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  1. Delberthot
    My Chromes sound just as bright and trebbly after a year than they did when they were new.
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    Personally, it would have to be Sting's single coil Precision, not the current Fender model, his actual one And, a 30th anniversay unlined fretless Stingray of which I think there were 20 or 28 made
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    [quote name='skidder652003' timestamp='1382899277' post='2257782'] Oh I forgot to mention, the manager (ess) came up afterwards and said the feedback from the regulars was very positive ..... [/quote] holding the mic too close to the speakers were they?
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    EB recommend Murphy's Oil soap which I haven't been able to find in the UK, however, [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Soap-floors-furniture-wood-surfaces/dp/B00383OJ2Q"]this[/url] is apprently very similar, if not the same.
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    There are loads of short scale choices out there now if you want something that sounds different. Squier have the Mustang, Tele in 2 versions, The Mikey Way Mustang & Bronco. Fender have the Mustang and Pawn Shop Mustang. Gretsch do the Junior Jet 1 & 2 and so on. I don't think there's ever been so much choice for short scale basses. If you want to go down the route of picking and choices woods, electronics etc, Warmoth now do [url="http://www.warmoth.com/Bass/ShortScale/"]short scale[/url] designs
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    I've been having a good old rake around for a second bass to go with the Precision and have been on Youtube a lot looking for some demos to give me a rough idea of what something will sound like. Is it just me or do the vast majority of people who post on Youtube not have any concept of the purpose of a demo? ie to give someone else an idea of how it sounds in a normal band situation. If I hear another video of "Portrait of Tracy" then I'm going to throw something at the telly. Likewise for tapping and general w***iness. I want to hear a bass played with fingers, a pick and slapped as a last resort. I want to hear a fretless played normally and not with vibrato covering 5 frets on every note. There's even an official Fender video where the entire demo is with a pick with heavy distortion so you can't even hear the bloody thing properly. Also demos of certain basses tend to be played the way you'd expect them to be played. ie every Hofner violin bass is played with a plectrum, every old school semi acoustic is played with the right hand at the end of the neck. I've heard the bass player from either Airborne or Wolfmother playing an Epiphone Jack Cassady with a pick and it sounded awesome
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    [quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1382422015' post='2251820'] I've seen some s/h ones on eBay for silly money [/quote] You're not kidding - I've just had a look and there's a fair few have sold for less than £1000 As much as Ilike the colour I think the blue may not be for me as it'll show up every little swirl & finger mark. I'd love to get my Blue Boy back. [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/Rickenbackers/DSC01673Large.jpg.html"][/url]
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    I'm looking specifically for a Rick 4003 in midnight blue but nowhere I've checked so far has one in stock and they're all months away from having any. Has anyone been anywhere recently that has had any in stock? Thanks in advance
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    Price drop time. £320 + £12 postage by bank transfer, cash or gold dabloons
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    Of course - here's my car, you can clearly see the registration, there are cameras in the car park, you can clearly see me so the obvious next move is to bludgeon you to death with a tyre iron Bumtree seems to attract a lot of tyre kickers and crackpots
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    This is still for sale - the guy who was interested in it accused me of being dodgy because I offered to meet up with him in a car park to make it easier for him to get to me. Very angry right now
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    I have some interest on Bumtree so if anyone's been watching this and interested then let me know.
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    Panic over - I've been gigging the last few nights so hadn't had the chance to respond due to trying to catch up on sleep. PM sent
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    I don't think that there's enough between them that can't be sorted with a change of strings or an adjustment of your amp. If you prefer the look of something then don't go getting something that you don't like as much. For example if you click on the link below in my sig for my Precision, I would never even have gone to Glasgow to look at it had it been a rosewood fretboard, never mind bought it. Likewise, if you look at the olympic white jazz that I am selling, I would never have bought it in the first place had it been maple.
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    I've been asked to provide some sound clips so go easy on me, its the first time I've done this. They were recorded on the Jazz using the Rotoround Flats directly into a Line6 Backtrack. I haven't touched the recordings (wouldn't know how to ) and they include all mistakes. Sir Duke & Kansas were with bridge volume full and neck slightly rolled off, Hey Bulldog was the opposite way round and there's a wee jam thing in there where I swap from one to the other [url="https://soundcloud.com/delberthot/sir-duke-wav"]https://soundcloud.c...ot/sir-duke-wav[/url] [url="https://soundcloud.com/delberthot/hey-bulldog-wav"]https://soundcloud.c...hey-bulldog-wav[/url] [url="https://soundcloud.com/delberthot/jam-wav"]https://soundcloud.c...berthot/jam-wav[/url] [url="https://soundcloud.com/delberthot/carry-on-wav"]https://soundcloud.c...ot/carry-on-wav[/url]
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    A very good price
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    Well I did take this to tonight's gig and all I can say is wow. I was playing through the house backline which is an Ampeg PF500 and an Ampeg cab that sounds like it is full of cotton wool - at least that's how it makes you sound Although it did not sound as good as it would through my setup I was very impressed with it. Playability is fantastic. It was an effortless gig and I found the funk that had been hiding since I began my rock phase a couple of years ago If it's still here on Saturday then I'll be gigging it. I believe the backline supplied is an SVT Pro II and 8x10" although I'll still take my own just in case I don't get on with it
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    I'm giving serious thought to taking this to Whistle Binkies in Edinburgh for tonight's gig to give it another try and also if there's any local interest you can hear this tonight from 9.45
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    Jazz

    Delberthot replied to jezzaboy's topic in Gear Gallery

    This is one I'm currently selling [URL=http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/Mex%20Jazz%20Olympic%20White/DSC02635_zps273ea831.jpg.html][IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/Mex%20Jazz%20Olympic%20White/DSC02635_zps273ea831.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/Mex%20Jazz%20Olympic%20White/DSC02616_zps05a345f0.jpg.html][IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/Mex%20Jazz%20Olympic%20White/DSC02616_zps05a345f0.jpg[/IMG][/URL] A VM Fretless I once had [URL=http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/Squier%20Fretless%20VM%20Jazz/DSC06350Large.jpg.html][IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/Squier%20Fretless%20VM%20Jazz/DSC06350Large.jpg[/IMG][/URL] And another [URL=http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/Various%20Basses%20on%20the%20Couch/DSC04544Medium.jpg.html][IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/Various%20Basses%20on%20the%20Couch/DSC04544Medium.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Trace T-bass fretless [URL=http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/Various/JPEGImage1216521Large.jpg.html][IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/Various/JPEGImage1216521Large.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I've had a few more but can't find any pics
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    My Roto flats cost me £30 and I've had them 5 years, don't get much cheaper than that. £6 per year
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    As well as preserving the label inside with the model number I also had the foresight to take a picture of the model number as well in case I needed to contact Ibanez to see about a replacement decal etc and I believe that should the EQ not be fixable it is still possible to buy them or at least was the last time I checked
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    This is what it looks like now: [URL=http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DWB3/DSC02672_zpsd9fd0668.jpg.html][IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/DWB3/DSC02672_zpsd9fd0668.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DWB3/DSC02669_zpsc0fe609f.jpg.html][IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/DWB3/DSC02669_zpsc0fe609f.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DWB3/DSC02664_zps2db0de1f.jpg.html][IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/DWB3/DSC02664_zps2db0de1f.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DWB3/DSC02663_zps87899218.jpg.html][IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/DWB3/DSC02663_zps87899218.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DWB3/DSC02662_zpsab4193ae.jpg.html][IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/DWB3/DSC02662_zpsab4193ae.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DWB3/DSC02661_zpsaa424190.jpg.html][IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/DWB3/DSC02661_zpsaa424190.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DWB3/DSC02659_zps8c16c1b6.jpg.html][IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/DWB3/DSC02659_zps8c16c1b6.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DWB3/DSC02657_zpse3922f30.jpg.html][IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/DWB3/DSC02657_zpse3922f30.jpg[/IMG][/URL] To be honest, after taking these pictures it doesn't appear to be as bad as I've made it out to be
  23. Delberthot
    This bass was my main gigging bass for about 6 months. When I first received it, the area below the controls had been broken off due to being dropped or something. Luckily it came with all the pieces of wood so I was slowly able to rebuild it all using wood glue and clamps. I then spent time filling in the areas where the little splinters of wood were missing and spent a long time sanding it down and sprayed it in one of my favourite colours, Ford Imperial Blue. I decided later on to completely strip it down and give it the gunstock oil finish but I got so far and its been left untouched for a number of months now. My current options are to pay someone to finish it for me or to sell it on to someone who will spend the time needed to get this beautiful looking bass back to looking its best. The bass will come with:[list] [*]control and battery covers [*]brass nut [*]Hipshot tuners [*]Schaller Straplocks (the body end at least but I think I should still have the strap end) [*]a replacement bridge as the intonation screws on the original were jammed and rounded on the original one but I will supply the original if I still have it [*]The original EMG P4 & J4 pickups [*]A full v/v/t solderless EMG wiring harness [*]Knobs [/list] I will also include the original EQ whch I couldn't get to work as well as a set of Rosound flats that had been fitted to it. All the hardware is gold plated. In use I found the bass to be very light in typical Ibanez fashion and also has the corresponding narrow neck. Its a neckthrough of maple and bubinga with ash wings and rosewood fretboard with abalone oval inlays. This bass was about £900 when it was new, given that it's basically only really going to need time, a heat gun & sandpaper - I'll even include the bottle of gunstock oil I was going to use to finish it off - I'm looking for £260 posted in its original case Whoever gets this and finishes it off is going to have a very good bass and I am going to be one very jealous bass player but I have nethier the time to do it or the funds to pay someone (unless someone on this forum could do it for much cheapness) and now the pictures: This is what it should look like: [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DWB3/021-5-3_zps30e269eb.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DWB3/019-3-3_zps18c6ef1e.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DWB3/017-4-1_zpsb4f69c95.jpg.html"][/url] What it looked llike when I got it: [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DWB3/DSC09801Large_zps4359ec04.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DWB3/DSC09798Large_zps5d0d146d.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DWB3/DSC09790Large_zpse3b65c71.jpg.html"][/url] What it looked like after I repaired the break but before filling the bits that were missing [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DWB3/DSC00820Large_zpsbe6310c1.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DWB3/DSC00818Large_zpsbec77556.jpg.html"][/url]
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    This model is now a few years old, maybe 2005/6 I think and before the VM CV ranges. I think its just a Squier Precision Precial with matched headstock and mirrored scratchplate
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    I think the correct word looking for is satisfaction - satisfaction that after 90+ basses, dozens of amp, cabs, effects, strings etc I'm really happy with what I have interms of sounds, looks, playability and grin factor when I'm playing. Don't get me wrong, this bass sounds fantastic and I used for a few songs at the weekend but its no longer the sound I'm looking for. In fact I had it running with the neck pickup on full and bridge slightly down contrary to what a lot of others do and I preferred the sound. Nice bassy tone but still very clear.
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