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Lovely 👍
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All joking aside never realised he was in EWB and how many classic songs he wrote 👍
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To say that this is a lot of amp of the cash is a ludicrous understatement, this is the sort of amp that totally dominates a stage and allows an audience feel the music as opposed to simply hearing the music. The first time I plugged mine in and hit an open A string it was, no joke, a defining moment "Ah, that's bass....". Yep, it's heavy, expensive to re-tube (although not often) and doesn't do quiet, but bloody hell they're minor issues compared to what you do get 👍
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2004 Musicman USA SUB w/Status Graphite Fretless neck - *SOLD*
Beedster replied to 40hz's topic in Basses For Sale
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Markbass CMD 121P combo. Loud enough for stuff?
Beedster replied to fretmeister's topic in Amps and Cabs
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2004 Modulus Flea *shipping now available* - *SOLD*
Beedster replied to 40hz's topic in Basses For Sale
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2004 Musicman USA SUB w/Status Graphite Fretless neck - *SOLD*
Beedster replied to 40hz's topic in Basses For Sale
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2004 Musicman USA SUB w/Status Graphite Fretless neck - *SOLD*
Beedster replied to 40hz's topic in Basses For Sale
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I hate lines and dots, they make me look down when I'm playing. If I don't have either I use my ears and maintain far better visual contact with the band and audience. Changes the complexity of what I play at times, but that's no bad thing 🤔
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If I reflect with honesty, I have to admit that trying to be a competent violin player and a competent double bass player at the same time was probably a non-starter, but I gave it my best shot 🤔 I can't tell you much with any detail about the fiddle, I bought from a dealer in 2019 as a 'likely German Early 20th Century' which seems to be a pretty common level of detail when it comes to fiddles of over a certain age (much the same with DB's also it seems). Reason I picked this instrument is that it was quite bright sounding which i liked, I was playing a Yamaha electric fiddle at the time which I found far to middy and mellow. I also lov the beautifully flamed blonde wood. I bought the Codabow about a year later and boom, what a difference a bow makes to a fiddle - suddenly I could pay stuff that I simply couldn't play with the old bow. But every time I decide to pick it up it takes me longer to get back to competence and takes away from DB time. Both my daughters showed some interest in fiddle that has also waned so this is for sale. £500 gets you the fiddle, hard case, both bow (Joule retails around £600), a shoulder rest and mute. it's a decent price for a decent kit.
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The power of suggestion - how Andy Travis changed my bass tone
Beedster replied to Manwithvan's topic in General Discussion
I suspect you and I would be more than bit parts players in that story Nik 🤔 -
The power of suggestion - how Andy Travis changed my bass tone
Beedster replied to Manwithvan's topic in General Discussion
I tend to do what Andy suggests and as the result bought a couple of cracking basses from him 👍 -
So yes, he can play 👍
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This this this........
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This old Selmer is the most badass bass amp
Beedster replied to GrowlyBassDude's topic in Amps and Cabs
There's a lot of talk about boutique amps and a lot of money that can be spent on tubey stuff, but despite owning at one time or another the most expensive all-tube amps that both Mesa and Ampeg produce - silly money in the case of the former (north of £3000) - as well as loads of top end hybrid/non-tube gear by Aguilar, Mesa, PJB, Markbass etc (and don;t get me started on how many expensive cabs I've owned), without doubt the best bass tone I ever had was from an early 70's WEM 15" combo that cost me £300 🤔 -
As I just told a potential buyer via PM, I'm happy to do this on a reasonable 'return it for a full refund if you don't like it' basis, in part because I recognise that if you haven't played one before it's a bit of a punt, in part because I'm a bit all over the place at present so might not be easy to host tryouts, but perhaps mostly because while I should sell it if I'm going to get a SLB-300 - because no sane human being needs two Yamaha EUBs after all - I wouldn't be unduly stressed if I did have both 🤔
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The mid-90's precursor to the Modulus Flea. I was very much into RHCP when I owned it so was playing very bright rounds with the highs bumped also which probably biases my recollection, the comment above referred to playing it live, if a Pre-EB 'ray with flats and a rosewood board is something of a mellow Labrador, the Sonic Hammer was an angry Rottweiler! I moved it on a bought a Modulus Flea which seemed a pretty similar beast to the point that I should have kept the Hammer and experimented with strings and tone a bit more, especially given I found the Flea to be a wonderful instrument with flats