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    My problem isn’t the same as TheGreek’s, but it’s on similar lines. My improv band has been booked for a small, but established festival in September. It’s main themes are folk and indie, but they booked another improv band last year. They want us on the main stage which I think is great, as I never expected this band to play anything larger than a pub room. Other players are more cautious and think we’d be better off in a marquee or even the church! Our line up is electric bass, viola, sax/clarinet, accordion, and bassoon so we aren’t rockers, but we are well practised and most of the time it gels nicely. How can I persuade them to be bold and play the main stage?
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    I’ve also had more opportunity to assess the non active cheapo starstream 2s. With the neck nearly dead straight I’ve got some lowish action with a slight choke that I like. Some cheap basses fail to sound like a bass in the higher reaches, but the Vox doesn’t suffer this at all. The sound palette isn’t huge but it’s all useful. I played it with a big band/ small orchestra and I had lots of positive comments. Staccato notes were particularly effective. Id love to try an active version.
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    I've had a few questions, including requests for more images. String height: at 12th fret, its is approx 2mm to top of frets. It's similar at the 24th and 7th frets, so there is some bend in the neck, but it looks pretty straight. In these pics I'm showing: saddle heights; original bridge (G string was too close to edge for me); asymmetric neck profile; control cavity; neck joint area; rear body wood finish; split in finish; single dent in fretboard; other end of fretboard which has some wear. Considering the state of the cosmetics, it's quite striking how little wear there is to the fretboard or frets. It's either been redone, or hasn't been played much.
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    I'm not set up for recording, but I'll see what I can do. Maybe Sunday?
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    You’d be most welcome to come and take a look. I don’t really expect anybody to make a decision on this unseen. I’m in central Bristol.
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    I'm not knowledgable enough to give an answer, but my guess is, in the finish. How deep would the stain sink in?
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    Here you go Chris, https://reverb.com/uk/item/13926129-chris-larkin-reacter-5b-lacewood £3,350 It's in Spain though!
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    This is quite a different bass from the 30 in short scale Squier that preceded it. Much more solidly made and has a wider range of tones available as each pickup has separate tone controls. This example has two blemishes that I can find (both pictured) and some fine scratching to the, er... scratch plate. NECK: One-piece maple, 32 inch, Jazz-style FRETS: 20 ELECTRONICS: Passive BRIDGE: BBOT CONTROLS: Stacked volume, tone (neck). Stacked volume, tone (bridge) WEIGHT: 4.25kg I'm selling basses as my other half tells me we are leaving our spacious loft in Bristol and moving to a broom cupboard in London. I travel occasionally between Bristol and Northampton, and am in London from time to time. Trade options: I'm looking for a decent electro-acoustic nylon string guitar.
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    Hand-made in Ireland by the luthier better known on the continent than in the UK. Chris Larkin first took a stand at Frankfurt Music Fair in, I think, 1989, and never needed to do any marketing here. This one was ordered by the Viennese store Klangfarbe, and I brought it back from Vienna in 2016. I sought advice on value from Christoph Navratil, who owns the site chrislarkinowners.com, where one can learn about the luthiers work (he died a few years ago). There are also some basses for sale via the site, and further examples on reverb, where prices rise to a giddy £3,500. Those examples look like they've never been played. Mine has not been mothballed, oh no! A lot of pics here, the apparent colour really does vary this much. The split in finish near the control chamber is not structural, probably caused by temperature expansion/contraction. NECK: P width assymetric set neck FRETBOARD: rosewood FRETS: 24 PICKUPS: Kent Armstrong humbuckers ELECTRONICS: Aguilar OBP3 BRIDGE: Schaller width-adjustable CONTROLS: Passive - volume, tone. Active - bass, midfreq (hi, lo) treble WEIGHT: 3.75kg I have an inexpensive hardcase for this, in case it has to be posted. I'm selling as my other half tells me we are leaving our spacious loft in Bristol and moving to a broom cupboard in London. I travel occasionally between Bristol and Northampton, and am in London from time to time.
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    According to Hipshot zen desk, bass bridge A style screws are SAE #6-32.
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    I’d give it a lot longer. I’ve added a few shorties recently, but I’ve still got long-scales which are ‘go to’ for certain things, and they’re not less comfortable, or harder to play. I do find that practicing difficult stuff on the shorties pays off when you transfer to long scale.
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    Thanks for the question Paul. I’m guessing I’ll need M3 10mm? edit: now I’ve posted this I see they’re probably flat point
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    Thanks to a previous post I have found a source in Spaldings Fasteners. I need to replace stripped screws in a Hipshot A style. Spaldings don’t specify a pitch. Is this likely to be a problem? Anyone know what it should be?
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    The active versions are both £799….. pmt might be interested. They currently offer the A1H on preorder at nearly double. £1595!
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    I have the cheap version with single coils. Amazing ergonomics with a distinctive sound and in red it looks like a child’s toy. I find better strap balance using the lower button.
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    Nice thread, and some great names. Here’s some also rans. Colloidal State - school band name found by a young swot in a chemistry textbook. The Joe 90s - art school band featuring spectacles. Schoen ist anders - German for ‘beauty is not like this’: it was in Austria. Reverend Frank and the Loose Canons - pub blues band, not very tight. I liked the name though. Jazz Indigo - sensible name for sensible jazz standards outfit. The Shackletons - accordion, bass and voice. Named by Vic Reeves before I joined, apparently.
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    This post will come as a surprise to Andy, as he does not know me. But I owe him. A couple of weeks ago, Andy sold a Yamaha BB1500A and described it as doing the Marcus Miller thing. This came as a surprise to me, as my 1500 had never come close to that sound. But after absorbing that ad, it now does it very well, better I’d say than the MM signature Fender I once had. It’s true that I tinkered with the mid-cut preset to good effect, but I can’t believe that alone could have made all the difference. Is it all in my head? Or is my playing style now inspired by the faith that we CAN do the Marcus sound? Or when Andy Travis speaks, do all bass guitars obey? Perhaps he would say something encouraging about the Squier Jaguar?
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    I bought a Maruscyk Elwood short scale from Vin in January. Very easy transaction, great to deal with. So in April I bought his Classic Vibe Jaguar as well.
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    Thanks for this, I’m interested in trying it out on my Jag SS. My stable of Short scale was added to by a Maruscyk Elwood in January, and the medium scales by a classic vibe Jag a couple of weeks ago. It’s impossible to compare the 30 and 32-in Jaguars, they feel different and sound different. The 30 has new 40-95s, the 32, older 45-105s. I wonder if that’s the main reason? Just so I’m clear, Stub, the two pickup mods are either below or above, not both.
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    Yes, and yes. I can make a quick demo video if that helps. I prefer to send with the neck off.
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    abcarso

    Manwithvan replied to petergales's topic in Feedback

    Have now sold Andy two basses through Basschat, both delivered by Parcelforce. He is fair and honest, and a pleasure to deal with.
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    Still for sale, I shall have to bump it!
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    Another sacrifice to make way for new acquisitions. Scarcely used Squier Jag, owned since new. I've rehearsed with it, and it performed well, but never gigged it. There's a couple small scratches on the back (circled on photo) but that's it for wear and tear, though it's a bit dusty in the photos! Neck pickup sounds good, both pickups together sounds better; the bridge pickup, alone, I didn't find very useful. The weight is 3.25 kg, or 7 lb.
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    Just seen something I want on this very forum, and it needs funds! What's good: Overwater-designed pickups, clean and clear electronics. What's not so good: A joint project with the overseas build managed by Tanglewood, who took it back (I bought it new) to rewire the pickups so they were in phase and did a fret dress. It's not light at 4.5kg ( I will double check if asked). The body finish is rather nice and still in very good order.
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    Just seen something I want on this very forum, and it needs funds! What's good: Bartolinis, slim straight neck, very usable preamp with mids switch, light as a a feather. What's bad: the body finish is rubbish. It came to me damaged, and I have probably made it slightly worse by touching it up. An invisible repair from about 400 yards, maybe! With this in mind I hope the price is realistic.
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