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  1. Krysbass
    Price for whole rig reduced to £300.
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    There are too many songs to list that I'm utterly bored with, because they have long been played to death on radio and elsewhere. But only two songs spring to mind that I hate with such a passion that they compel me to switch stations or turn them off when they are played: There Must be an Angel (playing with my heart) - Eurythmics Winner Takes it All - Abba
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    School music lessons, whether learning to read music and play recorder in class or later, individual lessons on saxophone then clarinet, only helped me in terms of making playing a musical instrument seem less daunting than might otherwise have been the case. It was much later, when I was 19 and at Polytechnic that I took up bass guitar. I didn't stick with saxophone or clarinet at school and even back then, I found it easier and more satisfying to play songs by ear, from memory rather than read sheet music. And that's how I've played bass ever since - no sheet music, tab or any kind of written notes. An approach likely to have its limitations if I'd wanted to play bass professionally, but no problem at all in over 40 years as an enthusiastic amateur.
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    I bought this new for a specific project that sadly ran its course 3 years later. So, it's little used and complete with the original packaging, documents, power-supply, and USB cable. I found it easier to run the B3 from rechargeable AA batteries, rather than have to find a spare mains socket on stage for the power-supply - so the power supply is unused and in its original box. There are some marks on the underside of the unit, as shown in the photo, but the unit is otherwise unmarked and in full working order. Collection from Northwich CW8 or UK delivery for £10.
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    As I haven’t gigged since 2019 and no sign of this changing, I’m selling my trusty bass rig. Main amp = Ashdown Little Giant 1000 (2 x 500 watt RMS into 4 ohm cabs) Backup Amp = Ashdown Superfly 500 (2 x 250 watt RMS into 4 ohm cabs) Two x Yamaha BBT210S, 2x10” 4-ohm cabs rated 250 watts RMS. Approx. 21kg. each. The front-ported cabs are carpet-covered plywood construction and are fitted with the original Eminence drivers. (I removed the Yamaha badges from the grilles for a cleaner look, but the badges can be easily re-attached if a new owner prefers). I've owned everything in this rig from new and it has been treated with care, with all items in full working order – only a very small patch of the carpet covering has worn away on one of the cabs from transporting it in the boot of my car (see photo). The Little Giant 1000 being twice the rated RMS of the cabs means the amp has never had to work hard and without overpowering the speakers, moderate volumes have been enough to be clearly heard within a loud band. I often used just one cab at rehearsals and smaller gigs – so this is a versatile, modular, and powerful rig that takes up a tiny amount of floor space if the cabs are stacked “portrait”. Quality Proel/Neutrik (Cleartone branded) speaker cables included as is the original packaging, documentation and rack ears for both amps. The additional metal outer casing for the Superfly is also included - I removed it as the amp was more portable and ran cooler without it. I also have a couple of small aluminium flight-cases I used to carry each of the amps and all my cables, so I’m happy to include these cases if bought as a complete rig. Whilst I’d prefer to sell this as a complete rig, the prices for individual components are as follows: · Ashdown Little Giant 1000 = £80.00 · Ashdown Superfly 500 = £50.00 · Yamaha BBT210S = £100.00 each · Speaker cables and flight cases extra = £5.00 each. Delivery is unlikely to be practical for the cabs due to difficulty in getting suitable packaging, but UK delivery at buyer's expense may be possible on the other items. Please let me know if you need to see any more photos and I will upload them. - Similarly, let me know if I have missed anything or if you have any questions. Thanks for looking.
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    As has been said - 4 to 5 songs maximum. I've found in the past where more songs were agreed, I'd turn up at rehearsal with all of them pretty much nailed, but not everyone else had. So, when it came down to it, there were perhaps as few as 2 or 3 of the agreed list of songs that everyone was ready to go on. But worst of all, a keyboarder that once crossed my path had an annoying habit of coming to rehearsal having worked on none of the agreed songs. Yes, none. Instead, he'd been busy indulging himself by learning a few of his personal favourite songs, (that weren't on the band's playlist, that never would be, and therefore that no-one else had worked on). He would then demonstrate these songs while the rest of us just looked on in bemusement. He didn't last long.
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    A bit of a list, I'm afraid...🥴 Scratchplates - especially plastic Maple or any other light coloured fretboards Opaque paint finishes (the wood-grain must be visible) Sunburst or any other 'burst finishes Bent-bit-of-metal bridges String trees on headstocks Strings that splay out too much above the nut, due to the headstock design Visible pole pieces on pickups 3+1 or 4+1 tuner arrangement on headstocks Headless basses Relic'd basses I've found this list helpful when GASing or choosing a new bass as, unsurprisingly, it quickly thins out the field of possible contenders.😂
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    For many years (and having initially only heard this song in the distinctly non-hi-fi sound quality of AM radio) - I thought the line in The Police's 'Message in a Bottle' was 'A year has passed since I broke my nose'.🙄
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    And I must admit that until fairly recently, I kept hearing a line in Survivor's 'Eye of the Tiger' as 'the last known survivor dunks his bread in the night'. 🫣 (Of course, it's 'stalks his prey in the night')
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    Still using my Little Giant 1000 as my main amp, with a Superfly 500 as backup. They both work well with my two Yamaha 2 X 10" 4 ohm cabs and although the cabs are rated at only 250 watts RMS each, I've never had any problems with the Little Giant overpowering the cabs, as there's plenty of volume on tap without needing to take things to extremes. I just use my ears😋 By the way, I've never witnessed the built-in cooling fan on the Little Giant running other than briefly at startup, so my solution to the legendary heat generated by both these amps and keep them reliable (so far) has been to place them on top of a laptop computer cooling pad. The fans in the cooling pad are illuminated too, which looks pretty cool and I just power the cooling pad from an old phone charger.
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    I've upgraded to Gotoh tuning heads on all my basses, and went for the lightweight versions on my Spector ReBop 5 and my '84 Westone Thunder III. After owning the Westone from new, I also replaced the original pickups and electronics in that bass with Bartolini pickups and 3-band eq. I did that in 2018 to give more modern functionality for a predominantly 80s themed band I had going at the time, as the original controls were rather idiosyncratic and hard to get some tones out of. Since doing those mods, I've been playing the Westone more than my other 4 basses put together.
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    Agreed - and that too often manifests itself as people constantly squeezing past everyone in their row of seats during the performance to go to and from the bar ( and presumably therefore, the toilets). I find this as puzzling as it is annoying, as, although I enjoy an alcoholic drink (or 3) as much as anyone, I prefer not to experience a gig through an alcohol-fuelled haze. Apart from anything else, ticket prices now are so high that the last thing I want to do is miss even a couple of minutes of the performance I've paid for.
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    Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time. (featuring late, great John Giblin on bass)
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    Mariah Carey's cover of Without You. Too many notes.😧
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    On further reflection, that $155 for a seat with no view of the stage would be perfect for the types who pay good money to go to a gig, only to spend the entire performance going to and from the bar, looking at their phone or shouting to their friends while getting ever more plastered. Maybe Beyonce's tour management team have realised that there's even more easy money to be made from this strange niche in the market?🤣
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    Well said - agreed 100% And no matter how near or far your seat is from the stage or how much you've paid for it, you'll also have your view and enjoyment of the gig frequently interrupted by people asking you to let them squeeze past as they go to and from the bar and toilets.
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    From my own experience with my Spector ReBop 5, this can be a valid point. I love this bass in all respects other than the narrow string spacing. And I suspect that because I'm left handed but play right handed this tends to magnify the natural weakness in my right hand to effectively adapt and adjust as well as it might. Especially since I only get time to practice at weekends. The only other 5-string basses that offer 19mm string spacing yet possibly tick enough other boxes for me are the Ibanez BTB or MTD Kingston, and I may have to check them out at some point.
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    Kate Bush in Running up that Hill - "underwear tearing you asunder"
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    After a couple of years with a Thunder 1A, I bought my Thunder III in 1985. Always loved the look and sound of it but to give it more modern functionality, and after a lot of pondering, I replaced the original pickups and electronics in 2018 with a Bartolini 3 band eq etc and fitted some Gotoh lightweight machineheads of to reduce the neck dive. I did it mainly for an 80s band I had going at the time, but the band folded shortly after. The Thunder III has become my most played bass since then.
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    Rockschool did a roadshow at one point and after seeing 'Enry at Liverpool's Royal Court, I also later treated myself to a black Thunder 3. Still have it, and still play it regularly since replacing the innards with Bartolini pickups and 3-band eq a few years ago to give it more modern functionality.
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    Call me an old cynic; but when some pigeon-hole something as a "beginners' bass" it's often simply a combination of it not having the "right" name on the headstock and it not being sufficiently expensive and has little to do with the actual playability, sound or build quality.
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    Just about high enough to avoid the back of the bass contracting buckle-rash. Wrongly or rightly; that matters to me, but I've been playing long enough to know that this also works for me from an ergonomic perspective.
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    I was going to say that 50 - 60 years on from when The Beatles were happening; there has been plenty of other music released for radio stations to choose for their playlists. But that can't be right, as there are so many other songs from the last 50-60 years that radio stations still play to death (yawn) even though those songs must be included on most pop/rock compilation albums ever released and therefore widely included in most listeners' music record/CD/download collections.🤐
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    Eurythmics _ "There must be an angel" With that shrill, insanely overdone, intensely irritating vocal from the get go it is far from being among their best or most representative songs, yet for some unaccountable reason it's the song that seems to get as much radio airplay as all their other songs put together. I can only assume the great British listening public aren't hearing what I hear.😯
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    Great to see another Westone Thunder III in such good order. Modernised my identical TIII a couple of years ago with Bartolini pickups and pre-amp to give it a new lease of life primarily for my 80s band, only for the band to fold shortly after. Thankfully, well made basses last a lot longer than the flaky, enthusiasm bypass of some band members.😀
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