lemmywinks

4 hours ago, Chienmortbb said:

I know I should not but I will buy this. 

It's the only sensible option really.

There's also a used BH250 on sale in the Marketplace here for £100 including a Gator bag, has the smart EQ, mute function, tuner and Toneprint option.

1 minute ago, Woodinblack said:

 

Well, he got peoples attention but he isn't selling anything!

His main trade seems to be odd vintage parts with sensible prices, a lot of the weird stuff has been up there for years and I don't think he cares whether it sells or not. It's just junk he likely got for peanuts and is taking a chance on. 

I've actually bought from him in the past (like 15+ years ago, was a fret guard IIRC) as he had the thing I needed at the right price. 

9 minutes ago, super al said:

Yes, the rather cute but very fiddly switch... Buying the footswitch helped me with that, the other option was to employ a person with tiny hands 😂

My BH250 actually came with the TC footswitch but I sold it. I only really change it a couple of times and that's only during a dep gig I sometimes do when I want a bit of drive.

These cabs are notorious for scuffing up on the bottom edge when being pulled along by the trolley handle. My cab was previously owned by sadly deceased BCer Bumnote/Nigel who had kept it in A1 condition, I was a little bit disheartened to see the tolex wearing after wheeling it across Chorley - it was that or pay for parking and I don't like spending money!

So a sheet of chequer plate, some black spray paint and a couple of layers of lacquer later and it should be good to go for plenty more rehearsals with no risk of damage. The size I bought was 4cm x 4cm x 20cm, I got it for under £7 here if anybody else would find this useful:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/112166014466

9 hours ago, super al said:

I agree with @lemmywinks , I use the Spectracomp mostly but I've been using the comp'n'drive in the rock band lately.

 

I bought my bh250 around 10 years ago now and I loved it so I purchased the bh550 for gigging and use the bh250 home practice and rehearsals if it's required.

 

 

That's what I did, bought the BH800 for gigs/rehearsals as unfortunately my bigger cab was a bit too thirsty for the BH250. In retrospect I could have bought a more efficient cab and the 250 would most likely have been fine.

The only thing I don't like about the BH550/800 is the Toneprint selector switch is difficult to get to without moving the two surrounding knobs.

Been years since I paid for a setup, get yourself a decent notched straight edge (I have a Crimson one which does all common bass scale lengths, not cheap though) and some basic tools then watch a ton of luthier videos on YouTube. £125 is a lot for a basic setup and nut adjustment, unless you also need a fret dress then I'd look elsewhere.

The last four basses I bought all had wholly unsuitable setups for me, one needed a fair bit of adjustment and two of them needed frets knocking down higher up the board, the tools have paid for themselves already. 

34 minutes ago, prowla said:

Not even bothering to click - guessing it's Cologne?

Yeah our old German firewood peddler.

Knew who the seller was before clicking on that!

Great price that, really nice cheap basses with great necks and poky pickups.

Spotted that one on eBay, good score and looks miles better now.

RE the Toneprint - I use the Spectracomp almost exclusively but also like the chorus, worth looking into as you can effectively turn it into a set and forget extra feature of your choosing. The comp'n'drive is also cool.

I'd be tempted to drop a preamp in that, I think this will have originally been active? An LHZ if you want to go all out but there's a used EMG BQC here:

Both of those options are proper Spector-y.

Bargain!

As previously said the tuner, compression (via Toneprint), aux in (add in a bluetooth dongle for a few quid) and mute function make this a seriously useful yet still tiny box of tricks. I should really sell mine as I have a different small amp which covers the same ground but tbh I just don't want to.

As it says, usually about £100 more than this:

https://www.thomann.co.uk/warwick_gnome_i_pro_600w.htm

If it has an E or W then it's most likely WMI who made superb budget instruments, either way if you like it and it's £250 then grab it. 

15 hours ago, Cornwall Steve said:

Well, the one nearest to where I live, and prefer out of the two, is simply described as an 'Edge' and is a kinda blue-green colour in the photo looking almost teal. For the £250 price tag I can't imagine it's terribly brilliant quality however the headstock says its made in Korea (by Cortek perhaps?)

You'll be able to tell where it came from be the serial number, a lot of Deans were made in the Unsung factory so it may start with US. In general for Korean basses an S denotes Samick, C would mean Cort, I or IS would be Saein (Shine) etc.

Unsung made a lot of decent guitars, did quite a lot of Epiphones IIRC.

That's a serious bargain and someone needs to snap it up.

They always seem to scuff up on that edge, I'm considering sticking a bit of 90 degree chequer plate to mine to protect it. 

All these should have been recalled IMO, they cost far too much money to be looking like a ratty old rehearsal room cab after a short while. Some of them were an absolute state.

If you are happy without it then leave it bypassed, the Uni Pre is pretty transparent (think there's a jumper on the board which can change it to a pre shape so check this first) so it should be a very similar sound without cutting/boosting.

With it engaged you can just do all your EQing on the bass itself which is my preference, the Uni Pre does have extra internal jog wheels so you can set the individual pickup gains, upper and lower bass frequencies and how high the treble frequency goes. Basically you can boost bass without adding boominess and boost treble without it sounding too thin. Once you have those set it's a very comprehensive preamp and offers some incredible sounds so definitely worth spending some time getting used to it.

https://www.thomann.co.uk/thon_rack_5he_eco_ii_compact.htm

https://www.thomann.co.uk/flyht_pro_rack_5u_eco_ii_compact_23.htm

If you need the moulded ABS styling then you might be out of luck.

Bargain that, well done!

You can usually pick up a TC BAM200, BQ250 or Warwick Gnome for sub £100 (and those TC heads are currently £120 on sale new) so there's just not much of a reason to spend a comparable amount on what is probably a considerably worse amp.

I use a Fishman Platinum Pro. Has a great DI, excellent one knob compressor, adjustable boost (triggered by footswitch), accurate tuner, mute function (on a footswitch) and a very nice EQ with HPF, plus some other useful features. There's one for sale here:

The Platinum Stage is also excellent if you just need the eq, DI and boost features in a tiny package. 

There's tons of bass preamps available nowadays, not many have all the features I need but the Platinum Pro ticked all the boxes. Eliminated the need for a pedalboard with separate tuner and compression and I just take that one single box to gigs now.

Bass Direct also have a used Genzler Magellan in at the moment:

https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/product/genzler-magellan-preamp-di-pedal-pre-owned/?gQT=1

£20 here will sort you out:

You'll need a headphone splitter (and a stereo to mono 6.35mm-3.5mm adapter if you don't already have one), if you have some sort of headphone amp (the P2 clones off AliExpress are good) then you could probably use the main out to get a seperate mix if you don't want the same levels, again with a few more adapters. 

In fact you could probably just pan everything over to one side and use a regular mono 6.35mm-3.5mm adapter.

Just checked and it was this one, CV70 and mapble board though.