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  1. Lozz196
    Sold One nice 1987 EBMM 2 band eq Stingray with Spider hard case. Plays and sounds as you would expect. As per this era the neck is gloss finish, truss rod adjustment is at the headstock and the battery cover is silver. This is a players bass, it’s in good condition for a 34 year old instrument but it does show signs of life on the road. For comparison a Fender Road Worn shows much more wear & tear. As such I’ve priced this accordingly, pristine examples go for a lot more! The pic showing the wear on the back of the neck is around 7th to 9th fret. Weight is 4.75kg or 10lbs7oz Due to many threads detailing courier nightmares it’s collection/meet up only. No trades thanks.
    12 points
  2. Gardenerben
    Sold
    10 points
  3. Cosmicrain
    A very happy Matt Waller popped in to the workshop to collect his new bass. I think he was a very happy man. It was a pleasure to build your bass Matt, regards Mike.
    8 points
  4. stewblack
    I have a few gigs trickling tentatively into the diary, and one is a dep slot for my old Madness Tribute. I've got over my bruised pride that they are still going strong without me, and am rather looking forwrd to it. It's at the Llanelli Festival, only a couple of days beyond the alleged end of restrictions - so still very theoretical. Nonetheless I have been studiously relearning everything, and transcribing all the bass parts, it has kept me busy. I got to thinking about the really important stuff today. What bass to take? Obviously I have my two toned precision, which will make a great prop/2nd bass but I wonder what the man mr Bedford himself used. Wouldja believe it theres a five year old thread here where someone points out that he was using a Bruce Thomas Profile - and I , of course, have that very bass in my collection. A good omen? Maybe I shall be blowing the cobwebs from my passport and heading over the bridge in June after all. Now, what hats did he wear....
    7 points
  5. lowregisterhead
    For sale is a really beautifully built custom 5-string in the style of a Musicman Stingray 5, by UK guitar maker Graham Pollard. Going by the date on the back of the headstock, it was made in 2002. It's a beautifully made bass, but having bought a couple of other new basses recently I need to reduce the numbers a bit, so I’ve decided to move it on. It’s in excellent condition for its age, and seems to have had very little use over the years. There's no discernible fret wear, only a few tiny marks on the body that are pretty impossible to photograph, and a couple of small chips in the lacquer on the lower edge of the back of the neck, shown in the photos below. The neck has a very slim profile, with a beautiful birdseye maple fingerboard. It's 35” scale, 50mm wide at the nut and 74mm at the 22nd fret, with 18mm string spacing at the bridge, adjustable with the Schaller roller saddles. It’s fitted with a Seymour Duncan BassLines pickup, and their STC-3M4 3-band EQ with a 3-position single/series/parallel switch. When the volume pot is pulled up, it switches in a 'slap contour' setting, with boosted lows and slightly scooped mids. The original Schaller tuners made the neck dive a little, so I fitted a set of Hipshot Ultralites which solved the problem. It now weighs in at a very svelte 3.8kg. The original tuners are included in the sale. NOW SOLD.
    6 points
  6. lowregisterhead
    SOLD!! That was quick... For sale only: Carvin JB5 in natural finish with a maple board. I haven't had it long, it's lovely to play with a nice low action and sounds phenomenal, but I need to have a bit of a clear out, so I've decided to move it on. It's 34" scale, 45mm at the nut, 19mm spacing at the bridge, with bridge or thru-body stringing. I put a new set of D'Addario nickels on it recently. It weights in at 4.3kg on my bathroom scales, and sits on a strap or the knee very nicely. It has an 18v two-band active circuit with a tone control that is also a push/pull pot for active/passive. Controls are master volume, pickup pan, tone, treble and bass cut and boost (stacked). It's in excellent condition, with only a couple of very small dinks on the body, and no visible fret wear. It also comes with a rather nice plush-lined Carvin rigid gig bag. It's a lot of bass for the money! UK shipping is included in the price. No trades offers, please.
    6 points
  7. Chopthebass
    I wanted to try the Shaper for some fingerboard symbols. I decided to try an infinity. Tricky to draw in CAD as they get longer and narrow as you go up the neck. The plan is black resin
    6 points
  8. Wilson_51_
    I bought one a year or two ago and it turned into my main bass quite quickly. Wonderful tone and I also ended up not using the bridge pickup on it but it’s nice that it’s there.
    5 points
  9. lowregisterhead
    NOW SOLD Right then. I said to myself a long time ago that I would never do this, but I need to have a clear out... Up for sale is my 2007 Lakland DJ5 with a bound maple board with white pearloid block markers, in a very subtle black sparkle finish, and a matching headstock. Over the years I've upgraded the pickups to Delanos, and fitted a John East DJ Retro preamp with a separate battery box. The original pickups (Hansons, not Aeros) ended up in a project bass I sold several years ago, but the original plate with the passive pots is included in the sale, along with a second scratchplate in white. It has the standard Lakland specs: 35" scale, 45mm at the nut, 74mm at the 12th fret, 19mm spacing at the bridge, with bridge and thru-body stringing. This is one of the earlier Korean made Skylines, and as such is a little heavier than some at 4.5kg, but it really sings, and has a great openness and clarity of tone, and no dead spots, which is the main reason I've kept it all these years, as well as the legendary Lakland B string. It has a few scratches, a few very minor dings, and a little fretwear, as shown in the pics. Anyone who knows about Lakands will be aware that the Skyline range can be a little variable, but this is an exceptional example. It comes complete with a Levy's Lakland-branded gigbag.
    4 points
  10. Geek99
    Will carbon rods change the sound ? :popcorn 🍿
    4 points
  11. Dad3353
    You're not supposed to change flat-wounds. The elves in the factories spend much time and effort fitting them, in the certain knowledge that they'll last longer than the Owner of the guitar, and, anyway, it's all about the Funk, say the Experts. To keep their tone, round-wounds get changed every evening, as every fule nose, but flat-wounds, never.
    4 points
  12. Cat Burrito
    I thought I'd breathe some life into this long running thread with this Good Friday phone snap.
    4 points
  13. Paul S
    That's my view.
    4 points
  14. JohnDaBass
    Thank you @stevie for taking the time to do the technical comparison. From your explanation the Pulse appears to have a similar character to the Eminence driver in the BF One10 but the BF may have a higher Xmas. IMHO the B10N-300x appears similar to the cleaner BF Super Compact rather than the more coloured BF One10. The extra 100w thermal power gives a decent safety margin when used with the MiniMax delivering 300w of headroom. So I've built a 13kgs, easy carry, 300w combo with sufficient headroom to match any "shed building " drummer who may turn up for a jam down the Dog & Duck. Happy days 😎
    4 points
  15. Bobo_08
    Ok, so I couldn't wait and after dinner decides to fit my new pickguard. Looks awesome but as you can imagine verynwasily smudged but also scratches pretty easily too... Have to see how that works out in the long run. I also fitted the @KiOgon circuit/loom, the difference it makes is significant, I'd suggest fitting one of these before investing in pickups. Note KiOgon pot shafts measured 9.5mm, so I slightly larger than the HB original pots which meant I had to drill the holes out a little with a 10mm drill bit. Was a bit rough because I think you need a really high speed with this material to avoid taking chunks out, but it worked out fine. Thanks to KiOgon, apologies it took me 6 months to actually fit your nice 0.1uf kit ☺️. Just for info measured my standard HB pickups at 7.3k Ohms, significantly lower than compared to the toneriders which are 10.6k Also treated it too a quick fret polish and some lemon oil and a string change. Next job is Fender high mass bridge... I'm going for the Phil Lynott look if you hadn't already guessed. ☺️
    3 points
  16. Maude
    I would say whatever you do, don't force it. There's not a great deal of wood above the string in that bridge. With the ball end compressing the wood in the way it's design to, the bridge is very strong. But with too fat a string trying to expand the hole outwards it's liable to split the bridge, especially if the width of the string tapers, as the string tension will pull the string ever further into the hole putting a lot of pressure in a direction that the bridge isn't designed to handle.
    3 points
  17. Skybone
    3 points
  18. sgh
    GB Rumour
    3 points
  19. Andyjr1515
    So out had to come the heat gun again. At first I thought it might just be overspill from the fretboard glue but not...definitely glued in. Not a bad job, though. I started at the heel and quite quickly was able to start levering it out from that end - the aluminium of the rod quickly heated the glue enough. And I found out what was holding the headstock section in place, with all those cracks, under the string tension. It was the glue on the trussrod . As soon as the trussrod was out, this just dropped off: Which is, actually, a great thing - because the split at the scarf joint appears to be clean and should, with care, slot back together with the grain from both sides interlocking with some titebond to hold it together (clamping will be more of a challenge - but I do have a cunning plan )
    3 points
  20. PaulThePlug
    Have a google... 'Acoustic Guitar, soldering iron, steaming, dent' If the wood fibers are compressed, you can steam em out - damp rag, and soldering iron or iron I had a dent in the fretboard, steamed it out a bit, not a fix but an improvement... Small area so i used a wet cotton bud on the dent, then applied the soldering iron tip to it... Keep wetting... keep steaming... keep looking
    3 points
  21. devinebass
    Hey, these are the ones I use - they work great: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Guitar-Glove-Bass-Musician-Practice/dp/B01C4QYOQS/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=musicians+gloves&qid=1617365734&sr=8-1
    3 points
  22. Dov65
    Seek and Destroy by Metallica Suzi aint impressed 👇
    3 points
  23. Bass Culture
    I think this guy is brilliant - plays exactly how I aspire to and fall so considerably short of. 😊
    3 points
  24. Muzz
    If I had a hundred quid for every time I've played that song in front of a bunch of happily singing punters...oh, wait...I pretty much have... 😀
    3 points
  25. lowregisterhead
    For sale only: 2 x Bass Array 12-3 cabs, one slant front and one flat front, both with covers, as new condition. Withdrawn from sale for now.
    2 points
  26. Paul S
    I had this stunning bass made 3 years ago specifically for the Bon Jovi tribute band. At the time I was unable to find a lightweight 5 string Precision bass so decided to go for it. I decided to step down from the band recently and, in all honesty, find I have no use for this beauty so rather than it just sitting there in the case I have decided to move it on. A bit of a wrench as I have never had a bass made to my spec before and am unlikely to do it again. A classically elegant and beautiful bass. So, here it is - a Maruszczyk (I still have to check how to spell this) Jake 5 that I configured via the custom shop, defaulting to better quality at pretty much every step. Finished in solid black with BWB 3 ply pickguard. Swamp ash body. Bird's eye maple neck and fingerboard with carbon rods in a matte finish. Luminlay side dots. Headstock with simple M logo. Hipshot B style bridge with 17mm spacing. 45mm at the nut. Hipshot HB6C 1/2" tuners. Passive electrics with usual P bass volume and tone. Domed chrome knobs. Delano PC5 AL/M2 pickup. Currently strung with TI flats. Weighs 3.7kg, just over 8lbs. I just ran this through the configurator and if you wanted to make one just like this it would cost you £1900. The body has some very slight surface scratching on the front, as does the pickguard. There is also some very light buckle rash on the back. I imagine these would all polish out. No dings or dongs. 9/10 condition. The low B is strong. The Delano pickup is on the rude side of traditional. It will do vintage just nicely with the tone rolled off but open it up and you have a nice aggressive tone. Frets are barely broken in It will come with a generic ABS hard case by Chase and inside will be the 'birth certificate' and spec booklet. I am looking for £1200 collected from South Benfleet. I would consider a courier but it would have to be fully insured and therefore expensive. Mainland UK only. What I would rather do is pocket fuel costs and deliver it myself up to perhaps 150 miles - this is something we can discuss. At the moment I am not looking at trades or offers, thanks.
    2 points
  27. NancyJohnson
    A couple of days ago Rick Beato premiered Kelly Clarkson's Since U Been Gone is his series of What Makes This Song... Despite my punk musical roots, Spotify tells me that this and Love Song by Sara Bereilles were my two most played songs of 2020. Go figure. This is a wonderful, wonderful song. Original: Rick Beato
    2 points
  28. binky_bass
    Sub £500 is definitely a deal on this! To me these are comparable to the Trace Elliott Jazz basses... excellent players! Someone will get a deal here for sure.
    2 points
  29. mike257
    Lots of heated opinions here! I started out using Cakewalk in the late 90s, before moving to Cubase, which I happily used in studios and at home for a long time. I'm now a Reaper user. I do more live engineering than studio these days, and my initial use case for Reaper was as a very stable, resource efficient and lightweight platform for capturing live multitracks at shows. It's a lot less bloated and hungry than other DAWs I've used, and proved to be a solid choice for the job. I've since moved over to use it for all my mixing and editing. The included plugin set (it's an optional tick box in the installer) is all useable - there's no fancy graphics on the front ends, it's all just sliders and parameter value displays, but they all sound fine and do the job they're meant to do, and there's a pretty broad selection of them. The audio editing and MIDI functionality all works fine for me. There's a little learning curve in adjusting if you're used to another DAW, but that's to be expected. You can load custom keyboard shortcut maps and I'm pretty sure there's one available that mirrors common Pro Tools shortcuts to help if you're moving across. It's not going to be for everyone, these things are always about what works for you personally, but it does the job fine for me and I've used it professionally for mixing and mastering of material that's gone out for releases and broadcasts. No desire to change, as it's doing everything I need it to and not causing me any issues.
    2 points
  30. adamg67
    That's what I'll do now as well, given that I know that one works and the other one doesn't
    2 points
  31. Merton
    I have just set @Cosmicrain the task of building a black/maple P-alike to resolve exactly that issue with my collection 😎
    2 points
  32. skelf
    As I mentioned earlier in the thread the lowpass filter range was reduced so it is now pretty much the same as the Wal. Most of the comments here relate to a version of the preamp that ceased to exist 5 years ago.
    2 points
  33. steantval
    These work a treat.
    2 points
  34. ezbass
    I was sucked in by a bass demo that used a Beatbuddy for backing. I can’t remember what the bass was, but I bought a Beatbuddy mini (the one between the original mini and the mini2). It really has given focus to my practice and I’m actually doing some exercises in addition to tunes. So much better (and more expensive) than a metronome.
    2 points
  35. Bobo_08
    Just recieved my mirror pickguard this afternoon, will put a photo up this weekend. 👍
    2 points
  36. lou24d53
    My favourite colour scheme...don't even have one...🙈...need GAS plans I think...🤔😂
    2 points
  37. bigmuff69
    Epiphone Les Paul Standard Bass Made In Korea. Condition is excellent,no fret wear,truss rod works fine,action at the 12th fret is 2mm,made in Korea in 2003,strung with a new set of flat wound strings,also comes with a gigbag,would trade for a cheap fender precision or jazz,can post for £20
    2 points
  38. drTStingray
    Bernard (from the live performances Ive seen) plucked the strings very close to the bridge - I wondered if that influenced the level of overtones on the upper strings (and maybe they're heightened by the level of compression in use). Whatever, it's a great performance of a great line. Love the bass sound as well - some modern producers could learn a thing or two from this - I'm astonished hearing modern disco with such imprecise and wooly bass sounds - just hearing the subtle use of both very short notes and longer and in some cases, slid ones in this is an eye opener - the magic is in the subtlety (although not on here the reversed hand claps in the instrumental break is another example of clever production ideas) which all combined create a magical and classic disco song.
    2 points
  39. Nail Soup
    Bit complicated. Surely a better solution is to make a pit in the floor. This would have its own natural boundary, and no need to calculate neck reach etc.
    2 points
  40. Skybone
    Doesn't Kent Armstrong do decent replacement pickups?
    2 points
  41. tomwaltonshopping
    I don't suppose this is still available?! 😅
    2 points
  42. gareth
    I think he’s a very good bass player with a distinctive sound If you listen to some of his bass lines ask yourself could I have created these?
    2 points
  43. dmccombe7
    After thinking about this for the past few years and talking with Agedhorse from Mesa on TB along with advice from so many helpful people with differing opinions but all positive when doing research i decided to go for it this morning. Went for the TT800 amp, 210 & 115 cabs. Managed to get the 115 cab from Guitar Guitar as they had it in stock altho £80 more expensive and they wouldn't budge on price. 210 cab and TT800 from Andertons. Cab is in stock but amp on 3mth pre-order. All in all i'll have the cabs next week and amp end June. Gives me time to use the Mpulse thru the cabs at rehearsals in May tho. What i found about the cab set ups was that the 215 cab is a bit more focused than the 210 & 115 set up has a wider spectrum of frequencies. Think that means the mids and treble should be a bit sharper. At some point i might get another 115 cab to get the best of both worlds. Many thanks to everyone that helped me eventually decide. Dave
    2 points
  44. ped
    How sweet is the bass on this tune. Bassist is David Barard who is a tone hero of mine. I first heard him playing with Dr. John and was blown away by his 70s Jazz Bass sound, to me it exemplifies everything I like about that sound with its open treble and clanky bottom end. I've finally got around to learning this tune and thought I'd share it because it's such a nice groove. @bubinga5 I think you'll like this album! Barard plays a Sadowsky and sounds pretty much straight to desk with light strings or at least a fairly heavy touch and low action. I love the fret rattle and the way the notes sound slapped when he digs in. I am able to get this bang on with my Celinder but my playing is nowhere near as tight! I think he's on Facebook actually so I might try to contact him, seems like a cool guy.
    2 points
  45. hiram.k.hackenbacker
    I would get a 1 meter square mat for the floor and spray ‘STAND HERE’ on it in a very bright rattle can paint. Maybe put some bumpers around the edge of it to prevent you from straying outside the square. Given your predilection for not knowing where you are, I might add some hazard tape to the perimeter of the square/bumpers, just to keep you focussed. Then, now this is the clever part, directly above where the 1 meter square mat is, cut a matching hole in the ceiling. You might have to make the ceiling hole slightly oversize to counter the reach of the neck when you remove it, but I honestly can’t see any flaw in this method.
    2 points
  46. Downunderwonder
    The average age of my band members has been dropping lately as the newest recruits are all 20's and 30's. When we formed nearly everyone was greying to grey. Big band jazz still alive and kicking and playing to young and old. 8 or 9 years ago one of the trombone players was chuffed not to be the youngest in the band any more, looking at me. Trouble for him was he was mistaking my youthful looks and demeanour for less trips around the sun. It turned out I had four or five on him. Crestfallen about covers it. I had to call him Junior after that.
    2 points
  47. Geek99
    @Reggaebass I think I saw on tv last night the cave you’ve been living in for the last 18 years
    2 points
  48. Bart Funk Bass
    2 points
  49. ped
    Tbh Larry is entertaining and a great performer/story teller but like Bernard Purdie I suspect most of the stories are complete bullshit (but still fun)
    2 points
  50. Cosmicrain
    Decision made: Matt finally decided to go with the scratch plate, so I screwed it on and did the final setup. His custom made Zoot Funkmeister is now ready. Here a couple of quick shots taken early this morning in the workshop of the finished bass.
    2 points
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