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Hey Basschat, I've just started properly recording this bass and loving the bite from it! Anyone else here using a P-elite and want to share some photos/videos?? Cheers, Bill.3 points
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Am I in a minority in really not liking gold hardware on basses? There have been some gorgeous basses for sale on the marketplace that I would have been all over had it not been for the fact that they were fitted with gold hardware. Instead of approaching the buyers, I find myself researching the availability of silver or black replacement hardware. Is it me???3 points
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*** SOLD *** Up for grabs is my Sadowsky NYC VINTAGE PJ4 Jazz body and neck with Precision pickup in the middle and a Jazz style pickup at the bridge. It is in excellent condition. Nice and light. Superb tone, slim neck and quick playing action. Weight: 7.8 lbs. Serial: 5780. FINISH | '59 Burst BODY | Alder NECK | Maple 21 frets FINGERBOARD | Ebony, 12" Radius, 1 1/2" Nut Width, Vintage Tint PICKGUARD | Tortoise HARDWARE | Chrome PICKUPS | Sadowsky P/J WEIGHT | 7.8 lbs. (3.54 kg) The history of this bass as far back as I know it is: Andy Baxter http://andybaxterbass.com/details.php?id=715 sold the bass to psychoandy in the summer of 2014 with "one careful owner". I bought the bass from psychoandy in November of the same year. So it's had three very careful owners. It's no longer quite as pristine as when it arrived to me: there is some buckle rash, a shallow 1" scratch in the lacquer on the player side lower horn (I can't get a decent photo but if it's a deal breaker I can post what I have) - and the output jack has a tendency to work loose. I am selling because I need to liberate some cash for a project (non-bass) I'm working on, and whilst this was once my 'go-to' bass for all occasions, it has fallen out of favour. I have a 5-string Metro that ticks many of the boxes this does, and my four string of favour is currently a yamaha BB2024. It comes in the hard case it came to me in (as pictured on the baxter web link) and I am prepared to ship at the buyers expense and risk. Local pick-up from Chertsey, Woking or central London is preferred. I am also willing to drive to meet if it's a reasonable distance (for some petrol money). Please feel free to ask questions. The only trade option is a beaten up old Fender USA precision valued at less than £650 + remainder of cash my way. That may be a pipe dream, let's see. Sensible offers considered. Feedback thread here:2 points -
I have an M6 and a Walkabout. Both great heads. I prefer the Walkabout to be honest. The lack of headroom on it was a real plus for me. It is has the characteristics of an all valve amp when you push it hard at a gig which is great. Through the right cabinet it is loud enough for any gig if you don't require pristine cleans at high volumes. I have used it anything from at open mic nights to stoner/doom gigs competing with JCM 800 an Mesa Dual Rectifier half stacks. The M6 is very much a clean machine, but you can get quite a cutting aggressive sound out of it. Great for modern rock and metal and percussive slap techniques and also great platform for pedals. I also has an idiot proof EQ section. It is ridiculously loud so it is nearly unusable for home use. I say nearly because I still do, but only when the wife to be isn't in. I can left the Walkabout with two fingers so don't think that I will ever need a lighter or smaller amp than that. The D800 will be a class amp though. The EQ section on the D800 is very very similar to the M6, but the amp will be much much lighter.2 points
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I like it ❤️2 points
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To be honest, it's more about knowing your capabilities and when to, or not to, wade in with the size 12's Especially when you take what would be a perfectly acceptable neck and then do THIS with it! But, with a bit more work, it became this: Then, with still a bit of fine-tuning to do, it started getting to where I think I was trying to take it: I could cut deeper than this, but to be honest, from a playing point of view, this gets me up to the 22nd fret with not the slightest feeling on the fretting thumb that I've reached the body . I'm going to classify that as 'objective met'2 points
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Five strings: I've tried, oh lordy have I tried to get on with them. But I don't Fretless bass guitars: (See above) Boutique or coffee table basses: Sometimes, the wood looks beautiful, but it just looks weird as a bass body. Complicated knob/toggle switch arrangements: I'm easily confused and all those micro-decisions would make me cry. Amps and Combos: I love my Genz Benz Contour rig so much, I can't imagine using anything else now. (I realise that this statement will probably bite me in the bum before the year is up...) Multiple effects pedals: Even my Zoom B3 seems like overkill in my current band. I loved having 9 or 10 pedals on a board, but it just became impractical, especially when you're playing in pubs with barely enough room to stand on both feet... So, to recap, by this time next year, I'll be playing a five string, fretless Fodera through a vintage Trace Elliot stack via a pedal board so large it has to have its own generator.2 points
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I think when it comes to cabs, there are EU based makers who make cabs as good or better. Paying a premium for Mesa ones doesn't seem to make sense... I'm sure they are very good, but there are lots of good cabs about . With the amps though - what else is there in the same kinda sonic sphere? @wateroftyne suggested Handbox ... but of the two one has brand recognition (and you can presume on long term support) and is less of a risk of the unknown, and you can google, or start a thread like this, and find lots of user reports. I think it's easier to justify spending the extra on the amp front. It's been a good thread this though, it made me think again about amp choice. I think I'm pretty happy with my amp. I think the only ways I would change it would be to go all valve route, or to go for a more hi-fi cleaner sound (specifically wish I had bought the Warwick Hellborg rig that came up on here a while back!) The combo is lovely, but there's part of me that just enjoyed plugging separates into one another!2 points
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All depends on the guitar colour, gold doesn't go with everything. I personally hate two bits of wood sandwiched together that are a total obvious mis-match and look like someone threw the last couple of bits off the floor together to make a few more quid with a body.2 points
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😂 I’m gonna git you sucka! Top film!2 points
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Dont like gold hardware, don't like exotic woods with swirly grain or spalted woods, don't like curly horns or anything that looks like an implement of torture. You get the picture.2 points
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ooh wow!! my perfect Sting bass!!!2 points -
Reduced to £400 - this is an unbelievable price for this cab - this will be the ONLY reduction. I am reluctantly selling, what I consider to be, one of the best cabs I've played through. I bought this to compliment the Glock Rock head I had but after trading that for the Glock Soul combo, which I subsequently sold in my eternal search for a modern day vintage Trace Elliot sound, it became superfluous. This really is a great piece of kit - Ideal for rockers (less so for the Funkers and Soulsters) Plenty of oomph and has that "kick in the kidneys" grunt we've all come to expect from Glock - TBH I'm surprised that they're not spoken about more. I'm sure that it will make somebody very happy. Spec here: http://www.bassgeardirect.com.au/product/glockenklang-space-deluxe-12-cab/ These retailed for over a grand new, this one is super clean (9/10) and comes with a non original cover. Could be a bit of a steal. Cash sale preferred though I will consider a P/x for a Vanderkley MNT or EXT 1x12.1 point -
Bought this from eBay & it turned up on Tuesday. I was after a rehearsal / crap venue bass to protect my Maruszczyk’s from some wear & tear. This fitted the bill nicely as I like old Jap instruments, & the active electronics & 19mm string spacing matched nicely to the M’s. Pleased to report that it lives up to the SGC reputation - great quality, easy to play & sounds excellent.1 point
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So do I. Oh well1 point
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To sound my horn, I had to develop my embouchure.1 point
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Following some advice I found on a random web page, I loosened the string tree screw by a half turn and somehow the wolf note is now totally gone. So I've managed to fix the issue without spending a single penny. Which was nice.1 point
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The top end is there if you want it. I think you'd like the Mesa D800+ That thread grows daily... you'd go crazy reading it all, but using the search function you may get to the interesting bits about the M6/M9 and walkabout amps... or simply ask again, there'll be a few willing to tell you their experiences. 'agedhorse' is the guy who designed the Subway amps... look out for him and yeah... lots of fanatics1 point
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Come on...stop sitting on the fence...tell us what you really think..1 point
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Maybe he saw it on eBay already but decided to sit on it himself...1 point
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Ha! Just the head, I'm only getting the head fixed. Hmmm. Wonder how TE will sound through a couple of MB cabs....1 point
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Here's the reply from FretTrax about triggering open strings and zero frets: "Thanks for getting in touch and for your question. I get that question a lot but unfortunately the answer is 'no' - a zero fret doesn't help at all. I already know, without a zero fret, when a string is open - a string is open if it's not fretted (that's how I turn off a previously fretted note). So, I could turn on open notes easily without a zero fret - the issue is knowing when NOT to turn them on and when to turn them off. Otherwise, every open string would ring all the time unless you have a mechanism to SELECTIVELY turn on/off open notes. And, that mechanism is 'pluck detect' where a right hand pluck triggers a note - and that note can be open or fretted. That feature is in the works and then FretTraX will have opens, velocity, etc. All the videos were done with fretted notes only. Some pretty wild things can be accomplished. But, when we add pluck detect (still quite a ways away), things will get even wilder!"1 point
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Somebody's going to be happy..1 point -
ha ha! sorry about that! Your description of the Streamliner sounds like what I would say. It didn't lack lows and the preamp section add some nice warmth... but it felt lacking in weight somewhat. Like you, I used to own a CMD121P combo to which I occasionally added an extra cab, and it never let me down even if it didn't always make me smile. It's what made me get my first LM3 head. I have not tried the other Mesa heads, but the D800/D800+ have some 'quality' that I don't find in other compact heads. When testing it against an LM3 I could not put my finger on it... but after I bought the D800+ and used it for a bit, I am very happy I did. I have used it a lot with Urang Matang, without PA support, in mid-size bars, beer gardens etc, and it has always behaved (with the pair of Two10) brilliantly. Getting a fat, well defined, with serious low mids and no 'boom' has always been easy. I generally play a Stingray... I love my mids, but I want a strong low end too. No problem. The voicing knob on the D800 changes the character of these amps a lot. I thought it would be some kind of contour control, but it isn't. With it fully anticlockwise you approach Markbass LM3 territory. As you turn clockwise the knob, it becomes more... 'organic'. I tend to have it around 9-10 o'clock... It doesn't one inherent voice, it covers quite a lot of ground. If weight is a consideration, you should definitely try one of those (D800+ in particular) before going for the bigger ones, and see what you think. Over on TalkBass there's a long thread on the Mesa Subway range. There's a few people who own/ed the M6 or M9 and they generally like the D800. Some say they still prefer their M6/M9 while others say that tweaking this that way gets you in M6/M9 territory and they love it. I don't know personally. The designer participates in that thread and had some comments about how to get that sort of character out of the D800... worth checking, but it's a LONG thread1 point
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Dzień dobry.1 point
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It certainly isn't offensive on the eye either. The decision to balance out the cut above centreline was good.1 point
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Why stop at just the hardware when you can have gold frets, sparkly gold body and gold strings1 point
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Interesting thread that caused me to revisit my '66P again. When I was looking to buy I deliverately sought out a vintage bass that had been played rather than cherished, so to speak, in the hope that the wear would point to a bass that people had enjoyed. So my bass has scratches, wear marks and pickguard that is slighly warped and a few corrosion marks on the hardware. To my ears, and those of others it sounds great though. The neck has a beautiful feel to and I enjoy playing it as often as possible.1 point
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Sounds great, and lovely playing too!1 point
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I have to say that's the first Bongo that hasn't made me think of toilets. It's pretty awesome looking!1 point
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That's a nice chewy tone, very pleasing on the ear.1 point
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Love gold or black hardware. Not a great fan of silver, or plain metal. But it looks ok on some basses.1 point
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Well I don’t know what to tell you because all it does is transmit the signal from a magnetic pickup to a 13 pin output in exactly the same way a normal pickup does, but with all strings into one output. There’s no latency because nothing is being changed at all, there’s no processing on board, no triggering etc. I can only assume your external unit wasn’t right. I’ve been using GK basses for years and if there was even a tiny bit of latency I wouldn’t touch them.1 point
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Do it mate, they don’t come up often, and at that price ........1 point -
When money permits I think I may try the EMG Geezer Butler P/J set....lots of good reviews on TB1 point
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looks great!1 point
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Blimey. Crazy bargain! if my back wasn’t shot and our lockup wasn’t up two flights of stairs... GLWTS, not that I think you’ll need it.1 point
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glad it comes with new strings!1 point
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Bargain! If I was 20 years younger.1 point
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Finished the Pumpernickel this afternoon...it was an absolute pleasure to put together. It sounds great, really impressed...no noise, lovely sensible controls. Couldn't stop playing through it. Top marks again Schalltechnik, and I got stickers too Just need to decide whether to try the transfer logo or maybe something a bit more bare bones with some zinc primer and spray varnish, maybe get Mrs. Pook to label it as she has very neat writing and would top off the Christmas present nicely.1 point
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That's what I tell the missus.1 point
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Um Bongo Um Bongo they drink it in the Congo...... anyone remember that? ....... i’ll get my coat. MM Bongo’s are amazing Basses, congrats 👍😀1 point
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Go back to the top of the thread and read it again. Its in very big letters so no one can miss it.1 point -
just to clarify I've had the amp repaired and it's back to normal1 point
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Love this ,great bass line ,killer voice ,takes a while to start1 point
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Assuming all goes to plan we`ll do our 45th gig of the year next Saturday. Might not seem that many but they include Cornwall, Wales, Scotland, North West, North East, Norfolk, South Coast & London, with Belgium & Germany thrown in for good measure. Playing highlights have been playing the Scotland Calling Festival in the O2 Academy in Glasgow at short notice (we played Gateshead Fri night, Glasgow Sat lunchtime, Blackpool Sat night), our 2nd mini-tour of Germany, and filling the Winter Gardens Arena Stage to capacity at this years Rebellion Festival. Other highlights have been recording and releasing our 3rd album, which has come out jointly on Step1 Records in the UK/Europe and Longshot Records (a subsidiary of Pirates Press) in the USA, on vinyl. And securing festivals in Athens, Stockholm and Amsterdam already for next year is also pretty much up there for me.1 point
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Some stuff:1 point
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[quote name='dyerseve' timestamp='1507552237' post='3386248'] Thank you. I am unsure of the stringers due to the poly finish, no volute, MOP dot inlays, solid brass bridge, Schaller tuners. [/quote] Rather than clutter the OP sale thread, I'll message you... unless you start a thread of your own or add something to the Warwick thread on here.1 point
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