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What size hex key for an MM Sub bridge saddle
WalMan replied to WalMan's topic in Repairs and Technical
It was going great guns 'til I put the damn tapered B on last night - though not seen action in anger yet. So the Roadie Rench is going back & I shall try a set of small allen keys from Focus DIY or somesuch -
So after my rant about the kids nicking tools last night I went & bought a Roadie Rench this lunchtime but none of the hex keys on it seem to fit the bridge saddles on the [url="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/silverfoxnik/Sub5onstandbody.jpg"]MM Sub 5[/url] I acquired from Silvefoxnik via Beedster recently. I need to raise the B string saddle as the Elixirs I put on last night is taper wound at the ball end on the B, which the old strings weren't. Help!!!
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Hells bells have you seen the other stuff he's knocking out!! Oh no and he's only just up the road from me too.
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Welcome. You'll have had a good laff at my expense at Rox last year. I was the poor bastard trying to find a way through the murder by cello of Little Wing & Sweet Child of mine on acoustic. Good set that night
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[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wal-Custom-Made-5-Strng-Bass-Guitar-with-Simms-LEDs_W0QQitemZ270160297437QQihZ017QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]HERE[/url] - Looks nice. Oh to have the cash!!
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The chap I have used in the past on the south coast quoted me a starting price of £150 to refinish the MM Sub with a tobacco burst to match my Wal - depending on the current finish
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[quote name='ped' post='48344' date='Aug 21 2007, 02:47 PM']I recently had a purchase with Silverfonix and the chap is a gent and a scholar. Highly reccomended ;0)[/quote] +1
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[quote name='warwickhunt' post='53909' date='Sep 1 2007, 05:07 PM']Click on his feedback rating.[/quote] He is now "Not a registerd user" so [i]hopefully[/i] eBay got on the case - well we could all hope so at least
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[quote name='Kaiu' post='53782' date='Sep 1 2007, 12:41 PM']2)Switch between the 1st and 2nd agro. Ideally automatically disengaging one when I engage the other.[/quote] Would this work? Set one to on & one to off & have a single footswitch with a pair of jacks so that when you switch the one that is off turns on & vice versa. That would be 2 switches & two leads you could tape together. or how about something like [url="http://www.behringer.com/AB200/index.cfm?lang=eng"]this[/url] and some cable strappong/sleeving like [url="http://www.studiospares.com/pl_50_50240_CABLE%20and%20CONNECTORS_CABLE%20HARNESSING.htm"]this[/url] for the leads to keep it tidy?
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[quote name='gareth' post='53696' date='Sep 1 2007, 03:00 AM']I thought I might hang around to put some last minute bids on these basses he has for sale - just to see you understand.[/quote] Funnily enough that crossed my mind too. Someone obviously tried looking at the latest feedback [quote name='gareth' post='53696' date='Sep 1 2007, 03:00 AM']I think we should take it upon ourselves to contact the eventual "winners" and warn them of our suspicions - don't you think?????[/quote] - trouble is they were private bidder auctions so I do not think there is any way to find out who "won" in the end No surprise that the tw cars he "sold" & got positive feedback for at the top of his feedback list are also on Gumtree Nissan Micra 1.2 Sx - [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120156831862"]eBay[/url] - [url="http://www.gumtree.com/london/06/12324506.html"]Gumtree[/url] A-Class Mercedes Benz Avant Garde Lwb - [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120156827292"]eBay[/url] - [url="http://www.gumtree.com/london/93/13065093.html"]Gumtree[/url] So is it Lorena, Stephane, Gerry, George, Gustavo, Charlie...................... I'm just waiting for my TE 122H to show up It'll be interesting to see what that makes
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His feedback now contains [quote]everthing for sale is a con he is getting them off www.gumtree.com don't bid[/quote] to which he has replied [quote]we did previously advertise on gumtree without success of sales, what wrong????[/quote] Methinks a further whiff of horse, and yet still they bid. Ah well
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[quote name='beerdragon' post='53643' date='Aug 31 2007, 11:25 PM']He has all these items advertised on gumtree. they are in a shop in Fulham i think. the Gibson bass is going for £950. so i can't see it going for anything less. He also wants £1400 for the Fender 75/76 , maybe he's just testing the waters on ebay. i think it's def the same person.[/quote] Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, cynic alert - or has he just half inched the pics from Gumtree? [url="http://www.gumtree.com/london/21/12732921.html"]David Eden Wt550B[/url] - Kings Cross for sale by George [url="http://www.gumtree.com/london/24/12619024.html"]New Esp Dv8-R Ltd Dave Mustaine guitar[/url] - Crouch End for sale by Gustavo [url="http://www.gumtree.com/london/57/10017457.html"]Fender 1976 Precision Bass[/url] - London along with the 75/6 & the EBO [url="http://www.gumtree.com/london/84/12614384.html"]Marshall As50R Acoustic amplifier[/url] - Kilburn for sale by Gerry [url="http://www.gumtree.com/london/08/12726708.html"]Marshall Valvestate 2000 valve amp[/url] - Highgate for sale by Charlie I can't be bothered to go on, I think that's enough
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[quote name='warwickhunt' post='53562' date='Aug 31 2007, 07:43 PM']I wonder if some people bother looking at their feedback and think, 's*d that'! Obviously some people don't care about the mark up or they just don't look.[/quote] Not too difficult is it and there are at least 2 other 12 band versions going elsewhere on t'Bay at the mo for less just not from a "trader". [quote]Nothing illegal, just business I spose.[/quote] Quite, its only business after all, but it will be interesting to see what they get all the same
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[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=45"]I wonder who this belonged to before[/url]? Back again on Fleabay almost immediately at a nice little [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180154023008"]Buy It Now[/url] mark up - well I suppose he is a trader. Watching with interest.
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**SOLD** Trace Elliot 122H combo **SOLD**
WalMan replied to WalMan's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
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[quote name='walplayer' post='27004' date='Jul 4 2007, 02:46 PM']I quite like Wal basses BTW [/quote] Me too funnily enough, just not with [i][b]NEARLY [/b][/i]as much gusto as you!! My exceedingly short list for 30+ years runs [list] [*]Unknown cheap & exceptionally crap P bass copy - famous only for having a No10 packet holding the pup up & which died of a broken back when lent to a friend who left it leaning in the corner of a greenhouse for most of one summer [*]Shergold Marathon fretted (black) - that became a silverburst 8 string later in its life [*]Shergold Marathon Fretless (black) - both the Shergolds went a few years back when I got sick of lugging 3 basses round & only using them for one number an evening. [*]Aria SB1000 - nice enough but it went in p/x for the [*]'82 Wal Pro1 that became a Custom effectively in '96, and which I still have & love to death [*]MM Sub 5 with the John East preamp acquired last week from Silverfoxnik via Beedster [/list] I rather think I have had more amps than basses, but then I lucked on the penultimate bass in the list
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What can I expect if I join a progessive or instrumental rock band?
WalMan replied to pip's topic in General Discussion
[i]Able to read?[/i] not necessarily - unless I suppose you have one main writer in the band who expects everything to be as he heard it & scores it for you - but would you want to be in such a dictatorship? [i]Play complex lines/playing ability?[/i] Yes definitely helps [i]Play complex time sigs?[/i] ditto [i]Good theory?[/i] not necessarily but might help. A good ear is just as much use, but if you know the theory you might get there a bit quicker. It depends how instinctive you are [i]Extended range? [/i]I have only just acquired my first 5 string but the lack of a 5 or 6 stringer was never a problem when I was in such a band - mind that goes back a few years now. When I saw Spocks Beard in London recently Dave Meros was using a modified Rick (with a Hipshot D-Tuner) & was turning to a keyboard to double really deep lines. Pete Trewavas only uses 4 strings & bass pedals in the Transatlantic DVDs so I should have thought it is not an absolute must have. There are other ways of covering really low end & if the band has keys you could end up fighting for the same sonic space. Mind you, I had been thinking of giving a call to an ad for a proggy band in my area recently, but the ad said "must have 5 string". I have other things on the go so not desperate for another project anyway, but to be so prescriptive in an ad does seem a bit limiting. -
**SOLD** Musicman Sub 5 with John East active circuit: NOW SOLD**
WalMan replied to silverfoxnik's topic in Basses For Sale
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Welcome to the deep end
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**SOLD** Trace Elliot 122H combo **SOLD**
WalMan replied to WalMan's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
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**SOLD** Trace Elliot 122H combo **SOLD**
WalMan replied to WalMan's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
[quote name='Kirky' post='50486' date='Aug 25 2007, 07:04 AM']How old is the amp? I'm auditioning for a functions band next week, and if I get the gig, this would probably be ideal.[/quote] I bought it new in about 1999/2000 I think but I would need to search out the receipt. All I can see in the lead case is the Andertons RRP/Our price ticket. -
I've been lucky having upgraded amps slowly but surely over the years, but having used the same bass for the last 20+ years - mind I lucked out with my baby and it was uprated to actives 11 years ago (seems like yesterday, doesn't time fly) so it's not [i]quite [/i]the same bass for all those years!
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So would this [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3134"]Trace 122H[/url] be any good to you? Works fine on its own. Stick a 15 under it and it opens up even more.
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**SOLD** Trace Elliot 122H combo **SOLD**
WalMan replied to WalMan's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
for the bank holiday weekend with a price drop. Did I mention now [color="#FF0000"][size=3][b]£395[/b][/size][/color] ono, I think I probably did. [i]All with a view to becoming part of cunning plan C[/i] You go to a BassBash and all of a sudden the urge for gear is rekindled!!! I sense another gear war starting with my drummer