Moos3h

Apologies if we have had a thread like this lately but I felt the need to give some love to a few bass (/guitar) shops who have really impressed me with recent purchases.

1) Bass Direct - as ever, helpful and speedy replies to queries and the most laid back and trusting in-shop experience to try whatever takes my eye.

2) Promenade music - quick response to FB messages with pics and weights of a couple of basses, including an honest admission that one of them was a back-breaker

3) Fair deal music - again super-quick FB response to a request for pics and a better deal than I would have got if buying from  them via Amazon (product was not listed on their site).

Well done to everyone in the MI industry that’s delivering this sort of quality service - I can’t imagine it’s easy with all of us stuck at home with no gigs and nothing to do but (browser) window-shop!

I’d say that’s largely the new string effect. They’ll dull down pretty quickly and become more consistent. Shame though, as I LOVE the sound of new strings!

It literally gets NO better than this.  Basschat at it's finest!

I rather rashly bought something from Anthony with absolutely no idea how to get it to 300 or so miles across the country to me.  He could not have been more helpful, packed it all up - videos before during and after and it's here in super-fast time.

Absolutely fantastic - thank you so much mate!

Had some requests for further pics as the lighting was a bit flat on the last ones.

59 minutes ago, Bix said:

Very nice! I have a 2019 MIJ hybrid jazz 4 string and the build quality is great. GLWTS.

Yeah the build quality on this is the best I’ve seen Fender do, very, very tidy indeed.

17 minutes ago, WishICouldWalk said:

I bought one of these new a couple of months back. Very nice bass, great build and finish. I have quite small hands and I'm fine with it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not questioning your reason for sale, I always thought small hands = narrow, shallow necks. Then I bought a 78 P with a really chunky neck and found it pretty easy to play and I'm now wanting to sell a Fender with a really slim neck as I find it too slim. Anyway, enough nonsense from me - it's a cracking bass, the buyer won't be disappointed.

Haha - yeah I’ve become super fussy as I had so long away from playing, then got back into some g*itar playing which has meant EVERYTHING bass wise feels huge!

I think these were a 2019 special run so only a couple of years and very, very lightly used!

Just FYI - the marks on the back are reflections!

Hi all,

Was looking for trades, but did a bad thing today....oops!  Now just a sale I think please

Rough measurements are around 4Kg so a good light (for a 5!) weight and 45/46mm (my tape measure is rubbish) nut width.

These are phenomenal - beautifully put together, I mean this thing is CLEAN...balance well too!  High mass bridge (string through), lightweight tuners and usa vintage (passive) pickups it's a fab spec.  Fretwork is very good too.

Still got the promotional sticker/covering on the scratchplate.

Plenty of pics but let me know if you want pics of anything in particular.

Thanks in advance,

James

1 hour ago, 6feet7 said:

I remember lusting after this before you bought it, must have been a couple of years ago on Reverb. I don't need it now, unfortunately, but can you remind me of its weight?

Good question! I don’t have any scales but a pure estimate would be around the 4.5 mark? 

Hi all,

I have finally given in - the neck is too wide for my ridiculously small hands

Wonderful sounding, looking and playing instrument hand made by Rob Williams (back when he was Woodworm).  Originally had a Gotoh bridge which I'll include but I swapped it to a Schaller 3D bridge to be able to adjust the string spacing.  EMG pickup and wiring and all rather beautiful.  Comes with a Mansons-branded Hiscox.

I can post for £35

Hi folks

Is there any way to be able totally ignore a thread so it doesn’t show up when looking at unread content / activity etc?

Not a big deal but would save me some valuable thumb-time!

Ta in advance and thanks for all you do to keep the lights on

Thanks everyone - it's times like these that you mourn the loss of the high street music shoppe eh?

I'll put all these suggestions on the 'must try' list

I spend most of my time around frets 3 to 7 but it’s deffo starting to get too wide when I pass the 5th.

Curse my small appendages 😂

Hi folks

I’m STILL struggling with the move to a five string, but do want to persevere with it - my Woodworm is a lovely thing but I really don’t get on with how wide the neck is as my hands are quite small.

Not knowing much about these things, is there a brand that is known for a slightly narrower neck when it comes to five strings? Some look like the width of a floorboard and I have no hope at all!

 Thanks,

James

35 minutes ago, warwickhunt said:

Were they not doing some kind of big discount on TC cabs if bought in conjunction?  

Yeah, wasn't really loving the look of the 4x10 and I have something in the pipeline - bargain tho!

Well, I figured it's always nice to receive shiny things, so have gone with 'lets give it a go'.  Given people were spending a LOT more than this on the RH750 up until recently, it can't be bad!

Now I just need a cab so I can give it a try

I'm certainly happy with the sound of the RH750 - and for £350 it feels like a deal, but if I could get more power for the same £££ then I'd likely be swayed.

What do we think folks? Primary consideration is POWERZ!!oneoneone, can more beef be had for £349?

Was mine too! Lovely looking thing

Was that the one that was on eBay? Had it in my watch list so you did me a favour!

I think it looks great, but given the whole style the lack onboard preamp was the thing that stopped me hitting the button.

Good score!

Probably correct, but its one of the recent-ish made in China basses that are not in the same league as the Japanese Tokai of old.

Will give that a go! Dont have meths but wonder if baby wipes would do it? Ideally don't want to wreck the coating but perhaps that's what's coming off!?

1 hour ago, Bassassin said:

That scrubbed up nice!

It did! Mercifully the original finish was a weird kind of varnish more than paint, and was flaking already - came off fairly easily in the end!

57 minutes ago, mcnach said:

that looks really nice, what is it?

An Aria IGB something or other! The preamp is excellent...very powerful and tweakable. The new Wilkinson machine heads do the job but are a bit 'creaky' so will try some goop on them to loosen them up a bit.