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  1. Interesting to hear a lack of love for the Mono. Its been my #1 strap for around 5 years and hasn't slipped once
  2. I have just fitted a set of the new S-Locks to my Dingwall and I'm really impressed! The old design did suffer from loosening and rattling, and these do solve both the issues. I quite like the one piece button/screw, but surely imagine they won't just slot into every bass. I 100% have had to use different sized screws to fit Schaller locks to some basses in the past. But, fitted the Dingwall like a glove. Hex key rather than Philips head much better for me, like the Schaller of old. Lock wheel is bulky compared to the nut of the previous design, but its much more secure without any 'hacks', and the longer thread makes it so much easier to get anything but a rag strap on. The rattle is gone! The only concern (so far unfounded) I have with the design is that, because it is somewhat snugger to the button when fitted and because the button and screw are one piece, whether it is possible the strap button will loosen over time. We'll see. Overall, big improvement to what was already the best locking system available, but we'll see how tight everything is after a gig
  3. Richter sold, mono still available.
  4. @D'Addario UK will the 4 string sets fit a 4 string Dingwall? Understand that they have a max length of 36.25 inches, but that's the exact length of the Dingwall e so wanted to make sure it would definitely fit!
  5. Have couple of bass straps going spare, they are:- Mono Betty Strap - in black, good condition with a little wear, gigged with for maybe a year or so, before I had to get a shorter strap for some proggy nonsense 😂. Had a Schaller lock fitted all its life. £20 plus couple of quid postage. Richter Buffalo Leather strap - this one is a few years old but is in good condition as has not been used much, always had a schaller or Dunlop lock fitted, some indentation from this I think. This is a real deal Richter, shipped with a Warwick I ordered new from the dealer 2014 Ish. Retail on this at the time was around £150 (!!) something special about the leather maybe, I don't know, but to be fair there is a lot of it. Feels like a regular strap to me but there you go! Not sure what the equivilant strap is now, perhaps beaver tail. SOLD
  6. Selling a Cali76 CB in great condition with just a few marks on the sides, Perfect working order. Blurb Here's What Origin Effects Say About The Cali76 Bass The Cali76 Compact Bass is an 1176-style studio-grade FET compressor, complete with dedicated controls for parallel compression and side-chain filtering. We’ve taken everything that was great about the original Cali76, added new features optimised for bass and compressed the whole lot down into a pedalboard-friendly package! In addition to this pedal’s low-noise circuitry and fast, musical FET response, two special features lift the Cali76 Compact Bass above the competition. The first is the Dry Blend control, which lets you mix your dry signal back in with your compressed signal for true parallel compression, an indispensable studio recording technique. By combining the compressed and dry signals, you get all of the tone thickening and increased sensitivity of the Cali76’s 1176-style compression, while retaining the natural attack and dynamic expression in your playing. It’s the ultimate in transparent compression – both fat and punchy at the same time. This pedal’s second secret weapon is also culled from the studio engineer’s handbook. The Cali76 Compact Bass allows you to rein in the amount of compression applied to the lowest frequencies via a variable-frequency high-pass filter placed in the compressor’s side-chain. With the HPF control dialed in, the compression ratio effectively becomes frequency dependent. The low strings come back to life, adopting an extra weightiness, power and dynamic response, while the higher strings are strictly controlled, preventing slapped and popped notes from leaping out of the mix. This unique bass compressor is like having your own studio engineer sat on your pedalboard! Specifications 100% Class-A discrete signal path Classic, ultra fast “FET” response Studio-grade discrete-transistor preamp Combined Attack/Release control Dedicated Ratio control Dry Blend control for parallel compression Variable-frequency sidechain filter (HPF) control Rugged jewel-lamp gain reduction metering Optimised for bass but can process any source High-current, low-noise electronics Ultra-wide frequency response Ultra-high input impedance Silent switching High-quality “signal-conditioning” bypass mode Premium components throughout Advanced power supply filtering and protection Flexible external power requirements (9-18V DC) PSU Spec. 78mA @ 9V / 103mA @ 18V Designed and built in England Price includes UK shipping.
  7. 4,400 Euros with the SD pre according to their price list, so I think we can give him that
  8. **Please refrain from making any trade offers in the thread, all such offers should be made by Private Message only.**
  9. Looks lovely
  10. Still much want, still much need
  11. '89 NT 4, Dunlop Nickle Super Bright 105s
  12. Yeah man, Thumbed up for over a year again now, many a gig and now an album to show for it
  13. Id suggest you try cleaning it before doing that, as all youll be doing is locking the grime in. Very fine grade wire wool works a treat.
  14. Yup, standard MEC gold pickups and preamps, but doubt you'll get a 3 band on a GPS, likely just 2
  15. It gets messy. GPS are the budget german built basses, previously built in Korea. No brass, cheaper woods etc. Build quality will still be excellent, but the 2006 model was top of the range at the time. Id go for the GPS, but only if its priced well.
  16. I'd actually expand on a direct answer to the OP and say they really upped their game with the 2013 instruments. They brought back wenge alongside the IFT and luminescent dots, thinner neck, state of the art machinery and a real reduction in number of top end basses due really made a difference, the new instruments are as high quality as anything available. The vintage have their handmade charm and I love them, but the standards of the new basses are very, very high.
  17. Anything early 00s and I'll easily believe it, but the removable truss rod instruments, I could always easily get back bow so relief would never have been an issue, possibly fret issue or some qc with bridge depth?
  18. Interesting. My thumb can get ridiculously low, far lower than I could be comfortable playing! They are a bit different to set up right, particularly the older ones.
  19. Id change the range 1997 - 2009 There were some gems made during that time, but all the stereotype negatives come from basses built during this time, especially early 00s. Baseball bats, bendy necks, ridiculous nut designs, neck dive etc . All things the vintage golden era models and new models do not suffer from!
  20. Description updated (thanks Dyersave for clarifying a few more things!). 😁
  21. Have a bump for a stunning instrument!!
  22. GAS for a bass I can't have is fecking ANNOYING 😂

    1. Show previous comments  4 more
    2. HazBeen

      HazBeen

      Knew it.... 

    3. Dood

      Dood

      Yeah I'm working through this too.. though I feel I may suffer the consequences through future bread and water sustenance! 

    4. Marc S

      Marc S

      GAS is indeed annoying - but it keeps my salivary glands in good working order :)

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