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16 hours ago, BassBunny said:

If it's an SGC Nanyo Bass Collection, the pre-amps are the weak link. It's 30 years old, or more. I've got 3 of them and have changed all the pre-amps.

Depending on which pre-amp it is, ( I'm aware of 3 different ones ), I may have the values if you need to swap it.

I'll open it up and post a pic!

18 hours ago, BassmanPaul said:

What cleaner did you use? You only should use Deoxit D5 and then only the tiniest amount. Way too many pots have been ruined by the application of 'cleaner.'

Just Maplins contact cleaner!

19 minutes ago, BassBod said:

They had a great reputation in the folk world - the stick on bug types could be used to good effect on all sorts of things!  

I had one of the bridge wing pickups on an early cheap double bass - with a preamp it sounded good, but died after a few months.  He did at one time sell a complete bridge, with the elements set inside, but I never heard or saw one.  Talked with him a few times, and he repaired an Ashbory bridge for me at very little cost.  A real loss to the music scene.  

I have a couple of them now, I’ve not tried them out yet. But I’m looking forward to using it.

2 hours ago, KiOgon said:

Wobbly? Has the whole pot shifted/rotated and is shorting out somewhere?

I think that is possible 

It’s a Bass Collection, the pots were a bit wobbly and I did use a bit of contact cleaner but maybe needs to be more targeted.

Hi I just bought a bass and it’s good but when the treble is fully on or fully off the bass cuts out. It’s active could it be shorting?

3 minutes ago, Mudpup said:

Brilliant! Totally not my thing normally but i thought the whole thing was excellent. Well done and best of luck with your album 🙂

Thanks very much really appreciated.

We were all set to do a video when the Coronavirus kicked in so I put this together using live footage and quite a lot of post production so it's not exactly a lockdown video but the lockdown affected how we made it. It's a track from our forthcoming album we are having a presale. The singer is the Scottish folk singer Emily Smith who has a fantastic voice. 

https://abelganz.com

2 minutes ago, fiatcoupe432 said:

Are they the molded ones? As usually the bass has plenty of space inside to rattle and move

Yes I had foam cut to fit the bass and it's removable so I can add another insert if I'm taking something else.

I've had a bass safe and it was pretty good but I saw it launch like a missile out of baggage carousel which was a bit nerve racking. I just use proper flighcases now but they are very heavy. 

Cheers much appreciated

I’ve been upping my hitherto non existent practice regime on bass and double bass. For the upright I’m using a smaller bass, a little smaller than a half, it’s at home and very convenient. It’s maybe a moot point because I’m only striving for adequacy but is there a potential that it might hamstring me when I get back to the 3/4 or is all practice good?

Well it looks like I’m still in the market for a bass and The MIJ Bass Collection 5 is in poll position. The one offered was great but just not what I was after. Fretless or fretted if anyone has one or sees one please send them my way much appreciated!

I now have a Bass Collection courtesy of Lee!

So I’m now looking for a Fender that is almost impossible to find or a Bass Collection which is equally as rare!

That thread goes back over 10 years!

9 minutes ago, Raslee said:

Thinking of selling mine actually 😉

Let me know if your thinking of letting it go. I don’t know a great deal about them!

Thanks!

12 minutes ago, lemmywinks said:

I had a Cort B5 Ash that was between 6 and 7 lbs, stupidly light and felt like nothing on a strap. Get a newer one that doesn't have the Bart MkI preamp though.

There is a C5 plus ZBMH local to me any experience of those?

Look good those Corts

Sigh now forlornly looking for the elusive Fender!

6 minutes ago, Paul S said:

Fender MB5 are exceptionally light - mine was 7lbs - and modern looking.  Sound like a Jazz.  Cheap, as MIJ Fenders go.  Don't see them very often, though.

I’ve never heard of them really ludicrously cheap.

15 minutes ago, King Tut said:

I just bought a Yamaha TRBX 305. Weighs in at bang on 9lb. I like it lots!

I’ m not completely into the way it looks but you can’t fault the price. I’ve had a couple of Yamahas in the past and they were great.

The Sandberg looks great but a bit pricey and I saw a second hand Spectorcore for less but around £800 is probably my max. I’m unlikely to gig with it but I’d like something comfortable to play.