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  1. Painy
    I really love the classic look of the Ashdown CTM300 head but unfortunately it's just not in my price range at the moment. To tide me over until I can save up a couple of grand, I decided that I'd try to at least achieve the look of the amp even if I can't get the sound of it right now. I've spent my spare time over the last week building this new case from scratch for my ABM 500rc Evo iii and I'm really pleased with the result so thought I'd share it here. 🙂
    8 points
  2. Daveyboyrooster
    Feb 1977 Stingray bass for sale 100% original including hard case.
    4 points
  3. walshy
    NBD today after seeing it on Facebook shared by @cd_david in a super cool little music shop. Man it’s good! Originally sunburst but refinished in Oly White in 1973 when the J pup was added. Owned locally since then by a pro theatre musician. Always had flats on so frets are almost brand new. Bar that everything is original and man it sounds well! Looking forward to gigging this next year 🤘 Shots with and without the covers 😍
    4 points
  4. gjones
    I know Lawrie Macmillan. He is very tall, dark and handsome, and up until recently drove an Alfa Romeo. If, after a significant amount of lessons, for some unexplained reason, your girlfriend's bass playing is not getting any better. I would suggest you get her to to swop to a uglier, fatter, possibly with bad halitosis, bass tutor.
    4 points
  5. DaytonaRik
    I did this on a semi pro basis for 6-7 so... framing, framing, framing - move your focus point so that the entire subject is the frame, headstock, the lot. You can always crop afterwards Spotlights *will* cause over exposure and lens flare so watch out for that and roll the exposure back a touch You'll need at least 2 bodies - one with either a short prime or a short telephoto - I always took a pair of Canon 1D's the 35-70mm f2.8 L on the 1st body with the 70-200 or a 300 2.8 LIS f2.8 on the 2nd. Sometimes I took a 3rd lower spec (20D) body with fisheye/semi just in case. Shoot like crazy - 7fps min, pref 10+ Anticipate - know the material (if possible) so that you know if there's a solo/vocal section/whatever coming up
    4 points
  6. OutSpoon
    For sales - my lovely Shuker 5-sting single-cut. I bought this from John in December last year, and he had just taken it back as a part exchange. It’s a beautiful bass to play, the neck join is exquisite. Pretty wide-range of sounds available from the Aaron Armstrong pickups. I’ve currently got it set as E-C but can put back to B-G if wanted. It’s great either way. Some more details below. Happy to ship local and international (buyer pays) and it’s got a lovely Shuker hard-case (made by HISCOX). I’ve just bought another bass (Ha!) so don’t really want trade. But would consider a sunburst p bass with some mojo.. Anything that looks like a scratch or a ding in the pictures is just a trick of the light - there’s none! I live near Reading in the UK if you want to pop round and have a slap. 🙂 34” scale 24 frets Maple / black veneer laminated set neck Palmwood Fingerboard Stainless steel medium frets Black walnut headstock scarf Laurel Burr headstock facings front and rear Brass nut Gotoh GB707 tuners Two way truss rod, carbon fibre reinforcement Laurel Burr curvetop and rear facing Black Walnut body Polyester basecoat Polyurethane wet look gloss top coat Schaller 2000 bridge Black Hardware Aaron Armstrong pickups. Blackout pre-amp with passive / active select (volume knob pull / push)
    3 points
  7. TwoStringsWouldBeEnough
    Hi guys, I am selling my Music Man Stingray from 2008 in Natural Gloss. This is the classic version with a 2 band eq preamp. I got this in a trade this with a fellow Basschatter. Bass is in great conditions; there is a few dings here and there, mostly on the headstock but nothing that affects playability. Also, the scratchplate isn't original. I am selling for £870 which I think reflects the conditions well. I am only selling it because I am trying get funds together to study and get a degree and because my pbass does every job I need just fine after all. Based in St Albans, Hertfordshire, you are welcome to come and try it out. I am also happy to deliver for fuel money. Any questions, just ask.
    3 points
  8. krispn
    I got a cracking bargain on this bass off a local guy who was shifting a load of unused gear. It needed a clean and some new strings but otherwise was set up well and all electronics are fully working if a little crap on account of being cheap parts. The stock pick up's sound grand and have that jazz bass thing especially with the new strings. Gonna change the wiring loom to some better pots with a proper 'sweep' across their range rather than 'on on on on on on off' but otherwise I'm quite chuffed. I'll be using it at rehearsal tonight and tomorrow with two different bands so looking forward to hearing it at volume! Plugging into my pedal board, (Tone Hammer DI and comppressor) the Tone Hammer it's really complimenting the sound and of course the new strings are adding to the crisp top end. I've tried a couple of other pre-amps with it but this is a great pairing for this particular bass - bumping the lo mids is giving it the right amount of oomph and I look forward to fine tuning that with the drummer later tonight. Been about 6 years since I've owned/played a jazz and it's a very familiar and enjoyable tone for £120! Certainly prefer this to a recent PJ i was using but hard to qualify why?!
    3 points
  9. dannybuoy
    That HiWatt model sounds great on bass though!
    3 points
  10. uk_lefty
    Looks like a Sire P7 to me but with a slightly better headstock.
    3 points
  11. bassfan
    Here’s mine. All wired up. Compressor and 4 way psu in the rear and a nice 1u space to house the DI and wireless cables to pa.
    3 points
  12. pbasspecial
    Ashdown Update: I took the amp over there this morning. Quite a pleasant 50 mile drive there surprisingly. Guy had a look at it, put it on the bench and gave it a full service. Said the drive was working but it's a subtle thing, not a gnarly, gritty thing. Replaced the valve for a higher output ecc83 JJ one. Still not a lot of grit so, he modded it with a resistor and a bit of techie magic. Seemed to improve it a bit. He also fixed the mute button issue. Turns out someone had removed the three transistors??? How much did they charge me? Zero, zilch, Nara, nothing. Ashdown, you now have a friend for life. Well done Mark and the gang. And mostly a big thank you to Guy. You sir are a rootin, tootin, troubleshooting superstar.
    3 points
  13. 4000
    One problem is where a drummer isn’t really aware of the parts the other members of the band have to play/sing, and the feel of those parts (e.g. in the example above the singer not being able to fit the words in). The more au fait the drummer is with the music/singing, not just their drum part, the more chance you’ve got. Too many drummers IME just think about playing the drums, rather than playing the song, and it doesn’t seem to occur to them that playing the wrong tempo can make other people’s parts difficult or unworkable.
    3 points
  14. LukeFRC
    Ooh - it’s beginning to look like a real cab!
    3 points
  15. scrumpymike
    Just realised that in French Basschat = the cat who plays bass 🙂
    3 points
  16. Chienmortbb
    I went over to Stevie’s on Monday to look at the counter on his coil winder. As my cab was almost complete he suggested I take it over and he would measure it. The result was that the response was ruler flat to about 5.5KHz, where there was a slight peak and 7KHz where there was a slight dip. According to Stevie, these could be flattened by tweaking the crossover values and were due to differences in the drivers. So could you hear them? No compared to a studio monitor, also in the room, you could not tell the two apart. What this does show is that unless commercial manufacturers individually tune each and every cabinet, there will be differences. This probably applies to active PA cabinets too.
    3 points
  17. tommorichards
    Here are a few pics of a Fenderbird that Taka, the bass player from Feeder made. Pics from his instagram account, @rebirthcustomguitars. I love its look as im a big fan of the Gibson Thunderbird II basses, and the original Fender precision basses.
    3 points
  18. Maude
    "Has no bum notes"? Hand it over pal, I'll find 'em.
    3 points
  19. PeteHantzios
    Rare Everson custom 4, in very nice condition. Hand made craftmanship and quality. Tons of tonal options, low action and very good play-ability. Specs Mahogany body -- macassar ebony top and headstock -- ebony fingerboard -- maple/purpleheart/ebony neck -- truss rod wheel. emg mm-tw splitable pickup -- emg bqc preamp(volume/split, bass/treble, mid/mid freq) -- shaller bridge and tuners. 3.6 kg. £650 /750 euros £599 £530 shipping included to EU and UK. Ships from Athens Greece(up to a week most)
    2 points
  20. Painy
    Yeah I've got some of them. 😁
    2 points
  21. Jean-Luc Pickguard
    Very unkind of his colleagues to make light of a medical problem
    2 points
  22. Buzzy
    Friday night I saw John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett. A great evenings entertainment and unlike anything you've ever seen.
    2 points
  23. Merton
    AFAIK the EVO IV is when Ashdown changed the valve drive to be fatter, before that it was more like a subtle nuanced addition
    2 points
  24. dannybuoy
    Still showing as £299 pre-ordered from Guitar Guitar, I think most would like to save £100 and wait! Had a brief play, sounds good - only subtle differences to the VTDI and YYZ though, lots of crossover and similar tones to be gotten from all 3 units. Will delve into it more over the coming days.
    2 points
  25. Jimothey
    Well the yellow strat has been finished and has been delivered and the fella is really happy with in fact he paid me more than the agreed price so that’s s bonus!! The skip find is almost ready for spraying, and on a side note I’ve just started making a Les Paul/Tele hybrid (which is for me) it’s going to be orange and it will have a Maple tele style neck and black hardware............. 😀
    2 points
  26. geserarien
    Just realised that in French Basschat = the cat who plays bass 🙂 Heureusement qu'il n'y a pas de " e " à la fin !!!
    2 points
  27. lemmywinks
    That's some ambitious flipping!
    2 points
  28. Manton Customs
    And has your tech tried adding a washer or two under the truss rod nut? That may be all that is needed to buy back some more adjustment. As mentioned above you might want to get someone else to look at it.
    2 points
  29. radiophonic
    I have a Nate Mendel P, but the signature aspect was irrelevant - I don't even like the Foo Fighters. I've always steered clear of P basses on account of neck girth. The modern Mexican ones seem to play OK, but feel plastic coated to me. I was interested in the slightly narrower neck and nitro finish. I love it. After years of re-EQing a Stingray in the studio, the P just sits exactly right and despite being passive is actually higher output than the Musicman. It pushes the valve front of my amp very nicely and through a Rat, it just roars.
    2 points
  30. Chienmortbb
    I suspect rear facing drivers will not be allowed until driverless cabs are allowed.
    2 points
  31. AngelDeVille
    I have a 2006 SG Bass and I’m not sure how the neck pickup compares to the old EB pickups. I do know I don’t even use the bridge pickup, I don’t know why it’s there.... I also have a Model one I think it’s a “will power” on my other baby.
    2 points
  32. stevie
    It'll sound fine that way up, but if I were intending to use it like that all the time, I'd turn the horn round to increase the vertical dispersion of the compression driver/horn. The cab is quite low down and you'll hear more of the important upper mids with the horn reoriented when you are standing close to the cab. Unfortunately, turning the horn round means taking a jigsaw to the baffle, but it's a fairly simple task. The good news is that the horn frontplate is square and you can therefore use the same holes. I'd love to claim that there was a great plan, but the fact that the cab works like this for rack gear is pure serendipity.🙂 Looks good though (although it's definitely going to need four more feet). The question is: where to put the badge?
    2 points
  33. Al Krow
    Loving been introduced to Kinga's work by Q, she is such a fresh and fun and very talented bassist:
    2 points
  34. pst62
    Aye and a lot of them urinate all over their Fender counterparts.
    2 points
  35. dmccombe7
    Maybe that's an adreneline rush thing if its affecting you in so many different areas of the body. Do you tighten up with stress when playing ? I'm 59 and being in a 70's Glam Rock covers band so platform boots etc but only pains i get are sore fingertips by playing too hard at times. Not every gig, just the ones i'm really getting into. I have heavy amp and cab plus its usually me that helps the drummer with his flight-cased gear. I'm no fitness fanatic but i do walking every other day for 5miles or a little bit of cycling maybe. Someone on BC posted an exercise regime while back that was pretty simple to do and strengthened the core ie stomach and back areas. Sure you might recognise him below but i found this quite helpful.
    2 points
  36. solo4652
    Time for the yearly airing of my DIY support strap. It started life as a padded tool belt. I velcro-ed on the end of a spare shoulder strap I had, which attaches to the bass with a strap pin in on one of the neck bolts. You can't see anything from the front, and the shoulder strap is there largely as a balance aid. The waist strap takes 80% of the weight. Supports your beer gut too. I'm no spring chicken - 62 years young.
    2 points
  37. Basvarken
    Not exactly a Fenderbird like Peter Cook made them. It's my take on the theme of a hybrid between a classic Gibson and a classic 7ender I call it Telebird:
    2 points
  38. Merton
    That looks ace, nice one!
    1 point
  39. dave_bass5
    I really dont think anyone is going to buy the SH1 because they have to have that tone and cant already get it. No, they (even I) will buy it because its the next new thing and sounds like a solution to a non existing problem, or just inquisitive. The Stomp is way ahead of what the SH1 can do. The SH-1 is a one trick pony compared to the Stomp. The attraction for me is the simplicity, and size of the SH1. I dont kid myself i cant already get the tones that thing can produce. The Stomp (and other Helix boxes) just need a bit of time and understanding to get the best out of them, and this is something not all of us have. Synths and Octave stuff though, i completely agree with you about.
    1 point
  40. Dan Dare
    Nice work. You should go into business, building old school sleeves/cases for those of us who use modern class D jobbies and want the vintage look.
    1 point
  41. Chopthebass
    I like the last angular one best. I find slapping a bit difficult with an extended fingerboard. But what you are showing does look great. Hurry up and start it!
    1 point
  42. btlk
    Bought pedaltrain from Nick, could not be happier.
    1 point
  43. skankdelvar
    At completely the other end of the price spectrum there's the JOYO JTA-05 Sweet Baby. Basically, a 5F1 Champ for under £200. It's not handwired (obvs) but unlike most cheap Champs it's got a valve rectifier which is good because (i) that's how the original Champs were built and (ii) you can swap the valve out for a different sound. I've not played one but people seem to like them. Comprehensive unboxing, first impression and guts-shots review here
    1 point
  44. dmccombe7
    Remember taping their album from my mate around that time. Twelfth Night on one side and IQ on the other. Great albums from both bands. Pretty sure they also played my local venue The Heathery Bar in Wishaw around then too. It was the biggest bar venue in UK holding 200-300 if i remember right. Lot of the big bands played there incl Marillion, Iron Maiden (very early years), Jack Bruce, Pallas, Frankie Miller, to name a few Dave
    1 point
  45. thebigyin
    Fair comment best of luck
    1 point
  46. scrumpymike
    That's my excuse too!! I ended up finding my 'holy grail' bass as a custom-build. Mind you, disappointingly my only other (more expensive!!) custom-build turned out NOT to be a keeper. So all I need to worry about now is that elusive ideal back-up bass. Again, as others have said, I've ruled out the 'cheapie' solution following repeated trial and error. Actually, I'm hoping to find it in the shape of the 'holy grail mkll' I've just commissioned. As Stewie says, a 'journey of discovery' is exactly what it is! Thankfully I'm busy - which I agree helps turn down the GAS a bit!
    1 point
  47. Davebassics
    Will give you 150 quid for it
    1 point
  48. skankdelvar
    I say! Would you like to come up and see my etchings?
    1 point
  49. Sidlanir
    @Si600 yes the tuner washer are recessed into the face of the headstock & the tuner shaft replaced by custom made shorter ones ...
    1 point
  50. Risk101
    Oh yes the back - sorry - birds eye maple high gloss antique tobacco stain. hard to tell the sound on s Phil Jones Double 4! I’ll know on Thursday at rehearsal! Yep I love a bit of Zebrano too !
    1 point
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