Aidan63
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Nice work there Reggaebass and great username, it's what I badly/barely play, it's what largely moves me Tort works well on that though
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My Jazz, 2003 MIM, Inca Silver with Fender high mass bridge, multicolour shell pickguard, Entwhistle JBXN pickups and stack-pot controls I built myself with CTS pots, old Russian caps and cheap knobs (have you seen the price of genuine ones ffs) topped of with HB7 machine heads and wearing Maruszczyk flats Bass was an impulse off Ebay buy, slapped to death, so needed a fret level and crown and a general makeover so I took the opportunity to go the whole hog and learn some new skills at the same time Not your usual with tort look and it sounds great to my ears, I'd love to hear a really good player play it
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Update, rather than sell it as it was I have taken the strings off and removed the neck, the upper crack in the finish is through the wood but doesn't affect the neck pocket significantly because the neck pocket isn't tight as manufactured, it is painted on the inside of the neck pocket and the finish is quite rough in there from the factory, quite crude but not full of polishing compound residue like a lot of far eastern built basses are. I have cleaned the fingerboard, removed some varnish drips (from whoever changed the headstock logo I guess) from the fingerboard and polished the frets and oiled the fingerboard. It will get another oiling and a polish before I fit the strings I will sand the back of the neck to 2000 grit and oil it to give a nice satin finish and then refit the neck, pop on a set of lightly used Rotosounds that came off my Fender when I changed to flats and set it up and check it out The machine heads are okay, not heavily worn or damaged No change in price -
SOLD Discreetely through this forum thanks for comments and bumps Vintage VJ74 Reissued Jazz Bass, gloss Black with Red tortoiseshell scratch plate and Rosewood fretboard. According to the Vintage website it's an Eastern Poplar body with hard maple neck and it has Wilkinson pickups, bridge and machine heads. I bought this from Ebay as temporary cover whilst I was rebuilding my MIM Fender, it was described as 'modified and road worn' 🙄 - basically it is a little tatty and hasn't been well looked after, but is a perfectly useable cheap Jazz bass (rrp £220-300 new), perfect for the shared rehearsal room or pub jam nights or leaving out somewhere the kids can play it or as a modding bass for experimenting with stuff before committing to modifying something more valuable. According to my scales it weighs 4.65Kg = 10.25Lbs so it's not lightweight, so balances as you would expect. The original Vintage logo (and serial number if it had one) has been removed and a 'Moon Bass' logo applied to the headstock, there's some scratches and dents to the body and a fair few dings in the neck (why do people stand up their instruments so they can fall over - of course some could be from getting too close to the drum kit). Cracks in the finish around the neck pocket as usual but it all seems solid enough, I haven't had the neck off. It has had a Fender type scratch plate on it in the past which had different holes so there are extra holes out of sight under the original scratch plate. Price includes UK shipping and PayPal fees. No case or gig bag, will be boxed in proper bass guitar transfer cardboard box with padding and outer box. If you want to come and collect or try it it's in Llanfyllin SY22, £55 cash on collection, £70 bank transfer. If no one wants it I will part it out thanks for looking
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And now it's mine, delivered in person by Simon yesterday; I nearly bought it a few weeks ago following a bit of cheeky best offering, but I didn't follow through, but the price came down and the gas could not be resisted - I did suggest to him he put it for sale on here as there's love for them here, he was going to take it back to BD but didn't and kept on trying to sell it the bay OMG it's lovely 😃 understatement and light 😍 I will be selling most of my other instruments now, this is it, no more buying, gas cured : ) and I will practice more
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SOLD - Ibanez Mikro Bass GSRM20 Candy Apple Red
Aidan63 replied to Aidan63's topic in Basses For Sale
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SOLD - on it's way to Poland - thanks for looking Very good condition barely used and complete with clean (though slightly dusty) original gig bag and tags and tools and user manual twin pickup passive bass, reversed precision style neck pick up and jazz style bridge pickup, poplar body, two piece maple neck with rosewood fretboard, volume, volume, tone controls, ~29" scale, original strings Plenty of reviews of these online, this colour is no longer available I believe, it's typical Ibanez quality, finish, neck profile etc.; cheap plastic control knobs but decent bridge, ideal for a guitarist wanting a bass to put down some lines or for a young person wanting to learn to play bass, could pass for new with a polish as a birthday present I got it because I was struggling with full scale bass as a learner as I have small hands and a little arthritis, not long after I got it I got a J&D miniJazz bass which I prefer the shape of so this didn't see further use, but after a couple of years of trying to learn I now find I can actually get about on a full scale instrument and I can get a preferable tone on a 34" scale instrument so instead of this gathering dust on it's case and because I still haven't got round to doing a car boot sale it's on here for sale. Price includes UPS shipping and paypal fees, if you want to try it I am in Llanfyllin SY22 5DD, £100 cash if you collect item, £120 if you pay bank transfer This is my first listing on BassChat, I have over 1000 positive feedback on Ebay including the sale of a couple of basses, hopefully this complies with forum rules
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Hi thanks for replying to my post, I'll contact Chris but I don't expect there was one, now I know how the bridge is constructed I don't really need to know anything, I'm finding for me treble backed off , bass boosted and either pickup is quite a good range of sounds for me, I just need to work on my technique as I am struggling with fret attack sound on the E string which I don't get on the other strings, I have lowered the pickups on the bass side which helped a little but it's me as much as the instrument I think as I can get a nice note some of the time but mostly the string to fret contact sounds just before my plucked sound even fretting right up, almost over the fret, maybe lowering the string at the nut a dadge will help also
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Hi I've bought a Tanglewood By Overwater Apiration Artist preloved and wonder if there was ever a proper owners manual for it - the bridge is quite something and very different to anything I've adjusted before, I figured it out but only after I lost a ball bearing Cleaned and oiled and sorted with new strings and set up nice it's very playable and balanced so comfortable, may need to lower the E string at the nut a dadge but in no rush to adjust it just yet, will play it for a while and get used to 34" scale again as I've been messing around with shorties Also I wonder has anyone done a passive/active mod on one ? It would be interesting to hear the pickups without the electronics (especially the J neck pickup) and the cavity is big enough as it's designed for the 3 way eq and this is only 2 way
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Been working through the search list and found this post https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/288849-finally-found-my-set-up/?tab=comments#comment-3097569 poster was happy with D'Addario ECB81S Chromes, I might get a set after payday to replace the RS77s
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The RotoSSound77s ring sharp initially so can't recommend them I am also looking for a good flatwound for my Ibanez Mikro Bass 28.6", 726mm scale length; Scott Whitley writes about strings on his shortscalebass.co.uk web site
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I have tried these on one of my short scale basses and they are awful, feel great, nice tension, BUT they ring a quarter or more of a tone sharp when you pluck them before settling to the correct pitch so you sound like your intonation is out and I started doubting my bass, my technique etc... I am not the only one, read what Scott Whitley has to say about them on his shortscalebass.co.uk web site where he writes about strings I have the RS88 Tru bass black nylon tapewounds on my (home made) fretless short scale and they are better, but if anyone has found a flatwound that will definitely work on a 726mm (28.6", eg Ibanez Mikro, J&D Shorty) short scale bass with good intonation and that old skool sound please post up
