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  1. funkgod
    all good in the hood thanks, hope you and yours are too, did you sell the swr? also if ya ready to get back playing, i know a band in liverpool looking for a bass player. pm me if interested
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    sorry gray, iv only just seen this, it is 🙂
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    5 string jazz bridge still available if wanted

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    no one ? ok ..... tempting time.... al chuck in a cup tea and a quality biscuit. the tea might not be that good, either made by midgets, monkeys or gnu's depending whats in at the time. but the biscuit ? omg, another world. al keep the make as a surprise.
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    haha there is that, sometimes if its say a date stamped pot like the 60/70/80 cts and you want to keep it original or an expensive pot then its worth the effort. if replacing there are some very high quality pots out there that are worth looking at, im just working on some universal audio preamps and comps like the 1176LN limiting amp and they use PEC pots made in Canada, well impressed with them, and im very tempted to try some on a passive jazz.
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    you could write about any thing, 1, your own life and views 2, commenting on others lives and views. macca said he writes about the day, from when he " jumps out of bed" what you see and what you feel, its as simple as that. you could add another insight to a book you read, aka steely dan. or just some good advice you might want to share or just about searching for an idea for a song untill the light popped on while reading a post on bass chat 🙂 But for me clever writing is next level stuff, some songs that tell you everything in the first two lines. like.. "Seven days" was all she wrote, a kind of ultimatum note. as much as i dislike him, thats clever
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    If you have tried all that and its still crackly, then.... 1, take it out, 2, bend back the 4 legs on the pot covering. 3, take apart. 4 clean the carbon track with a cotton bud and isopropinol or WD40 . ( then check it with a meter if you have one) 5 and again very carefully clean the wipers without bending them, if they are worn right down the the legs renew pot 6, again clean the carbon track with vasaline leaving the faintest trace on the track ( literally hardly anything) 7, put back together leaving some vasaline on the shaft ( acts a a dust trap on the shaft) and you should be ok
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    that was ace, enjoyed that cheers, did notice that's john east retro pre he is using there
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    last shout before it goes on Ebay
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    Tascam master cd player for studio, with pitch control, fully programmable, with the hard to get remote control. full working order and only 1U rack space.
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    loads of names above julian crampton has been a big fave of mine for years. i have loads of stuff with him on, and what a nice guy. played with loads of people, seen him once with another hero of mine deodato ! i just about duffed down me leg 🙂 he does lessons as well if you feel the need based in london https://www.juliancramptonbass.com/get-in-touch Touring / Recording INCOGNITO THE PASADENAS DONNA SUMMER GEORGE BENSON PAUL YOUNG M PEOPLE US 3 WESTERNHAGEN ED MOTTA MICA PARIS BASIA MATT BIANCO HEAVEN 17 ANGELIQUE KIDJO JIMMY SOMERVILLE CONNER REEVES GEOFFREY WILLIAMS MAYSA DOWN TO THE BONE PEE WEE ELLIS AND FRED WESLEY STEPHEN DUFFY AND NIGEL KENNEDY PP ARNOLD STEVE WINWOOD EN VOGUE ERIC MARIENTHAL REEL PEOPLE ELVIS CRESPO JASON REBELLO TONY REMY TERRY CALLIER JEAN TOUSSAINT STEVE GROSSMAN RAW STYLUS CITRUS SUN RAHSAAN PATTERSON PETER WHITE JAARED GREGG KARUKAS TIM BOWMAN RANDY SCOTT CINDY BRADLEY OLI SILK GARY HONOR MARION MEADOWS ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY THE SUNBURST BAND DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS MARK ALMOND THE LUNGAU BIG BAND VOODOO FUNK PROJECT TONY MOMRELLE OLA ONABULE JOEY NEGRO ADAM F REDMAN LEON WARE MARK NEVIN RANDY BRECKER GERALD ALBRIGHT MARC ANTOINE CHUCK LOEB DAVID BENOIT KIRK WHALUM BONNIE PINK SKY WU STEVE COLE JEFF KASHIWA THE SAX PACK MARIO BIONDI JAKATA JHELISA B.E.F SHEENA EASTON RAVEN MAIZE RAVEN MAIZE JAZZINHO/GUIDO DE PALMA BRIAN SIMPSON GRAHAM HARVEY GARETH WILLIAMS CHIELI MINUCCI U NAM ATTILA MOLNAR NEIL ANGILLEY ERIC DARIUS MICHAEL LINGTON VINCENT INGALA STEVE OLIVER NILS JIPTNER (Glen Gregory,Martin Ware,Green Gartside, Sandy Shaw, kim Wilde, Midge Ure etc..)
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    Hi all, just wanted to ask is anyone still using their red head ? and how they think it fairs to other stuff they have tried, modern or old, Im still using mine, and have tried a few others a few years back but just keep going to the red head. so nothing new in the last 6 or 7 years, and there is a reason for that i think its become part of "my sound" now, and as much as i try when i tried others i am just now so use to it, that i don't think the others sound like me, or more to the point, sounds like it, but its not just the sound its the way like your bass you get use to it. i know exactly what setting to set if i want that nice clean studio sound with a bit of click from the frets, and the same if i want that Motown sound, its just something you create over a long time using something and being able to dial in that sound right away, familiarity could be the death of advancement here i know, but again there is something else going on that i feel is missed on a lot of things today, again its "familiarity" its abit like your studio headphones that you have had for years, and have got so use to them you know their faults, you know the hi's in them are not exactly how they sound in the monitors and that lack of wide mid in them, but you are so use to them you know how to eq the mix to compensate, so when you try a new " better " pair you then have to RE eq your head, and spend time re eq ing just to get to the same place you was with your old pair, and i think that goes with alot of things when buying new gear, trying to get "your" sound out of a new piece of gear is it just something you had before ? now... on saying that, i know it takes some a lot of trying new gear to find their sound and its only when you have tried quite a bit of gear you say to your self, "well actually i loved that sound from my old trace elliot, i was more at home with that" and you learn to live with that, its a great adventure and a learning curve that most of us go through, all to get that sound that is in our heads. so ... after all that, im stuck with the red head, and cant see myself in the future with anything else. although i do have a 2x12 silverado that does the same thing, its just to big to take out. i have a few extension cabs i use with the red head depending on the gig, but overall im very happy with everything it still gives me.
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    only one left for £20 this £20 will go to a charity of my choosing. and i choose the funkgods lack of beer fund. this will help mr funkgod to relax and enjoy a late evening appointment with Mr barleycorn and have flaggen of mrs thrickle spicks old festival nogg at ye old tavern end t road.
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    if its good enough for Rocco tower of power, its good enough for yall. Bass solo @ 7:00 🙂
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    no takers ?, ok then, time for some persuasion a bit of torture.......... ready..... £35 ! ! bosh take that for two speakers ! cool ay ? anything between 35 and 70 each on ebay if no takers by sunday al pop them on ebay
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    not seen that clip befor and yes i think this sums dee up very well, its just insanely good, almost fusion jazz in parts, . was watching this clip below and jon blackstone goes on to say at about 38:15 about Dees white jazz bass being left in his will to Clive franks, who was the FOH sound guy from eltons band, elton would not have anyone else do the job, Clive also mixed and produced a lot of eltons albums, seems he was surrounded by a lot of very talented people at that time, im sure there are a lot more unsung heroes that have helped push eltons buss.
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    im good at funk, i know i am, cus i can play all the right notes, at the right time, but not necessarily in the right order
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    are you selling the bass station ? or i have a cool A station i could swap you wth, i have it for sale in the Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale or swap for a bass station or drum station, pref a drum station as im talking to a chap via facebook market at the mo who has one, we will see, cheers. regarding the bass its a nice bass well set up, get saving 🙂 🙂 cheers
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    look great dont they 🙂 The "E" means Electronic, for electronic pre amp, now im not sure about what ref this has regarding the mk 1 preamp but the mk 1 preamp was a bit of an animal and would blow chips so they made the soloing of the pickup non eq so you could not put too much boost through the chip and blow it. i think they dropped the "E" when they made all L2000s active with the mk 2 preamp, im sure someone will come along and correct me soon :-) but something like that i have a few "E" series G&Ls and there is something different about that pre amp, it is powerfull and you have to be carefull using it as the lows and overall power out of it will push speakers to their limit. its a very powerfull bass and the only replacement i have found for my wal which goes some way to getting that power under your fingers, i still have the wal, had the too since the 80s, and to be fair to the G&L apart from the scope of tones and focused mid out the wal, for the tones i use theres not alot in it :-)
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    Going on from my other post, i wanted to open this conversation out a bit more about dee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Murray a couple of things here. one to keep dees name open to be remembered as the fantastic bass player that he was and the raw deal he unfairly got from elton john who should of stayed with him and Nigel the drummer, but used them for the first load of great albums, sacked them, then used them again and then sacked them again, just a horrid thing to go through given all they had put in, some guy did a great youtube clip about this subject, its interesting. Also this... Im not sure about the dee murray and G&L advert, i did check out some live stuff about 80, to about 84 ish and i never saw dee using this bass, around this time he was using his stinberger stick bass mainly, and his white jazz now and again, does anyone know or can find a link of him using this G&L bass or any info ?
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    Some info and tasty old adverts to wet ya whistle. https://glguitars.com/made-in-fullerton-basses/ Im not sure about the dee murray advert, the great bass player elton john should of stayed with but sacked twice ! RIP loads of info on line about this great player, i did check out some live stuff about 80, to about 84 ish and i never saw dee using this bass, around this time he was using his steinberger stick bass mainly, and his white jazz now and again, can anyone find a link of him using this G&L bass ? iv att a youtube link (see below) about why dee and nigel the drummer was sacked, interesting.. i think this should be a great topic to open on the General Discussion page, al sort that out. more there....
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    aaarrrrr cheers nick 🙂
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    G&L L2000 USA late 89 90 ish fender signiture pre fender law suit bass Well sometimes you have to let a few gems go, and here is one of them. This if from my G&L collection, and i have had this since about 92 when i px my stingray for it for the extra sounds it had over the stingray it was 2nd hand then but not used so its about 89 90 ish, i sold it once to a chap that never used it and kept it under his bed so i bought it back of him, Its in amazing condition and really belongs in a collection, it has fenders logo on the headstock which leo was forced to remove by fender, i do have along with its original warrante cards a letter which was sent to all the uk distributers telling them of the lawsuit and all G&L products will no longer carry the leo fender name, so here is a rareish bass that slipped in just under that date, its in its original case, also in amazing condition, it still has the curved finger board left over from the E series like they did on the early fenders and also has the "B" serial number like the early Musicmans, its all original and unmolested, and sounds great, i have used it on a few recordings and released tracks, and on one live tape, a shame to see it go after such a long time owning it but, we are all just keepers for now, so up for grabs is very nice getting on 40 year old bass in stunning condition not to be missed as i am sure it will be a long time before another as good will pop up. im not asking alot all things considered, just a fair price for a great bass, i will take a px for studio outboard gear, or a px/swap for a fretless L2000 ( Unlined fingerboard only please) i don't need other basses amps or fx thank you So...im looking for at the mo........ yamaha REV7 or REV5 Reverb units yamaha Pro R3 reverb, TC Finalizer, Electrix Mo Fx, Novation KS Rack synth G&L L2000 Fretless (consider jazz fretless unlined only) Mackie D8B Desk Mackie HDR OR MDR 24 track Recorders Old Roland TD5 drum brain (TD5 only) frontier apache adat patch Korg synth 01/w (not M1s) Nord Electro or stage 88 Nord synth collection is from ellesmere port only or org your own collection, but would pref it collected so you can try it. cheers all all his friends are sad to see him go, i think they are throwing a party for him... arrrr thats nice of them 🙂
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    for guitar combo fender twin, line 6, messa, marshall or bass cab used once to try in a fender twin 16 ohms each so wired together makes an 8 ohm cab cheap to clear,, collect from ellesmere port
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    SOLD, on facebook market........Full Roland 2008 TD3 drum kit with some upgrades, a PD85 Snare, worth a fair bit by its self, and double bass drum pedal, cheap to clear, all working perfect can demo. great base kit to upgrade yourself,
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