Duroc17

Fender sent that one for free to Bully Thakidd to review - you’d think they’d check before sending for review 

Lobster savages this - hope Fender listen 

Just seen one for resale already in Facebook Marketplace - yellow with tapes - also seen people with same problems as Lobster found. Still tempting tho - will resist as want to put Guild Bisonic on my Aria DMB 

Lovely basses I had the same one from 2002 for 15 years - great tone

7 hours ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Superb! It reminds me of the one Entwistle played for about a week in the 60s.

The Youtube clips are very promising, lots of filthy growl and rattle!

Nice!

49 minutes ago, Grahambythesea said:

Discovering your inner Ventures?

Think it’s my turn to be in them 🤣

Cool bass and good knowledge- I knew I’d seen that font before - I like it 

On 25/01/2023 at 11:07, Sibob said:

Yeah, styling wise, if you want a budget Serek, these look good. But those tuners are all wrong. Why reissue a 'classic' bass with modern looking tuners?! Put elephant ear tuners on them for goodness sake!

I'll be sticking with my Midwestern  

 

 

Si

One day i'd love one of these - looks so cool Si

12 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said:

That's great.. Way cooler looking than any of the short Fenders in my opinion 

Yeah love the Mosrite look - was looking at the Eastwood version but double the price but probably better but this a good back up 

Just in - super light - quite punchy not too bright how I like it - nice neck - not too thin - would give Squier Mustang a run for their money - not bad outta box - some tapes or flats and it’ll be a fine back up - fun and easy to play and dud I say how light it is - prob 7.lbs 
 

couple of niggles - fret but at Eb on the A string but not through amp - not fret edges but could do with a polish on a couple - but these are only slight

string spacing 19mm and 40mm at nut which makes it great to play 

tuners are solid - and intonation pretty good out of box 

Would make good mod platform at £395 I would if I was lobster give this 4/5 claws 🦞 

9 minutes ago, Gabriel1918 said:

American Standards from this era are brilliant - the best Fender have made IMO.  All the best with the sale.

I agree - it’s too good to be a back up 

Ta Sean if I sell mine am looking for a back up and only about an hour down the road - I’ll let you know if it’s still going 

Did this sell? 

On 08/01/2023 at 15:19, Fishman said:

Well, ebay was a waste of time – price drop, now £250

Pmd you 

46 minutes ago, Duroc17 said:

Can be heard here

 

 

Can be heard here

https://greenhorses.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-milkshed?t=7

 Selling my 2013 PB MIA - as I have finally found the bass for my needs, a Guild Starfire- so I can’t justify having such a great bass as a back up - it’s just a superb PB and needs a home where it’s number 1. Possibly with get the Deacy power bass from Bass Centre as back up. 
 

This bass sings unplugged - it resonates and so easy to play-
plugged in it growls!

new GHS flats  just out on

very wide tone options for a P as they switched up the pups from 2013 -

the neck has the super satin finish - rolled edge with rosewood board which has been oiled - trust rod at bottom but access through the black three ply scratch plate and is 42mm at bone nut

Bridge has the adjustable slots with a 19.5 mm string spacing with string through or top load option

tuners the lightweight fender ones - holds well.  

weight is approx 8lbs it’s a lightweight one 

it has a couple of fine scratches and a tiny chip on thr back of the horn pictured apart from that some very light buckle rash - it’s a beautiful 3 burst - looks like a bottle of bourbon.

comes with Fender hard case

UK shipping £45 insured or pickup/meet upto hour drive from Clitheroe Lancs 

Just now, Sibob said:

That’s just a 44-64, but with a Darkstar/Bisonic pickup. 
You have two options:

1) Find a stock US or Skyline 44-64 and mod it yourself, Guild and Curtis Novak sell their versions of the Darkstar/BiSonic pickup.

 

2) Have Lakland USA build the bass for you from stock….although they may ask you to source the pickup to be sent to them.

 

Si

Cheers Si - I’m thinking Lakland made this for John 

This is my Guild Byrds Starfire - I took recording last weekend and it ended up on 7 out of 8 live recorded tracks - I was expecting to be using the P mostly but the Starfire sounded so good. 

I absolutely love it. Smooth and deep but cuts through nicely 

John Stirrat of Wilco plays it always sounds awesome with Darkstar pup - I’ve tried finding model name - I’m sure one you dudes would know 

used it at recording session yesterday - Guild on seven tracks PB on one

1 minute ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

Nice! — the byrds inlay looks great. Despite the appearance, the bisonic pickup is actually a single coil. The four screwheads are for adjusting the height of each adjacent pole piece. I have a flamed natural maple starfire II and the pickups have a wonderful tone.

thnaks for info - good to know - it has a very balanced sound across all of the strings - i'm impressed with it

Just now, Shaggy said:

Really good score 👍 - much more authentic with the big Hagstrom / Darkstar humbucker, the reissues with the split P bass pickup look just plain wrong to me.  And the Byrds inlay is pretty funky

Cheers Shaggy - I was looking at getting a Starfire 1 - and Lobster really likes the new one - and watch the promo videos but kept looking at the natural Starfire 2 as bassist from Cactus Flowers was in session on KEXP and it sounded awesome but then when this came up it was an immediate yes. Bisonic pups are great

Got from fellow BCer yesterday - who did an extra mile in packing it to me

i love the Byrds so to get a Hillman bass is for me brill - I don’t like signature bass’s per se - did have Bruce Thomas and keep looking at the Bass Centre possible Deacy PB. Also I find the necks on most semi acoustic basses too narrow- and this is 38mm but the curve of the neck is really great. 
 

The position of the pick up is perfect - the bass is woody thump but clarity of the notes is just super with a touch of growl. The stock flats let you glide around. The action is low. Intonation pretty good. The E string struggle a wee bit past 12th note but I don’t play notes there - it’d be on the A string

on a strap there’s a fair bit of neck dive like the Jack Casady but with a leather strap it’s fine

the looks of this bass are a dream - attention to detail and build quality are superb- I’ve owned a few semis and this is the best