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Hey there, haven't listed anything for a while, but this bass is looking for a new home. Never gigged, condition as it was when I received it. Maybe a bit more dusty. I've had it built to my specs a few years ago and it punches way above its weight. It's been built and finished by the guys at ''Guitar Restaurant'' in Poland - https://restauracja-gitar.pl/buzz-guitars/ Think Limelight and the likes, but nicer (in my opinion). It has DiMarzio and sounds fabulous. I've had more than a few Jazz basses back in the day and this is the only one I've kept for longer. Bass is located in Portsmouth, more than welcome to pop in for any tests or I can drive to meet within reason. Not sure about posting, but get in touch if you want to go down that route. Now, onto the pictures... (more available on request)15 points -
Overrated: TalkBass. Underrated: BassChat.13 points
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Overrated. Opinions other than mine. Underrated. My opinion. [/thread]11 points
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In the past I've not been averse to supporting builders/ traders on this forum. I've got 3 basses built or worked on basses from @Andyjr1515, bought two lightty up things from @bertbass amongst others. This time I've been lucky enough to acquire a beautiful (aesthetically and performing) blue 5er from our own @Lukasz Chyla which he had advertised on ebay. Being familiar with his work from here I was able to contact Lukasz and we negotiated a deal that we were both happy with. I maintain that I am the happier of the two and I think you will see why from the photos (or in person at the forthcoming SE Bash). Fit and finish is as good as anything you'll get from a high production manufacturer and it feels top quality in your hands. No hint of neck dive, super smooth neck, excellent set up and action. Some under-rate the Wilkinson pickups - I have no problem with them - I think that they represent great vfm and I challenge anybody else to pick them out as budget pickups in the mix. As I said, this will be attending the SE Bash along with the @Jabba_the_gut short scale - both will be available to try so attendees can get an idea of the quality of products being built in this community.10 points
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Whoa. . . . ! You've just listed everything I own!!!!9 points
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Used it for band rehearsal last night AWESOME!! The best sound ever and with a PBass with pick it just works .. Amazing full tone last nights settings with the band ( loud ) and Ultra Low engaged mids set on 800hz8 points
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This Saturday October 7th 5:00 ! Maple Road Old Falls Village Park Beer Depot N96W15791 County Line Road, Menomonee Falls WI The outside gigs will be coming to an end soon. Blue7 points
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i sold it to you in good faith as well. 😁7 points
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Gear I regretted buying?.. Well there was this orrible "go faster powder" we bought off someone at some fetish type club somewhere in East London (a popular post-Slimelight destination) , the stuff was rubbish and even looked dodgy, we just laughed and threw it down the toilet.. 😂 That's a tenner I'll never get back...7 points
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Overrated: Trace Elliot. I had an SMX amp for around 10 years and grew to hate it with a passion. Stingrays. Every tone you could want as long as it's that overbearing nasal midrange. It upsets my delicate sensibilities far more than it should. Sunburst. Whoever thought that nappy chromatography would make a great finish for an instrument was gravely mistaken. Tort scratch plates. They were drab in the 50's and haven't improved in the intervening 7 decades. That widely imitated Ampeg sound, the bloated lows and clanky high end with nothing in between. Underrated: Peavey have always churned out some cracking gear but don't always seem to be considered in the same league as some of the other big names. The humble Boss LMB-3. Of the all the compressors I've been through, of which there are many, this one is my favourite. It's cheap, simple to use and just does something that I haven't been able to coax out of any other unit.7 points
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Big board rewire finally done. Added the MC3 for the Stomp and FI.7 points
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it's just some of us will die with a Anima preamp they didn't know they wanted6 points
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Underrated. Behringer. Originally - oh that is just a poor quality cheap copy of a boss etc. Democratised great digital mixers to small bands, to the point where they are the things that new expensive things are compared to. Long dead synths that their original manufacturers didn't want to bring back at prices people can afford. And cheap copies of boss effects that work.6 points
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Ive contacted overwater for a specific build as a tour next year requires a fretless five string. The only other fretless I own is a 1976 Stingray that I don't fancy taking the road! After speaking to Chris we decided to base it off of one of my own J5's but with some changes - MM humbucker in the bridge & a lovely walnut top (including headstock veneer) Heres the full spec & some build pictures so far Overwater Contemporary J 5 String 35” Scale Length Neck - Standard Bolt On One Piece Maple Straight Headstock with Walnut Veneer Fretless (24 fret neck) 46mm Nut Width 18mm Bridge Spacing Plain Unlined Ebony Fingerboard Luminlay Side Dots Body - Swamp Ash Walnut Top Electronics - Active Overwater 3 Band + Passive Tone Control Pickups - Overwater Jazz Single Coil + Musicman Humbucker Locking Jack Hardware - Overwater Bridge Hipshot Hardware in Black Satin Natural Lacquer Finish5 points
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I've had my Bass Terror for two years and done plenty of gigs with it. I wrote a summary for someone who asked what makes it special, and I thought it might be useful here. I've been gigging one for two years. One line summary: It's a hybrid amp, so you need to use gain to drive the valve input for the tone you want, and the master volume sends this to the clean class D output stage. The main benefits are: Valve tone - if it's the 'classic' Orange overdriven without ridiculous distortion tone that's important to you, then this amp has it. Great basic tone - the amp sounds good with bass, middle and treble at 12 o'clock, and the controls give good shaping without being too severe. Controllability - it's easy to find a place on the gain control (usually between 1 o'clock and 3 o'clock for passive basses) where you get a signature, only slightly raw, tone that can easily be overdriven by digging in - but the point does change between basses. A switchable clean tone - if you want it. Power - loud enough for anywhere, I saw Diamond Head use one as backline at Manchester O2, which is huge. Plenty of headroom, helped by natural compression of the valve input stage - no compressor required to access that power. Light - easy to carry. Pad for active basses. Very reliable DI with ground lift, I use this at 90% of gigs as I can shape the tone I send to the PA, including that control of the overdriven sound. Speakon connectors. Downsides: Light, I have to strap mine down so it doesn't vibrate off the cab. You can't use a jack speaker lead so you need a spare speakon (but I think jack speaker leads are poor IMHO). Very powerful, so hard to adjust for low volumes - not suitable as a practice at home amp unless you use the pad with a passive bass (which means you lose the overdriven sound). Three feet fell off the carry bag in the first couple of months. The fourth foot lasted over a year. The internal shield started rattling at volume, so I had to open it up and bend the shield away from a nearby valve cover. TIPS: Run the gain high enough to get the tone you want, and use the master volume to set the output. Using gain to control volume defeats the point of a class D with valve preamp. Always start with tone controls at 12 o'clock and work from there. Use the ground lift on the DI as a precaution, UNLESS that stops you getting any sound. Remember to set the switch at the back to match your speaker impedance for maximum protection. Keep it strapped down!5 points
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My most regular touring role is as a monitor engineer, so this is my typical approach if I'm starting from scratch with an artist/working as an in-house monitor engineer. For a wedge mix - I'll start off with each persons own instrument/voice in their wedge, plus anything that isn't making its own loud noise on stage (keyboards, sample pads, backing tracks, acoustic guitar, lead vox etc). I don't tend to put drums or amplified electric guitars in to start with unless its a large stage/festival stage and you're sufficiently far enough away from the person at the opposite end to not hear them well. I'll usually throw some kick in the bass players wedge, and some kick/snare/toms for a drummer. If there's multiple vocals that need the lead/each other as a pitching reference I'll make sure that's in there too. Basically, I'll fill the gaps around the sound that already exists acoustically in the space. That's usually a good starting point for most folks, and then I'll adjust to taste as requested. I avoid putting a full "FOH" mix in immediately as it's just adding more noise on stage and clouding what's going on if there's already guitar amps roaring and a drummer going full tilt. For IEMs, if you're wearing custom moulds you've generally got a very high level of isolation from outside noise, so I'll start with more of a general balance of the whole band with each persons own instrument/voice pushed up on top, plus a splash of ambient mics, that I'll ride up further in breaks between songs or in parts where there's a lot of crowd participation/singing. Again, this is usually a good starting point, but I can often end up miles away from this once an artist has made tweaks for their preferences. As a general note, if someone's struggling to hear something, it's better to find what's getting in the way and pull it back to make space, rather than continually turning things up until it's all a bit of a mess. Also very much endorse what @Bill Fitzmaurice has to say about low end in wedges - I'll slap a high pass filter over every wedge mix and get that low end gone. It makes for a muddy mess on stage otherwise, and can ruin the day for whoever's mixing FOH too. Happy to have my brains picked about monitor mixing if anyone's got questions (there's not much in there to pick though!)5 points
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Not everyone likes everything, with usually it being older people not liking newer forms of music, something that benefited Keef well in his early career with the Stones being the young tearaway rebels. I`m similar to him, I can`t stand hip hop or rap, pretty much anything falling under that umbrella aside from Walk This Way by Aerosmith/Run DMC which is just superb imo. But in my defence this isn`t a new thing, I`ve disliked it all the way through.5 points
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Over rated - Pretty much every off the shelf bass north of about £1k. There's so many manufacturers producing great basses at the lower end of the market that it's hard to justify spending lots of money on a new bass (unless you're getting yourself a treat). Under rated - The G&L Tribute range. They've snuck up in price over the past couple of years, but they're still fantastic value, well made and with great hardware (esp the models with MFD pups).5 points
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Under-rated Marshall bass amps in general. Probably as they`re better known as a guitar amp company, but their bass amps - especially the DBS - were great.5 points
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Meh, dinosaur has dinosaur views. Who cares?5 points
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SOLD. Zon Sonus 4 string fretless Bass, Ash body, composite neck, JJ bartolini pick ups and active circuit. Up for sale is a truly astounding bass made by Joe Zon. It is very light-weight, coming in at 7 lbs, 13 ounces (3.53 kilos) The body is centre-seam two-piece solid ash, ergonomic and comfortable as can be, with an exaggerated belly-cut and forearm bevel. It has two Bartolini J-bass pickups and a Bartolini active 2-band EQ on a stacked, center-detent pot, in addition to a master volume and master centre-detent pickup blend control. This bass is in really nice condition, with a couple very minor nicks on the headstock and the end of the fingerboard with a virtually unmarked body. The phenowood fingerboard has some tiny almost invisible scratching from playing, it is so hard that whichever strings are used there are no issues. Currently strung with some rather nice Optima gold round wounds (50 to 105), included will be the plush tgi soft case or a hiscox hard case if preferred. The Zon Sonus model from this period have carbon-fibre composite necks. This is what Zon says about their composite necks: “The object of using composites for our necks is to integrate the stability and performance of these materials in a manner that enhances the tonal characteristics, reliability, and consistency of our basses, without losing the warmth and personality. “Our basses’ necks are fabricated in our Redwood City, California, facility. The base material is carbon fibre, developed for the aerospace industry. Carbon fibre is rayon extruded under extreme heat and pressure, a process that changes its molecular structure on a subatomic level. Engineered to have the highest strength-to-weight ratio possible (it’s six times stronger than steel), it also has the highest coefficient of stiffness and the lowest thermal coefficient, offering great stability and strength under compression, as well as tension. “However, carbon fibre isn’t the only material we employ. Our proprietary “recipe” incorporates wood and other materials, which allows us to tune the necks so every instrument retains that organic and musical earthiness so pleasingly familiar to the ear. “Because the neck has a “flatter” frequency response, it has less effect on coloring the wood body’s tone, therefore letting its true voice come through. With the neck material being so dense, the bass is very “live” and responsive. This condition is a function of a faster attack whereby the note comes into focus almost immediately and then swells with richness. Consequently, the tone has more clarity and the notes exhibit improved detail, projection, sustain, and evenness in volume, all across the fingerboard. This definition is particularly beneficial in lowered tunings, where the notes are usually lost or muddy. Instead, lowered tunings retain their clarity and don’t hide in the mix of the other instruments. “While the concept of using this material for a neck may seem unfamiliar, the feel of our necks is not. Contoured after some of the classic shapes we’ve come to know and love, the profile of our necks feels very natural to the hand and all of them are extremely comfortable and easy to play. The action is fast and smooth, making them suitable for any playing technique. Graphite string nuts are installed for the string-to-string evenness of tone and durability they offer.” The scale length is 34", there are no neck or electronics issues at all. The instrument is in perfect playing condition. Collection preferred or could meet up somewhere within a 30 mile radius of Daventry.4 points -
Hello again. Here I am again with some of my good bad ideas I would like to share with you, as I am trying to learn a few good things: Low cost P bass project, made of: - Second hand p bass body: not sure about the wood (it said natural wood - bought online from a charity shop) - Second hand P bass standard pickups (brand unknown, not tested (bought online from a charity shop) - Brand new low cost music man like contgrol plates and knobs (bought online) - Brand new low cost bass neck: maple and rosewood: head is hand made (by me, I know I am sorry, feel free to insult me!) To do: - Silver colored low cost bridge - I will sand the body (just the side facing the strings) to get rid of the wax and to give it a natural wood look - fill the holes on the same surface (not putting a pickguard) - fill the small cavity inside the blue colored circle Waddaya think? cheers!4 points
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First play was positive, lots of eq and gain on tap. cough cough!!4 points
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It’s all part of the journey. You work some rubbish jobs. You wake up next to some mistakes. You buy duff gear. Life’s a wave, just gotta ride it.4 points
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That’s terrible to be just cast aside such as that. Venues in some cases are managed by very inexperienced event organisers! Struggling industry made worse by the wrong people running them !4 points
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Overrated: Rickenbacker's. Overpriced one trick ponies that are a mare to set-up with soft fretwire. Underrated: Rickenbacker's. Regardless all else whenever I've hated mine then sold them I've immediately missed them. Weird!4 points
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Interesting that more than one asserts that Markbass is over-rated. I must disagree. I find MB gear doesn't have the baked in eq that is designed to give products showroom appeal, even when set supposedly "flat". It is honestly voiced. It does not sound bright/hyped when you stand next to it, but it projects very well out in the room and has a real weight to the sound. It does lean a little more towards old school than some brands, but is none the worse for that. I'm don't use MB (I have an AG700), but I would be happy to do so.4 points
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No regrets - anything I've bought that hasn't worked out has helped me understand what I do like a bit better.3 points
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I've lost count of the number of basses that have passed through my hands. Some great, some good and some absolutely terrible. Thing is that something that didn't agree with me 20 years ago could be something that I'd use now. Don't regret any of it as it was all a huge learning experience (in the case of Rickenbackers I had to buy half a dozen of them over the years before I learned my lesson 😂) plus there's nothing that I can do to change what I've done so chalk it all up to experience3 points
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Overrated - everything Underrated everything One man's pot of gold is another man's POS If you buy based only on good reviews then you're setting yourself up to be disappointed. Likewise if you only read about the bad you could be missing out on something that could've worked for you.3 points
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some new bits turned up today, the dirtfixer is very cool and a great upstage to the blooper. Torn between the stone deaf or the grey stache I’ve got3 points
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It’s not the guitarist, it’s a lot of things about (a) that band, (b) playing in pubs. And yes, it doesn’t matter how good the band is if the people are a-holes. I’ve heard it said more than once that there are three important things in a band: the music, the money, the craic. All three and you’re golden; any two is fine; just one and you’ll never be happy.3 points
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The greatest film of a live show of all time, oddly enough the only other live show film that gets near it is the brilliant American Utopia by David Byrne.3 points
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I totally agree, pub gigs suck. That's why we don't have them here in Pakistan.... pubs that is!3 points
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Pretty much agree. Over-rated: Fender US Models. Are they really worth all that much more than their Squier cousins? Underrated: The Squier cousins. Overrated: Warwick, who still haven't paid Stuart Spector's Court costs or their fines. Underrated: Spector, the original cambered bass which was clearly ripped off by Warwick. See above.3 points
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Not an easy question to answer as there are so many different ways of interpreting "the value of an item". The only info we have to go on is: 1) it's a bass - depends on the make, model, features, condition and desirability of the bass. A Wal will currently hold it's value, my old first kay bass would not even make good firewood! 🤣 2) its discontinued - why was it discontinued? Was it a limited run, end of production, bankruptcy or did people just not want them? Theres another thread about Fender Dimension basses where they are rated as a good bass. However traditional Fender fans didn't buy them in lorry loads as they weren't the traditional Fender shape / spec etc. Some basses that were discontinued in the 80's or 90's now attract mythical status (which changes over time). 3) not many sold - is this due to availability, exclusivity, not a good design, limited run etc? Over the years I've owned a number of "non-standard" basses that were not easy to determine the value when I came to sell. Usually searching the internet for similar basses helped give me a range of values. What would I pay to own the bass? What would I be happy to let the bass sell for? There's also a forum on here that you can post photo's and further info and the community will help you assess it. It's linked here - "Wotzit werth?!!" The responses to valuation questions are pretty accurate as there is a lot of knowledge on the site. Also in so much as "keeping it real", if a price is proposed that is too high or too low then someone usually comments to bring some sense into the proceedings. I would post the bass details on "Wotzit werth?!!" first which will hopefully give you an idea of the range of value. Decide what price you would be happy to sell the bass for then advertise it at that price. If it doesn't sell then re-evaluate (it could just be a slow market and nothing to do with price). Good luck.3 points
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Yawn, the usual dog-whistle nonsense. . . . KR gave a personal opinion in an interview. Shock horror. . . . . As usual people are lining up to give him a kicking because he is old, famous, successful and has a view on something.3 points
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overrated - anything US made and overpriced boutique brands underrated - Indonesian made e.g. Cort, Sterling by Musicman. Also 👍for Peavey and Marshall amps3 points
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They're doing 4s and 7s only this time round, so far anyway https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_bz_4000_ii_nt.htm3 points
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Have you seen this in real life, up close? Have you picked it up and plugged it in? The pickups aren't typical pickups, they're power pickups, right up there with G&L MFD pickups. No need to go active with Reverend basses. I'm betting you’ll forget all about the Meteora once you compare the two.3 points
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Ooooo not done the enclosure yet, and don’t have a multimeter that can do micro volt AC to calibrate…. But worked first time!3 points
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I agree that Fender actually made a pretty good line of basses with the Dimension, but the purists just wouldn’t recognise an attempt at change within the big “F”. Here’s one of mine:3 points
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Thanks - I will have a look.2 points
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Absolutely beautiful, personally undervalued even though it need work GLWTS,Jm2 points -
Or gigs are cancelled because the new landlord threw out the bookings list and starts again with acts they know, not the bands who've been playing there regularly over the last several years. Or worse still, they get an agent to do it who only book the same few bands over and over again.2 points
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Brief update - I recently bought a pair of the £10 ACS Pacato earplugs and tried them for the first time at a pub session last night. It was a noisy one (four fiddles, three accordion and a couple of other instruments) so I thought I'd try a step up from my usual 10db. The ACS plugs were great - slightly clearer treble than other plugs I've tried and in general really good sound. I'm going to investigate the custom plugs now, evidently their filters are good for my needs.2 points
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Overrated - Mesa Subway D800. Wanted to love it, sounded like it had a blanket over it. Underated - Cort A4 Plus bass. Stunning feel, build quality and sound. Feels like it should be a £2k bass not a £500 one.2 points
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Overrated for me would be: Markbass LMII - bombproof and very reliable, but I could not get a good sound out of it, dull and lifeless like my cab had a big quilt over it. Aguilar Tonehammer amp and DB/GS cabs - again so so solid and reliable, gigged them for a while but the sound was just very dull and I was always fiddling with the amp and never happy. Underrated: EBS Reidmar - bought to replace my Markbass which was stolen. Worlds apart tone wise, clear, massive headroom, way more volume and just so tight and punchy. I didn’t care for the design of the casing but I barely ever fiddled with it at gigs. Designacable - I am so surprised more people aren’t buying custom cables from these guys. I used them a few times for custom coloured cables at a time when most people just offered black. I have used coloured cables for years so no one can ever “accidentally” pick mine up and put them in their gig bag. Way cheaper than a lot of branded cables from bigger companies as well.2 points
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