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For sale: a five-string Harley Benton MB-5 SBK Deluxe Series, purchased about a year ago when I decided to try my hand at five-string basses. The plan was that if I got along with it, I'd eventually upgrade to a long-term, higher-end model. Now that I’ve moved on to a five-string Sire Precision - and have developed the inevitable itch for the four-string version of the Sire - my Director of Finance (a.k.a. the wife) has ruled that one bass must go before another can come in. Hence the sale! The bass has never left my smoke-free home and is in near-mint condition, with only a couple of very minor marks on the back of the neck from a guitar stand (see relevant image). Strings have been replaced with Ernie Ball Regular Slinky 45-130. Pickup from the Lincoln area, though I can also arrange pickup in Milton Keynes, as my wife occasionally works on campus at the Open University. If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch.
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A couple of weeks ago there was talk of a bass bash happening in Lincoln sometime. Does anyone know if anything has come of it? Rick
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+1 to the Yellowbelly Bass Bash
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Welcome from yet another Lincolner!
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Just bought Martin's Hartke LH-500 bass amp. He was a pleasure to deal with - good communication, and super speedy delivery ... Oh, and a great amp, too!
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[quote name='Merton' post='748350' date='Feb 17 2010, 12:58 PM'][color="#C0C0C0"][size=1]Now, buy my rackbag...[/size][/color] [/quote] You should have a PM about the rack bag ...
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[quote name='Cornfedapache' post='569932' date='Aug 15 2009, 02:16 PM']An ebow with a bass or are the strings just too damn chunky?[/quote] Ha ha - I read [i]elbow [/i]instead of ebow. It's still too early for me ...
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Does the world need another bass player ?
rbatts2000 replied to thunderbird13's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='Clarky' post='469621' date='Apr 22 2009, 02:20 PM']TBH band chemistry is WAY more important than skills.[/quote] +1,000,000 I'm more looking forward to the backstage banter rather than the actual playing for this Saturday's gig! In my opinion, this playing music palaver just gets in the way... -
Do any of you guys know what the hell this is?
rbatts2000 replied to maxrossell's topic in Bass Guitars
My 1996 Fender Mexican Jazz bass in red has the one-piece control/scratch plate. It used to have the strat-style knobs, but I changed them to the more traditional jazz style ones. I looked at replacing the scratch plate, but unfortunately, as you said the screws are in the 'wrong' position. It's just a pity I found this out after purchasing my replacement parts... -
[quote name='Tinman' post='402792' date='Feb 7 2009, 02:38 PM']Thanks for the info Buzz. As I said, trying one is going to be a real problem. [b]Lincolnshire has to be one of the worst counties in England for music shops[/b] [/quote] Amen to that!
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I have 1 space left on my board... what shall I put there?
rbatts2000 replied to fretmeister's topic in Effects
[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='458281' date='Apr 9 2009, 12:27 PM']I'd make a 'producer placebo box' using bits from maplin. - aluminium box, pots, footswitch, jack sockets etc. The input will be connected directly to the output and there'd be at least one footswitch and pot not connected to anything. Go crazy with painting it and give it a suitably funky name. With that on your board, anytime a bandmate asks you to make a change to your sound (including a request to turn the volume down) you'll have some controls to adjust to make them happy without actually messing up your sound. [/quote] Genius! I like it. -
Hi all My nice new Eden head has a 'tuner output' jack. I've never used one before, and not being at home at the moment, I can't experiment with it to find out how it works. So...to satisfy my curiosity, does anyone know how I would connect my tuner (Boss TU-2) to the amp via this jack? Also, are there any advantages to hooking the tuner up this way compared to the standard 'bass -> tuner -> effects -> amp'? Many thanks Rick
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I've got a feeling they've got the '4' and the '3' the wrong way round...
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Marvin Gaye.... Jamerson, Jamerson...in colour
rbatts2000 replied to steve-soar's topic in General Discussion
Continuing the thread on Jamerson, has anyone been lucky enough to be sent the password to the isolated Motown bass tracks on the site below? [url="http://www.ricksuchow.com/press-group-112.html"]Isolated Motown Bass Tracks[/url] I've contacted the site owner in the past, requesting the user name / password, but I have received no reply so far. -
[quote name='Andyalfa' post='423017' date='Mar 2 2009, 11:24 AM']This one is of me with a Jazz having my knob twiddled...oo err missus [/quote] I'm the one on the right of the photo, sat down, with the bass sticking out of my head...
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Thanks for organising, BB. It was a good day, and nice to put a few faces to names. I think the star of the show had to be that blue effects unit (BigRedX's) - everyone literally stopped what they were doing once that drum beat kicked in! Thankfully, I didn't get the Rickenbacker GAS attack that now seems to be going round...
