Richard R

https://karlclewsbass.bandcamp.com/album/nomad

8 minutes ago, 2pods said:

I usually never make it out of January, but maybe one day....

6th Jan for you, only beaten by @SumOne 😁

On 01/01/2025 at 18:12, Richard R said:

Updated the first post in the thread with the Rules as I understand them 🙂

 

Currently on the starting line - plenty of space left:

@neepheid Tier 1 5th March. Greco LGB-700, three pickup

@Richard R Tier 2 8th March, Akia mini MIDI keyboard

Tier 1 7th May, Smoothhound wireless system from SuburbanMan

@SimonK Out on 11th Feb. 2x10 Cab

@Franticsmurf T2, 14th Feb

 Fell in love with a guitar pedal.

T1 April, awesome 5 string bass

@barkin

@Velarian Tier 2 declared 14 Jan. Tier 1 1st March.  A pickguard of all things!

@Phill Tier 1, 3rd March, DI box

@AndyTravis  Out on 31st Jan. Last year he was out on 3rd Jan, so he's making progress

@prowla

@ezbass Tier 2, 27 Jan. Though he wasn't ever really in I just added him anyway.

@bass_dinger 

@Jono Bolton 

@SumOne 1st out! 5th Jan

@Lozz196

@bassbiscuits T2 8th May. Acoustic guitar which immediately went back up for sale.

@Mudpup

@miles'tone T1 April, CV Mustang

@tauzero 17 Jan
@Suburban Man T1 7th May, EBS Sesssion 60 combo from RichardR

@fretmeister T2 April, guitar fuzz pedal

@OliverBlackman

@paul_5 

@King Tut T1 April, awesome 5 string bass

@Marvin T2 April, PSU for pedalboard 

@Jean-Luc Pickguard 3rd Out, 5th Jan

@Shockwave Tier 2 out, 20th Jan

@NJE

@jimmyb625

@mr zed

@wavemaker

@lozkerr T1 April, Thumpinator pickup 

@Downunderwonder

@BillyBass

@Stub Mandrel

@Quatschmacher 2nd out, but the shortest stay - in on the 3rd, out on the 5th.

@mikebass456 T1 May 10th,  DB Hype 8 active speaker.

@Geek99 T1 April, awesome 5 string 

@grapefruitmoon Tier 2, 31st Jan

@2pods Out 6th Jan

@Maude

@sprocketflup Out 25th Jan. 

@knirirr Tier 2 failure before he joined 15 Jan, but hoping to be good from now on.

@MrDinsdale Tier 2 out on the 19th. Tier 1 on the 21st, new pickups.

@Quilly T1 April, bass reverb pedal

@Kev T1 4th March, DI box

@JottoSW1 (Joined last day of Jan)

@Obrienp T1 April, LFSys cab

@Sean wasn't in, but confessed to buying back a bass he sold 4 years ago

@TeresaFR (Joined April 28th but claims no spend since November 2024)

 

Not yet half way through the year, and definitely more out than in. Please check for any errors/ ommissions. Or not, as you please. 😉

2 hours ago, rwillett said:

Finishing my coffee and will open up the village hall. 

Just mowed the lawn and now onto the house jobs. 😠

This is splendid! Looking forward to seeing all the pictures. 

I might have to post pics of me weeding the garden, repairing the heat-cracked plaster in the conservatory, unblocking the drain at my daughter's house, and weeping into my beer that I missed all the fun.

😭

5 hours ago, bassbiscuits said:

I’m out. Bought a Yamaha acoustic (even though it’s now back up for sale, I don’t think that counts because I still bought it!) and a Cioks power supply. 

Sadly a T2 fail, but +100 for honesty. 

What is a Cioks power supply?

4 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

I’m assuming that you also cannot sweat for medical reasons ? 🧐

No. It's because I am just so damn' cool all of the time. 😎

Synchronised T1 failure this afternoon.

@Suburban Man bought my EBS Session 60 amp, and I took his Smoothhound wireless system in PX.

I did think of claiming that I was just in the same car park in Brackley at the same time, and the prior text messages between us were nothing to do with a meeting to jointly commit this crime, and it's all just circumstancial with no real evidence. 

*SOLD*

20 hours ago, Geek99 said:

@Richard R isn’t that missing a tuning key? You’d best buy one … 😈

There's no point in the missing tuning key, the G string doesn't reach the headstock. 

20 hours ago, Maude said:

Ooh ooh, a 3 string 4 stringer Jazz Precision! 

Where do I buy one? 

Ask CoPilot? 😉

On 05/05/2025 at 16:06, Maude said:

I'm still in. All I've bought remotely related this year is a display cabinet for my halo. 😇 🤣🤣

Just seen this - very cool indeed. 

You could have a nice sideline in making furniture for teenage metalheads' bedrooms.

On hold.

 @SimonK- It's a perfect use case for him.

Meet up half way on the M40 near Oxford? 

Hi all,

I have the following practice amp/combo listed in the marketplace:

On 27/04/2025 at 16:42, Richard R said:

For sale is the perfect practice / small gig amp: the EBS Session 60. 

Bought from here in 2019 and has been my practice amp ever since, with a couple of outings to church and bass bashes.  These sound SO much better than things like the little Fender Rumble 30 and let's be honest, you want to sound good when you practice. This is probably a Mk1, but I don't know for sure. Selling for what I paid for it, and at less than these seem to be going for on the market.
 

The only reason for selling is that I've been given an Ashdown combo by a very good friend who sadly isn't gigging any more, and I don't have space for two amps in my small music room.  (Actually the EBS is more use as it has a headphone out and line in, but I couldn't turn down the Ashdown even though it's not really what I need right now)

 

Specs as follows: 
Power: 60 W RMS,  1 x 10 "+ 2" Tweeter, 

Monitor tilt back
Volume, Bass &  Treble controls, a "Character" switch which seems to add a little more warmth and an "Enhance Filter" switch
Input gain control with Peak LED
Headphone output and balanced DI output
Ground Lift
AUX input (RCA) with input volume control 
Dimensions (H x W x D): 37.6 x 31 x 34.3 x cm, Weight: ~16 kg  (from EBS site, not weighed)

Cheap cover included, the fish patch should peel off if you want to remove it. 

 

Pickup in Solihull, West Midlands, or can meet up near Milton Keynes/Newport Pagnell as I'm working there most weeks. 

 

However if anyone has a use for it in their church - youth band, someone starting out who needs a practice amp but can't necessarily afford one, whatever you think would put it to good use  - then PM me as I'm happy to donate.

22 hours ago, Owen said:

So, this is sitting in the corner looking at me, saying "come hither".

Could you not reply "Alas, thou art going up for sale on BC, hopefully to someone who needs a new bass more than I"?

That would solve the problem of what to do with it, and not actually cost you money creating a bass you don't need.

On 01/01/2025 at 18:12, Richard R said:

Updated the first post in the thread with the Rules as I understand them 🙂

 

Currently on the starting line - plenty of space left:

@neepheid Tier 1 5th March. Greco LGB-700, three pickup

@Richard R Tier 2 8th March, Akia mini MIDI keyboard

@SimonK Out on 11th Feb. 2x10 Cab

@Franticsmurf T2, 14th Feb

 Fell in love with a guitar pedal.

T1 April, awesome 5 string bass

@barkin

@Velarian Tier 2 declared 14 Jan. Tier 1 1st March.  A pickguard of all things!

@Phill Tier 1, 3rd March, DI box

@AndyTravis  Out on 31st Jan. Last year he was out on 3rd Jan, so he's making progress

@prowla

@ezbass Tier 2, 27 Jan. Though he wasn't ever really in I just added him anyway.

@bass_dinger

@Jono Bolton 

@SumOne 1st out! 5th Jan

@Lozz196

@bassbiscuits

@Mudpup

@miles'tone T1 April, CV Mustang

@tauzero 17 Jan
@Suburban Man

@fretmeister T2 April, guitar fuzz pedal

@OliverBlackman

@paul_5 

@King Tut T1 April, awesome 5 string bass

@Marvin T2 April, PSU for pedalboard 

@Jean-Luc Pickguard 3rd Out, 5th Jan

@Shockwave Tier 2 out, 20th Jan

@NJE

@jimmyb625

@mr zed

@wavemaker

@lozkerr T1 April, Thumpinator pickup 

@Downunderwonder

@BillyBass

@Stub Mandrel

@Quatschmacher 2nd out, but the shortest stay - in on the 3rd, out on the 5th.

@mikebass456

@Geek99 T1 April, awesome 5 string 

@grapefruitmoon Tier 2, 31st Jan

@2pods Out 6th Jan

@Maude

@sprocketflup Out 25th Jan. 

@knirirr Tier 2 failure before he joined 15 Jan, but hoping to be good from now on.

@MrDinsdale Tier 2 out on the 19th. Tier 1 on the 21st, new pickups.

@Quilly T1 April, bass reverb pedal

@Kev T1 4th March, DI box

@JottoSW1 (Joined last day of Jan)

@Obrienp T1 April, LFSys cab

@Sean wasn't in, but confessed to buying back a bass he sold 4 years ago

@TeresaFR (Joined April 28th but claims no spend since November 2024)

 

Try again 🙂

On 01/01/2025 at 18:12, Richard R said:

Updated the first post in the thread with the Rules as I understand them 🙂

 

Currently on the starting line - plenty of space left:

@neepheid Tier 1 5th March. Greco LGB-700, three pickup

@Richard R Tier 2 8th March, Akia mini MIDI keyboard

@SimonK Out on 11th Feb. 2x10 Cab

@Franticsmurf T2, 14th Feb

 Fell in love with a guitar pedal.

@barkin

@Velarian Tier 2 declared 14 Jan. Tier 1 1st March.  A pickguard of all things!

@Phill Tier 1, 3rd March, DI box

@AndyTravis  Out on 31st Jan. Last year he was out on 3rd Jan, so he's making progress

@prowla

@ezbass Tier 2, 27 Jan. Though he wasn't ever really in I just added him anyway.

@bass_dinger

@Jono Bolton 

@SumOne 1st out! 5th Jan

@Lozz196

@bassbiscuits

@Mudpup

@miles'tone

@tauzero 17 Jan
@Suburban Man

@fretmeister 

@OliverBlackman

@paul_5 

@King Tut

@Marvin

@Jean-Luc Pickguard 3rd Out, 5th Jan

@Shockwave Tier 2 out, 20th Jan

@NJE

@jimmyb625

@mr zed

@wavemaker

@lozkerr

@Downunderwonder

@BillyBass

@Stub Mandrel

@Quatschmacher 2nd out, but the shortest stay - in on the 3rd, out on the 5th.

@mikebass456

@Geek99

@grapefruitmoon Tier 2, 31st Jan

@2pods Out 6th Jan

@Maude

@sprocketflup Out 25th Jan. 

@knirirr Tier 2 failure before he joined 15 Jan, but hoping to be good from now on.

@MrDinsdale Tier 2 out on the 19th. Tier 1 on the 21st, new pickups.

@Quilly I think.

@Kev T1 4th March, DI box

@JottoSW1 (Joined last day of Jan)

@TeresaFR (Joined April 28th but claim no spend since November 2024)

 

The list updated with recent changes.

OK that's weird. There are none of the changes in that quote

Headphones would be Tier 2 at worst.

I'll add you to the list on p2.

I was tempted to go back and edit the post so that @King Tut, @Geek99 and @Franticsmurf all have "most excellent" 5 string basses, but that would confuse future generations reading this thread. 

This would be a Tier 1 fail, but it was an unsolicited gift from a good friend who will sadly never gig this again and when I visited him last week he insisted that I had it.

Ashdown ABM C300-100 combo plus 15" extension cab. One of the very first made, they have a valve and transistor stage and you can blend them together. It's very loud even with just the combo on half volume, so I'll need to take it to church to test the cab plus extension. It's complete overkill to replace my practice amp, and as I play in church through a DI into the PA it won't get used there very often, but I couldn't turn it down as he really wanted me to have it.

The EBS Session 60 is now up for sale in the marketplace here. I'll be good and not post a link!

Didn't get round to updating the thread last week, but this is what I think has happened while I have been away:

@King Tut - T1 fail for a nice 5 string

@Richard R - T2 for the Akai MIDI keyboard

@Marvin - PSU for the pedal board. Not sure if this is T1 or T2 to be honest. It's not in the signal chain directly, but each pedal is. I'll call it T2

@Obrienp - T1 fail with a LFSys Cab

@SimonK - was already out, but is now trying to start a breeding colony with all the amps he's bought

@Geek99 - T1 fail on a 5 string

@miles'tone - T1 fail on a CV Mustang

@fretmeister  - T2 fail on a guitar fuzz pedal, and enjoying his unsolicited bass

@Quilly - T1 fail, Dr Green T1 bass reverb

@Sean - T1 fail, buying back a bass he sold 4 years ago

@Stub Mandrel - Sentenced to death for not only buying plectrums but getting them personalised. 

@Franticsmurf - T1 fail on a 5 string.  

@msb - still in as the bass was a gift

@lozkerr - T1 fail Thumpinator pickup 

Three 5 string basses there - is there something in the BC water?

For sale is the perfect practice / small gig amp: the EBS Session 60. 

Bought from here in 2019 and has been my practice amp ever since, with a couple of outings to church and bass bashes.  These sound SO much better than things like the little Fender Rumble 30 and let's be honest, you want to sound good when you practice. This is probably a Mk1, but I don't know for sure. Selling for what I paid for it, and at less than these seem to be going for on the market.
 

The only reason for selling is that I've been given an Ashdown combo by a very good friend who sadly isn't gigging any more, and I don't have space for two amps in my small music room.  (Actually the EBS is more use as it has a headphone out and line in, but I couldn't turn down the Ashdown even though it's not really what I need right now)

Specs as follows: 
Power: 60 W RMS,  1 x 10 "+ 2" Tweeter, 

Monitor tilt back
Volume, Bass &  Treble controls, a "Character" switch which seems to add a little more warmth and an "Enhance Filter" switch
Input gain control with Peak LED
Headphone output and balanced DI output
Ground Lift
AUX input (RCA) with input volume control 
Dimensions (H x W x D): 37.6 x 31 x 34.3 x cm, Weight: ~16 kg  (from EBS site, not weighed)

Cheap cover included, the fish patch should peel off if you want to remove it. 

Pickup in Solihull, West Midlands, or can meet up near Milton Keynes/Newport Pagnell as I'm working there most weeks. 

Time to get a comfy chair, tea and biscuits, a quiet house, and settle in for a good read of that thread.

Looking forward to seeing how @Jimothey's build comes along too. 

On 18/04/2025 at 14:42, Andyjr1515 said:

On @TheGreek 's Psilos Bass that @SpondonBassed refers to

Can someone post a link to the original build diary for the Psilos? It's a great build I'd like to read it again