flutophilus

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I've had this from new. It's a great little combo for home practice, but it has also held it's own in a small jazz band. It also works very nicely with acoustic bass - there's a noticeably faster response from the smaller speakers. Only 7Kg.

Collection from Bedford preferred but I can courier it to mainland UK for £25 including insurance. Cover included. Here's the full spec from the Thomann website to save you looking it up!

2 Channels with separate inputs

Power: 110 W (RMS) Class D amplifier

Transistor / solid-state design

Ultra low noise preamp circuit

3-Band EQ with +/- 18 dB boost/cut per band in each channel

Switchable and adjustable limiter

Speaker: 2 x 5" PJB NeoPower Type A

Impedance: 4 Ohm

Frequency range from 60 to 15,000 Hz

2 Input level controls

2 Bass controls

2 Mid controls

2 Treble controls

Limiter

Aux Input Level and Master Volume

3-Way toggle switch for Mic / Low / High (channel A)

3-Way toggle switch for mute / low / high (channel B)

Power switch on rear panel

Input voltage 100 - 240V AC

Lightweight construction

Dimensions (L x W x H): 306 x 279 x 197 mm

Weight: 7 kg

Input channel A: XLR/TS combo

Input channel B: TS

Aux input: 3.5 mm stereo jack

Headphone output

Rear DI output: XLR with switchable ground lift

Line output: 6.3 mm mono jack

Tuner output: 6.3 mm mono jack

Sold!

I'm putting this on EBay on Saturday (13/04). For some reason I never get notifications when people put comments on here so sorry If I've not got back to you.

Hi, still available!

Ultralight 2 x 10 cabinet from GR Bass. Purchased in UK in Feb 2022 (receipt available). Gigged twice.

600w, 4Ω

Weight 10kg

W  51cm, D  30cm, H  55 cm

2 x 10" custom Jensen/Sica woofer, Horn Driver 1"

35Hz - 22kHz, 102dB SPL, 3 way tweeter switch

Includes GR Cover.

It sounds great (I use an Eich amp), fits in the boot and is incredibly light.

New price is £1059 and the cover another £49.

I don't have the original boxes so can't ship.

Before you do anything it would be a good idea to chack the actual length of the strings fitted, measured from the ball end to the nut. Not all short scale basses are the same (through-strung and violin basses need longer strings) and not all strings labelled "short scale" are the same length. Once you've measured them you can look at 

https://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/search/scale-length

where you can select strings by the exact ball-end to nut length you need.

Strings direct are also very helpful if you emali them.

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This lovely bass has gone to a good new owner. I'm sure they'll be very happy together!

I'm selling my 2019 Fender American Performer Mustang bass. All-original. 30inch scale, three-tone gloss sunburst, rosewood fretboard., string-through body. Complete with original gig-bag and certificates and the original strings (which are not the ones shown in the photos). It weighs 3..5 kilos and it's all in good condition,never gigged.  Pure Mustang tone from the main pickup and Jazz tones from the rear. Controls are Volume, Volume, Tone.

21 minutes ago, flutophilus said:

I'm already loving this Sandberg VS4. Satin black, rosewood fb with abalone. Superb balance either sat or standing. Nice wide fingerboard, but not full PBass width, 22 frets with really good access, flattish radius and (for me) the perfect string spacing High output passive pickups (anyone know what they are?).  30in scale (it's the strangely named "Lionel" edition).

 

I'm a very happy chappy.

I'm already loving this Sandberg VS4. Satin black, rosewood fb with abalone. Superb balance either sat or standing. Nice wide fingerboard, but not full PBass width, 22 frets with really good access, flattish radius and (for me) the perfect string spacing High output passive pickups (anyone know what they are?).  30in scale (it's the strangely named "Lionel" edition).

I'm a very happy chappy.

Lovely looking instruments.

On 20/01/2021 at 12:31, Fil1ip said:

I have ordered the ehb1000s Pink metallic, I had the email about the 4th of march arrival.

Hopefully it lives up to expectations, my first ibanez and first short scale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What do you think of it?

So, now we can go and try out some basses in shops again, what are you going to try? I want to try a Sandberg Lionel but there aren't any in the country!

18 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Just an observation, but any bass balanced on a knee (unless suspended by a strap) is in unstable equilibrium.

Plus, balancing a bass on your knee is very uncomfortable and not conducive to good playing, consider balancing it on your thigh instead.

Note,  any bass balanced on a thigh (unless suspended by a strap) is in unstable equilibrium.

OK, you got me there, but I suspect you know what I meant

Why should a bass balanced on the right thigh be in unstable equilibrium? I have an electric guitar that is in perfect equilibrium, why cannot a bass be in equilibrium? Yes, it has a longer neck but a good designer could counterbalance that with a slightly repositioned lower bout, or slightly more weight at the bridge.

I suspect that it's just that bass players have come to accept it and think that it's normal. But having to counterbalance the neck dive by either taking weight on the fretting hand or pushing down on the bass with the forearm of the picking hand is putting extra tension into your body which doesn't need to be there.

On 08/03/2021 at 22:20, scrumpymike said:

Around 3.75kg at a guess, perfect balance with top strap pin at F11, and (for me) correct positioning on the strap - i.e. strings anchored close to the edge of the body for easy reach to lower frets.  Great access to top frets too.  This bass oozes quality in terms of body/neck/fretboard finish, hardware, 6-point neck fixing, and inclusion of a zero fret, which I always like.  It's a s-s bass that feels substantial to play.

Looks very nice - I had a 34" Sandberg fir many years and it was a great bass. How does the S/S Sandberg balance on the knee?

18 hours ago, martthebass said:

I've got a JMJ Mustang which also has a tendency to head south, not the worst neck dive I've experienced but I know what you mean, fortunately I don't mind too much about resting my arm on the top edge when playing sat down.  My Mikey Way sig Mustang despite being distinctly less posh has no neck dive whatsoever (the neck is thinner and jazz profile nut) but these don't come up for sale that often.

The best short scale I've played (and still have) for 'zero neck dive' and comfort is the Dano Longhorn but these aren't to everyone's taste.

I've never even seen one for real ! They look like fun though - I'd love to try one.

20 hours ago, Adee said:

I know what you mean, of the three short scales I own the Mustang is the worst for 'neck dive on the knee' 

Warwick Corvette is a little better and the Music Man Stingray balancing the best for me ... but not prefect

Guess it all down to how you sit too ... arm contour does help a lot for comfort 

Thanks, I'll add the Stingray to my list.

Looks great. Can I ask how it balances on the knee? Does it neck dive at all when you play it sat down without a strap? Thanks.

Hi, glad to have found this thread.

Does anyone have a short-scale bass that balances nicely on the knee?

My Am Performer Mustang neck dives when played sat down, so that means that my right arm needs to be pressing on the body to balance it out, otherwise there's weight on my left hand, which isn't good. There's no contouring like you would find on a Precision or Jazz so the top of the body is pushing into my forearm and causing me grief. I've tried playing sat down with the strap on but that's a work-round not a solution - and the head still - slowly - heads for the ground. So basically the head is too heavy or the lower bout is too close to the bridge.

When we're allowed out I'm going out to try a few but if there's any suggestions from you people I'd appreciate it.

Cheers

[quote name='chrkelly' post='660350' date='Nov 20 2009, 05:16 PM']It's a device that mounts on your music stand and gives you full control over your own headphone mix. It's kinda like a simplified mixing desk. Very useful if there's not much time for soundchecks. If you're relying on just the soundman I'd recommend buying a cheap in line volume control to prevent yourself being deafened.[/quote]

No we won't be using Avioms, not that sophisticated. Thanks for all the advice anyway.

Cheers

[quote name='chrkelly' post='659747' date='Nov 19 2009, 11:05 PM']Ih. Are you using Avioms?[/quote]

What are Avioms ?

Hi,

I occasionally play in a local theatre band - up to now we've been using open foldback monitors but the MD wants to go over to headphone monitoring.

I'm a bit worried as we're only a communty theatre and I don't really know if this is going to work.

Anyway, specifically, can anyone recommend what headphones I should get - I feel that I want open phones so I can still hear ambient sound, partly as I don't really trust the sound engineer to get it right.

Up to now I've been using a Roland Cube 100, with an XLR line out to the sound desk, which I place close to my seat and I usually have some sound from the amp as my personal monitor, then we have a monitor speaker which blends band and microphone.

He's also talking about just DI-ing but I'm not sure what advantage there would be in that, and again I don,t trust them to come up with a decent setup themselves. I get paid MU rates so I don't mind supplying necessary gear myself, though I have a Mesa-Boogie V-twin guitar pre-amp (but no XLR output).

Bass is a Sandberg California with active/passive options.

Any thoughts appreciated.

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[quote name='mr_russ' post='316834' date='Oct 28 2008, 05:31 PM']bump reduced to £475 - I'll get another vid up this evening if I manage to get time, new strings and a demo of the range of sounds available

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Hi,

Am I right that the standard Glaub is very like a standard P-bass in feel ? Can you tell me what the mods are please - and is it a P-bass type neck - thanks.