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Burns-bass

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  1. Price cut to £120
  2. Indeed it is (says so on the headstock!) I must say, I played this at a gig once and it truly was a wonderful bass.
  3. Here is a brand new Yamaha TRB-1005J in the lovely Caramel Brown. This was part of a short foray into the world of 5-string basses, which I realise now wasn't really working for me! This was bought as new, but it's a factory second. As you can see, there is a slight discolouration in the finish. This is lacquered, but must have been picked up by the factory. I opened the box, stuck some D'Addario Chromes on and then put it back and it hasn't been played. I naturally still have the box. If I'm being hyper critical, there is a little discolouration on the bridge. I've advertised this here and on eBay too at a substantial discount, but seems these aren't hugely popular. It really is a beautiful instrument, so buy a pretty much new one (with £60 strings on it) for around 65% of the cost of a brand new model. I'm not able to send this, so it's collection in Bristol. Price is firm now £599 Specs are as follows: General Construction: Bolt-on Scale Length: 35" (889.0mm) Body Body Materials: Trancelucent color : Maple / Alder / Quilted Maple Laminated, Black color : Maple / Alder Body Finish: Gloss Polyurethane Neck Neck Materials: Maple / Mahogany (or Nato) 5-Piece Neck Finish: Satin Polyurethane Fingerboard Materials: Rosewood Fingerboard Radius: 23-5/8" (600 mm) Fret wire: Medium Number of frets: 24 Nut materials: Bone Width @ 0 Fret / 12th Fret:43.0 / 65.9 mm Thickness @ 1st Fret / 12th Fret: 20.0 / 24.0 mm Electronics Neck Pickup: Humcanceled Single Coil / Alnico V Middle Pickup: - Bridge Pickup - Humcanceled Single Coil / Alnico V Controls: Master Volume, Pickup Balancer, 3-Band EQ(Bass, Middle, Treble) Pickup Switch: - Hardware Bridge: Solid Brass String spacing: 18mm Tailpiece: - Tuning machine: Die-cast Pickguard: - Others: String gauge: D'Addario EXL170-5SL / 0.045-0.130 Super Long (5 strings) Case: - Special features: -
  4. Up for grabs is my 30.5" short scale Warwick Corvette. This bass has 24 frets and is equipped with 2 passive MEC pickups. This is collection from Bristol only, I can't/won't post. I bought this from the legend that it Frank Black. He let me have it for a great price, and I'm naturally passing that on again as the morally right thing to do. This is a seriously wonderful instrument for the price, and I am a little sad about it going, but I have to be realistic that a grown up adult doesn't need 30 musical instruments.
  5. Here for sale is my Musima 5-string banjo. This was hand-made in the GDR in the 1970s and, by all accounts, is a good quality banjo. (Well, I've been told it is, I can't actually play it!) It's in excellent condition with a fair bit of life left in the frets and comes with a professional Stagg case too (which must be worth a few quid). I can possibly send this, but I would prefer that you came to check it out and collect. I'm based in Bristol but can travel.
  6. This is my Yamaha Steel String Silent Guitar, it's in great condition (a couple of marks on the frame which are pictured). The specifications are below. It's a fantastic guitar that enables you to practice silently with headphones. The guitar comes with a soft case which packs the frame. It also comes with a mains adaptor, so that you don't need even use batteries. Don't be fooled, this guitar works perfectly. You can plug it in and play it live and loud, should you wish... This is the steel string guitar, not the nylon string version. I can't send this but I'm happy to meet you or you can come to Bristol to try this out. Price £350 Specs: Scale Length: 634mm (25") Total Length: 978mm (38 1/2") Body Width: 356mm (14") Whole Depth: 85mm (3 11/32") Fingerboard Width: (0F, 14F) 43m - 55mm (1 11/16" - 2 5/32") Body Material: Mahogany Frame Material: Rosewood & Maple Neck Material: Mahogany Fingerboard Material: Rosewood Fingerboard Radius: R400 Bridge Material: Rosewood Nut Material: Urea Saddle Material: Urea Tuners: RM1242N-4 Body Finish: Tobacco Brown Sunburst & Translucent Black: Gloss / Natural: Satin Neck Finish: Satin Electronics: SRT Powered System Controls: Power / Vol / AUX.Vol / Bass / Treble / Smooth Control Effects (Reverb1, Reverb2, Chorus) / Chromatic Tuner / SRT Blend Connections: Line OUT / AUX IN / Phone Input / DC-IN Colour: Natural / Tobacco Brown Sunburst / Translucent Black Accessories: Original Carry Bag / Stereo Earphones / 2 * AA Batteries
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  7. For sale is my beautiful 2014 Shuker Singlecut in spectacularly beautiful Buckeye Burl. This was bought from this very forum, previous ad details below. (I'm struggling to add images, but I'll figure it out!) It's light as a feather (3.9kg) and in immaculate condition. I mean I can literally see just one mark on it. This is part of a large clear out I'm having. (It's slightly embarrassing, but the storage space I have for my basses in the home has gone and the reality of my music gear collection has become apparent, and it's a little scary). Price is £1450 I'm unwilling to post this, but I will meet you should you want to buy it. You're more than welcome to come and see it in Bristol and test it out pretty much anytime you want, as I work for myself. I don't need anything new and the only basses I'm interested in have the Fender or Musicman badge on them. Key Specs: 34" scale 17-19mm spacing at bridge 45mm at nut 3.9kg Buckeye burl top / Alder body / 5pc maple neck Shuker Hiscox case included. Preamp - vol (push / pull for active-passive), p'up pan, treble, stacked mid & mid freq, bass.
  8. Unlikely these guys are above the threshold…
  9. Looks a lot like my Ibanez Musician
  10. There are os many variables at work here: instrument itself, playing style, amplification etc. that it's impossible for us to second guess. The only way is to A/B test them I guess. I've got a fair few Yamaha basses (5 I think), and I love them all (apart from the 35" scale TRB which is too unwieldy).
  11. The truth is you won’t go wrong with any Yamaha instrument.
  12. I’d be one of those. The TRBX505 is phenomenal instrument for the price
  13. It’s beautifully made. I’m very much a fan, although I don’t like the helicores
  14. This is a god point. We have a dehumidifier for use in the winter when our house gets to humid. Condensation on the windows is a god sign...
  15. The older ones are modelled on double bass tuners. They went to manufacturing their own tuners presumably to save money. The klusons also dig into the back of the headstock whereas the Fender tuners are flush to the headstock. The klusons are a better performing tuner too. In fact, I have them on my FSR pink jazz bass (https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/190301340085008-3410303--fender-fsr-american-pro-jazz-bass-shell-pink-rosewood-n) which is a spectacularly well made bass.
  16. Yes that’s a good book!
  17. They’re called Kluson tuners and are indeed bigger than the clover leaf style tuners they went to in 1966/67. There were also transitional “lolly pop” tuners too, only used for some of 1966. God I’m boring.
  18. It’s absolutely packed! I used to go pre covid. Now I imagine much of the bidding is done online. The guys there are good and you can travel down the street before to check things out but you’ll have to take their word for the condition of internals and the integrity of an instrument and its components because understandably you can’t take things apart! There are lots of dealers who attend, but also some members of the public who want to buy stuff. One guy dressed as a cowboy bid on (and won) some sort of Les Paul which cost him £5k pre commission and he was shouting like he’d won the lottery. That was great to see! Even if you don’t end up buying or bidding it’s still a great day out and some lovely walks and pubs nearby too.
  19. I’ve been to the auction a few times and a lot of it is junk. Caveat emptor indeed!
  20. Will take offers. Still can’t post…
  21. Love that track. I’m sure I’m bored of telling people but Norman was a lovely chap when we met. I was doing my first ever gig supporting Wilko Johnson and he was very nice to me as a nervous chap who overplayed for the entire gig…
  22. There are some nice Jaco licks there.
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