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This is going to be a slow build - I'll only be doing work on it in between DIy and other builds. So a few years back at the SW Bass Bash @Rich gave me a piece of hardwood from an old window that looked like it might be useful to make a neck from. Last year at another bass bash @Frank Blank gave me a couple of pieces of hardwood that 'might be useful' to me. The pieces weren't quite big enough to make a standard body from so I put them to one side. I saw a picture of a Telecaster bass using what looked like a Telecaster guitar. which I thought looked interesting. I checked the dimensions and still the larger piece of hardwood Frank gave me was still just a little narrow. After a quick scrat through the offcuts I had, I found a piece long enough to make up the difference and end up with a body bank of a suitable size. My initial plan for this is for the bass to be passive using a Retrovibe Mudbucker pickup with coil tapping, hardware I already have (generic elephant ear tuners, Wilkinson bridge, Telecaster scratchplate, Telecaster control plate) and for it to be 30" scale (as that seems to suit the shorter body size). There's a good chance something will change along the way but this is something a bit different for me! So first up, I cut the man piece in half and tried the offcut to make up the centre section. I thicknessed all three pieces to 45mm then flipped the two halves to get the grain running in opposite directions. The centre section was tried with the grain running quarter sawn in between the two wings. This ended up with a block big enough for a Telecaster body. The offcut for the centre section has turned out being very similar to the wings which is a bonus. I've dried clamped this to make sure it all lines up. I've also thicknessed the neck wood. This has highlighted a couple of small faults in the wood but nothing that can't be worked around. Next task for this will be to glue the blank up and to make templates for the body and neck but this may have to wait for a little while as I have another mini bass build in progress.6 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. Tom6 points -
Probably been posted before but I haven't seen this. Some clear examples of the great man's famous one-finger "hook" technique. Enjoy6 points
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For sale is this G&L L5000. This serie was the last serie Leo Fender worked on (design that is ofcourse). Only around 400 L5000 basses were ever produced and a handfull of them them were fretless. This 1992 L5000 is in extremely good condition, only a few slight dents (but you really have to search). It comes with the original case. Plays like a dream and with the current d'addario tapewounds it sings with loads of mwahhh. I'm asking 699 GBP. The bass is located in the Netherlands but safe shipping is ofcourse possible. I've added a really short video as an example of how the bass sounds. Listening with headphones adviced. I played some low and some high melodic stuff. Not the best video quality but it's better than nothing I guess.6 points -
Godin A8 Electro Acoustic Mandolin Hardly played at all - very minor marks if any (you'll have to strain to find any!) Piezo Saddles and inbuilt mic system with EQ and jack output. Comes with Hiscox Case No Trades £450 posted UK Mainland4 points -
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They have got back together to play an online gig for a one off. It’s live right now. Always loved the mix with these guys, strong bass!4 points
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I'm in at last! Like many people, I was initially amused by the video "how to play a groove in 13/8". Hmm, I thought...🙄 I wouldn't exactly call it a groove though, and it does have bits of 6/8 too 🤪 May 2020 BassChat composition challenge entry. I didn't make it easy for myself, the timing is somewhat fluid in places. At least you can tell it's not programmed on a grid. Features a first appearance of my new guiro (on the left), kindly made for me by my good friend Timi Sp8. all done in Reaper again, Godin Solidac phased guitar, Gordon-Smith 12-string electric, US Masters fretless bass bass and US Masters (with flats) "Lead" bass with a bit of octave on.4 points
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Anyone else really tempted by one of these?! Looks like a steal for the money... https://www.thomann.de/gb/ibanez_tmb505_mg.htm3 points
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For the first time in five decades I've sat and listened to this album properly. Talk about the planets of musicianship and creativity lining up! Awesome. Ps. It sounds great too.3 points
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@kodiakblair couldn’t have done it without your help thank you all for all the advice and help, only a minor job but some invaluable advice next job complete, measure 3 times, drill once... now to finish the body’s paint job...3 points
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some lessons may help to iron out that dreadful right hand plucking technique3 points
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Yah wanna see someone slappin the buggery out of his Thunder iii back in 85??Do ya?? Mmm? Warning: 80’s Mullet in use. ref clothing choice: I was picked up and charged by the fashion police immediately after arriving back in uk. Warning: No funk involved. (The mullet was returned to the original owner, unharmed by September 85.)3 points
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Listened to the whole track. I can’t hear anything wrong and wouldn’t have wanted to punch in or do an additional take. If it works with the rest of the track then that’s the most important thing. Id also agree it sounds written as a part (and is quite clever, too) rather than just jammed. Isolated tracks often sound odd or plain wrong, but the end result can be much greater than the sum of its parts.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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For sale is a mint condition Taiwanese made Boss OC-2. Not much else to say really. £120 posted in the UK Mainland.2 points -
For sale: a very special and unique bass, handmade by classical luthier Wolfgang Staab (founder of SKC Bogart) in Germany. This bass is based on a Spector NS shape/Streamer with concave body. Only a handful are made in the 80s. The bass is built with a set-in ebony neck, figured maple body, Bartolini pickups, Noll 2-bands preamp with active/passive switch and Schaller hardware. Frets are in good condition, medium-low action...overall condition is very good, almost like new. This bass sounds great, has a really nice feel and looks beautiful. Comes with gigbag. Local pickup is possible, shipping also. For more photo's or information, please send a private message! £7152 points -
For sale Egilegor model Biadar 5 Body: white limba Top: spalted maple Neck: 5 piece walnut-maple-bubinga fingerboard: wenge Preamp 3 band noll Pickups: single egilegor Hardware: Hipshot Weight 3.1kg Price: 1700€2 points -
For Sale is the fantastic AER Amp One. If you are here I’m sure you know what these are about. Insanely loud 110 combo that can cover a pub rock gig with ease. A plethora of ins and out plus a very versatile EQ and built in compressor. Comes with AER padded gig bag. ideally looking for collection from Paulton BS39 7 I’m after £800. Not looking for trades at the moment.2 points -
Only picked it up yesterday but loving the 212Slim so far. So much low end coming from such a lightweight cabinet. One of the guys I was chatting with is selling all his Vanderkley stuff to replace with these cabs. will try post more after proper testing but with my Mesa D800 this 212 is bringing the beef!2 points
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Are you looking for a cool vintage looking Precision, with a great sound and a reasonable price?? here it is... Directly from the early eighties... Fernandes Precision copy.. bass is original.. except for recently passive wiring with Cts pot and new jack the bass is in great shape and sounds really good, seems to play a Squier JV from same years. neck is stable and action is good. original vintage reverse tuners and bridge the bass was played a lot and is a little relics I'm from Italy and i can ship ( we can negotiate the shippings) sorry but no trades!!2 points -
I started detailing the new build in the other thread - this is what I'd written previously: Nice to have a day off today. Been working on another 27" bass in spalted beech again. Had a piece left from the previous bass so marked it up for cutting - odd shape but sufficient for his build. First, I placed the templates on to work out which was would avoid any of the knots or faults in the wood and look the best when done (always a bit of a guess with spalted beech when you are going to carve some of it as it changes pattern throughout it's thickness) Then marked the line to cut: and ended up with this which lines up quite nicely across the join: I've also been practicing making scarf joints and have a nice selection of blanks for a neck: I've got another body glued up made from ash which may also get turned into one of these.2 points
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Probably because she knows I'm all 'Bah-humbug'.... And this was my previous attempt at a Christmas tree...2 points
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Thanks Chris. But to be fair, nobody knew who we were, The Bangles were on before us and Southside Johnny after us, so it was his way of making the watching audience too dizzy to get up and make a cuppa 😂. I think I slapped most of the way through the album this came from. Quite unnecessarily too 🤦🏻♂️ but no one said “oi you! mullet boy! Stop that now! Kajagoogoo have kajagonegone” Which goes to prove “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should”2 points
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Voila! Out of the cellar and finish is as it should be!2 points
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It appeals to me as it is affordable and nice big easy to see hard to miss buttons for stage work. Not necessary but interesting. I like @Quatschmacher idea of chords! Anyway had a great session with the FI this afternoon. Just continuing to feel my way in. Followed the tutorial on making a chorus pedal and then did a prolonged 'what if' session. By which I mean, what if I wanted an octave lower, distortion to track the chorus? Or what if I want the clean signal mixed with a different sound that kind of thing. By doing this I find I'm building an idea of how different controls impact on the over all sound.2 points
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Bit the bullet and ordered an R400 after reading the reviews and watching wateroftyne's videos on YouTube. Shipping on Tuesday so looking forward to it getting here. Have to say Leszek's communication is excellent. Replied within 30 minutes on Facebook to my questions and had bought one shortly after that. Will post a pic when it arrives... Bizarrely I seem to have ended up with a near identical rig to @wateroftyne as well, although not intentionally... HB R400 into 2x TKS 112!2 points
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Every time I used the switch Ken phoned me up and had a go. He MADE me sell it2 points
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Interesting post though I think entirely subjective I’m afraid... How do you know they’re not losing themselves in the music? Is there a single way that one should do this? Perhaps you don’t really like the music that they’re playing and therefore aren’t able to engage with it? Different styles / genres come with different approaches to performance and musical approach - obvious signs of ‘losing it’ might be head-banging, jumping around etc but that isn’t always appropriate / relevant. Perhaps by focusing, being in the moment playing complex stuff is another approach to ‘losing yourself’, just not one that works for you and is less obviously sign posted to the audience? Let me turn it around - I’ve done loads of gigs where I’ve looked out to see arms folded, grumpy faces and not much vibe from audience members. Yet often these individuals are the ones who come up after the gig, buy loads of merch and rave about it. They certainly didn’t ‘lose themselves’ in the music they way I wanted to but it worked for them.... So it’s all personal and subjective. Find out what works for you and go listen / watch that and don’t worry to much about what other folks are doing!2 points
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Hmmm, after listening to all the sage advice I've received on this thread, I clearly have been delusional for which I blame lockdown. Looks like I have some way to go before I can declare a full house. My wife will be delighted...2 points
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Really nice Bassline on this Dennis Bovell track great rhythm2 points
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Excuse this ramble, it’s as much for me as anything else, thought jotting. I dropped off the ACG Recurve SS in Warwick for a setup in early February, I was emailed to say it was done and that I could pick it up on 29th Feb. I took the opportunity to drop off the ACG Harlot when I picked the Recurve up and by the time the Harlot was ready for pickup, yes, we were in lockdown. I’ve been writing and recording quite intensely lately, flipping files of new bass lines over to the singer/guitarist I work with and I have really started to gel with the short scale Recurve. I was unsure at first, I bought it because it was an ACG and because it was short scale but I really didn’t gel with it at first but after this intense period of working with it I have found myself improving as a player and writing stuff I would have thought beyond me just a few months ago. Now naturally this is to do with having acres of time to fill with practicing and writing (I’m putting in roughly a normal 9-5 working day) but after the initial ups and down with it I’ve really come to dig that bass, there’s something very ‘workhorse’ about it, the simple design, the plain woods, I often bang on about basses being tools of work first and aesthetic items second, Alan tends to make basses that are sublime in both ways but there is just something very humble and honest about the SS Recurve, very much my bass of the moment and hopefully the end of my fretted short scale bass search. So yesterday I finally managed to get back up to Warwick and in a socially distanced exchange via a porch I picked up the Harlot. I got it home and after so long with just the little Recurve I’m a bit freaked out by the Harlot. I mean it is a ‘freak out’ bass anyway because it looks so incredible but it just felt so alien. I mean, finally, it’s correctly setup and playing great but I just wasn’t getting on with it, perhaps I really am just a short scale man? I will persevere with it and see how it goes.2 points
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Beast mode - what a player, what a song2 points
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Small update...2 points
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Supertramp and another band Brewer's Droop (Mark Knopfler) were 'our' university bands. They did a lot of gigs at Reading. They were always good, interesting and charged just the right amount that you could afford to book them and still make a small profit/loss. I think I saw them six times and I didn't see then every time they played. They were always good and just got better over time. That album must have been the result of many thousands of hours of collective music making. The same for Dire Straights too later on. I think a lot of UK rock came out of that university scene as well as the venues in London and the other major cities. Regular venues paying well enough to keep the band fed and watered whilst they grew their craft in ront of a live audience. Years of hard work before you were spotted and became an overnight success.. I still listen from time to time, it still sounds good to me, Im not huge on nostalgia but it's great music with real craftsmanship from people I know did their 10,000 hours. Just a thought, does the music made by people who make their living playing to paying audiences always end up more immediate. Mozart and Beethoven were gigging musicians2 points
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It's one of the best albums of the seventies. If you like it try and listen to their Breakfast in America album as well.2 points
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I don't think you can criticise the timing when it's only a portion of the entire composition, the timing is correct in the context of the complete song, which is the only thing that matters. If one of the instruments is (unintentionally) out of time with the others, then that would be a problem, but if the whole band are playing together then I see that as in time, regardless of what the quantize grid says. Also, I love his tone on this, exactly the sort of sound I like.2 points
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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 🙂2 points
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Entitled "20 Iconic Bass Guitars", I'm thinking of making this available to BC members as a print in either A3 or A2 sizes providing I get enough interest... This image you're looking at is printed on bog standard A4 and really need to be seen in a bigger format, but you probably get the idea. Any criticism welcome...1 point
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Having a clear out of bridges ect Job lot of tuners both from maruszczyk Bass's a couple of Bush's missing from a couple of tuners.. Bridges are sung il bb405 ..not sure of 3rd one but feel good quality.. Looking for 100.00 posted Various control knobs also Selling as one sale..1 point
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NOW SOLD I'm offering for sale my very rare Lakland 55-76 Deluxe. This bass is the holy grail for Stingray fans who would like a wider string spacing and 35" scale. It has a Teal burst finish over a flame maple top, maple neck with ebony fingerboard, and 19mm spacing at the bridge, with thru-body or bridge stringing. It also has a removable Stingray-style see-thru scratchplate. Weight is 4.3kg. I bought it a while back from a guy in the Netherlands as a fretless, and had it fretted by a very skilled luthier who has the distinction of having re-fretted some of Peter Green's guitars, so I knew it was in pretty safe hands. The result was astonishing - the ebony board has such a sheen on it you can literally see your face in it. Not surprisingly, it also plays beautifully, and has that big, fat Stingray sound in spades, with the legendary Lakland B string. The oddity about this particular bass is that it has no serial number - the assumption is that it was made very early on, perhaps even the first or prototype of the model. This would place its date of manufacture at somewhere in the mid-90's, when Lakland was still in its infancy. Although it will certainly be US made, it also doesn't have the usual 'Made in the USA' stamp on the back of the neck, giving more credence to its early manufacture date. The tuners are Hipshot in design, but with no markings. (I have a Lakland 55-94 whose serial number dates it to 1998 that also doesn't have the USA neck stamp, and has the same style of tuners.) It's in excellent condition for a 20+ year old bass. There's a small crack in the lacquer next to the neck pocket, and a couple of tiny dings on the body that I've tried to show in the photographs, but otherwise it's in extremely good shape. Now we come to the colour. I've tried photographing it with three different cameras, but it always comes out more blue than it appears to the naked eye - in reality it's closer to a Teal Green. Any interested parties are very welcome to pay me a visit to have a closer look at it. Social distancing will be observed, obviously. I'm near Woking in Surrey, a few minutes from junction 10 of the M25. The pickup is wired to a 3-way coil tap switch (parallel, single coil, series switching) with a Bartolini NTMB-L918 3-band preamp with a push/pull volume pot for active/passive switching. I fitted the chrome knobs, but the original black rubberised ones are also included. The bass comes complete with a Hiscox Liteflite case. I believe that you can still get this model from Lakland as a special order, but with the build cost, deluxe burst finish, ebony fingerboard, Bartolini electronics, custom pickup, shipping and import duty, it would take several months and you wouldn't get much change out of five grand. Also (and I say this as a huge Lakland fan) in my opinion the older ones are just better made. Taking all that into consideration, the price I'm now asking is a steal. Payment by cash on collection or bank transfer/Transferwise. Sorry, but I'm only looking for a straight sale, so no trade offers please.1 point
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Weight on my scales is 8.6lb1 point
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Really nice playing - the bass sounds and looks great! GLWTS1 point
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A guy at work was telling me yesterday how good this album is, will have to give it a listen1 point
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I used aspire to having either a US Stingray or a US Jazz, both in natural finishes. Having also had a go on both a Ray 34 and a 90s MIJ Jazz as well as the top end models I no longer see any point in shelling out top end wonga when these mid -priced versions are just as good to play1 point
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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.1 point
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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.1 point
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Extraordinary and superb sounding instruments, Laurus basses should be much more widely known. Unfortunately, I'm not in the market for a 5 string right now. Fantastic instrument, though.1 point -
It's a bit like discovering the opposite sex when you were a teenager. It's different and really quite pleasurable. After a few fumbling attempts at the unfamiliar bottom end you soon feel at home🙂1 point
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