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    Still here!
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    Still here!
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    Thanks folks - still here.
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    Still here!
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    Absolutely lovely - I also think this is the most attractive colour combination - despite migrating to 5 string basses I still have a JV Squier in these colours that is simply the nuts. Swapping the pickup for something else will depend entirely upon the sound you want it to make. For me the 'old school vintage' P bass tone comes from a Fender 62 reissue Original pickup. The old Wizard Trad was very similar, don't know what the Hot Rod equivalent is like. I had a bitza in this colourway and fitted a Ki0gon loom which made testing all different types of pickups much easier.
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    Thank heavens. I was tempted to buy it 'just in case' I ever switched back to 4 string basses.
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    Good Lord that is lovely. I do not want any more 4 string basses. I do not want any more 4 string basses. I do not want any more 4 string basses. Somebody please buy it while I am still strong!
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    To the top!
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    Can't understand why this is still here - a couple of months ago BBs were flying! Maybe a price drop to £250 would help?
  10. Paul S
    Whatever the pickups are they sound fabulous. TTT for this wonderful bass!!
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    Just on the off chance - i would trade for a gold set.
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    Ahem. I have this one for sale. I would be surprised if you could find better for the money. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/301547-custom-built-fretless-precision-very-black/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/301547-custom-built-fretless-precision-very-black/[/url]
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    I bought two of these KAM Party bar thingies [url="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kam-Lighting-Led-Partybar-V2/dp/B00603XK8K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495613218&sr=8-1&keywords=kam+party+bar"]https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kam-Lighting-Led-Partybar-V2/dp/B00603XK8K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495613218&sr=8-1&keywords=kam+party+bar[/url] Connected via a DMX cable they run together. I either set them up to give a changing colour wash or change to sound (which can be a bit school disco but lively enough). Cheap and cheerful but perfectly adequate. They will be in the classifieds soon, as it happens, as I am no longer the Keeper of The Lights in my current bands.
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    Charity shops usually have loads of old lap top bags for next to nothing.
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    As I was growing up in the late 60s and early 70s rock music inspired me to learn to play guitar and I played until my early 20s. This was followed by a musical void, playing-wise, until my late 40s when I bought a bass. Although my tastes are a lot more eclectic nowadays I've never really grown out of it and still listen to that genre/era through choice.
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    [quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1495495051' post='3304268'] (possibly 8 if Paul S asks me to step in for him). [/quote] I would say it is inevitable once (if?) we start getting busy, Warren. A few bridges to cross before then, mind. Seven bands - you must have fingers like old leather pruning gloves!
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    Bump!
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    Bump!
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    Bump!
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    I considered it only recently. One of my bands decided to start playing Steely Dan's 'Josie' which makes much use of an open E string. Trouble is the singer also decided he couldn't sing it unless it was in D. Capo on the 3rd fret of a 5er would have done it but in the end I just decided to cut short the low D a fraction to give me time to get up the dusty end for those little slidey bits. Although I still miss occasionally It has a greater impact on the guitar parts, though and doesn't quite sound the same.
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    [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1495220512' post='3302304'] Good move. I use 1 or 2 SC's depending on the gig. [/quote] Ditto. Brilliant cabs.
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    I bought this a couple of years ago as my 'on stage' back up but am now migrating totally to 5 string basses. It is not a spelling mistake - it is a B2B, a model not seen that much. It is passive and has P/J pickups and a bolt-on neck. I have had several Hohner B2As and this one I find much more to my liking - the tone is a more familiar organic thud from the P pickup than the usual EMGs of the B2A series. Good nick, one or two small dings but only commensurate with use not abuse. As with the rest of these, it takes double ball end strings. Sometimes these little things are surprisingly heavy but this is a lightweight 3.2kg. Nut width is 39mm and string spacing at bridge (no drop D btw) is 18mm. Will come in a padded rifle sack. £250 collected from southeast Essex, £25 for fully insured overnight courier to mainland UK. [attachment=245624:b2ba.jpg] [attachment=245625:b2bb.jpg] [attachment=245626:b2bc.jpg]
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    I bought this new 6 months ago as a back up bass but was blown away by the quality, playability and tone - all of which are way above the price point. Strong B string. I liked it so much I upgraded to an 80s BB5000, which cost me around £1K more. Is it £1K better? No - but it is better so it is the one I am keeping This really is a terrific bass - I don't think you could get a better 5 string for this money. Weighs 4.5kg, neck is slim for a 5er at 43mm at the nut, spacing is 18mm at the bridge. A few surface scratches, nothing to speak of. Full disclosure - I fitted Hipshot Ultralite tuners and so this has an extra screw hole for each at the back of the headstock. You can't see these with then original tuners fitted back. Passive electrics with vol and tone controls, P/J pickups selected by a toggle switch. Tone is huge - deep and organic like a good Precision bass. Both pups give exactly what you would expect from a PJ - burpy and cutting through. Bridge pup is honky but not too nasal. Neck is a joy - rosewood board with mother of toilet seat inlays. [s]£275[/s] £250 collected from southeast Essex, £25 for fully insured overnight courier to mainland UK. [attachment=245618:BB425a.jpg] [attachment=245619:BB425b.jpg] [attachment=245620:BB425c.jpg] [attachment=245621:BB425d.jpg]
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    I bought these 6 months ago to put on my Yamaha BB425. Light use, excellent condition, original packaging and screws etc. Bass Centre sells the set for £128 posted, save a pile of dosh at £75 posted or £70 collected from southeast Essex. [attachment=245616:HB6C.jpg]
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    Tim bought my Godin acoustibass in the most straightforward of transactions - drove here, tried it out, handed over the cash! A pleasure doing business.
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