Fionn

Sensational!!

Good job Dan! Great to see such a nice bass returned to its former glory 🏆

Exactly what I’m after! 

I’ll most definitely take that. Messaged you 👍🏻

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Boss RC-300 Loop Station

This is the daddy of all loopers. If you’re reading this you’ll know that though. If you’re not sure, there are a huge amount of reviews, articles, demos, forum discussions, etc online.

Corporate blurb: https://www.boss.info/global/products/rc-300/

Condition: It has virtually never been used, so like new.

Original box and PSU are included. I’ve misplaced the manual, though it can be downloaded from the Boss website. I can post the manual when it turns up anyway.

I’m happy to post within the UK, fully insured, using the Parcelforce 48 service, for an extra £10.

Trades: I could trade/ part trade for the following... Fender Precision Lyte, Sunn Mustang Precision, Markbass NY121 cab .... or try me with something else. I’m open to trade offers.

Paul is a good honest guy to deal with, no doubt 👍🏻

3 hours ago, Bassislife16 said:

That’s a corker! Don’t suppose you’re travelling south of Scotland anytime soon?

Thank you.

I’ve sent you a PM

Sold

Hohner Arbor Series P-Bass

Decent 1980’s medium weight  Precision Bass copy.

All original. It’s set up nicely, and has just been given a thorough clean. Everything works as it should. The truss rod does its thing, the neck is straight, and the frets are excellent. The neck is definitely more typical of Jazz Bass profile/ width/ thickness.

Cosmetic condition is good,  just few minor marks on the paintwork, the lacquer on the rear of the neck is discoloured with age. All within the realms of mojo.

I’m between Lewis and Fife at the moment, but I can post anywhere in the UK for £15. I’ll remove the neck before packing, for safer transportation.

I know he played bass in what was arguably the biggest/ best known band of all time. I know that a few top players rate him for such strengths as ‘melodic sensibility’, ‘appropriateness’, etc, but why do I hear his name so often when ‘bass greats’ are being spoken of, always seeming to rank highly on these relentless ‘best bass players of all time’ lists that proliferate?

I would never argue that he wasn’t a fine musician, a good song-writer, and solid multi-instrumentalist, and I don’t find his bass playing to be offensive in any way.

... just a bit ‘meh’. 

He sounds to me like a guitarist playing bass typically does. I can’t hear any innovation or great imagination in what he did,  nothing special at all. He may have been a tuneful, solid player ... but I certainly don’t believe he’s one of the greats of the instrument. I believe him to be highly overrated in that regard.

Am I spectacularly missing something here? I’m interested to hear what folk have to say, McCartney fans especially. Give me food for thought. I’m always open to another perspective.

Very nice @Planemo! 

I’ve relocated, so you might want to edit my location. I’m now in the Outer Hebrides (still furthest north though). I’ll help out anyone in the islands, sure .... provided I’m not the only bass player here 🤔

Anyway, I can do set-ups, fingerboard/ fretboard/ fret work, basic electronic repairs, certain types of refinishing, and my forte ... metalware/ hardware modifications.

I’ve been confidently working on my own basses for the last 20-odd years. I’m a silversmith by trade, so I’m familiar with working to high technical standards  👍🏻

Bought a nice set of flats from Chris ... all good, very happy, etc.

cheers man!

🙂

7 hours ago, Finbar said:

Lovely board  What's in the corner next to the Ditto?

Thank you 🙂

Oh! I never noticed that was there. That’s my partner’s clip-on Snark tuner. She plays acoustic guitar around there. 

Set of 4 machine heads from a Squier VM Jazz Bass.

They’re in perfect working order, everything tight and solid, with no distinguishable wear whatsoever.

I bought them on here last week, but won’t be needing them.

Sold

I’ll take these. 

PM’ed

After another bout of tweaking, this is where my board is at. It’s set-up to have two basses (fretted & fretless) plugged into the Preamp simultaneously, with 3 programmed tones (2 Clean & 1 Overdrive) for each bass. All the other pedals are linked through the internal FX loop of the SansAmp. The pedal order works for me, I’m delighted, although a few compromises were required for the greater good. 

The chain goes ...

Preamp (SansAmp Bass Driver Deluxe) >>> Tuner (Korg Pitch Black) >>> Compressor (MXR M87) >>> Synth/ Octavers (Markbass Super-Synth) >>> Fuzz (ZVEX Mastotron) >>> Envelope Filter (MXR M82) >>> Chorus/ Flanger (MXR M83) >>> Phaser/ Ring Modulator (Ibanez PM7) >>> Delay/ Reverb (Boss RV-3) >>> Volume/ Wah (Hotone Bass Press) >>> Boost (Mooer Pure Boost) >>> Looper 1 (TC Electronic Ditto) >>> Looper 2 (Boss RC-300 *not shown*) >>> DI/ Out (SansAmp again) ...

Elsewhere on the board, the PSU is a Diago Powerstation, plugged into a 3-port extension socket (adapted with a right-angled female kettle socket) . The 12v Markbass PSU also plugs in there, with a free socket available for my amp if needs be. I just plug a kettle cord into the board and I’m totally powered up and good to go. The patch leads are Bespeco. These have been totally reliable and are noise-free. The whole board operates very quietly and cleanly. The 3 buffered pedals are all good.

Also in the case is a wee box for bits n bobs; earplugs, spare patch lead, spare battery, capo (yes, a capo), and a couple of mutes. I made raised plinths of various heights to attach some of the pedals to, so that they’re all accessible/ easily clickable.

In addition to this board I use a multi-track Looper (Boss RC-300). It’s about 2/3 the size of my pedalboard, so it lives separately. That unit has its own FX section, though I only use the delay function. Very handy when looping, as the delays are synced.

I’m satisfied with this for now, but you know how it goes ... 

I’m already thinking about putting an anologue Octaver in there (in addition to the Markbass). I’ve got 3 switchable Octave settings programmed via the software on that, and they’re fantastic, especially when used in combination with other pedals ... but they do sound very digital. I had been thinking about the new MXR Vintage Bass Octave, though I’m coming round to the idea of the wee Valetone OC-2 rip-off. Small, cheap, and good.

Hmmm 🤔

Just bought a set of tuners from Dan.

All good in the basshood!  🕺🏻

5 hours ago, Immo said:

Many Encores of that era have magnets wrongfully installed - both coils have North facing the same direction. This creates hum. It is very easy to check - just get a magnet, hold it firmly and check if one coil pulls it and other pushes it away - if so, the pickup is OK.

Ahhh! I get you. Thanks for the tip.

Everything seems that be in order there 🙂

8 hours ago, tauzero said:

Does the routing under the scratch plate expose enough of each of the three butcher-block parts to make an informed decision? Alternatively you could just go for it and if it would be rubbish with oil/wax, go for shabby chic. Apparently it's all the rage.

Aye, I’d be able to get a good impression of the middle and bottom pieces, but only a tiny bit of the top one. I’d do that first if it came to it, sure.

For now though, I’ve decided to leave it black. It’s shabby enough like that 😀

4 hours ago, Immo said:

Pretty! And well kept. Is the bridge in line with the neck? Is the pickup proper-polarized? These are the two most common issues with those.

Thank you!

I’ll need to re-seat the bridge, as it’s squint, sure. What do you mean by ‘proper-polarised’?

I just picked this up for £65.

Indian-made E83 from the 80’s/90’s. Fender-style headstock, block string tree, hardwood body. Great neck, with a beautiful flame through the maple. The rosewood on the fretboard is really high quality, beautiful and dark. Frets are almost perfect and the ends are smooth enough. It’s a very heavy bass. I took the neck off, and sanded the paint back in the neck pocket, finding that the body is made of a dark hardwood. Not similar to the sanded one photographed earlier, but a more even and darker brown, almost like rosewood. 

The pots, input jack, and wiring have been upgraded. I’m just deciding what else to do with it. I was thinking of sanding it back to the bare wood, doing an oil/wax finish, and putting a tort scratch plate on there. Not sure how consistently the three pieces of wood will match on the body though. It’s a lottery with these, I guess. There’s only one way to find out and, once you do, it’s too late to turn back. 

I had been thinking about changing the pups for a set of SD Quarter Pounders but, to be perfectly honest, the stock pickups sound great, so I’d probably leave them be, and just keep it as it is (but with a tort guard and vintage-style brass bridge saddles).

Hmmmm? Decisions Decisions ... 

Either way, this is every bit a P-Bass, in tone and feel. The essential vibe is totally intact. Absolutely no need to have spent any more. I love it 🙂

The Warwick Porn thread isn’t the place to be tearing someone’s pride and joy to shreds, even if it is a ‘joke’.

I appreciate that you edited your post though, @Marcoelwray

Can anyone recommend me a wide leather strap that is smooth (not grippy) on the inside?

2 hours ago, Grangur said:

Lovely bass, @Fionn. You're not itching to remove the frets by any chance, are you?

Ha! No ... because you’re eventually going to cave in and sell me your fretless 😀

Streamer Pro M (1998).

For someone who loves both Streamers and Stingrays, this feels like the perfect bass. It’s possibly my all-time favourite.

The first of them had wenge necks and only one preamp, which were soon replaced by the ovangkol/ twin preamp models. The controls on this are stacked Bass/ Treble, Pickup Blend, and Volume (with push/ pull Passive Switch). When in passive mode, tone is controlled via the pickup blend. The tonal range of the Pro M is deceptively broad. It’s very versatile, given how closely the twin J pickups sit together within that single housing. There’s a hum-cancelling dummy coil between the pickups too, so it’s very clean sounding when on one pickup or the other.

This bass is the very definition of ‘punchy’ 🙂

6 minutes ago, Deedee said:

With regard to the fingerboard, according to the Matsumoku catalogues they used jacaranda on the 1000 from ‘77 to ‘80 and ebony thereafter so this should be/is ebony if it’s an ‘81.

Oh, I had just assumed it was really dark rosewood. Thanks for that 👍🏻

3 minutes ago, totorbass said:

Hi, 

Gorgeous bass. 16mm string spacing I Believe?

Do you know its weight?

16.5mm. I’ll need to borrow a set of scales and get back to you about the weight.