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    What separates your band from the other bands in the areas you work in? - I'd say it's that we are an originals band and never play covers. What do you have that others don't? - Tricky to answer without sounding a bit arsy, a couple of seriously good musicians (and then me as a counterpoint). I'd like to think our songs are lyrically interesting and cover a number of styles and from the bass perspective there are not many songs without an excursion beyond the 12th fret. I know, sorry brethren. If you were pitching your band to a prospect, what would be your bast selling point. - We are very reliable. You can also add in areas where you think your band struggles. - It needs a decent bass player.
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    Not to forget their sister band The Trumps
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    Ooof, that sounds like an extreme version of the SD Quarter Pounders. My only experience of those was in a Nate Mendel P bass and to my ears it was a horrible sounding thing like being slapped around the face by harsh mids and lacking any depth or warmth. Only useable with the vol turned down and the tone backed off. Obvs YMMV but not a pleasant experience for me personally.
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    I'm going to check what I have knocking about in the garage at lunchtime.
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    I have a set of Dukes in my Jet Jazz and lovely things they are too. Great value at £65 for the set too.
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    Suddenly the Fodera P bass looks to be good value.
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    Hi folks As part of my ongoing gear clear out I have a Warwick Rockpower NT 1 power supply rated at 9V 200mA. £7.50 inc P&P to UK mainland.
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    Something a bit left field but the Tonerider The Duke J set are really good and have that deep warmth you describe at c.£65.
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    It's a doddle. Loosed the screw that holds everything in place. Then the spacing screw (which just clamps the setting you choose), set the spacing and tighten everything up again. There's a short vid here which takes the saddle out but you can do everything with it in situ.
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    Oooof, beautiful.
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    And in 3TSB too it would seem
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    What is the string spacing at the bridge please?
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    I'll bring mine along too. They are indeed lovely things.
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    Is that an actual Sandberg one or another make?
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    I think it's a missed opportunity that Sandberg don't offer a detuner as I think there would be a good take-up.
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    Thanks for the message. I have got pictures of quite a lot of them and I did think of doing a (very) mini personal version of Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass, but I am wondering what She Who Must Be Feared And Obeyed would do if it was ever discovered. Most likely something injurious to my health and wellbeing.
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    In terms of the TM style basses, I bought this last year. One of the Thomann 70th Anniversary Electra basses but a B stock item so really good value and, Brucie bonus, I couldn't find a single thing wrong with it. The only difference I can see between this and a full fat German-made bass is the matt black finish is solid rather than transparent so maybe the Alder body is not quite as good, the tuners I think are probably slightly cheaper, the controls lack the switch to split the coils on the MM pickup. The gunmetal hardware I believe is not available in Germany (maybe you can ask for it). The neck pickup is humbucking and the EQ does have the volume that you can pull to get the passive option with the treble acting as a rough and ready tone control. Plenty of options and actually a real Swiss Army knife of a bass and weighs in at just under 4kgs. Mandatory pics.:
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    Gorgeous bass. Eude is a top banana so deal in confidence folks.
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    Welcome along. I think the golden rule is that, when it comes to bass purchases, minimum disclosure applies. It's certainly keep me breathing.
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    I have a Sandberg TM bass which has a MM pickup that is a little closer to the bridge than the Stingray and a humbucking single coil (yes I know, but you know what I'm trying to say here) that is about 1cm closer to the 12th fret than a standard P bass. Crucially it also has an active passive switch in the preamp and the treble control turns into a slightly agricultural tone control. In a live music situation it does a very passable P bass sound in passive mode. Just my thoughts, and I'm sure purists will be burning effigies of me within minutes I've not tried a passive"Stingray" tone yet, but will give it a go to see what it sounds like.
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    Hi Will, I'd say around £15-20. Any more than that I'd cover it.
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    Now sold elsewhere. Hi folks, here's a brand new set of EMG J pickups for your consideration. £100 collected or £110 posted to UK mainland by Special Delivery service
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    Is the punter still walking without a limp?
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    Hi folks, for sale is my OLP bass in black with a BWB pickguard, a nice looking Rosewood board and black hardware (honourable exceptions being the jack socket nut and washer and the jack plate on the bottom of the bass; see below). I think these were mostly made around 2006 in China under licence by Ernie Ball and were the forerunners of the SBMM bases. My research would suggest that this is one of the 3rd series basses characterised by: Small bridge plate as on modern Stingrays, with studs flanking the saddles, as on Stingrays. The body edges have a smaller radius. Many black, silver and metallic blue finishes. Lots of rosewood fingerboards. Basswood body. No natural finishes to speak of, but quilt and flame top veneers appeared. The usual passive VVT controls. Necks stayed wide but relatively shallow profile (the nut width is 42mm) The bass is in good condition as I hope you can see from the photos. Black basses are a bit of a ‘mare for me to capture properly (so any tips welcome) and I’d be happy to produce more pics as required. As is often the case, this bass has been modded or upgraded (depending upon your POV) as follows: The almost standard upgrade to fit a Retrovibe Stinger ’77 preamp. This is one of the newer ones with smaller pots to allow more space for board and battery. Warman MM4 AlNiCo; there is plenty of info on the Warman website. It’s a really nice sounding pickup imho and currently wired in parllel. I have hollowed out the control cavity a bit more to allow the battery and preamp PCB to fit more comfortably flat on the bottom of the cavity. The knobs are now Spector knobs. Sorry I don’t have the originals, but I think these look way nicer. Again YMMV The previous owner has created a hole for a jack socket on the bottom of the bass (please see the pics). The bottom jack socket is not currently in use, but I was thinking about adding in the Artec QDD onboard overdrive unit (also for sale on here) and moving the jack there again. Please check out the Low-End Lobster mod video for creating a budget version of the SBMM Dark Ray. The bass comes fitted with D’Addario EXL170BT strings that are maybe 4 months old now and will come with a decent gig bag. As with many of these basses, it weighs just over 4.3kgs according to my scales. It’s a lovely instrument and only for sale as arthritis is starting to badly impact my playing so slowly (and painfully) getting rid of my gear that I have accumulated over the years. Collection or meet up would be preferred, but I have suitable packaging so I can post this at cost; probably around £15 to £20. Here are some pics:
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