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Delberthot

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  1. I went through a hell of a lot of basses before coming back to the original P bass. I went through about 8 Stingrays and 4 Ricks before I realised that they were not for me. Modulus, Warwick, other stuff that i can't even remember. 5, 6, 8 & 12 string basses. Fretless and fretted. Acoustic & semi acoustic. A very basic bass but the only one for me. I've had the gold one now for over a year which is the longest I've owned a bass apart from my 'none blacker' Musicman SR5 that I had for 4 years.
  2. I believe that Tom Petersson from Cheap Trick is using these now
  3. I couldn't get mine to sound anything like the Rick you hear on recordings. It seemed to sound more like a Stingray. Conversely my Stingrays seemed to sound like Jazz basses, my Warmoth '57 sounds like a Rick and my gold Warmoth sounds like a Stingray since I made it active. You'd probably be surprised at Chris Squire though. You'll probably find that a lot of stuff you believed was played on a Rick was actually his Mouradian or one of his other squillion basses that he uses live.
  4. Yip, I bought said Boss GT6-B and have just sold it. Utterly fantastic effects (don't even think about it) but I found myself using them on about half a dozen songs meaing that the rest of the time it was as much use as a chocolate fireguard. Every so often I buy effects, probably just to remond myself how I don't need them and that my direct sound is so much better. Same reason I get myself a fretless bass every now and then.
  5. The slinkies have now gone - to me. I've just put them on my Gold Warmoth P
  6. Boss GT6-B happily now with its new owner despite DHLs finest efforts to the contrary
  7. good old Ty John
  8. I believe that its a Fuktifino Persizion Base
  9. [quote name='alexclaber' post='352396' date='Dec 12 2008, 08:33 AM']Good idea! (And I presume you'll be deracking and getting rid of the big flashy tuner too! I had one of those in my rack for years because it looked cool but I started to notice it was never getting used - probably a lot more useful if you play a dodgy 'vintage' bass that doesn't hold its tuning well and you have roadies...) Alex[/quote] My plan is to sell the amp, rack & tuner - yes it is flashy, does the knightrider sweep with the LEDs when its not being used! Me likey flashy lights. I use the cab on a Giraffe cab stand pointing up at me and plan on making something so that I can have the new amp sitting just below the cab attached to the stand with a really short speakon-speakon cable going to the cab. I'm also going to bring my Korg pedal tuner out of retirement and use this on the floor right underneath the cab. Another reason for looking into the BFM cab was that I could modify the design to accomodate the amp. This will free up the space where my rack normally sits on a keyboard stand so that i can get myself a sturdy music stand instead of those floppy ones that fall over when you breathe on them. I'm going to have a light on there so i can actually read my music and position the band's lighting controller on this as well.
  10. There are a fair few of us north of the border. I know that I wouldn't have a problem going round to check something for someone living further away for the cost of the train/bus/petrol. I know there are guys on here who have done the same. Actually that might be a good thing to have somewhere. A list of people who would be willing to go and check out something, where they live and the area they are willing to travel in. That could also pose a problem in that what if the person checked the item and when it got to the buyer it didn't work or wasn't exactly the same. I suppose as long as the seller asked specific questions, the fact finder could answer them and possibly take certain pictures requested by the seller. we could have a disclaimer of some sort to cover this. We could work something out. Would certainly come in handy if I wanted to buy something from 'that London' but wasn't 100% convinced that it was what i thought it was.
  11. I'm going to fire this on Ebay tomorrow and if it doesn't sell there I'll keep it. If anyone's interested then PM me before it goes. I am open to offers as well.
  12. I want a bicycle! fantastic. Overnight I've managed to receive enough information to decide to keep my existing cab. Thanks for everyone's help. I think I'll just get the lightweight amp which comes in at about 20% of the weight of my current one (excluding rack & rack tuner) and see if Jorg can do me one of those telescopic dollies that attach to the cab so I can wheel it around
  13. I plan on going seriously ultra light next year. I love my Schroeder 1212L but it is far too much for what i need it for. I was using it out front with my rock band but we're not playing so it only gets used as a monitor. I have the input volume on my GK 700RB II at 11 o'clock and the output at 9, sometimes 10 o'clock. Not sure exactly how much power I'm chucking out the amp with these settings. The cab is a 4 ohm fellow. The plan is to go lighter and possibly smaller. I like the idea of the Omni 10.5 with the smaller size and light weight but also like the idea of the DR250 as they seem to be more efficient than the omni cabs are. My plan was also to make them from 9mm rather than 12mm ply to reduce the weight further. I don't have a problem with the construction. I like a challenge so either one is possible. I have read a lot about these cabs here, finnbass & on Bill's own forum as well as a few other sites where they get compared to other cabs in terms of efficiency. I can't find any efficiency specs on the omnis. Does anyone know how they compare to the Schroeder cabs since they are pretty efficient themselves? I've seen the DR250 in the for sale section but its too far away and I know these things are expensive to ship properly or I'd have snapped it up to try it out myself. I think I've checked everything I could before posting this thread but if I've missed anything then feel free to point me in the right direction.
  14. What amp do you have? I have my rack tuner coming out of the tuner output on my GK700RB II and mute the signal with the tuner mute button. If you didn't have this then there should be an in and an out on the tuner(?) I've never had a good look at one before. If you plug your bass into the tuner input and then run a patch lead from the output to the amp then pressing the mute button on the tuner should mute anything from coming out of your backline and the PA and enable you to tune up in silence
  15. Thanks, GK do make the finest tranny amps IMO.
  16. Amended price to include delivery - details in the first post.
  17. [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='350080' date='Dec 9 2008, 07:00 PM']Needs to be painted blue now [/quote] With matching chequerboard scratchplate? :brow:
  18. I was bored one day so tried out different Photoshop filters and like this one. So yes, its the same bass
  19. The bass is now definitely for sale, price added.
  20. Don't see why not. I just thought about selling someone the complete package but it could be done. I won't have any use for the tuner or the rack so they will still be getting sold anyway.
  21. Anybody? Do I smell or something?
  22. I forgot to say that the neck has Jazz nut width rather than Precision. The neck's really fast but as I've mentioned before, I played 5 & 6 string basses for quite a few years before coming back to the 4 so any neck is slim to me. I forgot to say that when I was drilling the holes for the bridge cover, I drilled one in the wrong place. You can't see it as it is but would if you took the cover off.
  23. I've now decided to definitely sell this bass. Pictures are below It is a phenomenal bass, very fat, almost tubey sound through my GK and amazing to play. The specs are as follows: Swamp ash body finished in butterscotch blonde maple neck with vintage satin laquer and vintage Fender sized fret wire and Jazz width neck Gotoh Resolite lightweight reverse action tuners Tusq nut Lollar '51 pickup Gotoh 201 bridge CTS pots, vintage wiring, Fender US jack, paper in oil cap. Chrome pickup and bridge covers Maple single screw tugbar Black single ply scratchplate Schaller straplocks Optima chrome plated strings The specs are exactly as per a '57 pre-facelift single coil P bass would be except where I have had to substitute for parts no longer available, such as CTS pots instead of the original Stackpole ones. I use this bass with a GK 700RB II and Schroeder 1212L and it produces are really big, fat, warm, growly sounds but remains very clear. it has really good balance and the action is pretty low on it as well. Being on a couple of months old it is in excellent condition. the only visible marks are cracking of the laquer round the jack socket when I was building it. The marks are very small and you have to look very carefully to be able to see them. Despite drilling pilot holes, I still managed to snap 3 of the screws for the machineheads. Luckily there was only one snappage per machine so it doesn't affect their ability to do their job. i was going to glue the heads back on but didn't get round to it. I think I still have the heads somewhere it comes complete with a non-Fender tweed case as seen in the above pictures which finishes the look nicely. At today's exchange rate, this bass would cost you over £800 to buy which is the cost for the parts alone. This doesn't include the time taken to assemble, take the laquer off the frets and set the bass up. What you are getting here is a made in USA bass but far better quality than a similar US made Fender IMO. There are no rough edges, bad finish or poorly put togeher components. it may not have the Fender name on it but it is twice the bass a regular USA made Fender is IMO. Make no mistake,you will be getting an extremely well put together bass that sounds absolutely fantastic. Not to mention that you cannot buy anything of this spec in any shop Bearing all this in mind and considering that there isn't anything else like this available off the shelf I have decided a price of £600. This price includes delivery to mainland UK,excluding the usual postcodes that attract a supplement.
  24. As the title says, the amp is a GK700RB II. Bought new in August 2006. it is in perfect condition as it has been racked since day 1. I look after my gear so as soon as i have finished a gig, the lid goes on the rack. Its currently at the hotel where my band is doing the Chirstmas party nights so I won't be able to look at it until next Friday but it may be possible that there may be a tiny amount of paint scrape round about where the screw go into the rack as I have had various set ups in the last couple of years so it has been in 4u, 6u & 8u racks. I haven't noticed any but that's not to say that there won't be any. The tuner is a Fender RT1000 and is also in perfect condition and is linked to the amp permanently with a Planet Waves patch cable. It has blue LEDs and if you're in tune you light up the big Fender 'F' in the middle. If there is no signal going through it for a few minutes, it starts doing the Knightrider sweep thing. The rack is an IMG Stageline which is also in excellent condition. Being the part that protects what's inside it, there will probably be a couple of very superficial marks on it but nothing else. On the back of the rack I have zip tied a 4 way extension to a blank rack panel so that both components are plugged in permanently with shortened kettle leads meaning that you only need to connect to 1 socket. It also means that you can connect other stuff to the extension as well. Everything I own is in excellent condition. Nothing is touched by anyone except me. I never loan out any of my equipment. You get the idea. I'd prefer to sell this as a complete unit as it will be easier and safer to post in its rack. Given the great condition of this equipment I am looking for £350 plus postage. For the Scottish contingent- I could probably deliver this to you this week within reasonable distance for the cost of petrol there and back.
  25. [quote name='lozbass' post='347755' date='Dec 7 2008, 10:47 AM'][b]I came across an Alembic Series II a few months ago[/b]...my other basses are certainly not 'in the bin', but there's an absolute chasm in tone and playability[/quote] You like them that much? :brow:
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