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    [quote name='Rayman' post='149945' date='Mar 2 2008, 07:10 PM']Porn central..............just stunning, all of them.[/quote] +1 That '71 Jazz really does it for me! But a great Fender collection... One of the most impressive I've seen on here.
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    Hi Chris, Good to hear you're back! I was wondering what had happened to you, especially as there's been a few people round here been trying to take your Basschat 'buying/selling' crown!! I thought you'd finally got that date with Kylie! Moving's a pretty stressful business, so I hope it went well..When are you going to be able to play the bass again? Nik
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    Stop!!!! That's too nice... What are the p/ups?
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    [quote name='obbm' post='149779' date='Mar 2 2008, 12:20 PM']It's rather mundane really Nik. At the time I joined Bassworld in early 2003 I was playing for a band called Old Blue Moses so I decided my moniker should be Oldbluebassman. This quickly got abbreviated as usual to OBBM by the forum members and when the opportunity arose to re-register after a server crash I elected to be OBBM. I left that band at the end of 2005 having complained about being short-changed by £10 for a gig and being publicly fired by the band's singer. The name stuck. The story went about saying the band needed 2 vans to go to gigs. One for the kit and the other for the egos. There you are, very boring. Perhaps we should start a new thread about band firings. [/quote] And there was me thinking it was linked to your wild tales of BBC excess but in fact, it's all about your wild experiences of rock 'n' roll excess!! A 'Spinal Tap-esque' band firings thread would be good...
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    [quote name='obbm' post='149770' date='Mar 2 2008, 12:02 PM']You've never heard the story?[/quote] No???? Sorry for going off topic but this is good....
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    But what does OBBM stand for or mean? 'Overlord Bass Bash Merchant' is my guess
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    [quote name='3V17C' post='149668' date='Mar 2 2008, 12:11 AM']could be good, the man's a legend! ....if somewhat sweaty looking!![/quote] +1 Looks like he's never had a decent night's kip, either!
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    [quote name='NickThomas' post='149634' date='Mar 1 2008, 09:54 PM']Here's the new jazz .. havent had a chance to take any photos yet in decent light, so here's a temporary one that I was sent by the fella I bought it from. Stunning bass, excellent punchy clear tones and a nice weight too . I should've mentioned ... its a Custom Shop Classic V . Colour is ebony transparent , but the photo doesnt capture that very well, so I'll try sometime soon in better lighting conditions [/quote] That's a beauty, Nick!! You must come to the Bash now so we can give it a try! Or at the very least, we can take it up there for you... Very interested to know a ball park figure for what it cost? Doesn't look cheap...
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    [quote name='WalMan' post='149283' date='Mar 1 2008, 01:57 AM']Jo Have a weekend for my old bass. It is a nice bass with a good range of tones from the East preamp, and was part of the Beedster stable before Nik Al[/quote] Most things for sale here have been part of the Beedster stable at one time or another! Just to say it's a very good sounding Musicman bass, greatly improved by the John East pre..And the low B is superb! better than the Roscoe Beck 5 I have now (and they're both 34" scale necks).. I only sold it because I wanted a passive 5 string, which the Roscoe Beck is. Still looks as cool as f*** to me in the pictures (and it's nice to see my garden when there was some sunshine around!) Anyway, BUMP again for this fine bass and good luck with the sale!
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    [quote name='tempo' post='149052' date='Feb 29 2008, 04:58 PM']It's not really a drum machine as such. There are 30 (ish) preset rhythms, adjustable only tempo and volume, its just a practice aid. Turn em on and play along!![/quote] That describes it pretty much exactly! Limited as it is though, it's a useful tool to have around and is good for timing, listening to drum patterns, grooves etc and for a bit of fun when doing scales, exercises etc gets too boring...
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    Cheers Pete! That's really useful - it must have taken a lot of work on your part!! And I bet it took ages as well.. Just amazes me how different these modes sound from each other, yet they're all so closely related?? Thanks again... Hope all's well with you. Nik
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    [quote name='bassbloke' post='148869' date='Feb 29 2008, 11:05 AM']Might you be interested in trading for a Stagg 3U rack bag - it's brand new, bought it less than a month ago - never left the house. Also, when you say it wasnlt an exact match, is that because the pole pieces are too wide apart or too narrow? I set the spacing on my Jazz as wide as possible. Would you be able to let me know the measurements from the edge of the pickup to the first pole piece?[/quote] Hi Bassbloke, The measurement from the edge of the pick up to the first pole piece is somewhere inbetween 8mm and 9 mm. I'll try and take a photo tomorrow and upload it for you to see.. The pole pieces were slightly too wide apart, as opposed to being too narrow. And that was OK on all the strings except for the low B, which of all the strings, needed to be most closely matched to the pole piece of the p/up to get the best definition. That's why I went back to the original Fender p/ups... To be honest, I was more after a hard case as opposed to a rack bag, as I've got one of those already. Sorry I didn't make that clear! Anyway, hope that info helps? Nik
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    Nice sofa! Good luck with the sale....
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    Hi Folks, Reduced price hoping to tempt your interest and allow me to to avoid having to use Ebay!! Looking for [b]£40 o.n.o.[/b] or trade for something interesting/useful such as a [b]3U or 4U rack case[/b]... Thanks Nik
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    [quote name='tempo' post='148778' date='Feb 29 2008, 08:28 AM']and here's a pic to prove it. [/quote] Looks a bit Starship Enterprise to me!! Impressive....
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    [quote name='SwordRaven' post='148743' date='Feb 29 2008, 01:19 AM']Absolutely, it's a case of building a nice selection of effects in the customisable bank and then remembering which number is which in a gig![/quote] That's far too difficult for mere bass players to do, especially at my age!!
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    [quote name='SwordRaven' post='148694' date='Feb 28 2008, 11:42 PM']I hear that! The zoom unit is great with headphones... I used it quite a bit but I never learned to use it [i]properly[/i] so I ended up selling it a little later on.[/quote] Now I've sussed it out a bit, it's great fun!. Before that, it was very useful for gigs but I wasn't using it anywhere near it's true potential. Even now, I'm probably scraping the surface of what it can do, but it's getting better the more I use it..
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    [quote name='WishICouldWalk' post='148555' date='Feb 28 2008, 07:00 PM']1. Silverfoxnik 2. Walman 3. Merton 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Sorry guys, got to take my name off. My brother plays sax for the 80s sca legends the bEAT - they're playing in Brighton the night before the road trip and he's going to be staying at mine. Next time eh?[/quote] No problem Isaac - next time it'll be!
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    [quote name='mr_russ' post='147907' date='Feb 27 2008, 03:49 PM']Cheers guys- I'll take a look at those properly tonight Hi Nik, I don't deal with Bernie any more - might take it to Graham Wheeler though ;D Not sure about the bash just yet- trying to save as much money as poss for a Markbass 151HR- whoop! r[/quote] Hi Russ, Unfortunately, good a luthier as he is, Graham just 'doesn't do' electronics at all as he'd be the first to tell you. He did some work recently on one of Tony's Valley Arts guitars and was calling Tony to ask about wiring issues! So, maybe talking to some of the Basschat resident experts, or to find someone else locally might be the best way to go? Or try someone like Paul Herman at Chandlers Guitar Experience in Kingston or Martin Petersen and Co at The Gallery, though I'm sure someone on the forum will know someone for you that is more local to you? Nik
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    [quote name='benjo09' post='147989' date='Feb 27 2008, 05:57 PM']Nice rig. Sweet Warwick there as well.[/quote] +1 It all looks great; bet it sounds great as well! Congratulations, it must have been a lot of hard work to get that together..
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    Gorgeous bass!
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    Hi Andy It's working fine for me today, so maybe it's an Internet Explorer problem or something else causing that error message on your PC. My usual response to those messages is to panic, so I'm afraid i can't offer you any useful words of advice... Nik
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    [quote name='mr_russ' post='147235' date='Feb 26 2008, 01:27 PM']Hi- I love my SR5 HH but would really like to get some of the other possible pickup permutations out of it - I'd like to install switching like that on a roscoe beck 5 - 3 position switch to select pickups and 2x mini toggle (series, parallel, single coil) for each pu. It' be great to be able to get; bridge humbucker with 1 neck single coil bridge humbucker in parallel (SR5 HH bridge pickup is series by default, odd I know) single coil neck or bridge solo Has anyone else done something like this? I expect there to be some volume issues between settings but I can live with that- I won't be fiddling with settings all that much when gigging but it'd be nice to squeeze out some extra options for the price of a few switches and some wire[/quote] Hi Russ, Great idea... if you get this mod installed, it'll make your bass so versatile it'll be unbelievable! Have you thought about taking it into Bernie and asking him? By the way, are you thinking of going to the Bash next month... Nik
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    [quote name='SwordRaven' post='147332' date='Feb 26 2008, 05:20 PM']Kept you loud surely? [/quote] Unfortunately not - I was using headphones! Just waiting now for a convenient time when everyone's out and it's not too late...
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    BUMP! 4 down (with the groove...), 6 to go
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