Mikey D

55 minutes ago, Kjr said:

I don’t suppose there’s any chance you still own it?

One of these available on Facebook currently:  https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/204916064507845/?ref=search&referral_code=marketplace_search&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Aef90d404-a043-4a7f-b9b6-4a05865f7832

3 hours ago, HazBeen said:

Great sounding fretless these, I was stunned when I tried one a few years ago.

They really are amazing sounding and feeling necks. I'm gutted to see it go.

Original Ibanez GWB1-TKF 5 String Fretless for sale.

This was the 2nd Japanese run of Gary's GWB1 but in the slightly rarer Transparent Black Flat finish.  It isn't a defretted GWB2.

This is a FugjiGen Gakki Japanese built instrument from 2003.

Although the body both front and back are well played the neck is in excellent condition.

Body type: Solid Swamp Ash (Light Ash) body

Bridge: STD-5 fixed (16.5mm string spacing)

Pickguard: Removable wood finger ramp/rest

Knob style: Knurled metal dome w/ pointer

Hardware color: Black

Neck type: GWB Prestige

Neck material: 3-piece maple

Scale length: 864mm / 34"

Fingerboard material: Ebony

Fingerboard inlays: Small white dot

Nut: Graph Tech Black TUSQ XL (45mm)

Machine heads: Gotoh GB70 w/ GWB Sure Grip buttons

Pickup: Bartolini GWB (S) passive

Electronics: Bartolini NTBT 2-band EQ w/EQ bypass switch (9V)

Controls: Single volume w/ push-pull EQ bypass / stacked bass boost-cut & treble boost-cutB

Comes with original Ibanez hardshell case.

https://cs.hoshinogakki.co.jp/pcw.nsf/item.xsp?documentId=06A954A715D7B1EE49258059000947AA&strItemKey=GWB1_TKF_00_02&curSuffix=0002&curFromYMTX=2003%2F01&curToYMTX=2004%2F10&strMode=newpage

Still for sale.

Thanks to all this is now sold pending delivery/handover.  Sorry to see it go but happy with where it is going.

2 hours ago, Richard R said:

Might be worth updating the title of the thread as well - the headline still shows as £895

Silly question maybe, how do you do that I can't seem to see an option?

Bass still available.

I can't believe this is still here but so it is.

Make me an offer this weekend as we've had some unexpected costs when improving our garden.

I thought I'd be the first person to buy this as it it almost what I would specify as a custom. I just wish it gave with something like the Nord's or my actual preference Aguilar from out of the box.

I'm still waiting to pull the trigger and maybe to just got for the bass and upgrade too...

I'm still gutted to this day I sold my blue trb6 when I was a music student. 

I still keep an eye out for it as it was my first 'proper' bass. 

Ive seen it pass through many years ago but this was the last it was seen...

After debating whether to change them for a while, I found these Ultralites for sale thanks to @Bobthedog 

Big weight difference, but not enough to totally remove any movement. However when sitting bass now balances almost parallel with the floor rather than diving towards it. When standing a little forearm pressure and strap easily hold it where I prefer the angle to be. 

The costs are pushing it a bit now but for a c.£500-600 investment, I think it's been worthwhile to get in the short scale club with a level of quality I'm happy with. Definitely a market for more mid-quality short scales.

Next mod: After filling the holes...one day maybe add a drop tuner hipshot xtender

SOLD

Immaculate cab which has been hardly used. I bought this end of last year from someone else that looked after it as well. I purely wanted something to get me through until my Aguilar cabs in green came so only played a handful of times in a smoke free home.

At only 25 lbs. (11.34 kg), the SL 112 represents an entirely new path to the world-class Aguilar tone featuring a Neodymium driver with a custom-designed crossover.

Power Handling: 250 watts RMS
Frequency Response: 37 Hz – 16 kHz
Sensitivity: 99.9 dB 1W 1M
Phenolic tweeter with integral phase plug
Custom crossover with variable tweeter control

Impedance: 8 ohms
Dimensions: 14 7/8″ H, 19″ W, 18″ D
Weight: 25 lbs

Still available for what I think is an excellent price.

Help the one in one out club to get a new bass past the other half.

On 15/03/2021 at 22:19, Marco X. said:

Hello is the bass still available?

Could you ship to Italy? Do you know maybe the price for shipping ?

Thanks a lot.

Marco

Hi Marco

The bass is available. Currently I'm not looking to ship it as it doesnct have a hard case and I also don't have an outer box.

I'm waiting on a bass that will have an outer box and when that comes I will let you know if I can pack it secure enough but I have concerns being hollow for that journey.

One option is I do have an Ibanez hard case and if you were looking for one I could sell both and it would be much more secure to post/courier.

Mike

SOLD

30 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

It is hugely fun to play and it is an easy thing to just pick up and play which is what is happening with it, it sits behind me at my work desk and gets picked up a lot

 

Exactly this with mine too.  Plus its been fun to do mods on, I'm near to doing the machineheads to be lighter and I'll let you know how that helps.

21 hours ago, Steve Browning said:

These are excellent stands, especially for basses as they keep the instrument more upright than others. Makes them much more useful.

GLWTS. 

I’ll add to this and say without doubt one of the best multi bass stands out there, keeping headstocks well away from walls and upright. So much so my wife even quite likes the look of my 5 basses now...doubt she’d let me buy another stand to have 10 basses though.

GLWTs

Anyone in this group changed the hardware on their TMBs? 

I've got plans for more lightweight tuners but looking for a 5 string bridge that would be a good alternative, in black ideally to match the new tuner hardware.

I've wanted one of these since they were announced (I have a 1506MS I was reluctantly willing to let go as a one in me out to get one of these) but haven't put an order in as every time.i looked the supposed date of availability seems to be perpetually put back...but here it is so likely going to start being widely available now. I'm jealous and I feel I just need to get the order in!

Thanks for the review. 

This talk has made me realize I don't consciously think about my electronics in my basses enough after 25 years of playing on and off. Maybe that's why I've never found 'the' sound?!

The Aguilar PJ set I put in my TMB35 are as near to a great classic sound as I think I need that I'm happy with. But I've never found the more modern sound in my head yet for my own stuff. The nearest was my og TRB6 and the custom dual coil Nordstrand in the GWB35 I sold recently. Clean, full, not too hi-fi a blend of that slight Jaco burp and Foderaish smoothness without any brittleness or too many highs.

I'll have to spend some time this weekend with all my Ibanezs to get to know specifically what I like better it seems. 

This is one of my favourite baselines since I first hear the Wiz soundtrack after finding a vinyl of it not even knowing at the time the film existed. Great playing. 

2 hours ago, horrorshowbass said:

Thanks for the info woodinblack. What did you dislike about the SRMS just out of curiousity?

I like the EHB multi scale (1005SMS?) but not sure about the BH2 pickups.

I love the Ibanez for their skinny necks and have a four string so 5er makes sense. Either the crazy poplar burl one (£999 at andertons, model number escapes me :)) or the SR2400 (not sure what the Aguilars sound like though).

This SRMS one has got me interested in it purely from looks but not hte price:  https://www.ibanez.com/jp/news/detail/20201210161940.html

12 hours ago, Killed_by_Death said:

 

Yeah, maybe next year they'll come out with a EHB1505SMS with Nordstrands, depends on how sales go for the current offering.

 

Annoyingly I really prefer the EHB1005MS and EHB1005SMS for 'looks' as seafoam and grey (which I know the latter is US only) over the current colour/wood for the more premium 1505 but would like Nords.  That said I do have the EHB1506MS and like the dark finish and would happily have that with the nords on the 5ers.

1 hour ago, Killed_by_Death said:

Well, if you're going to look, search on NUAGE & D.A.R.K.'s posts, those are the 2 East pre advocates.

It started innocently enough:

them: A new preamp is your solution to the BH2 pickups in your EHB10xx model

me: change the pickups, you don't like the sound of the pickups

them: but the East pre improves the sound of the BH2 pickups

me: technical reasoning why that's not really true

them: but it does, I can hear it, even in passive setting

One even reasoned that the East components conduct Electricity better, so I was done at that point.

 

They obviously don't know what they're talking about. Everyone knows it's because the knobs are plastic. Change them to metal ones and it'll sound at least 27% better.