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LukeFRC

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    Bit tired of amps for sale

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    my advice would be to highlight the title of the amp

    press ctrl+c (cmd+c on macs)
    then in the searchbar at the top of your browser
    press ctrl+v
    press enter.

    that wasn't that hard was it?
    Plus if you're not doing your research into 'what it is' how on earth do you know if you're paying the right price???

    Very low output from Jazz with both pups on.

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    [quote name='dave_bass5' post='946949' date='Sep 6 2010, 10:13 AM']Another basic question.

    I ran out of solder last night so need to pop to Maplins to get some more today. The stuff i had was the lead free variety. Is this a good one to use or should i be using something else?

    This is what ive been using
    [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=43001&OrderCode=N34BJ#spec"]Solder[/url]

    Cheers.[/quote]

    I used maplins lead free stuff for my pedal builds, I ran out and went to a old local store and he sold me a roll of old lead solder. Much better- it has a lower melting point so you can use less and get neater joints. With the maplin stuff i found i could only get it to melt onto the iron rather than heat the parts and melt it into that.

    Bizarre Trade Offers!?

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    [quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='946351' date='Sep 5 2010, 04:49 PM']I was selling a 1971 MGB GT Chrome bumpers,Tax exempt with a full years MOT and a dealer said he was prepared to "take a gamble and buy it unseen" and send his mechanic with a trailer to collect it for £950! I think F and Off were in the reply :)

    Have you noticed when you put a great deal out there to get it sold quick thats when you get the most people messing you around? I sold my 90's Bass collection SB320 with a fitted case for £200 and the guy faffed about with it for an hour, £699 new or £200 in good condition take it or leave it mate...[/quote]

    because if you are in the market for a £200 bass you are likely to know less than if you have £700 to spend?


    I sold a 1991 warwick streamer (bluey), it was on basschat at the pretty low price of £700 or something, which was cheap and £100 more than I had bought it for off warwickhunt the year before.
    No takers so I stuck it on Gumtree for £1000.
    Guy gets in touch, pretty eager tells me he knows all about basses and would like to come and see it.
    So he comes around, mentioned he had seen another one on gumtree for £400, (which I don't tell him I had bought and stuck in my flatmates room) so he sits there playing for a bit. (not very well) and rather than come in with a offer, just asks "whats the best price you can do on it"- well I had been prepared to go lower, down to £600 if needs be, but I say £750 without the case, £800 with. I fair whack off what he had come to see it at.

    So he mutters, first about it not being a fitted case (it was fine) then about a few dings it had. I'm like it's a 18 year old bass, what do you expect, go buy a new one if thats what you want. (which would cost a bit more than £800) and then leaves saying he doesnt want anything that damaged.
    Ok fine, i don't *need* to sell.
    Then comes a text "ill give you £400 mate"
    no
    "ill give you £450 and a rockbass"
    no
    "ill give you £500 and a jap squire" now this if he had offered it to start i would have taken, but he had pissed me off by now and I told him I didnt need to sell it and i would just stick it under my bed to appreciate or give it to my brother
    "ill give you £650"
    by which point i ignored him,

    the next day "sorry i was being an idiot, ill give you £800 for it"
    so i made him come to meet me at work (a coffee shop) where my boss was built like a tank covered in iron maiden tattoos. Funnily he paid up and took this bass he wanted so much.

    Two days later it was on ebay at £1200.

    He eventually shifted it for £675.... I smiled a bit at that.

    SOLD, PENDING US-made G&L

    in Basses For Sale

    Posted

    A bit of research and I recognised the bass from the pic you've put up, used to belong to guizziebear (or something). I bought a acoustic guitar off him and had a play on this G&L- my word it's a fantastic fantastic bass. It was like a P bass would be if you redesigned it 20 years after inventing it.
    If I didn't have a great P bass I would have this off you in a snap!

    Fender TV Twelve Bassman Tweed - Reduced!

    in Amps and Cabs For Sale

    Posted

    [quote name='bigsmokebass' post='920253' date='Aug 10 2010, 04:29 AM']I played the 350w versions as i REALLY wanted to splash out on one, i personally thought they would cope well with small - med venues due to the size and power of these beasts and the music i played but i think the 150 ver is ideal for a loud jam at home or a moderate gig at a small venue.

    possibly more so ideal for an acoustic set???[/quote]

    play anything bigger and i would have thought you would take a line out or mic the cab anyway so I would have thought you would be fine!

    Guitar shop observations....

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    I think another thing is that pretty much everything I've had has had a rolled fingerboard- this makes a difference.
    I think it is mainly the neck I'm reacting too to be honest, it was a funny shape (very clubby when compared to my flat P bass or smaller warwick) and not that nice.
    The body was perfect in terms of finish, it felt quite thick though, but thats the same on the jap instruments I've had.

    Guitar shop observations....

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    So I went round a few guitar shops today and tried out a couple of jazz basses... a strange experience- here are my observations....

    - the shop i went to is great, and I couldn't fault the staff, they got me what I wanted and gave me time to play about.

    - put a bass in my hands and I forget all the little lines I know! Yes i know it doesn't help you hear the bass but I must have sounded like a muppet!

    - appalling set ups- now I can play pretty much anything, I tend to have quite a high action- but I realised today there is a difference between high action and a bad set up leading to high action.... do they not check the relief on the necks?

    -amps... now red dog in edinburgh will stick you infront of the best amp in the house- of course everyhting sounds good. This quitar show stuck me through a aguleria set up. Actually probably the best to hear what is going on, but if you're used to an ampeg sound or a ashdown mud anything you try is going to sound odd...


    amoungst the basses I tried.....
    - US standard: felt like plastic. the neck didn't feel good (needed a set up may be it) very new and dead. Uninspiring to say the least.
    I may be spoilt as all my instruments are over 20 years old, but it felt odd. The new jap p bass I used to have felt far far better in terms of feel and neck quality.
    Everything else (finish, build etc) was fine but uninspiring and dead sounding/feeling. not what i was expecting.

    - Highway one: still felt very odd, neck far far better, the whole thing felt more resonant, better deeper richer tone. didnt really like the colour or the satin of the finish but hey. Wasn't expecting to like it, but It wasnt bad. It had the sound I have been looking for!

    so in total.... uninspired by new guitars! Another shop near has a roadworn so may try that too. (as well as make my mind up on a offer someone on here made me)

    Luke's conclusion.... without question, unless you can afford the real top end american vintage RIs or something (by which point other makers come into the equation) buy a japanese fender!

    How does buying gear from this site work?

    in Introductions

    Posted

    use your head, firstly realise you don't *need* the item/bass so don't rush into ANYTHING, take your time.
    I'm guessing at 15 any money you have is pocket money and you don't have a lot of it, so be carefull. Also parents may not be right but don't ignore them.
    Look at who the person is, there are folk on here I would trust tottally, just from seeing them on the forum. There are others I would not. Use your brian a bit.

    Also however crap you may think it is, that 14th birthday present of a bass your parents and grandparents scripmt and saved to give you, don't sell that with out them being ok with it!

    gone!

    in Basses For Sale

    Posted

    back from work and I'm already bumped down to the second page!

    From which pictures people have opened it would seem ppl are more interested in the warwick than the aria! hmmm

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