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  1. Paul S
    These crop up from time to time - one on eBay at the moment - and they seem quite appealing, good range of sounds, nice skinny neck etc. But using both Google and the search function on here I have read conflicting things about their weight. Luthite is said to be a lightweight composite material, but I have also read that these basses are heavy compared to wood. Which is it? I think there are a few former/current owners on here that would know. Ta muchly! Paul
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    Saw them at Wembley during the Live and Dangerous tour way back when. Hard to take your eyes off Phil Lynott, hugely charismatic man on stage. I have an abiding memory of Brian Robertson dressed in white with a spotlight making him look very ethereal during the solo in 'Still In Love With You'. One of the best gigs I have ever been to. One of my bands do a few covers - Waiting for an Alibi, Chinatown (there's some odd timing in that one!), just started to have a crack at Emerald. Great fun - the dual/duel guitar thing sounds great.
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    James bought my Washburn Scavenger in the smoothest of transactions. An absolute gent to deal with, good comms etc. Cheers!
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    No. Think BluTack or chewing gum but not sticky. Anyway, I just tried a very unscientific experiment. Took a filter out of one of my moulded plugs. Dropped it. Did a spectacular slip catch to prevent it falling through a hole in the floorboard. Made a hole in one of the soft plugs with a pen, bunged in the filter, bunged it in my ear. Put proper one in other ear. Got my wife to shout. Seemed to have much the same effect on both sides. Got to be worth a fiver to try.
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    Well, they certainly mould to the shape of your ear and remould easily. So it must be just as easy to make a hole in and fit it around the filter. Ridiculously cheap, so got to be worth a try. I already have the £150 jobs but am bound to lose one/both eventually. I'll have a fiddle later and report back.
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    I got something similar for travelling [url="http://www.boots.com/en/BioEars-Soft-Silicone-Earplugs-3-pairs_39424/"]http://www.boots.com/en/BioEars-Soft-Silicone-Earplugs-3-pairs_39424/[/url]. They are a bit like blutack but silicon. Out of the packet they are too effective for me to wear for music, especially as I am rather deaf anyway. I wonder if you could make a hole in them and fit filters? I may try a diabolical experiment.
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    Not a fretless chap myself, really. But they sound very promising. Ta.
  8. Paul S
    What I wouldn't recommend is what I did to mine and use Dulux Woodsheen coated with clear enamel...
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    And up to the top. Budget price but keeps up with a Gibson.....
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    How about the SGC Nanyo Bass Collection one for sale on here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/162040-fs-bass-collection-sb310-active-5-string-price-drop/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/162040-fs-bass-collection-sb310-active-5-string-price-drop/[/url] Top quality instrument.
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    [quote name='MB1' timestamp='1313589271' post='1343202'] MB1. The Case for the Ripper! Still remains UNSOLveD! [/quote] That is very funny.
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    Thanks, men! Another one on the list to try. I hope they don't all come up on eBay at once!
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    [quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1322398367' post='1450257'] I bought some this week, as it happens. Taking on board that the KAM ones were better I bought a KAM set. But, typically, the wrong one. I got the KAM PartyBar. As opposed to the KAM ParBar. What's a 'TY' between friends? About £100 and a few lumens less, it seems ... anyway, they work. I'll need to wait until next gig (10th Dec) to see if they work well enough on their own. I suspect they will be good enough, though, for the pubs/small clubs I play in. [/quote] Yup, perfectly good enough for small spaces - bright enough, certainly. I left it on sound activation and simple changes of colour wash - worked a treat. Maybe tinker with the sensitivity a bit but otherwise quick to set up, plug in and play. My only gripe is the kettle lead isn't very long and dangles midair but that is easily sorted. Result.
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    [quote name='Spoombung' timestamp='1323622137' post='1465108'] Paypal didn't charge you at all? They only charge if you are in receipt - is that right? [/quote] PayPal charge at one end or the other but not both - something you can agree on with the seller as it can be altered either way during the transaction. In my case he agreed to pay the fee so added 4% to the purchase price to cover it.
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    Thanks. Condition, given its age, isn't bad at all. A few knocks and lot of buckle rash but it is sound where it counts - these are superbly put together and I think for the money this is amazing. I was noodling about on it this afternoon and it just sounds ROCK. Not just generic overdriven humbucker - there is a rich creaminess behind there too when you roll off the tone a bit. When i first got it, had it set up and took it to band rehearsal, our guitarist had a go on it through his set up - unplugged his Les Paul Deluxe - and it held it's own! In his hands it played fantastically. Needs someone of that standard to own it, really. I know half a dozen licks and throw a few chords about for my own amusement but that's about it
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    you are more than welcome to pop down the A130 to try it out.....
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    just copied and pasted my transaction - Amount: $345.00 USD Currency conversion: £227.80 GBP = $345.00 USD Exchange rate: 1 GBP = 1.51448USD Goods cost $330, he added $15 bucks to cover fees, PayPal took £227.80. Seemed a fairly hassle free way of going about things.
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    Another vote against hearing loss. I have to wear hearing aids as a matter of course as my hearing is shot to bits and also have tinnitus. Both were taking a steep nosedive before I got moulded earplugs. Neither has deteriorated further since I started wearing them - that's good enough for me! The problem is that they are expensive and you see nothing tangible for that expenditure - but it is not what you get, it is what you don't get, that makes them worth every single penny. Once your hearing is gone it doesn't come back - it is pretty final.
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    I've just bought something for the USA via Paypal and the seller said the charges were 4%. I'll take him at his word. I believe the credit card charges are variable and it entirely depends upon which one you have. if you have a Post Office credit card there is no handling fee or any extra charges involved for purchases - just a straight conversion from US to UK. You just need to make sure the exchange rate is ok. I always use that when I travel abroad (not cash withdrawals, though). There is a website called 'Money saving expert' that goes into this in some detail, as well as many other things. [url="http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/"]http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/[/url]
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    I don't know if I am reading this incorrectly but there seems to be an implication from some quarters that not using a back up bass entitles you to some sort of badge of merit - better to carry on through the rest of the gig using 3 strings, transposing on the fly, or restringing with your teeth. And that back up basses are for lesser mortals, somehow. I don't get it.
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    Does this work? Edit - yes.
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    How strange. They were there but I couldn't see them when I logged in just now! Edited some more in and now have two lots.
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    Feeler for now to see if I get a response. I bought this to have a 'matched pair' with my Washburn Scavenger bass, which I have now sold, and I don't really have any need for (yet) another 6 string guitar knocking about. A Washburn Raven guitar, made in Japan, Matsumoku factory between 1978 and 1981. This was the 'entry level' model for the Wing Series that included the Hawk, Falcon, Eagle, what have you. It is in pretty good nick for it's age and plays nicely - no particular issues that I am aware of. Build quality is excellent, as you would expect for a Matsumoku instrument. The high end models had a through neck that, I am told, were a little wobbly - this is bolt on and stable as anything. It sounds immense - somewhere in between a Gibson Les Paul and an SG, with a leaning towards the Les Paul. I think these look cool as anything. Here is a link to the Matsumoku info page on them, which tells you all the spec: [url="http://www.matsumoku.org/models/washburn/wing/wing.html"]http://www.matsumoku.../wing/wing.html[/url] Here are a couple of pics [attachment=95039:raven1.jpg] [attachment=95040:raven2.jpg] it would come with a hard case originally used for a Les Paul into which it fits nicely. I will be looking for[s] £175 incl. the case,[/s] just [b]£135[/b] including a soft gig bag, collected from Benfleet in Essex or couriered at cost. [attachment=95039:raven1.jpg] [attachment=95040:raven2.jpg]
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    oops. duplicate, please delete
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    I broke a string last night at rehearsal. Everyone, including me, was amazed. I carry spare strings but it takes a little while to change. I am using the same bass tonight at a gig - if I'd have used a different bass last night the string would have broken during the gig. I'll take a spare from now on - I have a Hohner B2A that doesn't take up much real estate..
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