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  1. Max Normal
    I swapped for a Sterling SB14 on here a couple of years back and to be honest even though it's a mid-range bass, I like it a lot. It plays beautifully with its slimline neck profile and Jazz nut width, just right for me. I was happy to pass on my two USA precisions and my Lakland Bob Glaub once I had got it. It sounds great through my SVT rig too, very punchy and with some of the "Stingray" tone, but maybe a little honky when DI'd or recorded. The finish and fretboard is overall very good, but there is just a hint of "Fenderitis" on the frets where the neck joins the body. I have done many gigs with it with no problems, it plays fast and cuts through the mix nicely. However, I read that the USA Sterling 4H is a much better bass, and now I have had this one, i want to buy the real thing. Strangely though, all the UK dealers seem happy to sell USA Stingrays, but no USA Sterlings, although they have loads of mid-range and learner copies of the Sterling like the SUB series. I played a SUB in a music shop and the neck had a thick, slow vintage feel to compared to the SB14 it and it didn't work well for me at all. I'm confident that the USA Sterling will sound good, and I have listened to Demos online, but before I splash out nearly £2K for the a USA Sterling, I want to play it so I can feel what the neck is like. Does anyone know somewhere that sells USA Sterlings? If not, has anybody played one and can you tell me what the neck feels like? The Jazz nut is a given, but how chunky is the neck profile? Thanks!
  2. Max Normal
    Sold!
  3. Max Normal
    Sold to MuckedUpFunkies pending.....
  4. Max Normal
    For sale is my wine-red 2011 Highway One P-bass. £500.00 no trades. modifications include: Hipshot detuner. Wizard Thumper pickups. Removal of the greasebucket tone circuit and replacement with a classic P-bass tone circuit with a sprague tone cap. Black pickguard. The bass is of course fitted with a BadAss II bridge. Body: Alder. Neck: Maple. Fingerboard: Rosewood. Finish: Nitro It's a nice lightweight body with lots of natural acoustic resonance. The Wizard pickups sound way better than the original Fender ones, and coupled with the improved tone circuit and the high mass bridge, this is a very toneful bass indeed and quite versatile. The tone circuit really works, and you can get everything from a zingy punky clang to a sweet thump that still has the overtones to cut through. Condition: There are no physical dents or marks on this bass at all except that the red nitro lacquer on the body has strangely pinged off in a few tiny, tiny little circles here and there of it's own accord, so although I have treated it with great care, this bass obviously aspires to looking road-worn one day. Comes with a gig bag. Genuine reason for sale, even though I love the bass, my band has stopped touring around and it's not being used anymore. [url="http://s1223.photobucket.com/user/maxnorma1/media/2014-01-07230618.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s1223.photobucket.com/user/maxnorma1/media/2014-01-07230843.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s1223.photobucket.com/user/maxnorma1/media/2014-01-07230446.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s1223.photobucket.com/user/maxnorma1/media/2014-01-07230508.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s1223.photobucket.com/user/maxnorma1/media/2014-01-07230534.jpg.html"][/url]
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    Sorry I'm a bit late with this, but this seems like a very good deal at the moment: http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Belcat-ABS-520-Dual-Input-A-B-Box-True-Bypass/FY4 Just bought one. Not sure how good it is (or if it's passive), but I'll let anyone who is interested know.
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    Sold now, thanks!
  7. Max Normal
    Absolute bargain. I have one of these, the lack of true bypass makes *no difference whatsoever* to my tone. Anyway I have it on all the time. I couldn't live without my multicomp, it really gives your tone a boost.
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    Pm'd!
  9. Max Normal
    Would let this go for £200.00 bump, worth it for the parts. If not it's going to become an organ donor by the next bump.
  10. Max Normal
    Still available bump.
  11. Max Normal
    Just swapped my USA standard Precision for a very sweet Music Man Sterling with Adee. Met and exchanged basses in a car park near that Adee located equidistant from our homes near the bottom of the M1 so it felt like a drug deal (Viagra I suppose, it was a golf club car park). Lovely bass, lovely guy, was a pleasure to deal with so buy (or most probably swap these days) with confidence.
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    [url="http://s1223.beta.photobucket.com/user/maxnorma1/media/Frankenbass/P1040891.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0"]http://s1223.beta.ph...html?sort=3&o=0[/url] I put this together a couple of years ago so I could learn passive guitar electronics. It's made out of good quality parts, so I have valued it as the sum total of the second hand value of its parts as follows: Dimarzio Ultra Jazz Bridge pickup. £35.00 Seymour Duncan SPB2 P-bass pickup. £35.00 Dimarzio Model One Mudbucker neck pickup. £45.00 WD guitars Licenced Jazz Bass Neck, black tuners, Graph Tech nut, hipshot string retainer, installed with metal ferrule neck bolt kit £75.00 250K push/pull pot with black knurled knob x3 £30.00 Concentric 250K/250k pot with stacked black knurled knob £10.00 Wilkinson brass/chrome bridge £5.00 Ash P/J body routed for model one, side mounted jack, finished in Tru-Oil £30.00 Fender Precison scratchplate routed for Model one at the neck position £10.00 = a nominal value of [s]£275.00[/s] reduced to £200 If it does not get any love here as a bass, it'll be broken up for parts. The wiring is as follows (from front to back) Stacked master volume and tone Volume Model One (pull phase switch) Volume SPB2 (pull series/parallel between SPB2 and Ultra Jazz) Volume Ultra Jazz (Pull phase switch) Tone control = Sprague orange drop. Poss trade for a solid body 6-string electric guitar. cheers!
  13. Max Normal
    Both basses taken now pending blah blah etc. Thanks chaps!
  14. Max Normal
    Precision is now traded pending. Bob Glaub is now up for sale only £550.00.
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    Ampeg soldering is CRAP. I have a Korean SVT3pro. It actually sounds very nice indeed, very loud and SVT warm (I understand these can be a bit hit and miss for volume and tone). The first few months when I took it in the van to gigs it was constantly going wrong due to dry solder joints. It was in M J Still in Hove about 3 or 4 times getting them redone. Seems to have settled down now, hasn't gone wrong for about a year despite some bumpy van rides. I use the Markbass at the rehearsal studio now just to save moving it and tempting fate though, and just save the Ampeg for gigs. I'd buy a Markbass instead as they are light and punchy and reliable, but there's something extra about the Ampeg I just can't let go of....
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    Still available. Reduced price bump!
  17. Max Normal
    A single pickup 3 EQ is £1500 in GAK, so IMHO £750.00 is not unreasonable at all for a bass of this stature. Good luck with the sale!
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    [quote name='Rustyhornpipe' timestamp='1360354596' post='1969342'] If you want a USA Jazz in your life for the P let me know. Cheers. [/quote] I'd love one, Jazz's are my favourite basses and I don't have one right now. Unfortunately it's not the sound my band need right now, so i can't afford to get one
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    [quote name='cocco' timestamp='1360400087' post='1969739'] No problem, it's sort of flea ish in design, graphite neck, 2 Hot j pickups, she's a funk machine! [/quote] PM'd re: Status
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    [quote name='tredders' timestamp='1360355624' post='1969377'] That's my old Bob Glaub, and it's an absolutely beauty. I loved that bass - I'm actually tempted to buy it back.... [/quote] It is a beaut alright and I have looked after it. It's been my dropped D bass for the newer Nate stuff (he used a Glaub in Wasting Light). I'm skint though, and these are my two most valuable basses, so it's a hipshot for the old Highway One if I'm to get an active bass.
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    [quote name='cocco' timestamp='1360364044' post='1969560'] Fancy a graphite necked status energy? [/quote] I don't know! I have never played one and don't know what they sound like. I'll look into it, but I would like 'ray type bass for the sound if nothing else.
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    [quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1360355051' post='1969356'] Hello Mr. Normal. You started a thread for these basses yesterday, and you have just started this one today. No need to start new threads all the time. You might want to try bumping your original thread every 36 hours rather than starting a new one Good luck with the sale. Cheers, Karl. [/quote] Yeah I know, that one had about a hundred looks and no replies because I was remiss with the piccies, so i thought it'd be best to let it die ;0) It would have bumped when I posted pics up anyway, but I promise to be good in the future.
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    [url="http://s1223.beta.photobucket.com/user/maxnorma1/library/Basses%20for%20sale"]http://s1223.beta.ph...es%20for%20sale[/url] I'm after a Stingray or something similar. Nominal value for these [s]£600.00[/s] £550.00 each. Red/black/maple P-bass has a couple of minor virtually undetectable dings (not on the front of the bass, shown in pics), has an S1 switch and is all factory original. It plays remarkably well for a precision and has a very low action, about as low as i have seen on a P-bass. Sunburst Lakland Skyline Bob Glaub is immaculate and unmarked, and fitted with Lindy Fralin pickups. Plays and sounds very nicely. I got these for my Foo Fighters tribute, both from BC'ers, it's a genuinely reluctant sale, but now we are starting a new project doing some RATM and RHCP covers, so I need that Stingray sound as well! + 1 x Fender moulded hardcase and 1 x gig bag to go with these. Would be particularly interested in a 3EQ 'Ray, but practically anything considered except passive P-bass or Jazz-bass types. Will consider any interesting offers: Swap both for a decent quality active bass, swap individually for basses of similar value, or sell individually for £550.00. May downgrade to a lower value bass with some cash or goodies my way.
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    Like I said, nothing,
  25. Max Normal
    I recently got one of these for my daughter (and then decided I quite liked it myself.....). Have you ever managed to find anyone who sells strings for the 25" scale length? They are seemingly made out of unobtanium.
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