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    For sale Mahalo Electric Ukulele Hi, Electric Ukelele for sale. Its had almost no use. Comes with gig bag. Some marks on the back. SOLDcollected from NG5 3GH or £ posted Mahalo ULP1-BK LP-Style Ukulele With Gig Bag The most exciting brand of ukuleles on the market today just got even better by offering a new model in one of the most iconic guitar shapes made famous throughout the 1950’s and 60’s. Though the look of these instruments speaks of rock and roll, they still retain that traditional tone and charm of the Hawaiian Islands and the honor of being the most played instrument the world over. It comes with it's own gig bag too! Features •Maple body •Mahogany neck •Rosewood fingerboard and bridge •NuBone saddle and nut •Nickel-plated tuners with green plastic button •Black •Gig Bag £50 on Ebay. Martin
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    Hi, For sale is my Harley Benton B-35NT-FL Acoustic Bass. Sold! It is a deco- see the stamps. It arrived with a lump on the fret board that caused loads of buzzing and choking of notes. I've levelled the frettboard off and now it plays well with a low action. I don't play it, I had visions of doing coffee shop gigs with my Fiancée on piano that have never happened, so its for sale. Its collection only because A) I would like you to play it/ check it out to be happy its for you I'm lazy and have no packaging material, its massive and one thump from an courier would be the end of it. I'm in Doncaster, Mansfield, Huddersfield and Grantham occasionally for work so I could deliver- subject to you paying for it first and being very flexible about when it gets delivered. Collection very much preferred Down points -There are a couple of D stamps on the back of the neck heel and the back of the head stock. -There are some scratches on the top front of the body where the sand paper slipped while sorting the fret board. These are unnoticable unless you spin the bass to catch the light there. See the pictures, both from ~30cm away. -There is some white paint on the corner of the fretboard from leaning against a painted wall. -Some imperfections on the fretboard -Some marks from the strings on the fretboard -Its massive! Plus points It sold very quickly! Martin
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    Hi, I'd love this Pm'd Martin
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    Double post!
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    Hi, if you haven't noticed it, it's fine. Mine could get 10 notes around the 5th fret cleanly but had massive buzzing everywhere up to the 12th fret and then clean above that. If you can play it without massive buzzing and an action you are happy with I would avoid fiddling. Martin
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    Probably only a mm or 2 high for 30 mm or so. It was making sure I didn't go too far that took the time
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    Hi, After reading about these basses on here I crumbled and bought a 5 string fretless acoustic. It is cosmetically perfect, but had a bump on the neck which made it unplayable. After fiddling with the trussrod and getting some advice of the repairs forum I sanded the neck. Now its ace. It took me about 2 hours to do this with lots of stopping and checking. Sounds good in the house on its own. Sounded good at practice with my band. It did feedback massively, this was not helped by standing in front of the amp or using distortion pedals. So If you want one why not? £60 posted and I'm happy with it. Martin
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    Cheers for the advice. I had not got the neck straight, so your advice has sacred me significant amounts of swearing. I started on 320 grit, then went to 70 when I realised how much there was to remove! After a lot of sanding, strings back on checking and repeating it's now lovely. Not perfect but I've stopped and will go back to it if it still bothers me. A happy ending :-)
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    Thank for the tips. It seems there is more of a dip in the middle than a bump at the end. Would raising the bridge have the same effect? I'll try that first with some bits of card or something.
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    Hi, I have bought my self a Harley Benton fretless acoustic bass. Its lovely, it was cheap (for a reason). It has an iffy neck. I could send it back, get it fixed but I'm going to fi it my self. The neck is not flat. It came with the trusrod fully wound on tight a super low action. There were huge buzzes everywhere. I have slackened off the trussrod and now the buzz is between the 10th and 15th frets. There is a bump/ lump around here. Before I take some 400 grit sand paper and block to it does anyone have any advice? Thanks for any help Martin
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    Cheers for the ideas! I've had a look at the yamahas, tried a.couple of bb 424 and liked the way they played. Is the 1024 much different? It seems the same but with " better " workmanship. I tried a double buck corvette and chose my g and l over it as the warwick was a 5 string s With very tight string spacing.
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    Got some cash burning a hole in my pocket. I play in an originals band- rocky, indie, popstuff. I play funk and lovevthe bach cello concertos at home on my own. Tried a 5 string - sold it as I'm lazy and couldn't be bothered to adapt my technique. Would love a warwick dolphin/ any warwick. Have- g and l tribute, vester thumb copy, yamaha Rex whith a Seymour dunking precision pick up, 79 music master. What donor suggest trying next? Cheers Martin
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    Hi, the cabs are both 210's that say 8ohm on the back. Can I replace the speakers to make a pair of 4ohm cabs? Cheers
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    After a read of the ashdown web site the super fly runs at 500w at 4ohms, not 2. How do i tell how they are wired? I've got a multi meter, just no idea about how to use it to test how they are wired. The genz does look perfect though if its not possible to switch it up. Cheers Martin
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    Hi, I could do with a wee bit of help with my amps and cabs. I'm looking for an amp to run into my pair of 210 8ohm cabs that will be louder than an ashdown superfly or ashdown 300 evo. Under £350 second hand, small and light- similar size and weight to the superfly amp if possible. Or, is it possible to turn the pair of 8 ohm cabs into 2ohm cabs with the right speakers? Under £200 for new speakers. I joined the band and bought an ashdown 210 300 evo combo, it never went quite loud enough so I bought a hartke xl 210 cab to go with it. Its became apparent that the combo was a pain to hump about and the cab was a breeze. So I made a box for the amp, and separated it from the cab. It was easier to shift but the combo/cab was an awkward shape to fit into the car. So I bought another hartke 210. in the mean time i aquired a superfly cab in a trade. It goes to 500w, but only at 2ohms. Its only just loud enough to keep up with my drummer. We are a 5 peice, 2 guitars, bass, synth, drums, 3 vocals, and we play inde rock originals and covers. Cheers Martin
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    No they go for around £200 ish. I bought one off here a few months back and its ace. There have been a few up recently that have gone for around 200-300. Someone will make a tidy profit if the ebay one goes at that price. Martin
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    I like the sound of the ashdown, Its just a pain lugging the cab about compared to the xl's. Budget, I might get £200 ish for the ashdown so idealy £0 extra outlay, could go to £200 if it was perfect.
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    Hi, I bought an ashdown mag combo purely on the basis of how it sounded. I love it. http://www.ashdownmusic.com/bass/detail.asp?section=mag&ID=78 It wasn't loud enough on its own so I bought a second hand hartke XL 210. The combo proved a pain in the back to gig with so I took the amp out and built a box for it which changed the combo from a massive pain in the back to a pain in the back. I'd like some advice as to what to do with my slightly odd looking rig. a) Sell the ashdown as a combo - replace the speaker with another 210 xl, then what to replace the amp with? Sell the 210 speaker and keep the amp.- Will anyone buy the combo missing the amp out of it? c) Sell it all and start again with some thing lighter. In terms of music its our own inde songs and covers depending on where we play/ if its a paying gig. Advice welcome! Martin
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    pm'd
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    Pm'd
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