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  1. Bigwan
    Recently acquired, but really surplus to requirements as I have a Ibanez baritone guitar already. This guitar is easily 9.5/10. Other than a couple of tiny scores (pictured) that don't break the finish and a little forearm shining in the finish, it's indistinguishable from brand new. Currently strung with Labella strings, a set of Bass VI D'addario strings are included. Product page on Ibanez site: http://www.ibanez.com/products/eb_detail18.php?year=2018&area_id=3&cat_id=2&series_id=51&data_id=159&color=CL01 Trade-wise I'm looking for a 50's/60's spec P bass - classic 50's, Roadworn P or similar, Lakland Hollowbody, obviously with cash or other gear your way. Or try me.
  2. Bigwan
    I've had my head turned by another, and this isn't getting any use at the minute so it's time for it to move to new premises... While a beautiful playing bass, this one definitely sits in the "well used" category! There are multiple dings all over the body (not as many scratches oddly - any there are would certainly polish out), what look like a few finish flaws on the front of the body (finish has sunk into the alder "knots", above and below the pickups) and there is some loss of finish around the rear strap button down to what looks like damage due to a drop/fall. There's also string wear to the pickup covers, wear to the tuning pegs and it could benefit from a fret dress. Also the neck lamination joints can be felt on the back of the neck (no structural issues at all) and the side dots are a TINY bit proud on the top of the neck. None of this damage/wear effects playability. The bass is still wearing the strings from the previous owner which aren't quite long enough (silks on the wrong side of the nut on the E string) but I'm including a set of Kalium low F tuning strings I bought from Dood earlier in the year (perfect for B tuning), and a set of custom ordered Newtone Diamond 4 string multi-scale strings I ordered when I felt like getting my Devin Townsend on and tuning GCGC (60 - 150, these may or may not be useful...) - both sets unused and still in original packaging. Comes with an excellent Dingwall branded Levy's gig bag and Dingwall toolkit. I've priced the bass low (as low or lower than any used Dingwall import basses I can recall) to take into account any work the new owner MAY wish to carry out, none of which is absolutely necessary. Trade-wise I'd be interested in a Fender Roadworn Precision (preferably sunburst), Classic 50's or other 50's/60's spec P basses, a Lakland Hollowbody, anything ACG with cash either way. *EDIT: Given condition of this bass I'll consider close offers from the off* *EDIT 2: Much better pictures added - these are much more representative of the colour of the bass*
  3. Bigwan
    Do you have an ipad? Midi interface and apps?
  4. Bigwan
    My, that looks familiar...
  5. Bigwan
    Aw man... Temptation!!!
  6. Bigwan
    How very Devin Townsend of you! Turn up the goo!
  7. Bigwan
    I thought you were mad with the Flashback idea, but that might just work!!!
  8. Bigwan
    Didn't make reserve. Max bid £310. The neck and tuners would cost more than that new...
  9. Bigwan
    Seek out a Lakland 55-01. Or a Sire V7. V7 will be inside budget used, Lakland just outside it. Thank me later...
  10. Bigwan
    It's better done than most of the belt sander crowd could manage, but the hardware relicing is a bit meh, especially the knobs and back of the tuners. The less said about that pickguard the better...
  11. Bigwan
    That neck does look like it's been fitted a bit off center! I had a Roadworn Jazz that was about that far off, but played 100%. There's usually a bit of movement in the neck pocket to allow it to be straightened. Tuners look like standard MIM fair... Wouldn't spend £375 quid on it.
  12. Bigwan
    Really tempted after playing my brother's Eko 12 string recently...
  13. Bigwan
    If it's not a P I'd be on to the solicitor quick smart!
  14. Bigwan
    There's always a B15... Precious little in small valve amps for bass. Hughes and Kettner did one called the Bassmaster (5 watts) but it's like hen's teeth. You could try the SWR Interstellar OD (10 watts), but it has the baked in SWR thing going on around the aural enhancer circuit. Check out @disssa's website: https://www.disssa.de/
  15. Bigwan
    Looking forward to getting my mitts on it!
  16. Bigwan
    Real answer? it's a 50 watt valve amp that will sit on top of my vertical Barefaced Two10 without annoying my OCD... and I've never owned an Ampeg (other than a noisy SVP) so the time felt right. I'll give you first refusal!
  17. Bigwan
    Hmm... I've owned both the CTM30 & LB30 and really enjoyed them. I own the CTM15 and am not convinced yet - I'm a tinkerer and have a few ideas on how to improve on it, but I may part ways with it since I have a PF-50T incoming. I wouldn't go the Orange Terror route myself. The LB30 sounds nicer and won't try to take your head off... The Ampegs have a dummy load built in so silent recording is a built in option, which is rather nice.
  18. Bigwan
    It was a red Sunn Mustang precision, the one that looked more like a Yamaha RBX than a Fender. I had it 3 months before moving up to an Aria Pro MAB20/5 5 string with my 16th birthday money. I spent most of my formative years playing the Aria and still play it on occasion. Sold the Sunn. Never really missed it. It may have been my first, but the Aria is the one I'm sentimental about!
  19. Bigwan
    ... and willing to ship at buyers expense...
  20. Bigwan
    Have you tried it on a separate power supply? These are thirsty blighters if memory serves. Worth a try!
  21. Bigwan
    Ooh that is very nice... Looks like a warmoth neck, so better than even chance it's a warmoth body.
  22. Bigwan
    These are absolutely outstanding basses. Will always regret selling the one I had...
  23. Bigwan
    Lovely...
  24. Bigwan
    The LED ring was my first thought, but not an easy DIY effort. I had considered prototyping something similar just using rows of LEDs for proof of concept but the OLED display was simpler. You'd also have to either put up with your controls not pointing to the same value as the stored preset value a la Sansamp (yuck!) , or use 4 (in the case of the vintage microtubes clone) rotary encoders (knobs that turn continuously for the uninitiated) which adds complication, although it's all possible. Again, there's a reason the likes of TC use plastic for faceplates in such instances (all the ugly LED gubbins hidden behind smoked plastic), but I can't see it fitting with the aesthetic of what Darkglass are doing. There'd be some quite expensive and intricate milling required to get a similar effect in an aluminium enclosure - although do something similar with the machining for the Super Symmetry metering. There's also current consumption to consider with a pedal. LEDs are thirsty little gits... Motorised knobs are right out I'd imagine.
  25. Bigwan
    I did a bit of work on a wee arduino project to implement presets on a Darkglass Vintage clone. I was really trying to see if I could improve on the implementation of the Tech21 preset functionality I'd seen in the VT bass deluxe I owned. Which was stinky poo... Not the sound, but the fact the position of the controls bore no resemblance to the actual preset settings! Having played around a bit I can see why it was done the way it was, but I wouldn't buy another pedal with that sort of preset implementation. As with many of my projects, I didn't get it finished, but I did enough to know while it's not difficult to do, I doubt my implementation, or anything like it, would be good enough for Doug's asthetic vision for Darkglass products. It's not in the same league of difficulty as what DG have implemented with their DSP work (it's probably around the same order of difficulty as the workings of their intelligent footswitches for their amps). I got as far as storing 3 different presets and recalling these values to a quad digital potentiometer. The issue is the design of the user interface. I was happy enough to implement mine with a single rotary control with integrated push button, a little 0.96" OLED display for indication of settings, 2 footswitches and 4 LEDs.
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