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I put a wanted ad up a few weeks ago for a White Fender Marcus Miller. I had a MM for years - gigged it regularly and loved it. My ex got into financial troubles and we had a brand new baby. I duly sold off about 15 basses I’d amassed over 13/14 years and quite a few left through basschat. My old one went to Nick Smith (of Enfield/Grainger Guitars game). He sold it on and the trail goes cold. I’ve bought and sold a fair bit recently - and still missed that Miller Sound. So, sure enough I set out to find one - I really fancied a white one this time. They’re like rocking horse poop. I’d narrowly missed a sunburst on here...a shame. Like busses...a very clean 2004/5 white one came up on Facebook (in Portugal...) and as all arrangements were finalised and I paid the guy, a natural 2003/4 one shows on another FB page - 3 miles down the road. It was rough, but very reasonably priced. So I thought “I’ll go for it...” 2 for the price of...well 2, by the time shipping, insurance and currency charges from banks are factored in on the white one, I’ve paid the going rate for 2 MIJ millers - even though the natural was A fair bit cheaper than the white one. As a side note - I had so many messages telling me that people had Sires for sale - that they’re “better” and I should save my money by buying a Sire... I was also offered 3 USA 5 string Marcus Millers... I also had the “the preamp on the Fender MM is cr*p” brigade on - that I HAD to buy an East Preamp if I was adamant it had to be Fender. Do you know, I had thought about it...but really...I actually don’t want more to mess with and if used tastefully - the limited preamp absolutely dials in ‘that‘ sound (kind of the reason you’d buy a Marcus Miller bass really). There is a plan for the natural one. The car went pop on Wednesday and I’m picking it up today so the plan is delayed because I’m skint...This should become clear in time. My original Wanted ad IS still running for the last run of Millers made in Mexico - they had an 18v circuit, ran in true passive if the battery failed and had a different pickup set in them. They only made them for a year - so don’t crop up often enough for me to panic. There’s one for sale in Australia but I’m not getting into that. In the Meantime...10 points
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Due to severe back problems (66% officially disabled because of it) and right shoulder injury (non-operable capsulitis from which, after more than 3 years, I will never fully recover), I'm selling all my basses over 4.5 kilos. I've also considerably lowered the price for a quick sale due the "modification". LAURUS Quasar SL 190 Grafite 6 Fretless with modified "headstock" thanks to some delicate courier. See below the link with the explanations. Price is set accordingly and even for Pierluigi CAZZOLA (LAURUS owner), it's a nice work that suits the bass. Straight sale only, no trades at all ! Asking price including shipping fully insured with tracking number to your place in these European countries (ask for other countries) : Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (excluding French overseas departments and territories), Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom : £1150 GBP !!! (new price at the time with the original "headstock" was around £4500 GBP...) In fully working condition and very good overall condition. Here are the specifications : Body : mahogany body with tonal chambers (the most expensive model) Neck : 5 pieces neck through maple and purple heart Fingerboard : real graphite (carbon, if you prefer) Fretless : 24 positions Headstock : headless with massive brass ABM headpiece Pickup : Bartolini radiused made to measure for Laurus Preamp : Bartolini TCT Controls : volume with push-pull for active/passive, bas, mids and treble Tuners : at the bridge as it's headless Bridge : 2 pieces Laurus Strings spacing at bridge : 19 mm Nut : brass Strings spacing at nut : 9.5 mm Knobs : original Laurus Scale : 34" Hardware colour : black with gold headpiece Truss rod : 1 (fully working) Finish : transparent gloss Land of craftsmanship : Italy Serial number : QSL0400516 Year : 2004 Weight : 4.6 kilos Action : from 1.5 mm under the C string to 2.5 mm under the B string at the octave (can go lower, but was perfect for me) Will come with the original normally used Laurus gigbag. Non-smoking environment as usual. I'm only selling this Laurus SL 190 Grafite 6 fretless because of my health issues, the modified "headstock" having turned it into a perfectly balanced bass. And it sings wonderfully with loads of mwah and that typical Bartolini fretless sound. The bass has been fully set up professionally by Christophe LEDUC. It has a new battery and is fitted with a (now) used set of Elixir nickel plated Nanoweb coating strings (32 - 45 - 65 - 80 - 100 - 130), which fit the bass to perfection. Link to the explanations about the modified "headstock" : For those interested, it will come with the remains of the headstock without the headpieces, but wit the Laurus logo. What you see is what you get ! Look at the pictures taken under different angles to see the real very good condition and the usual marks. Don't hesitate to ask for more.6 points -
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Well, I started the year with seven and am now down to five. That's good, right? Today I received a beautiful Stingray Fretless via a lovely chap on EBay. He ordered it from Music Man in 2015 and described it as being in very good condition. He undersold it: it's spotless and plays beautifully. So that leaves me with a P with rounds, a P with flats, a Jazz, a Stingray Special and a Fretless Stingray. I'm really not a 5 string player, so that's a full house isn't it? Surely that means I never need to buy another bass. Surely?5 points
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217th update of 2020 😉5 points
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Hi all, I have recently been hit by a lockdown related financial situation and as a result am absolutely gutted to have to be selling my brand new Limelight jazz bass which I ordered last year and received a few weeks ago. The specs are: - standard 60s style Jazz- rosewood fingerboard - Three knob control (9.5 neck radius) - Black over shoreline gold - Tortoise pickguard + an additional parchment pick guard -60s style reverse tuners -aged covers -Black thumbrest - included hard case I'm happy to ship for around £30 with lots of packing material and bubble wrap. Please let me know if you have any questions. Tom4 points -
Again seeing if there is any interest in this lovely Bass. Back in the 60's Fender built the Pink Paisley and Blueflower Basses for just 2 years, 68-70. This is a Japanese re-issue from 1993 and is still in excellent condition for 27 years old. The Blueflower pattern is sealed below a clear coat and although just a single Pickup it makes a good sound,. although slightly one-dimensional. Consequently I commissioned Oil City Pickups to make a custom replacement which has a more balanced tonal pallette but will include the original upon negotiation. I've had a good look at the Bass and can see just 2 small issues, one is a dint on the face of the headstock and the other very slight cracking of the lacquer on the neck, both are photographed for full disclosure. Just to confirm, the hairline lacquer crack was present when I bought the Bass and has not spread and is just the lacquer, not a crack in the wood! On closer inspection there is some very light corrosion on the control plate and bridge commensurate with its age. This would probably polish off but I've left it as mojo. If a prospective buyer is worried about this I'd gladly take some close-up photos of the areas mentioned for their reassurance. The only other slight issue is that the original 1993 case r/h catch does not latch but the centre and l/h still do. I bought a replacement lock set but it does not match and wanted to keep it original....the case is probably worth £100 on its own too! I've plenty of Bass Boxes so would happily Courier it, double boxed ( case inside of box) at the Buyers expense. PM me please for further details.4 points -
Mint. No trades Nash PB-63 bass is a lightweight version of the classic design with great playability and sustain. Neck style is reminiscent of 1970's Precisions with block inlays and binding. This bass weighs 3,79 kg. Glenn Hughes on Nash basses: "The one I’m playing now is a Bill Nash replica. My friend Bill Nash from Washington state, he’s amazing. I own a lot of old Fenders, which I don’t take on the road, and I wanted something that could replicate the old ones. I had tried many different replica-type basses, all distressed and road-worn variations. Bill had sent Joe Bonamassa a really messed-up looking Tele, the same Tele that was designed after Eric Clapton’s Hyde Park Blind Faith Tele -- the one with a Strat neck. I played this amazing Tele, which Joe played on the first Black Country Communion album on a song called “Beggarman.” I said, “Oh my god, I wonder if a Bill Nash bass would sound and look this good." Bill sent me a bass -- the red one you see me playing in the videos and the new Black Country Communion DVD. It’s a ’57 replica, a relic. It’s just insane. I’ve got some old P basses and Jazz basses, and you can’t really tell the difference." Model: PB-63 with 78 neck Body: Ash Color: 3-Tone Sunburst Fretboard: Maple Neck Profile: C Radius: 10" Nut: Graphtech Tusq, width 41 mm Pickups: Lollar Vintage P Bass Gotoh tuners Electronics: CTS potentiometers, Sprague Orange Drop capacitors. Aging Level: Light Pickguard: 3-ply Black Fretboard with black binding and black block inlays Lacquer: 100% nitrocellulose 20 frets, 6105 Weight: 3,79 kg Gig bag included Made in USA4 points -
I think you might have been a little bit over-enthusiastic with the chambering...4 points
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Still missing a jack plate, but otherwise it's done. The neck seems fine - just a little truss rod tweak and all is well. The bridge placement worked a treat as well. I put the B string one a little bit further back than the measurements suggested and lined the others up accordingly, and all the strings intonate well inside the saddles' scope of travel. The flame on the side of the fretboard looks particularly nice. I'll get better pics when the jack is sorted. Maybe even a demo - build diaries never usually seem to cover what the thing actually sounds like!4 points
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Mac can be expensive, laptop with windows 10 will work fine minimum 8gb RAM. Gaming laptops are better options. You'll be left with hundreds to spend on other essential gadgets, like studio speakers etc.4 points
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Thanks for sharing these, I don't 'do' Instagram so I am particularly grateful. John's a lovely guy and his bass lines challenged my prejudices back in the day. I assumed that Duran couldn't be any good because they were just a pop band for teenage girls to scream at. Then my drummer at the time told me their bassist used the same bass as me. They have a bassist? It's not all programming? Wait, they're a real band? Then I listened properly and he blew me away. So grateful he's doing these, it's always interesting to hear a bit of background to how a band worked. And of course always wonderful to have the bass without the surrounding clutter. Sorry, other instruments. Yeah sure they're homemade, and other people doing similar things have professional help putting them together. But who cares? I'm there for the bass.4 points
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Complete air sole if you ask me. 😂4 points -
Unless Steve still owns it you’re free to do as you wish. If he wanted it to remain original he should never have sold it to you 😉 There’s no point just owning a bass you’re not happy with or which isn’t the bass you really want. Either sell it or modify it which, let’s not forget, is how Steve ended up with that bass in the first place... and his one isn’t blue anymore either 😂 If you’re really that troubled by it, pick up a cheap P body off ebay and route that. Then you can always put everything back to normal when some forum warrior is whining at you for not realising that, some day around thirty years into the future, this bass will have grown mojo and be most desirable in unplayed original form. Make sure to post the end result 🙂4 points
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Great Fender Jazzbass 1973 with OHSC. Apart from the bridge pickup being replaced with a same but ‘75 grey bottom at some time it is 100% original. Very comfortable player, light, good balance, slim neck and low action. Nice growly fat Jazzbass sound. These early 70's Fenders have something different going on. And oh yes, the bass has some love signs but all works fine, including the trussrod.3 points -
Just seeing if there is any interest in my Player Precision complete with Fender Hard Case? Strung with Fender Flats there are no issues with this Bass and I also will include the white Pearloid scratch plate it came with, although also have a Tort one if that rocks your boat! I have the original roundwound strings which am willing to swap back over if required too. The previous owner had installed USA built Custom Shop 62 pickups (£120) and I've bought the Fender Tweed case for added protection. This plays very nicely, looks great and I've had a good look around it and cannot find any discernable damage. New these are around £600, plus pickups £120 and case £120 so a good saving. Just done some quick photos but will take more for a serious buyer. I have plenty of Bass boxes so would Case the Bass and box the Case for added protection, Courier charge to fall on the Buyer. Any questions please PM me.3 points -
Selling my USA Sub. Black/rosewood 2 band. Ive added a black pickguard to complete the look Super clean example, the neck and body are pretty much immaculate. The only real marks are on the headstock as shown in pics, where I imagine its been hung on the wall Price includes UK postage cheers3 points -
This is mine, (apologies for the crap camera phone pic), with replacement chrome knobs... Plus a replacement £10 eBay high mass bridge and a set of Entwistle neodymium PJ pickups. The end result, one of the most comfortable, biggest sounding basses I've ever played in more than 35 years of playing bass.3 points
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Forget that! I want a go on the ice cream maker.3 points
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Look, I know we've never met, and from the way you write your descriptions you seem like a really nice chap... but please stop putting basses I (really) like up for sale, or we are going to fall out! (Good luck btw)!3 points
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I went to school with that 'Korean' guy. He is 57 years old and comes from Ystrad Gynlais in S. Wales. He was doing these party tricks in the early 1980s at the Ebbw Vale Garden Festival dressed as a gnome. He has that brittle bone disease that stops him growing. He even nicked that bass from Percy Jones's dad's shed in Llandrindod Wells, the little turd.3 points
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I was thinking of spraying some glue in the air and hoping that enough air molecules stick together that they would form an amorphous cloud like shape I could use. I've not sorted a body yet, I've got to finish adding a woodworking vice to my bench first and then I can do something about the body. This isn't going to be threatening Owen for the longest build, but it won't be far off. I can include the bench build as well if you want3 points
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He doesn't credit this guy but he's playing along with his video.3 points
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I think it sounds great!3 points
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Have you been given permission from the mods to use a slopey blue font?3 points
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There are a lot of assumptions being expressed here, but it says a lot when the majority of posts are focussed on trying to find something negative to say. That's exceptional playing for a kid of his age and physical development.3 points
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The Hunt for Red (wine) October3 points
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I have sent no money now. Please confirm you have not received it.3 points
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Yup, this was me. Pop music back then was what people with no clue about "real music" were into. I was into "proper" guitar music. It wasn't until, as you say, I started listening to the amazing bass and Andy Taylors rock guitar playing that I thought, wait a minute, these guys can play! Pop music back then was at least played by real musicians. It was the Stock, Aitken and Waterman era that changed all that. Manufactured acts that relied on session musicians to write and perform their tunes so that they could warble over the top, each trying to out do the other with vocal gymnastics. You can probably tell I am not a fan of popular music. I have a pretty wide taste in music these days but pop and maybe jazz funk are my least favourites. I don't hate them, I would just rather avoid.3 points
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No need to be insole-ting.3 points
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You can do as you wish. It's yours. Can I make a suggestion though? IMHO the Tony Franklin idea , of a switch, means you miss out on some nice 'in between' tones. Have a think about using the jack socket hole to go VVT (a la Jazz) and putting the socket on the bottom (a la original P/Tele). There are some great tones to be had by blending the pickups rather than just having them on or off.3 points
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It’s an odd business that in the bass world the maxim: ‘you get what you pay for’ rarely applies, but people generally act in their buying and selling as if this is always true. Sire basses exemplify this point. They were originally designed and produced to provide youngsters with the possibility of playing a good quality bass at a reasonable price without bankrupting the family should they decide not to continue playing bass. An example at the opposite end of the spectrum might be the ridiculous price that 70’s Fenders sell for which, in the 1980’s everyone referred to as planks because of the shoddy craftsmanship and poor quality control. Many have quietly forgotten this in their delirium for ‘historical mojo’ as the world of relic-ing also demonstrates. Sire: good on you...... onwards and upwards in instrument integrity. Buy with confidence............3 points
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My buddy had an ‘83 Élite years ago and regrets ever selling it! So I’m having a go at making him one. I’m going to use Lindy Fralins pickups overwound 10%, and 3-Leaf Audio Blue preamp running 18v. Should be a monster!2 points
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I've never had all my basses together in one place before lockdown. They seem to be getting on OK.2 points
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I like it. Good size. I can actually read that without gurning. 🤓2 points
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I'm quite an expert too for being banned too. Should you need help @Stub Mandrel, just ask !2 points
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So today was the stripdown. Noting that all of the screws were Pozidrive (these things matter) I first took the neck off, the bridge and the rear hatch. Always a quick photo of what's in the chamber and where it fits. Never think "Oh, I'll remember that!" : And likewise a shot of which side of the blend pot is attached to which pickup: and, lastly, a useful way of keeping all the wires where they originally were - it is remarkable how quickly they twist and tangle up otherwise! Finally, drove out the neck screw bushes and we have a body ready for initial sand-down: Rog and I had a discussion about the wood - walnut - and whether it had been stained. I thought it had, based on the top colour. And now I look at it here, I wonder if it is just the top that has had maybe a tinted finish to lessen the contrast of the centre section. In real life, it is certainly an unusually muddy colour for walnut. Of course, it is academic to a certain extent because the top will be veneered, but there will remain the question of what to do with the back and sides. We'll know better when the finish has been sanded off - which will probably be tomorrow2 points
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Their customer service is an example that many other companies could - and should - learn from.2 points
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"You! Yes, you! Stand still laddie!"2 points
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Don't do it. Despite these being a production model, there aren't many about. 5 years or so back, the odd one that came up was about £500 used. Now the odd one that comes up is usually around £900/£1000. One loony tune had one up on eBay a few months back at £2200. They haven't been made since about 2012 I think. It's not all about the money, it's the importance of Steve's blue P especially in the 80s and whilst it's only a personal opinion, these particular basses should really be kept original as a part of rock music history.2 points
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If one needs to go, one needs to go, but why are you speaking like the Queen? I don't care about your bathroom needs.2 points
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At the end of the Live 8 gig, Waters looked elated and Gilmour looked like he'd had a bucket of fish guts tipped over his head. Waters made his own bed in all this and won't ever be accepted back. He seems deeply wounded by this but didn't have the same sensibilities when he was treating Rick Wright dreadfully for years and generally being a complete tool.2 points
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The fact is, no matter what other musicians think, especially other bass players, if you want to impress the general civilian population in a bar, a bit of slapping and popping will have them baying for more. I remember years ago we were playing in a busy bar and we were having one of the incredibly annoying gaps between songs where the guitarist would be having a drag on his fag or tuning up. Some of the audience started shouting to me to slap the bass. I was clueless at the time but I hit them with a very sloppy version of Higher Ground which I vaguely knew. They absolutely loved it. I thought I can't slap but even a simple passage and people think it's amazing. I decided that I would learn this technique and while Im not amazing by anyones standards, if I was to be asked again I could offer a more impressive show.2 points
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Regarding the bridge, around the time the bass was made, Gibson was using a bridge that appeared to be a Gibson version of a Schaller 3D. It functions exactly the same as a 3D, but has a slightly larger footprint. If you check out photos of Gibson Victory basses from this period, you can see the bridge on any of those. I'm not sure of the actual arrangement Gibson had with Schaller at the time, but the bridges are obviously connected, and I think they were also using their machineheads. Getting back to the Explorer, if you look closely at the closeup photo of the bridge, you can see a faint outline that shows the slightly larger footprint of the original bridge. So the new bridge they have on there would've been a direct swap for the original, with regard to screw placement. Personally, I think it's a great mod they've done, but like a few others have mentioned, I find the positioning of the strong retainers really odd. If you think of Gibsons, and the damage they would be most associated with, one that would spring to mind is a snapped headstock. So whoever did this either wasn't familiar with Gibson, or was supremely confident in their abilities to get it right.2 points
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Geographically correct user name 😁 Thank you2 points
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If I post a graph can I do it without labeling either of the axes so I do not have to actually tell you anything? I saw someone do that recently and it seemed to work. Am I going to get banned now?2 points
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Here is a great example of slap playing done well. Two things - the bass and drums are ball clenchingly tight and the slap passage, played during the guitar solo, is very tasteful.2 points
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I would imagine those basses will sound pretty close to each other. Aggression is probably best measured by how the bassist plays.2 points
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Updated pic with my latest bitsa (the Jaguar-ish).2 points
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