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  1. philw
    I played one once, but it was some time ago. From what I remember the Omnibass has double bass kind of dimensions to its neck, however, comparing it with any kind of electric bass neck is a little misleading 'cause it has a fingerboard radius that enables it to be played arco (at which is sounds uniquely fabulous). You really have to go and try one. Phil PS. The Omnibass, like pretty much anything that comes from the mind of Ned Steinberger, is a fabulous thing and if I had won the lottery yesterday one would have been well up my list of immediate purchases.
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    Martin Sims made me a very nice custom scratchplate not long ago and I'm sure he'll make you one too. http://www.simscustom.com/html/home.htm About £45 I seem to remember. P
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    Lovely looking Wal. Mine, from May 1983, could be its fretless sibling. Have to say though I never quite get the concept of a Wal and, "not getting used" :-) GLWS
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    Thanks Fretmeister. Now I'm wondering if the anchor plate on the NXT is dimensionally the same as the one on the CR4. I suspect there's no option but to take a string off the DB and try it on the CR$. P
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    All, I recently put some [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Spirocore Lights on my DB (following suggestions in an earlier thread). I really like them and now of course I fancy a set on my NS CR4 EUB (currently fitted with the NS/D'Addario "traditional" strings). Thing is though I wonder if they'll fit in terms of their length. I've a feeling I need to buy 4/4 length. Before I whip one off the double bass and try it on the EUB, has anybody else been down this route?[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Phil[/font][/color]
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    Still available so here's a Sunday bump.
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    [quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1437951708' post='2830368'] It's a genuine inspiration. Seriously. [/quote] That's really kind of you. I'm very lucky to be in a band fronted by a really great songwriter and with a bunch of talented, sensitive and almost entirely ego-free musicians (all of whom are young enough to be my kids :-). [quote name='tom1946' timestamp='1437934107' post='2830177'] Whale song is epic, well done all of you! Is that a posted price? [/quote] Yes Tom, could well be the posted price. Depends on where I'm posting too, but as I say in the OP, I'm basically open to offers. P
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    Bump for finding another version of Whale Song featuring the bass (well, the orange version of it). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nU5j3ea_54
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    [quote name='BassBunny' timestamp='1437735427' post='2828594'] Here you go. [/quote] Marvellous! Ta p
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    http://www.guitar-bass.net/features/private-collections-nick-smith-bass-desires/ Is Nick Smith one of us? P
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    [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1437721725' post='2828421'] I've never really got on with VVT. I like to keep a little volume back on the bass to quickly dial in during parts where the guitarist gets over excited and that's not really possible on a VVT without changing the tone. It's fine for "set and forget" stuff but if you need to make adjustments on the fly it's not really the ideal setup IMO. [/quote] Exactly!
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    I've just bought myself a lovely Squire VM PJ Precision (Lake Placid Blue now you asked), but as ever, I don't really get on with Vol/Vol/Tone. I'd much prefer Vol/Blend/Tone. I'd be perfectly able to do a mod, but I could do with a circuit diagram and some pot suggestions. Anybody know where I'd find such a thing? Phil
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    [quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1437585473' post='2827329'] just found this - you've an orange one too! [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR8I0uSSpFI"]https://www.youtube....h?v=xR8I0uSSpFI[/url] [/quote] LOL. No, I swapped the fretless neck over to the blue one. I'm keeping the orange BEX4 as the fretted one. Thanks for the comments about the band. I'm 'just' the bass player - Ben, the singer/guitarist, writes all the songs. He's not half bad at it too. Lots more here: www.thegalleons.com and on Spotify etc.
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    Francis bought some DB strings from me. A perfect transaction with a perfect gent.
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    Boss GE-7B Bass Equaliser. Used and with the odd battle-scar but works perfectly. Happy to ship. [attachment=196951:Boss EQ1.jpg]
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    TC Nova Reverb. Used and with the odd battle-scar but works perfectly. Happy to ship [attachment=196950:Nova Rev1.jpg]
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    I'm thinking about eBay but I really would love this to go to a Basschater - it's too nice to let an ordinary bod have it. Make me an offer?
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    Just [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]acquired[/font][/color] a Zoom B3 from Andy. Perfect goods and buying was a smooth as smooth could be.
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    Bump for a price drop: £375
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    Price drop bump. £35
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    Just to tidy this loose end, I went with a slightly used set of [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Spirocore Lights. They're great, just what I wanted. Only snag is that I now want a set for my NS Design EUB.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]P[/font][/color]
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    [quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1436821725' post='2821194'] Me too [/quote] Thanks too.
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    I'm after one too. PM me if still available. P
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    [quote name='ikay' timestamp='1436781894' post='2820595'] I love the whale song [/quote] Thanks :-)
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    You don't see many of these. In fact you almost certainly won't see another... This is a reluctant sale 'cause it's a unique and fabulous instrument, but a long hard look at what I've got and what I need means this one should probably go (and I'll almost certainly regret it). Anyway, it's a Yamaha BEX 4 with a fretless conversion by ex-Brighton luthier Paul Aguilera ([url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/world/onyourstreet/mspaulaguilera.shtml"]http://www.bbc.co.uk...laguilera.shtml[/url]). Paul didn't just pull the frets out, he replaced the fingerboard with a lovely piece of dense ebony (no problem with round wounds).The neck got a new truss rod at the same time and there's white side dots at "fret" positions (3, 5, 7, 9, 12, etc.). The bass plays beautifully and with the currently fitted LaBella White Nylons sounds completely unique. It's well up in the mix on this: [url="https://soundcloud.com/philberish/whale-song-pw-remix"]https://soundcloud.c...e-song-pw-remix[/url] For those that don't know, the BEX 4, it's a semi-acoustic, 34" scale with piezo and mag pickups. One of the best inexpensive basses that Yamaha don't make anymore I reckon. There's a volume and pickup blend control on the front, and there's a side-mounted three-band EQ control. Being Yamaha, the build quality is very good and the bass is in great condition. The only real blemish is some slight marking in the finish on the front. I've priced it as a ball-park really 'cause I don't honestly know what it's worth. So make me an offer (bearing in mind of course that, as I don't really need to sell, I'd be mad to let it go for peanuts). I'm potentially open to trades and happy to ship to UK or Europe. Here's a bunch of pictures: [attachment=196314:BEX405.jpg][attachment=196315:BEX406.jpg][attachment=196316:BEX407.jpg][attachment=196317:BEX401.jpg][attachment=196318:BEX402.jpg][attachment=196319:BEX403.jpg][attachment=196320:BEX404.jpg] Price drop edit: £375
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