PatrickJ

Liking the the greens!

5 minutes ago, Merton said:

Don’t forget @Cosmicrain and his Zoot Funkmeister

I couldn't find a decent picture of a 34" scale 4 string Funkmeister.  @Cosmicrain - do you have one?

After 5 years of playing and trying numerous different brands / types of bass I've decided I'm J bass type of guy.  
I've been compiling examples of J inspired basses made by British luthiers, figured I'd share on this thread.

ACG RetroB

Anaconda Ultra J

GB Spitfire

Overwater Hybrid J

Sei Jazz

Shuker Custom J

Status T Bass

I have an ACG and Shuker, now to collect the rest 😁

Bought a gig bag from Bas this week.  Bag in great condition and meet up to do the exchange was quick and convenient.  Not the first time we'd done some BC dealings and this was one was just as pleasurable as the others.  Cheers Bas.

2 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

 

 

The dude in the background is soo checking you out! Eyes up buddy!

Love that story!  Very inspirational.

Sold

9 minutes ago, CDLT said:

I know this is a low offer on a good price, but any chance you'd take 30 for it? 

I've sent you a PM.  Thanks

On 13/05/2021 at 19:39, JapanAxe said:

 (Class D, gold colour,  can’t remember any more) 

I think that pretty much describes their entire product range 😁

Genuinely sad if Eden's really gone. 

My first bass combo was an Eden, a really great little unit and I had a nemesis 4*10 for a little while until @King Tut took it off my hands for the Stray tour.

Always fancied a WTX head.

Never liked the look of the pedals and the Terra Nova range never appealed - I guess these were the Marshall era efforts and seems I wasn't alone.

Tempting just for the pre...

On 14/02/2019 at 14:11, PatrickJ said:

Hi Alan,

I hadn't previously looked at your RetroB model, it looks slightly different to the J Type I had seen in ACG archives (is that correct?).  Anyway I came across this image earlier; I really like the more elegant shaping of the cutaways compared to a standard Jazz shape!  

On 14/02/2019 at 15:44, skelf said:

Hi

If I put the J Type and the RetroB together you would see that they are quite different. The RetroB has effectively replaced the J Type (it is still available) The RetroB is much more in keeping with the Jazz bass type vibe much closer than the J Type. A joint effort with Colin to improve a few aspects of the Jazz bass while keeping the essential feel and general look.

@skelf - funny, I'd completely forgotten about this thread but almost 2.5 years on from when I created these posts about your ACG Retro B .. I now own one / it (did you make many in this colour combination?).   Would love to talk to you about it sometime.

As new condition

Full details: Fender FB620 Electric Bass Gig Bag | Accessories

£40 posted to a UK mainland address.

I've been out of the pedal game for a while but a new potential project required a few FXs and who doesn't need a compressor.

Nothing boutique for me but these X series Boss pedals are really good.

4 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

Yeah, it’s a 5 string, 35” And for a really complicated preamp.

I give myself a headache sometimes.

 

What is it ?  

bump

Price drop for the Little Stubby head.  Now £350, will also ship within the UK for additional cost.

3 hours ago, Pow_22 said:

It's a Spector Euro4 LX Limited Edition (Full maple wings and chrome hardware) obviously ive put the gold hardware on. Im still clearing old ads to free up space for more pics so will improve the original ad asap

Would you be willing to refit the chrome hardware ? 

18 minutes ago, BadHands said:

Someone's first pedal should be something that excites them, inspires them to play and gets them playing in new and unusual ways. 

Or a tuner  

1 minute ago, jassbass said:

Sunderland 

Ah, point taken 😁🙁

3 minutes ago, jassbass said:

If closer id have it

Where are you?

9 hours ago, uk_lefty said:

Another reason to steer clear. I've found, aside from the BC marketplace, Reverb to be far more reliable. There's still buyer protection but a lot less chancers... For now! 

I've just started to use Reverb lately, I bought a couple of things in the past month or so.  Experience generally positive , although I was a little disappointed with the condition of one of the items, but condition descriptions are subjective.

I've Not tried selling yet as I've been squeezing the last few £1 max fees from eBay before the change in terms.  How Reverb fees / terms compare to the new eBay fees?

2 hours ago, Quatschmacher said:

I’ve had mine in order from BD since December.

Yes, the MKII has one and I used to own one; sold it a while back (and regret it) when trying to be sensible about the number of octave pedals I needed. I’m happy to have it in a smaller box in the MKIII and it purportedly has slightly improved tracking (we'll see, if it ever materialises).

Unless I’m being unusually dense today, I can’t think how the LS-2 would allow you to go from dry+wet to wet-only using the stomp switch - you’d have to go from A to A+B mix, which would require bending down to turn the knob to the new position.

You could potentially do it with the OC-5 and LS-2 as follows (provided the OC-5 dry out jack is independent of the direct volume knob - is it?):

Plug OC-5 output into LS-2 input. Set OC-5 to -1 octave only. 

Plug OC-5 dry output into LS-2 A return and set it to A+B mix.

What should happen is that when the LS-2 is bypassed, you get the OC-5 wet only (provided it is engaged). When engaging the LS-2, you should get OC-5 wet from the input (this happens if nothing is plugged into B) and dry signal from the A. (You might need to plug a dummy jack into the A send as I can’t remember if it is the send or the return which has the switch in it.)
 

I've not looked into it too much yet but I believe if you plug into the Direct Out of the OC-5 you split the Octave and Dry signals across the two outputs like with the OC-3.

And like you say above I'm thinking you could take the Octave out and feed that into Input of the LS-2 and and the Dry feed into input A.   Then you should be able to switch between bypass which would be Octave only and A+B Mix which would be Octave and Dry.  I do believe it will require a jack between Send and Return on the A line looking at the instructions for the LS-2.

21 minutes ago, Kev said:

I can’t see a market for it.  Certainly not if it’s more expensive than the OC-5.  Sure there may be a couple of super purists on here that care where it’s built and don’t want the extra knob and switch, but surely not enough for that to sell in any volume?

If there was no OC-5, or if it had no vintage mode, absolutely.  But otherwise, I can’t see why Boss would invest in one, except for maybe a super limited edition run on an anniversary date at a silly price.

You are no doubt correct, and no doubt why they didn't release one and just went with the OC-5 😃.  But if they ever did do an OC-2w I would be one of the minority interested and would likely buy - and looking at what they did with the tuner, the TU-3W which as you pointed out is equally pointless, perhaps there is hope for us few 😁.   

1 hour ago, Kev said:

What additions would you hope for in the Waza version though?  Because seriously, unless you just want it to track a bit worse, the OC-5 is spot on, right down to the glitchiness when it doesn't track.

I find that whole range more style over substance to be honest.  I mean, look at the tuner...

It's not so much about additions, rather having the OC-2 reissued in it's original form (with the improved tracking of the OC-5 and ability to split Octave and Dry across the two outputs) made in Japan and without the Polyphonic mode which doesn't interest me.    Though I suspect if they ever did it it would cost significantly more than the OC-5 does and availability would be no better.