clivem

9 hours ago, razor5cl said:

Hi lads, does anyone know what size Allen key I need to adjust my BB734a truss rod?

4mm

7 hours ago, TheGreek said:

 still leave it feeling/sounding very HiFi

Yep, that's a fair description of the M2000. It's definitely a more modern (hi-fi) sounding bass than classic tone. DR Sunbeams work quite well on it (mellow the tone) if you can deal with the lower tension string. Definitely don't want Dunlop Super Bright nickels on it. (I made that mistake. LOL)

Sold Mark 3 basses. Great communication, no messing around.

I wish everyone was as easy to deal with!

Thanks Mark, it was a pleasure meeting you.

Ibanez Talman TMB100-WNF Walnut Natural Flat. £60. Must be collected (without delay) from SE London. No shipping. Very good condition. Only point to note.... Minor finish blem shown in last picture. (Was touched-in with a green coloured felt pen. Difficult to photo, not really noticeable. Was there when I bought it, I think from truss-rod hex wrench rattling around in box during shipping.) I'll be posting an ad for this to Gumtree, ebay or somewhere similar if this doesn't get any interest on here in the next 24 hours. Really do need to get this moved by the end of the weekend.

Ibanez SR375E Antique Whiskey Burst. £80. Must be collected (without delay) from SE London. No shipping. Very good condition. Nothing to note. I'll be posting an ad for this to Gumtree, ebay or somewhere similar if this doesn't get any interest on here in the next 24 hours. Really do need to get this moved by the end of the weekend.

Epiphone Toby Deluxe Trans Red. £50. Must be collected (without delay) from SE London. No shipping. Very good condition. Only points to note.... Neck pickup - the Tobias "gold leaf" label has work off the plastic cover where it's been used as thumb rest while playing. Body - satin finish, but is shiny in a couple of places where arm has rubbed body while playing it. I'll be posting an ad for this to Gumtree, ebay or somewhere similar if this doesn't get any interest on here in the next 24 hours. Really do need to get this moved by the end of the weekend.

Yamaha BBP34 Vintage Sunburst.

Perfect condition. Made in Japan. Top of the current BB range. Price is £1000. Collection from SE London.

2 hours ago, kodiakblair said:

Strange. Both of mine weigh 8lb.

Really.... Do you want to sell one of them?

14 hours ago, kodiakblair said:

Not sure what else to add. Solid bass, designed to be versatile. Built under the watchful eye of the sorely missed Mike Powers. Cheap as chips. 

Definitely worth considering should you fancy a PJ.

I'll add one thing.... A warning on weight.... Both of the Zodiac BXP DE Sig models I've bought were slightly on the heavy side at 10.5 lb. That aside, nice bass when you can pick them up for less than £200. (I paid £150 each, for both of mine.)

4 hours ago, dave_bass5 said:

I was expecting XL’s but all the ball ends are brass coloured, not sure if they are stock or not

Mine came with Elixir's on it as well.

I didn't sell it, but it's not to hand at the moment. (In storage, 100 miles away from me.)

Keep an eye on this eBay auction..... (Nothing to do with me, but doesn't appear to have a reserve on it, and currently at £107.)

G&L M2000 Tribute Bass Tobacco Sunburst

57 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

That’s bloody tempting!

You're not wrong! Someone, hurry up and buy this!

10 minutes ago, Lfalex v1.1 said:

Didn't the Kubicki Xfactors (etc.) have a 37-piece Maple laminate neck?

"a 32 piece rotary-cut laminated veneer neck", if the wikipedia page is accurate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kubicki_Factor_Bass

1 hour ago, therealting said:

@clivem I think nyatoh is indigenous to South East Asia, I remember hearing about it when living in Malaysia. 

FWIW, after a tiny bit of research, according to the wood database, the weight is similar to mahogany, maybe a little heavier.

https://www.wood-database.com/nyatoh/

2 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

So you think my 15 piece neck didn’t need titanium?

LOL. I think it would have been OK without! That's sooooo crazy. 15 slices of wood!!!! Someone will pop up in a minute and tell you..... You're not hearing the sound of wood. All that glue holding those 15 slices of wood together. THAT BASS SOUNDS LIKE GLUE!!!! People freak out when they buy a Mex Fender and the body is made of more than 2 pieces. A 15 piece neck..... You must be mad, mate! That's plywood, that is. Fancy plywood!

19 hours ago, Lfalex v1.1 said:

What difference do they make? And is it really noticable? 

Couple of thoughts...... Rather than one piece necks, I think all the SR's have laminated, ("hippie sandwich" LOL), which makes 'em stronger, IMHO.

Sometimes it's just luck of the draw. I don't own any Premiums any more with the KTS rods, just a few of mid-series without the KTS rods. Both of my 500's are as stable as stable can be. One requires a 1/8 turn truss-rod tweak, once a year. The other neck is so stiff, it barely needs a truss-rod, which isn't really engaged, just snugged-up to stop it rattling. You can re-string that with high-tension flats, when it had previously had very low tension round core DR's on it, and measure the relief, and it won't have moved. However..... Luck of the draw...... Back in 2016, I bought a B-Stock SR600, which had the same wenge/bubinga laminate neck as the 500's. When I opened the box on it, I couldn't figure out why it was being sold as B-stock. Not a mark on it. Needed a setup for sure, which I did. However, it soon became apparent. The neck was a rubber band. The slightest temperature or humidity change and the neck would either banana forward or back bow, in either case making it completely unplayable without re-adjusting the truss rod. (I suspect this was the reason the original customer had returned it and it was now being sold as B-stock, I think.) Who knows. Maybe one of the pieces of wood in that neck was weak, had a flaw in it, or it just was young wood, or hadn't been dried properly.

To my way of thinking, the rods are more important and come into play more with a one piece neck. With a laminated neck, less so or not at all.

There is an argument for having the rods, whether graphite, titanium, steel, that I've heard. Wives tale.... Maybe. Apparently it lessons the chances of dead-spots. I don't have an opinion on that either way. I had a Fender neck with a dead spot. Never owned an Ibby with a dead spot, KTS rods or not.

I was going to point out that the 305 has a Mahogany body, and the 375 is maple. The maple gives a "snappier" sound, the mahogany more warmth and sustain, IMHO, having owned both. But, and it's a big BUT, it seems that the 2019 spec 305 has a Nyatoh body. I've never even heard of this type of wood, so I've no idea.......

EDIT: Oh and the maple bodied 375's typically weighed at least 1lb more than the mahogany bodied 305's, if that's important to you.

34 minutes ago, Jimbobble said:

think that people need to listen without predujice

"OOOhhh baby, I can make you come.....", and that was the first words from her mouth. (I'll go back to sitting quietly in the corner.)

2013 EU catalogue.....

Just now, Woodinblack said:

Yeh, the 1200s are in every catalogue from '11 to '19, I looked on all of them, no 1605.

Was that the one with the burl top, that was a "special limited edition", so may not have been in the main catalogue?

2 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

Ibanezes website is a bit of a mess for historic things. i tried finding about my 1605 on there, and there is no record of them ever making one.

Need to look a little harder on the Ibanez site. EDIT: I need glasses. I read 1205, not 1605. LOL. I'll have another look.

1 hour ago, Woodinblack said:

The 2405 doesn’t, most premiers don’t.

Hmmmm. Catalogue page.......

I think they "dropped" the KTS rods from the Premium 1300/5/6 and 1400/5 in 2018. (2017 models in these model number series' had them.)

The  2018 models....  1820/5 and 2600/5 have them fitted. The new Aguilar PUP 2019 models 2400/5 has them. (Taking this info from the catalogue, not the web page.)

3 minutes ago, M@23 said:

That's unusual, AFAIK, from the 43x series up they are supposed to come with D'Addario 170's.

My BBP35 came with EXL170-5. 

Just relating my experience..... Yamaha published specs say....

D'Addario EXL170 / 0.045-0.100 for the BBP34 and D'Addario EXL170-5 / 0.045-0.130 (5 strings) for the BBP35.

However, I after I got my BBP34 I queried this with Yamaha as soon as I noticed the strings didn't have coloured ball ends (ie. not D'Addario's). I actually thought they might be Elixir coated strings based on the feel, and the reply I got from Yamaha support confirmed this.....

Thank you for your email regarding your Yamaha BBP34.

Our Guitar Specialist has advised that the BBP34 is factory fitted with Elixir 4-String Nanoweb E14077 Nickel Plated Bass Strings, 45-105.

I hope this helps and thank you for contacting Yamaha Music Europe GmbH (UK). 

Kind Regards,

Alison Osborn

Best Regards

Your Yamaha Customer Service Team

On 15/02/2019 at 19:05, bigsmokebass said:

Both got the stock D'Addario's on them, the 5 string is standard and the 4 is in Eb tuning. Looking to get a D-tuner for the 4 string soon enough. 

Are you sure the BBP34/5 came fitted with D'Addario's? The BBP34's were shipping from the factory with Elixir 4-String Nanoweb E14077 Nickel Plated Bass Strings, 45-105. At least that's what came fitted to mine, and confirmed by Yamaha support, after I queried the fact that the strings didn't have coloured ball-ends. My BB434/5 did come with D'Addario''s from the factory.