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  1. JoeEvans
    £120 for this classic slab of trouser-flapping power, any takers?
  2. JoeEvans
    Surely you mean "amazing light relic finish"?
  3. JoeEvans
    Damn, I was hoping he was still looking so that I could attempt to sell him my Markacoustic combo...
  4. JoeEvans
    Price drop bump...
  5. JoeEvans
    Nice to see so much love for the old warhorse, thanks guys! I'm fond of it myself and if I was going to be gigging in a loud band I'd keep it for sure, the sound comes out in solid slabs...
  6. JoeEvans
    NOW SOLD Solid price drop to £120 including postage to UK mainland, giving exceptional bass goodness/£ ratio. This is a Trace Elliot GP7 combo with single 15” speaker in great condition for its age. Classic Trace Elliot sound with huge, solid, punchy volume. It’s built like a tank and weighs something like 25kg but once you get it on stage and crank it up it’s all worth it! £120 posted or collect from Bristol for £100.
  7. JoeEvans
    Now sold. Price drop to £280, if you're after a warm, rich acoustic sound in a small package, read on... Markacoustic AC101 for sale in good condition (apart from a few scuffs and spots of paint...). This is a great little amp with two channels and some built in effects, 200w driving a single 10" speaker. One channel can take an XLR input so can be used for vocals or a mic on a double bass. I bought it to use with a double bass for small gigs and it sounds great - a warm, rich, natural acoustic tone. Pretty loud for its size and can be used with an extension cab if needed. It would also work well for other instruments, eg cello, acoustic guitar etc and would be great for a singer-songwriter with a dedicated vocal channel. £280 collected from Bristol but I’d be happy to post it at cost.
  8. JoeEvans
    The important thing to remember about drum and bass is that it’s not as good as it used to be when I was a lad.
  9. JoeEvans
    That looks amazing, I once had an ESP guitar from that period (strat copy) and the quality was superb. I only wish I was in a band that I could somehow pretend required me to buy a fretted bass...
  10. JoeEvans
    A steel rule is an excellent idea.
  11. JoeEvans
    If you can do it, it’s helpful to shape the slot with a slight taper, so that as you push the pickup in it gets gradually tighter. That way you can adjust the tightness and therefore the tone. You want to use the sandpaper on something stiff and flat. Possibly you could wrap it round a credit card, or the blade from a plane would be perfect. That way you’ll end up with a flat slot. I’d use quite coarse paper myself, 80 or 120 grit.
  12. JoeEvans
    I’m a big fan of the kangoo/ berlingo/ partner family. We used to go out to do gigs as a trio with a double bass plus amps and the three of us musicians in a kangoo. You basically can’t fill them up.
  13. JoeEvans
    Playing a cheap, battered bass and making it sound amazing is an inherently cool thing to do.
  14. JoeEvans
    When a small craft business grows, the people who used to spend their time happily making beautiful things end up spending their time being business managers instead, dealing with tedious HR, supply chain and finance issues. Not everyone wants to make that transition.
  15. JoeEvans
    There's an interesting study relating to this here: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/14/18/5281/pdf?version=1631608918 I haven't looked though it in detail but it seems to show different responses at different overtones for ash and walnut bodies on an electric guitar, and more sustain for the ash body. From the conclusion: "This study confirms that the elastomechanical and acoustic properties of the material used for the solid body of an electric guitar also affect the acoustic properties of the instrument."
  16. JoeEvans
    I don't like the Beatles. Maudlin sentimentality from Paul meets self-important, preening ego from John and plodding journeyman stuff from the other two. And grey, claggy, syrupy production. Yuck.
  17. JoeEvans
    I replaced the tailwire on my bass with 3mm Spectra, which is incredibly strong non-stretch braided cord. I think there was a slight improvement in the tone of the instrument and it definitely made it easy to get the length exactly where I wanted it. You need to use the right knot to form the loop because the cord is very slippery - the best one is probably the 'water knot', which is also very simple to tie.
  18. JoeEvans
    Two other things - string tension? Might be worth experimenting with some softer strings. And the nut - playing all night up at the top of the neck when the strings are too high at the nut would definitely cause a bit of discomfort. But I think it’s a delicate business getting that right, a matter of tenths of a millimetre...
  19. JoeEvans
    I’m no expert but there are a few things that have come up for me in trying to reduce hand tension. You may well be doing all this already... - playing on the tips of the fingers so that the end section of the finger is close to vertical on the string with a sharp bend at the first joint. - relaxing the thumb so that you’re not squeezing the neck, you’re pulling the strings down with the weight of your arm. - experimenting with the position of the instrument so that you’re not taking the weight of it on your thumb at all, and you’re almost leaning it forward onto the fingers of your left hand. - keeping some first finger pressure on the string when you’re playing on your other fingers. All this stuff works differently on different areas of the neck and it’s more things to experiment with than solid rules, but it’s all about relaxing the thumb and using minimal effort to hold down the strings.
  20. JoeEvans
    This has sent me on a deep Trace Elliot nostalgia wave... I used to have a 4x8 combo and the knowledge of what that could do makes me look at some of the stacks in the brochures with genuine awe and a touch of physical fear.
  21. JoeEvans
    This is making me want to join a loud band so that I could justify buying it. Total bargain for a rig that would jingle the glasses in a pub three streets away.
  22. JoeEvans
    This is the classic overdrive pedal from Marshall, made for a few years in the late 80s and early 90s and meant to give the sound of a Marshall JVM valve amp being driven hard. Famously used by Gary Moore and now fairly sought after with some being listed on eBay for £300 plus (although not necessarily selling at that price!). I’m asking £160 including postage to anywhere in the UK. Sold without original box and without a power supply - it just takes a standard 9v. This one is one is in good general condition and full working order although I haven’t tested the slightly eccentric effects loop, which runs from a single stereo jack requiring a splitter lead. This kicks in when the pedal is on, so you can trigger multiple pedals with one click. I have replaced the input and loop jack sockets as they were faulty - this is a known problem with these pedals. The output socket is original and fine but I’m including a spare jack socket in case it’s ever needed, as it isn’t easy to source the right part. This is the ‘Made in England’ version, thought by some to be more desirable than the later Korean ones. It’s a fairly hefty lump of metal! My understanding is that it would have been made between 1988 and 1990.
  23. JoeEvans
    Wilkel bought a Tacoma acoustic bass from me and he's highly recommended - great communication, immediate payment, flexible about the practical details. Cheers Will!
  24. JoeEvans
    I think if it says ‘precision bass’ on the narrow end then it’s a precision bass; otherwise there are various shades of increasing vagueness - p-bass copy, p-bass type, p-bass variant, etc.
  25. JoeEvans
    The double bass room seems to be the best place in the country for a bass at that price. I’ve bought two from him over the years, he’s a lovely guy and was happy to let me spend a couple of hours playing different instruments. I think it’s probably the only place in the country where you could play that many basses for under five grand, and it would be worth a visit just to experience the huge range of tone and feel you can get, so that you’d have some context in making a final decision.
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