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  1. thats true Ras. Its only in recent years i've settled on 40-100, and i've had that bass for over 20 years, so it'll probably be fine. I'll get some 45-105s and I'm sure I can use them for something - playing with uber floppy tuned down strings just sounds and feels a bit crap
  2. My Gibson t shirt is brillaint quality - hasn't faded or shrunk. Must be an original 1950s one then.
  3. Only ever tried Epiphone and Tokai versions until quite recently, and found them pretty hard work - weighed a tonne, fairly uninspiring sound and cumbersome to play. Looked immense tho. Then I got a chance to try a real thunderbird at the Midlands Bass Bash, and it was fantastic - slim, responsive, and actually pretty lightweight in comparison to the boat anchors I'd played before. I need to spend more time getting my head round thunderbirds, as secretly I still think they're epic basses and by far the coolest looking instruments in the universe.
  4. Cheers Norris Yeah your T Bird and Rick both felt comfortable to play with 45-105s from what I recall. I hadn't thought about the nut issue either. Bugger. Nothing's simple is it!
  5. It's a shame tho innit? I always loved the look and mythology of Gibsons, even though at the end of the day I didn't get on with them as much as Fenders etc. I briefly had a Gibson with a terrible rough, dry fretboard with machining marks on it - didn't look like it had been finished properly at all. Shame as the guitar itself was quite nice and resonant, but fretboard did my head in. My regular guitar repairman, whose valuable opinion and experience I often seek if in doubt, said he'd seen plenty like it on recent Gibson models, which he thought was pretty dire considering their price and reputation. But I think the company has lost it's way a bit lately - the 2015 models, with robot tuners, strange neck profiles and lower frets etc are just a bit too odd for me. I guess they can't go on forever making 1958-1960 Les Pauls etc, but I think they've gone off the boil a bit.
  6. [color=#000000][font=Calibri, sans-serif] [url="http://gawker.com/gibson-guitar-is-a-remarkably-unpopular-company-1713072808?utm_campaign=socialflow_gawker_facebook&utm_source=gawker_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow"]http://gawker.com/gibson-guitar-is-a-remarkably-unpopular-company-1713072808?utm_campaign=socialflow_gawker_facebook&utm_source=gawker_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow[/url][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Calibri, sans-serif] Story claiming things are terrible at Gibson, that the company is run terribly badly and that the products are suffering.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Calibri, sans-serif] I'm not entirely surprised by the build quality concerns - I've played some very good Gibsons, but also some with really bad finishing/fretwork etc, which isn't the end of the world, but not really on when you spend £1,500+ on a guitar which immediately needs a new nut or fret dress.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Calibri, sans-serif] Especially when bass manufacturers like Sandberg, who are neither massive nor boutique, can get such things very right on an instrument of the same price, if the makers care enough to do so.[/font][/color]
  7. Thanks all - i reckon i'll get away with a 45-105 set for the E flat gig then. you never know, i might even get to like them!
  8. cool. yeah i sometimes tune down to D for a couple of tunes on my 40-100 set and its not the greatest fat low D on earth by any means! Hopefully the string tension of some 45-105 tuned to E flat should be about the same as the regular 40-100 at A440.
  9. hi all got to dep for a band next month which uses e flat tuning, down a half step from concert pitch. I use 40-100 strings, which are a bit too floppy when tuned down. I know for guitar, roughly one half step down = one string gauge up, but they come in such small increments (0.10, 0.11 etc) For bass, is it roughly the same - i.e. moving straight on to 45-105, or even heavier? I don't really want to alter my action or set up too much as they're beautifully set up for concert pitch. any thoughts?
  10. Hello I've got a pack of brand new unopened Schaller strap locks in chrome. They were a bit of an impulse buy to be honest at the start of this month and they been in my parts drawer since then, so looking to get back some of the cost. As the pic shows, they were £13.99 new three weeks ago, so how does £12 posted sound?
  11. Weekend bump This is a genuinely really useful, reliable PA and I'm only selling it cos I can't really justify having two PA systems! The desk itself sells new for around £500-£600, and rigging up two more speakers to this to get the full 4ohm load from both amps will give a seriously loud bit of kit. If it doesn't sell it'll end up being hooked up to my front room stereo, which wouldn't be a bad thing at all (tho my neighbours mightn't be too chuffed...)
  12. PRICE DROP bump - £6 posted anyone? That's basically a scratch plate for a fiver plus postage....
  13. Hello, [s]I've got a set of nearly new Rotosound jazz bass Monel 77 flatwound strings for sale. Gauge 40-60-80-100. Long scale. I bought them about a fortnight ago, fitted them to a bass for about three days and took them off again. Decided to stick with round wounds. I don't need them now as all my other basses wear round wounds already. As a result they're in as near as poss to new condition. Theyre cut for a fender precision ( 4 a side headstock) so should fit most basses. After £17 posted to try to get back some of the £34 I spent on them. Will get some pics up if needed, but basically it's a pack of four strings....[/s] Cheers SOLD!
  14. NOW SOLD Hello I'm selling a full PA which I no longer need. It's a Soundcraft Gigrac 1000 powered mixer, and a pair of Ohm RW2 passive speakers. It's been used for a good few acoustic solo/duo and small band gigs, and kept in a smoke-free and pet-free home. The Gigrac 1000 is a 1000w amp, putting out of 2x500w at 4ohms, or 2x300w at 8 ohms. You can select to run it all into front of house, or split to have 500w out front and 500w into monitors. It's got 8 inputs, usual eq for each, two graphic EQs ( for main and monitor mix), 10 digital effects (various delays, reverb and chorus etc). The whole thing is enclosed in a plastic moulded carrying case, which can be taken off in order to rack mount the desk if preferred. The desk itself is in very good condition, with the plastic outer case showing some scuffs but no cracks or damage. The pair of Ohm speakers are UK made, housing a single 12 inch speaker and a tweeter. Both cabinets are 8 ohm, carpet covered and with a metal grille and quite heavy duty plastic corner pieces which connect to stack them. One of the speaker cabinets is a slightly older model than the other, in terms of the logo on the back panel etc. The newer one is hand written as 200w, the older one as 150w, tho they look and sound identical in use, so I'm not sure how accurate that is. The marks on photo next to the speakon input are on the printed info surface, and aren't cracks or splits in the casing itself. They sound fine paired with the PA putting out 300w a side at 8ohm, although for a very loud band you might want to add on two more 8ohm speakers to get the full juice out of it. Also included in the sale are two heavy duty Speakon leads ( one long, and one extremely long; ie longer than my entire house and most of garden!) kettle lead and a photo copy of the manual from the Soundcraft website. All in all a good PA for small to medium gigs, or for bigger gigs if run at the full 4ohm load with two additional speakers. Given the size and weight of it I'm not planning to post it, but happy to meet within reasonable distance of Leicester. It's also for sale elsewhere so may sell locally Feel free to PM me with any questions I haven't covered.
  15. Bump for this scratchplate. Someone make me a sensible offer as its doing no good here without a jazz bass to attach it to!
  16. Great price for a great guitar. Baffled why this hasn't sold.
  17. Hi Steff. Yes no problem. They look to be 18.5 mm wide, 12.5 mm deep and about 8.5mm high, from the bottom of the bit which fits into the base unit to the top of the grooved section. The central section which fits into the Badass bridge base unit it approx 7mm wide, central to the saddle itself. They definitely fit Badass II and Badass III bridges so can't see why they wouldn't work on Badass V too. All the height adjustment screws and Allen key are in perfect nick too as the saddles were only very briefly to my bass. Drop me a PM if you want them and we'll go from there.
  18. Heres my red 1970 tort You're right tho Geek99 - there's loads of variation in tort plates.
  19. [quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1434144089' post='2797207'] Sorry - but it looks cheap to me & judging by the close up around the jack socket it doesn't look very well cut either, I'd suggest you didn't pay a lot for it [/quote] That's a fair point about the cutouts looking a bit scruffy - I was more thinking about the colour to be honest, which looks ok to me.
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