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  1. Owen
    [quote name='skej21' timestamp='1375361871' post='2160261'] So why not buy an actual bass? The U-Bass doesn't sound like a bass, or a uke. It's a 'no mans land' type instrument. Just like the Banjalele and the guitalele. Gimmicky nonsense IMO. [/quote] It does not sound like a uke. It is tuned the same as a standard 4 string bass, so how it could sound like anything but a bass is beyond me. A Jazz does not sound like a Precision does not sound like an Alembic does not sound like a Rickenbacker does not sound like a Turner Renaiassance does not sound like a Hofner does not sound like a Status does not sound like a Kala Ubass. But they all sound like a bass.
  2. Owen
    I have one. Useless for acoustic playing. But everything else is unless it is a DB. It needs a decent buffer preamp. But it sounds superb. It has the the low mid air shifting DB thud. Tuning issues higher up? Yes. Low tension strings? Yes, but I really like that. The world is broad and full of different opinions and that is what makes it great, but I do not consider it to be a toy in any shape or form.
  3. Owen

    jgkld

    Owen replied to Stejohn's topic in Basses For Sale

    People, this is a fake. Unless it has the capital H it is one of the copies made in Cumbria. Caveat emptor.
  4. Owen
    [quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1373981522' post='2143793'] It's a slightly different mode Owen but it i do like your Hofner. Stop tempting me. [/quote] Mr Router and I could whip it into shape pretty quickly if you give me the nod!
  5. Owen
    [quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1373928109' post='2143406'] Very nice. [/quote] You could have an original for less http://basschat.co.uk/topic/211980-hofner-5003-1963/ However, I would go for a Kala Ubass.
  6. Owen
    Bump
  7. Owen
    I have subbed just so that I can find out. Tragic I am.
  8. Owen
    [quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1373388625' post='2137024'] I tried one of these last year, I really liked the sound but the neck joint looked like it was going and the guy wanted 900 for it. This looks a much better prospect. :-) [/quote] Obv, I am open to haggling upwards
  9. Owen
    Body Thickness 2" Upper bout 12" Lower bought 16" length top to tail 46" ish Fully hollow In Bangor, North Wales. Sorry, not the best photo but my phone battery is low. I can get better ones tomorrow. [URL=http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/IMAG0231_zpsd97f70be.jpg.html][IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/peredur/IMAG0231_zpsd97f70be.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
  10. Owen
    [quote name='CBR75' timestamp='1373393241' post='2137093'] I'm the luckiest guy in the world tonight ! Thanks Eddie ! [/quote] <phew!>
  11. Owen
    [url="http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Hofner%20vintage%20instruments/Hofner%20Senator%201963%20SOLD/Senator1963Front1.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Hofner%20vintage%20instruments/Hofner%20Senator%201963%20SOLD/Senator1963Quarter1.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Hofner%20vintage%20instruments/Hofner%20Senator%201963%20SOLD/Senator1963Rear1.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Hofner%20vintage%20instruments/Hofner%20Senator%201963%20SOLD/Senator1963Blemish1.jpg.html"][/url] Step back 45 years to the sort of bass your dad (or maybe your grandad) learned to play on. That glorious tobacco sunburst finish is a true picture, it really is that rich. The bass is all original, and has picked up a couple of marks along the way. There's a none-too-obvious blemish on the front and a repaired hole on the back. The neck was re-set in 2007 by the top Hofner man in London (Andy Gibson, who does all of Music Ground's and Macari's Hofners). She's strung with period-correct flats and high-ish action. Sound? Woody. No, very woody. No really, I mean [i]seriously[/i] woody. Can easily deliver a truly superb, dark dub sound but switch in an instant to a classic Beatles tone. This case has more mojo than Muddy Waters. This case looks like it stepped out to the corner shop in 1969 for a packet of Rothmans and came back 30 years later after touring the States and Japan. This cased is [b][i]relic'd[/i][/b], OK.
  12. Owen
    The market is slow. I guess my next stop is Ebay where I will start at £450. By the time I have payed all the fees + stuff it will cost me close to £50 anyway so here it is for £400 (Paypal gift of bank transfer). Ta, like. Mid 60s thumpy goodness. Single pickup. Flats mid scale. Big bodied semi - not Beatles stuff.. The tone control needs fixing but I live in a place where no one can do that stuff. I will knock £20 off for that. Pics up later but doing this while I remember. £ only. No trades.
  13. Owen
    <sigh>
  14. Owen
    This is ridiculous. Will someone PLEASE buy this? Alternatively someone buy my 1963 Hofner 500/3 for £500 and I will buy this. It is bonkers that this is still sitting here.
  15. Owen
    If I was remotely thinking about an SX jazz I would be all over this like a bad rash http://basschat.co.uk/topic/208172-sx-custom-jazz-l149/page__p__2129375__hl__sx%20jazz__fromsearch__1#entry2129375
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    [URL=http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/UK0A9438_zps6fbd0f27.jpg.html][IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/peredur/UK0A9438_zps6fbd0f27.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/UK0A9437_zpsf88a4d3c.jpg.html][IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/peredur/UK0A9437_zpsf88a4d3c.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/UK0A9433_zpsf8f966df.jpg.html][IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/peredur/UK0A9433_zpsf8f966df.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/gwddw3_zpse9dd4230.jpg.html][IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/peredur/gwddw3_zpse9dd4230.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/gwddw2_zps45e2f5e2.jpg.html][IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/peredur/gwddw2_zps45e2f5e2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/gwddw1_zpse1ce8075.jpg.html][IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/peredur/gwddw1_zpse1ce8075.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/UK0A9429_zpsb2c092a0.jpg.html][IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/peredur/UK0A9429_zpsb2c092a0.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/UK0A9427_zps4212c8f3.jpg.html][IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/peredur/UK0A9427_zps4212c8f3.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/UK0A9424_zps15be22bd.jpg.html][IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/peredur/UK0A9424_zps15be22bd.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
  17. Owen
    Thanks for the offer but £ is king I'm afraid. Cheers
  18. Owen
    Spec and picture of a new one here. It is not in pristine condition but is in VGC. http://www.fender.com/en-GB/series/american-special/american-special-telecaster-maple-fingerboard-3-color-sunburst I will get pics of the actual axe up later. £550 to your door. Want it you know you do
  19. Owen
    iirc it is 86lbs.
  20. Owen
    Did I mention the weight?
  21. Owen
    [quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1372871569' post='2131022'] must sound awesome! I saw you were selling it a year or so back (serching Berg IP in sales section) but you changed your mind? [/quote] I keep thinking of selling but then realise that I am not going to get anything else close to it without schlepping an awful lot more kit around. I'm sure that I could be happy with one the newer uber 2x12 cabs, but for now I am staying put.
  22. Owen
    [quote name='funkle' timestamp='1372833107' post='2130372'] Didn't Bergantino do powered cabs for a while with DSP? Their website doesn't have them listed anymore, I suppose the product line wasn't supportable in the market place. [/quote] I have a 3x 10" + Compression driver Berg powered cab (IP310). 1Kw powersoft amp module with full DSP. It is a thing of beauty. However it is proper old school thick wood and ceramic magnets to the max so weighs the same as a small house. All is forgiven when I plug it in though
  23. Owen
    Bump for please take this stuff off my hands.
  24. Owen
    [quote name='hamfist' timestamp='1372485824' post='2126261'] Me too. [/quote] Not all PA cabs are equal. I used a Mackie SRM450 for a few months. It ran out of headroom pretty quickly. It was great with the Mackie sub, but that is so heavy. Not to say the more recent generation of stuff is the same as things have moved on and properly set up DSP is superb. I will never enjoy my Double Bass live as much as I did when I was going through a d&b Audiotechnik rig. It was just sublime.
  25. Owen
    Thanks Clarky, I figured there was a way but thought it would be good to know before rather than after the event.
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