julesb

We are (Japanese) family. 1978 BB1000 1978 BB1200 Fretless 1985? (not sure) BB400s Fretless 1984 BB Vis. I also have a really nice 414 and a battered and abused 614... Some people have a crack habit. I have a bad BB habit... The first two are unbelievably great instruments. The 1000 has a replacement bridge as the original snapped in half! How? I have no idea. It came with that and the replacement gotoh which to be honest is a better bridge. I have the original black pickguard but I like the replacement. This bass has seen some action but it's just lovely. The 1200 is a lined fretless which I've only just acquired. I'm not sure if they did a factory lined fretless but the job that's been done is perfect and it wouldn't surprise me if that was a custom option. It's bee in a case for 30 years but will get an outing next week at a gig. The 400s is good but weighs as much as a horse. It could use a bridge pickup imo. The medium scale BBVis sounds tremendous and is mint condition with original hard case. I still find it a bit odd playing a medium scale after a 34". It does have a little bit of neck dive which I've never experienced with a BB.

Hi all, I've just installed/replaced an undersaddle piezo in my previously butchered (😀not by me!) Godin A5 and although it works, the signal is overloading my recording interface even with the gain set to minimal. I've had to turn down the volume on the onboard pre to stop it distorting. I'm sure I've made a schoolboy error so can someone tell me what it may be? I have vague memories of some sort of resistor somewhere from the pre-amp to the battery but I can't remember as this project has been on the shelf for a while and I didn't take any pics beforehand (another schoolboy error) Many thanks, Jules

👍There's not much quality footage of him it seems, so a treat for us all. I'm beyond jealous that you got to see the Before the Dawn shows!

For all the Giblin (and Joan ) fans out there in in case you haven't seen it.

For what its worth, my final attempt before taking it in was to replace the neutrik speakon connectors which I had my eye on from the beginning. Voila, the amp is back and sounding great.

Ok fair enough. Looks like new amp time. This is the second issue I've had with Markbass so I'll try my luck elsewhere this time. Clearly people have great experiences with MB so I know they're not all bad. I'll take it in a some point to the local electronics guy and you never know... Cheers!

Yeah, I'm actually in Germany but it's the same thing here. One service centre. Unless a board needs replacement it might be doable by a regular repair person. (he says hoping...)

Hi, Which YT video is he using?

Hi everyone, Before I think about taking this to a repairer does anyone have any ideas what could be causing this sound? There's a pretty much constant woosh/hiss which you can't hear when playing but sometimes it makes the sound in the attached file which then goes away for a while and then starts again randomly. The leads are all good and I've checked for obvious cold solder points. The amp works perfectly apart from this but I fear it will break when I need it most. Interestingly it doesn't make this sound through the built in DI which is perfectly quiet. Any ideas appreciated. The amp is quite old now so it may be a case of it becoming a paperweight if it's expensive to fix. Thanks in advance. p.s. The fan never seems to come on. I replaced it and it's still the same but it doesn't seem to get hot. markbass noise.mp3

I haven't but friends have and if it just for the purpose of getting a demo together...

Welcome to Lewes! I'm just about to leave after many years but for high quality use Echo Zoo in Eastbourne. Or if you want cheap and cheerful Starfish in Lewes.

That's (almost) better 😀

Perfect transaction with Paul. Great communication and a top man. Hope you enjoy the bass as much as I have. Cheers!