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This one runs the tubes/valves on 300 Volts, should work different from the Streamliner. Hopefully I get mine delivered tomorrow. It should have been here Friday 3rd, but the sh*tty Fedex changed delivery time from "before 18.00" to "not specified".
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https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2024/01/08/bass-of-the-week-brooks-eb-tb-iv/?fbclid=IwAR3-y0X6Q1P6GplCoyGjBmVvo6RFmq5ymsoxzTeD4NHFRuA_MGyqiyuNjbY
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I've never owned a Gibson bass. The closest I've been was when I missed the deal on a Memphis Les Paul, the hollowbody shortscale bass. This is not a Gibson, but it shares a lot of the DNA with some classic Gibson basses, but with the Dutch twist. I've almost never had a bass with neck thru body, except the old Aria SB1000 fretless I bought this summer. (It is for sale, if someone is interested...) And some other obscure instruments way back in the past. I am a Fender type bass guy, so now a new chapter begins...
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She is done!
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Caveman Audio BP1, a very, very, very short review...
bassmayhem replied to bassmayhem's topic in Amps and Cabs
Here is my pedalboard as of today... All ins and outs are connected to the patchbay in the front of the pedalboard, so no pulling cables from units... -
Caveman Audio BP1, a very, very, very short review...
bassmayhem replied to bassmayhem's topic in Amps and Cabs
Yep, he was pleased. Unfortunately he passed away November 8th. The home is not the same anymore... -
Dingwall Super J4 with extra P-pickup and pickguard
bassmayhem replied to bassmayhem's topic in Basses For Sale
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The painting process is in progress...
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Update! We changed my order to an EB-TB-IV, i.e. with two pickups. The build is progressing... Here is a computer rendition of my bass-to-be: ...and a picture of the actual neck during carving...
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Caveman Audio BP1, a very, very, very short review...
bassmayhem replied to bassmayhem's topic in Amps and Cabs
The reason I didn't go for the Compact is that it cannot switch out the loop. You can surely add some flavour to your liking in the loop. The new compressor is NOT in the loop; it is post BP1. -
I've had the Goliath and the Monique. And a lot of different preamps. I also had a crush for rack preamps some years ago. Had a lot of the classic ones, but I ended up selling everything. You can see some of it in the picture below. My all time favourite of these in the rack was the old Yamaha BP1(!!!). The same with all the pedal preamps and my two (!) Moniques. I have always practiced without amp, just the bass unplugged, so my tone ideal is the tone of the bass and my hands, just louder. Any amp or preamp I use, I tend to tweak them so they sound like me. The same with all preamps. That's why I find the BP1 right down my alley...
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Well, the preamp has high quality top notch components, straight forward. Makes the bass sound better. The compressor is more or less a studio unit in pedal form factor. I set it to "act without being noticed", always on. The boost function is smart; at the very end of the signal chain. The units are linked together via XLR balanced in/out. I want a preamp that magnifies the tone of me and my bass - not alter it. For me it is perfect.
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Yep! Short answer.
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Well, the preamp is a POTENT S.O.B. Just gain and volume, no tone tweaking. It just enhances your tone. Everything is transformer isolated, so dead silent. Having the loop out of the way is also neat. I have connected the two units according to Caveman's/Skrydstrup's recommendations so the BC1 acts as a master compressor. DI from BP1 into BC1, then DI send from compressor. Clean power!
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My latest pedalboard...
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Nope! "Basstards" seem to be more conservative than expected. If it is a Fender but ain't no P or J, it is all wrong. Anyway, I like this bass in the same way I like a P-bass: with its one and only pickup it has one tone. You can't tweak yourself off the road, so to speak. Just dig and gig! The three band eq only enhances the singular tone - or destroys it, depending on how tweak-happy you are. I am not, just roll of the top end...
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I have always liked the Dimension, but never been "first on the ball" when such bass has been on the second hand market. Last Saturday I got one for a very good price. A fantastic bass that Fender set out of production way too early. I've made the first gig with it, tomorrow two more gigs with the bass. It really is of another dimension this one...
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It is a 34" scale bass with a T-bird construction in an EB0/ LP Special shape. 19 mm / 3/4" string spacing at bridge. The body is a bit bigger and wider than you think; it fools the eye.
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A week ago this little one man enterprise in the Netherlands caught my eye: Brooks Bass Guitars. https://www.brooksbassguitars.com/ The guy is truly into Gibson basses, which has never been my cup of tea. He even wrote a book about Gibson basses. Anyway, Rob builds his own versions of Gibson bass models, but with a twist. I totally fell in love with his EB-TB bass, a fusion of the first model EB0 (like a Les Paul Special) and the Thunderbird. Absolutely gorgeous! I just had to order one, based on the design alone. So - now it is ordered. It will look like this: Classic but yet not. Classy!
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Dingwall Super J4 with extra P-pickup and pickguard
bassmayhem replied to bassmayhem's topic in Basses For Sale
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Dingwall Super J4 with extra P-pickup and pickguard
bassmayhem replied to bassmayhem's topic in Basses For Sale
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Dingwall Super J4 with extra P-pickup and pickguard
bassmayhem replied to bassmayhem's topic in Basses For Sale
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I didn't think this day would come... After using Dingwall basses some years I have decided to part from these two gems. Why? Are they bad? No! Not at all! The opposite, actually. I have owned Prima 6, Sklar, Super J5, Super P5, a beautiful Afterburner 5, A super P4 and this jewel, the Super J4 that can be converted to a Super JP4 in a matter of minutes. I find myself grabbing my five string Payson Supercharger P/J or my precious custom made Unicorn Purist 5 at least 99 % of the time. Also, I get older and feel the urge or need to clear the storage. I use mostly my five strings, and occasionally my Jazz bass and Peavey T40, who are yearlings. (1979) About the bass: The Super J is light with an alder body. The bridge pickup is placed close to the bridge, like a 70's Jazz Bass. It has a very versatile J Retro Deluxe preamp, but I have never used the eq. I prefer it flat. The tone is the same, active or passive. The passive tone control works in both active and passive mode. I use that tone control, never the active eq. The neck is to die for. It feels like it has been played since the 60's. The fingerboard edges are rolled and kind of "worn in". The bass is refinished, a guy in Stockholm started the job in January 2020. Then suddenly Covid struck and the world closed down. I rushed and got it back half made, and did the rest of the job myself with cellulose lacquer, but honestly, I haven't buffed or polished it at all. I'd call it matte. The bass has 32" G string, 32,75" D string, 33,5" A string and 34,25" E string, making the string-to-string balance and tension very even. You don't need to use Dingwall strings on the bass; I often use regular D'Addario strings. They work well, actually better balance than on a traditional bass. The original Super J electronics was malfunctioning, either the pot or the treble part of the preamp. I put that in the package too, mounted on the original bell plate. The Super J has ordinary D'Addario strings. No trades, unless you give me an offer I can't refuse... LOTS of pictures on request! The price is £2300 or 2540€ plus cost of shipping.
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My Caveman Audio BP1 preamp is a gem. Now I have pre-ordered the new BC1 compressor. I have a place reserved for it on my pedalboard already. Take a peek at the video...