Beedster
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Reverb is a nice place to sell as it's mostly musicians. It's generally slower than eBay and a little less user friendly, but I much prefer it, I've sold to US and EU there with no hassle
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Exactly 👍
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Absolutely, really not sure why anyone would think it was to be honest? You'd be bringing them to a slow market and adding a significant/prohibitive cost to any potential buyer in the EU. Add to that the fact above, that any decent shop will not risk the wrath of HMRC so you will pay duties plus the cost of moving them to UK. Furthermore while with eBay/Reverb etc you can negotiate directly with buyers to speed up sales, many instruments sit in shop inventories for months if not years.....
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100% this. plus sell them on eBay with an international postage option (when I used to buy and sell a lot, I often found that instruments that didn't sell in the UK would be gone within minutes when I added an EU option). This is especially the case ad Denmark is still EU so buyers won't have to pay taxes/duties.
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Agreed, it's not his best, there are some clips where his ensemble playing is perfectly balanced between creative technique and supporting the song, worth checking some of his other stuff out on that basis But yes, all too often slap shouts 'look at me' to an audience. Funny how the same audience member might cheer the upright player when s/he does a bit of slap at a gig, yet also turn to their mates in the audience and say how f***ing awful it sounded why can't they bassist just support the song (I know from personal experience.....🤔)
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In essence yes, same notes & same timing to start with, with as much of the originally fingerstyle part slapped or popped as is reasonably possible, see how things work, and then adapt as necessary
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I'd start by trying to play the finger style basslines you've written using slap. It'll probably sound crude at first but as you get more into the lines you'll find that using slap brings new ideas and options to what was a fingerstyle line
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1970’s/80’s Eko Made Encore ABG fretless £175 plus postage - *SOLD*
Beedster replied to AndyTravis's topic in Basses For Sale
I wish I needed an acoustic fretless 'cos I love it Andy 👍 -
Pay the £18, money well spent and keeps the site going 👍
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Ampeg SVT II: For when you need the whole room to feel as well as hear what your playing Mesa M-Pulse 600: For when you want to sound like you have a big tube amp but don't MusicMan Audiophile HD500: For when you want lovely clean and funky tone plus you want bassists to ask about it at gigs
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PhD Psychology here. I now understand how little I and science generally really knows about the human mind and behaviour 🤔
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Have a listen to Graceland and get a feel for just how great it can sound 👍
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There's a big part of me would love to be able to play slap (well) on the DB, but I generally find that when I see other players using it, I find it something of a turnoff (although I did like the playing of Hugh Bradly you posted a few months back), as is very much the case with fretted bass. But slap on a fretless bass is a style I generally love both to listen to and to play 👍
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Sphere LX mic sold pending the usual, so prices for the remaining two Softube Console & Fader £500 ono Universal Audio x8p £1800 ono The above are very good prices compared to eBay at present, largely because I generally enjoy dealing with the members here and generally don't enjoy dealing with people on eBay 👍 -
Yes, the mic itself doesn't, it's a standard stereo unit in many respects (albeit a very high quality one), but they work with UAD software to model the characteristics of a wide range of mics. Much like other modelling tech, it takes a bit of time to accept the break with time honoured traditions, but once you do, wow life gets easier, especially given you can switch mic models/placement/axes in post-production, meaning you don;t have to faff around with mic selection when tracking. Great kit Shameless plug for a Universal Audio Sphere LX modelling mic for sale elsewhere on the forum, even I don't need three of them 👍 -
1) Glad you’re making progress 2) Slap on fretless is a lovely style 3) This thread is about slap on DB 👍
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The Sphere, unused, still boxed, split XLR cable included (necessary to use unit with modelling software)
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And next up the Softube, also in very good condition and mounted in bespoke desktop rack
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Photos as promised (moved out of studio and into kitchen for light and access). x8p first off.... Not it's in very very good condition, there are some very minor scratches on the top surface from inserting into the rack unit where it has lived from the two years I've had it, but otherwise it's in great condition. The power socket has been pulled in/out two or three times at most, and having used a rack panel for mics, the XLRs on the unit itself have also been used very rarely. It even still has protective plastic on screens!
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That is the mystery here, the shop not understanding the potential value of the instrument. Despite often talked about rarity (more a case of people holding on to them than rarity per se), it's not like they're a hard to research obscure brand....
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Post a pic of your Bass god from your teen years
Beedster replied to Angel's topic in General Discussion
Fantastic thread, I'm almost 60 and having played bass since 1982 thought I knew a bit about the instrument and those who play it. I've been proven wrong on the first many times, now finding I'm not doing so well on the second -
Might be that it sold but buyer never paid? Happens a lot on eBay 🤞
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I had to shift my source of income rather dramatically during lockdown having previously had the good fortune to be to all intents a walking psychologist in the French Alps. I went digital and produced podcasts and videocasts for the same clients, a model that took off nicely and enabled me to buy some rather nice studio gear. However my work is now moving away from the vocal booth and back towards the real world, so it's probably time to let some of my gear go. I recognise that money's short at present and that it's a bass forum not Gearspace so am very happy to talk trades/PX with bass gear, especially for anything Fenderish. This is lovely top end gear that has been in my studio from new - all of it is less than two years old - has been well looked after and probably used less than 100 hours (I have two other smaller UAD interfaces and two Townsend L22s that I used more as they were portable and I was doing quite a lot of location recording). The mic is new from earlier this year and still unused and boxed; if you've not used UAD mic modelling be prepared to be impressed! I'd like to sell/trade this as a job lot if possible, this really is a very nice package, especially if you're podcasting/home recording and want to get pro results at less than pro prices. I'll also include all necessary interconnecting cables. The price is very competitive for gear that retails at well over £5000 new. Pics are on their way just need to get the units out of their respective racks. All original packaging etc included. Collection from Whitstable preferred, but delivery in person is possible and courier delivery negotiable.
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Agreed, and of course in this case it could all be completely legit. I probably shouldn't have equated this situation with my own as they might be quite different 👍 Having owned three Wals, I can understand the appeal but not at anywhere near the prices now being banded about. At those prices they've become an attractive collector's antique, and it might be an attraction that only lasts for a few years while people of a certain age get stuff out of their systems....
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It's a poor show. It happened to me a few years ago, and over and above the frustration - it was a nice old 70's Precision fretless with a retro-fitted J-PUP - I then had to fight with the shop to get my money back, they seemed to think it was OK to 'process a refund which will take several days'. Guess the US buyer might have similar issues if it was an international money transaction
