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Oh my! I do admire Alan's work. My birthday next week, I wonder if I'll be PM'ing you on Tuesday morning! John

Still here bump for a very sweet sounding guitar.

THIS HAS NOW GONE Prosebass headless 4 string offered as a trade for a 5 string. It was made to my specification by Paul Rose of Prosebass, for a tour I have just finished. Headless 4 string, natural Spanish Cedar, Maple neck, Rosewood board, passive 2 mini buckers. Lightweight, but good mass to the body. ABM hardware. The pickups produce a surprising amount of volume and the configuration is 2 volume pots, with coil tap, but no tone control. I have found this offered me plenty of tonal variation. 34" scale, 53mm bridge spacing, dual action truss rod. Just over 3kg weight. This is my only electric gig. I end up in interesting places in the world, and get taken care of very well, so am happy to keep the gig. However, the artist has changed keys of many songs for this last tour and decided she wanted notes below E, so I ended up detuning this for the 10 dates. I can't afford a 5 string as an extra bass, so this is offered up as a trade or sale. If I had to sell, then I'd want £500 for it. Please feel free to have a try, I'm in Dorset. Will drive for a meet as far as Bournemouth, Bristol, Exeter(ish), Basingstoke(ish) Any questions, please feel free to PM, or call me. Number through PM. John

On the basis that if a bass hangs on my wall and isn't used, then it is surplus. I am offering this BB605 in wine red. Good condition, good all rounder and typical solid Yamaha build. I've been playing the 4 string version for 7 years now, so bought the 5'er. These are highly rated amongst the Yamaha lovers, but otherwise go a little "under the radar". £180 posted, firm. I am in Dorset, for a try out, or will post well packed in gig bag and a box.

[quote name='alyctes' post='1217418' date='May 2 2011, 12:17 PM']I wish I could justify spending the money, this looks like a sweet machine. Anyhow, you might want to edit the thread title for the new price?[/quote] Indeed, thanks for pointing that out. John

Last [s]hump[/s] bump before withdrawing (oo-er!!) [size=4]£300 collected, or + pp[/size].

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[quote name='Willl' post='1215028' date='Apr 29 2011, 03:42 PM']Is this bass being used structurally... In photo 5 it appears it's doubling (see what I did there) as an acro jack?[/quote] Basically, when this goes to Deaver, my porch collapses!

How'd you get on with this Clarky? I've just recorded with it and the engineer loved it. He was resistant at first, preferring 2 mics, but he ended up mixing both. John

Yes, sorry guys. Posted in too many threads, will update accordingly. john

I will soon be down to just one double bass and no EUBs. What I have left is not spectacular, but it's a 40 year old ply that sounds great to my neanderthal ears and it is transported in it's original cover. I would like to give it a bit more protection, so had thought about getting one of the gear4music foam cases that come up now and again Ebay, but they are very rarely over this way (South West). Also, I don't seem to be able to locate a supplier of hard cases that aren't £600 flightcases. So the question is, has anyone got a case they'd be happy to sell me, or do you have advice on what else I should consider. I notice that many retailers sell gig bags that seem a lot of money, but do they offer protection? As this should probably be in the wanted section, I will post there too. Thanks for any help, or comments, you can offer. John

[quote name='Clarky' post='1210243' date='Apr 24 2011, 06:57 PM']In the TB thread, people talk about affixing the TM piezo into the D/G wing rather than, as I would have assumed, the E/A wing ... is this your experience John/sloebluesine and oldslapper/John?[/quote] Yup. Before I read the thread I tried it on E/A side and it was too boomy, even with eq adjustments. So put it on D/G wing and it was nice and even, and loads of volume. John

[quote name='slobluesine' post='1209852' date='Apr 24 2011, 10:13 AM']sold to Clarky [/quote] Be interested in hearing what you think of the TM Clarky. It's the only piezo/bridge pup that has stopped me using the schaller, and I love my schallers. I've kept the schaller on my main bass, but it just doesn't get used now. John

[quote name='deaver' post='1209840' date='Apr 24 2011, 09:54 AM']I have clearance from the necessary authorities so we are good to go. PM me when you're back and we'll take it from there[/quote] On hold for Indiana Deaver.