Changles

I am selling my Marshall 'Triple Super Lead' 2 x 12 all valve combo.
It is really nice. It is in perfect working order but has some superficial damage. A few grazes etc. from the many gigs it's done over the years.
The Clean channel is great (slightly surprisingly for a Marshall). It is capable of getting quite a fender-esque clean tone. Of course the other two channels - crunch and lead - are typically Marshall, giving that classic Marshall distortion sound. But it can also do the more modern high gain stuff really well.

There is more info about the amp on Marshall's website:
[url="http://www.marshallamps.com/product.asp?productCode=TSL122&pageType=OVERVIEW"]http://www.marshallamps.com/product.asp?pr...geType=OVERVIEW[/url]

Also I recommend a look through the manual online:
[url="http://www.marshallamps.com/downloads/files/TSL100s%20hbk.pdf"]http://www.marshallamps.com/downloads/file...L100s%20hbk.pdf[/url]

Also see the youtube video of someone playing through the amp:
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m20NqFpUTNY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m20NqFpUTNY[/url]

This amp has too many features to list them all:
-It has two different Celestion speakers in it, a 'heritage' and a 'vintage'.
-Tonal features such as mid boost on the clean channel and 'tone shift' on the two gain channels.
-Each channel has it's own independent 3 band EQ as well as gain and volume.
-'Virtual Power reduction' which takes this 100 watt amp down to 25 watts to appease irate neighbours.
-Output mute
-Accutronics spring reverb, separate control for the clean channel (and the two gain channels share one)
-Prescence control for clean and gain channels
-FX mix control for clean and gain channels
-Deep switch for clean and gain channels
-2 versatile effects loops
-Footswitch for channel switching and turning reverb and FX on and off
-DI out (XLR)

So this amp has almost everything, and sounds really good! Despite it having so many features, the front and back panels are laid out in a really simple and easy to use way

Selling in order to fund my next bass rig.

If you want to come and try it out to see if it is for you, feel free. I live in Harrogate. PM me.

£700 OVNO.

Thanks for looking!

Wil's BLINDINGLY fast delivery, prompt and helpful responses to private messages, and above all amiable personality made for an unforgettably enjoyable buying experience. The item, a Mighty Mite fretless precision bass neck, is really nice and was priced very fairly. I might even go as far as to say it was a bargain! But bargain is a very strong word. Ah well, it WAS a bargain. A++++++++++++++++++ ad infinitum

Beautiful stuff, man. I pretty much love my Zoot more than life itself. Awesome basses.

pm'd

(for fretless neck)

I'll tell you what, the jaguar is a masterpiece of marketing. It looks cool, and if you plug it in in the store the active eq sounds amazing. However if you buy one, which I did, you'll almost certainly find that on the active setting it won't fair well in a mix. I really hated the EQ on mine and started using it on passive. It was a slight improvement. It was still very muddy.
To answer your question on "parallel" it sounds unbelievably thin and will not cut through, and series will help you to cut through, but don't expect a lovely sound from it, as it's pretty muddy on that.
The jaguar was my second bass and I played it for a year. I found it very heavy, a real pain to do a long gig with it on my shoulder. About 6 months after buying when I really learnt the bass' limitations I was really frustrated with it. Also you may find that the cutaway isn't that good if you want to play in the upper register.
When I finally got another bass I was so relieved. In fact I picked up my jag for the first time in a while the other day and it felt like such a clumsily made bass compared to the one I use now.
Also to get the jaguar anywhere near playable I had to pay out for a bad ass bridge. I would have bought new pickups too had I not concluded that it was a lost cause.
Oh! And I almost forgot to mention the numerous dead and buzzing frets, even with high action!!

Sorry to be a downer, just felt I had to contribute my (largely painful) experiences with the jaguar. It seems to me a lot of people buy guitars and basses in a shop when they're not set up & the playing experience in the shop with just the instrument on its own is different to how it is when you actually have the instrument in a band situation, on a gig, in a mix, where it's really a whole different kettle of fish. Mmm, fish. And it really takes a long time to get "into" a bass (in my experience) and really see its flaws and, occasionally, what's good about it. A half hour or less in a shop really tells us little.

-C.

Ah you guys are all saying the things I've been painfully aware of!

I feel like I should get an acoustic so I can learn properly. I feel like an electric might just give me a wholly unsatisfying pale imitation...
But I doubt I can transport the double bass, my guitarists' needlessly large amp and the needlessly large drum kit all in that punto! I wouldn't be so fussed about getting it to gigs early on anyway, just having it to play at home would be enough for me. Then, maybe one day, we'll get a large van and I'll be good enough by then to justify bringing it!
Yes I am convinced an acoustic is the best option, right? Am I right? Right? Time to start saving up the pennies for it then!

Okay, I am sick of electric bass. I desperately want to play ARCO!

An acoustic Double Bass would be too big to fit in my guitarist's little fiat punto, although I'd love to get one some day....

So I'm thinking of investing in an Electric Upright. I can't exactly afford a brilliant, top of the line one as I am financially challenged. I guess my budget is between £0 (ideal!) and £1000 (TOO FAR.) I have only just taken my first step into this exciting new world, in fact I have only snook a tiny peak. I am lost and confused, so any help, advice, suggestions, warnings, insults etc. are welcome.
Thanks,
-Changles.

[quote name='7string' post='645887' date='Nov 5 2009, 12:13 AM']Now post the pics !!![/quote]

Okay, but these pics are, in all honesty, pretty similar to the last batch!


Dean Markley nickel plated blue steel's, fine bass strings!
Oh and the bass is good too!


By the way, if you want to buy any of those amps in the background, PM me!




a poor picture of the beautiful birdseye maple

Here's My recently received Zoot Chaser. I love it!

Swampash body with quilted honey maple top. The line dividing the two woods is a thin slice of ebony.
3 piece neck, maple and bubinga.
Birdseye maple fingerboard.
Passive electronics (vol, vol, tone)
Straplocks
Seymour Duncan Basslines pickups. Hot jazz pickup and Music Man pickup. The MM pickup has a handy bi-tone switch which gives it a slightly tinnier sound or a more full fat one.
And last but not least Dean Markley nickel plated blue steel strings. Fine strings they are.

The bass came the other day, and it is great! It plays like a dream, and looks even better in the flesh (in the wood?). It's very bright as you'd expect with all that maple on there, but it gets a really nice mellow tone too when I roll off the tone control. The jazz pickup is nice and warm and the MM pickup is intense.
Really glad I ordered the Chaser. I really like how I've paid less for this than I would for an American Fender, Gibson or Music Man etc. It's something a bit different! (And better.) I'm very happy!

Hey everyone, remember me?
So, because of a few time-consuming complications Mike was forced to crack on with making this bass without taking the time out to take pictures, but here are a few of it very near completion that he sent me the other day. Basically he just needs to add a string bar, carve the nut and do the final set up!













Ah, beautiful! I cannot wait to play this bass!

[quote name='crez5150' post='614195' date='Oct 1 2009, 08:18 PM']I saw this bass today in the spray booth..... the Neck and body are fantastic..... the fretboard is unbelievable..... this is going to be an awesome bass!!!!![/quote]
Thank you, Crez, you've made my day!

And the last few that I couldn't fit in that last post:



And I like these ones of the neck in it's rudimentary form on the body, nice preview of what is to come!







Thanks for looking folks!

MORE PICTURES! It seems to be moving pretty fast! Here's the neck stuff:



3 piece neck made from bubinga and Canadian rock maple. Nice.









Thorough clamping!








Beautiful headstock shape!

Mike sent me these the other day of the body progressing. Now he just needs to do the final sanding, waxing and fitting up. He gets the neck to a similar stage first though so he can do both together. He's made a start on the neck, but no pictures of that yet.

And the money shot!

Mike sent me the second batch of pictures a few hours ago, showing the work done on the body.















This is the ebony to go between the swamp ash body and the maple top.



Taking shape!

Okay, relax man! We all love Mike!

I am looking to get my theory up to scratch, mainly, seeing as my technique is flawless! Haha, no it is very flawed, I'm sure. But I'm definitely looking for more theory tutoring nonetheless. I want grade 8 kind of knowledge! So I was thinking is there a bass tutor out there in Harrogate who knows their theory through and through too?

Thanks,
Charles.

[quote name='Spoombung' post='580951' date='Aug 26 2009, 08:39 AM']Jesus, I've never seen Mike's studio looking so squeaky clean; it's amazing what our Polish brothers and sisters have accomplished in their brief time on our small island - and indeed, in the darker corners of Essex itself! And can you have a quiet word with Mike concerning the breach of Health and Safety by the wearing of sandals while operating heavy machinery in a hazardous environment. [/quote]

Yah, I noticed he is in summer garb there isn't he! Maybe it gets hot in there.. make allowances for the guy. By the way Spoombung, I hope you don't mind that I stole the exact woods from the bass Mike made for you! Oh, he was enthusing to me about how beautiful your bass was, and I checked out your build diary and I just had to request those woods!

[quote name='lee4' post='581796' date='Aug 26 2009, 07:37 PM']I've got a Zoot cab,so now I've got GAS for a matching bass!Chaser in Vintage White please![/quote]


How are the Zoot cabs? Awesome? I wouldn't be surprised.


And yes I will post my finished chaser up on that thread, thanks MacDaddy!

And here are the last two of the batch that I couldn't fit in the last post.





Thanks for looking!

Watch this space.

Here is the same block of wood from a different angle. At least, I'm pretty sure it's the same!



There's Mike, doing what he does best, I'm guessing.



Here is the book matched quilted honey maple top that is going on top of the swampash body. I think it looks amazing. And of course the MM humbucker













Swampash body there. I love the Zoot Bass shape! It's very.. elegant.

Simply because from a quick look around on this forum there isn't enough of Mike Walsh's great work.


So, I'm getting a Chaser from Iceni/Zoot! If you don't know what it is click here; [url="http://www.zootbass.co.uk/2-1.html"]http://www.zootbass.co.uk/2-1.html[/url]
I'm looking forward to it. This is only my fourth bass so progressing into the world of handmade basses for the first time. I like to think the Chaser is a good one to start with! Here are the specs that Mike sent me a few weeks ago:

Zoot Chaser 4 string 34" scale 24 frets.

Neck:
Three piece neck constructed of Bubinga and canadian "Rock Maple" (flat headstock)
Fitted with pro truss rod.
40mm at nut.
Shallow D/C profile to rear of neck.

Finger board:
Birdseye Canadian maple
24 medium size nickle/silver bass frets.
Ivoriod Top nut
Compounded radius
Black marker dots to face and edge.

Body:
One piece American swampash cut and turned, with a quilted Honey Maple bookmatched top, divided by Ebony black venners. Contoured for forearm and belly.

Finish:
Waxed/oil satin to body and neck

Pickups:
1 X MM Seymour Duncan bassline (four core). Bridge
1 X Hot Jazz Seymour Duncan bassline (two core). Neck

Controls:
2 X volume
1 X tone
1 X MM Bi-tone mini switch in chrome
1 X barrel Jack in chrome
3 X Solid brass (chrome plated) dome knobs.

Hardware:
Gotoh EB70 machine heads in chrome 2+2
Iceni string thru' and/or top load sustain bridge in chrome
String thru' ferrels to rear of body in chrome
Schaller strap locks in chrome.

Case:
A hard case to be supplied.


I've asked for a passive one, as you may have noticed, because I am naturally disposed towards worrying, so whatever I can do to make sure as little goes wrong as possible at a gig, (for example, dying batteries) I will do it! Also getting it passive took a chunk out of the price, which I really like!

I'm a sucker for a good deal.


And here is the first of a batch of pictures that Mike sent me today. I live up North and Iceni are in Essex, so I can't pop into the factory to see how it's going too easily. So there should be quite a few more pics on their way in the coming weeks/months!



Here is a block of wood with my name on it. If you can't read it, it says "Charles Eager". I hope you feel you're getting to know me by this stage!

I'll post the other pictures in a moment when I upload them onto photobucket.

Hey there. I've been on this forum for a couple of weeks now but neglected to do the whole introduction thing, but I have reconsidered. Better late than never yeah?
My name's Charles. I am 18, live in Harrogate, and play in a Harrogate/Leeds based pop band called Thief Taker. (www.thieftaker.co.uk if you're interested) Yes! i know it's a dumb name, hahaha!
It's good fun playing with them, it's because of them that I now play the bass. I had been a guitarist since about age 14 or 15. I never got very good. Then one day these guys asked me to come play bass for them, and that was the start of a beautiful musical journey. I've been in that band and playing bass for a year now.
Now I really don't listen to pop at all and have developed a taste for jazz, fusion, classical etc. obviously jaco and weather report and other artists of that ilk. I'm now dedicating a lot of time to improving my playing and learning the theory, and am looking into forming a jazz side project.
I play a fender jaguar bass, which i hate to say i bought cause it looked cool more than anything else. I'm not all that keen on it. But currently Mike Walsh of Iceni/Zoot is making me a bass, which I look forward to. I really like Hartke amps - don't cost a fortune and sound pretty good. I play the LH500 head through a 115 hydrive cab.

Thanks for having me Bass chat!

Bought this very recently and it's had no gigs, only one recording session and as such is in brand new condition

I bought it out of curiosity only as I am not really a pedals guy, I like to keep things very simple. I mean it's a great pedal, but not for me. No issues whatsoever. Still have the swish box and instructions et al. I won't bother with the specs and pics as these pedals are such a hit their features seem to be common knowledge amongst the bass playing community!

selling for £100

I live in Harrogate, if you wanna try before you decide whether or not to buy, that's fine
Message me on here, or get in touch on 07738 37 50 34

Cheers,
Charles.