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This is my Pedulla Pentabuzz. This absolute stunner sounds incredible and looks even better. Its so purple its hard to photograph. Its a later version bought new by me about 6 years ago. Its the model with Bartolini double soap bars. The condition is immaculate. Solid Rock Maple 3a. Comes with a Pedulla original Padded case which frankly I prefer. Gutted to be selling this but sadly I need the money.11 points -
NOW SOLD ELSEWHERE Up for sale is my fabulous Japanese Fender Precision Bass in beautiful 3-tone sunburst. The bass plays, looks and sounds wonderful and will be missed however arthritis is taking its toll so stuff is being sold off. The rosewood fingerboard is a lovely dark colour with beautiful figuring and has been regularly cleaned a treated with lemon oil to preserve its condition. The bass is In very good condition all round for a 38-year old instrument with just a little mojo in the form of a some light buckle rash and one or two minor dings (see pictures). The frets are in good condition and have recently been dressed. The dark Rosewood board has been oiled. The tuners all work smoothly and the electrics work perfectly with no noise, the pots having recently been treated with Servisol. The bass comes a good quality gig bag. I also have a pickup cover that came with the bass. All in all it’s a superb bass in the best colour combo with a full set up with plenty of life left in the frets. It weighs 3.9kg. As always collection or meet up is preferred, but I would consider a courier if necessary. If you have any questions please ask, or if you would like any more pictures.9 points -
View from the balcony9 points
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Saturday, Redonizm were back at The Cow & Telescope in Southend, one of our favourite venues in the area. Being that awkward Saturday between Christmas and New Year, we were unsure what the turn out would be. The pub was almost empty when we arrived and when my wife, bother, sister-in-law and a coulple of friends arrived around 8.30 the audience size doubled! But we needn't have worries, people started trickling in, including a lot of regulars, around 9pm and got quite busy by the time we started at 9.30. We get to got a little heavier in this place, which is nice, but still kept a few of the party anthems that always work, anywhere we play. In fact, it's getting harder to choose which songs not to play these days! That said, I was hesitant to play Dakota and Sex on Fire that one of the singers had included in the setlist, at this particular venue, as they're done to death (the new mustang sally). But they went down more that okay. In fact the regulars have their own call and response thing for Dakata that made it even better. Like having our own choir. All in all a really good night and a perfect end to the year. This was out 4th weekend out in a row, so set up seemed much simpler, and I wasn't aching as much as I normally would at the end of the night either. I could have kept going for another half hour, no problem. Just goes to show that your body gets used to things after repetition! Got a break from gigging for couple of months now. Time to work on new material, technical stuff and working on marketing stuff, not to mention booking some more dates in the diary!7 points
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Last Sunday jam of 24 , lots of good players up. Parking was the usual pain but found a spot around the corner. Played a bit later than usual , all good. The new dive is working out well. The original bar was a bit outside the downtown core , more walk in traffic at the new spot. All in all a great way to finish the year. I’ll be home NYE. Rheo using my bass here , he loves that big orange Gretsch. I’ll have a new power amp under Monique in several weeks. Looking forward to the slight rig change.7 points
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Not “bass” related as such but as we’re writing a new album for 2025 and I have been in a bit of a writing slump, I picked up this 2015 Gretsch Electromatic G5420T. It’s the first time I have bought myself an Xmas gift in a while but it already seems to be unlocking a bit of my writers block.7 points
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I have an important role. I'm there to make everyone else look good.6 points
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Diamond blue Cutlass6 points
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Our 2024 NYE gig. 4-7 OF COURSE we’re doing an early NYE show! Happy to be back at The Precinct in Germantown again this year to get the party started with an afternoon of high energy rock & blues! Here’s what you need to know this time around: -first come/first serve for all tables&seating -reservations NOT accepted this year -doors open at 3:30pm sharp! -don’t campout overnight but don’t be late!😆 -music starts at 4!5 points
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Finally managed to source an all maple neck for my '94 blueburst.5 points
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Hello Basschat People For sale is my US Made Spector NS-2 in Fire Fade. I bought it in October 2024 new from Bassdirect in the UK and only played it a few times in our living room since then, so it still is in almost new condition. New I paid ~ 8.100 Euro incl tax and customs. It is a very flexible powerhouse with tonal capabilities that leave nothing more to wish for but my hands seem to not be able to get used to the Spector neck profile so I let the bass go. It comes with its Spector case and all the Case Candy. Specs: Model: NS-2 4-String Neck-Thru Scale Length: 34″ Nut Width: 1.5″ Bookmatched Top Woods: Curly/Flamed Maple Back Woods: Plain Maple Weight Relief: Chambered Neck Wood: 3-Piece Roasted Maple Neck Profile: Standard NS Shape Fingerboard Wood: Ebony Side Dots: Blue Luminlay Headstock Options: Ebony Headstock Overlay Headstock Logo Material: Abalone Stain: Fire Fade Custom Pickup: EMG PX/SJX Set Pickup Spacing: Standard Electronics: Spector HAZ 18v Bridge Material: Lightweight Aluminium Tuners: Hipshot Bass Xtender w/ UltraLite Set Strap Buttons: Dunlop Flushmount Strap Locks Case: Spector Hardshell Case String Spacing: 19mm Weight: 8lb12oz/3.95kg Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions My asking price is 5.250 Euro including shipping to everywhere in the European Union Shipping to UK is possible Please be aware that you will have to pay customs and taxes to your UK authorities when importing this bass to the UK. I will ship with DHL I am not interested in a trade Thanks!4 points -
It’s the usual story of instant attraction and lust, and then the heartbreak. I innocently wandered into BassBros (yup, fatal) with no intention of buying anything, and saw this. Plugged it in, played it for about three hours (sorry Will), tried quite a few other basses, mainly Rays, kept coming back to this, and bought it. All was well until the first gig when the band thought that it didn’t sit so well with our traditional sound (too powerful), whereas my Jazz bass did, and I can kinda hear what they mean. I’ve hung onto it for a bit, but as it won’t be earning its keep, and I have some costs coming up, I may as well move it on, albeit reluctantly. Plays great, sounds awesome (read the reviews), and is perceived to sound like a slightly more aggressive Stingray, but with two more tone options via the three way switch. There’s quite a few out there that prefer Sterlings to Rays, because of the tone options and smaller body. For a 25 year old bass it’s in very good condition, with only a few marks on the body and a slightly discoloured area on the back where someone had once placed a sticker, which is subtle and a pig to capture with a photo on a December evening, indoors. The electronics all work perfectly. Weighs just over 10 lbs, and the slightly smaller than a Ray body is just so much more comfortable. I paid £1,250 – I’ve seen a few at £1,250-£1,400 on Reverb recently – so I’ll take the traditional ‘hit’ and offer it up at £1,050, firm. It comes with two pickguards, and a Warwick gig bag. Would prefer a meet up at a mutually convenient spot. Here’s the BassBros link to the original post: https://bassbros.co.uk/sold-basses/1999-ernie-ball-music-man-sterling-4-usa-2/ …and here’s my inferior photos4 points -
My 1979 original natural and fretless Stingray that has become my number one bass.4 points
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I just spent a wonderful couple of hours at Ben's (the double bass room). He pre-picked out a collection of basses that met my requirements and I've come away with a lovely Hungarian bass. (And a tummy full of chocolate digestives) It just goes to show how useful it is to try loads of basses out, since it is not in a million years what I expect to get! I thought I was going to get a slightly battered, old, dark wood bass to cherish into it's old age but came away with a much more modern lighter coloured bass. Very very happy.4 points
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6-strings is for wimps!4 points
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And I’ve also been making some 6 string Punkcoustics……👍🏻4 points
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Hi All, Im selling an Epifani classic cab , 1000 watt 8ohms lightweight cab If your'e looking for a great sounding cab thats light as well then this is for you. I have two so I am keeping one , really ace condition has a cover which is proper tatty but does the job. based in essex and can demonstrate. I live in Stamford/Peterborough Monday to Thursday so can take it up there if that helps.3 points -
For sale is my Highway One (not to be confused with the Highway 1) Jazz bass. This series is the mid life upgrade of the Highway 1 series that include a nitro finish, BadAss II, ‘70s logo etc. The bass is in good condition with hardly any fret wear and the nitro finish has started to wear in and shine up a little on the back and the slanty bit where your forearm typically rubs. There is one mark on the lower side of the upper horn. It's approx 15mm long and has left a smooth but shallow indentation and I have priced the bass accordingly. Please see the pics. Spec: Body: Alder with satin nitrocellulose lacquer finish Neck: Maple, Modern "C" Shape, with Posiflex™ Graphite Neck Support Rods and satin Urethane finish Fingerboard: Rosewood, 9.5" radius (241mm) No. of Frets: 20 Medium Jumbo Frets with white dot position markers Pickups: 2 x Vintage-Style Single-Coil Jazz Bass Controls: Volume, volume, tone Bridge: Leo Quan Badass® II Bridge with 4 Pre-Grooved Saddles Machine Heads: Standard Hardware: Chrome Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment ‘70s headstock logo The bass is in excellent condition and is currently sporting a high quality KiOgon tradition V/V/T jazz bass loom. I have the original Grease Bucket circuit that will be included in the sale along with a spare, and so far unused, BWB scratch plate that I acquired from Armstrong Music. This particular example weighs 4kgs (or 8lbs 13oz in old money) on my digital scales. The bass will come with a decent quality gig bag. I’d much prefer to meet up somewhere in person to exchange the bass, or deliver if it’s not too far. A courier would be a last resort. Here are some pics of the bass, if you'd like to see any more detail please just ask. Thanks for stopping by.3 points -
Same for me, we’ve a great singer and 2 really good guitarists, me & the drummer do our jobs so those 3 can shine.3 points
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Looks stunning. Happy new year indeed.3 points
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Got a spectra comp on the way. Got this last week.3 points
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Well you can’t go wrong with a classic colour combo!!3 points
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Personally? I'd go and check it out. 3 hours is nothing in the scheme of things and it may exceed all expectations. If it's not for you, you've had a bit of a drive. Nothing really lost.3 points
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That’s a lot of weight to save when it’s out at the headstock end.3 points
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@SamIAm was logged in to BC five days or so ago, so she may be read-only now. At the very least she'll now be notified about this thread. I hope she's well and doing OK. b3 points
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Hope everyone had a great Christmas!! I decided to change the body on the Thunderbird Punkcoustic as it was diving really badly so this what what I came up with instead its a bit of a nod to Dee Dee Ramone ….…👍🏻3 points
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For me personally it’s not so much about overall weight but more weight distribution. Reducing the headstock weight by - in the case of my bass - 176g makes the instrument balance better and drag less on my shoulder. Principal of levers and all that a reduction of 176g at the end of a 30” scale instrument is more noticeable than the same reduction in your hand.3 points
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Here we go again. The weight of a bass is not remotely important right up until something happens to you whereafter it is the only thing of importance. If it doesn't matter to you - well done, pray it stays like it. For those of us with back issues saving the weight of 4 mars bars at the headstock end can actually make the difference as to being able to move the day after a gig. Saying 'then honestly you need eat more red meat or hit the gym to build muscle mass' is just shallow thinking and rude - from a guy who frequently reminds us he is a MENSA member even more so. Remember, children - other people's experiences may vary from your own. 🙄3 points
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Wet Wet Wet at least, I shouldn't wonder.3 points
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My first build so go lightly please 🤣3 points
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Selling my Stingray. Bought as a spare to my Pre-EB, and, tbh, it's not getting used and wants a home where it's not only loved but put to use. It's in 'Excellent' condition (as opposed to pristine), in that ostensibly it's beautiful (it really is, always get's a gasp when I open the case, this is a great colour, warmer and richer than in the daylight photos!) with a matching headstock. Plays like silk, as you would expect from a Musicman Stingray. Electronics, tuners, everything works perfectly. Finish is almost perfect, there are a few (and only a few) marks in the finish from the last 20 years (been looked after by me and the previous owner, but these little marks still seem to appear) which I've tried to show in the pics. I think I've caught them all. Neck is super smooth, unvarnished for the fingering portion as usual, no digs in the back or front. Comes living in the Musicman case it's had as home all it's life. The Hipshot is on it atm (such a useful gadget!), I have the original tuner (somewhere!) I can leave the Hipshot on for an extra £60 otherwise, I'll return the original MM tuner to it's place (I'm sure I'll find it!). Not much more to say, I can take any particular pics you might need and answer any questions. Located in Romford Any trial, I'm sure you'll love it - I do! Make me an offer, you never know... This from the MM website: Serial #E41450 Manufactured - May 13th, 2004 Build Code - 110-29-11-05-CS-CR ModelSting - Ray 3 EQ H Color - Lava Pearl Neck - Maple Neck Maple Fretboard Matching Headstock Pickguard - White Pearloid Pg Hardware - Chrome Hardware2 points -
Have been playing since the mid 1970's, mainly guitar & vocals but have always had a bass about the place so that I could occaisionally channel my inner 'Jack Bruce' 😀 or for recording bass lines etc. Just lately I'm getting more and more enjoyment from bass playing, (maybe it's an age thing?) anyway, I'm now looking forward to learning some new skills and making some new dicsoveries along the way. I also love repurposing or reviving old relics (myself included) and have recently messed about with a couple of old 1950's projector speaker cabinets, converting one of them into a bass cab! Now don't shoot me down in flames, I know this won't be an Ampeg killer.... But you have to have a bit of fun along the way! Here's a couple of before and after shots.... The 'before' photo is not my actual cab as I forgot to photograph it in its original condition... And I love its ratty beaten-up condition! It's an on-going process, I'm still undecided whether to go down the 'reflex port' route or not and I may change the grill cloth as this one from the 70's was all I had knocking about at the time when I removed the old extruded aluminium grill that rattled like a snare drum!... But that's a simple thing to do. I'd appreciate your thoughts...2 points
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Pete, I want everybody here gigging tomorrow night to make it back home safely. We have a lot of fog in the forecast tomorrow and I'm driving on back country roads. Daryl2 points
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Having seen the forecast just now for our region, I’m a bit concerned our journey up to Scarborough on NYE may end up a bit ‘difficult’ - fingers crossed.2 points
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I have enjoyed @neepheid's custody of this year's Challenge - the right mix of mercy and scholarly application of the rules. Thank you for keeping the flame (other maple finishes are also available....) Robert2 points
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I'm the bestest, most smartest poster on here and I never mention it. If you've ever had an injury or physical issues then shaving weight off the headstock is the best thing you can do outside of buying a lightweight headless, certainly better than stopping gigging. Annoyingly I injured my back recently and am glad I have the choice of an 8lb bass with Ultralites or a 7lb headless to gig with tomorrow night.2 points
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I should have had a post on here, as we (Temptation Waits) were due to play the Wheatsheaf Inn in Kirkcaldy on Saturday night. However this shambles of a venue messaged one of our guitarists (not the BL who does most of the bookings, or the other guitarist who got in touch with them in the first place) to say they weren't sure if they could put a band on as they'd not had many customers (5 the previous day) in in the few days before. This was at 1.30pm and we were due to be loading in about 5pm and on stage at 8pm. So we had to fire off messages asking for confirmation on whether we would be playing or not! We were also about to pick up some hired speakers for our PA too. Absolute joke. They got back after a while saying it wasn't going ahead and got a bunch of lame excuses. Thing is, we had well over 20 folk plus their friends heading along, as we know a lot of folk in the area. I reckon they were hoping we'd get back saying we'd accept no fee or a much reduced fee. Would urge other bands to avoid this venue. Guitarists other band were booked in to play the week before, but they hadn't put it in the diary and booked another band instead. And they did zero promotion, only asked for posters and images the day before. I've no idea why places like this bother booking bands. Anyway, a few of us had a band night out instead and went to the Dreadnought in Bathgate to see our pals Lateral Flow and they were excellent as always, despite their bassist being ill in hospital and the guitarists both stepping in and taking a set each on bass. Of course, angry and frustrated as we were, all put into perspective with the incredibly sad news from @dmccombe7 - thoughts with his band, awful thing to go through.2 points
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That Beyonce really floats my boat. Oh hang on, that's buoyancy.2 points
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Oh, and if you can find an MTD Heir or Kingston they're also worth a shout...2 points
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To this day I can't really get my head around the obsession and chase for weight saving when the saving is grammes; unless you're using a headless bass there's inevitably going to be some weight on the headstock end. Seeing as how it's Christmastime and that most people love chocolate bars, let's look at the weights for perspective. 49g per machine head is just shy of the weight of a standard Mars or Snickers bar; if you're struggling with lifting four of these bars, then honestly you need eat more red meat or hit the gym to build muscle mass. You're looking at saving a possible 9g per machine, so the total weightsaving of 36g on the headstock or roughly the weight of a single Double Decker multipack bar. On my thousands of posts here, I tend to pepper my content with the terms subjective or it's a nonsense. The amount of weight you're looking to save is so small it'll make no difference whatsoever. My ten year old niece regularly picks up my basses when we see her, she wouldn't struggle with an extra 36g on the headstock.2 points
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Thinking about this in greater depth, I don`t really do that much in my gigging band. Unlike many on here I don`t set up PAs, or lights, I don`t contribute to the song-writing, I don`t have anything to do with the merch and cos of my back I don`t gig with an amp so all I take along is my bass. I don`t even print set-lists. I play bass and I do backing vox.2 points
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I replaced the LEDs in my Boss LS2 and replaced the knobs so that they aligned with the LED colours for a Lehle switching unit I’ve got, to make it easier to confirm which inputs/outputs instruments were being routed to. I was pretty pleased with the result!2 points
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Whatever floats your boat.2 points
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Magnetic material is a slightly meaningless thing. People talk about them a lot, but the material is probably used as an euphemism to magnetic field intensity. Field intensity (older: 10 000 Gauss = modern: 1 Tesla) of the Earth is around half Gauss = 50 micro T. Pickups are far more powerful. Magnet types, and their theoretical max fields: - ceramic, base is iron (Fe), strontium (Sr) is the additive, 0.2 - 0.4 T - samarium-cobalt, Sm-Co, 0.8 - 1.1 T - AlNiCo, aluminium-nickel-cobalt, 0.8 - 1.2 T - neodymium, Nd-Fe-B, 1.1 - 1.5 T Now each material can be, and usually is, weaker than its theoretical maximum. 1 T is awfully lot, and you may find such field in an MRI system, when your body is examined. When a magnetic component is manufactured, the result can be whatever. This should tell you all, that a neodymium can be weaker than a ceramic material. For example the manufacturing process, the material mixture, the size of the particles... everything affects the end result. When a pickup maker buys a set of magnets, the catalogue is big. The choice has to be made from material, size, shape, field intensity... 1) AlNiCo is not a single component or material with fixed properties. 2) The coil has also its properties, which depend on wire length, wire diameter, conductivity, physical coil size etc. 3) Combine these, and the result is a pickup of some kind. 4) Strings and instrument adjustments are the next step to the final sound.2 points
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Q Classic looks and 20/21 frets or Universal and 24 fret? Ibanez SR305 - Bang For Buck, Comfy, Awesome Necks2 points
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As other have said, unless you are well rehearsed playing with recorded drums instead of a real drummer, you'll probably be better off hiring someone to fill in, as there are all sorts of issues that you'll encounter and you need to be prepared and have contingency plans for all of them. You'll need to add count-ins for all the tracks and guide clicks for the rest of the band on any tracks where the drums don't come in at the beginning. Likewise for any mid-song sections with no drums. You'll be surprised how badly you'll drift out of sync on anything more than a single bar without something to keep the beat. You'll need to be able to hear the drums loud enough to play too. Again you'll be surprised how loud this actually needs to be when you don't have a human drummer on stage with you, because you will be relying entirely on the sound, and there's no flexibility in recorded or programmed drum playback, it's completely up to the band to keep in time with the recording. Depending on the genre it might look rubbish without a human drummer. Any additional clicks you need for timing purposes will detract from the performance. And to be brutally honest, if you need to ask about how to do to it, you'll need to spend a lot longer sorting it out and practicing, and maybe even spend money sorting, then is worth the effort for a fe gigs.2 points
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Grab a free PDF of the complete 'Claudine' album by Gladys Knight & The Pips. A gift to you for 2025! See you next year! https://basslessons.be/transcriptions-list.php2 points
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yes that’s how I got a short scale.2 points
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