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  1. Hey there! We are a pawn shop in SE Portland, Oregon. I think we have your Travis Bean bass!
    16 points
  2. Stunning Wilcock Mullarkey in vibrant sunburst, with highly figured roasted maple neck. Rosewood fretboard, medium jumbo frets, graph tech nut. Two custom Armstrong pickups, 3 way selector switch, master tone, master vol. Dunlop straplocks. Excellent condition, recent pro set up. It was a toss up to sell this or my Wilcock 51P, a difficult decision. Sorry but UK sale only, collection/meet up welcome and preferred. Preston Lancs. Thanks all.
    15 points
  3. All original Lakland Deluxe 5502 for sale. 8/10 condition. There are swirls in the top coat. A few very small marks on the neck. Amazing quilted top. PLEKED.. USA LH3 preamp Lakland USA pickups. Made in Korea so its a 2006. 9.8 pounds . I only play basses that feel and play amazing and this is one of them. Dead straight neck with a super low action. Anyone who knows these basses know they are massive sounding with articulation. The greatest all rounder bass without doubt. Ive had a Laky USA 5594 and apart from the quarter sawn neck i cant tell the difference. I dont have a hard case so cant post ( unless you want to supply a hard case as i dont use them) but can deliver within 30 miles for a meet up. I will consider a Sire 5 string plus cash my way.
    11 points
  4. I sent a message to the account that did the original post. We have it on police hold at the shop. We’ve been sitting on it for about a month now waiting to hear back from PPD.
    7 points
  5. Yep! I’m a local musician too so I’d want someone to do the same for me if it happened. It was too niche of a bass for me not to question it and look into it. If I wasn’t there that day I don’t think the bass would have stood a chance.
    6 points
  6. Oh I don't know ... I can think of a few.
    6 points
  7. I finally got around to wiring up my all-minis pedalboard. I wanted to see if I could replicate the majority of the functionality of my do-everything big board. A reverb, looper and DI are the missing pieces but I’m happy with the result and, because the boards are tiny, it would be easy to make them modular. Signal chain: signal cleaner (under board) > tuner > compressor > transformer (under board) > octave > OD/distortion > fuzz > filter > synth > chorus > flanger > phaser > delay
    6 points
  8. Gaaahhhh!!! I have posted on the other thread about Mr Mason and his address but it still seems that people are unable to put 2 and 2 together. I don't want to type out his home address as it may be against the rules of the site - and I do not wish to compromise the moderators. However, for those wishing to track down this convicted fraudster, Mick Mason (and all of his other aliases), please follow the next two links, which do reveal his home address. https://www.companysearchesmadesimple.com/company/uk/14022329/uk-tribute-shows-ltd/#summary https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/single-mum-pensioners-ingoldmells-caravan-3743529 I have led the horse to water. It's up to you people who have been scammed by him, to make it drink.
    6 points
  9. This week I completed the build of a guitar (yes, six string). It is a hybrid of a Les Paul Junior Double Cut and a Tele (or actually Esquire). The Brooks LP-TC Amalgamation - Mahogany body - Bookmatched Quilted Maple top - Mahogany 3-piece set neck. Glued in - Wine Red stain - Ebony fretboard with abalone inlays - Jumbo frets - Checkerboard binding - 24 3/4" scale - Buffalo horn nut - Telecaster style bridge. With compensated saddles. Black - Double action spoke wheel truss rod - DiMarzio The Chopper T (DP-384) humbucker - Gotoh SG-381 locking tuners. Black - Push-pull Volume knob for parallel-series switching - 250k Tone knob - Black knurled barrel knobs - Mallory Mustard Tone capacitor - Weight 3.25 kg Serial number: 2022006 With a special Amalgamation logo on the headstock and Starman logo on the custom pick guard. How does it sound? Like this! I'll post pics of the build process in separate posts below.
    5 points
  10. Amnesia ~ 5 Seconds of Summer 🤔
    5 points
  11. Hey everyone, Yeah I’ve got it on eBay but in fairness the total cost is to cover the ridiculous charges from eBay (already been charged an arm and leg to get this to the UK from MM originally). Open to offers - honestly, I’m really looking for c£3,500 which would break me even. Any questions just give me a shout. Cheers Dom
    5 points
  12. I’ve asked here before about Bassman 50’s and if anyone actually gigs one, and the responses were mixed. But I picked this up this week and I’m going to give it a go. After collecting it, I drove straight to Martin Garton’s place (Gartone Amps), and he’s going to go right through it. Martin is primarily a bass player, and I’ve seen him gig a few times many years ago. He was using a Bassman 50 at the time, but tweaked to be more suitable for bass. He’s going to tune this one for me too. It’s going to be a few weeks till I have it back, but I’m quite looking forward to trying it. Rob
    5 points
  13. 5 points
  14. Has a couple of small marks, see pictures. One of the volume pots is a bit scratchy. I imagine contact cleaner will sort it but I don’t have any. To get close to this bass on the configurator will costover €2000. Will post at cost. 40mm nut Rosewood fretboard Hipshot ultra light tuners Passive electronics: volume, volume, tone Haeussel Thunderbird humbuckers Chambered body, 7.2lbs/3.2kg Matt finish with the back of the neck and headstock painted also.
    4 points
  15. Just finished playing support at SGW3 for Kiefer Sutherland on the first leg of his UK tour. Went ok, didn't fall off the stage and any bottles of p!ss managed to avoid me. I kept mis-timing when the lights went up, but there were quite a few people there, honest.
    4 points
  16. Routed the neck pocket. Using the laser cut template Shaped the heel to make it a good fit Checked the angle Before I glued the neck in, I drilled holes into the headstock Then glued the neck into the pocket Routed the pickup cavity Checked if it fits. And if it lines up properly Drilled the string through body holes on the back side of the body Taped of the fretboard. Getting ready to stain the body Stained the back and sides a dark brown with a hint of red Then stained the top a wine red / blood red Scraped the binding clean. And sprayed the first layer of clear Sprayed the headstock face black. After many layers of clear and lots of sanding in between I put the decals in place Made the custom pick guard per special request. The guy who ordered the guitar is a massive fan of the band Rush. Used the laser cutter to engrave the Starman logo. Then filled it with white acrylic paint.
    4 points
  17. Stuck in traffic in Walthamstow listening to the chantells
    4 points
  18. @Fluid Druid - I'm assuming you joined the site just to try to make contact with @nationofzeros, if so that's really very good of you to have gone out of your way to try to make contact! Restores some faith in humanity! Great work and I'm sure will be hugely appreciated by @nationofzeros as and when you make contact with them. Fantastically honest, the world needs more of the same!
    4 points
  19. Can You Peel It? ~ The Jackson 5
    4 points
  20. Fender Jazz 60s American Original bought brand new earlier this year. Colour is sonic blue but colour shade can vary depending on angle of photo. Never left the house since purchase and has no dings. There are 2 areas of paint wear on front part of body as shown in the pics. It is a nitrocellulose finish so paint wear is expected on these basses. Other than this the bass is in mint condition. All in original and great condition with a really comfortable neck and punchy sounds from the Pure Vintage '64 pickups. No issues. Comes with the hardshell case and all case candy as shown in pics.
    3 points
  21. It is the time that a small corner of the forum offer their humble compositions for judgement by the BC massive. Well done to @upside downer on his excellent win in September, he was forthcoming with his choice of image and has a few words of explanation to accompany it.. "This bizarre spectacle is all part of the El Colacho Baby Jumping Festival where newborn children that have been baptised need to have their original sin cleansed. The costumed man represents the devil and, as he jumps over the babies, the idea is that their sin will stick to him and be removed from them. No babies were harmed in the preparation of this photo 😁" the photo for inspiration being ..... the offerings are as follows , please choose your favourite 3 1 @Dad3353 The tiny tots have not yet learned (been told...) about the Law of Physics and the Real World. Nothing, to them, is impossible, or even odd... 2 @Leonard Smalls As soon as I saw the photo I thought, it could be tragic! Hence, we have a jazzy musing on Chopin's piano cover of Barry Manilow's "Could It Be Magic"... 3 Lurksalot Minimal sung lyrics , but probably still too many , with added real spoken Spanish, courtesy of @mcnach 4 @Nail Soup I had a banjo 'on my knee' when I saw the picture. I checked the rules and banjo is not outlawed... So - a banjo song about the devil and original sin. 5 @Nicko I started with a vocal line "I saw the Devil in the street, He wore Addidas upon his feet", and then junked that and came up with some Neo classical rock nonsense. Part Carmina Burana, part Diary of a Madman 6 @upside downer A devilishly diabolical ditty with angular guitar, stuttering yet throbbing bass, minimalist insistent drums and a vocal style somewhere between a Fisher Price Elvis Presley and a poor man's Johnny Cash. . 7 @xgsjx I've got an entry this month. Bass is my Ibby through the Plugin Alliance Ampeg B-50N. Drums & vocals by Logic (just had fun chopping things up). These all bring a smile and are well worth voting for.... but only 3 voting closes at the end of witching hour , midnight on 31st October have fun.
    3 points
  22. You and your shop have made legends out of yourselves over this. Well done. I hope you are rewarded, in whatever manner.
    3 points
  23. Hopefully you don't play with your bass hung down by your crotch. Otherwise, with the bass camouflaged in denim against your jeans, people may be unsure what your fingers are doing. A small risk, but nonetheless one that should be considered.
    3 points
  24. I'm happy with the natural finish. Who'd stripped it did a great job. It has a satin some kind of wax layer and that's all. Besided I have 2 other sunburst P's. All in all you're right
    3 points
  25. It's the same with nearly all musical instruments - a blind nostalgia for the past. It's not just confined to guitars and basses, where in reality the development of the actual instruments over the past 70 has been minimal. Those innovations described in the OP are mostly red herrings and don't contribute much in the way of improvements to the overall playability or sound. If you really want to be astounded by backward looking thinking you only need to look at the current state of the synthesiser market. The obsession with vintage (and re-issues) of budget instruments that back in the day were only popular because the synths we all really wanted were way beyond our financial reach. The current obsession with the Roland Juno 6/60 amazes me. Absolutely no-one I knew in the early 80s bought one because they thought it sounded fantastic. They bought it because it was the cheapest poly-synth available. Given the funds we'd have all bought Jupiter 8s, Prophet 5s or Oberheim OBXs. No-one really wanted the weedy sounds of a single oscillator and EG, and not even a unison mode for beefing up the sound. In fact the only real selling point was the on-board chorus because as soon as you turned that off everything sounded thin, weedy and lifeless. But despite that and the fact that almost every DAW comes with sonically superior synths built-in, the Juno 6/60 "sound" appears to still be popular with original instruments selling for far more than their real value, and numerous hardware and software recreations now available. Madness...
    3 points
  26. Awesome shout out! I really hope Karma pays you back (positively obviously) in spades!
    3 points
  27. Rob Harris from Jamiroquai has my original 1974 Jazz Bass on loan right now
    3 points
  28. My 76 jazz……all original, every bit….
    3 points
  29. And I predate you by 33 years and have been here for over 20. Welcome, you’ll find a great bunch with loads of knowledge and information.
    3 points
  30. Used it for the first time this evening. Have to say, I’m thoroughly impressed. Plenty of versatility in the eq, nice depth and warmth to the sound. Used it ‘dry’ and also tried a few pedals through it, Ashdown Lomenzo hyperdrive, EBS Sheehan sig, and Darkglass X Ultra. Only took my Sire V7 tonight, so yet to try my Yamaha Attitude Ltd 2 or my Warwick SS1 yet, but so far I’m loving this amp
    3 points
  31. Read the answers you got from me (and others) on talkbass where you posted the same question.
    3 points
  32. Victor Bailey Jazz Bass® (2001-2011), Rosewood Fingerboard, Natural, 4 strings In very good condition, it has played many gigs and has a few scratches and bumps the worst of which are shown in the close up photos. There are no varnish cracks. It plays beautifully and looks great, I bought it new so it comes with it's original case and truss rod key. Pick up only. Here is the Fender Description: This rare and beautifully crafted Victor Bailey Jazz Bass® guitar incorporates the finest in design and electronics as specified by Bailey himself. The sleek, exotic-looking body has koa and rosewood over mahogany; the maple neck has a rosewood fingerboard with Posiflex™ graphite neck support rods, abalone dot inlays, rolled fingerboard edges and highly detailed nut and fret work. Special Design Noiseless™ pickups add warmth and low end, complementing the hardwood body's natural clarity and brightness and producing an extremely dynamic tonal range. The circuitry has been tweaked at the input stage (pre-shape, boost and EQ settings) to enhance the unique sonic nature of the woods. Bass EQ is centered at 40Hz at +/- 12dB with a 4dB per-octave slope; treble is centered at 8 kHz at +/- 10dB with a 2dB per-octave slope (treble cut serves more as a passive control for warm organic tones); mid-control is centered at 500Hz and +10dB and -15dB with a wide-band slope creating a distinctive voice. For maximum headroom, the circuit has an 18-volt power supply. Other features include gold-plated hardware, Fender®/Schaller® deluxe lightweight tuners, and a Bailey caricature graphic on the headstock.
    2 points
  33. Mexico answer to the Elite BUT with Jazz neck. BIG spec. This model ran for 3 years, replaced by the Player Plus (which ISN'T a Jazz neck, it's a P, & doesn't have contoured neck heel for easier high fret access). Weight 9lb
    2 points
  34. Mesa Boogie Subway DI for sale. Good overall condition, it does have some small chips on the top and a small paint chip on one edge(see photos) Has a great eq with built in 30hz hpf which can be lowered to 28hz with the deep switch. DI out power amp out and parallel out make it really flexible for live and studio use. The Voice control is really amazing and gives you a varaiable pre shape which is useful to add some fatness or scoop out a slap tone. Collection from Leicester welcome or I can post recorded delivery at no extra cost.
    2 points
  35. Here we have a beautiful, and close to showroom condition, Mike Lull JT5 five string bass. Only reason for sale is arthritis in my left wrist which is forcing me to return to four string basses - even then it's hard work! 👎 This was handmade in USA and is passive. It is fitted with Mike Lull's take on the Thunderbird type pickups which give great tone, pots are vol vol tone. The scale is 35" and there are 24 frets. Body is swamp ash (beautiful three tone sunburst finish), the neck is one piece maple and graphite reinforced and has a lovely maple fingerboard. Bone at nut is 1. 7/8 inches. It is fitted with Hipshot tuners and bridge. Due to covid the bass has had little use so the finish is still really excellent. I don't have sound clips, but they exist on You Tube. The weight is stated to be 3.9k but it feels lighter to me and is very comfortable on the shoulders and easy to play. I can't add too much more - the pictures reveal all! I would prefer a face to face meet up and would travel a reasonable distance to deliver. Any questions please ask. You're welcome to come and try it in Bournemouth. I've jut added a few more pics to show the excellent condition of the bass. Neck socket and rear of neck in particular.
    2 points
  36. Here's my new wee setup. I use the stomp for pretty much everything, with the EBS as a light comp going into it- really tames the FX down later in the chain despite it not seeming to do a lot on its own. This goes currently into an SY1 . It's up for sale as it's not the sound I'm looking for - although for more paddy type synths its great, and the tracking is incredible. . I like to keep within one patch on the stomp and basically use the 5 switches as individual stomps. I've also tried to keep it non bass specific so that I can use the same setup on guitar gigs. My 'bass dep' set up is 1:octave 2:filter 3:chorus 4:tuner 5: swell/delay. The dual footswitch and accompanying TRS cable was custom made by my mate big Dan, at Brennan Effects. Underneath is an Harley benton ISO-1AC which happily handles the stomp with a current doubler cable. I chose this as it fits the nano+ almost perfectly- it's tight, and you really need to use the right angled dc cables but works. That leaves 3 x 9v@500ma connectors which is plenty, given the size of the board. It also uses a kettle plug so one less thing to worry about forgetting/breaking as kettle plugs are abundant! I've also stuck a passive DI box under there.. its not plugged in in the photos, but that unused jack patch lead would get plugged into the output of the stomp for bass gigs. I know the HX stomp is balanced and unbalanced but the XLR output is very handy on dep gigs. I've also put wee feet on the nano+ raising it about 0.6cm. That's for the DI box, I think the power bank would fit without them. Still feels good to stomp on it though, and theres no slide. Next job is to make a dc cable with both ends right angle for the sy1, like I've done for the EBS comp.- makes it a little more compact. And I'll probably be trying a c4 next in place of the sy1. Apart from that, this will do everything i need on bass and guitar!
    2 points
  37. Since I ruptured a tendon in my right hand middle finger, and then developed arthritis in the proximal finger joint I have been moving to lighter and lighter gauge strings in the hope that I might reduce the times when the finger kind of hooks onto the string rather than just plucking it. On one of my basses I've also got a ramp which really helps. But I needed to restring my shorty and I put some Dunlop 45-105 flats on it and they are pretty high tension compared with what I'm used to, even with the short scale. It does not have a ramp on it (yet). But I wasn't hooking nearly as much as I was with the previous strings. So, experiment time. I took off the very flexible Ti Jazz Rounds that were on my Sanderg 5 and put on a set of D'addario Prosteel 45-105 (with a Tapered .130 B). A quick tweak of the set up later I'm playing far more fluidly on it and it doesn't have a ramp yet (it will still get one). It seems that the lower tension strings were too easy to move laterally so the damaged finger was pulling it along with it rather than plucking it and then moving onwards. The higher tension strings cannot be moved as easily so it forces the finger to straighten and move past it instead, and the string doesn't get taken along for the ride. Ok - my left hand is now complaining from doing more work, but that strength will build up quickly. I've not used 45-105 for decades. Usually 40-100 or 35-95. I still need to get the action spot on and I do like a stupidly low action. With the higher tension strings I can make it even lower than it was before. I am very happy at this discovery. The injury has really affected my playing and I'm discovering that even tiny changes can make a massive difference. Roll on next rehearsal!
    2 points
  38. Maybe that my problem. My 6-string fretless doesn't have (nor need...) position markers at all (no more does a double bass, a cello or a violin...). The intonation of each string, at each note even, is done by ear, not by a 'position' on the board. Of course the octave sounds like the harmonic at the twelfth (and the other harmonics keep contant check, too...), so, to me, as long as the bridge is reasonable (define 'reasonable'..?), as the one in the photo seems, to me, I see no issue with intonation. Anyone with an ear can play that bass in tune, all along the neck, with the bridge set up where it is.
    2 points
  39. A few seconds without a load is not going to cause too much of a problem. For the record a short circuit across the output jacks is fine for a tube amp. Some manufactures short the output if a speaker cable is not plugged in.
    2 points
  40. I play with a pick but that's probably going to look worse😀
    2 points
  41. stonehenge - Spinal tap (sorry - couldn't resist)
    2 points
  42. One factor is that amplifying guitar is easy, so simple tech works well enough. Bass frequencies present more problems in all kinds of ways and so there have been more reasons to want advanced tech.
    2 points
  43. The Damned at Hammy Odeon on Friday
    2 points
  44. People forget how eBay really bite your donkey with their fees these days? I usually only rub my thighs about Wal’s, but boy that’s a beautiful thing!
    2 points
  45. New QC user here. Has only been 4 days and I think this unit has caused a major culling of pedals. Such an exciting time!
    2 points
  46. Ok I can personally state it’s a loud amp ( purchased one this week ) Running it with two 210 cabs it’s loud enough for my rock covers band Naturally it’s pushing it but that’s the beauty of valve amps in as much as they sound better cranked So if sitting on the fence I recommend it as a great amp ( best Ive played through )
    2 points
  47. Thought it’d be worth sharing my recent experience of trying to get a Fender Custom Shop quote, which is in-line with the title of this thread! I’ve always loved sunburst jazz bodies without pickguards. I’m also a bit obsessed with one being authentically Fender, so wasn’t interested in buying a third party body and bolting a Fender neck to it. Official Fender bodies are routed horribly under the pickguard section so one of those wasn’t an option either. I liked the idea of a finely crafted custom bass as well, so off to the Custom Shop I went. There were a couple of extra things I was interested in to make the build a little more personal - namely an anodised gold control plate and the truss rod adjustment wheel that the Elite series had. Nope, sorry I was told…that sort of thing pushes it into Masterbuild territory. The gold control plate was a weird one seeing as you can buy them from the likes of Tiny Tone for about £30. Anyway, the apparent lack of flexibility for something called a ‘custom shop’ build irked me somewhat. In all honesty the experience has made me draw the conclusion that non-masterbuilt custom shop basses are essentially just instruments bolted together from stock US parts by one of their top 50 luthiers. Each to their own, but for the prices they charge I’d want something far more bespoke. These days I think the mod shop is a more reasonable option if you’re not after anything too weird and wonderful and just want a specific colour, neck or pickup choice. Bit disappointed by my experience but it’s OK, I’ll either just save the money or look at a classic Roscoe instead 😏
    2 points
  48. Now £950 Fender Flea Signature Jazz with additional FLEA decals ( these can easily be removed too) . In excellent condition ( you know what I mean ) and comes with Fender soft case and hard case too. Price includes U.K. postage and no trades thanks. £900 if you wanna collect. More images on website www.thebassmonkey.co.uk Fender Spec and info below - Flea’s funk- and jazz-influenced basslines helped propel the Red Hot Chili Peppers to the top of the rock and alternative charts while redefining the role of bass in the modern era. Flea’s unique playing style brought a welcome breath of fresh air to the musical landscape of the past four decades, inspiring countless bassists to add a funky touch to their sound while exploring new techniques and harmonic possibilities. To celebrate his enduring influence, we’ve recreated his prized Shell Pink ’61 Jazz Bass that he received from a fan and used to record the Peppers’ Stadium Arcadium and The Getaway, as well as with the super group, Atoms For Peace. A pair of vintage-style, American-made Pure Vintage ’64 Jazz Bass single-coil pickups provides classic, original-era Fender tone with clear articulation, clear low end definition, up-front midrange punch and singing high end. The vintage-accurate stacked concentric controls shape the pickups’ volume and tone, as well as allowing the pickups to be blended in any ratio. The Flea Jazz Bass plays fast and easy, thanks to its period-accurate 2-fret “U”-shaped maple neck with a smooth RoadWorn® Nitrocellulose finish on the back, plus a 7.25”-radius rosewood fingerboard with a 1.5” wide nut. The vintage-style bridge sports four threaded steel “barrel” saddles, adding a touch of crispness to enhance the attack for tone that can power through a busy mix. Shell Pink is the rarest of Fender’s classic Custom Colour finishes, and Flea’s ’61 Jazz Bass is quite possibly the only one in existence. We’ve carefully recreated his personal instrument’s exact faded shade as it exists today, and then applied an eye-catching Road Worn nitrocellulose lacquer finish that perfectly replicates Flea’s playing wear. A special neck plate engraved with Flea’s own artwork commemorates the inspiration behind this instrument. Other aesthetic touches include nickel/chrome hardware, 3-ply tortoiseshell pickguard and aged white dot position inlays. Melding rhythm and melody with fierce personal style, Flea’s left his mark on modern music, and the Flea Jazz Bass is the perfect tool to make your own. Specifications Shell Pink Vintage-style, American-made Pure Vintage ’64 Jazz Bass single-coil pickups 20-fret “U”-shaped maple neck smooth RoadWorn Nitrocellulose finish 7.25”-radius rosewood fingerboard 1.5” wide nut threaded steel “barrel” saddles nickel/chrome hardware 3-ply tortoiseshell pickguard aged white dot position inlays weight 4.3kg
    2 points
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