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I wish Fender would do a 1951 reissue Precision again. I've owned 3 and it's the only bass I regret selling. Don't know how well they sell but it's long overdue a reissue.5 points
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Hi all, the business is technically still ‘active’ but the web site needed a complete overhaul and I simply haven’t had time to complete it. Unfortunately/fortunately my private marketing consultancy business has really taken off and I can earn more from this in 2-3 days than bass retail can generate in a month! I’ve been mostly working in movie marketing for about 18 months with a good friend who’s a producer and we have 10 films out this year. Current project is working on one with a Biffy Clyro soundtrack so that’s been a lot of fun. I have maybe 25-30 basses stashed away to relaunch with including Ritter, Fodera, Alleva Coppolo, Atelier Z, Suhr and a string of vintage Fenders and some JVs as well. Just need to find some time to get them all photographed and the site finished. . .5 points
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I would probably go with 45-105, because I've played everything from heavy Rock to pop and soul on them. It's important that the instrument is set up properly and also that you know how to get the best out of your amp/cab.4 points
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Herebe our latest offering, from our 4th album which will be released on 01 Aug 2019:3 points
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I’m a huge fan of this series, but I only just came across this episode and it blew me away. Such a lovely groove.3 points
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Squier CV 60's precision fiesta red. Connoisseurs probably already know what series of classic vibe precisions this is (run from 2008-2012). According to many, these are next to the JV series "the best squier basses ever made". These gradually increase in value, this bass has no scratches or dents, no defects and the thumbrest and screws (not on photo) are included. There is a set of old flatwounds on it that fit well with the bass. In short: A nice playing P-bass with a good sound (the stock pickup sounds surprisingly good!) And Pino looks. I recently got this bass in a trade deal with Torvic here on the forum and I've got around 450Euro/400£ invested in it myself, but a good offer is welcome. The bass comes without a suitcase or gigbag, but I have plenty of packing materials (I'm an expert at packing instruments.. ) and you will get a standard levys strap with it. You can test / pick up in Ghent center (BE), shipping will cost you another tenner. Kind regards, Don3 points -
Do Fender make a P with Jazz neck? If not, that.3 points
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I had over 100 new kitchen tiles " go missing " from Ebay. I paid for the goods via PP. I was told by PP that they had proof of delivery from the courier. Trackable doesnt always mean a signature is required. The courier hits a few buttons on his courier pad to say the item has been delivered. Thats all PP / Ebay need. After a few weeks of messing around with messaging ( had to do it on Facebook with My hermes ) who denied everything. They dont have a customer line anymore ( no surprise ) so FB is the only way. In the end, i found out the courier had delivered the tiles to the Chinese Takeaway 30 yards away, who in fact never received the goods. I got so hacked off with the courier ( who probably stole them ) and the seller, who didnt give a hoot. and Ebay and PP who didnt a give a hoot either, so after about 7 weeks or so, i contacted my bank and got them to reverse the payment. Suddenly, PP took notice ... i paid twice because he only sold in bundles, and i needed 2 bundles to complete the job, but for some reason, PP only reversed one of the payments, and that caused more mayhem. But the bank of HSBC helped and i got all the money back, but only because i got my teeth sunk in like a Jack Russell with a rat. Bar stewards, the lot of 'em.3 points
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@wateroftyne3 points
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In all honesty, for me, one great tone that mixes perfectly with the drums is much better all round than changing patches all the time. Give the sound guy a good chance of getting the rhythm section mixed perfectly by giving him a consistent sound and let him worry about vocals, guitars and keys the rest of the gig.3 points
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A few more little jobs done today. I'm just finishing anything that may cause scratches etc. before I get round to the final sanding on the neck. Drilled the holes for the neck and cut the neck screws down in length as they were long enough to go all the way through the fretboard. No idea why but one of the screws decided to snap! I was quite lucky as there was enough showing in the neck that I could remove it carefully with pliers. Any less showing and it would have been a nightmare of having to drill it out..... The screw came out without too much fuss and, most importantly, without causing any damage or scratches. I had another screw which I trimmed then fitted the neck. I've also made the cavity cover template a little tighter fitting so there is a little less gap around it (wasn't masses around the original, I'm just being picky!!) so I'll make the new cover tomorrow.3 points
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I was looking for a good Music Man for a while, that needed to have a lacquered neck. I don't like the oiled ones as much.. Today I went for a drive to pick up this 30th anniversary model! Its such a beautiful bass... Tommorow I'll be done with the set up and give it a spin. I haven't heard it with proper fresh strings yet, but it sounded great already with dead rounds. So I guess flats would sound great too. First I'll mount a set of fat beams for full Stingray aggression3 points
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Alan’s almost finished, and he’s done a stupendous job as always. Stunning3 points
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Squier Classic Vibe 60’s Precision When lisitings go bad! Now withdrawn.2 points -
PJ bass put together by young @Beedster of this ‘ere gaff. Weighs 9lbs Neck sourced from USA by Chris, which as you can see had been lacquered at some point, and not finished particularly well at the heel, but never bothered me. Amazing beautiful dark rosewood board with the lovely 62 neck profile (wide-ish, but flatter) very comfy. He Put it together with this PJ configured P body It's been fully shielded, and wired with CTS pots and Tonerider Pickups with V, V, T controls, plus two are push/pull pots which are; A series/parallel on the P pickup volume control for the P pickup (single coil type tone) The other putting both jazz and P pickup in series (full big humbucker tone) The bass plays nicely, great array of tones, balances well and comes strung with flats and in a hard case and some spare strings. I’d prefer to hand over at this stage, either coming to Slappy Towers in Bath, or meet up within a reasonable drive time. I’ll consider postage if there’s no local traffic. I may consider separating neck and body if there are a couple of peeps interested in them. I’m going to say body £180 & neck £120 posted, as long I have both confirmed as wanted. Selling as I only have 2 basses at any one time and my Kramer aluminium does all things fretted and I have an incoming fretless. Any questions do ask.2 points -
Oh wow! It's no consolation, but it is VERY rare for that to happen just with tensioning up. On the positive side, that is a very clean break. If you want to post the neck to me, more than happy to see if I can fix it...2 points
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Only met the guy once , but sometimes you just know2 points -
How much did @Moos3h pay your for that? Almost bromantic. 😂2 points
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One thing I should have mentioned about the NE is that it delivers thunderous, bone rattling LOWS!! Very probably the deepest, meatiest low end of any bass I've come across. Great review, Dan...and don't worry about forgetting to mention the B string - I think I've covered that off in my comment immediately above! 😂2 points
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I did exactly the same thing. Pay Pal didn't want to know until my bank reversed payment. Suddenly I started getting phone calls from them at 0800 everyday asking for their money. Now they were calling me, I got my point across. I got my money back from a vendor who I'd returned goods too (not as described). Pay Pal are tu7ds of the first order.2 points
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It’s mostly going back to my roots Dave - I worked in big studio movie promotion for several years and really enjoyed it. Now working with some of the same people but on purely independently produced and financed films. Way smaller budgets but also without all the politics of big Hollywood studio productions. The biggest bonus is that I can work almost exclusively from home and only have to travel into London about once every 2-3 months instead of every day. We have a very experienced team of people working together and we can short-cut all the time-wasting meetings and ridiculously long conference calls. All our materials sit in a central cloud based storage system and we chat via Skype and WhatsApp Makes it much more relaxing but still fun and, mostly, rewarding as we all deal direct with producers, writers, cast etc - I was most impressed to get Suki Waterhouse asking for my WhatsApp details last week and sending me little messages and requests for help in stuff, lol.2 points
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A quick Google search implies that a gift can be disputed. It looks like some forms of funding e.g. credit cards, then the rules change and PayPal have to abide by credit card regulations which are different! Some folking twits must lie awake at night thinking of how to scam others. Grrrrr.2 points
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All I’m going to say is everything affects the tone. Try some lighter strings and see how you get on. Your playing will have the biggest influence on your sound (ruling out effects and extreme eq settings)2 points
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I know this sounds whack but I used to have really light gauge strings (don’t know the exact sizes but they were the lightest they had in stock at The Bass Centre when I bought the bass) on a Jaydee Supernatural. I used this inappropriate bass with it’s inappropriately light gauge strings to play in a heavy goth band and subsequently a really heavy and fast thrash metal band. It sounded great though, drop D in the thrash band, real clarity but still plenty of depth. I find the lighter gauges easier to play (small fingers here). Latterly I was convinced to use a different bass with heavier strings but I was never really happy, that initial setup was ideal for me. No doubt my experience is a freaky outlier but there you go.2 points
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I won't be able to do one until Monday anyway, I have a summer fair gig this afternoon so I'll not have time to record anything beforehand.2 points
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30th anni.....one of the best rays ever made.2 points
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Great weather, grreat crowd. It was a good gig. It's so nice when you only have to play an hour. I had a blast! Blue2 points
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If you didn’t type that on an electronic device made in an Asian sweat shop where worker’s rights are essentially non-existant, well done you!2 points
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Hi Folks Don't often do this but with this one I thought I must.. So, there I was in my local music shop in Bognor Regis (Mike's Music) buying some strings when I saw this hanging on the wall looking a bit unloved.. Being the kind chap that he is, Mike let me have a trial with the bass and after spending some time with it at home, I realised it was a must have.. As far as I can tell from the serial number, its a Made in Japan 1991/2 Fender Precision. Sounds great, beautiful Ash body and maple neck and is in brilliant condition for a 27 year old bass. Happy days, or should I say, happy NBDs! Thanks for looking.. 😊1 point
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Is there anyone on Basschat, who, by design or accident, only plays gear made in the UK? I exclusively use Barefaced cabs and OBBM cables. I owned a Wal for about 10 years and but for the weight I'd very interested in an Overwater Jazz. There have been several occasions when I've been close to buying an ACG and Shuker bass, but I don't seem to be able to get very excited about British amps. Since I started I've also played German basses and amps and of course always US gear, but I don't recall ever recall having 100% British gear. I don't think I've ever played with any other musician who only used British gear, either. With the B-word flip up just about to happen I was wondering who is supporting British companies in their bass playing endeavours. Who can come up with a convincing case to make me reconsider my current amp choice of Aguilar and Thunderfunk? I think we should be be looking to increase our support for all British companies in the future. Looks like they're going to need us.1 point
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They have this new one:1 point
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OK had a quick look and as far as I can see the Ashdown cab is something like 35litres internally. That's a touch bigger than the cab I gigged with this afternoon with SM212's in. They certainly work in that sized cab. If you live anywhere near Somerset you'd be welcome to see how they sound. Interestingly we had a shootout a couple of years ago where a little Ashdown 1x12 surprised us all by sounding rather good compared with some much more expensive cabs in our room with admittedly poor acoustics. I designed my little cab a year ago as an attempt to counter some of the difficult small venues I was playing and built it in the same room at the bash a year ago. I thought at the time it sounded rather like the Ashdown of a year before though that hadn't been my intention.1 point
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I know its not it but it reminds me of Freak Power - Freak Power. I shall be back in 11:21, after watching this: We need more trombones in rock music.1 point
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there you go 5 string TM SL review1 point
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Perfect! Though there is another weird instrument with too many strings, not sure what that's about 😉 Please tell me you own the copyright on that image and we can use it.1 point
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Probably an NS 2000/5. They're almost always listed as Legends in ads. I think they are better than Legends so there are sometimes bargains to be found!1 point
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It makes a noise that I’ve never found anything else to do. It’s really good at what it does, just not what at what I need it to do.1 point -
I would hazard a guess that it isn't a Legend.1 point
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I always understood that BB means Broad Bass. The early models even have it on the the Headstock.1 point
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Your brother sounds like a very wise man1 point -
Looking at the bright side, this means that those of us will silly amounts of gear can now justify all those purchases as investments. One day, all gear in the UK will be characterised by whether or not it was pre-Brexit.1 point
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Here is a lesson showing you how to play Blues Turnarounds in your Walking Bass Lines. We will look at the most common turnarounds you will hear in blues tunes and I will show you a turnaround that will fit at the end of any 12-bar blues. I have left a backing track running at the end of the video, so you can practice your own walking lines and try out your new turnarounds. Remember you can download the free PDF by clicking the link in the video description. Please like and share this if you find it useful. https://youtu.be/QKcCbnejhNU1 point
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How did I know it was one of his before even looking at the seller?1 point
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Likewise, never heard of Chip Boaz. And he appears to have a bad case of lockjaw. Medical help is available.1 point
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Been using the Gator Pro Go which has been fantastic and realistically priced: https://www.thomann.de/gb/gator_g_pg_bass_guitar_bag.htm1 point
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My Capri Orange/Maple Limelight P Bass in action last weekend. Lovely to play and to you ears, sounds great 😎 (shame about the bloke playing it!) 😄 ABBDCC44-C39E-4E91-96FF-16D95F234166.MOV1 point
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Dualit 2-slice Newgen toaster in Buttercream. With matching Stingray.1 point
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That's just greedy.1 point
