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1988 Music Man Sabre, lovely bass with a stunning birdseye maple neck, Great condition, plays and sound really good. Two minor issues: there is bucklerash on the back of the body, previous owner tried to "repair" with clear laquer without luck. The other thing is the volume pot is crackling a bit. Otherwise the condition is very good. The neck is without dings and dongs. Frets in good condition, truss rod works in both directions. £1175 / 1300€14 points -
I'm pretty chuffed with myself if I'm honest. I've never attempted anything like this before but I've ended up with a lovely bass: The bits: Warmoth P body in swamp ash Finished with Crimson's Penetrating Guitar Oil 2016 Am Std Jazz neck Gotoh 201 bridge EMG GZR PJ set Hipshot D-tuner I've wanted a PJ for quite a while and considered going down the Limelight route but this was, for me, more satisfying (plus I had the neck already). I had a couple of squeaky moments and if I was to do it again, I'd probably shield with copper tape rather than shielding paint but it plays great, sounds fantastic and I am in love with how it looks.12 points
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Well...just getting going...and another lockdown. Anyhow. Feels this journey is complete for now. tried editing 2 videos and audio together on iMovie (iPhone) and couldn’t get it to behave. So...here’s a video of a song we’ve been working on...me and Tom playing (the other angle is Max and Andy guitar) The rehearsal space is closing, but the studio will run for drum takes so...we might get to do what we want during lockdown.8 points
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Not had this long. Bought from Ash on here. Alas as much as I love the look and feel of it am more of a Precision man so decided to move this on. Peavey Foundation, in fantastic condition for its age. Think this is a 90s version and has the highly regarded Super Ferrite pickups. The neck pickup has been rewound by Aron Armstrong. The neck is more like a jazz and is 38mm at the nut. Adding a touch of the bridge pickup gets very close to nailing the Jazz sound. I prefer the sound of the front pickup which is much more Precision like. Can meet up or possibly deliver in the North West. Postage is also a possibility5 points -
Some nice boards here guys! Thought I share mine as well before I change it again 😁 So here it goes: the chain starts with the Mooer Bass Fog > tuner > comp > pre doubeling as clean DI. From there to the bottom row octave > filter > drive > fuzz > chorus > multi and to finish it all off cab sim/wet DI. All mounted on the Pedaltrain Metro 24, powered by Cioks DC5 and yes, there are some cables as well. Since this picture couple of weeks ago I've acquired Red Witch Zeus fuzz and it challenges the Fog, the Muff and maybe even the MXR octave. Althogu just today I received an old Japanes OC2, decisions, decions. Also I think the wet DI/cab sim will be changed to Sansamp BDDI and might take the multi off the board cause don't really need it. Let me know what you guys think and which octave should I go for?4 points
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For anyone interested in this, replacement Stingray mute pads are available from Strings Direct, part number M05113 (for the four-string set) for £3.49 plus postage. It’s not listed on their website so you’ll need to email them. They also have the entire assembly with the springs and screws, which is listed on their site: https://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/search/stingray-mute Enjoying the old school vibe now:3 points
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Well, who would have thought. Not only did Ebay remove the nasty git's feedback, they did it a day early. Shocked3 points
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Maybe not for everyone3 points
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Unfortunately if you consider the physics behind it, you realise that high mass bridges don't work because they are high mass (the additional weight they add to the body is pretty much negligible when compared with the total body weight of the bass), but because they are better engineered than the standard BBOT bridge in reducing lateral movement of the saddles.3 points
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Don't know if it qualifies with your definition, and it happens more on other instruments than bass.......... but it's when people leave a clip-on tuner on the headstock during a performance.3 points
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It's with a heavy heart I'm selling my beautiful, custom ACG 6-String bass. Specific details of this instrument can be found on the ACG website (https://www.acguitars.co.uk/project/0270salceetype6/) I've owned this bass since new, having seen Alan's amazing work whilst attending the Moffat bass bash and knew I had to have one of his instruments. Unfortunately it's not getting played as much as it deserves so I feel it needs to find a new home. Body: Top Wood: Figured Maple with Faded Black Finish. Body Wood: Swamp Ash with Dirty Finish. Body Finish: Satin Lacquer Neck: Neck Wood: 5 piece Wenge/Bubinga Finger Board: Acrylic Impregnated Spalted Maple Scale: 34″ Neck Finish: Satin Lacquer Hardware: Pickups: ACG FB Humbuckers Hardware: ETS Tuning/Bridge unit ACG Custom Headpiece Schaller Straplocks, Pre-amp: ACG/East P-Retro with 4-way rotary pickup selector. £1500, I will consider a part ex (up to £500 value) for the right bass, I do however need at least £1000 cash out of the sale. New, this bass would cost £2795. It's in fantastic condition and comes with a heavily padded Fusion gig bag. Collection from Newcastle upon Tyne, I'd really rather not post but will meet buyers a reasonable distance from Newcastle to facilitate a sale. This ad is a relist of the original, I have recently moved house and needed to update my location.2 points -
Bird of Paradise (Snowy White) (Two can, geddit?)2 points
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I don’t think I’ve posted these before, a couple of classics from Sugar Minott and anyone who used to listen to Rodigan in the 80s will recognise this one, it’s the album mix, it was the theme tune to his show , nice version at 3.362 points
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On hold! Thanks for your interest.2 points
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Similar to @lozkerr i learn the bits and then draw a chart of how they fit together. In this case I do BVs. sometime it is lead vocal, but then only hints - say one key word per line. Interesting to see another such sheet. The rest of my band don't use them! First learn the bits, then learn to do it with the sheet, then learn to play it without the sheet.2 points
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Elie,pas touche !!! Tamas,you are an amazing Bass player and I love your beautifull Fodera.2 points -
Is there no end to Fender's reinvention of its legacy models? Decades old designs, rehash, rehash, rename, custom colours, tick a famous signature on it and sell it for $$$, yaaaaawn. It's not like there's not a bass in the marketplace that has a pickup in that position. I forget who it was, but I seem to remember an old bloke who owned a biggish guitar company set up with another bloke and made a bass with a pickup in that position. Oh, what was the name of that company? The model was name after a fish. Perhaps if I take an old Jazz and put 5 pickups on it there'll be a NJ Signature Model in the pipe.2 points
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Last time I’m doing a board lol ! All (rechargeable) battery powered2 points
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I loved that on the tills, if you ordered a pint of Fosters it came up on the readout as Kangaroo Pi55.2 points
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I love a high quality bitsa - nice one 👍🏻2 points
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Nice in Natural...2 points
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Similar to how I do it.2 points
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This is how I do it, at least for simple and repetitive basslines, by breaking the song into phrases. Sorry it's a wee bit blurred - camera wouldn't focus properly for some reason. This one has five phrases, and I learnt each one separately. The pencilled notes show the running order, with the 'v' indicating where the verses are in case I get lost. As there's so much repetition in this song, I learnt the riff and chorus first, and then the ending, bridge and intro in that order. Took a couple of days or so.2 points
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Why do you think the controls are at the back? Maybe it’s a leftie? And the, erm... strings... are at the back.2 points
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Interesting, especially #1 as my all-time favourite chorus effect is the MXR Pitch Transposer, on it's "0" setting which gave a massive thickening of the sound without loosing any of the power or definition to the bass sound. Unfortunately it was horrendously expensive, not particularly reliable and all but unusable without the separate and equally expensive display module. My second favourite was the far more affordable Amdek Chorus which was basically a Boss CE2 in semi-kit form, and which was an essential part of my bass/guitar/synth rigs during the 80s until I was able to afford a Roland GP8 multi-effects unit.2 points
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It would be rather amusing if this line of thinking led to a trend for low mass bridges given discussions elsewhere on the forum2 points
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A simple part and and easy read for beginners. Jerry Duplessis's bass part for The Fugees version of 'Killing Me Softly' from the 1996 album 'The Score'. Because I am a massive Hip Hop fan. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/killing-me-softly-the-fugees/2 points
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I say take the plunge. Even if you could travel, there will always be a better bass or a better bargain to be found. It’s the never ending quest! As long as you don’t pay over the odds and it looks easily resellable your risk is fairly low.2 points
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I've got a sort-of gig this afternoon. Four of us in a field videoing a few songs for a local music festival that has gone virtual for this year. I wasn't too encouraged by having to scrape the ice off the windscreen before driving this morning!2 points
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Too tired to post when I got home last night, but it was a cracking gig to a full (for a given value of 'full') house of genuine music fans ... my second post-Covid gig at that pub and they were two of the best I can remember. Landlord reckons he won't now be able to re-open until after Xmas and he thinks the same will be true of a lot of places. I hope he's wrong, but he's very well plugged-in to the Herts. music pub scene and I suspect he knows what he's talking about.2 points
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Aaaaaand on reverb 2 weeks later😅2 points
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I have had dead spots on basses with really dense body woods so there's no guarantee. Higher/ lower mass bridges can both help when a dead spot exists but I do not think either can be considered better then the other in that scenario. Resonant frequencies and standing waves depend on everything in the instrument that vibrates. Adding or substracting any mass will impact this but you can't rely on any of it to eliminate the possibility of dead spots occuring as resonance is the sum of many things.2 points
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I hate that too, my new bread machine bakes a perfect loaf but that damn paddle always leaves a hole in the bottom. I could use the dough setting and put it in the oven, but I think that defeats the object, don't you?2 points
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Its almost worth buying something from the geezer just to he able to leave sheet feedback for him too,2 points
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Nice, I always fancied a bass with this pickup layout, but only Atelier Z seemed to produce them!2 points
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It was and there were. Drummer and I raised an eyebrow when they came in - seemed a little OTT even given current circumstances but turned out they part of the team for the service and playing the characters of “Mr PPE Man”.....as you do.2 points
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I have minimal experience with Dingwalls, but... definitely get the 6! Once you've gone 6, 5 just seems lacking. If you're on the fence, I'd say go 6 sir. If you don't like it, sell it to me, I've got £15 and a bag of Wotsits with your name on it.2 points
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UPDATE The moron has now left me neg feedback for the item i was selling. Remember he messaged me to say he cant collect and if i want payment, i would have to post it. I never ever messaged him, i just simply cancelled the sale. So the remark about agressive was false, and it was because he wouldnt collect, i cancelled. Then he accuses me of cancelling. Read the FB screen shot. Already spoke to Ebay CS, and they checked out the messaging, and agreed he was being a w@nker ( My words, not theirs 😎 ) and are going to remove his bullsh*t feedback within 2-3 days Pr*ck2 points
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One thing I think that's been missed out, is can you sing/hum the bass part? Work on being able to sing along with your internal voice, and you'll find everything else a LOT easier. Then you'll have memorised the bassline itself, then when you've learned which fret makes which note and which position to play it in, you'll KNOW what it should sound like, and it'll speed things up dramatically. I don't think it's any surprise that you can play the intro (And I'll bet you could sing it) as it's melodically probably the most interesting part of the song, and gets it's time to shine in the song. I know it's the part I hum along to.2 points
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I have refinished my Spector and while at it I moved the controls to the back. The sliders do what the pots did, vol, vol, bass, treble. This was my gigging bass for a long time, I never touched the controls on the bass but got annoyed when they were accidentaly turned when getting it out from the gigbag etc. So I thought it was a great idea and it was since I never regretted. Love the clean look of the front also love when it takes a while for peolple to realize what's missing 🙂 Also the sliders are sticking out of the plate just enought so you can move but never with your body or leg or whatever it is getting in contact with in the heat of the gig 🙂2 points
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Been there with a previous (sometimes tetchy) worship leader. We kept getting this low frequency boom/feedback type sound on stage in rehearsal which was annoying the Leader. He told me to turn down a couple of times. I did until I could just hear my amp over the drums. It kept happening and I realised it was the keys amp resonating the acoustic guitar into low frequency feedback.It happened again and the worship leader was actively annoyed (at me) by now. I told him what I thought the problem was and he, effective told me to shut up, stop making excuses and just turn my amp down. Having had enough by now I quietly removed my bass, placed it on its stand, turned off the amp, unplugged the cable and coiled it neatly on the floor in front of me, turned to the drummer, winked and tapped the side of my nose and stood with my hands in my jeans pockets. The band started to run through the song again and the low frequency noise started again. The worship leader was furious by now and yelled while starting to turn around to confront me, “OH FOR GOODNESS SAKE TREVOR WILL YOU JUST DO AS I ASK YOU AND TURN YOUR AMP D...” I sweetly smiled at him, shrugged and said, “You really do need to do something about the acoustic guitar feeding back.” He never said sorry though...Bit of an ego issue, that guy.2 points
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Having owned one I will add to the appreciation. A great cab, someone will not be disappointed. I only moved mine on to get a BF Dubster, more of the bottom end goodness of the Big One.1 point -
The Bugera is really about 700W and the difference between 700W and 500W is very little acoustically.1 point
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That is absolutely lovely. Beautiful looking bass. GLWTS.1 point
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Welcome CPB.1 point
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No that's it's been added to the top of the forum, can all the other usual suspects be included too?1 point
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Come on everybody! How else are we going to encourage the next generation of bass players if we don't have x-factor style competitions?1 point
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That's not dancing so much as trying to cope with a severe wedgie! Somebody pass her the talc.1 point
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