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Gone!

Have these going spare, just the 4 saddles themselves so no intonation screws, height screws or springs. Fitted to an old Japanese P copy for a day or so but look too new so went back to the originals.

Can post these for free through my work account so just shoot me a pm if you want 'em. They're 19mm wide.

How many bourbon biscuits can you fit in the neck pocket gaps?

Sometimes it's cool to find a janky old bass and have fun playing it.

I think the SOnic Master software for updating is Mac and Windows only and over USB. There's a new firmware out btw but the release notes don't specify many changes.

After a quick search it seems like he's been listing it since 2019:

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/336772-maiming-is-too-good-for-some-people/#comment-3687710

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/338467-one-very-sad-ibanez-mc800/#comment-3711563

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/415755-good-grief/#comment-4066591

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/462391-someone-is-deluded/#comment-4702524

Our old German friend, think he's either listed this before (years ago) or this is a different hacked up Ibanez MC. Whichever it is this guy's storage locker must be a musical house of horrors.

Another idea would be to make some from wood that anchor underneath the pickup cover.

You can import pickup rings for a J bass, probably cheaper to make or 3D print some though. There's an STL file here if you have access to a 3D printer or a fellow BCer can help you out:

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/gadget/jazz-bass-pick-up-ring-bridge

1 minute ago, Rodders said:

Another vote for the Fishman Platinum Pro EQ, I've been using it for just over a year after picking one up second hand. Wouldn't be without it now, the only thing that is slightly annoying is there is no markings on the mid sweep to show frequency range.

I've been toying with the idea of picking up the simpler Stage Pro version so I don't have to lug my board to rehearsals.

I have the Stage as well, it's an ace little thing, no tuner or comp though but the eq is still brilliant.

The Trace 2x8 with Faital drivers is probably a bit more capable, one for sale here:

1 hour ago, Basslearner said:

Hi

 

How do you stream the audio from your phone. I'm using the software which has connected but no audio

Instead of going through the phone app just connect your phone directly to "Pocket Master Audio" (not "Pocket Master BLE"), should just see it as an audio device.

I mate of mine has the Unity 250 1x15 combo, it's decent enough and can fill a good sized room on its own. A little unrefined sounding and boomy when I've heard him live but that may be (read probabably is) down to his eq as he's a converted rhythm guitarist. Quite compact for the sound it puts out too.

10 minutes ago, Ed_S said:

I like to find really cheap basses that just happen to have great necks, and then have fun replacing all the bits that were actively skimped on in order to have that standard of woodwork and fretwork at such a low price. In those cases I think the word 'upgrade' is more easily justified, but I do agree that it's important to make peace with the fact that a £200 bass with £200 of parts fitted and a load of time invested using expensive tools is still very often only worth £100.

 

All the same, if such a bass falls out of use or favour down the road, I prefer to send it off as-is and stand to a degree of loss - partly in the hope that it makes the new owner happy and perhaps lets them have something they otherwise couldn't, but mostly because taking something that I've made as good as I think it can be and then spending even more time to rip it apart and make it worse (even if only subjectively), I find to be the complete opposite of fun.

Yeah this, my backup bass is a cheapy which has a neck I love and a solid low B string. Swapped the tuners out for some Grover clones (tenner second hand on eBay) and stuck an expensive preamp in it (£150 used East Uni Pre off here) and will be using it as my main bass for some upcoming dep gigs as it sounds so good and feels great to play. Total cost was under £300 and it punches well above its weight.

If I sell it on the East is staying with me though!

Upgrades are fine, I won't think twice about swapping something on my gigging basses as I'm the person using them, always keep the originals in case you sell it on though.

Also the Tech 21 Dug Punnick pedal and the JHS Punchline.

There's also the Gallien Krueger Plex, Tech 21 FLy Rig, EBS MicroBass 3 and also a cheaper Fly Rig clone I can't remember the name of

EDIT: Valeton Bass Dapper was the cheaper one

2 minutes ago, warwickhunt said:

 

Ditto.  I find the Fishman Plat Pro exceptional.  I ALWAYS use the HPF and though I'm not a fan of most pedal compressors, this weeks so well.  

 

The only downside is if you swap basses mid gig and they are vastly different outputs, it is difficult to quickly adjust/match the side mounted (recessed) trim control.  This is not an issue if using one bass or if you have time between sets to adjust... it really is minor and despite using basses with massive differences, I manage.

You could just use the boost footswitch to quickly match levels if you don't use it for anything else.

1 hour ago, ped said:

Yeah I had one a while ago and found it very noisy. Could have been a defective unit or maybe a problem elsewhere but I think I sent it back. 

I think someone mentioned on one of the HB Block 800B threads found that the noise from that was due to paint preventing it from being properly grounded, same deal with some of their guitars (there's a KDH video with a tele he bought) which have painted bridges and saddles that don't ground properly. Maybe as simple as that.

Some people complained about background noise on the Harley Benton btw, might be worth looking into before buying.

Been using a Fishman Platinum Pro EQ for years, love the comp and eq (with sweepable mids) on it plus it has an accurate tuner and a really nice DI. The HPF and brilliance controls are handy for taming excess at either end of the bass frequency range.

The Sonicake B Factory might be a good cheaper option, I would tell you all about it but the one I ordered went missing!

1 hour ago, frannie01 said:

 

RE AliExpress - I use it regularly and there's a ton of nice parts on there, namely some really good inexpensive bridges and other bits of hardware. I'd avoid Wilkinson stuff on there though as there's always a chance is might be a fake. There are/were fake WIlkinsons and according to the head guy at Harley Benton that's why they had to stop using them.

I have a set of the Wilinson WOJB5 ceramic magnet Jazz pickups in my backup bass and they sound great, a bit more aggressive than regular J pickups but that's not a bad thing and I use that bass as my main instrument for any heavier dep gigs I get. They were initially a temporary measure but they're more than good enough to stay. I wouldn't worry about it unless it's not the sound you like.

11 minutes ago, frannie01 said:

Hi Thank you all for your suggestions. Just to clarify I’d love the option of having a pbass and stingray at my disposal in one bass but this isn’t the bass for all the reasons you’ve all so kindly mentioned. Not even sure the Sandberg California which this bass is modelled could do that either ?) my issues have been the imbalance in out out between the 2 sets of pups 

I’ll look at the Warmans and Wilkinson’s then thank you all for your input 🙏🏽👍🏽

The bass you're after would look like this:

As already mentioned it won't sound anything like a MM pickup due to being pushed right back against the bridge. If you just want to beef it up a little then the cheap option would be a higher output overwound pickup (Warman do a cheap one) or if you want to spend more money then swap the preamp out one which has adjustable gain for each pickup like an East or something.

1 minute ago, Terry M. said:

This is true. If I was a 4 string Fender kind of guy I'd go and give it a test run. I don't live too far from this shop. The owner has a decent bass inventory and invites offers. I hope he gains more traction in the marketplace going forward. 

I did wonder if that was a real store tbh, the owner has done a great job of making it look almost exactly like one of those scam pop-up web stores that steal your credit card details! Good to know it's legit

2 hours ago, Terry M. said:

https://fenderfever.com/products/2375?_pos=49&_fid=ab9285fa2&_ss=c

 

Case in point. Albeit a Jazz. 

Great price that, pretty much what you'd excpect to pay in a private sale.