tru oil on the body wood (withpre-coat/undercoat first) as it is termed as harmless as a vapour, pretty easy to apply and easy to repair over again.
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    [quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='572394' date='Aug 17 2009, 11:33 PM']bump (back to the top!)[/quote] thanks.........
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    [quote name='mybass' post='567900' date='Aug 13 2009, 01:00 PM']As a long time player I have also designed, built and sold fretless basses on a private basis. I was asked to join a new instrument business venture and had bought parts etc and started making instruments. Due to current economics this venture has ground to a halt. I have asked the Basschat Mod. chaps about selling on the site and have been given an okay with a small donation going towards Basschat. My basses have generally sold at around £1200 mark though I'm told this is too low by two bassists! I can offer this bass to Basschaters at £1050 plus postage and there is no case at this point. Anyone is invited to try the bass out first of course. The fingerboards have a more compound shape, flattening out towards the higher octaves. I think this is very important for fretless, (well, even fretted for me, like Fender). Specifications as follows: 4 string fretless Swamp Ash single piece body 3 Piece maple neck 4 piece bolt on with "eyelet" washers , brass inserts into neckwood Macassar Ebony fingerboard about 12" compound radius, flattening out up the top end Seymouy Duncan Active Jazz pickups (I've used these p/ups for many years on basses) Vol/Tone on each pickup Schaller 3D bridge Schaller Tuners Weight 7lbs/3.25kg (kitchen scales!) Nut width as close as 39.5mm/1.55" Neck depth at nut 25.75mm/1.015" 12th fret width 55.4mm/ 2.18" Neck depth at 12th fret 27.5mm/1.085" Double octave/24 frets distance though the G#/25 note is available on the G string. Neck has a natural Danish oil finish Body and headstock face finished with "Tru Oil". Currently fitted with Galli 105/85/65/45 strings The bass neck is slightly deeper than I normally leave them but I think some players prefer this. I am situated in NE Hants, 3 miles off the A3 /Hindhead.[/quote] BUMP
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    [quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='568165' date='Aug 13 2009, 04:53 PM']Looks to me like a fine bass guitar! I like the pickup spacing; I personally dislike basses where the back p/up is too close to the bridge - you have it just about right there! Nick[/quote] Thanks. The pickup placement is pretty important on basses that don't have a massive dose of active eq on board and where they sit gets about the best results from a fretless.
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    [quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='568603' date='Aug 14 2009, 02:20 AM']Ah! I kind of recognise the bass - a similar instrument was used some years ago now to demo Marshall's Dynamic bass rigs - (we had a demo night here in Peterborough) and it was made and played by Mr Pete Stroud! Is that you Pete? Cheers! Nick[/quote] The Magnum icecream goes to you Nick. It was I indeed playing a monstrous Marshall rig, these days playing Mark Bass.
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    As a long time player I have also designed, built and sold fretless basses on a private basis. I was asked to join a new instrument business venture and had bought parts etc and started making instruments. Due to current economics this venture has ground to a halt. I have asked the Basschat Mod. chaps about selling on the site and have been given an okay with a small donation going towards Basschat. My basses have generally sold at around £1200+ mark though I've had two bassists tell me this was too low for a custom bass! I can offer this bass to Basschaters at £1050 plus postage and there is no case at this point. Anyone is invited to try the bass out first of course. The fingerboards have a more compound shape, flattening out towards the higher octaves. I think this is very important for fretless, (well, even fretted for me, like Fender). Specifications as follows: 4 string fretless Swamp Ash single piece body 3 Piece maple neck 4 piece bolt on with "eyelet" washers , brass inserts into neckwood Ebony fingerboard about 12" to about 16" compound radius, (flattening out up the top end) Seymouy Duncan Active Jazz pickups (I've used these p/ups for many years on basses) Vol/Tone on each pickup Schaller 3D bridge Schaller Tuners Weight 7lbs/3.25kg (kitchen scales!) Nut width as close as 39.5mm/1.55" Neck depth at nut 25.75mm/1.015" 12th fret width 55.4mm/ 2.18" Neck depth at 12th fret 27.5mm/1.085" Double octave/24 frets distance though the G#/25 note is available on the G string. Neck has a natural Danish oil finish Body and headstock face finished with "Tru Oil". Currently fitted with Galli 105/85/65/45 strings A NEW WIDER NUT WITH WIDER STRING SPACING HAS BEEN FITTED SINCE THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN AND I'VE RESET UP THE BASS, THINNING THE NECK DEPTH A LITTLE. The bass neck is slightly deeper than I normally leave them but I think some players prefer this. I am situated in NE Hants, 3 miles off the A3 /Hindhead. BUMP
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    [quote name='TGEvans' post='537323' date='Jul 10 2009, 04:57 PM']help please.started playing with a new band,hardcore/alt/punk stuff.want to know what would the drawbacks be using a fretless? is there anything that would not work sonically in relation to tunings or anything like that? any input would be great,tim.[/quote] FRETLESS FOREVER........... I've played fretless for ever now, through all sorts of bands and music such as twin guitars playing Whitesnake to blues, r&b, rock, sessions etc. You will need really good pickups with across the board clarity and lower mid attack/punch, a really good wood for fingerboard (try macassar ebony if you don't want the treble"brittleness" of black ebony), really good amp and speakers (I use Mark Bass). Your intonation has to be pretty good too! With no frets the attack of notes will have to be pretty precise. I've played many a gig where players never realised I was playing fretless all night. This may then all depend on how your bass sound will fit with the band itself, it may just not be the right thing for the type of sound the band has or wants. There are different possibilities on fretless to a fretted bass too in playing styles/sounds.
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    [quote name='6h5g' post='537942' date='Jul 11 2009, 03:48 PM']Could anyone recommend a set of long lasting roundwound strings that cost around £20ish?[/quote] I will recommend Italian made GALLI strings. Been using them for a few years now. The rep said to try a set and they went a good 25 gigs, maybe more before I thought I should change them. Of course, I may have upped the treble on the amp a bit for certain gigs as they got older but they do sound very good on my fretless and fretted basses.
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    [quote name='Jamesemt' post='537923' date='Jul 11 2009, 03:13 PM']I fitted a drop D a couple of weeks ago. Whenever I drop the tuning peg and then click it back up it goes slightly out of tune. The second time I do it the tuning goes way out... Is this normal?[/quote] It may depend on the make of tuner you have. I have a Hipshot "D" tuner and you have to keep tuning via setting the gearing gap by dropping and tuning from E to D a few times.
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    [quote name='allighatt0r' post='502127' date='May 31 2009, 10:13 AM']About a year ago, i switched from being a pick player to a fingerstyle player, mainly because the joint of my thumb nearest the fingernail is doublejointed, and bends too far backwards, so i can't hold picks properly. Also for tone reasons. Anyway, at my gig last night, about halfway through the second set i started getting pain in the knuckle of my forefinger while i was playing... I don't think there is anything wrong with my fingerstyle technique, i keep my fingers perpendicular and my wrist straight, but i was wondering if anyone else gets this, and if there is maybe a detailed "how to play fingerstyle like a pro" article about so i can look at learning from the ground up?[/quote] Pre gig muscle toning could help a lot. Maybe you have a another income job where you use your hands a different way from playing? I sometimes feel the need to tone the hands, lower arms and fingers pre gig, especially in winter and if I haven't been doing much practice. Generally massaging all these playing areas can be very beneficial pre gig.
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    [quote name='OldGit' post='497093' date='May 25 2009, 09:50 AM']"Publish and be dammed" Actually you are not contravening copyright as your recording is a new work. You will theoretically owe the songwriter a few pennies but that's it. Post your stuff up and wait for the songwriter or their estate to contact you.[/quote] Be even more pleasant and contact the songwriter with your plans for their work, not forgetting that someone else wrote it, arranged it, paid and recorded it, got a deal for it, published it, managed it, likely had some rip off along the way, and hopes that other musicians would at least pay the "few pennies" due.
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    [quote name='Thunderthumbs' post='497910' date='May 26 2009, 12:19 PM']Hi guys, We got it through [url="http://www.musiciansinsurance.co.uk"]www.musiciansinsurance.co.uk[/url] apparently. It's a Public Liability policy only, not with anything else included. Cost £180 for £5m insurance. If you want equipment too, try [url="http://www.jltonline.co.uk"]www.jltonline.co.uk[/url] Cheers, Pete.[/quote] Check out the MU price membership again chaps, against how much public liability you get with them.
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    [quote name='BottomEndian' post='495030' date='May 22 2009, 11:59 AM']With another baby Endian on the way, space is getting tight in the house. I'm thinking I might need to hang my basses on the wall to free up some floor. So I've been looking at the Hercules GSP38WB hanger, which seems to be well respected. Trouble is, I've got [url="http://www.ibanez.com/BassGuitars/model-BTB775PB"]this beast of a 5-stringer[/url] with a wide neck: 47 mm at the nut. Can someone with a GSP38WB hanger please measure the maximum neck width you can fit in it? Or if someone knows of a better hanger option, let me know. Ta! [/quote] APPROX. 2".....48mm wide.
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    [quote name='stoatsbrother' post='460862' date='Apr 12 2009, 11:12 PM']Well thanks... As a frequent poster on several non-music forums - I am aware of the idea of sticky threads - had looked a few days ago at that one before registering - and guess what? Just checked again - searching on East Sussex in this section of the forum produces no results - and the OP of that thread lists an acoustic guitar luthier (nearly bought a nylon 6 string from him a few years ago) and a manafacturer of beautiful looking guitars and basses... but that is not what I actually asked for...! Anyway I guess that sort of answers my question anyway - and it is off to London I will need to go... [b]6stringbassist[/b] thanks - might be the one I need - although 60 miles away[/quote] Not certian whereabouts you are based but Bernie Goodfellow in Brighton might do repairs [url="http://www.gbguitars.co.uk/Webpages/contact.htm"]http://www.gbguitars.co.uk/Webpages/contact.htm[/url]
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    [quote name='yorks5stringer' post='460864' date='Apr 12 2009, 11:12 PM']I bought the above second hand and it appears to have been modded. Here's a photo showing 2 concentric push pulls with no blend control [attachment=23677:S5000395.JPG] here's a link to the schematic from Seymour Duncan [url="http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=2b_t_circuit"]http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wirin...ic=2b_t_circuit[/url] Does anyone please know where I can get a 10k master volume push/pull, a 100k blend control and a 100k concentric bass treble? I've done some internet searching and these do not seem common values for these pots. I emailed SD but apparently they never reply...! Thanks[/quote] Yes. SD are a bit lax on replying. WD music have a lot of pots. [url="http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/category/Hardware___Parts"]http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/category/Hardware___Parts[/url] Omeg in East Grinstead, Sussex (if they still operate) manufacture a host of pots but I don't know what size of order they require. [url="http://www.omeg.co.uk/"]http://www.omeg.co.uk/[/url] Status basses sell spares [url="http://www.status-graphite.com/"]http://www.status-graphite.com/[/url]
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    [quote name='Pookus' post='459603' date='Apr 10 2009, 08:31 PM']I have an amp project in the early planning stages and want to use potentiometers with set click positions. Are these widely available?[/quote] Not knowing the values you will need but........I seem to remember that the Status Bass people used them on basses. Another potentiometer company I used a while back is OMEG [email protected] phone 01342 316253 they are or were near East Grinstead, Sussex.
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    [quote name='TheButler' post='458995' date='Apr 10 2009, 01:57 AM']Bump-edy. I'm not so desperately seeking money now, so the price is fixed at £40! [/quote] PMd,
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    [quote name='mybass' post='416187' date='Feb 21 2009, 04:20 PM']MK 61 Midi Keyboard Controller. 5 octaves. Pitch bend, modulation, Data entry plus octave change and other controls. (see pics) I probably used this once or twice and since then it has been under cover totally unused, so it is still in "new" condition. Postage? I'd say around a tenner would do it. The original receipt from Digital Village was £120. Asking £40 plus yer postage or collect/meet up on the musos gigging highway.[/quote] BUMP
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    Top man is Old Horse Murphy. Bought a TU2 tuner off him and he found a power supply and battery for it too. All in great condition.
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    [quote name='jaythemusicguy' post='455496' date='Apr 6 2009, 02:33 PM']FOR SALE: 1 Pro-Tec Bass Deluxe ProPac Case with wheels; hardly used, excellent condition - photos to follow. Paid £90; offers around £40 please 1 Stagg Bass Case, little use, excellent condition, offers around £25 1 set of brand new boxed Schaller M6L locking tuners for Stratocaster; bought for a guitar project and never used as the guitar ended up being reverse neck! Retail at £40 odd new, selling for £30 1 set of Jazz pickups - offers.[/quote] PM'd on the case Jay.
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    Terrible news. Hope you get it back. There is a double bass shop up near the Colston Halls area. Maybe call them too and spread the news that way, being a shop they may have already had someone trying to pass one on to them?
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    Thanks all again. A fountain of knowledge! Never heard of but will look at the new Korg Black one and I'm also hearing about Digitechs "Hardwire" HT tuner. They ALL say the same thing, "tru bypass, doesn't affect the tone etc" and there are negs about them all too. Looks like a trip to Andertons music in Guildford is in the frame.
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