Bobo_08

Liked and subscribed to your channel. If you having anything for my current ability level that would be awesome... Something around 20bpm would be great 😜😭

Wondering how this sounds with the pickup so close to the neck. GLWTS 👍

15 minutes ago, joseb84 said:

Hello all, a while since I've posted on this thread as my family have been moving 200 miles north over the summer. Hence we are in a new church!

 

To my surprise I'm playing bass tomorrow morning. I met the worship pastor on Thursday evening for a catch up and trial, thinking I'd slowly be integrated into things over the next few months. But no, straight in!

 

A few things will be quite different what I'm used to:

* Playing to a click track

* Proper length rehearsal before the service

* Using the church's 34" bass, as all my kit including my short-scale are locked deep in a storage unit

* No music/chord charts allowed on stage (or, at least, heavily discouraged)

* Less 'open worship' space

 

Some of these things I'm very happy about, others will take a bit of getting used to. But overall just really looking forward to worshipping in church with bass playing again.

 

Joe

 

 

 

Sounds like they have a pretty Pro worship team of they are playing to clicks (needing IEM if guess) and preferring no sheet music or chord charts on stage. 

On 25/07/2021 at 12:06, Sparky Mark said:

I'm working on the basis that this particular V6 has KT88 output valves which would sensibly be biased for 35 to 42 watts each. I'm not sure advertising as a 400 watt head is the best policy. Anyhow it's up to any potential buyer to perform due diligence.

Interesting points of view on the power rating of this amp, why should/would anyone diverge from the manufacturers ratings of what the amp can output?

What this logic suggests is, that anyone selling a second hand amp should dig out the schematics to determine the power output before advertising...? 🤷‍♂️

Lovely looking instrument, I love the anodised pickguard. 👌

I think in general Thomann do a sterling job, I bought a Squire CV Mustang from them... QC was awful fretboard was damaged. I took photos and they processed the return proving me with shipping labels etc and it was returned to them at no cost to me. Bit different I guess as the product was clear not up to standard.

If I bought something that I didn't use because my needs had changed.. well that's my responsibility. Sometimes things don't ways work out and for those times you just have to take it on the chin.

Advertise it on this forum, maybe someone will buy it from you. 

Thomann have always been extremely fair in their dealings and their customer service is Excellent.

I just checked Andertons returns policy and if the item is not faulty you have to pay return postage costs and they are UK based! 

"Musikhaus Thomann regrets that it is unable to cover the shipping costs for return shipments from foreign countries as part of the 30-day money back guarantee."

10 hours ago, Geek99 said:

Yes - it’s because people would respond to the sale advert saying they are ugly and might break the camera and the board would fill up with all those comments and become unusable 

 

I’ve been here about 8 years longer than you. Yes I do know about mr hall but I also know that free expression of subjective personal opinion is a thing still . I’m not selling a rickenbacker or a copy of one, or discussing it. which was the root of his objection

Yea it was joke... I was exaggerating on their propensity for litigation.

Not a huge fan of their aesthetic either and I get the impression the necks are as thin as a broomstick!

11 hours ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

 

Well it's nothing to do with the looks, and more to do with the litigious owner of Rickenbacker who threatens to sue anybody who even mentions copies of their guitars. So much so that's it's just easier for the forum to ban any listing altogether, rather than police whether or not the items being sold are original. 

Exactly

8 hours ago, Geek99 said:

You’re allowed to say any given item is ugly. It’s fair comment based on your own opinion

Agreed! Do you know why you never see any Rickenbackers advertised here?

On 22/09/2021 at 11:02, Geek99 said:

What, no rickenbakers? 🤔

Only because we fear a cease and desist notice. 

On 22/09/2021 at 11:58, Hellzero said:

Weirdly, the all time award winning ugliest bass ever has not been shown. Now it even comes in a colour fitting the shape...

 

When designers have sh*t in their brain, this is what happens. How wrong can a design be ? Check the photo above...

I love the Bongo Shap and Big Al! 🤷‍♂️

For me Thomann takes around 3-4 working days to ship to France. However there is often a day or two between me placing the order and it being dispatched. 

22 minutes ago, kodiakblair said:

IMO that reason carries more weight than the oft claimed "sustain"  👍

 

Absolutely, as well as it's ease and range of adjustment. 

19 minutes ago, WHUFC BASS said:

That's kind of my point. I do wonder if anybody would notice the difference between the two in a blindfold test. The same goes for different woods used on a bass

By the time you've added some compression and other effects... I would imagine any difference would be completely lost. 

1 hour ago, Geek99 said:

I wasn’t raising the question, merely suggesting that @Bobo_08could lay the ghosts to rest 

 

we’d need a whole lot less popcorn 

... I agree it would be a nice little side project, maybe an engineering student out there could even make a undergrad project out of..

I added a high mass bridge for aesthetic reasons, as with the mirror pickguard... it was my little nod to Phil Lynotts P-Bass. 

8 hours ago, Geek99 said:

Someone should do a FFT graph of string through vs front loading on the same bass so we will know The Answer to The Question (or one of The Questions anyway) 

That would be interesting... although I don't have a string through bass at the moment. I did write a short script to do just this though. 

2 hours ago, kodiakblair said:

Sounds like they've been assembled back to front , or just not seated properly in the first place. 

 

Kmise UK on eBay sold Aklot 22:1 ratio tuners which were drop-ins on HB basses , looks like they've stopped selling those in favour of 26:1.

Sadly the 26:1 have a larger mounting plate , think it's the same dimensions as Wilkinson.

I'm sure I actually looked at this way back, but I will double check if they are back to front or not.... I am actually wondering to try a set of chrome tuners from HB, perhaps they are harder material, would also match the highmass bridge. 

36 minutes ago, stewblack said:

Absolutely not picking a fight but wondering what is wrong with the tuners? I've never had a problem with mine.

Hi Stew, 

               I've not been having a good time with the tuners on this bass, two of the gears got chewed up very quickly, Thomann sent me two replacements no hassle. However when I changed the strings after installing the new bridge, again the gears started to get chewed up and causing the tension to slip. I managed to tune up but I don't think they will last long now. I even lubricated them a little with some Vaseline as suggested a while back, but it seems the metal that the gear is made from is just way too soft for it's intended purpose. 

9 minutes ago, Jus Lukin said:

 

I think that putting little 'helmets' on the ends really is inviting comparison!

Always wear protection.

9 hours ago, jd56hawk said:

I think I've recommended this one a dozen times this year.

You ben recommending this bass to folks? its great for the price and a good modding platform, if that ya thing. 

Just fitted fender high mass bridge... Needs a proper setting up.. strings are a bit clanky.

I just need some decent chrome tuners now... The HB ones are awful, anyone got advice for direct replacements?

1 hour ago, neepheid said:

I know there's a whole thread started up about these but I think it's worthy of discussion in the context of this thread too...

 

 

I'm all for reissues, but that pickguard is a mistake imo.  Looks ill-thought out and home made and especially out of place seeing as the originals had no guard and rear routed controls.

 

Don't worry though, it's currently only available in Japan.

zero effort pickguard

Just now, lemmywinks said:

Almost forgot Gus basses. Not sure if those are chrome dildos or those hand rails that pensioners use to get in and out of the bath. Either way an odd choice to stick on a bass.

Looks like the same guy that made Princes basses and guitars.