Cairobill
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They are so well made. Very hard to build at that level nowadays without attaching a 5K price tag I think. bridge pickup is full sounding compared to a Fender. Sounds great
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Yes, a broad palette but no compromise in the sounds. Very top tier bass. The neck is also important I think. Just chunky enough but still very fast. I’m tempted to conclude that the BB2000 construction plays a big part in the quality of the tone. You can hear the sound of the thing unamplified and feel it in your fingers. Solid!
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It’s very versatile. I’ve been playing it regularly over the past few days and can confirm that it is one of the slappiest basses I’ve ever hit with my thumb (on the central setting). But it also does a great burpy 80s J bass thing and can do a decent Jamerson. Very broad. On the neck pickup setting, rolling off the tone removes some of the clank and growl I suppose? Leaving a pleasing thumpy P with nice definition to my ear
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Love a Stingray
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I now have a BB2000 as my main and only bass. Like other neck through Yamahas I've had in the past (TRB6P and BB3000A), it's one of the best put together basses out there. Very aggressive and punchy bass with those three sweet spot pickup settings. Endless sustain and even across the fretboard. Just an incredible instrument.
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Is there a popular bass player, that you just don’t get?
Cairobill replied to Rayman's topic in General Discussion
I'm only commenting on the thread because I saw the title and the words 'Stu Hamm' flashed in my mind in bright neon and then I saw the content mentioning the man himself. Spooky! -
After a while away from the wild world of BBs (my '87 BB3000A has bounced around a couple of players on the forum since I sold it in 2020) I have another one coming my way. A passive one this time. The 8 1/2 lbs BB3000A was one of the finest built basses I've ever owned but the sound was a bit polite. This one has the pickups on the wonk , was born in '82 and will doubtless be a beefier customer...
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Aww that's sad news - we did the Clackett Lane shuffle on a few occasions. Like me, he had a revolving collection of J basses and a suspicion that Stingrays really were the key to being a proper grown up.
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NBD! Atelier Z DAL-5 - becoming an Atelier fan!
Cairobill replied to carlsim's topic in Bass Guitars
Yep - after selling all but one of my basses I've been giving serious thought about a 'central' bass. I'm pretty sure it needs to be a J bass and also pretty sure it needs to have 5 strings....and these Atelier Zs look like prime candidates -
First thing I did was look to see if there was a sixer on the horizon! Interesting
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Nope! Available for pick up in Nth London -
I came to Japan when Tin Drum came out and only ever listened to that last album at the time....so def Wal. Not sure if Kev was modding his Wal in the late 80s? I do recall a lot of 'sproing'/clatter/zoink and perhaps a tonne of 'pick attack' All pretty Wal-esque to me
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There was a very nice fretless 5 string on Facebook which was around 5K which languished for weeks. It eventually got picked up by Bassbros and flipped for about 6K, which is a lot less than the fivers tend to go for. I thought the price drop was interesting - it could be a sign that Wal mania has cooled off somewhat? Something weird happened over Covid. There were Wals in the 4K bracket here and there around 2020 and then everything went completely insane by 2022. We all saw it happen with any decent quality (esp vintage 80s) brand. As far as Wals go, the present lack of interest in coughing up a fortune for an interesting (but clearly flawed in my book) bass is unsurprising given interest rates etc but given they are a finite resource and well-heeled buyers covet them, maybe it will tick up again. Not sure... On a personal note I'm rather ambivalent about fretted Wals but I love the fretless Wals. I started out a Karn head and saw Stump a few times in the late 80s with the brilliant Kev Hopper aka @Spoombung doing his thing. Just wonderful fretless basses.
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De Gier PJ 5 Soulmate BIG DROP, NOW £1,500 FINAL PRICE - *SOLD*
Cairobill replied to graham1945's topic in Basses For Sale
I had a 4 string Soulmate and it was an absolute stunner. My favourite P design I think -
Going to cool my heels with my red Hofner for a while and have a think. Might well be another J...not sure!
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Thanks all! Good to meet more people from the board and looking forward to the next SE bassbash (although I will need to buy a bass before we get there)
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Thanks. And here’s a price drop!! need to move it on -
I think so. Pickup only from Finsbury Park though! Cheers
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Weekend bump for my lovely blue J bass with a new video
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@HK. Def poly. The finish is def built to last and stay glossy
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This lovely J bass is pending! Price drop to £799 and heeeere's a Youtube demo! Content warning - Jaco abuse/ slap nonsense and naff drums inside. Bass sounds good though! Here's a very nice CIJ Jazz Bass (model JB62-USsbl) with the US pickups, large pattern tuners, grooved saddles and alder body. A few cosmetic dinks and light scratches on the body but looks pretty good. The neck is great with a very solid, responsive feel, lovely action and is pretty much flawless ding-wise. Frets in great shape. This is a very good jazz that I'm only selling on a needs must basis (as per usual). Weight is just around 9 pounds/4kgs and balance is great. When I get the time I'll stick up some clips on YouTube. It's a really good J... No case so will have to be a pickup/handover in the SE/M25 area PICS!
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That's a great price for a German 500/1 and....as I always say... 'every bassist needs a Hofner' -
Used to use Logic, dove very deep into Ableton and now use Luna (Mac only) after it came bundled with a new UAD Apollo interface that was needed for it to work. Apparently it's now free and you can use it with or without an Apollo (you pay for it by upgrading the plugins etc). I love Luna, I'm mainly sequencing DAWless nowadays and use it as a great sounding tape machine with all the editing/mixing done afterwards.
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Sold! Up for sale is my modded 1989 Musicman Stingray with a fretless ebony board. I've always loved the sound of a fretless Stingray but only ever enjoyed the feel of an ebony 'Ray I once played (I don't get on with rosewood or pao ferro on a fretless). They're obviously outrageously rare from the factory so I had SEI mod me one up and it went very well indeed. This started out as a fretted rosewood 'Ray. I took it to Sei to switch the fretboard for a lovely old slab of the darkest ebony. This very nice board switch includes subtle sidelines to help with intonation as well as luminlay inlays. Neck is in great shape. Body has a bit of buckle rash and some dings from use but still looks good. Weight is a nice 4.2Kgs. Comes with OHSC Colour is trans red. I'm pretty sure this is over alder going by the grain and various reports out there about these particular basses. Flame is off the scale on the neck. That's the natural tint as well. Gorgeous neck. All the usual late 80s features are there like bullet truss, metal battery cover, mutes, 4 bolt neck plate.Preamp is 2 band (my pref). The bass sounds fantastic. Copious mwah, dark chunk from the preamp and a bit of sizzle if you want to go all sledgehammer on it. It obviously does the Pino thing Anyway here are the pics. I don't want to move it on but needs must at the moment. No trades please! Would prefer meet up but shipping isn't out of the question. -
I love a Rickenbacker, especially the V63. But it seems 75% of V63s have 'gone banana' (as I like to say) and there's no real way of getting the playability sorted. I had a V63 that I spent a chunk on doing the whole 'wood wedge by the neck and a bit of heating' which didn't solve the problem. And yet, those V63s are just off the scale price wise. I always get gas when I see them up for sale but then I get a glimpse of the neck from the side and there it is....'gone banana' Amusingly, I often see the same issue (due to the horseshoe cavity being so close to the neck) on the outrageously overpriced Squire models. 7K for a banana no thank you very much... This one has definitely 'gone banana'
