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Nothing sounds better because its 'older' agreed. I'm in the if its better - its better camp. I've played a 61 p bass that sounds so rich, full and sweet it makes you want to weep but I have a Moollon P5 and it sounds different - but beside that 61 it sounds better than most other p's i've ever played.
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I agree that nobody in an audience gives a fudge. However, no difference in sound and playability? I have great modern instruments and tonally they get close enough for all general purposes, but they couldn't touch the resonance sustain and just the thickness of tone of some of the vintage instruments I owned. No way. They just don't make 'em from the same stuff they used to, we used it up, especially old growth maple, ash alder & rosewoods. Then there is the aging, can't fake 60 years of seasoning. Having said that My brother has 2010 factory made bog standard jazz bass. It remains one of the best sounding jazz basses I've ever played - why who knows....
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I have a 1977 ray but that's it - all the expensive stuff is gone and I feel better for it. Like Jason Karloff says above "Painted myself into a corner I didn't see coming"
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A short while ago I made the decision to part with my vintage basses and some amps. I didn't set out to become a collector but I seem to have been quite good at it and my instruments had built up to a fairly substantial value. I didn't buy them for their investment value I bought them because they were wonderful things to play. However over time the weight of their increasing value started to bug me. I found myself worrying about using them, moving them about, turning those 60 year old pots. I mean one replacement pot and the value drops, a failed winding and say goodbye to enough cash buy a new bass. Love these instruments as I did for many years in the end I actually found it a relief to sell them. Anyone else had this experience?
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I'm just curious has anyone had the chance to try out a Bacci Marleo yet?? I've played the Bacci Leonardo Baritone guitar and the build quality is really off the charts. Attention to detail, woods, finishes, hardware was absolute top notch. https://bacciguitars.com/basses
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Demeter "Bass 400" (VT-400D) amp - now £675! - *SOLD*
pmjos replied to franzbassist's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
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These are my two - they make me very happy.
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I honestly cannot believe this is still here. These are a rare beast indeed. Don't be put off by the pick up configurations, the tone on these is mad. I have owned vintage 59P, 65P, USA Lakland P and this is the P that sits in the mix like a 59, has the range a dynamics of a Lakland but it has a transparency and clarity of the best modern P basses if you want it. The low B is thick and earth shaking. The warmth of the tone all the way up the board reminds me of the best shortscales. For me this is the ultimate players 5 string P. -
Its actually Moollon's own custom hum cancelling p pick up, its not a casing
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Take 5 minutes for a story about a very fine chap. Before the start of the pandemic I ordered a Moollon PV having been in Seoul to visit YJ and Andi Roselund at the Moollon workshop a few months before. I was really taken with the PV's tone. So the Pandemic hit and after working in a factory building respirators for the NHS through most of it I then lost my job. Not good karma. Sadly having paid my deposit I wrote to YJ and Andi saying that I could not afford to continue with the purchase and I heard no more. A few weeks later I saw a red PV up for sale and thought no more of it knowing I could not afford another one. 2 1/2 years later I got a message from Andi saying that YJ had not sold the bass it was still there available for me... Jaw dropping moment. They never got the email and YJ hadn't sold it - he kept it for me. What other maker would do something like that? I had in the meantime managed to get myself back on my feet and could complete the sale. Last week I took delivery of the bass I ordered three years ago. Delivered in pristine condition and sounding like a complete beast. I'm overjoyed to have this bass. I thought I had lost it and out of the kindness of YJ I do. What a bloody awesome bloke - unreal. The bass BTW is staggering, the low end is so deep but articulate and the higher register is thick like a short scale. Its ridiculously good, and oh the colour.. Red............ Red...... Red........
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Dear Guys I have this sweet old Ampeg B15n 67 black tolex gold piped version. Fully working with power supply, no dolly. Just kept in the house for home happiness. I've parted with my vintage basses and this now seems surplus. Good home please, not a silly price. Shipping is a no-no for these so collection/meet up is the only real option.
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After 40 plus years of playing bass, going through lots of instruments and slowly buying what I could afford over the last 20, I thought I'd share my personal modern instrument choices at this point( I mainly play 5's) - what are yours. Vintage 4 string style Jazz - Moollon (I had a 5 but in the end the neck was just too chunky for my hands - but oh the tone) Modern J/PJ Anaconda - I have a PJ the neck is gorgeous, thin body - modern bright - super playable. Aggressive P tone is stunning for P slap. Modern P5 - Lakand Vintage P passive - on flats sounds like a 59p thick and thumpy Pino or tiktak Carol Kaye if you want plus that low B. Modern MMJ 5 - Lakland 55-94 - not had this long but its the most tonally flexible bass I've ever had. Fretless 5 - Pentabuzz but mine has Bart soap bars which I really like Recording - Fodera Imperial Elite ( unchambered mahogany body - weighs a tonne ) For my ears Moollon/Anaconda/Lakland are all up there. Not knocking anyone else, I just haven't got to play everything yet.
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This is my much loved Moollon J5 hand built for me by Joon Park in 2017. If you are thinking of ordering one of these its now a 2 year waiting list. It is without question one of the finest bases I have ever played and its been a pleasure to own it. I will regret this. I've been to visit Young Joon Park in Seoul and a finer gent and craftsman you will not meet. I've put some build pics in. The man is obsessed with quality and creating an honest vintage sound and that includes properly integrating an authentic B. If Leo had a five string in the 60's, this is what it would sound like. I've attached pictures of the bass when new. I'll attach some more in a few days showing body wear which is normal in Nitro finishes like this. Otherwise no marks. This is a 60's pick up positioning passive J5. I had this built to match my 62 jazz bass Olympic white with natural head and tort guard. Comes with Moollon hard case. Why am I selling? I guess that after all is said and done I'm lucky to have an original 62 Fender Jazz and for 5 string I'm pretty much on active now. Price excludes shipping & insurance. Body wood Alder Neck wood Hard Maple Fingerboard Wood Macassar Ebony With 7.25\" Radius Frets Medium Size Nickel Silver Bridge Moollon Vintage Style Tuners Moollon Vintage Style Nut Bone Pots CTS Jack Switchcraft Pickups Moollon VJ-60 Inlays Clay dot Finish Nitrocellulose Lacquer Controls Volume/Volume/Master Tone Video of the bass being here:
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