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FGN Fujigen Mighty Jazz Private Reserve Bass
attackbass replied to attackbass's topic in Basses For Sale
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FGN Fujigen Mighty Jazz Private Reserve Bass
attackbass replied to attackbass's topic in Basses For Sale
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FGN Fujigen Mighty Jazz Private Reserve Bass
attackbass replied to attackbass's topic in Basses For Sale
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Putting this stunning and slightly unusual bass up for sale. This is an FGN Mighty Jazz Private Reserve Bass. Sort of a super Jazz bass so to speak, built by the Japanese Guitar Fujigen company in Japan, responsible for a lot of Fender Japan guitars and I think also Ibanez. It's a beautiful bass and top of the range for this line, Private Reserve is sort of like their custom shop as far as I know. The bass features: A two piece ash body in tobacco burst 24 fret Maple neck with maple fingerboard Black pearl inlay markers Passive Jazz bass electronics with V V T controls Black scratch plate and black hardware, hi mass bridge and gotoh vintage style tuners. Bridge is strung through body or top loading. Always had it strung through the body. I used the bass for touring for about two/three years and is an incredibly well made and sounding instrument. Through a valve head and 8x10 it sounded monstrous! Feels lovely to play, has a really nice action and the fretwork is amazing. The body finish is a high gloss but the neck has a really nice satin finish which is very smooth and feels natural. There are a couple of dings on the bass I've tried to show on the photos, nothing serious or hugely noticeable and considering the amount of shows and travelling the bass did is testament to it's quality as an instrument. The black finish on the bridge has worn away a bit, I'm not exactly sure how they treated the hardware but it looks quite cool in a well played but loved instrument way. The expert range of this bass tend to sell for about £1550/1600 new. I don't know if they actually sell the private reserve models. This bass was gifted to me through an endorsement deal with FGN back in 2012. My contact with the company has since left and I no longer hold a deal with the company. I'll be sad to see it go, but I just don't use it anymore really and I already have too many basses kept under the bed for nostalgia!! Any questions please send me a message.... The Chug is not included in the sale!! Haha Includes hard case. Weight is about 4.7 - 5kg on the bathroom scales.
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For sale is one of my Warwick Hellborg Mono 500 Poweramps. This came to me in a trade along with the Hellborg preamp last year. I recently bought a second one which became part of my main rig, with this one which is for sale becoming a backup. However, I've found myself forever shifting it around my studio room and it's bit overkill keeping two of them so it's time for it to go. The power amp is in good working order, tho it has been toured and racked a number of times so there is wear to the mountain holes, a couple of small scratches and rack rash in the lid tho once it's racked these aren't visible or very noticeable. There is a slight harmonic distortion behind the notes when you play through the power amp. It's not an unpleasant sound at all, but I should highlight it is not a pristine, clean sound. However I've found somewhat the same thing with my new mono 500 and after a discussion with fellow basschatter @three, who has experienced the same thing with a couple of these amps we have come to conclusion it must be part of the sound. Some people can't even hear it, so it might just be us with the superior hearing haha! All the lights work on the front panel and I have used this power amp myself on a few gigs and I haven't had any issues with it. Local pickup in South Wales or could courier at buyers expense. More than welcome to come and try out the power amp.
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Korg Monologue in Gold for sale. In excellent condition, includes the power supply that isn't usually included with the synth. Great little synth, very easy to use and create some great bass synth sounds. You can also use the synth as a filter for other instruments. I've never tried this tho, but sure it could create some interesting effects. Comes boxed including manuals etc. £175 plus £15 P&P or local pickup in Cardiff/surrounding area pics to follow
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Putting this awesome compressor up for sale. Simply the nicest pedal compressor I have used ever. Has an amazing clarity and warmth, I actually used it more for it's tonal qualities than it's compression, using it to just control my dynamics a little. Sounds great with the low B on a 5 strings and it really does punch when the compressor kicks in. A couple of very small scratches, dents to the faceplate.. probably inevetable to happen. Pedal works perfectly! This pedal has a lot of fans including Janek Gwizdala, Ric Fiberacci etc - plenty of videos on youtube of peple demonstrating the pedal. The only reason for selling is when that I don't seem to need to use it with my new hellborg rig, and also just trying to keep set up as simple as possible. Though I'm hoping somebody buys this before I hook it up and play through it can completely change my mind!! £230 posted within UK
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Hey wimbish. I can only comment on the club cab and lo cab. The sound is incredibly clear and articulate with the club cab. It's full range I think and yes, many people describe it more like a studio monitor than a typical bass cab. However it is also still very warm and punchy and find that I shape my sound using the Hellborg pre much in the same way as if you were using a console in a studio. I tend to boost the bass, cut a fair bit of 800hz boost a bit of 3 or 5k and then slightly roll off the treble which takes the very high end off needed or I might leave it flat. I wouldn't compare it to a traditional speaker and tweeter combination cab, the tone sounds together as one thing not two things working separately... If that makes sense?! I haven't got an overdrive at the moment, but I think you'd need to shape the tone with the Hellborg EQ to make it sound pleasant or have some sort of EQ on the drive pedal to shape the drive before hitting the amp.
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Just got home from the first proper all Hellborg amp/cab gig. I love this amp and the cabs. The sound was full, tight, clear and warm but if I wanted more note articulation I could just dig in a little and the notes popped out. Versus Class D amps I feel more comfortable with playing into the older technology of solid state amps. I feel like they can deliver a more solid sound and manage with a range of dynamic playing from soft to heavy fingerstyle playing and heavy slapping. It just seems to respond better and deliver, and I used to use a posh miura M2 compressor to but I find that unnecessary now. I have been using iem for the last year and tonight I decide to give the Hellborg a go, minus the iem and I did not miss them at all. In fact it felt a lot more natural to me! Yeah it's heavy... But I loaded all my gear in to the house in under 5 minutes at 2:30am with little hassle. Definitely worth it... Also definitely enjoying not using pedals any longer as well.
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LOL! Maybe this stuff is hard to get in the states. I wonder how the used prices of Hellborg stuff will be effected after the Thomann blowout. I never intend on selling my rig now, it's such a cool rig I imagine I'll have it well into my old age. I just took delivery of my new Hellborg power amp, so I now have two and I can confirm that the power amps do impart a harmonic colouration to the sound. It's a shame you can't tap the output transformer with a DI.
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Nice... im glad im done with my tone search! Just waiting for my back up hellborg poweramp o be delivered today!
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Haha fair enough. I can remember overdriving the tubes in a summit audio pultec type EQ on bass. It certainly adds fatness. Best signal chain I wish I could recreate was a 70s ampeg SVT (ex stones) blended with a clean tubeworks DI into a never console and I'm sure there would of been a compressor in there somewhere. Sounded incredible. If you're going down that route you might as well add a mic pre like a golden age, warm audio or classic API... Wouldn't add much weight to an already heavy rig or cost. I don't know how roadworthy these bits of gear sound be, might need some good shock mount racks
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Is this for studio use or live? If it's live you might just be better off getting a pedal compressor and save yourself a bit of hassle!
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The 1176 can actually be used as a preamp itself... Used to engineer in a studio and ever did it myself (we had neve 1073 pres) all I know is that it can be done, but I'm sure a Google search or a search on gearslutz will provide you with more info. Not sure if it would offer much compression. I think that you may be better running a preamp Infront of it, it'll probably give you more control and perhaps better gain staging. Been a good few years since I got out of the studio thing so my memory is cloudy but hopefully offers you some direction to search the subject further.
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I Hi, We have a couple of ashdown cabs in the studios I help run. They've all done this... It's probably due to combination of a damp environment as the studios are in railway arches and maybe a combination of the wood being sealed properly or just poor grade MDF or board. I ended up just glueing it back on as it was constantly falling off.
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Just ordered a backup Hellborg Mono 500- I NEED HELP. I have sworn this is my last big purchase for the next few decades!
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Haha there really is!
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I don't know man, Aguilar gear is beautiful. I would be quite happy with either
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Haha. Girlfriend is not impressed... I think the occasions where I need to use both cabs will be few and far between. The club cab for a 250w cab is very loud! Really digging it.
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Just an update on an escalating situation in my house...