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  1. LukeFRC
    Ive got a 1991 SS1 and a lovely 1985 Thumb. I don't need any other basses. (well except the BB1200 I've sitting in the spare room)
  2. LukeFRC
    [quote name='Bradwell' timestamp='1418137773' post='2627230'] Getting into the minutiae of detail - types of wood are going to affect the tone, so is the grain direction, having a nicely tight fit on the neck pocket, how the wood has been dried out, the thickness of nitrocellulose laquer, playing with sweaty palms etc. Go based on a personal preference and general consensus - I like the feel of maple necks, not keen on rosewood, jazz profile for bass and a soft V for 6 string electrics. [b]Mahogany necks are too heavy to give a good balance on most guitars[/b] and as much as I'd love to have the time & funds to experiment with building necks from exotic woods... I don't. [/quote] Mr Les Paul must have got it wrong somewhere!!!
  3. LukeFRC
    More than the non custom Foderas... and the prices on them get people riled up on basschat more than preferential cab handles.... secondhand is the way to go!
  4. LukeFRC
    The bigger the stage the smaller the rig you actually need. Get big enough and a di box would be big enough
  5. LukeFRC
    I think I tried this exact bass - nice instrument it is too!
  6. LukeFRC
    He's a good guy artisan. Buy with confidence
  7. LukeFRC
    That looks monsterous!
  8. LukeFRC
    what a bargain!
  9. LukeFRC
    [quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1417876447' post='2624776'] I was going to say what cabs are being used with it..... and would agree with the Berg match-up.. Also works well with DB cabs, IME.. [/quote] aguilar DB cabs?
  10. LukeFRC
    [quote name='gadgie' timestamp='1417780847' post='2623917'] Gee all this talk of big heavy rigs is making me consider chopping in my PJB stuff and getting BIG stuff. [/quote] ....I've seen the weight of PJB cabs! Not lightweight in the slightest! [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1417871254' post='2624717'] Again, my 2p. You can't just play big or old gear and get a better sound. It takes more than that. You can sound just as bad with "old school" gear as you can with modern gear, and a lot of the "old school" gear guys do not make the most of their sound. Having good ears is better than having good gear. I've heard so many guys with vintage gear, thinking they are the mutts nuts because this what the original guys played, and they usually don't sound half as good as they think they are. IMO old gear is mostly just old gear. Most of the music played in the first 20 years of Rock sounded pretty average, so I don't get any warm feeling when I see old gear. The strength of back then was what the guys played on that gear. As the gear has got better the creativity of musicians has dropped off. But that might be a different thread. [/quote] being a good player is better than having good gear. Lets face it, in the majority of cases, if you couldn't do the job straight into the desk with the venues spare DI box, then no amount of gear is going to help you.
  11. LukeFRC
    and you mean boutique rather than bouquet but never mind!
  12. LukeFRC
    [quote name='spacey' timestamp='1417868504' post='2624679'] The cash extraction fashion for what can only be described as boutique or designer equipment is in full swing at the present times. Fancy "driver" pedals that are just re-hashed over drive/ distortion boxes, amps with tweed coverings that are still "just amps" Bass cabs with speakers in wooden boxes that cost 5x what similar speakers in wooden boxes do with fancy Italian names that would be far better suited to a birds designer Italian Leather handbag. They are either a lot of folk with far more money than sense trying to kid themselves it "sounds better" or bass players are losing a sense of value. Most of it is churned straight out from Chinese assembly plants for pennies a go. Anyone else find the Womans handbag craze thats applied to bass gear slightly bemusing. Having seen a 2x12 cab for £1200 that is just two eminence (re-labelled) 12" £75 drivers in a plywood box, I must say, baffled who would fall for such obvious marketing ploys is my personal bemusement. That and it has never even seen Italy in its life. Handbags and glad-rags and bass gear.... [/quote] *Shrug* go make your own then, that's my plan.
  13. LukeFRC
    bump!
  14. LukeFRC
    Price: £350 plus postage if needed. ACME B2 - wee 3 way 2x10 that actually can reproduce the fundamental of your B string. So much low end and super flat hi-fi response- there is nothing else on the market that can go this low or sound so good. Great condition, no creases on the speakers or anything like that and from a good smoke free home The trade off with the low end is that is compared to either Fearful or Barefaced's "Big" line it doesn't have quite the sensitivity they do - what it does have is is a much much flatter more hi-fi signal and you can just hear that theres so much more bottom end. I tried it with a friends midi synth bass and it sounded awesome. I'm still not 100% that I want to let this go so feel free to make offers lower than my asking price or trade offers but I may say no. I fancy a change and if anyone wants one of theses it's here. I'ld happily keep it though - a brilliantly engineered cab. Made in the USA www.acmebass.com for more info. I'm in leeds. Its the box at the bottom of this photo.
  15. LukeFRC
    Price £850 ono or trade.... Here we have an excellent example of one of the best solid state amps ever made. Made by Dave Funk in the USA with a attention to detail and design, for example it uses a El iron transformer rather than a [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Toroidal[/font][/color] as he feels it sounds better, look on www.thunderfunk.com for more sales type speak.... It's flexible, between the enhance and timbre controls you can sculpt your tone, and if thats not enough you've got a bass and treble and a 4 band semi parametric Eq. And man the punch and power behind each note from the power section is awesome - notes have a real weight behind them in a way I didn't experience with my class D amps I've had (can of worms opened, sorry!) design wise it follows on from the AMP/Gibson line that also spawned SWR and Eden. Obvious differences is the lack of valve pre that SWR and Eden use and also it's not a mass produced amp! In great condition, in a the pictured hard case and with a recent service report from the previous owner. so why am I selling? Well the Thunderfunk has always been a holy grail amp for me that I've had GAS for for ages. When I was offered a trade (with me adding money) for my Hellborg pre I jumped on it! Annoyingly... I don't know what it is, but I'm not gelling with it at all as an amp - it sounds great.... but just not quite "my sound" using my Warwicks. Not a problem with it with the BB1200 but seeing as my 'wicks are my main two basses.... I've tried hard in the last month to get used to it but... nope. So it's up for sale or trade. Tradewise I'm open for offers, I kinda know vaguely where I want to go amp wise but ask, I can only say no! I'm in Leeds and can post or drive a reasonable distance. (will be in Essex/London for christmas) More photos or questions just ask....
  16. LukeFRC
    This isnt talkbass you know!!!! :-D
  17. LukeFRC
    gosh that's nice!
  18. LukeFRC
    [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1417631363' post='2622484'] Mm, the problem is that with bass gear you're up against the laws of physics. [/quote] what he said....
  19. LukeFRC
    [quote name='kulit17' timestamp='1417438825' post='2620294'] don't think anyone knows. your guess is as good as mine, but after being scrutinized on how much this particular bass was originally purchased for by the OP and the OP not providing pics or further details on this bass, it may be safe to say W3457 went into protective custody....such a shame too [/quote] im a bit lost...
  20. LukeFRC
    i'm not sure a 60s style P with flats will ever sound like an active Traben - and the Traben will never nail the P bass thing either. What you have just discovered, in time for christmas, is a reason to get another bass.... or two.
  21. LukeFRC
    rest looks kosher to me. It's a meddled with JV
  22. LukeFRC
    I tried one in a shop. I liked. I probably would have changed the pups and pre to make it amazing but good feel
  23. LukeFRC
    actually possibly not be the same series? what does the back of the headstock have on it?
  24. LukeFRC
    I had the blue version of the same FSR series. Great bass - mine had alder body I think. Kinda miss it. Yours is red so a lot better!
  25. LukeFRC
    [quote name='Oldman' timestamp='1417054406' post='2616699'] Hartke cabs? [/quote] +1
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