Telebass

Wot WoT said on page 1...

Lopsy Lu from the eponymous album, 1974. Classic.

OK, here's the pix. If anyone has any clue as to the possible age of this bass, or general info, I'd be grateful. General view: Headstock. there's one odd tuner, but I'll rectify that tomorrow at the shop: Body, front. This is after significant cleanup. The strings are a set of part-used Rotosound SM55 half-rounds, and the knobs are from my Squier TB, which now has a set of Fender Precision knobs. Fingerboard butchery... Back: Back at the shop tomorrow, I'll see how well the truss rod is, sort out the odd machine head, and generally sort the set up. I'll also see just how hard a job it might be to refret it. Certainly worth £4! Actually, for my £4, I got the bass and gig bag, a boot iron, and 3/4GB of PC2700 DDR memory. So maybe it cost me, say, £1.50?

Mooching around the Sale Area of our local Recycling Centre (as you do), noticed a bass-size Warwick Rockbag, in fair nick. Lo and behold, within was a rather distressed, defretted, Yamaha RBX250. A steal at £4!

Wow, nice one, PSN!

Welcome back!

Another oldie! Welcome! Although I've been hitting this thing since I was 17...and I'm still only slowly improving!

Welcome! The OLP is a good'un!

Hi Lucy, good to see you here at last!

Tascam CDBT1mkII is what I use. Would like to get the mp3 version. I also use a good set of closed back phones, Sennheiser HD212pro to be exact.

Yup, more conage is the answer. More apparent volume, and the extra headroom will let the amp breathe. I use a CMD121H, with another 1x12, in all but the tiniest pubs, just so I'll never run out of headroom.

Amen also. It's what we try to do, and lo, it seems to be working!

Agree on that one!

Howdy! Not quite from Cornwall now...

Howdy!

<<<Reckon I'm not doing too bad either - 55!

Welcome! "i am officially an old fart at 39" 55-get some in!

Welcome! Good looking bass!

Howdy!

Welcome!

Well, we at HArtnoll's in Plymouth certainly try to be friendly and welcoming, greeting EVERYONE who walks in, no matter what. What better way to start? And it's pointless blaming shops for the prices. They have to buy from the distributors, and they set the price. You can't run such a business on razor-thin margins, therefore the prices look bad. But remember, the Internet will NEVER be clever enough to be able to give you personalized advice and a chance to fondle the goods. THAT is what a good guitar shop can do, and it IS worth the extra to those who can't get a bass off the net then sdet it up on their own. If you buy from the net, then take it for a setup, you've lost any possible monetary gain right there.

Been giving it some gig time, and it really is doing the job! But that 24k humbucker doesn't half push the front end of the Markbass hard!

+1 on what Oldgit said...

Greetings!

When wanting an ext cab for my CMD121H MArkbass combo, I ordered up the same B&C driver that was in the combo, then fitted it (not without some difficulty...) into the empty shell of a Behringer BX1200 bass combo. It does just fine, and weighs 20lbs tops.