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    Original Epiphone Rivoli bass , made in Kalamazoo. The serial number dates it from 1964 or 1965. I'm putting it out there for sale to see if there is any interest in this highly collectable and playable bass. It's in great condition considering its age with some belt rash marks on the back as shown in the photo below and the occasional ding elsewhere. The neck is very straight and playable and all electrics work as they should. It comes with a period Baldwin hard case, also in very good condition.
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    I agree, that solder would short out the pickup coil. It's a foil screen and I'd guess there would be some tape over the coil winding behind it to protect the fine coil wire. That screen is probably very effective in reducing noise when using only one pickup (no humbucking effect from using both pickups). I have screened jazz pickups by using copper foil, but I use the self adhesive tape and put it on the inside of the covers including the top. Back to the main topic and my vote would be for DiMarzio. I have a DiMarzio P pickup from the 1980s with the same colour cover. It's a great fat sounding pickup with allen key adjustment on each of the pole pieces. I'm assuming your P bass has been modded to be a PJ bass with this pickup in the usual bridge position?
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    We now have a regular drummer but could really do with a couple more trombone players, so on the small chance that somebody knows a trombone player looking to join a big band in the Mendip, Somerset area please get in touch 🙂
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    tps://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255261863410?hash=item3b6ecaedf2:g:kEYAAOSwo8phq~gN&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAwMfi2wkb5PiKpy0oJdmRLJ904W6fJ8K111c5PqQyiX6ti0esm1TVj6QINGW%2B3E1bZYvHsX%2Bvj4ahfHvXvugVZ0Cn0pM6irCMX7A88gWcC7H%2FQAFM1mwETPlSAUDU2odQlQsR8pmLqgd7K6Joo8W%2BHzr%2FB2%2FvV7pHSFajsg4gMr1vMBvSj%2FNtHmFMSqMdQDkQsCPm6yK0%2FADrxDlv1yQZF2KOuw0P3%2BPvFen542bTDCSIXpeE7C9vL5IE%2BOQ4QTssQw%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR6jR-cHkYQ You can set the number of ways using a collar under the fixing nut
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    Yes, rotary witches are readily available such as this one: see next post for eBay link 🙂
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    1970's vintage HH electronics MA100, 5 channel 100W into 4ohm head. Each of the 5 channels has a high / low impedance input, treble, bass and reverb send switch. Master reverb level, master volume and presence. All working and in good condition for its age and the front panel illumination is iconic on these old HH amps!
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    The usual balance circuit uses a dual gang pot just for the "blend" and I've never seen a stacked pot with dual gangs? Using a single balance control won't give a very smooth blend unless both pickups are actively buffered before the blend control. Just out of interest why do you need a balance / blend for a stingray?
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    Vintage YSC-60E Archtop acoustic guitar in tobacco burst with flame top and mahogany body and neck with nice bindings and inlays. These are quite rare and date from late 1990's or early 2000's, made in Korea I think. There is a piezo pickup under the bridge saddle and a built-in preamp with tone and volume controls and balanced XLR and TS jack outputs. The neck to body joint has been repaired at some point but is stable and the guitar is very playable as well as being good looking. Comes with a fitted hard case.
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    I don't suppose that you ever venture up to Somerset?
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    What difference did you notice with 500K? I usually associate 500K pots with humbuckers and 250K with single coils?
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    My '78 fretless jazz bass was fitted with A250K pots for volume and tone and the response was far ideal, all happening in the last few degrees! I had a ferret around in my spares drawer and found a couple of C taper reverse log 250K pots and thought I'd give them a try and they give a really linear sounding fade making getting a good blend much easier. That's a good result and one mod I'll do again on any similar 2 pickup, 2 volume control setup. I'd previously screened the control cavity and the pickup cavities with self adhesive foil, so there's minimal noise even when using only one pickup!
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    My very first bass was a medium scale cream Columbus tele bass and I've had a soft spot for them ever since. Here are my current Tele basses. An original '69, which I love as it has the DNA of the very first P bas in it's design and has a great woody growl from the single coil pickup. The Japanese Paisley blue bass was my workhorse for many years tuned down a tone to D and used in a blues quartet, finished with the matching blue strings it attracted many comments!
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    @Skin Lewis aka Dave bought my Epiphone Jack Casady that was up for sale here on Basschat. A pleasure to deal with and I hope he enjoys the bass:-)
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    Yeah Phil, your efforts are heroic and as well as being well appreciated are often affirming the sound and build quality from your projects and the BC and LFSys designs when pitched against the more established top end products. Any sneak preview of projects in the pipeline for this years' bash?
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    All being well, I'll be there 🙂 Date is in the diary
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    Very nice. I'm glad that you're liking it. I'm looking for an SRF700 myself, possibly with a swap for an Epiphone Jack Casady I'm trying to sell! Prices seem to have gone up a lot recently! GuitarGuitar price ATM nearly £1K! Did you get a deal or is that how much they are now? I'm also interested to hear that your SRH500F sounds more upright bass like. That's hard to find and very useful for jazz situations.
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    Yes they sound surprisingly good for a solid state guitar amp and plenty loud enough for most situations. Very solid and well made too, from an era when gear was made to last and be repairable.
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    Totally agree with you, but if the switch is there just thinking out loud really. I didn't know about the Hartke speaker with the dual voice coil. It would be good to hear what it is actually doing but opening up the cab 🙂
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    Brasso is a very mild abrasive that can helps take out small scratches. T cut also works well but beware cutting through any finish by spreading the polishing over a larger area than the scratch
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    How odd. Multi speaker cabs often have the capability to switch between series and parallel connection to match to the amp. If there is only one driver speaker the switch possibly adds a series or parallel resistor which only makes any sense if connecting to a valve amp? It might be worth opening up the cab to see what the switch does
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    Thanks for the response. ME500 etc.. would be a great idea but totally outside our budget I'm afraid. Maybe If I find I have "spare" Aux channels I could give a stereo mix to the lead singer, as that's generally the most problematic area.
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    Blackstar Unity 60 compact lightweight (12Kg) bass combo for sale. Voice and sensitivity switching as well as built in compressor and chorus. 60W class D amp and 10" speaker. 3 band eq with sweepable mid. Great versatile combos ideal for practice, rehearsal or small gig. Can also be paired to Blackstar compatible cabinet link gear for more power. Line in / balanced DI and aux input.
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    Question, what are peoples views on mono vs. stereo in ear monitoring. I am planning to go down the wired in ear route for the church worship band at the same time as putting the drums in an isolation booth to get control of the balance and overall sound level. I have 8 aux channels available for band monitors on the AH Qu16 which would not be enough for all the band members to have stereo (there is usually up to 5 or 6 band members). Does mono work well enough? I'm also thinking of using the Qu-you monitor mix app so everyone can set their own mix on their phone, along with some behringer P2 headphone amps perhaps
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    I use something similar to this with adjustable height and tilt for a GK 2x10 cab and mb500 head. It works well but have to watch for the head sliding off. I should really put some Velcro on there. I can hear much better with it competing with a 7 piece funk /soul band so stage volume is quite high with the horns and drums in particular. The only downside apart from having another piece of gear to load in is that there is no convenient place to put my drink down!
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    I've had a few enquiries from people who would like to buy it but don't have the money ATM! maybe sign of the times?
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