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  1. franzbassist
    PRICE DROP! £88 POSTED FOR ALL FOUR SETS!! I love these strings, but they aren’t quite long enough to fit my through-body 34.5” scale basses, so looking to move them on. Developed for Chicago Music Exchange by La Bella. Pure nickel roundwound wrap on a hex core. No silks at either end. 37" winding length Tension I would say is medium Tone is classic nickel: warm, with sweet highs Feel is wonderful; they are so smooth your fingers fly over them with much less squeak than normal rounds. New and unopened, I have four of the 45-130 sets available: £88 posted for the four or £24 posted per set. Thanks Gareth
  2. franzbassist
    Some serious thread derailment has occurred.....😯
  3. franzbassist
    And sold!
  4. franzbassist
    Never gigged black leather strap from Pinegrove in Hebden Bridge. A lovely piece of thick but soft leather: should last for years. 3" wide and standard length, so adjustable from 38" to 54". Strap end holes are punched for Dunlop straplocks. These are £60 new, so this is a third off for what is essentially a new strap.
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    Current authorised repair in the UK is by Real Electronics in Sheffield. They charge a £35 fee to diagnose the fault and then advise how much repair will cost (parts and labour plus VAT and a £15 postage fee). They deduct the £35 from the repair bill if you use them to fix the issue.
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    The 151 is about 8.5cm wider than the combo, so the latter should sit nicely atop the former. Should look something like this? Yes they won't match exactly, but does it really matter if it sounds good? I've mixed driver sizes many times over the years and never thought it sounded bad. More than anything, I think the 15 will just make your sound "bigger" and more rounded. If I was running said setup I'd dial the piezo out of one of the cabs entirely, probably the combo. I might also think about angling the combo up so that it becomes more like a monitor. This might also detract visually from the different speaker sizes
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    The "B" in the neck stamp refers to the neck width, which is 1 5/8″
  8. franzbassist
    Very nice, but remember the 5 refers to the neck type (i.e. a P bass), not the day of the month.
  9. franzbassist
    Here's my Marcus Limited in situ at a gig. Does it really look that bad? And anyway, it sounds fantastic!
  10. franzbassist
    Enrico Pasini at Wood&Tronics makes some very good stuff. He's in Staranzano in the NE corner of the country
  11. franzbassist
    I know he's had a fair few endorsements over the years......
  12. franzbassist
    No it's just a generic graph off Google to show the concept of how the band pass works. Should have made that clearer I guess!
  13. franzbassist
    I have a Little Marcus 800 and love it. The five band EQ is superb, and the VLE is pretty much the same as the one found on the Litte Mark range (slightly different EQ points). The Millerizer function is a band pass filter than only passes frequencies between 5 and 12kHz. I find it to be very musical: it just adds a nice treble sheen to the sound IMO. That said, if I had the choice of a band pass filter or the para eq on the new version of the Marcus, I would choose the latter in a heartbeat.
  14. franzbassist
    This +1
  15. franzbassist
    I doubt very much that is "roadworn". It looks like a proper bit of damage.
  16. franzbassist
    Smooth preamp sale to Richard. All good here
  17. franzbassist
    This is a crazy good deal.
  18. franzbassist
    Try removing and refitting the offending string, making sure it's well seated in the bridge, saddle and nut. If that doesn't sort it try a different set of strings to see if that cures the problem.
  19. franzbassist
    Bought for an acoustic project that went nowhere. Absolutely brand new and also comes with a mains PSU. 17-volt, high-headroom, discrete Class-A preamp 5-band tone control with sweep-mid and low frequency filter EQ mode tailors EQ for bass or most other instruments Phase control and precision notch filter reduces feedback One-knob adjustable compressor smooths playing dynamics Integrated fully-chromatic digital tuner Volume boost foot switch with level control (+12 dB) Balanced XLR D.I. with pre/post EQ setting and ground lift Cost me £200. Yours for £160 posted or £150 collected.
  20. franzbassist
    Not that simple, especially if you're singing as well. My nomination is "Don't break my heart again" by Whitesnake.
  21. franzbassist
    That looks fab. If someone would buy my (8lb) Franz PJ I’d have this off you in a heartbeat!
  22. franzbassist
    Some dowel rods will clean that right up.....
  23. franzbassist
    I'd say it's possibly less about the watts and more about the amount of air you're moving. I have no personal experience of those cabs, but the C8 should be a considerable step up from the C4.
  24. franzbassist
    Used but not abused fusion shell set. Some oxidising to chrome. Newish Evans 360 batter heads on all toms. 22” kick with Pearl muffler 14” floating floor tom 12” tom 10” tom 14” snare Buyer collects from Hampshire.
  25. franzbassist
    My Franz basses ❤️
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