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A slight feeler, I’m looking to sell my Yamaha BB605 in top condition with no dents or dings only the fine line swirls around the pickups, Made in 2003 it’s been my main bass for several years, sounds great, versatile preamp and excellent build quality. Alder body, maple neck, Rosewood board 34” scale, string spacing at bridge 18mm, nut 44mm. 9v preamp Its by no means heavy for a 5 string at 9lbs but unfortunately for me and old age related back issues it is, otherwise I wouldn’t be selling. Included is a Fender gig bag SOLD cheers Ady7 points -
…if only.6 points
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Everyone's favourite bass player Mr Mick Mason is playing a gig at the Belmont Conservative Club in Sutton, SW London on July 23rd with the Andrew James 'Phil Collins Easy Lover' tribute band. I believe its a Basschat tradition to try and support members when they are playing locally..... Heres the link 🙂 https://www.facebook.com/events/746320790085019/?active_tab=discussion https://belmontconservativeclub.co.uk/?page_id=23946 points
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Hi there For sale my last 5-string, a Lakland Skyline jazz type. A fantastic bass with a great B string, one of the best I’ve tried. I think this was a limited edition colour, a nice sparkly grey, but I can’t say for certain. Block inlays, binding, matching headstock, neck plays like butter. It also has an East pre. Changing the battery underneath the preamp was a pain, so I had a luthier route a flip cover battery compartment at the back, which is much easier. The preamp cavity was shielded too. It is in excellent condition, only a few very minor dings on the back of the body that don’t go through the finish. Weight is not outrageous for a 5-string at 4.5 kg. Shipping in Europe included. Non-EU destinations may face customs charges, that is on the buyer I’m afraid. Cheers!5 points -
Well, 30 minutes work and the bezel is on along with TI Jazz rounds. Lets see ...5 points
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I went ahead and used the hollow bits to drill out the screws, then glued in two wooden plugs with two part epoxy. Need to mark up and drill for the new screws - and get new screws, they are 74mm below the head, just under 3"5 points
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Nice gig in Bathgate Dreadnought venue tonight with the punk band. Started off a bit slow with regards audience attendance but it gradually got busier as we went thru the first set. Lots of dancers on the floor and turned out to be a great night. Sound guy was a bassist so i had a great sound out front. On stage sound was perfect. Could hear everything clearly. Great feedback at the end of the night. Sound guy said he had seen the band many times in this venue but this was by far the best the band had ever sounded. Really tight and driving punk songs. I told him its just that the band has gel'd and there's a great atmosphere in the band and we are all quite relaxed within the band. Several punters said it was acracking gig and they loved the band. No pics as yet. I packed up and left after we finished so dont know if we've been paid for it LOL Dave5 points
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U.K made Chowny CHB-2 bass ready for the show this weekend! Proudly made in the West Country. Hand tinted 3-tone burst in Amber/Cherry/Black. Come and play it! We WANT you to!5 points
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So, this afternoon I've been running through the setlist of a band I'm depping with tonight, and came across this gem, which I can't remember ever playing before. A reminder of what a great song this is, and what a brilliant bassline ! 🙂 Wikipedia tells me the bass player was Paul Arnold at this time. Enjoy.4 points
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At this rate, it could turn in to a “Back to the 80s Tribunal Night” 🤣4 points
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Congratulations to @skankdelvar who is on a roll, and , as it happens, after doing a double, is approaching the hallowed ground of a treble! I'm no stato , but that's a rare thing. Without further ado .......... Before radar was perfected, aircraft were detected using acoustic locators which enhanced and amplified the sound of an aircraft's engine. The smallest version was a pair of acoustic mirrors which the user strapped either side of his head. Simple rules ✔️ Entries must be <5 minutes and recorded this month. ✖️ No illegal samples, copyright infringements or other snide goings-on ✖️ No Bagpipes. please no bagpipes, the April fool's day truce now Expired. panpipes only if you have too. ✖️ No voting for your own entry. We'll know. And we'll shame you. A line or two offering an insight to your inspiration/track choice will be good as well , it works nicely on the voting thread. The Deadline for entries is Midnight on St Georges day , Sat 23rd April good luck everyone3 points
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I bought this recently! And I hadn't played one of these in years and forgot how good it is (fantastic in High Q mode) It has been knocked and one off the knobs is slightly bent, it works perfectly and might even be an easy fix. Other than that it's in good condition. I'm going to buy a later version which hasn't a wonky knob. To be very clear, this is purely cosmetic and the filter works as it should. This has the first black label version with a high quality buffered bypass. Three modes on this include a Down sweep (great for synth, harder to dial in on certain basses) an up sweep (fat quack tone) high Q another up sweep but in a higher range, very funky indeed) Looking at moving this on for £40 including UK only post age which is less than I paid and frankly daft money for a filter of this calibre. If only the knob didn't make my teeth itch 😂3 points -
I bought this off @walshy at the start of Lockdown 1.1 and I've probably gigged it 10 times... in fact @wateroftyne may have gigged this amp more than me recently! Since buying it I've tried the IEM route and have in fact come full circle back to my favoured brand Thunderfunk! Loads of threads on BC re. these amps and please believe me, I play in a LOUD band and this amp is easily loud enough to contend with any situation. The amp is in excellent condition and no damage or issues. I think I'm going to have to insist on collection only due to the fact it is all valve! They say... WB-100- all-tube bass amplifier. A no-compromise bass head… in a compact package. The WB-100 has been created for demanding bass players who want to experience the unmistakeable power and authority you can only get from an all-valve head. Need clean? Warmth? Crunch? All your tonal needs are at your fingertips. The WB-100 will reward you with a heft and a tactile response that will support your band like never before. Unlike many other tube heads, the WB-100 is compact and easily portable. It’s hand-built here in Poland, without compromise. With 120w of all-valve power on-tap, the WB-100 can handle any live situation. DESCRIPTION. Preamp: 3x ECC83 tubes (3x12AX7) Power amplifier: 4x6L6 tubes 120W output Front panel: James-style tone stack: two-band EQ (Bass, Treble) and a passive Contour filter. No mid control needed! Bright switch Drive switch: introduces a crunch, useful for heavier genres 3-position FEEDBACK switch (Funk/Rock/Pop): changes the feedback and frequency response of the power stage, allowing quick tonal changes DI (XLR) with LINE OUT function, wired to the audio transformer. This provides galvanic separation, like a passive di-box DI is switchable to Pre/Post, with an optional -6dB pad switch Rear panel: 2 x speakon connectors (one 4ohm, the other 8 Ohm) IMPORTANT NOTE: do not connect two speaker cabinets with different impedances at the same time. The sum of the impedance of the cabinets must be adapted to the particular loudspeaker socket) Dimensions: WxHxD- 460x185x340(mm) 181x72,8x133,8(In) WEIGHT: 16kg/35.3lbs)3 points -
In my LSD days I could have been sucked into that for days on end and never tired of it. thats a great piece of wood and a great bass3 points
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It is my Spector NS-5XL. I bought it 5 years ago and while I use my other Spectors for gigs and practice this is the one which is the ONE. Hard to explain but this is which feels like home. For example whenever I'm working on something this is the one I reach for. Also this is the one that I recorded the most since I got it (all the other were fretless sessions) Had other US Spectors but this one is special.3 points
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To my surprise I got a delivery window for today and have spent an hour or so playing with the '64 Black Panel. I love it, it's everything I hoped it would be. Some initial observations - Even the Cab Sim on its own makes a big improvement to the sound into my DAW. (My principal use is for recording.) The EQ is really effective, just like on a good bass amp. The Drive control is great for adding a bit of fur to the sound, just like my Ampeg PF-50T used to fur up when pushed. You can add a fair bit more than you would think - what sounds OTT played solo quickly disappears into the mix, while adding character. All my bass guitars (see sig) keep their own characters, and the sound responds well to their tone and volume controls (all passive fwiw). I have several other Origin gadgets, and I always worry about losing great settings once I have found them. The Bassrig is so intuitive that I can quickly dial in a great sound from wherever I am. The Bright switch is great for extracting the full top end range from your bass without adding excess hiss. (YMMV with an active bass.) This box made me want to play! That is a real win in my book.3 points
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Someone should go a collect a Sansamp pedal from his board for one of the ripped off.3 points
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Actually got a comment from Reggie Hamilton himself on my post on Talkbass!! https://www.talkbass.com/threads/fender-reggie-hamilton-bass-club.745252/page-29#post-263066373 points
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Nighmare. Glad our singer is good at dealing with those guys. The last gig I had there was a drunk guy who wanted to play the drum kit, he was trying to crash through and I said 'look, I am still trying to set up and there are leads everywhere which I need to sort out so can you come back later' and he looked at me and said 'that was the nicest f*** off I have ever had' and wandered off quite happy.3 points
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Gibson should hire this guy. He clearly has much better ideas than what Gibson has come up with in the last few years or even decades!3 points
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Great thread and convinced me to take the plunge, and I’m very pleased I did 🙂 . I bought a bass headphone amp (I will not mention the brand) before this, in an attempt to introduce some wirelessness to my practice, but the Bluetooth function was just unusable because it was so noisy. Sometimes I just want to practice with a metronome or with iReal pro app and the noise was too distracting. It could have been a fault hence why I’m not going to mention any more in case it was a one off. Anyway I sent it back and stumbled upon this thread. Although these are expensive, and I was anxious they might have similar noise issues but absolutely not. I am very impressed and the extra features and sound quality are so worth it. They sound fantastic. No conflicts to declare by the way! Bought from GAK and good service there too.3 points
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I'll listen when I get in tonight, but that doesn't sound promising. Flea's tone peaked with BSSM and that Wal, the Modulus was cool and punchy, but the Fender doesn't do anything for me at all.3 points
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My Joyo Ironman board is complete. Tuner arrived this morning. Well. I might get the flanger and swap out one of the drives. My rule has been to buy all of them used, pay no more than £25 a pedal, or £30 including postage. On a Harley Benton Spaceship (the littlest one), the whole thing powered by a rechargeable battery pack. It sounds ace.3 points
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I turned 57 yesterday. I feel old. However after 40yrs of GAS, I feel like I'm all but done with the search for basses. Mrs Rayman bought me a beautiful DeArmond Starfire yesterday, so along with my really amazing Sunn Mustang (both fitted with tapes), a Hohner B Bass (bright and punchy) and an Aria Integra 5 (with a beautiful fretboard and low B), I really feel like all instrument options are finally covered. I feel satisfied (yes, we all say that when a new bass comes in). I'm too long in the tooth for endless trading/buying..... so my GAS now turns to the backline. Anyone else feel the same? Or am I kidding myself?2 points
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Fender flea jazz heavy relic for me, it’s a bass I’m comfortable to leave lying around, with flats it sounds great and is easy to play. it’s like your lounging clothes you wear round the house my other basses are more defined in what they bring to the table the flea jazz is just comfortable.2 points
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Oooof. If you were closer I’d be selling my wife for this 😄2 points
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The other thing I notice, although I find it harder to quantify it, is that the low end out of the Wal is really quite 'tight' sounding - it's a mid machine, not a low end beast. The current 'Wal-ish' platform has way more low end no matter how it is set (parallel, series, single coil) than the Wal. I did a quick screenshot of EQ settings I have been messing with to cut enough lows to get the Wal-ish to sound more like the Wal in the low end. It's not really applicable to anyone else's situation, but just to offer context of how much low end has to be trimmed to match what a Wal seems to be like. (Ignore the gain setting for the HPF graph below, it's not relevant; the cut off and shape of the HPF is though. It's centred around 73Hz , 12 dB/octave shape.) The second EQ shape there is how much I have been boosting the mids to get a similar hump in the low mids as what the Wal has. Again it just gives a flavour of how strong the Wal system as a whole is in that area.2 points
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Spector Forte 4 Gloss Black2 points
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These are made by Ellio Martina, a Dutch luthier of Italian origin. I have a bass of his that's great. He is notoriously hard to reach, but I think the Bass Connection (a bass store here in the Netherlands) is more or less his distributor. www.connectionbult.com2 points
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Fender Ultra Precision2 points
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That's a Chickenbacker, more recent than the original Rockinbetter ones - look at the neck heel!2 points
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I used to find soldering to the back of pots a pain, and then I bought a decent solder station and spent a bit of time learning to solder properly, and hye presto it's pretty straightforward now. Leaded solder all the way for me as well, you can still buy it no probs.2 points
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I read that these can power several cabs and that people often used them this way. It’s classic “pro level” 80s gear. The sound is incredible, but the weight or ridiculous, particularly when it’s sat next to a Trace Elliot Elf in the music room!!2 points
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Had a flippin' great gig last night! Just a local covers band but the pub was full and not withstanding the odd one or two infractions concering playing the correct note (which only we ever notice), the punters loved it. Our natural exuberance normally makes it rock all the harder!2 points
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I’ve had a few ACGs pass through my hands and usually lean toward the more ‘conservative’, so why have I just put a deposit on this? 😁 Set neck fretted 6, swamp ash body, 3 piece Ash/Wenge/Ash neck, SB70 pickups and the DFM 5K pre.2 points
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A Will Smith is required for idiots like that.2 points
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Life's like a box of chocolates ...2 points
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FWIW, I have come into the Sadowsky camp in the past 2 years. It just sounds right.2 points
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The Sadowsky pre amp is not nearly as powerful as many out there (I’ve owned an East pre in the past and had many active basses), but I find it adds just the right amount of ‘fairy dust’ to my passive basses (I use the pedal based version). If I wanted an on board pre amp, I wouldn’t hesitate to use a Sadowsky. YMMV.2 points
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Liking different things =/= telling a manufacturer their product is incomplete because it doesn't include a bit of decoration I like.2 points
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Never in the history of the world has a single instrument screamed out for a black pickguard. Ooh, a beautifully painted bit of wood, if only it were covered up with some black plastic.2 points
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When I was a kid I worked in a guitar shop. This would have been ‘89 to ‘91. While working there someone asked me what my dream bass would be; I basically described the BC Rich Warlock NT, which they didn’t actually start making until about ‘99 and only made for ten years. Then, about ten years ago, I saw one on EBay. All there was were two very blurry photos and a very brief description. So, technically, it might not be said that I bought this one specifically for its looks because I could barely make it out. It was somewhat of a gamble, especially as I had never even played a BC Rich bass before. But, while it wasn’t expensive at £265, including p&p and a Warwick, coffin hard case, it was still a lot of money for me. It’s actually the most I have ever paid for a bass. When I got it, it was in great condition. I was expecting missing pointy bits, but they were all intact and there were no other dings or scratches. However, the action was so high that it was unplayable! And it must have come out of the factory that way, there was absolutely no adjustment left to lower it. I couldn’t even find a bridge to buy that was thin enough to make a difference. Most odd. In the end I ground off the bottoms of the saddles until they were half as tall. It made all the difference! It plays beautifully, now, and sounds ace. I shall never, ever sell it. They’ll have to bury me with it. It’s name is Ravensfriend.2 points
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Just bought a pristine Spector from George and absolutely delighted with it. Great meeting with you yesterday George and thanks very much for your patience in the eventual conclusion of this superb deal. Top man 🤘😎👍 Andy2 points
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I’m at the Tynemouth Social Club seeing the Samphires, in which mrs nekomatic‘s best mate’s niece is the guitarist. They are really, really good - easily up to the standard of bands I’ve seen at small festivals. If there’s any justice they’ll go far.2 points
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Ok so I kinda tidied it up a bit2 points
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Here's a yank board. I built the board itself out of scraps and parts except for the power port and toggle that I got from West Coast Pedalboards here in the US. I recently bought a Phase 90 but havent decided where to place it and if I want to add a gnarlier fuzz. That 5th gear is awesome but subtle to OD- nothing like a distortion or higher..... I have a Zoom Ms-60B as a back-up board but will probably sell as my B1Four that I practice with is more familiar (silent practice with headphones.... Bought the dang thing second hand for like $70USD and was probably the best purchase I made other than the Labella DTFlats I bought for both basses that I play... )2 points
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A very nice Hipshot bridge in chrome includes mounting screws and Allen key. UK only post included.2 points -
Yep, there are a couple of Zumas hiding under there. I needed a unit that could power 9 pedals a piece and they did an excellent job. It meant that I could run the Vulcan at 18V too. I've since picked up a fair few pedals, including a few with Tubes which a rather power hungry, so I may have to get a little creative. In particular, I recently received my Shift Line Olympic MKIIIS (after a small delay due to a stoppage of shipping from Russia) which requires 12V at 650ma.2 points
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Nordstrand Big Blade PJ Pickup Set - £120 posted Mainland UK. Actual photo to follow but these are in great condition. Installed on a screw terminal so not been soldered. J Pickup is the “clean and clear” wind. This set of pickups is everything the title tells you it is: fat, slap-tastic fury from the P Blade, and an aggressive yet tamable tone from the Big J Blade. In the case of the Big J Blade, players may choose either a “warm and wooly” or “clean and clear” wind. In terms of what our builders can control upon the conception of their BJB, it is this choice in wind which serves as the player’s first and foremost front in customizing their BJB tone. The P Blade, however, is not quite so malleable. Its coalitions of magnetism and hardware belting through low and mid frequencies breeds the facilitation of doom for the sound spectrum, so we at Nordstrand suggest that if you’re looking for a raw, untamed, and aggressive sound accompanied by a disinhibiting yet friendly mediator, then the NPJ Blade set is right for you. Technical Details (J-Blade): · Big J-Blade Jazz-style Pickup. · Uniform magnetic field—no worries about pole spacing. · Choice in “warm and wooly” or “clean and clear” wind. · Loaded with two ceramic bar magnets. · Laser cut, vulcanized fiber bobbins wound with 42 Heavy Formvar wire. · Potted in a paraffin-beeswax mix to contain any unruly frequency that may attempt to desecrate your desired tone. · 19mm maximum pitch—works for most basses. · Blade radius designed for even output in most basses: (14”r: vintage round) Technical Details (P-Blade): · Hum canceling split coil 4 string precision-type bass pickup. · Thick steel blade. · No worries about string spacing! · Loaded with two ceramic bar magnets. · Drop-in replacement P-bass pickup. · Available in black plastic covers · Laser cut vulcanized fiber bobbins. · Blade radius designed for even output in most basses: (14”r: vintage round) · Potted in a paraffin-beeswax mix to contain any unruly frequency that may attempt to desecrate your desired tone. Photo here - will remove from bass (solder less installation) once buyer is found.2 points
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