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He's started to do little blog thingies... here's the first.23 points
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Morning Limahl, and welcome to the forum 😇11 points
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Got a magnifier for my iPhone so for a bit of fun I thought I’d have take a few close ups of my flats, first we have some super smooth Dunlop flats (which I like very much) then some TI flats which are about a month old, o was surprised how wide the windings look close up, and how much gunk is already in there, then some super smooth DR Legends, then Rotosound Jazz 77s, interesting how you can see the tool marks on these...5 points
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Hail fellow Graphite heads! This is my main workhorse. Interestingly, this is called a “Stealth 2” (not a Stealth, and not an S2) and was made in 2000. One piece graphite moulding. Originally had front and side leds but asked Rob at Status to swap them out last year for the newer wraparound leds. It’s also had custom Roman numeral inlays fitted. I switch all the hardware between a black set and this gold set when I get the whim.5 points
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Nick Beggs - Kajagoogoo? You remember.... And I think many would agree he wrote possibly one of the greatest opening bass lines ever for 'Too Shy' He was just 21 at the time, apparently. I'd no idea that this leisurely and lengthy interview would reveal him to be such a talented and thoughtful guy. Worth a look.4 points
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Long Beggs-related story. Feel free to scroll on by. Back in late '86, when I had hair and a discernible waistline, my rock-pop band were making our desperate bid for stardom. We lived in Reading, so it was dead easy to jump in the car and head into London to play gigs. We played quite a bit at the Red Lion in Brentford (RIP) -- our first few gigs there were as support to a guy called Philip Jap (the old farts among you might remember him) and his then band 'Secret Society'. I think he missed a trick by not calling them 'Jap's Eye'. Anyway, he asked us to play support at a party in London and we accepted. Being the mid 80s, slap was still acceptable -- almost mandatory in fact -- and our songs featured a lot of it. A lot. So there I was, thumbing the blazes out of my poor Wal, and it gets to the song with my showoff solo bit... I take a deep breath and go thwack-thwacka-ding wickety-wackety-wockity-dang, and having given it my best I look out at the crowd... straight into the eyes of Nick Beggs. Apparently an ex-label mate and friend of Mr Jap. I had a brief moment of wanting the ground to open up, I mean here's this bass god looking at me and I've just tried to impress this audience with something he could probably have done with one arm tied behind his back. But then his face broke into a big genuine smile, and with a nod he raised his glass towards me. I was walking on air for a month after that. I've bumped into him a couple of times since then, obviously he doesn't remember me but he's always been really friendly and happy to chat. Definitely one of our instrument's Nice Guys.4 points
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This is my recently acquired CIJ '57 reissue with mods. Firstly the pickups are new US Fender vintage and a KiOgon loom. The scratch plate is a 62 reissue Fender and strung with TI flats. The bass came to me in not too great shape. Terrible setup and input jack knackered. Underneath the pick guard the pickup cavity has been hacked to I can only presume take a different pickup. Needless to say I paid a 'suitable' price for the bass. So I replaced the electrics and the white single ply guard with the tort one pictured here which IMO looks 100% better. The Ashtrays and tug bar are borrowed from my '77 Precision. The body colour is either a very off white or a pale yellow colour, the (crappy) pics don't really capture this but it really dose look wonderful in the flesh.4 points
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Looks like its been played by Edward Scissorhands and his cousins Charlie Chiselfingers & Harry Hammerthumb4 points
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It's been a productive day. Amazing how much you can get done when you are ordered by your Prime Minister to stay at home. And it's amazing how much you can procrastinate about the decorating when you know you probably have thirteen more weeks of the same (so its rumoured) with a guaranteed no-one coming to visit in that time for any other reason than one where the decorating won't really matter anyway... Got the Yew and Sapele to their final thicknesses, the Yew cut out and also found a 6mm splice of Purpleheart for the neck! Here's the Yew, ready for final jointing (that will be just a skim on the handplane) and gluing together: Those who have seen my previous build threads will know that I'm a bit weird in that I will file and sand the top to its final outline and use the top itself as my routing template for the body once it has been glued on. My logic (and remember I simply tell you what I do and absolutely not that this is how it should be done) is that way, for the finish rout of the body outline, I don't then have to let the router blades go anywhere near those decorative horn tips because - for me, at least - that is the road to misery Tomorrow's job will be to assemble and glue the neck blank...4 points
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Ah the “I’m a clueless twunt who got a belt sander for Christmas” relic. Nice.4 points
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Up for sale is my latest impulse buy and first of my small Fender collection... A Fender Standard Precision bass, made in Mexico in 2010 (the start of a good run apparently), finished in Lake Placid Blue with a rosewood fretboard. This one has been modded to recreate the classic 60's look. I've always loved Lake Placid Blue and when this came up for sale the day after I'd sold my Squier VM, all the good intentions I had for that cash went straight out of the window. By the time it was in the post, a plan had been made (to make it look like an American Original '60s Precision) and the parts list written - Brown Tort Scratchplate KiOgon Loom Generic Bridge Cover Fender Pickup Cover Upon arrival I was really pleased with the condition of the bass. It was exactly as described, with just a few very small marks that are hard to find, but overall in absolutely superb condition. Weight - 4.1kg on bathroom scales It came fitted with a replacement vintage bridge (described as Fender but I can't confirm) which looks great so stayed and new strings, also in great nick and still on the bass. The white scratchplate was also a replacement, swapped by the previous owner, as the original which was discoloured. The bass was the owners back-up to his recently acquired US Precision, so wasn't being used anymore. It was pretty dusty and in needing of a setup, which I did prior to upgrading the bass. The truss works fine and action is set pretty low. Upon plug-in there was a severe intermittent signal loss problem. Taking the plate off revealed an earlier bit of rewiring, in the form of a new pot and extra earth wire. Not sure if it was a dodgy solder or a faulty socket, either way that loom is in the bin, replaced with a flawless KiOgon loom connected to the original pickups. It sounds lovely, classic P bass. I've rolled the fretboard edges and lightly sanded the neck, something I wish I'd known about years ago. Annoyingly, I've made two marks in the lacquer, but these are just visual, the neck is very smooth. I've also installed a small shim (business card thick), as I like to the get action as low as possible without having the saddle screws cutting up my hand. While the bass was stripped, I give it a deep clean and polish, soaked the fretboard in lemon oil, then bolted it all back together with the new parts (and have progress pics if the buyer is interested). Its up for sale because, as I working on it, I come to the sad realisation that I'm never going to get on with the Fender fretboard radius. So, I've decided to sell 3 of my 4 Fenders, keeping only an old Bitsa which is too cracking to part with, and invest in an another Sandberg, possibly a VS, VT or VM Cash on collection is always much preferred from Eastbourne, East Sussex BN22, but I will ship in a gig bag and box at buyers risk, cost and arrangement. Payment method for shipping to be agreed. Thanks for looking! Coming to the BC Marketplace soon...* a MiM Fender Classic Series '60s Jazz PJ with stacked knob KiOgon loom a mint condish MiJ Fender Classic Series 70s Precision with bound maple board and blocks! Not the black one *Mods, I have a yearly sub & Ped's approved this bit.3 points -
Toxicity? Although I prefer poisonosity.3 points
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It would be amusing to arrange collection and turn up wearing cowboy boots and a stetson, just to see the look on his face.3 points
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I had a single length of David Dyke neck timber - as usual a beautiful piece of quarter-cut mahogany. I always buy bass-length because of my slightly quirky way of doing things. With luck, I would be able to incorporate the headstock angle and the neck angle in the one blank to be able to flip one blank over and get the mirrored end grain pattern when the two are put together. There will be a 6mm centre splice of harder wood between the two in the finished 3-part assembly. For anything to do with through-necks, I always start with the physical bridge in my hand and draw the thing full-size, with the adjustment ranges of the bridge so that the angles are going to be right: You can see here why I buy the bass length. There is then enough extra length to allow for the extra depth each neck side is going to need for the neck angle (looking like 3 degrees) and the headstock angle (I always use 10 degrees). I wouldn't have had enough depth of blank to do this if it had been a guitar-length blank of this particular width (which is sold to be part of a multi-splice arrangement). Cut between the two sides: And checked that my 'upside down & back to front' stuff was correct in terms of end grain. And luckily it was A bit difficult to see with the saw marks, but hopefully you can see the V of the mirrored grain which should, in theory, give good stability of the finished neck and avoid twist, etc.. And then back in the shed to see if I've got anything suitable for a centre-splice. As always, thanks for looking and your encouraging feedback3 points
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No. You notice that even the t-shirt can't counteract the effect of the saxophone!! Maybe I should practise!!3 points
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Hmmm... I'm a bit suspicious he may be hiding something behind his jacket, I hope it's not an undamaged section of paint... 😬3 points
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Theme from Stingray, Thunderbirds,Super car,The Munsters, Addams Family,Beverley Hillbillies etc. Guess how old I am.I know not cool track s from cool bands but clever catchy tunes never the less.The good old days when all we had to worry about was what time the ice cream man/lady was turning up. Oh and Rickets, diphtheria Ringworm Measles, but no Corvid 19. Strangely though as a child the whole world was put to rights with the sound of music from a Warner Brothers cartoon intro or the famous 1960's version of Batman. Sorry if this doesn't quite fit the original post just feeling a bit nostalgic whilst on lockdown. Stay safe folks.3 points
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It only makes sense if people think a Sadowsky with the preamp off doesn’t sound like a Sadowsky, which of course it does. We’re back to the whole ‘EQ can do anything’ myth; someone will be along shortly to say it’s all in the fingers!3 points
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Hi all Here my Roscoe LG3000 in perfect condition Trade with a Yamaha BBNE2 Informations: 34” 24frets (perfect condition) Pickups Bartolini Custom Preamp Bartolini Body in Spanish Cedar Neck Maple/ Purpleheart Fretboard Pau Ferro Morado You can choose the strings spacing with this bridge 3,9Kgs 1490£ Photos : http:// http:// http:// http:// http:// http:// http:// Thanks all and be safe2 points -
Kristall Solid 6 (2016) for sale or trade 33″ Inch scale 26 Frets Neck: Maple Fingerboard: Rosewood Body: Swampash Top: Koa Stringspacing: 16,5 mm Ramp: Ebony Matched Headstock Koa Nordstrand 3B-5B Custom Preamp Pickups: Nordstand Dualcoils DC 6 2 Pickup switches Hardware: Hipshot Ultralite 4, 3 Kg2 points -
Love Lee Sklar, he’s decided to do a play along each day to show you his parts on his recent 'Not Dead Yet' Phil Collins tour. Day 1 - Against All Odds.2 points
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Read the description https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2335387532792 points
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2 deeply uncool songs that I cannot stop playing along to at the moment: You're The One That I Want Copacabana Feels good to get that off my chest.2 points
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I stumbled across this just now and thought I’d share... Not seen it before - and I’m still not sure how on earth he came up with it - but it made me smile all the way through! I know it won’t be to everybody’s taste, but well worth a look as we find bass-related things to fill the time and get us through to the other side. Keep well and (hopefully!) enjoy... https://youtu.be/q9UCBsXI4LI2 points
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Ahah...I have some rotosound pressure wounds, I will take a picture of them in the morning 😀2 points
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Thats why it mostly grows in churchyards. Consecrated ground was one of the few places off-limits to grazing animals in the middle ages.2 points
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Another recent(ish) purchase from here is my '95 US Precision. Just a fabulous bass, love it. I replaced the factory white scratch plate with a red tort one bought off ebay. Its a cheap as chips one from China which fits perfectly and looks pretty darn good to me. The body colour is a gorgeous off white, the rosewood board is lovely and dark making this my prefect Pbass colour combination.2 points
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I'll go along with that @Andyjr1515. 🙂2 points
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The Wood Database agrees: Additionally, nearly all parts of the Yew tree are considered toxic and poisonous to humans, and care should be exercised when working with this wood species So if it is considered toxic AND poisonous, it stands to reason that it exhibits Toxicity and Poisonosity. So I reckon you are spot on @Maude2 points
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Think you need to look up the definition of 'uncool'. Neither of those fit the description.2 points
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That yew is certainly a very pretty wood. Just curious about the poisonosity (surely that's not a word) of it. If the body was left unfinished, would it stay poisonous or is it just when freshly cut?2 points
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Bit more of Nick demoing how got the sound on the single i posted above2 points
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Quo! A far better band than most would believe. Cracking little bass solo in this one too.2 points
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He does some great stuff with Steven Wilson.2 points
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He’d probably be fine Paul. He only dislikes country. Said nothing about Western.2 points
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I am in the early stages of planning to open a grassroots music venue. One of the things I’ve resolved to do is ensure the bass amp is actually decent for a change. Whenever I’ve been to a small music venue (except for Krakatoa, Aberdeen), the Backline is always terrible and the bass amp is usually the epicentre of that, an afterthought if you will! To that end, I have acquired an ex-touring Orange AD200B and Ampeg SVT810E. Both are completely battered aesthetically (I like to think of it as hardcore aged), but fully serviced and ready to perform. They shall reside in my storage unit until such time as we locate a suitable building to take over for the project.. The AD200B was chosen because it is such a simple user interface, that when someone turns up to play through it who has never used one before it means there’s no faffing around trying to work things out. It’s just; Gain, Bass, Mid, Treble, Master. Job’s a good’un. Whereas on the other hand, if I were to put my SVT-II Pro on the backline, I think the abundance of knobs and graphic EQ may be a bit intimidating and confusing for someone not used to it! Still, I’ll keep the SVT-II Pro in the storeroom to be available on request for the more experienced player..2 points
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I find it's ok if you move your other leg over a little. I love mine - has the piezo as well which has another tonal flavour. They do a fuschia sparkle colour on these currently which is so outrageous it complements the shape really well - this is mine - lava pearl 😀2 points
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Good point... I've made it a bit simpler above with a multiple choice. Not sure I want to say exactly what the 4 basses are as it's more interesting to know what people ears are telling them rather then their eyes. I mean their ears are probably telling them I need to practice way more and don;'t know how to record... but I wouldn't disagree with that!2 points
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@therealting my new Super P4 is the little sibling to yours! On the right of this family shot:2 points
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Regrets?? I've had a few....2 points
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Plenty of people would be happy to give him a good slap today.2 points
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Cool earrings too! Here's a short documentary about him:2 points
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Love a genuinely beaten-up sunburst/rosewood P. First one is a YOB late 60s I spotted on the ‘Bay but couldn’t afford, second is the great Martyn Casey’s of the Bad Seeds which is an early 60s I believe.2 points
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Selling my Devon Classic Generation 4 Plays like butter and sounds even better. Here are the specs: Specs Model: Devon J5 Classic — Gen 4 Body: Chambered Ash, rear-routed Top: Quilted Sapele Pickguard: Clear Acrylic and cream pearloid Neck: Graphite reinforced 3-piece Maple Number of frets: 22 frets, 35” scale Fretboard: Rosewood Headstock overlay: matching body Finish Body and Neck: Satin nitro finish Hardware color: Black Bridge: Hipshot A, Aluminum, 19mm Tuners: Hipshot Ultralite, 1/2” posts, lollipop Strap Buttons: Dunlop Pickups: Nordstrand: DC5 set with single-coil, series and parallel coil-tap switches Electronics: 4 knobs: Nordstrand 3b with stacked volume/tone, pickup blend, stacked bass/treble, mids with mid-frequency push/pull, active/passive switch. Nut: Bone Weight: 9lbs 10oz2 points -
Finished, ready to collect next week............... what u think?2 points
