MattW

Price drop to £60.  Total bargain for such a quality pedal!

Deposit taken - Sold Pending collection 👍

Lovely Sterling Musicman Ray35 in very good condition.  Beautiful quilted top and roasted maple neck.  Has been gigged and has minor signs of use - the worst of which are two minor dinks on the back (pictured).  Comes with its original padded gig bag.

Currently wearing a well worn in set of round wounds.   

Based in Chelmsford, and would prefer local pickup but do have a box so could send via Parcelforce at buyers cost/risk.   Also I am working with a band on a small tour over the next month and will be in Southampton, Bristol, Norwich, Nottingham, Leeds, Machester and Glasgow, so potential for a handover if you can make it to the venue before the gig!

Only for sale I am back to paying 4 string in my new band, and have plenty of 5's so am downsizing a bit to raise some cash.  Not looking for any trades.

Really nice Sire V7 for sale.   Unusual colour combo as switched the original white pick guard with a black one from another Sire I had at the time and I think its a big improvement!  Has been gigged but in very good condition with only minor signs of use and no major marks or scuffs.  The worst is a minor scratch on the back near the battery, which only really really shows if you tilt the bass and are looking for it.

Currently wearing a well worn in set of round wounds.   

Based in Chelmsford, and would prefer local pickup but do have a box so could send via Parcelforce at buyers cost/risk.   Also I am working with a band on a small tour over the next month and will be in Southampton, Bristol, Norwich, Nottingham, Leeds, Machester and Glasgow, so potential for a handover if you can make it to the venue before the gig!

Only for sale I am back to paying 4 string in my new band, and have plenty of 5's so am downsizing a bit to raise some cash.  Not looking for any trades.

Is this still available? Thanks!

Used to gig this exact pairing years ago. Loved it!   What's the issue with the valve preamp?  Presumably there's no issues if you are just running the solid state side?

3 minutes ago, sandy_r said:

...looks like a bit of shielding is peeling away from the control cavity, Vol pot end - you might want to confirm the adhesion and continuity throughout?

 

That's not actually shielding, it's paint peeling and what looks like silver is actually just lots of dust - presumably from manufacture!  But you make a good point, I will definitely clean that all out and put some shielding in and earth it all while I am working on it.

I've just had another look at that middle tone control, and moving the capacitor/wiring slightly suddenly brings the treble back in!  So the poor sound is definitely from there.  All the electrics were loose when I got it so I'm not overly surprised. 

So going to get a rotary switch ordered and swap that out.    Thanks all!!

6 hours ago, sandy_r said:

 

Thanks, yes i can makeout the white inner at the Jack and nearest tone pot now - looks a bit tight (being polite!) at the next (non-func.) tone pot - lug wiring at the Vol pot pretty much obscured by the pup cable

 

Agree with replacing 1 tone position with a selector switch (and rotary should keep the form factor)

 

Cheers

 

Thanks for your thoughts.  You're right about how tight it all is and I'll double check there are no accidental shorts that are effectively bypassing this tone pot.  Might explain a few things! 

Even if it is I agree - a rotary switch is definitely the way to go!

7 hours ago, neepheid said:

 

No, IME that's a pointless way of doing it - the tonal differences between having either coil or both in parallel is minimal in the extreme.  I wired mine parallel (both)/single (rear)/series (both) - there's definite differences between series and parallel that make it worth actually doing.  See the thread about the bass in particular here: https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/484563-belated-nbd-harley-benton-hb-50-prototype

 

Thanks for this - I'll check that thread + really appreciate the advice!

6 hours ago, neepheid said:

 

Coax - there's a white inner wire, I think.

Yep absolutely correct!

1 hour ago, neepheid said:

Two tone controls?  Seems unusual.  If it was mine, I'd rewire it.  If the coil split is available, I'd replace one of the pots with a series/parallel or series/parallel/single switch of some sort - probably a rotary.  The Schaller Megaswitch made it super easy when I did this to a single MM bass recently (Harley Benton HB-50 prototype)

Unless anyone can day otherwise I can only think the middle one is there for show and the capacitor value is such that it doesn't actually do anything!!  

I really like your suggestion of the rotary control, that's definitely something I'm going to look into. 

How did you set yours up?  Did you have a 3 way switch so effectively rear coil/both/front?

Hi All,

I picked up an unloved "Vintage" brand Stingray from Facebook Marketplace recently with only 3 strings!

I've cleaned it up, sorted the fretwork, put a new Nut on and it's playing very nicely.  However having plugged it in it just sounds awful!  Really bass heavy and boomy.

I've cleaned the pots which were very scratchy and checked everything is secure, but before I work out what to do to make it sound better I'm trying to understand what is there currently.

I assumed before I took it apart that the control would be volume, tone and some sort of split between the coils of the humbucker, but it actually appears to have 2 tone pots.  The first/middle tone control doesn't appear to do anything, the second one does add/remove some top end but not a great deal.

Can anyone shed any light on this, and also any possible repairs/upgrades.  I don't want to spend a lot on it, I just got it as a project which I'll probably sell at cost to a friend whose son wants a bass - but if he has it now the sound will put him off bass forever 🤣

As far as I can tell the Pup is wired directly into the Volume Pot and then there are two tone pots with capacitors in series before the jack sockets.  The "Series Link" wires for the pup are attached together so there's definitely no coil spitting going on.

It could well be that the middle pot is the issue as it seems to be non functional.

Any advice would be much appreciated!

Thanks!

Great quality pedal as you would expect from EBS.  Loads of features, does both wah, envelope filter and volume functions very well and also has built in "tube" circuitry.

All the specs and some audio samples can be found here:

https://ebssweden.com/content2/effects/ebs-wahone-wah-wah-pedal-for-bass/

Reducing my pedal collection so up for sale.  Comes with original box. Fitted with velcro.

£75 including postage in UK.

13 minutes ago, nightsun said:

Would you take £70 pick up?

Will send you a DM

Price Drop - £80 posted!

Chris bought a cab from me.  Great comms, really easy deal, thanks very much 👍

Would potentially do a trade with cash on top for a DSM & Humboldt Simplifier Bass Station if anyone has one!

I'll take this - PM incoming!

Purchased for a previous band where we regularly played in Eb.   Not used since band folded so moving it on.

Excellent condition.  Fitted with velcro and comes with original box.  Unfortunately no PSU but is standard 9v centre negative.

Price includes UK postage.

HX Effects.  Great unit but have moved to a Zoom B6.   Great condition, just a few very light scratches underneath.

Updated to the latest Firmware and comes with the original packaging, PSU, USB Cable and all the paperwork.

£295 posted in the UK or collection from Chelmsford, Essex.

Still available?

Didn't sell on eBay - open to sensible offers.  Cheapest online price is £149 on lean business.

Didn't sell on eBay - open to sensible offers...

2 minutes ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Update your thread title!

One is still pending payment - will do it once it has been sent!

Second one sold and paid for.