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  1. franzbassist
    If we can have a clean 100 watts of valve goodness then colour me interested
  2. franzbassist
    And now sold.
  3. franzbassist
    Hello Yes the bass is still available. The B string sounds great on this bass, as do they all
  4. franzbassist
    Dropping this to £950 including UK shipping.
  5. franzbassist
    Yes it is.
  6. franzbassist

    TKS Cabs

    franzbassist replied to DaBu's topic in Amps and Cabs

    FMC cabs from Germany are also superb.
  7. franzbassist
    Try this for some pretty full on playing, with Jack Bruce on bass and Simon Phillips on drums.
  8. franzbassist
    I dropped a set of Barts in my Cort SCMS, which also has 16.5mm string spacing - they sound great!
  9. franzbassist
    Thanks, yes, great basses. I played it at rehearsal last night and every note is crystal clear. The b string is a thing of beauty!
  10. franzbassist

    Both family cars damaged on consecutive days.  Law of averages loves me!

    1. Merton

      Merton

      Bugger 😩

    2. Daz39

      Daz39

      Exactly what he said!!

    3. prowla

      prowla

      That's not good.

      It may be worth checking out your insurance T&Cs too.

  11. franzbassist
    These are terrific amps. Wonderfully versatile EQ.
  12. franzbassist
    OMG this takes me back. It's 1989 aagin and I'm playing my Wal through the exact same rig as my first proper set up! 😍
  13. franzbassist
    Still out of work so this is next up for sale. I picked this wonderful bass up in the autumn last year. I love the weight (4.17kg or 9lb 3 oz) and feel of it, and the multiscale neck really evens out the tone and string tension. It has a swamp ash body with a spalted maple top stained a grey colour. The through neck is 5 piece maple and panga panga (wenge relative), with a panga panga fingerboard. The scale length is 34" to 36". I have made the following changes, which have made an already very good bass even better: i) rounded the edges of the nut so they are smooth ii) replaced all the screws in the bridge units iii) removed preamp and pickups and fully shielded the cavities, adding a new earth strip under the bridge iv) installed threaded inserts in the pickup and control cavities, using new threaded bolts throughout v) fitted US Bartolini HR-5.4AP/918 3 band preamp (volume has push/pull active/passive) vi) fitted US Bartolini MK6CBC pickups, using six string version to ensure pickup sensing area was wide enough vii) new black Dunlop straplocks and new black knobs viii) customised chrome/black Hipshot tuners to give a Wal-like style Bass comes with the very nice original hard case. I am firm on £900 shipped in the UK.
  14. franzbassist
    Taking this conversation to PM, thanks.
  15. franzbassist
    Yes it is.
  16. franzbassist
    I think it's quite a common thing with flats that the B and E strings in particular can sound dead and thuddy. Mind you, ten years service isn't a bad return on the investment!
  17. franzbassist
    Yes, I bought them from Bass Direct. Pinged an email to them straight away but no reply yet. They're my usual supplier so I am sure they'll come back at some point.
  18. franzbassist
    Indeed, and I have just looked on their website to see if they mention tolerances on it. I can't find any reference as such: it just says extra long strings are 38£" long, and these aren't!
  19. franzbassist
    Just had an email conversation with La Bella. Even though I have never had a set this short before they are "within acceptable tolerances" and so no action can be taken. Disappointing, but hey ho.....
  20. franzbassist
    Just FYI La Bella extra longs are 38", but can be up to 1/2" shorter/longer.
  21. franzbassist
    Is anyone else having problems with consistent string links from La Bella? White nylon flats have been my go to string on my fretless for years, but lately I’ve noticed there’s a huge variation in how long they can be. I use the extra long strings, which are (should be) 38” ball end to silk, but this latest set are some way short of that!
  22. franzbassist
    Hello John, welcome! There are a few of us from Hampshire here, I'm up in the NE of the county. Cheers Gareth
  23. franzbassist
    I spent a year on exchange at the University of Wisconsin and remember thinking it was really warm outside when it barely got back up to zero during the spring thaw! Oh, and to stay on topic I keep speaker cabs in my garage but nothing more than that.
  24. franzbassist
    Agree, I got some of these recently and they are really decent.
  25. franzbassist
    Did this sell in the end Chris?
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