WHUFC BASS

These are nice basses. I had a Energy 6 bass and gigged with it for years. Sold it for a PC in 1996.

GLWTS

2 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

I have several friends who are Hammers fans - I'm having to support them through the hard times..

Has there ever been an easy times for a West Ham fan? 😂😂

On 07/02/2023 at 14:01, TheGreek said:

Since I already own 6 TE heads/ combos I think I'll have to pass.

You sir, would have achieved legendary status, if it wasn't for the fact you supported Spurs.

BARSTEWARD!!!

I thought you were selling a Barefaced Six10 for fifty sheets .... I was just about ready to jump in the motor right now!

What a nobber I am!

Just bought an Darkglass ADAM pedal from Ander and it was a seamless transaction with great comms too.

Nice one mate!

40 minutes ago, anzoid said:

I had one of these, it was a bit crap. Never got a good sound out of it - was thin and characterless. Never moved a bass on faster than the one I had, was a real disappointment. Gloss felt about a mile thick and... plasticy, made the neck quite unpleasant. And it was a bit of a boat anchor too. Really, there was nothing much to like about it

Ha! Just goes to show how one man's excrement laden nappy is another man's gourmet curry!!

1 hour ago, Beedster said:

He also has this Jaco-related item at a bargain price of $850, frankly I'm not sure if this isn't even worse than the bass https://www.ebay.com/itm/113728005656?hash=item1a7ab7a618:g:Jd0AAOSwxUNhLnWI

 

The face in the drawing really reminds me of someone, just not Jaco  

 

Dame Tani Grey?

"MADE FROM ORIGINAL PRE CBS SEASONED WOOD" ... Jesus wept ... really?

7 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

Because this bridge works great with these Fender basses and many others.

 

Each time I've put another bridge, I simply noticed that it adds strictly nothing sound wise to that BBOT bridge.

 

Simplicity is often the best way to achieve a goal.

I'm not talking about sound, I'm talking more about tuning stability and more scope for intonation. I'd go as far to say that nobody could tell the difference in sound between a BBOT and a Hi-Mass bridge.

For that sort of money, I'd at least want a hi-mass bridge on it. Why do Fender still persist with the BBOT, even on their high-end basses?

That's a new one on me too. I always thought they were bolt-on necks they had on Rockbasses. I used to own a 5-string early 2000s Rockbass and it was great, sound-wise and playability.

3 hours ago, prowla said:

Che Guevara adds to the subtlety.

The irony being, that commie bedwetter wanted to ban Rock 'n' Roll ... screw him!

My first real bass was a Westone Thunder IA. I loved it and it's got a huge sound (think Precision on steroids).

GLWTS

Westone

Aria Pro-II
Warwick

Warwick Rockbass

Musicman
Sterling by Musican

Fender

Gibson

Burny

Traben

Squier

Spector

Status

Dingwall
Vintage

Harley Benton

Riverhead

Peavey
Yamaha

... plus a couple of customs.
Highlights from the above:
'76 Jazz bass

Warwick Rockbass Streamer

Spector Doug Wimbish
Dingwall NG-3

15 hours ago, Ralf1e said:

Its in a dodgy part of good old London.

Ahem ... Grays is actually Essex.

That string tree ... WTF? Why would you do that? I think the bridge is a cheap Wilkinson knock-off as far as I can tell.

That's obviously a cheap bass they're trying to pass off as a higher value bass.

I had a Rockbass Streamer and I really liked it. Great neck for a 5-string and the sound from the MEC pickups was decent. Build quality was good too.

A secondary school woodwork student could probably do better. The whole "Made in the USA" nonsense is just that. Nonsense. There's no mojo attached to wood and certainly not wood from the USA. Unless you can show me a frequency response graph, there's no "tone" attached to wood full stop.

I had a set of these in a 76 Jazz in the early 90s and they sounded mustard. I think you might regret selling these, they're great pickups.

On 17/01/2023 at 19:15, JWes said:

Is the body plywood?

I guarantee that'll make no difference to the tone

As per the title, is it me or are they a lot more expensive than normal strings. Let's face it, it really is just a longer top string and shorter bottom string. Just surfing Google shopping and have found this:

D'Addario XTB45130 Bass Strings: £37.99
Newtone Diamond Bass for Multi-scale instruments: £39.53
Spector Set of Five Multi-Scale Electric Bass Strings: £43.00
D'Addario Pro Steels 45-130 Stainless Steel Long Scale:  £49.99
D'Addario NYXL32130SL Bass Set: £49.00
Strings Direct Custom Set Multiscale 5-String Bass Guitar Low Tune: £49.99
Pyramid Multiscale 5 string Bass Set: £53.00

Jeez ... would kind of put me off buying a multi-scale bass with them prices.

Just a reiteration of what's written above, this is a great bass with a high quality build and great sound. Also @BaggyManis great to deal with too.

GLWTS

Bald Vag .... ahem ...

1 hour ago, Woodinblack said:

Only downside was I had to replace the jack socket, which was a bit poor as it is had to be less than a year old.

 

If there's one thing I'd replace or look at re-designing in the jack socket on Spectors. You really need to use an angled jack cable with these basses. I've had to replace two on my Euro LX where I've used straight cables and they've accidentality hit against my knee.

I used to have a set in my old '76 Jazz. Great sounding pickups, GLWTS

*ON HOLD*

Yeah I think it's a fair price, as I say it's stamped with a "2" which as far as I can tell is from the paint on the battery cover so I've knocked a bit off for that. I've had this bass years and I just need to reduce the number of basses (he says as he just took possession of a Peavey Foundation today!)