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Beedster

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  1. Sphere LX mic sold pending the usual, so prices for the remaining two Softube Console & Fader £500 ono Universal Audio x8p £1800 ono The above are very good prices compared to eBay at present, largely because I generally enjoy dealing with the members here and generally don't enjoy dealing with people on eBay 👍
  2. Yes, the mic itself doesn't, it's a standard stereo unit in many respects (albeit a very high quality one), but they work with UAD software to model the characteristics of a wide range of mics. Much like other modelling tech, it takes a bit of time to accept the break with time honoured traditions, but once you do, wow life gets easier, especially given you can switch mic models/placement/axes in post-production, meaning you don;t have to faff around with mic selection when tracking. Great kit Shameless plug for a Universal Audio Sphere LX modelling mic for sale elsewhere on the forum, even I don't need three of them 👍
  3. 1) Glad you’re making progress 2) Slap on fretless is a lovely style 3) This thread is about slap on DB 👍
  4. The Sphere, unused, still boxed, split XLR cable included (necessary to use unit with modelling software)
  5. And next up the Softube, also in very good condition and mounted in bespoke desktop rack
  6. Photos as promised (moved out of studio and into kitchen for light and access). x8p first off.... Not it's in very very good condition, there are some very minor scratches on the top surface from inserting into the rack unit where it has lived from the two years I've had it, but otherwise it's in great condition. The power socket has been pulled in/out two or three times at most, and having used a rack panel for mics, the XLRs on the unit itself have also been used very rarely. It even still has protective plastic on screens!
  7. That is the mystery here, the shop not understanding the potential value of the instrument. Despite often talked about rarity (more a case of people holding on to them than rarity per se), it's not like they're a hard to research obscure brand....
  8. Fantastic thread, I'm almost 60 and having played bass since 1982 thought I knew a bit about the instrument and those who play it. I've been proven wrong on the first many times, now finding I'm not doing so well on the second
  9. Might be that it sold but buyer never paid? Happens a lot on eBay 🤞
  10. I had to shift my source of income rather dramatically during lockdown having previously had the good fortune to be to all intents a walking psychologist in the French Alps. I went digital and produced podcasts and videocasts for the same clients, a model that took off nicely and enabled me to buy some rather nice studio gear. However my work is now moving away from the vocal booth and back towards the real world, so it's probably time to let some of my gear go. I recognise that money's short at present and that it's a bass forum not Gearspace so am very happy to talk trades/PX with bass gear, especially for anything Fenderish. This is lovely top end gear that has been in my studio from new - all of it is less than two years old - has been well looked after and probably used less than 100 hours (I have two other smaller UAD interfaces and two Townsend L22s that I used more as they were portable and I was doing quite a lot of location recording). The mic is new from earlier this year and still unused and boxed; if you've not used UAD mic modelling be prepared to be impressed! I'd like to sell/trade this as a job lot if possible, this really is a very nice package, especially if you're podcasting/home recording and want to get pro results at less than pro prices. I'll also include all necessary interconnecting cables. The price is very competitive for gear that retails at well over £5000 new. Pics are on their way just need to get the units out of their respective racks. All original packaging etc included. Collection from Whitstable preferred, but delivery in person is possible and courier delivery negotiable.
  11. Agreed, and of course in this case it could all be completely legit. I probably shouldn't have equated this situation with my own as they might be quite different 👍 Having owned three Wals, I can understand the appeal but not at anywhere near the prices now being banded about. At those prices they've become an attractive collector's antique, and it might be an attraction that only lasts for a few years while people of a certain age get stuff out of their systems....
  12. It's a poor show. It happened to me a few years ago, and over and above the frustration - it was a nice old 70's Precision fretless with a retro-fitted J-PUP - I then had to fight with the shop to get my money back, they seemed to think it was OK to 'process a refund which will take several days'. Guess the US buyer might have similar issues if it was an international money transaction
  13. I inadvertently found myself with 6 Precisions at one time in around 2008, mostly due to a spate of selling and buying getting a little out of whack (not for the first time). But wow, 8 Precisions is some serious shit, I take off my hat to you 👍
  14. Nick, seems to have got messy above. All I can add is that the £7 per sale or £20 per year to sell for a whole year will be money well spent. This is a great place with a lot of great people many of whom like buying basses (and then selling them again) 👍
  15. Well done Lawrie 👍
  16. Having started this thread a year or so back, and since then seeing even madder price inflation despite the cost of living crisis, I suspect the question should be 'Is any electric bass - even a true vintage - ever worth over £1500?', or is it all simply a dopamine-driven ego trip eagerly capitalised on by the sellers and dealers? Mid 80's Fenders and even Squiers in the £2000 bracket, Wals that could be bought 10 years ago for around £1500 now selling at almost ten times that, Mex Fenders selling used for more than a new MIA a few years back....?
  17. My three a few years back.... ....an '82, '64, and '71 (albeit modified with Jazz PUP and fretless board). A great gang, but collectively worth over £10,000. I love the idea of vintage Fenders, but in terms of value it's nothing more than an antiques market, you can build instruments of equal quality for significantly less than £1000 if you're patient. The magic is in the player not the instrument, despite what the dealers tell you 👍 PS those two rigs were also lovely, the Ampeg way better than should have been the case at the price - and so easy to hear on stage - and the Boogie/Bag End just glorious at any price
  18. Which is what Eurovision is about, generating non-news
  19. Give me a grass roots venue every time
  20. That seems to be the most probable explanation 👍
  21. Nicely presented @Belka, every day's a school day when it comes to vintage Fenders 👍
  22. Ha ha, I forgot to mention the key fact; I found out a few months later when I bought my (real) June '64, that the bass in question most certainly wasn't a June '64 Precision, just a bitsa albeit built mostly of original '60's parts
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