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Just continue the road to its end - someone's already sorted your merch too! 

"You're better than this!"

We weren't.

Took this in trade earlier this week, it's everything I'm looking for,  but spending time with it has confirmed that I really am a 5 string player.  It pushes all my buttons but I keep hitting the wrong strings!

• P/J config - vintage P pickup, Seymour Duncan J pickup for extra hotness. Pickup toggle switch.
• Blizzard pearl finish, like a pearlescent aged oly white.  Looks amazing.
• Modern C shape neck.
• Rosewood neck with pearloid block inlays. '12' inlay at the 12th fret.
• Hipshot D tuner.
• Black hardware.
• TBX tone circuit - acts as a normal control from 0-6 o'clock, then as a bass/treble boost from 6-12.
• Skull & crossbones neck plate - no garish sig model branding.

Made in 2019 and bought in 2020, this bass is only a few months old and has barely left the house due to lockdown.  It's in great condition, I've given it a good once over and the only thing I can see is a bit of pick rash on the guard.  The finish is pristine. Weight is about 4.1kg using the bathroom scales method.

No trades thanks, unless you've got a Barefaced Four 10 plus some cash.

Collection from Sale, South Manchester. Postage available in a generic gig bag & box at buyer's cost & risk.

A couple of interesting trade offers but still here type bump.

Needs must, so here's my none more black Stingray 5 stealth for sale.  Now £1050 including UK postage.

Sounds monstrous, looks awesome.  Low action and plays really nicely. I had this strung with DR neons for a while which really popped on stage and proved popular with the punters.

Here it is in action at a 'recorded rehearsal' last October.

Great condition, a couple of small dings - headstock and back of the body which I've shown in the pics.  Currently sporting a rather fetching Manchester bee sticker on the back.  I can remove or leave depending on buyer's preference.

Weighs 4.65kg but balances very nicely.

34" scale.

String spacing is 18mm (I think).  Looked that way when I measured it.

I can post at buyer's risk in a well used gig bag and bass box.  It will be well packaged.  Price includes standard UK shipping.

Socially distant trial & collection from Sale, South Manchester also available.

Mine arrived the week before lockdown. Still haven't had a chance to try it with the band. 

Bah!

Just now, walshy said:

Got 2 gigs confirmed today, both outdoor Festivals which is pretty cool. Been able to use rehearsal rooms for weeks, all marked out for social distancing. Thankfully it looks like things are starting to move, until the stinky poo hits the fan that is.

Our rehearsal rooms are open, but only 2 households per room max, so that rules us out.

1 minute ago, Muppet said:

If you check my post two back the bit in bold tells you the official date - 11th July. 

That'll teach me not to scroll! 😉

Outdoor gigs allowed soon. No official date but it looks like the middle of the month.

The wording looks like rehearsal rooms will be able to open soon too.

BBC News - Coronavirus: Pools, gyms, team sport and outdoor gigs to return
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53355001

Just the one, out of the way on the back.

Our rehearsal studio is still saying max 2 households in a room. 😭

😍

Dave bought some pickups from me.  Superb to deal with. Thanks.

Not a lot of overlap, but here's the Jump The Shark set list for our last gig before lockdown. There's the odd non 80s tune in there (every time we drop The Chain someone requests it) but the whole point is an 80s themed set.

One
Kids In America
You Give Love A Bad Name
Edge Of Seventeen - Eye Of The Tiger
The Chain
Roxanne
Gold
Run To You
Papa Don’t Preach
Black Velvet
Turn Back Time
Hammer To Fall
Call Me
Rio
Does Your Mother Know

Two
Maniac
Holding Out For A Hero
Hanging On The Telephone
(Drop D) Fat Bottomed Girls
She Bangs The Drums
We Built This City
Under Pressure
Here I Go Again
Video Killed The Radio Star
The One And Only
Take On Me
Hungry Like The Wolf / Danger Zone
Cuddly Toy
Footloose
I Think We’re Alone Now
Town Called Malice
Dead Ringer For Love

Encore
The Best
Livin’ On A Prayer

Almost new set of Detroit flatwound strings from the Bass Centre. 45 -105.

Bought for a P bass that didn't hang around long. Played for maybe an hour total.

Trimmed the ends a bit when putting them on but I left plenty of winding around the tuning peg.

£20 posted.

57 minutes ago, MisterT said:

🤣

May I enquire as to where you got it?

It was my mum's. It had been in the house as long as I can remember.  When my first child was born she gave it to us with the idea that we could cut the legs down and use it as a feeding/story chair.  We got it re-covered at the same time.  I've got pics of both my kids from tiny babies on that chair (including possibly my favourite of them both together - see below) and I've spent countless hours sat there with them on my knee reading to them.

Basses come & go, but that chair is going nowhere.

2 hours ago, MisterT said:

B) That chair.

Thank you, I can confirm that it can handle some serious bottom end.

As posted on the Sandberg thread but I've waited a few days before posting as a NBD to give me time to have a good fettle and explore with this bass, and I'm delighted with it.

Bought on here from WillGatesBass after a few weeks of returning to the for sale boards to perv at it.

6 months old, matt virgin white, sandberg pre and pickups.  A shade under 4kg.

It's beautifully put together and looks the absolute business.  Controls are very sensitive, a little goes a long way.

I love the shallow neck and the action is really low, makes it super easy to play.  Can't wait until I'm allowed to play out with the band to try it out live.

Also a shout out to Eurosender. Insured delivery in about 24 hours for less than £30.

I bought WIll's Sandberg.  Excellent communication throughout.  A very easy & friendly transaction.

Thanks,

Andy

37 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

My VM4 is now my goto bass for everything. With a little bass boost and everything else flat (or mid point) it simply has the tone i've been looking for. If i want a little more mid bite i touch the pan towards the MM pick up. Likewise if i need that more P sounding bass a little touch towards the P pick up. I never need to move things much to get what i need for a song. I use it for all style of music. Its taken over from my Jazz as my Goto bass............at the moment.

Dave

I've spent a couple of hours with it now and discovered just this. The controls are pretty sensitive and a little bit goes a long way. I'm very much enjoying having a p pickup back in the mix.

46 minutes ago, Cuzzie said:

Badass

Good man and congrats

Thanks Cuzzie.  More detail for anyone interested:

California II VM5 in satin virgin white with a matched headstock.

Sandberg electronics and pickups. Paulownia fingerboard.

First impressions compared to my Stingray are:

• A lot lighter. 3.95kg compared to 4.65kg.  700g doesn't seem like a lot, but boy is it noticable.
• Much more compact body.
• Shallower neck profile.  Much more like my old Maruszczyk. Immediately easy to play.
• Fantastic low action, lower than I can get on the Ray, not by much though.

Plugging in I was a bit confused, it sounded muffled, however I swapped the strings (tuning pegs felt perfect, just the right weight/resistance) to my preferred brand and that sorted it out.  I can't get tones immediately articulate or usable as I can with the ray, but I think I need a bit of time with the 2 band to find my sweet spot.  It's fantastically well built and I can see what the fuss is about.

Here it is with the Stingray, just because I can.  I've come over all monochrome, must be time for a gold sparkle thunderbird next!

I'd been umming and ahhing about @willgatesbass' California VM5 on the for sale boards and this thread tipped me over the edge!

So, NBD. First impressions are very, very good indeed.

Here's the original email.

You have to click 'head here for more info' to get to the page that @MacDaddy posted. 

Here's the rest of that secondary page.

Just now, gjones said:

My cunning plan is to hire a generator, ask a local farmer if I can borrow their field, get the whole band to rehearse, in the field, well over 2m apart and Bob's yer uncle!

We could play all day and it would only cost whatever the hire price for the generator was.

We could have a picnic!

 

Yep, we've had the discussion about who's neighbours would appreciate a free gig most if we did a back garden rehearsal! Mind you, after 10 weeks off the quality might be, erm, variable.....

16 minutes ago, MacDaddy said:

So unless the band all live together, only one person is allowed to be in the rehearsal room!

 

We got that email too. You have to click through to find that point about one person per room. The first page is all 'we are opening!'. The restriction isn't made very obvious to say the least.

Pirate studios are usually unmanned though, so how will they know?