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    Selling a couple of things to make room for more stuff! 1. Pickguard to fit Rickenbacker 4003 / ’75-on 4001, in white pearloid, as new. Mistakenly bought for my early 4001 before I realised the neck – bass p/u spacing is slightly wider on later models. The ebay seller strongly hinted it was genuine Rick but obviously couldn’t say so, and I don’t know if Rickenbacker ever did a pearloid option. Really pretty, I reckon would look stunning on a FG or MG model particularly. More flexible than the original opal white ones so should be less prone to cracking & chipping. Duct taped on the back of the control holes to grip the pots better. I paid £26, would like to get that back if poss. 2. Seymour Duncan Antiquity II Jazz pickup (bridge width), excellent nick, boxed. *[b]SOLD[/b]* Made to exactly duplicate a 1960’s Fender Jazz pick-up, then subtly “cosmetically & sonically aged”. Period-correct cloth-covered wires. Lovely clear, buttery tone, would make a fab upgrade on a P / J. I can’t see any in the UK selling for less than £88, asking £30 posted. 3. Neck pick-up (“mudbucker”) to fit Gibson / Epiphone EB-0 / 2 / 3. [b]*SOLD*[/b] From Allparts, Japanese made (Epi?), construction and sound seem to be identical to an original I used to have on a Kalamazoo bass. Some light scratching on the chrome from the E string, otherwise excellent. £12 posted. (NB; also got the matching bridge p/u, works, but missing the brass base plate that the pole and locating screws screw into). 4. Two no-name Jazz bass pick-ups (paired for neck / bridge positions), decent quality as I took them out of a mid-80’s Graham Crook custom. No wires, but stubs to solder onto. No pics at the moment, can get some if wanted – usual black covers / bare poles. £7 posted. cheers! Greg
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    I'll take 'em if still there - Pm'd
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    I always wanted a big semi-acoustic bass, ever since as a skint and spotty 16 year old I tried to trade my Kalmazoo KB for a glossy Antoria EB2 copy. Guy in the shop looked at it, sucked his teeth in the way they do, and said “No”. 31 years on, recently got this 1984 Gordon Smith Galaxy on the ‘bay (only got the crappy ebay pics, it’s much nicer in the flesh). Like most of the above, really a semi-solid with a solid centre section, and long scale, so it sounds not dissimilar to a nice Fender J – going to put some flats on it next time to get closer to that plummy thuddy semi sound. Wish I’d got one earlier now. Some cracking basses above, especially that big Dean pyscho-billy Cabbie thingy , and the honeybursrt G&L in the sale section
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    Saw them year before last at Pontardawe Art Centre, awesomely good, best blues harp playing you'll ever hear
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    Damn, I was in Ely last Saturday (great sausage stall on the market! ) - I'd have come and tried this out! Is that the dealer on Mill rd, Cambridge?
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    First bass was : Kalamazoo KB (2nd hand, from late '60's) From : private ad in 1977 It cost : £25 Which today is : £125 Still miss 'er!
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    [quote name='jake_tenfloors' post='373839' date='Jan 8 2009, 09:54 AM']find a car with the colour you want, get the colour code and then go to halfords and get a tin mixed up These are proper car paints aswel, not some cheap nock off paint Jake[/quote] +1 I was looking for the much the same thing when I re-spayed my Vox guitar – the most subtle I found was a very pale pearlescent cream which is a factory Audi colour you can get in aerosol cans from Halfords, labelled Magnolia (pearlescent) although it’s virtually white. As with all pearlescents / metallics it needs a clear acrylic topcoat too. For an even funkier finish you can get pots of tiny iridescent flakes in a liquid base from craft shops – brush over a base colour (like white) and top-coat with clear acrylic lacquer.
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    PM'd Edit; didn't buy - my bass too big, so this excellent case still available!
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    [quote name='EBS_freak' post='371845' date='Jan 6 2009, 12:04 PM']Well...?[/quote] Cool avatar! Who is she? back to topic, never been a sound issue for me as much as a playability one.
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    Ultra-smooth deal with Synaesthesia, just bought a Trace V-type preamp off him. Top guy, deal with in confidence.
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    Love 'em Phil Lynott always reckoned they were the "Yardbirds" of their day, they had so many top guitarists in temporaray residency. Did Lorne sell that ex-Thin Lizzy Mockingbird after?
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    Feedback for Higgie

    Shaggy replied to Roady's topic in Feedback

    Had an original Musitronics Mu-tron III and PS-1 off Higgie - great bloke, knows his vintage effects! Real pleasure to deal and commicate with.
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    Forwarded your message to a guy I know, Swansea based Best of luck whatever - been there!
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    [quote name='steve' post='354772' date='Dec 15 2008, 08:11 AM']I've decided to [b]feep[/b] the Starfire [/quote] Hmmm, Feeping - is that a safe practice, or indeed legal........?
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    PM'd
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    I'll take it please - PM'd
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    I've avoided putting my pennyworth in thus far, so as not to make moral judgements - although I was within a whisker of being scammed for a Wal Mk 1 Custom on ebay a couple of years back and well annoyed about it. But having met and traded with Rob twice, I can say that the integrity and compassion for fellow bassists he's shown here comes as no surprise to me. Nice one man! NB; I'm sure there's material for an episode of "Spooks" here - just need to find a Russian angle somehow..........
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    I've got one of these amps, use it as a reheasal and back-up amp it's so reliable and portable (conveniently fits in a B&Q medium-size alu tool box!). Does Markbass hi-fi or Ampeg grit perfectly, and got the best compressor I've ever used. Also being digital it takes a tiny amount of power so never ever trips the power supply. Great value package this, so have a bump
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    [quote name='markytbass' post='330341' date='Nov 16 2008, 11:08 PM']I had a 10 year break while my lad was growing up. I bought a book of bass scales and got into a local band. Several bands later and I'm still learning.[/quote] Ditto for me - except fpr the scales!
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    [quote name='4000' post='330310' date='Nov 16 2008, 10:24 PM']That was one of the first things I learned too. [b]Space Ritual I take it[/b]? That album pretty much taught me how to play. Love it to this day.[/quote] Yup - lost my copy when Mrs Shaggy made me sell all my vinyl (300 albums) at car boot sales pre-move - must get the CD! Simple, driving, melodic playing from Lemmy.
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    Nothing beats the pleasure of that very first "suss" - in my case "Down through the night" (Hawkwind - live version) more years ago than I care to count
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    2X18 feedback

    Shaggy replied to bigd1's topic in Feedback

    Slick deal with Will, clearly a great bloke even though he probably supports Leeds. Make sure you post the pics of the short scale build , Will!
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    [quote name='SteveO' post='328084' date='Nov 13 2008, 07:21 AM']These days I use rechargeables, and stick a full one in every gig. There's no reason why all preamps should have the same current drain though. I guess cheap basses (mines the yamaha 375) have cheap preamps with higher drain?.[/quote] Same here. All my actives (apart from the Eagle) are oldies and suck batteries dry in no time compared to modern pre-amps. The new Ni-Mh rechargables hold much more charge than the old Ni-Cd ones and are pretty cheap now - use them in my pedal too
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    [quote name='ezbass' post='320857' date='Nov 3 2008, 12:42 PM'] [/quote] Me too! Is that the original finish? All the other old white ones I've seen have gone yellow
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    I thought this thread was going to be about neck pockets and extra-deep neck pockets! 4 pages later I’m none the wiser, but it did remind me of a joke so old Frank Carson probably used it; A hippy ([i]read; bassist[/i]) was ambling along through the fields one day, probably looking for “mushrooms”, when he trips over a leprechaun “Ah, yer great hippy eejit” curses the leprechaun, “an’ I suppose ye’ll be wanting yer three wishes now?” “Three wishes?” muses the hippy “Like………crazy. OK man, I wanna be uptight, outta sight, and in the groove” So……….. …the leprechaun turned him into a sanitary towel. Coat. Mine. I'll get.
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