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    2024 Gear Abstinence Thread

    in General Discussion

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    12 minutes ago, neepheid said:

     

    Sell away, it's all about the lack of gear coming in rather than what's going out the door.  Selling to someone participating in the thread would be a super wicked way of knocking out the competition :D

     


    So, let me get this straight……? 😆

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    FS/FT Enfield Fusion fretless 4-string **£1000** - *SOLD*

    in Basses For Sale

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    I forgot to mention above that the bass is currently equipped with a Badass II and a John East J-Retro, each replacing the original BBOT and passive Jazz circuit in the photos above respectively. I'm happy to put these components into the mix (along with the original components) depending on the deal. Re the component changes, my sense with this bass was that the Jazz and Precision options work really very well with the passive circuit but that the active circuit really brings the 'Ray PUPs to life. Badass as ever is a matter of taste as much as technology 👍

     

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    Scam warning…

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    2 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:


    I just realised how much time I was wasting buying stuff I didn’t want, need, or use. In the end, I found what I was chasing…

     

    This year I did 40 it more gigs plus about the same number of sessions with my old people’s group. It showed me I loved the playing, and massively helped me to focus on what I need and use and the stuff I don’t.

     

    The Bryant was something I loved but having it here was a constant reminder of my failings. So selling it to someone who now uses it every day has freed me of that. I’ve now sold everything I don’t use, given away guitars and instruments to friends, and now feel so much happier. Still got one last freebie listing to do at some point tomorrow and then it’s all gone. 

     

    I’ve probably lost a fair few quid, but feel a million times better. 
     

    I guess it’s the opposite of scamming people!

     

     

    Nice one Lawrie, you're a credit to the forum, I'm aiming to do something similar myself in 2024 👍

    Scam warning…

    in General Discussion

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    2 hours ago, Burns-bass said:

    Its all based on trust and sometimes that goes too far. I’m done with online selling of instruments. It’s just too dangerous. It’s pickup all the way.

     

    Sadly I'm starting to agree, I used to see eBay, BC etc as a gear exchange, but with increasingly poor and expensive couriers, persistent scammers, and to a lesser degree a tangible shift towards the negative in the culture of buying and selling used musical gear, I'm feeling much the same way :(

     

    Bloody glad you sold your Bryant though Lawrie, it was causing me sleepless nights :) 

    The Continuing Story of Problem Bandmates.

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    17 minutes ago, Happy Jack said:

     

    The water, baby, deffo the water.

     

    I often record rehearsals for my own benefit and I'd not bother to do that if I wasn't going to actually listen to those recordings, maybe learn something from them. If I've gone to the trouble of making a recording, then of course I'm going to offer it to my bandmates, but without insisting that they listen, learn, and inwardly digest. 😟

     

    I'm well aware that not everybody shares that approach, and offering to share rehearsal recordings has been met over the years with the full range from enthusiasm and gratitude via complete apathy to outright suspicion and hostility.

    I think I've been quite lucky in that most of the folks I've played with seem able to listen to a rehearsal recording and calibrate it against their and the band's expectations. Where I find it most helpful is in timing, IME most decent musicians can hear pitch problems in real time and respond accordingly but many really struggle to hear rhythmic problems, especially when systemic.

     

    But yes, I've been lucky 👍

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    The Continuing Story of Problem Bandmates.

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    There will always be a bit of this, it's basic (sub) human pecking order stuff, but it's worth finding a way around it either way, and over weeks and months engineering that solution in. For example if his BVs are that bad suggest they record the rehearsals to identify 'areas for improvement'? My (sarcastic) approach to poor vocal pitching has always been "sounds like the band are out of tune with the vocals there, we'll all need to work on that? 

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    How to ease a band member out?

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    Just now, 3below said:

    Before pressing the red button it is worth asking the question "is she fixable"?  With time, explanation, coaching etc could she become good? If she is fixable then ask yourselves the questions, "do we have the time and willingness to invest in her, is she worth fixing in terms of what else she brings to the band?". A sound piece of advice I was given many years ago was that (most) people do not want to come to work to do a bad job.  Whatever the outcome I always remember that people need to be left with dignity and a sense of fairness.  You never know what will come round.

    Agree 100% with that, how many bands have let a member to go only to find a long list of replacements who were equally if not more problematic. Years ago we replaced a decent and reliable singer with an outstanding singer who sadly lacked the reliability of his predecessor and in doing so turned a minor irritation into a major and ongoing stress (he also came with a habit or two that added to the complications).

     

    What would Stephen Stills say...... :)  

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    FS/FT Enfield Fusion fretless 4-string **£1000** - *SOLD*

    in Basses For Sale

    Posted · Edited by Beedster

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    Edit 19th Feb

     

    Far too many outstanding instruments sitting unsold on this site at present, and with work to do on my studio and a double bass to restore I could use the money tied up in this bass far more effectively at present (it's been pretty much unplayed for 6-months).

     

    So, I'm going to offer it for £1000, no trades no PX, ideally collected or handed over in person assuming you're not in Aberdeen (although I'm still happy to post), and on the understanding that if money I'm owed and have been waiting on for a few months comes in I will put the price back up again  :) 

     

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    I'm looking to sell, PX or trade my last remaining electric bass, a beautiful Enfield Fusion Jazz built by Sims Custom Shop in the UK. Pics below are from original Bass Direct listing

     

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    i bough this from Bass Direct for £1399 in Oct 2022. Build in terms of design, materials, engineering, and finish are of the absolute highest quality, comfortably at FCS Masterbuild level (anyone who has had a bass refinished by Sims Custom Shop will know just how amazing Martin's finishes are). It has the Sims Super Quad PUPs and Sims neck LEDs. I'll let Martin and colleagues describe/explain the PUPs and circuitry in the videos below, but suffice to say that if you like me, have ever owned a fretless Precision and just occasionally wished that you could tease a slightly more Jaco, Pino, Danko, or Kumalo tone from it, you're gonna like the Fusion!

     

    Trade/PX-wise I'll look at pretty much anything EXCEPT an electric bass! Of specific interest would be

    • Double bass (not EUB)
    • Acoustic fretless bass
    • Gibson 6-string acoustic guitar
    • US/Canada-built Mandolin
    • Good quality audio/hifi 

     

    Some details from people who can explain them far better than I can 👍

     

     

     

    I'd prefer collection/meet-up but courier is an option. I'm heading up towards Norfolk first week of Jan and might be heading up North in 2-3 weeks also. 

     

    Feel free to ask questions in the thread

     

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