BassApprentice

Saw Stereophonics last night and Richard Jones played pretty much every iteration of the new BB series throughout the set. 

Looked the dogs b******* in a big stage setting. 

I had almost forgotten about these basses as I haven't seen one since I tried one in Guitar Guitar.

If the 5er is as much fun as the 4 it will be hard to resist. 

Anyone in the SE able to get this to help make @AndyTravis BBM a reality?

Black BB424

https://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/yamaha-bass-guitar/1368493735?utm_source=com.google.android.apps.docs&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_android

Price: £ 80

If you're not sure about spec my inclination would be to email Adrien and Co. Since they've now made 100s of Elwoods they must have seen nearly every combo they have available and know how it sounds. 

I'll order my own custom one day but like you, just not sure which bits makes a difference when ordering! 😅

9 minutes ago, Jabba_the_gut said:

Cheers @Pea Turgh. I'm still tinkering with these short things - currently making a headed version that I'm trying 25 and 27" scales on. I'm also in the process of making a new neck for the headless version at 27" scale that I'll put on the other headless.

I'll start to add the details to the build diary for these very soon in case anyone is interested.

Cheers!

Jeez Jabba, they look amazing! 

On 02/03/2020 at 11:26, BassApprentice said:

I get the feeling @cristian wants us to look at the Grossman over at Bass Direct 😅😉

🙃

1 hour ago, 40hz said:

Weird, as for such a relatively well known model, I've never seen anybody use one in 17 years of gigging or even seen one in a shop.

As a very guilty pleasure I went to see McBusted (I grew up in the 90s/early 2000s) and the bass player there used a Sterling with LEDs. Very cool 😎 

Without realising they had a narrower nut width than standard I tried a Ray35 without the carve. I compared it with a Sub 5 and while the fit and finish was far better than the Sub I did miss the carve but that's personal preference of course. 

Why are there so few EBMM Sterlings out in the wild? Or why have they made a version in the Sterling Range (would that just be too confusing?) 

The smaller body shape must appeal to a fair amount of us so only having them in the full fat versions seems illogical. 

I get the feeling @cristian wants us to look at the Grossman over at Bass Direct 😅😉

If he's got access to the Ashdown production line rather than being part of the partnership by name only he might get these done. The 1930 looks really cool. 

Hmmm, that's not cheap but kind of what I was expecting. Was going to hold off anyway until there's a few real world experiences/reviews. 

Just doing a quick search of Phil Jones related things. Hopefully you've got it sorted but I went through Synergy Distribution and they were beyond helpful! 

Saw that on Facebook earlier. 

Was very tempted but too far from Scotland. How is it? 

Wow. 

That is exactly what I think everyone wanted from this pedal. Don't think it will compete with Helix but Boss and Zoom should be worried. 

Unless you really need/want that Fender tone, I can't see why this couldn't have a space in a short scale collection. 

I can't think (happy to be proved wrong) of a readily available short scale with a single humbucker. 

Oh, £650. 

I was intrigued by the full fat Ernie Ball Short Scales but at this price I'm very tempted. I wanted a no frills short scale and this could sort that right out. 

Looks like it will give a nice, round tone. 

That Ashbury looks very like the ones that appear all over AliExpress for less. Check this thread for some ideas!

Never been that interested in Reverend basses, I appreciate their designs are something different which is always good.

This looks intriguing though - a short scale with 1 and a half P pickups, never seen that arrangement before. Shame it only comes in green....

https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2020/02/12/reverend-guitars-announces-mike-watt-wattplower-mark-ii-bass/

Do you need rounds for your style/preferred tone?

Could maybe look at the LaBella White Tapes - expensive but bright and super smooth.

2 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

They are showing as still in stock for the 1505MS, 1505, 1005 and 1005MS

Well I might just go and order one of each 😂

Definitely daft. 

I can understand saying something like that on the phone to cover their backsides but putting it in writing is just stupid.

Well the wait goes on I guess....

2 hours ago, lowregisterhead said:

 

"I've just been trying to call you. Unfortunately the suppliers have said that the stock they have of this guitar has all failed quality control! They are sending them all back to the manufacturers and won't have new stock for a while.

Sincere apologies for this inconvenience. Please let me know how you would like to proceed?"

 

I would also pop a screengrab of the email on the Ibanez UK page - that's a big claim to make regarding Ibanez' QC and would be interesting to see what they make of it

https://www.facebook.com/ibanezuk/

This looks an absolute bargain for anyone!

Not in the market but would do someone starting out a world of good to start here.