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  1. Moos3h
    SO chuffed! I was the only bidder and won a Maruszczyk Elwood L 4A and picked it up this afternoon. Couldn't be happier! Super lightweight but perfect balance, insanely good build quality, Delano pickups, Glockenklang preamp and in a gorgeous natural finish that feels fab. All for under £600? Very happy with that! Came with the case and all the candy including a set of strings too. Pics to follow in the morning. Can't wait to crank it through my gigging rig - first low volume noodlings are very promising indeed. Cheers, James
    6 points
  2. M@23
    Price massively reduced, I really need to free up cash, before holiday/Park festival season properly kicks off and I've got to play every day & night! Ah man... This is one of those 'I don't want to sell, but maybe need to' situations. This is my favourite bass I've owned. But, it's looking like I've been dealt early onset OA and need to get the lightest bass available or find another job! I'll double check, but this isn't heavy, it's about 9.5lbs, a shade over IIRC. It's currently the top of the line Yamaha BB, made in Japan. I bought it new from Yamaha London less than a year ago. It was the first in the UK I believe. It's alder/maple, has their newest lightweight hardware in a great satin finish. The bass is actually midnight blue, but tends to look more of a black in photos. It's string with D'Addario EXL170-5, as from the factory. It comes with a really plush hardcase too. It's passive, with VVT controls, but like with early BB's, the range if tones available is fantastic. It has 18mm string spacing, and the nicest neck I've played. I thought I liked a wide chunky neck on a bass, coming from a Sadowsky, but the Yamaha is something special. It's very comfortable and has a beautiful construction and matte feel. As I say, I'm not keen to let it go, but I'm struggling with my back/hips/knees... And this isn't even a heavy bass. Not looking for trades as I'm going to be looking at Sandberg Superlight series. I'm on the Isle of Wight, but Portsmouth/Southampton meet up is possible. Any specific photos/questions, please ask. Condition wise, there are no injuries to report. Neck and headstock remain completely as new, and there are no chips/dings/dents to be seen. The back of the body of the bass has some light swirling from my shirt buttons, but I couldn't pick it up in a photo.
    5 points
  3. AndyTravis
    Will the excitement never end?! Bridge is on. Don’t ask about the black screws...so mundane is the story I cannot even be bothered...in a side note, chrome screws on the pickup now...as it should be.
    5 points
  4. prowla
    Here’s some pics, though...
    4 points
  5. Newfoundfreedom
    I paid £300 and spent the rest on vodka. My bass looks as good as anything out there after 1700 quids worth of vodka.
    3 points
  6. tauzero
    And you don't want to buy from a dealer with a bad Attitude.
    3 points
  7. Bassman Sam
    My first self built bass. I bought a fretless neck and a loaded body from here and sourced the other bits from ebay. Finally got around to building it today but made a school boy error. I forgot to buy the strings. Our own Gary Mac is doing the honours so I should be up and running next weekend. I've not played fretless since the '70's so it will be interesting to so how it goes. Anyway, there's the picture.
    2 points
  8. prowla
    And a 2013.
    2 points
  9. Jabba_the_gut
    I've cut a new fretboard for this bass and this time I measured twice and cut once!! The previous neck was 31.5" with 24 frets, for the new neck is 29.5" and obviously has to fit in the same neck pocket and the bridge has to be in roughly the same place. So this works out as the replacement neck being 22 fret for it to fit correctly. As the chance of me getting the intonation exactly right having not tried this scale length before I think is minimal, I'm removing the original brass inserts for the bridge and filling the holes so I can repositioning it later. I'm also going to redrill the holes for the string anchors as I have a better version I'm going to install. This is done by widening the top 4mm of a 10mm hole to 12mm diameter. to do this I have a small piece of mdf with a 12mm hole in it that is placed over the original hole. One of the string anchors is used to centralise it before clamping the template in place. This is the body with the brass inserts removed Then this the body with the holed infilled The body had also picked up a very small dent which I sanded out. I tried refinishing but couldn't get it to match so I sanded the finish off the walnut and started to finish it again. Fussy, but I want it to be right This is the body with the topped sanded and the string anchors holes redrilled.
    2 points
  10. dmccombe7
    Good choice.
    2 points
  11. stef030
    john martyn some people from grace and danger easy to learn and super expressive
    2 points
  12. Slappindabass
    2 points
  13. N8Bass
    Hi everyone , I'm selling my Xotic 5 string P bass. I ordered it new directly from Xotic through Bass Direct in 2016 , as it matched the spec I wanted . I used it sparingly on a tour I was on as I needed an authentic P bass sound , but haven't really used it since ( I've always been a Musicman player ) I had the bass set up by ex Sounds Great luthier Matt Ryan in Milnrow , who commented on the high build quality . The Xotic benefits from a push/pull active / passive master volume , a very transparent 3 band eq with master tone and luminova dots on the side of the neck that glow to help you out on dark stages / pits etc . The condition of the bass is 9.75 / 10.00 - The only marks I can see , are fine scratch marks on the scratch plate that were already on when I collected the bass - Hard to see on the photos and barely noticeable up close . Although I have hardly used the bass - I've used the gig bag a little - it's still in very good condition though . I'm not looking for any trades for this , and as I think I've priced it very competitively I'm not open to any offers . I'm looking for a UK sale only , and I would prefer the buyer to collect , although I'm open to discussing different delivery options . Thanks for taking a look . N
    2 points
  14. stingrayPete1977
    Yes, I'll trade it for £500 cash, lol. Sorry couldn't resist, I'm only after some cash tbh.
    2 points
  15. Painy
    Is possible that your band mate may be even less keen on that scenario than you are. 😐
    2 points
  16. NoirBass
    Mine arrived Thursday too, best £16.50 I’ve ever spent. What a collection - I thought the John Entwistle book was good, but Geddys is amazing!
    2 points
  17. bumnote
    My SB2 is shod with thomastic. I tried my newly aquired SB1 with flats that were on the bass and in the end changed to rounds. Theres soomething nicely aggressive about the sound with rounds.
    2 points
  18. Bluewine
    There's more to the story which is why I had no problem taking the money. Blue
    2 points
  19. Moos3h
    And here be pics:
    2 points
  20. bazzbass
    yeah, ain't gonna work with my ELF mini rig with one or both 1 10"s hehe
    2 points
  21. P-T-P
    If I can find a buyer fir my BBP34 I will be all over this.
    2 points
  22. bubinga5
    Slick stuff from Cory and his band. B Slade with the amazing laid back Sharay on bass. He reminds me of KRS1
    2 points
  23. haysy
    The question about the hardware was a valid one, since you had just stated a change in hardware colour to black by a previous owner, along with a link to the original ACG web page spec. Other brands of black hardware are available so how are BC members to know what has been fitted? You also posted the previous owner’s sale thread, in which it states that there is buckle rash and a dent, so again it was a valid question. I don’t understand how valid questions on a sale thread for a bass costing £900 constitutes a “crap” of your thread? i am not a time waster as my feedback on BC will show. I was actually genuinely interested in buying this bass, but I’m sure I’ll find something suitable from a less rude member.
    2 points
  24. AndyTravis
    2 points
  25. borntohang
    Great guys and we've been using their stuff for about a year now: Map Bass, Airline 3P and Rivolta Mondata in the band. We do have a casual non-endorsement relationship with them so feel free to take this whole post with salt to taste, but I'm happy with the quality on all the stuff we got and none of it was special order or anything. Wouldn't be using or defending it otherwise. General thoughts on the Map Bass are that it's incredibly heavy but also possibly the deepest bass I've ever played. Get a lot of other players asking if I'm using a sub octave or something but it's just a very strong fundamental and a lot of output and low end. In fact there's so much low end that I struggled a bit to start with but after lowering the pickups it's now got a nice vintage growl to it. Still very high output and I have to severely rein the gain in on my pedals to keep it clean. We went up to the demo day they did last year with most of the range in and I was impressed with all the higher end stuff. Lot of nice decorative touches across the range that you wouldn't find on a Fender of similar price but the lower stuff definitely felt like it could do with a setup. They're very interesting guitars and get a lot of attention - lots of other players and audience members asking what they are.
    2 points
  26. Bluewine
    Things have really picked up out of nowhere with all these acoustic gigs. Well, not really out of nowhere. I have a suspition about why I started getting these acoustic offers. I played Cafe Soeurette Saturday night from 7-10 ,great hours and a nice engaged crowd. I'm playing a Sprecher Micro Brewery gig this Saturday night. I also found out my primary band will be opening for a national headliner at a large country festival this summer. 3 weeks ago I had nothing. Blue
    2 points
  27. GisserD
    I've had an idea.... and it may be a good one I've come up with a workable and cost effective design for a control system that would allow users to effectively use midi PC data to set presets on their existing analogue pedals. It wouldn't involve any electronics or soldering on the users part, and would be easily retrofittable to virtually any pedalboard, and wouldn't take up any more space than a power supply. The idea is that there would be a number of channels, and the user can define which pots they control. They could be multiple pots on the same pedal, or many pot on multiple pedals. Is this something that you as a pedal buyer/user/lover/addict (delete as appropriate) would be interested in? Any questions, comments, suggestions will be welcomed. I anticipate a lot of comments regarding cost so lets say for argument's sake it costs no more than £35 per channel. edit* If anybody has some programming skills and would like to come onboard with a project like this then id welcome a partnership. I have all the mechanicals down, but the programming is beyond me. PM me if your interested.
    1 point
  28. jaccjazz
    This is strung B-E-A-D-G – i.e. classic 5 string arrangement. Hand built in USA 2017 Deep Black Cherry Flame Top on Lightweight Chambered body 5 piece maple through neck, short scale Currently strung B to G with Flatwounds I had this made by Kiesel a couple of years ago and is currently in new mint condition. It has never left the house, never been gigged, rehearsed, etc. I love this thing but it really needs to go to someone who will appreciate it and use it more. £2000.00 Specs Deep Black Cherry Flame Chambered Walnut Body Clear Gloss Finish 5-Piece Maple Neck with Tung Oil Finish on Back Two high-strength carbon-fibre reinforcing rods and fully-adjustable dual action truss rod 30 Inch Short Scale Length Ebony Fingerboard Diamond Mother of Pearl Inlays Side Dots on neck Medium-Jumbo stainless steel Frets .048" H .103" W 14in Fretboard Radius Hipshot Bridge with .75" (19mm) string space Kiesel locking nut system (accepts standard strings) Kiesel Radium KRH radius top alnico humbucker pickup in the neck and bridge Passive electronics, master volume, pickup blend, tone control Black Pickups and Hardware Currently Strung with B-E-A-D-G Flat Wound Med Light Strings Drop Shadow Logo White on Black Dunlop Straplocks Black Kiesel Soft Bass Case For a demo see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=23&v=BlHOizbf0OM For more details see here: https://www.kieselguitars.com/catalog/guitars/vb5
    1 point
  29. bassplayerpt
    For sale or trade beautiful Ibanez Volo bass Btb 33" scale and 17mm string spacing, with tipical E-C configuration. Comes with soft case. I can consider offer for straight sale or trade.
    1 point
  30. Bill Fitzmaurice
    That's a common misconception, even among those who really should know better. The size of the driver does not determine how low the speaker will go. A dozen or so other factors, Thiele/Small parameters, along with the cabinet design do. A 115 might go lower than a 410 but it also might not. That would be revealed by the measured SPL charts for the cabs in question, if there were any, but sadly there are not. In any event, Hartke lists the low frequency response limit of both the 4.5xl and 115 xl as 30Hz, although they don't say if that's down 3dB, 6dB, 10dB or more from the base line sensitivity, which is another bit of critical information.
    1 point
  31. ped
    John Hall is looking well 🤭
    1 point
  32. bartelby
    I thought the addition of Lowe was fantastic. I've know his solo stuff (under both Robert Aiki Aubery Lowe and Lichens) for a while before he did stuff with OM. He's a super nice guy too. Al is definitely an end of the neck player.
    1 point
  33. GisserD
    i think it will be most useful on a loop switcher based rig for fully automated preset control. but it would still useful without one, the user would just still have to switch the pedals on and off.
    1 point
  34. Steve Browning
    Fair point!!!
    1 point
  35. Beer of the Bass
    I've seen some far more niche products, but they're probably not things I should post here!
    1 point
  36. Jack
    Yeah but if you make the cab 16R then it'll get half the power the 4x10 gets, so is it worth bringing for the tiny amount of volume it'll create? I know metal is loud, but do you really need more than that 4x10? They're LOUD! If I really needed more I'd just get another matching 4x10, they can be had for quite cheap these days as people don't want to move them.
    1 point
  37. lloyd
    Ordered it on 31/12/18! Paid £16.64 to be exact. Actually , I forgot about it until I had an email to say it had been despatched , and lo and behold it turned up yesterday in all its hardback glory, and can I say, it’s worth the wait, the quality of the pics, paper and interviews are superb.
    1 point
  38. BassApprentice
    Ach that's a shame mate! If you're looking for lightweight, check it the Sandberg Super light https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/330412-sandberg-sl-superlight-now-available-for-order-66lb
    1 point
  39. bazzbass
    yes, nothing beats playing originals. I love the feeling when you write a bassline that is more than roots-third-fifth-octave, though some or all of the aforementioned are used , of course. are you going to be recording anything soon? I'd like to hear you.
    1 point
  40. Grahambythesea
    Sell the camper van, you’ll regret selling this more!
    1 point
  41. lozkerr
    The Eden EC8 might be worth considering. It's got quite a punch for a 20 watt amp, and the low end sounds nice and full. There aren't many bells and whistles on it - aux in, cans out, plus controls for gain, tone and enhance is yer lot - but it does the job very well. It wipes the floor with the Fly 3, IMHO.
    1 point
  42. dmccombe7
    One door closes and another opens Blue. Enjoy and have fun. The more you're out there the more recognition you get from bands that might be loking for a bass player.
    1 point
  43. AndyTravis
    I know. I think it’s a sign. After all of this, my preferred dremmel attachment for cutting which was missing yesterday (and why I opted to hand cut which I’m certain lead to the breakage...) just magically appeared in a box of parts. so. It’s being left as it is. in other news. Bridge and Machine heads arrived.
    1 point
  44. AndyTravis
    Well, that’s that bit. Now the pickguard.
    1 point
  45. Little Dragon
    One of the reviews actually said that the E and A string appear thicker than the D and G!
    1 point
  46. KevB
    I have an old Behringer V-amp Pro that I got 2nd hand and I've never had a reason to use so it can go on the raffle prize table as well.
    1 point
  47. Paul S
    Just sold my Yamaha BX-5 to Ed is a smooth transaction. Good comms throughout, most pleasant experience all round.
    1 point
  48. thodrik
    I watched it. As far as being one bass player's personal opinion on he achieves his own personal tone i have no issue with it. In terms of his opinions being passed off as 'essentials' for bass tone I thought it was just another case of opinion being passed off as fact. There is nothing from his free videos that would encourage me to pay money to obtain any of his knowledge. I'm happy that he has managed to build up a successful business but I just really don't gain any insight or enjoyment from his videos. I have slowly managed to block SBL from my social media mentions, but I still see SBL posts here on BC. When I see them I can't help but watch (it is like a drug). For my own sanity I am going to pull myself away from all SBL discussions and would ask the mods on this site to give me a warning if I so much as comment on another SBL related topic.
    1 point
  49. Tolis21r
    For Sale a great 5 string bass with light sign of use and a scar to neck pickup ( see photo) , Very good condition , very easy to play and the the B just kills.. I am asking 1250 euros without shipping cost with Marleaux Gigbag Year of made i think it's 1998 , it's the first edition of Consat Straight but made Custom due to jazz delano neck pickup , it has also one MM Bartolini which it's awesome.. Body : Dibetou Fingerboard : Maple 34'' scale 24 fretts + a 0 frett Controls are p.u. /volume / bass / middle / treble Shaller Tuners and strap-locks E.T.S.bridge Weight : About 3,8 kg one switch for Active / Passive Mode and another one for the EQ preamp . Some pics , thank you for your time.. **Price Drop to 1100 EURO** Trades with 5 strings bass are welcome !
    1 point
  50. stewblack
    I have more industrial options if I have someone to lift in and out of the car for me
    1 point
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