GreeneKing

Black, Villex

I sort of thought about having another clearout sale, but didn't actually get around to it. I will try to sell my Les Evans, Zoot Custom fretless 5, Bass collection SB320 and Bongo 5 H/S next year I promise The pile of cases and gigbags in my spare room is ever so impressive. Not on the ceiling yet though. Peter

The 1st bass I tried was a Hohner Jack professional. On a whim I tried it in Manson's in Plymouth and bought it. So that's both questions answered. Why a bass and not a guitar? That's a good question Peter

Coincidence, I've got 14 basses. Sold my R1200GS this year and gave up after 37 yrs of biking. Peter

Is it just me? It seems like there's an awful lot of really nices basses around at the moment at good, and ever reducing prices, and no-one seems interseted I'm not sure what things are like on eBay at the moment, is it the same there? I have several basses that I'd like to put up for sale and I'm waiting for the market to be a little more buoyant. It seems like I've been waiting ages There really are some stunning bargains around though Peter

Thanks Ped. I has a shave and needed a change

Thanks for that Nick. I'll have a think on it. Peter

I've dealt with Nik in the past at least once and I'd say that he's one of the nicest guys I've come across. Peter

Mine hathn't either, and it's still a beauty Peter

It sounds like it's be worth a go Peter

Has anyone tried one of these. I've seen some good reviews of other Exar pedals. [url="http://www.diago.co.uk/effects-pedals/exar-effects/bc-04-bass-compressor.html"]http://www.diago.co.uk/effects-pedals/exar...compressor.html[/url] Peter

Thats sounds like an excellent recommend there Nick. Shame Leyland a little bit too far from Kendal Peter

I don't think that big hands necessarily means you like a fat neck. Obviously not in CS's case anyway. Although I'm pretty sure he has a P too. I've got fairly large paws and love the feel of a slender neck, bass wise too of course Peter

Is the bass set up well? String wise I'd say maybe try some Newtone strings or some DR sunbeams. [url="http://www.newtonestrings.com/"]http://www.newtonestrings.com/[/url] Another possibility would be to fit a Villex Booster unit. Hope you get what you want out of this bass. Peter

I do like it, very much so Dares to be different. Same with his decoration, well cool. Peter

Mega congratulations and have fun with the new songs. What have you got to learn by Weds? Peter

I've had my 1st attempts at recording and it's been quite fun. I installed a pair of Villex 'P' pickups to my Bob Glaub recently, to make best use of the Villex booster that's been a really great extra knob that really brings out 3 progressively enhancing colors to the tone. The Villex pickups aren't just another set of pups with different windings and magnets, they have a separate output (resulting in 4 wires and an earth, not sure how this works) giving a passive Mid control using a 50k pot to augment the normal tone control that then becomes a treble control. So that's volume and treble on one stack, the booster and then the mid placed where the jack was. Of course the pickups themselves are an upgrade and using a stacked pot without the booster enables the original jack to be retained. As pickups they're a noticeable improvement over the Lindy Fralins (themselves great pickups) with a very punchy tone and stacks of oomph. With the extra tonal pallette on top they make an already impressive passive P bass so much more versatile. I've tried recording some samples and only had limited success as what the bass really can do through an amp and what it does into my PC aren't totally comparable, especially the operation of the booster unit which seems to need 'load' to function effectively. I'm still working on this and if I get anywhere I'll add some soundclips. I've used 'Putfile' to host my samples after looking at 'Soundclick' which I found a bit harder to use. I'm the archetypal 'bedroom player so don't expect any stunning playing'. [url="http://media.putfile.com/Mid-only-89"]No mid or treble[/url] [url="http://media.putfile.com/Mid-only"]Mid only[/url] [url="http://media.putfile.com/Mid-only-74"]Treble only[/url] [url="http://media.putfile.com/mid-and-treble"]Mid and treble[/url] Peter

Yes mines a Skyline and not particularly heavy, nowhere near as light as a Bass Collection but not heavy either if that helps. Peter

Well I'm not going to take the piss. Hope you feel better Peter

It could be a bargain and I really hope it is. Id wait until it arrives before celebrating though. Peter

Hagstrom rescue A great thread. Peter

I have two Bass Collection SB320's and they are great. I don't need two and one is for sale so if you're at all interested pm me for details. They are light/compact, sound good and are very playable. Delightful basses. Peter