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SOLD.CIJ Fender precision bass + carlsbro bass bomber amp
lee650 replied to ashgeezer's topic in Basses For Sale
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ALL PM,s replied in answer to you questions, the action is really low, and the strings are quite light gauge for an upright instrument, it does have the full scale (not sure i think 42", im sure someone will clarify, its longer than my electrics) it is a great way for an electric player to get a bit nearer that sound (note it doesnt sound like the real thing, none of them do) but it can get close with a bit of creative fiddling, ido regret selling this but i need some cash to replace the horrible wardrobe in the picture in my daughters room, and yes she is too small to play it for me HA HA. + ive reaalllly got to have a precision bass and noone wants my warwick have a great week everybody - lee
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Hi everyone! After a lot of wrangling with myself ive finally decided to put up for sale my NS WAV4 EUB , i bought this brand new from Promenade music in morcombe a couple of years ago with the intention of learning to play it and use it in the Amateur shows that i do. Unfortunately ive never had the time or the patience to get my head round it, im fine just mucking about with it but when ive got to sightread im nowhere as a result its spent the last couple of years stuck in its case ive not really used it that much, as such i think its a bit of a waste its sat there doing nothing while my electrics go out to play someone should be playing this and ive my eye on ashgeezers precision. it's the Amberburst model in practically new condition, beech body with an ebony fingerboard, an a piezo pickup with a switch for arco or pizzicato giving it either a big sounding fretless electric sound or a woody thump with no sustain for a more traditional tone, i got quite lucky with this as it came with the same stand found on the more expensive CRM models as i think there was a fault with the original one and gary from promenade got the distributers to send an upgraded one. Im looking for £500 for this as its hardly been used, or will px for a mij precision and a bit of cash, i would prefer collection for this due tothe size and the fact it only comes with a soft gig bag, but will send (buyer to pay half delivery)) very well packed if need be. PM if youve any questions.(this is now sold) [attachment=21679:P9070017.JPG][attachment=21680:P9070018.JPG][attachment=21681:P9070019.JPG][attach ment=21682:P9070020.JPG][attachment=21683:P9070021.JPG] thanks for looking -lee
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J retro DLX for sale- SOLD
lee650 replied to chardbass's topic in Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale
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HA HA I know what you mean mark im 35 next week, and you must be pushing 30 by now dont know about flyshit but im doing a lot of musical theatre gigs at the mo so the readings serving me well, i always was very lazy with all that stuff, loved the vids nice to see you in action again mate. Yeah it,s great to see John reunited with his streamer as i recall it was you that informed me he was looking for it and we hooked up, he traded me a fantastic musicman sterling which im very fond of so we were both happy bunnies, another happy moment courtesy of basschat. take care mate keep in touch - lee Your older than me ya twat LOL!! never mind my thumb,,,, you can read flyshit,,,,, I can read jackshit,,,,,, and that as we know means sh*t,,,,,,, in the real musical world ha Ha. Warwickhunt is looking after yer old red streamer,,,, like he had given birth to it himself
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looks like a great time was had by all, really miffed i couldnt make it, dead good to see a few familiar faces, there was many a day i,d be on the other other end of Funkyhobbits thumb (ooeerr ) at the bass docs place when i was a nipper, will definately make the next one and ill probably have to visit the next north west as i live there now. Great pics guys love em - lee
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Walk on the wild side - how to play with only one bass?
lee650 replied to jmstone's topic in General Discussion
I agree with Rich and Sixstring bassist, i play it as tenth chords on the E and G strings using my thumb and 1st finger sounds great and i use that trick a lot, i first heard Chuck Rainey do it, oh and Verdine white and Tony levin do it too, really nice if used tastefully, check out Abraham laboriel sliding into a 10th chord on Randy crawfords "trade winds" just gorgeous- lee -
Hi mate I swear by my Nordstrand nj4's,(might be a bit too defined, they are warm but have a nice top end too) but i used to have aset of EMG jvs and they are incredibly warm, not too much high end at all thats why i replaced them, they are hum free too. i do think rewinding your current set is the way forward, or perhaps trying groundwound strings a bit of a halfway house as it were- good hunting - lee
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"Barbary coast" from the black market was always my favourite, funky as hell
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Hi there read a thread with john east a while back, and he said it will work with a stingray ray5,(same switching as a sterling) but you would lose the gain compensation, so using the switch would result in diffrent volumes between series/parallel/single coil, which wouldnt be a problem for me as i only use the parallel setting. Very tempted by this for my sterling,(would go great with the nordstrand fitted) but by the time id bought chrome knobs for it,and had it fitted it would be too expensive at the mo, mind you, getting black hardware for my cherryburst sterling would look cool Anyone in the market for an EBMM sterling preamp so i can buy this!!!
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SOLD Fender USA Jazz Deluxe 5 string with Nordstrands.
lee650 replied to Bassy's topic in Basses For Sale
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Yeah John I know what you mean, the stingray/jazz tone just lends itself so well to that type of tone especially as those tones became the benchmark sound for that style i,e larry Graham(jazz bass) and Louis Johnson(musicman stingray). thats why those are my favourite basses, i must say im fascinated to hear that about warwicks as although ive played warwicks for 11 years ive only ever owned streamers, so i dont have an awful lot of experience with the other models, how would you say Dolphins fare for that sort of thing, ive admired those basses for a long time. lee ps sorry if i seem to be highjacking, but john is "THE" Authority on warwicks Hey Lee don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Warwick basses don't slap but from personal experience there are certain makes/genres of basses that can do it better. I've never tried to study or even begin to understand why some basses are better at it than others but as a rule I've 'generally' found that BO basses (at least decent quality ones) can by and large slap better than 'many' Warwick basses. I agree with you that 'old red' that we have both owned is an exception to the rule and there are plenty of nice snappy sounding Wicks out there but not all Warwicks can carry it off... and as you say there are basses like the Sterling (Stingray/Jazz) which seem to universally just nail the slap tone
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Oh i dont know John! I always got quite a decent slap sound, out of your old red, mind yo it is a very bright sounding instrument, ive some recordings of some shows i did where the sound really surprised me . But then i did get a sterling off you which was built for slap My warwick streamer jazzman has a great slap tone, and is particularly warm sounding for a warwick. have a great weekend mate - lee If only it were so easy! I should qualify that by saying that I've found a BO neck Jazz (or Jazz style bass; Sadowsky Lakland etc.) to give that slap tone far better than a NT Streamer... of course it could just be me!
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Hi everyone Youve met her before this is Rita (named after classic hollywood redhead Rita Heyworth) a 2003 Sterling in cherryburst with a nordstrand pickup (alnico magnets, for a bigger sound more akin to a stingray). The reason im posting this is ive just bought from our very own Rowbee a lovely vintage white pearl scratchplate, and ive took a few before/during /after pics of rita getting her new frock [attachment=20270:P2120138.JPG][attachment=20271:P2120139.JPG] This is her with the original standard white scratchplate, its ok but it think the lovely finish, needs something a bit more classy. [attachment=20272:P2120141.JPG][attachment=20273:P2120143.JPG][attachment=20274:P2120144.JPG] This is her Butt naked, a lovely cherryburst finish, i must say EBMM finishes are just incredible(IMO) and really put a lot of companys to shame, i will i think get a clear perspex scrathplate eventually to really show off the grain on the one piece ash body. SEXY GIRL [attachment=20276:P2120149.JPG][attachment=20275:P2120150.JPG] [attachment=20278:P2120148.JPG] This is the lovely new new scratchplate, i dont think my camera has brought the pearl out much though, its a lovely off white colour and i think it really complements the finish, def looks a little classier. So do you like her new frock, i think its the biz but a clear one would look amazing. Hope you like the pics, have a great weekend everyone - lee