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  1. fretmeister
    I am looking for trades for Shortscale basses only. Ideally a Sandberg Lionel - in a standard colour (I can't afford an aged one), maybe with some cash from me depending on spec (Removed the Mustang as a trade. Can't be dealing with neck dive) But whatever the trade is it MUST weigh under 7.5lb / 3.4kg. No exceptions I'm afraid. Lower would be even better. So trades will have to be in person and I will bring my scales! This is a Fender American Special Precision. It dates from 2013. The Specials have a slightly thinner body leading to a lower weight and the neck is also a bit thinner front to back compared to a modern P. The Specials also had more basic tuning heads and a BBOT bridge. Overall it is in pretty good condition but there are some little dings and marks that I have tried to photograph. Nothing that has gone through the paint so I'm sure it could be T-cut out if you like that sort of thing. Nothing visible unless you are really close up. It had previously had some Hipshot Ultralites fitted but they have now been removed and the bass is back to stock. For each tuner there is an extra hole on the back of the headstock that was used for mounting the Hipshots but they are hidden by the rest of the stock tuner. With 1 exception... Next to the E string tuner there is a tiny little hole on the front. Maybe 1.5mm You guessed it - when I installed the Hipshots the drill slipped and came through the front. I am sure that a toothpick glued in and sanded down would make it invisible, but as I'm not a carpenter I've left it as is. It currently has a nice low action and is easy to play. It has the "Greasebucket" tone circuit. Whatever that actually is. It's just a Vol and Tone to me! It is currently strung with Thomastik Ti Flats that are nicely settled in. Video with flats (Helix audio) Video with roundwounds (iPhone only) I am only looking for trades for a Lionel or a straight sale. I'm in Northants just off the A5 a few miles north of Towcester. ta. ***SOLD AND GONE***
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    Anyone got a Mustang PJ? Any good? Any headstock dive?
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    Nothing’s worth it. Bass is just a way of passing the time until the sweet release of death.
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    I can read, but 99% of the cover bands I’ve been in have done it the traditional way. Working it out by listening to the album a billion times. Properly arranged sheet music for top 40 covers isn’t very common because the players are usually relying on tab. Even official tab books are wrong half the time.
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    I can’t think of anything more boring than playing everything identically to a record. Most bands who wrote the originals don’t even do that.
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    I’d like an 8 string too.
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    Whatever Leo says it was.
  9. fretmeister
    I really like the idea, but tonal needs vary massively from metal to jazz to me.
  10. fretmeister
    Bump Price drop to £400.
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    Well… it seems a Sandberg Superlight can be ordered with a 30 inch scale! So I’m guessing that’s it’s also possible to order a Lionel with the Superlight woods. That’s settled my next bass!
  12. fretmeister
    My 32 is in BEAD. Its all about getting the right strings.
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    I play with a piano player, 2 bari saxes, and a trombone. (and the rest of the band) That's a lot of congestion at the low end. It all comes down to the arrangement. Sometimes that is everybody playing the same thing, sometimes it's completely different parts. For that band I'm usually using a Duck Dunn sort of tone. Not much really low bass, but with a lot of low and medium mids. Not much treble. I figure that if Duck worked it out then that was the right way to go!
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    Good spot! I'll have to send them an email to see what the prices are.
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    I've had both. I much preferred the Neotech. I have them on most of my instruments.
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    It is a great video. Unless it's for something specific like Steve Harris or Billy Sheehan tones I'm also of the view that a P bass with the tone up full is a bit crap. When I play mine (with ti flats) I take the Duck Dunn approach and have the tone at about 50%-60% so I've got a bit of movement both ways to adjust for the room on the fly. I'd love to get a 4 string Stingray (I had a 5 string) but the specials have wider nuts than the previous version and they are too wide for me, and the chances of finding one with an SLO neck that is under 7.5lb appear to be non-existent. So I will just have to put up with that.
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    I had a baritone bitsa for a while. It was great fun but at the same time I found myself not really knowing what to do with it. I just seemed to play guitar stuff a lot lower!
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    This post has been sponsored by EBMM!
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    I'm aware that Wamoth and others make guitar scale conversion necks, but does anyone make bass ones? Just curious really as I have a P bass that I was thinking about doing a neck swap on, to put a jazz neck on it, and then it just occurred to me that a shorter scale might be nice too. Any ideas?
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    I was thinking the good old Halford's spray can approach to seal it and then cover it in stickers.
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    Tried them. Liked them. Then got annoyed that they didn't sound like something else. And then I got annoyed that the next set didn't sound like... etc etc etc
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    Strings are my weakness. Always swapping them. I bet I've spent more on strings than on pedals. Probably one of the reasons I really hate bridges where the string has to be threaded though it rather than a top loader!
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    Ye gods. And I thought buying a Bongo 6 string was ridiculous!
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    What's the weight please?
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    And the other plug too. It changes the “flat” EQ curve on the preamp to slightly reduce the mids and increase top end presence.
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