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Beedster

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  1. I gigged with two Bagend 15's for a while, and looking at this thread I cannot think why I sold them. Band at the time was doing a lot of 60's/70's stuff - Who, Cream, Free - and the tone from these cabs just nailed it, I was using a Mesa M-Pulse 600 and Walkabout at the time which helped, but I think both those heads sounded at their 100% best through the Bagend cabs. Wish I could justify that 2x12
  2. Thanks mate, likewise defo the bass sound in my head. Dome the right thing by listing it, won't be too upset if it doesn't sell
  3. Hi mate, all us good thanks, just a torn ligament in my foot. Hope all’s well with you and all is good in Aber, still miss it
  4. Bit of a sad decision but I think it's going to be while before this gets used again, in part because of lockdown, in part because I need to focus on things other than bands/gigs when lockdown ends anyway. I guess it's a bit of a long shot that anyone will want it right now, there's no way it can be posted and there's no collection possible for what looks like a few weeks anyway, but I thought I'd list it just in case as a couple of guys have mentioned here and there that they were looking for a new big tube amp when lockdown ends, and this unit kinda meets that criterion It's number 006 of 250 Premier Editions made. How does it sound? Let me know a time and I'll take it into the garden, plug it in, turn it up to 10 and you should be able to hear it. Photo is form Julian (Soulman's) original listing here I'll take some more when I can get down to the studio - long story but on crutches at present (whilst I don't think these things are as hard to move as people say, I suspect the combination of crutches, icy garden path and the SVT might be too much at present) Chris
  5. Lovely instrument, I've got two and that's probably one too many given the current financial climate. Hard to fin since Breedlove moved production to the far east. Please get in touch if you'd like further details and photos Cheers Chris
  6. This is not getting much use, the kids have showed no interest and my plans to gig with it came up against lockdown. Please legt in touch if you're interested and would like more details/photos Cheers Chris
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  7. Here's a close-up of the board. It's Macassar (tiger-striped) ebony. It started life as a fretted neck and has been defretted, which I guess is why the lines are significantly fainter than those you'd usually find on a factory lined board. Note that the side dots are where they would be situated on a fretted bass, that is between the frets (which oddly is where they are also situated on a fair few factory fretless necks as well). And the nut/headstock
  8. Crikey, I'm losing my touch! Just had a PM asking what PUPs are in the Jazz, which is the kind of thing you'd have thought I'd have mentioned. Answer is a rather nice set of Wizard '64s
  9. To clarify the Warmoth neck is classic Jazz width at the nut, 38mm. Very fast and very smooth, but still a bit too thin for me
  10. Hey Brian, hope all’s well, it’s the lined fretless bass in the pics above. Cheers. Chris
  11. Lovely
  12. Hi Nik, good to hear from you mate. I can certainly do some for you tomorrow, they will however likely be quite out of tune given the amount of playing I've managed to get done since lockdown however. The below seems appropriate
  13. So, bass Number 2 sold a while back but for a number of reasons it never left Beedster Towers. I was going to keep it but I think I'm going to see if I can survive on just the one bass only for 2021 (I have a rather nice Warmoth Black Korina body that I was thinking of building this neck/components onto, but I will probably sell that separately to be honest or I'l end up tinkering again!) . Quick reminder below of the details below. Bass number 2: £300 Noname body Warmoth fretless neck, tiger striped ebony board Gotoh vintage tuners Badass bridge Kiogon circuit This is NOT a a bass for those of you with delicate backs, it is however a powerful sounding and articulate instrument. It's been the go-to in my studio for a long time.
  14. I sent two packages to the UK before Christmas, one arrived today and the other hasn't made it yet! Not sure it's just the Netherlands mate
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  16. This thread is probably but going where the OP hoped but man it’s making me smile:)
  17. My point was to do with them describing it as a US Fender
  18. Good advice. If the but will drop out, try putting a capo between the tuners and where the nut was ( to keep the strings aligned) and seeing how it plays, nut on a FL needs to be cut much lower, strings are pretty much on the board in my two
  19. We need a gospel thread @bubinga5
  20. ...and if it’s a custom body, which I’d read as having been made for the neck or it’s simply ‘an aftermarket body’, the exposed pocket in the treble side doesn’t suggest much effort went into it. As said above, a bitsa, and whilst it might sound amazing and play well, the poor fit of the neck would bug the hell out of me
  21. Yep, comments regarding the value of individual components mean little when those components have been so poorly put together. The whole in this case is less than the sum of the parts, although at used prices they were already stretching it. Seems someone’s trying to get a good return on a decent neck by bolting it to a few other bits and proclaiming it a US instrument. I find Bass Direct are generally OK on these things, this one must have slipped through I guess
  22. He’s not widely recognised as an FL player because a) he was in tune and b) his playing didn’t rely on signposting the absence of frets, unlike that of so many FL players
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