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    [quote name='OldGit' post='253408' date='Aug 2 2008, 05:29 PM']Oh excellent! Brilliant ... I guess we should start the BC Shuker P5 club [/quote] Thanks Si and thanks for all your advice. I owe you a pint!! A Shuker P5 Club sounds cool. I guess I'm Member #2!! Were your ears burning earlier? Your name cropped up a few times while I was talking to Jon. Ruby says Hi too
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    Well, after setting off at 6 this morning and completing a round-trip of 360 miles, my 5 string P Bass is finally here. It took a fair bit longer than Jon estimated, but once I saw it in the flesh and played it I would have waited another 6 months for it!! It is beautiful and I think Jon has done a superb job. It's exactly what I asked for but honestly it has come out better than I ever hoped. The EMG's sound amazing and the neck is exactly the same dimensions as my old Stingray 5 string (exactly as I spec'd it). The colour is amazing and took my breath away when I first saw it. The ash grain comes through incredibly well and if anything, the pics don't do it justice. The Mother of Pearl on the neck is beautiful and has a very deep lustre. He's a thoroughly decent guy and an incredibly talented craftsman. He even fitted a passive switch to my Stingray FOC while I waited. I'm sure this is not to everyone's taste, but I spec'd out and asked for a traditional P Bass with a few modern touches. I think he's delivered it and more. It will fit in beautifully with my Stingray and Fender P Bass. I'm seriously happy and would not hesitate to use Jon again if I ever decided to buy another custom bass. I hope you like it as much as I do. Here's my new bass named after my Wife who chose the colour scheme.
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    [quote name='Fraktal' post='251532' date='Jul 30 2008, 06:48 PM']Lucky amp? I live at Córdoba, the hottest city in Spain, where we usually suffer 115F during summer UNDER SHADOW, and sometimes even more! This combo is gonna hate me as much as he is gonna miss the cool UK!!![/quote] All I ask is that someone gives me the chance to spend the whole summer there just to let me see for myself how awful it is!!
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    SOLD and on it's way to sunny Spain (lucky amp) Thank you Daniel. I hope you'll enjoy it. I'm sure you will
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    [quote name='martthebass' post='251290' date='Jul 30 2008, 01:12 PM']Only a matter of time before the 'Pink Burst' respray [/quote] And a heart shaped red tortoise pickguard
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    [quote name='OldGit' post='214021' date='Jun 6 2008, 06:42 PM']Hows my reserve bass doing? [/quote] Well Si, after "slightly" longer than the anticipated build time my P bass is ready to be picked up on Saturday!! I honestly can't wait and (sadly) can think about little else at the moment. The only compromise to my original spec is that instead of stacked vol/vol tone/tone pots, due to the EMG's I've had to go for individual vol vol tone pots, so 3 instead of 2. Jon's put the battery compartment under the pickguard, so if I don't get on with the EMG's I can swap them for something else and change the controls over to stacked pots easily enough. I'll post pics up as soon as I get Blue in my grubby little hands.
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    [quote name='john_the_bass' post='250527' date='Jul 29 2008, 04:08 PM']£600? Would you swap them for some IEMs? They've only been in my ears.....[/quote] Alas John, but my ears will require custom made IEM's I'm sure there must be hundreds if not thousands of people out there queuing up to get hold of your pair of ummm, IEM's.....
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    Thanks Martin- a true gentleman
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    [quote name='deaver' post='250032' date='Jul 28 2008, 10:38 PM']PM incoming[/quote] And replied
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    [quote name='mikeh' post='249694' date='Jul 28 2008, 03:59 PM']This truely is a superb amp, and if I had the cash would probably buy it back. Good luck with the sale.[/quote] Thanks for that Mike. I'm selling this to buy some IEM's. If I could afford to keep it I definitely would.
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    Sooner than I thought, but we've decided to upgrade our PA so I'll be playing straight through FOH with some In (Cauliflower) ears monitors and a Sansamp DI !!! This all arrives next week. Don't ask me the spec as I haven't a clue I bought this excellent combo from Mikeh a short while ago. It's in great condition (apart from some fuzzing of the carpet covering) and kicks out a fantastic noise. Easily loud enough to gig on it's own in most pubs and weighs in at just under 20kgs (1 handed lifting is a doddle). This is basically a LMK2 (same electronics/controls etc) built in to a 2x10. 2 x 10 speakers 8 ohms 300w @ 8 ohms 500w @ 4 ohms Details form the Markbass website: [url="http://www.markbass.it/products.php?lingua=en&cat=3&vedi=39"]http://www.markbass.it/products.php?lingua...t=3&vedi=39[/url] Mike's original post is here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=21893&hl=markbass"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...amp;hl=markbass[/url] I'm selling to pay for the IEM's and would like to make back what I paid for it, so it's on sale at £600. I'd prefer collection or meet also. If I don't get much joy, I'll put it on Ebay for a bit more than this. I'll ise my Trace Elliot combo for home practice as this is too good a piece of kit to not use in anger. I'm also selling my Epifani UL115 , so there's a really decent rig for sale right here!!
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    THis is gorgeous. Have a BUMP on me for a stunning Bass
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    [quote name='Paul Cooke' post='248084' date='Jul 25 2008, 08:47 PM']I can't get on with the as supplied d'addario roundwounds that the bass came with, they have too much string noise. I'm thinking of putting on a worn in set of Picato flats I've got kicking around, however, the actual task of changing strings has got me stumped... There's these peg things in the bridge that are stopping me from removing the existing strings and I'm a bit confused as to how to remove the pegs... Do you pull them or unscrew them? I've chickened out at the moment as they don't want to move either way...[/quote] Paul Loosen the strings off and pull the plugs out (you might need to twist them a bit). It's pretty simple but quite daunting at first, but you won't cause any damage at all.
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    [quote name='captain black' post='236924' date='Jul 10 2008, 10:04 PM']You've got me thinking now.... It could do with a facelift. Funny really I haven't had the thing 2 minutes.[/quote] Well I've got both...maybe we can work a deal out
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    BUMP- Just looking to sell this now (no trades). Thanks for the interest so far
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    We had a guy come up once and asked us if we played requests. "Sure, what would you like?" "Oh, anything" he said and walked away
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    [quote name='MB1' post='244620' date='Jul 21 2008, 05:43 PM']MB1. "This is a local shop for local people!....Theres nothing for you here!". The mirrored scratchplates interesting!....... but id have to buy a Stingray to put it on! BUMP![/quote] Or you could use it as a travel mirror as long a you weren't interested in how your teeth looked (due to the hole in the pickguard for the humbucker). SOLD to the man in Manchester?
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    BUMP
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    Lovely collection. Which is your main gigging bass?
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    I had a 1964 Fender Jazz Closet Racist but I sold it back to Rich. It was a lovely bass
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    [quote name='Clarky' post='241968' date='Jul 17 2008, 05:44 PM']I have a Fender P that was "Crafted", not "Made", in Japan - what does that make me? Only kidding (though I do have one and its fab - and it has a MIA string post just to really confuse the snob/retard "debate") Yeah, alright I will sod off now[/quote] Awww, you can stay if you want to Clarky
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    I just hope jezyorkshire is proud of what he's started here. Hang your head in shame.... Personally I blame this guy again. Mark my words. Once he's back from his holiday there's going to be all sorts of trouble.
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    I've just taken delivery of a 2008 American Standard P Bass. It's the best quality US Fender I've owned and it sounds amazing. I'm not sure why I've told you this but I had to tell someone. I told my wife but she doesn't care. You probably don't either. My point? Yeah, that's right. I'm Brad. PS Sod off Clarky!!
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    I THINK it was after Owwwowww Julie, so it's a later model (given to him personally by Victor Kayam)
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