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My bass guitar heaven 😋5 points
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Local Man Hears About Edinburgh Tattoo, Misunderstands4 points
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I've owned this rare beast from new, back when you had to wait 3 months for them to be made. Freakish light, huge bottom end and stupidly loud, being capable of delivering the same output as two 8x10's cabs. It needs a decent amp to drive it but nothing crazy. When I used a Darkglass 900w in rehersals I had to switch it into lower power mode if I want to be able to up the gain much. It hasn't been regularly gigged and is in great condition. The sound quality is fantastic, they are pretty special guys at barefaced. The tightness in the low end is remarkable. You will see from the link below you cannot buy these anymore and they don't do anything with 15-inch speakers these days just 10's and 12's. The only signs of ageing are cosmetic and I have tried to capture them in the pictures. The plastic brackets of the handles have faded or been marked, the corner guards have some wear and what the pictures cant pick up is that If you stand in front of it and peer directly down the face of the grill, and the light is just right, you might notice a slight variance in darkness on freshly painted parts that had some light scratching from bloody cymbal stands being lent against it. Drummers! I touched these up with the official barefaced bass touch up kit. There is plenty left and I will include this. The badge looks worn but it's actually that the plastic protector is on still. I'm open to realistic offers but not trades as I'm not in a band anymore. Pick up is preferred. I'm not against meeting halfway by car or posting but it is very expensive. UK postage (48 hr, Royal mail, tracked and signed for) is £87 fully insured, £57 without insurance. Cash or Bank transfer preferred. Paypal only if you pick up the fees. https://barefacedbass.com/product-range/dubster.htm3 points -
Fantastic Celinder PJ4 fron Denmark with great original CPIIIA pre amp (with the cool 4dipswitches) and pickups. Very fast ‘Jazz’ neck. Amazing Celinder sound. Some playing wear but technically perfect. Frets > 95%. Very low action possible.3 points -
It worked out OK in the end, not perfect but a lot lot better, there was four of the things when I checked closely, this id what they looked like before the first dose of thinners but after cutting back along with my mini sanding block (an offcut from a nut ) I left them for most of the day to harden off and continued with other bits, fitting the hardware, making a nut setting the neck. I also fitted the Lull pickup, I have to admit to not opening the bag it was in until today and had a shock when I saw it, it was covered in some sort of thick stuff for want of an idea what it was. I can't imagine it was shipped from Mike's place like that, I assume it got there at the dealers. Thankfully it came off with white spirit At the end of the day I removed everything again and sorted out the repairs and reassembled it all again, soldered in the electrics and gave it a whirl, nice is what it was everything a T bird should be and more. I've still got a few jobs to do, the pickup isn't adjusting in height smoothly and I need to set the intonation and fine tune the bridge but that can wait for a week now for everything to settle down. I was surprised how little I needed to use the truss rod to get the relief low, the carbon rods give quite a bit of stiffness, I'm interested to see how it all is on the other ebony one as that has that super slim neck3 points
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Final bit of tidying up before gluing the top on, but that's enough for one day. The top is basically ready to fit. The dark centre line, by the way, will disappear at the final sanding which won't be done until the back is on and the binding too.3 points
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Mr. Davis needs to get his own to use. I'm bloody fed up of him keep coming round using this one.. really got on my last Nerve it has. 😒3 points -
Well, this is probably as far as I dare go: It will be a little while before I glue the top on so might have a further tweak but, as I said earlier, I don't really know how far to go - or where - so it's probably best leave it hereabouts. There is a great video here - the first 30 minutes is theory but skip to 31:29 and he demos tapping it at his starting point and then progressively as he mods the braces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei5-DkVTrEE The slightly sobering thing is that I finish, soundwise, basically where he starts! But, I think this is probably pretty much where my previous build was when I halted further tweaking so, hopefully, it will sound the same when it's finished...which was, after all, the purpose of the exercise. The only bit that completely escapes me (and did on the last build) is the flex on the bass side he talks about. I've seen other folks wobble it like an Australian whatever-it's-called showing how flexible it is. I do the same thing and it's as stiff as the proverbial board! Anyway, I'll pick it up in an hour or so and give a tap and, if it's as good as I'm going to get it, then get on with the exiting bit - gluing the top to the sides3 points
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Loops to you too!3 points
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She won’t let me buy any more basses, so she’s got to go. I’ll start bidding at a £20 and we can go from there. Might accept trades, would consider some decent Barolo. Cheers3 points -
Please clarify - which went to the charity shop, the album (which hadn’t changed), or the "improved" hi-fi? 😟3 points
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A good well balanced bass with a great variation of tones. It’s served me well through my university years but don’t have a use for it anymore. It even comes with its own fitted case! PM me if interested2 points -
Ordered this a few weeks ago from PMT and it finally came today, I've already got a honeyburst one but being in a UFO tribute band I wanted to get the right colour, I know the bridges are different but what the hell. These 760 humbuckers are fantastic, plenty of tone and bags of power, the neck feels to be a slightly different profile to my other one but its still slim, neck dive is negligible and the finish is flawless. Overall I'm very happy with it and tonight is it's first gig.2 points
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I respectfully disagree, many of the punk pioneers were very competent musicians and song writers, it almost like Sid Vicious was punk in many peoples eyes, yes there were many bands who lacked even the most basic skills but on the flip side punk also brought us some very talented musicians and song writers who still hold their own today, some 40 years later2 points
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Decided to put this up for sale as I've recently bought another lakland, and they're always my go to bass! Plays really well and sounds great. Very punchy. Recently fitted a set of Ernie Ball slinkies 45/100 so still nice and bright! Has some scratches and marks to be expected as it was made in 2008. Collection prefered but can post in a gear4music foam hard case for £50 extra. Trials welcome, not really after trades however a decent home amp like an ampeg/gk or a sansamp or similar may interest me as part trade. Would also be interested a lightweight head ampeg/gk etc as a part ex. Any questions just ask! Thanks, can send more pictures to interested parties2 points -
I’m not so keen o the farty sound. If you can smell the tone it’s gone too far!2 points
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but it will probably still have a novelty random detachable headstock2 points
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135 number ten by VTypeV4, on Flickr Love mine - oldskool cool..😀2 points
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I've got two of the first Dubsters - with a filter to shove most of the mid/top somewhere else (sep amp & spkrs) - they handle anything I can throw at them - shame Alex de-listed them, but I guess aiming them at the dub market probably didn't help sales. ( Mine are staying, btw ) Everyone I play to reckons they're frightingly good.......... 😎2 points
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Thanks for the OP Hobbayne, I don't think I've heard that for 40 years! The Stranglers were always rooted in 60's psychedelia. I saw them live on the "Black & White" tour (Cambridge Corn Exchange) - like many other BC-ers I'm sure, it was JJB who totally inspired me to take up bass. Apart from the stand-out "Hanging around" this one was always my favourite from the "Rattus" album:2 points
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I find my BB1025 sounds nothing like my Fender P though. I'd reach for the P every time for this music. Not sure how much of that is down to the strings vs the pickup, probably 50/50! Spark Boost just arrived btw, and just gave it a quick 2 minutes. The clipping sounds extremely similar to the Mojomojo, just brighter and not as fat, more transparent. I like em both!2 points
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What I meant was would you have done it for nothing? Because that’s what the Tattoo are wanting... I’m guessing not 😀2 points
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I've recently been debating whether or not to buy a bass vi, so in the sport of "budget bass vi" I knocked one up using bits left over from old projects. That's an Encore short scale bass neck with two extra banjo tuners, and a left handed 80s Hondo body (wired direct to jack). The bridge is a cheapo hardtail strat replacement type. The nut is 42mm with "strat spacing". Stings are Ernie Ball 6 String Bass (90-20w). The G is just long enough. The nut spacing seems fine, the bridge spacing could do with being a smidge wider. Obviously access to the dusty end is limited. Sounds OK. The guitarist in my surf band is using it on one song, through a guitar amp, as a "lead bass" kind of thing and it's particularly good for that.2 points
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That's actually a very fair point. It is, no question, in the high end price bracket for cabs and getting things like a quality finish sorted should go hand in hand.2 points
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Lumping them in with the punks did them a massive disservice IMO2 points
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There’s a video somewhere of Gary Willis demonstrating 3 finger technique on this very model. Worth a watch.2 points
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My brother sent Gibson a video of his LP Junior with robot tuners self-removing one of it's strings mid-song.2 points
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I remember enjoying this when it came out. Its a Prog tune, as far as I hear it.2 points
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I'm so sorry to hear this. 6 weeks or 6 months - it's still not long enough to say goodbye. Thanks for sharing this at what must be a difficult and emotional time. That's a fine looking bass and it will be forever special - play it with pride 'cos the old man will be listening and tapping his feet.2 points
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Active or passive?2 points
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Is she good for metal?2 points
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I'm going to wait a few weeks until you drop the price. 😂😂😂😀 GLWTS2 points
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And most of the rest:2 points
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And out comes the Go-bar rig again, but this time with the 25 foot radius dish. Lots of careful marking out of the bracing positions and then the all-important X-braces are glued in place first, with the radiused bottoms pressing the top into its spherical shape: It maybe one of those urban myths, but that little hardwood stiffener across the X brace joint is said to make a significant difference to the tone... There's a clip somewhere with a demo of without one and then with one subsequently fitted which is fascinating. I'll try and find it.2 points
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Doesn't mean people shouldn't use them - some brilliant players even manage to get by with P basses!2 points
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Line 6 M9 effects unit in great overall condition fully working, just very small minor marks here and there... I won't go into all the details as there's just too much to list. There's Loads of info online. I'm sure most will be aware how good these are anyway and what they can do.... just a bit too much for my use ! I'm just looking to free some money up at the moment! No offers at this price. No box just the unit itself. Please note that I had to do a repair to the power supply plastic pin... it is working fine though I would suggest buying a new correct spec. replacement which are cheap on ebay , (about £10), hence why I am selling at this price. Payment can be bank transfer or Paypal gift payment, either is fine. Postage will be a signed for courier to UK MAINLAND ADDRESSES ONLY, and is included in selling price.1 point
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I'm not even on FB!1 point
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Just for completeness, this is Land of Sunshine by Faith No More. 👍1 point
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It's your wife finding out that you should be more concerned about. £20 sales price?? Ok so you're then £20 up. But does that include P&P? And she'll be entitled to 50% of everything else you have including your basses amps and cabs...£20 for all that?! Now that is a bargain! 🤣1 point
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We played a charity gig at a school, sadly we had to play later as the guitarist took an evening job and can't start things until 9, by which time the crowd had gone down a lot, but those remaining appreciated it. But seriously our drummer needs a gag for such gigs, his word choice is not safe for school. it was a religious school, it as the singer was still trying to get his sax connected we thought we would start with a song the drummer sings, so we started with highway to hell. Seemed to go down fine!1 point
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I set my amp up clean and played Tonehammer vs Mojomojo for a bit last night. Struggled to pick a winner, so for £40 it’s a bargain! I’d say I prefer the Tonehammer sound in headphones but the Mojomojo through the amp at this stage. Oh and forget about treating the AGS like a 2nd channel, it has too much volume boost. They should have made it a toggle switch or added a 2nd master volume control for AGS mode! The Tonehammer is way more versatile though, you can get scooped growly rock tones from it, whereas the Mojomojo is more of a one trick pony.1 point
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Have the pups been upgraded? I hear the stock pair weren’t quite pokey enough.1 point
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Does it come with a fresh G String?1 point
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What’s the action like?1 point
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Just picked up a Squier Vintage Modified PJ because it looked nice, and was cheap. Slapped on some thomastik flats and a hi-mass bridge that I had lying around that I thought looked nice. It's amazing!! Had a USA P bass previously and the Squier plays, sounds and looks every bit as good IMO. My new favourite bass1 point
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Its like listening to the Yoda of Bass. Victor Wooten has the same effect. But of course Marcus being the main man. 😎. I dont care how well Victor plays. He aint Marcus.1 point
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Creamery - based in Manchester and give him a shout - he’ll let you know what the wait time is and what is in stock. Ulyate will be an import. Ironstone based in the Midlands are very decent pick ups and could do a job, heard them in action. Wizard pick ups are now called hot rod and are continuing his work to spec and are U.K. based - I have a Thumper P bass pick up and it’s hot hot nice. A few more options there1 point
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I have had 40 basses in 8 years. I've liked some more than others. A Peavey Grind 5 string, Hohner 6 B Bass, and Fender MM P bass stand out. But my current one is the best, yet I came by it largely by accident. Irked by my blues crowd taking the michael if I played anything wider than a 4 string, but wanting a B string, I thought I'd buy a cheap 4 string and convert it to BEAD stringing. So I went on Fleabay to find a dog I could experiment with - and came across a Revelation P bass. The pictures were very fuzzy and indistinct, but the price was good at £150. So I bought it. Only to find too late it was an unlined fretless. Eeek... Any road, it arrived and it seemed straight out the egg. And the quality was impressive - almost as good as a Sire (sans 18v electrics) for half the price even new. I did the nut slot file thing to cater for bigger strings and strung it with the lower end of a 6 string La Bella nickel rounds set. It played OK, but very deep and thuddy and I couldn't get used to it. So I reverted to EADG stringing with the flatwounds it came with (Picato? dunno). And - possibly critically - I added an old KiOgon loom I had kicking around from another project. Result? Bass heaven. Totally my sound, handles great. and the smaller strings don't seem to mind the slightly widened nut slots. Most of all, with a fair few hours hard practice, I find playing unlined isn't that hard. I think this puppy was meant to be. Who knows, it might actually stay.1 point
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I went to buy a sandwich last Thursday lunchtime and ended up unexpectedly buying a Fender Player Precision as well. It’s the 3rd time I’ve gone out for lunch and bought a bass without planning to, all from the same shop. Hopefully this one will be a keeper, unlike the other two, but I really need to find a nice sandwich shop further away from PMT Newcastle in future.1 point
