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Hi all I'm advertising a US Musicman Sterling on Ebay (UK), Gumtree and FB Marketplace if anyone's interested. Brilliant bass but I'm looking to get another acoustic guitar. Thanks >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is a USA made 4 string Musicman Sterling Bass in Blue Pearl in excellent condition with rosewood fretboard and original hard case. Compared to the Stingray, Sterling’s have a smaller, lighter body so it suits someone like me with a niggling shoulder injury. It also has a slimmer, more Jazz-like neck. It oozes quality with the Schaller locking tuners, easy access battery compartment and 5 bolt sculpted neck joint. It also has a good range of tones available through the coil selector switch, and a 3 band eq. The bass is in excellent condition and perfectly set up. Position 1: Humbucker (coils in parallel) Position 2: Single coil but with a phantom coil for noise reduction Position 3: Humbucker (coils in series) This is what Musicman says: “Renowned for its slightly smaller body and neck profile, the Sterling 4 string bass boasts a big sound. 9 volt active 3 band EQ preamp, 3 position pickup selector switch and a ceramic humbucker with hum cancelling phantom coil come standard on the Sterling, allowing this bass to cut through any mix” The guitar is in Stockton On Tees in North East England. I'm happy to post the guitar within the UK - message me for costs. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<9 points -
Stunning 1995-96 Aerodyne Jazz Bass in the rare medium scale length of 32". Has a few light play marks but no dings or damage, there are a few little thumb nail marks between the pickups. All works as it should and is lovely to play. Comes with brand new padded gig bag. Very dark blue almost black in some lights finish. Matching head stock. Made In Japan. The serial number is U064246. Shipping UK £25.9 points -
Update… both basses have been fixed! 😃 The heat had cooked the solder attaching the wires to the pick-ups. BTW, I took them into Strings Direct which is just a stones throw from where I work in Southend-On-Sea. Chris Ward (from The Bass Centre) has a work shop there that he works from one day per week. Highly recommended. Thanks for the input, guys. 😊7 points
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Technically I had my first gig on bass this evening. I'm at a music summer school, mostly playing cello plus some baritone sax. I have brought a 4 string with me and the tce BG250. I though I might play bass in the big band session, but I'm on bari. I joined in with the ceilidh optional session before first session starts in the morning and I've just played for this evening's ceilidh. Harmonically, it's simple stuff. The only music is the 'tunes', some of which will indicate chords simply as say GCD, with the odd Gm or something added. Not many clues and how it is played does not align to standard practice... I mostly stuck to roots and the odd fifth - it's so fast that most of the time that you couldn't do much else. I was accompanying an assortment of flutes, tin whistles, recorders, fiddles. Definitely not rock 'n' roll... Overall it went OK despite the novice driving the bass. Some tunes had no chords, so I was doing my best to deduce a chord from the tune.7 points
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I didn’t do anything for 4 or so years. My thread “non rock n roll bassist” talks about my musical journey. im primarily a cellist and yesterday I was sight reading Mendelssohn octet - here’s my part6 points
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Like a strike of lightning, it has come to me! Along with a quickly smashed together first album cover! 😂5 points
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Oh I know, pictures or it didn't happen.5 points
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My latest offering: Ric 4003S, 1989 Fender US P Bass, 2018 Stingray Classic, 1996 2EQ Stingray, 2022 Stingray Special HH, 2021 Status Kingbass Artist and 2022 Status S2 Classic.5 points
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The kiloton is a great musicman 'zone' type bass yet passive. The MFD pickup range is as hot as they get and this is no exception. Beautiful trans 'root beer' finish over mahogany, currently not available at andertons, (not sure if it now unavailable permanently..). Smaller body shape (same as the SB-2) makes this good on the shoulders and in the just under 4kg area of weight. I have fitted a hipshot and the dropped D rings lovely on this. This is a nigh on £100 upgrade and with the list price being in the £400 zone, i think £325 is a steal. I can also re-instale the original tuner, and drop to £285. I have a thing for carbon fibre wrap on scratch plates and this is no exception, underneath is a tort plate, but I have added black carbon fibre which looks tasteful imho. No heavy dings or scratches, some very light signs of wear but nothing to cause any concern. Weight using bathroom scales is 3.5Kg This is a lovely instrument but not getting used (due to me switching over to 5 stringers) so a new home is needed. Happy to post at buyers expense, will always ship insured. Happy also to meet up within reason in Kent or M25 with some consideration towards petrol and coffee. EXTRA!!! I can remove the hipshot and drop the price to £275 Will also consider trades4 points -
***SOLD*** ACG Recurve Short Scale (32"). Details on the ACG site here No trades thanks. You are welcome to come to my home in Southend to try out and pick up the bass or meet/drive to drop off. I am happy to discuss delivery but I am also happy to drive a long distance to avoid a courier. The bass had a Pro Setup at Guitar Technical Services (IMHO the best guitar tech / luthier in the country) in late Feb 2020 and has been further checked at GTS in 2021 and 2022. It has been recently restrung with Newtone Roundcore Platinum strings .096 .075 .060 .042. Weight - 8.0 pounds (3.6 kg). The bass did not come with a case however I keep it in a pristine Mono Bass Sleeve in ash colour, I will include this for £80 (roughly half-price) if you so wish. The bass was made for @Clarky who will be along in a minute to tell you how lovely it is. Since acquiring a bass built by our very own @Jabba_the_gut the ACG has lingered in the rack, which is a crime, this bass needs to be played. Please feel free to ask any questions or request further photos. Body Top Wood: Cocobolo with Maple veneer Body Wood: Alder Body Finish: Satin Lacquer Neck Neck Wood: 3 piece Maple Finger Board: Ebony Scale: 32″ Neck Finish: Satin Lacquer Hardware Pickups: ACG FB in the neck and ACG FB in the bridge Hardware: Hipshot B Type bridge 19mm spacing, Gotoh GB350 Resolite tuners, Dunlop Dual Design Straplocks, Hipshot String Tree, Pre-amp: East UNI-PRE 4K4 points -
We came up with a great one the other night - Pauline and the Appalling Tarpaulins Inspired by a cheap pool table cover in the pub4 points
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Two ways of doing this: Make something up at random and stick with it Rack your (collective) brains for months over long-lists, short-lists, genre compatibility, search the web to see if it's already being used by someone in Toronto or Guadeloupe, test it on friends, ask people on the internet, try it out using different fonts, shape it into a logo then give up and go with approach #14 points
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Unsure if this is a wind-up or not! Bassman lighter.4 points
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And ain't that the truth? These days I am increasingly playing in one successful band (the rock'n'roll outfit, which could easily play a hundred gigs a year if there were enough weekends) and a bunch of side projects which maybe play a couple of dozen gigs between them. The side projects will take what gigs they can get, and in most cases "how much are we getting?" is the last question anyone asks. Meanwhile, the talent around which the rock'n'roll band is built has daddy/daughter issues and needs to spend more Saturdays with her next year. No problem. I've put our rates up by roughly 20%. Having been a Finance Director for most of my career has its uses, such as knowing about Price Inelasticity Of Demand. Yes, you read that right. If demand for your product (in this case, a band) is very strong, then demand will go down by less than you put the rates up. Translation: Put your price (gig fee) up by 20% and demand (number of bookings) goes down by 10%, for example. What does that look like in the real world? If a band plays 20 gigs in 2022 and charges £300 for each gig, then they generate 20 x £300 = £6000 in revenue. If the same band charges £360 for each gig in 2023 and loses 10% of its bookings as a result (two gigs), then they generate 18 x £360 = £6480 in revenue. They do 10% fewer gigs but earn 8% more money overall. And that, ladies and gentlemen, I see as a Win/Win. 😎4 points
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Just a bunch of Warwick basses...3 points
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Boo! Wrong answer!3 points
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Fender American Standard Precision Bass (2013) SOLD. I purchased this bass quite recently and it sounds amazing, but I really can't get on with the wider 'P' neck, so I have decided to move it on. As you can see by the photos, it's in fantastic condition, and you have to look very hard to find any marks/dings etc. No upgrades whatsoever, and comes with the original Fender hardshell case, complete with all the case candy. You are welcome to try it out at my home in Bridgnorth, Shropshire.3 points -
Now that's a proper bass ownership story to tell - the day my music room got hot enough to melt solder! 🙂3 points
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6 by 4 or 4 by 2? - Chicago3 points
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Beautiful bass with quite a heritage when you consider the Entwistle connection ect. I seem to remember that Andy Fairweather Low is married to that bass player's sister, and has been so for a very long time. I also remember seeing Andy Rourke from The Smiths toting one of these rare beasts mid-198Os-ish. If I was going to treat myself to a Fender Custom Shop build it would probably be for a nice light one of these. I seriously doubt that it would sound substantively different to a regular ash/maple P Bass, but so what? Like most people, I love a good story, and this bass harks back to a time when rock music was still dangerous and Britain excelled at it. Fender sent the UK a special tool to deafen the civilised world into submission and some great exponents willingly accepted the challenge. Surely that is worth celebrating.3 points
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Certainly not this. Or my children will be next.3 points
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This is my original sharp 777 , I bought some new cassettes a while back and I might have a mess around doing some recording3 points
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To be fair, I don't really have anything that bugs me or annoys me, I'm quite content to be fair. However, one thing that does wind me up is people who do the sound who think that to do sound they must be constantly fiddling with the desk to justify why they are there. I get that there needs to be some adjustment on the fly but generally, just stop fiddling and changing it all the time.3 points
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I love it. Anything purple.3 points
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I know - really hard to pull the "but I've always had this one" trick with settees and they're really difficult to hide.3 points
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2018 Stingray Classic in Vintage Sunburst, 1996 2EQ Ray in Cherryburst and 2022 Stingray Special HH in Amethyst Sparkle.3 points
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It lives!. Lots of learnings and mistakes, but it plays and sounds good.3 points
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Compared to what I used to pay for magazines, I'd say it's very reasonable - oh and you get to read my column every month too!3 points
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That's drop-dead gorgeous! GLWTS.2 points
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If it can make it to the Derby/Nottingham area (junction 25 M1), I’ll do the last leg. I know where the wolves and brigands frequent.2 points
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Nobody's going to stop you if you are travelling with a guitar or bass. Lots of people do that all the time with no hassle. There might be some questions if you have amps, pedals, merch, etc though.2 points
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Thomann already adjust their prices for UK buyers to take account of import duty and VAT which they pay for you.2 points
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Absolutely. Thanks! I can tell you right now that he's too busy being a Large Man for anything like that.2 points
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I would have though that as good as impossible, what I would think possible though was the wax potting of the pickups potentially partially melting causing microphonic pickups. In either case it is probably a good precaution not to leave your instruments in direct sunlight, where the temperatures can get pretty crazy, and I'd say especially for the sake of the wood rather than the electronics.2 points
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Thanks for your reply, that's really interesting to hear - why are you a lot better with chord progressions than intervals? Do you come to recognise them after learning a lot of music over the years? I would have thought it'd be intervals then chord progressions in terms of levels of difficulty. Just looking to hear from other bassists really, I have come to bass after studying drums and being able to read bass clef already so I have been able to get out gigging from the beginning on bass but I think there are ear-training steps that I need to catch up on that can't be fast-tracked. I'm wondering what the general level of ability is for most bassists. I have been transcribing loads of pop tunes (LOADS! My pop repertoire list is nearly at 300). Cycle of fifths chord progressions tend to be familiar, and of course blues - some things I just recognise the sound of. But I would have thought by now with the pop stuff I'd be able to listen to the radio and name mostly diatonic chord progressions on pop tunes. How/when in your development did this part come? I've been playing bass for 3 years now. I've been avoiding ear training apps in favour of singing intervals/scales over a drone and checking with a tuner - I really like this, it's interactive and more musical than sitting with an app. I'd be willing to give apps a try if it'd help with the chord progressions side of things, or maybe I just need more time with playing and learning lots of music.. not sure! Caroline2 points
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Oh good god no, I'm positively anal about such things -- I have to fix them immediately or they bug the hell out of me.2 points
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Price drop : £400 The sterling by Musicman Ray 4 range is the entry level into the world of Musicman, some of which are now getting out of the range of the working musician. In my opinion their build quality is excellent, fretwork is spot on. As a collector/player/modifier, I change things around on occasion making all my basses gig ready. This one is an example in point Pre-amp: The sub 4 has a spicy pre-amp, too spicy for some and is a common gripe. I have swapped this out for a OBP-2 aguilar pre-amp along with a new 5 way selector and the original was scratchy. Bridge: I do not like the big plate faux old musicman bridge. This has been changed our for the newer style like on the ray34's Hipshot: I love 'em, all of my 4 strings get them. Scratchplate: The blue colour is a tricky colour to get a matching plate for that looks credible. I have wrapped this plain white one using carbon fibre car wrap which look great and is hard wearing and durable. will also come with a blue anodized aluminium plate I made from a original stingray style one. So a ray4HH Aguilar pre amp, updated hardware in next to perfect condition. Whats not to like? 'cept maybe you dont like ray's..lol Usuals: buyer pays shipping and insurance, happy to meet up for a consideration towards petrol and coffee. Visits to Rochester for a tryout is cool too.2 points -
Nice! That's a good idea, unfortunately I got rid of my tape recorder a long time ago. Recorders like yours and reel to reel seem relatively cheap at the moment, I've got a feeling as they get more rare their prices will go up as there's unlikely to be enough demand for companies to start making them again but there will always be some demand for things like you are doing. What mic would you recommend for melodica and percussion? I'm doing home recording of Dub/Reggae with some drums (mostly just Kicks and snares) being samples from vinyl then recorded/sequenced on an MPC One, and the Bass is recorded from my Bass Guitar>Pedalboard>MPC One, and have amassed quite a few small instruments (Bongo, Conga, Steel Tongue, Kalimba, Shakers, Guiro, Harmonica, Melodica etc.) that I've been recording to the MPC via a vocal mic. It's starting to sound sort of how I want - getting away from a 'Clean and exact' purely DAW produced sound with imperfections in the playing/timing and recording actually helping to make it sound more like what I want (70's grimey dub rather than 2020's 'clean' steppers stuff that seems to dominate nowadays).2 points
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That's the Prince Bass. My wife threw up a bit in her mouth when I opened the case2 points
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You aren't, I am often in your neck of the woods.2 points
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Love that SR5. Hulk Smash!2 points
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The ‘Rays I have owned over the years… 1. USA SUB, 2. ‘Ray 5 in trans teal (should never have sold that), 3. Egyptian Smoke 3 band, 4. Sterling ’Ray SS (current squeeze) & 5. early run Sterling’Ray35. My favourites of the above have been the ones that will run in serial (1, 2 & 4).2 points
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´83 bassman 20 (all tube 18 W)2 points
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I've always hated the way that the jack socket on a Fender Precision is on the front. I tolerate a straight jack into it because all my other kit has a jack in the correct location, on the side of the lower bout.2 points
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The rest of you.2 points
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Weight. tried lightweight gear, but I just didn’t gel with it.2 points
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Not taken it out of the house. The pictures prove you have! GLWTS.2 points -
Another to the ever growing family.2 points
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Please let this comment win the day. It's the most sensible comment I have seen in a long time.2 points
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