Delberthot
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I play in a wedding band and there are songs that I either need to drop to the D for the whole song or drop momentarily and then back up again. If you play in a wedding band then there isn't time to tune and retune between songs. Plus for about 90% of what I do I don't need a 5 string bass. I used to use a Hipshot double stop lever which meant that I could flip it to the first point of resistance for D then all the way down for B. I used the low B for Uptown Funk and Get Lucky. It's just another tool for me to use. Personally I have no need for anything with more than 4 strings, something that emulates an upright, fanned frets and so on but if it helps others to achieve what they want then that's fine by me
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Harley Benton Spaceship 40 Pedalboard - *SOLD*
Delberthot replied to Delberthot's topic in Effects For Sale
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Great Scott
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I've decided to have a big clear out of things that I'm really not going to use again. This includes the item below and a few other bits and bobs in other for sale sections: In excellent condition with a carpeted top and space underneath for a power supply. The board measures 450mm x 305mm. In excellent condition and comes with the original bag. The bag is in excellent condition, all zips work etc and it has a pocket in the front for cables etc. Looking for £35 posted for the pedal board to mainland UK. No offers please. Picture attached showing pedalboard with pedals in situ to give you an idea of how much you can fit on there
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Another lockdown purchase. It's never been out of the house and I've maybe spent a couple of hours playing it in total. What I did do when I got it was to set it up properly, including filing the nut down slightly. I didn't take it too far down in case I went too far but the action is pretty low for me and I'm a fairly heavy player. It's fitted with my usual D'addario EXL165 strings ( I think 🤔) They could possibly be Fender nickels in which case they will be 7150Ms as the green ball end on the G looks more like the Fender seafoam green than the D'addario Green. Come with Entwistle PBXN & JBXN pickups which are the super hot and gnarly neodymium pickups. They have individually adjustable poles which you don't see that often for maximum adjustability. Think more along the lines of Tony Franklin than Jaco. The bridge has threaded saddles which look like they could be brass and are a nice touch. The body is made of Okoume which is a hardwood found in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea which is interesting as I ship goods to both countries and didn't know this untill I googled it today. The fingerboard is lignum-rosa. I have no idea what this is or where it's from but looks much like dark rosewood but feels closer to ebony. The neck is maple - I know what maple is so that's one out of 3 😁 It's an unlined board with dots where the frets would be. The nut width is 42mm but is it incredibly shallow so it's still a really quick neck. Using the weighing myself on the scales and then holding the bass method the bass is coming in at a decent 8.9lbs or 3.81kgs in today's money. Alas, after many, many fretless basses I have to admit that I'm just not a fretless player. Not that I can't play it but I'm more of a clanky frets than mwahy fretless player . I still have the original boxes that it came in - the bass box plus the outer box that they also come in to offer additional protection so postage isn't going to be an issue. Postage to mainland UK will be £35 with UPS, Parcelforce 48 is £20 and if you're a gambling man (or woman) Hermes' "chuck it across the fence" service is £26. Collection is also welcome. I haven't boxed it up yet in case anyone wants more pictures -
I think that the main reason for keeping Ricks banned should be that that they are terrible, uncomfortable and badly made yet every time I see one I want one. I had one of the midnite blue ones from about 2006 that had the runny paint. It hadn't cured properly so ran under the varnish and turned the binding pale blue The ban is the only reason I haven't bought another one recently despite knowing that as soon as I get it I'll hate it and sell it again
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Any time I've changed knobs I always pull them up a bit so they clear the scratchplate.
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D'addario EXL165s for me but I fancy trying something different like GHS Boomers or even trying a lighter gauge and raising my action a bit
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Are we talking about necks fitted to MIM Fenders or the Fender necks that you can buy on their own? If it's ones that come fitted then there are lots of choice - modern C, Mid-60s C, 70s C, thin C. 12", 7.25" or 9" radius with vintage or medium jumbo frets I think most of these are available on their own as well The Player plus series have rolled edges and satin finish, the Flea has road worn nitro, the 75th anniversary has a satin finish as does the standard Player series. It only seems to be the Vintera and Geddy Lee models that have the gloss finish on the back of the neck I've just got this from the Fender website
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I used one of these for years so I could use my cab or combo as a monitor I then moved onto a mixer stand later on when I got my Fender Rumble 500 combo
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Overly coplicated pedals was the main reason for me getting the Bassbone. At first glance I was wondering how the hell I was going to work out how to use it but realistically I all I need to do is plug my bass into channel 2 and use the 4 controls in yellow. That's it, essentially a 3 band EQ with a volume control. It can do loads of stuff but that's all I need it to do You'll probably find that there are a lot of other pedals that also seem complicated but if you just focus on the section you need then the rest may be incidental and not necesssary to use immediately
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It depends what you want to achieve. My own personal opinion of what has worked for me is only having had a few structured lessons so I don't feel restricted to playing certain notes or shapes. Others may think that it's helped them but the lack of knowledge of scales etc has been the biggest help to me becoming the bass player I am today. I have no idea what I am playing, I just play something and if it sounds good then that's great, if it doesn't then surely it's just jazz? 😁 The other thing that has worked for me and has been mentioned above is playing with people who are at least as good as you are as this challenges you. Plus if they're good then you can forget about what they're playing as they know exactly what they're doing and focus on what you want to play. I started at age 12 and played every minute I could to the annoyance of our neighbours and it took me until about the age of 17 before I thought I was good enough to go out and gig. Since about 1995 I have been fortunate to play with an incredible keyboard player. If we are asked for a song then 99% of the time he will try it regardless of whether we've done it before. It does take time but after a while I gained the confidence to play it as loud as it should be rather than playing it quietly in case I made a mistake. Most people would rather that you tried and made a few mistakes than refuse. Since I began playing in 1987 all I've ever done is play along to songs that I like and picked up stuff along the way. I've also been fortunate to be given carte blanche to play whatever I wanted whether it be octave 16ths during 500 miles by the Proclaimers or slapping over part of Brown Eyed Girl. Some things work (the former) and some things don't (the latter) I just want what I've always wanted and that's to have fun. Some people drink, take drugs or smoke but I do none of these things so playing in a band is my buzz, my high. Anyway I realise that I've actually made this all about me 🤔 but if something isn't working for you then try something different or put the bass down and then go back to it later in the day or a couple of days later
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At the rate some of us go through basses it's only a matter of time.
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That's what took the longest time when building my current bass with Status neck and Warmoth body. The thing that I wasn't expecting was that as soon as you drill through the carbon fibre to make the holes for the tuners it feels like there is nothing but air in the middle so you suddenly go from lots of resistance to none. Luckily I still have quite quick reaction times so I was able to stop before I ended up drilling all the way through to the front. After reading a lot about how to work with these necks, mainly on this forum, I chose a drill size larger than I normally would have used with wood. I even bought digital callipers so that I could get the drill as close to the size of the screws as I could. Also, use new drills, or at least very sharp ones. Easily the most terrifying part of putting it all together but well worth it
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Interesting you should mention that because I have no idea if Hotone is pronounced Hot One or Hoe Tone My first bass was a Marlin Slammer P copy. It was red with a maple fretboard. The reason I got a bass was because everyone wanted me to get a guitar and I tend to do the opposite of what everyone wants, even as a 12 year old lad. The reason it was red with a maple fretboard is because by 1987 I was a huge Queen fan and had seen JD using one in the One Vision video. By the time I was about 15 the frets were filed down with a massive flat file as I'd seen a picture of JD using a maple fretless on the inside gatefold sleeve of the Live Killers album. Then the paint was chipped off, then emultioned over then sanded back down. The chrome started peeling off the bridge. Less than a year later it was a complete mess so my mum took me to Sound Control in Edinburgh on my 16th birthday and I got my first proper bass and one that I'd have back in a heartbeat - a Riverhead Jupiter in metallic graphite, original Badass bridge and hard case that weighed twice as much as the bass. The Marlin went in the bin
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I used to wind them up over on the Rickresource forum when they used to wax lyrical about McCartney's tone on the Rick by telling them that he got the same sounding thud regardless of what he was playing
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Radial Tonebone Bassbone V2 - ON HOLD - *SOLD*
Delberthot replied to Delberthot's topic in Effects For Sale
I am interested in trying out a Wampler Ego compressor, the full sized one so would be up for a trade for one of those or possibly a Keeley Bassist limiting amplifier compressor -
Or in a thread asking for recommendations for which flats to go for someone piping up with "flats are for old farts" 😀
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What a great name for an album Can just imagine BLT or Fluff Freeman announcing - "here's a song off the latest album by King Crimson called Circus Exhibits and W@nkery"
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I bought this a couple of years ago, started putting together a Police era Sting bass and never finished it. The tuner holes were enlarged to fit a set of Fender Player Precision tuners which came off it when I sold the bass they were on. The holes on the back were for the same tuners. The holes were made with a large round file so they're not the neatest but the ferrules hide the kackhandedness of my work when fitted The all important dimensions are: nut width: 38mm Heel width: 63mm Depth at 1st fret: 20mm Depth at the heel: 26mm There are a few small imprefections on the neck that I had trouble seeing under the light, never mind actually photographing. It's incredibly polished so very tricky to get decent pictures under artificial light. I've just tried the truss rod and it moves freely in both directions. I've just had a new Next armschair delivered and believe it or not the allen key that you get to attach the legs to the base is the same size as the truss rod nut so I'll pack this along with the bass Looking for £80 posted to mainland UK or best offer -
And rough anodized scratchplates that can file your nails and take the callouses off your fingers. Seriously though, I'm thinking about changing mine as after 1 gig it looks like a giant nail file covered in powdered skin. Disgusting I know but I've spent the last 34 years building up my callouses and I'm not about to buff them down to the level they were at when I was 12 years old with a scratchplate.
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Pedals that have names that don't tell you what they are. e.g. The "Rectal Convivial Bucket Trumpet" might be the best octave pedal in the world but if you don't tell me that's what it is then how do I know what it is? There are a few pedals in the for sale section with interesting names but I have no clue what they are and the description doesn't tell me either.
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Radial Tonebone Bassbone V2 - ON HOLD - *SOLD*
Delberthot replied to Delberthot's topic in Effects For Sale
The first of the potential preamp pedals to replace this will be here in the next week so I am open to reasonable offers -
DR Neon strings: can one buy singles? especifically a B string.
Delberthot replied to mcnach's topic in General Discussion
There used to be a seller on Ebay in the US that did individual strings. I got one of every colour on my Yamaha trb6 -
I think that the best way to describe it is that it is the same as turning a screw - clockwise to tighten and anticlockwise to loosen regardless of what end the truss rod is on. I bought myself a Vintera P a couple of weeks ago and luckily got the truss rod adjustment spot on the first time I did it. There is a way to do it without completely removing the neck but mine has the tightest neck/body join I've had on a bass which is good in one way but not as far as removal goes. I had to completely remove mine to do it
