Sean

Try Belushi's (Hammersmith and Shepherd's Bush). My band always has a good reception there.

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I notice from ordering recently that Elixir has changed its packaging to fight against counterfeiters. A seal has been added that I guess isn't that difficult to fake either.

I've had a set of the fake ones and they are very poor. I bought a set for £18 on eBay suspecting fakery and was confirmed right. As a set of strings they aren't too bad but compared to Elixirs they rubbish. The real ones are fantastic. It's great to see the measures taken to protect the punter and the Elixir company but the word has to get out.
New packaging:

https://www.gak.co.uk/en/elixir-nanoweb-stainless-steel-bass-strings-50/117101?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_4Ou2cPX1QIVAZPtCh0p1A9rEAQYCCABEgK9tvD_BwE

Non-English video but easy to understand the salient points on fake strings. It's the ball-end messiness that is the dead giveaway. The packaging is also a different shade.
https://youtu.be/jY2hQTSkkGg


How many of you have bought fake strings?

I sold a pickup to John. Good comms, prompt payment and let me know as soon as the package landed. Top Basschatter, highly recommended.

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Have the PUps been installed previously? Are the leads the original length?
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Yes, it has been installed before.

Wires are original length (12").

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Sadowsky DI in excellent condition.

Sadowsky got it right with this, the infamous Sadowsky slap tone in a box. Can be powered by battery or 9v adapter. £150

Tech 21 Bass Fly Rig with original box plus 9v power supply, all in excellent condition.

This is a beast of a pedal that incorporates the Sansamp circuit with a compressor, chorus and octave/filter in a tiny package that sounds fantastic. You can use it with headphones as a practice rig, in front of your amp for added tweakability, or straight into the PA. £220.

Pics to follow.
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PMed.

Bought a pedal from Al. bank transfer and RM 1st Class postage that arrived the following day. Very smooth transaction. A proper Basschatter
Very happy.

Passive like the original Stingray pickup. It too will need to be hooked up to a preamp.

Fabulous stuff. Daryl's house is a great show. The format is so cool.

Slightly OT but my favourite Daryl's House is this one with Cheap Trick
http://youtu.be/wsa3DUnWPPk
The opening song, Hello There just hits you.

Ritchie Kotzen in London in September.
Also Pineapple Thief in Bristol in September.

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Confused!! Is this the envelope or chorus for sale

if it's the chorus in the pic,I'd be interested.
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Pretty sure it's the filter as I bought the pedal in the picture from Sean a few weeks ago. It is a killer chorus.
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Thanks for the heads up. I have found my glasses now

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A Mesa Boogie Tri-Axis Bass preamp.
There is only one IIRC.

What wouldn't I shift?
1. My MJW Taranis 200watt all-valve head. It's unique. 4 x KT88 and a lot of preamp stuff going on.

2. My Mesa 400+. Not that rare but I know mine, know lots of its history and understand how to use it. It's a an absolute peach of an amp.

3. My BF TWO10 and SIX10 cabs. Both unique build and sound amazing.

I had issues with my Laney Nexus Tube head at a Fake Fest earlier this year. Intermittent buzzing and crackling, early distortion. All of this was seemingly random and by some quick root cause analysis could only be attributed to the power supply.

The issue could not be reproduced later the same day at home and has not happened since.

Buy one used on this forum and you will lose very little or nothing.
Buy new and you'll be looking at losing 40%.

Here we have an Ibanez AFS75TD Metallic blue/green 2007(ish).
Great for fat blues, jazz tones.
Comes with a Ibanez soft gig bag.
The pickups have been upgraded to Tonerider AC2 (Alnico II).

One owner from new (around 2007), Great vintage tones from upgraded pickups (Tonerider Alnico IIs) and delicious retro warbles from the Bigby-style vibrato. No centre block so it's a proper fully hollow guitar and slimmer than a Gretch (more like a 335) for comfort. Great neck on this guitar, very comfortable and action will go as low as you like. Couple of knocks that I've shown in the pics, other than that only a little age-related fading/wear, authentic relicing ;-)

Possible trades would be a decent strat.

Shipping is £20 UK.

Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks tomorrow in London. Real deal stuff.

I have three BF cabs.
All outstanding and designed and built in the UK by a bassist that I can go and see or phone for advice at any time.

So is this the end of the road for the ME-20B and the ME-50B? I've had both, many years ago. These two are ancient now and teh 50 is a generation behind the guitar version.
I found they were both ghastly especially the 20. I bought them after spending years gigging a Boss GT6 (guitar version) and loving it but I never found the bass stuff measured up.

Interesting that the GT-1B, like the B3n has eschewed the XLR balanced DI out. A cost issue, I guess and the fact that at this price point and target customer group it's not seen as essential.

I sold a pedal to Tony. Top buyer. Good comms. Instant payment. Deal in confidence

I bought a bass from Nico and it was a very smooth transaction from start to finish. This guy's attention to detail and confidence inspiring comms are fantastic. He even watched the tracking info updates after the bass had been shipped and at one point there was a minor hiccup and he alerted me to it straight away. It turned out to be completely inconsequential and I ended up with the bass a day earlier than we thought anyway. A highly recommended vendor and the fact that he's in France should not put you off dealing with him. 100% confidence. Thank you.

PS: the bass is an instant favourite and probably the prettiest I've had.

I sold a pedal to Chris. great comms, seamless transaction and another transaction that shows how great BC is for trading with trustworthy folk. 100%

Tell the sound guy to use your DI out on the amp. You have a pre/post selector on the MB500 so put it to "post" and he'll get everything that is coming out of the cab.
That's what I've always done. Never even a discussion.
Oh, and a microphone on the cab too if available.

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This is the MEC M 60104 - it is very much like a MM Sterling Pickup. Packs a huge punch and is a delight with an East MMSR preamp

Thanks for looking and as ever, if you have any questions please let me know.