Beedster
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Thanks guys, it's lovely. Greg, as you know, smaller and far more fiddly instruments have stolen my heart recently, or this would be going nowhere (it's actually only a project because I was going to replace the circuit with a more versatile circuit from John/Kiogon with series/parallel options on both PUPs, in short given that those nice guys at Dimarzio have provide lots of wiring options, with that I circuit I was going to be able to do P/J, J/J, P,P and J/P, but I simply haven't got around to it. Happy to include that circuit in sale also to be honest). As I'm sure is the case for many, I'm also trying to support my mothers nursing care costs at the moment, so am going to sell the stuff I have that doesn't get regularly used and put the proceeds into that. God bless the complete failure of successive governments to provide decent care for our parent's generation when things go wrong. Anyway, woods? Funnily enough, in both case I'm not 100% sure, both were bought used, one from the US last year, and one IIRC from Europe a while back. I don;t think they're Paduak, but I'm not sure. The look and feel of both in the flesh are outstanding, and both Nik and Greg, being Wal-heads, will know what I mean by this bass having more than a passing resemblance in looks and feel, and whilst it would be daft to say in tone, the core tone of the instrument, i.e., unplugged, has a gorgeous nasal quality, think Song From Under the Floorboards. If anyone wants this as an intact, fully working instrument, with the new circuit, I'm happy to sell it on that basis but it's going to take a few weeks to do and it will cost around £150 more, trust me, it's worth every penny, it's glorious. Cheers C -
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For sale is a bass project I'm simply not going to have time to finish, and would probably have sold even if I did as I'm not even getting the time to play bass these days! A stunning 1980's Warmoth body and a more recent beck. Both are finished in very light oil and are both beautiful to look at and, more importantly, absolutely lovely to play. I recognise that it sounds a bit daft, but having owned three Wal fretless basses during what I loosely call my career, there is something very Wal-like about this bass. Tone wise the sustain is noticeable, and the action will go very low without any board issues (in short, the neck is very well made and the ebony board has not been worn by play). Goes without saying that the heel/pocket fit is outstanding. PUPs are a matched pair of DiMarzios bought new late last year. Circuit is generic I assume. I will sell it with both the full Precision pickguard seen in the first photo and the cut down version with the circuit in the second. Please note that I am selling this as a project. Everything works, and it's a seriously good instrument for the money, seriously good. But please note the following: 1. The circuit will need to be reconnected to the PUPs, and a jack output socket added 2. Excess tuner holes in the rear of the headstock will need filling if they annoy you (they never annoyed me) 3. There's probably a few screws need adding replacing And yes, that is an original Badass II bridge, not a copy Tuners not actually screwed onto headstock yet, hence slight alignment issue!
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Wanted to watch that, but get message that it's been removed by user?
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Nicholas Dubouchet: So right on so many levels :)
Beedster replied to Beedster's topic in EUB and Double Bass
And some interesting day-to-day human activities going on, very USA music, very French scene -
Post your pictures, Lets see what you all look like.
Beedster replied to slaphappygarry's topic in General Discussion
Lovely gig with a lovely bunch of people (most of whom can really play their instruments and sing) in a lovely music bar. I walked in (sans bass), and the lady behind the bar looked at me and said "You must be the bass player, would you like a beer?" My kind of bar -
Not just a function of Rics though, I've owned two Rics which had quite literally thunderous E-strings and one that really didn't. I've owned more than one vintage/contemporary Fender Precisions with exactly the same problem, and I wasn't always able to resolve it with set-up, EQ or string/bridge selection (i.e., it was a whole instrument thing down to the way the neck/body resonated). The absence of bottom end on one of the Precisions was to my mind more a fault than an idiosyncrasy, although given it had been built in 1972 and I was about the 8th owner, returning it to Fender wasn't really an option!
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Bassist wanted for covers/function band in Oxfordshire
Beedster replied to MattG's topic in Bassists Wanted
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Absolutely, a glorious tone that no other bass can do
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Which is true, but I guess one has to see it from the POV of the keyboarderist
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Bands: 99% political 1% musical. It's the way it is, you just have to play the politics slowly but surely. I've been in two potentially pretty decent bands in which performance and progress were significantly hampered by the fact that a member in each owned the PA and the van respectively. In both cases, we were f*****d without them, they knew it, and there was little we could do about their attitude to rehearsals and gigs. Both were also completely unnecessary musically; one a twiddling lead guitarist who played solos so much of the time that after a while you simply didn't notice that he was there, one a rhythm guitarist who so swamped his sound in reverb that it was almost like the sound was coming from a pub down the road. Both of them outlived me in each band
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I didn't say you could, but it's still an ERB in terms of sonic range, as you can hear in the above vid
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Technically a 12 string bass with octave strings is still extended range, as the lowest note to highest note range is at least an octave greater than on a conventional 4 string.
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it wasn't unusual in the day of steel pedal bikes for riders to drill holes in relatively unimportant components such as pedal cranks and handlebar stems to save weight. Quite a few ended up in A&E following the complete collapse of the part in question. That headstock ain't going to put you in A&E, but I certainly wouldn't want to put a set of La Bella Deep Talkin' Flats on there
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I posted this a while back Since posting, three BCers have PMd saying that they bought one and that they can't believe how good it is
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I'm outrageously organised, although no-one appears to see that as a positive
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Lovely. Can't help thinking it needs an unlined ebony fretless neck- 33 replies
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Clarky's back. The world makes sense again Welcome back mate, been far too long C -
Sounds like a generic bass to me, and to 99.9% of people who will ever hear the track. Could be Jazz, Precision, 'Ray, even a Ric. Great example of how we get really obsessed over something that, in real terms, isn't there
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If I needed a few quid, had a relative who was related to the Stones, and a couple of really stinky poo guitars that no-one but an idiot would buy, I wonder what I might do........? Check out the OP mate, the seller talked all sorts of crap re provenance (e.g., "Father bought it new") before it suddenly became an ex-Stones bass
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I suspect from Jack's post that there's a legitimate connection with the Stones/Wood, but given the story the seller initially told me, it all smells a little post hoc
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If you ignore the dirty great cracks along the top
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Great show, really uplifting
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I've done Skype conversations with potential buyers, and I have to say they were all extremely pleasant and life affirming (in part because on a couple of occasions I was complimented on my technique, which is something my bands rarely if ever did). I think there's a fine line however between a buyer's reasonable expectations of a seller and a serious red flag; there've been a couple of people who've contacted me over the years whose comms have suggested to me that, should I sell the bass to them, they're going to be a nightmare buyer. That instinct was honed by a couple of very uncomfortable transactions on here in which the seller's expectations were simply unreasonable. For example, the guy who wanted to return a bass, and threatened legal action if I didn't agree (this in his first email), because he claimed the action was unplayable. I assumed something catastrophic must have happened to the bass in transit for the neck to bow to the degree that it was unplayable, until he sent me photos indicating that in his opinion the action was too low to be playable
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Fender FM-63 Mandolin, quite hard to find these days and this is quite a nice example. First fret is starting to lift a little (please see close up photo) and I imagine the whole instrument would benefit from a refret at some stage in the future, but playable as is, and a nice strong instrument for gigging. It's not a vintage Gibson for sure, but it's a decent instrument for the money. I bought it used and am selling it for less than I paid for it on eBay
