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....or Bakithi Kumalo π
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If it were 6-months back I'd have been the owner of three fretless basses and no fretted, but the band I'm in now requires a certain amount of the latter, while I tend to think that if you can play it on fretted you can probably play it on a fretless, there are certain bass tones that you'll only get with frets in the mix. I much prefer to play fretless though π
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FS: Squier CV '51 Precision *Price correction Β£275*
Beedster replied to Beedster's topic in Basses For Sale
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Double bass PUPs (Krivo/Realist)
Beedster replied to Beedster's topic in EUBs & Double Basses For Sale
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Well so far, of 100 respondents, 74% own fretless basses, which allowing for bias (I'd guess you're more likely to be drawn to the thread if you play fretless) surprises me π
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Yep I get where you're coming from π
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You canβt slap flats π€
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Graphiteneckchat - calling all graphite neck enthusiasts!
Beedster replied to Kiwi's topic in Graphite neck - ordering
That's exactly what I was thinking, albeit I hadn't quite got to the point at which the attachment and truss rod were essentially one and the same. Headless graphite necks could be bought in a limited number of sizes - specifically heel dimensions and nut width - with the headstock shape being an option at point of sale? -
Could go down in history as one of the great insults π€£
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FS: Ashdown Drophead 200 fliptop combo
Beedster replied to Beedster's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
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John East P-Retro - never to be made again?
Beedster replied to CameronJ's topic in Accessories and Misc
That's good to hear, I understood that supply of the rechargeable battery was the core of the problem, glad John's found a solution. A very elegant piece of design and engineering π -
Thanks guys, I agree re both. I bought this when I was playing upright in a 3-piece band which had a very specific challenge with live sound and especially vocal monitoring (some songs required 3-part harmonies supported by upright bass, slide guitar, and banjo. I'll give you a few minutes to calculate the chances of the whole thing being in tune with anything but 100% monitoring fidelity......) Anyway, I loved the guys and and the music, but ultimately it was a real niche band (think Wood Brothers gigging the pubs of Kent), and we sacked it shortly after I bought this unit. My current band is one of these rare beasts that plugs into a mixer, plays, and barring a few tweaks, sounds good, so replacing the simplicity of the current Peavey desk that works really with the (relative) complexity of this unit seems unnecessary. A sound guy who I was talking to at our last gig however said he'd love to get his hands on one of these because it makes his job infinitely easier. Guess it's horses for courses π
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Good thinking, I'll edit accordingly π
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Just interested really, there always appears to be a lot of interest when a fretless is up for sale here, but having looked around there are probably far fewer being manufactured that I'd assumed? PLEASE RESPOND TO THE SURVEY EVEN IF YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO INTEREST IN FRETLESS BASS, IT'LL TAKE YOU LESS THAN 5-SECONDS π
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FS: Ashdown Drophead 200 fliptop combo
Beedster replied to Beedster's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
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This is the truth π
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FS: Squier CV '51 Precision *Price correction Β£275*
Beedster replied to Beedster's topic in Basses For Sale
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Details here https://www.soundcraft.com/en/products/ui24r Long story but I paid for this on behalf of my then band a year ago and things have moved on without it ever having been used bar a simple 'does it work' check at the time. It's been housed in a very high quality SKB case since so has probably been better protected than would have been the case in a stock warehouse! Cheapest I can find online is Β£779 at Anderton's here https://www.andertons.co.uk/soundcraft-ui24r-digital-mixing-multi-track-recording-system/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=surfaces&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20730020355&gbraid=0AAAAADujoUrk3NmIqXRRA2FwnV9VrsuUr&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0pzQ-9i5jgMVBj8GAB3mGgs6EAQYAiABEgLdSvD_BwE Thomann/GFM are considerably more expensive. I prefer lo-tech mixers to be honest, hence not giving this a go. Will come with all original packaging. Trade-wise a large all tube head will always interest me
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Graphiteneckchat - calling all graphite neck enthusiasts!
Beedster replied to Kiwi's topic in Graphite neck - ordering
Always struck me that with graphite necks, given the cost or manufacture the relatively limited marketplace per instrument - Fender Jazz excluded - that a modular headstock design is a route worth exploring, essentially a headless neck with either some prongs or inserts that will take a range headstocks of the major designs (Fender/EBMM as well as more niche options such as Wal, Warwick, Sandberg). If it were wood the join would be way too vulnerable to stress/impact, much less so with graphite?