Deedee
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😲 Wow, some beauties there.
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Wonderful stuff. I remember seeing a photograph of that Zemaitis fretless bass with its Love Heart soundhole in 'The Ultimate Guitar Book' many years ago, the no.1 strat too.
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Beautiful bass. GLWTS -
NBD, and a pleasant surprise...Jack Casady content...
Deedee replied to Muzz's topic in Bass Guitars
Great basses. Very well screwed together with lots of thump! -
And me 😂 I’ll look the show up though
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With a Trace (and in my experience with a Handbox, Genz, TecAmp, GK and various others) you can set your EQ with for example a P bass, but then if you switch basses mid-set to say a Stingray or Sandberg you still had your core sound but the P would sound like a P and the ‘Ray would still sound like a ‘Ray etc, etc. I found that with the Ashdown I could tweak the EQ to get a great sound, but if I then switched basses I’d need to mess about with the EQ all over again. The EQ seemed very specific and precise to the bass going into it. Probably a very good thing to some but to me seemed a bit of a faff. As I said before there are lots of people far better placed than me who love them to bits, so each to their own.
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I must admit to being a complete TE fanboi but have never got on with Ashdown heads. I know some players love them but I really don't like them at all. 🙁
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I wish I played fretless. That is gorgeous. -
Now £40 delivered (mainland UK) I know very little about these pickups other than they were made by Kent Armstrong and they were retro fitted into an 80's Aria SB bass that I recently purchased. I'm putting that bass back to stock so these pickups are surplus to requirements. I'm not sure if there's a difference in output between the neck and bridge but I've labelled them up as the positions they were in. They worked when I tried the bass out and sounded pretty good to my ears with plenty of punch. Dimensions - approx 98mm x 38mm EDIT - Depth approx 18mm at the sides upto 23mm in the middle I'll also throw in the Armstrong ATC 2 active 9v preamp that came with the bass, complete with 3 pots. It was set up as Volume/Treble/Bass and connected to a toggle switch for pickup selection (toggle switch and jack socket won't be included). Again the preamp was obviously working when I tried the bass out. Helpfully I was provided with a wiring diagram a some bumff on the preamp (see pic). All delivered to your door for £50 £40 (mainland UK) -
Very nice Mart 👍
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Great cabs. The perfect combination of power and portability imho. Have a bump on me. GLWTS -
Exactly the same for me. As a kid I always lusted after a SB but was gutted when I finally played one and as you, I couldn’t get on with the neck or the narrow string spacing. The SB-R variety however just feel great to me, chunky neck, 43mm nut and wider more traditional string spacing at the bridge.
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And once more for the Aria contingent, my Aria SB-R beauties. ‘83 R60, ‘81 R80 and a soon to be restored ‘83 R150
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My newly acquired '83 Aria Pro II SB-R60 complete with original case. Also alongside it's siblings, the twin pickup SB-R80 and soon to be restored Zebrawood SB-R150.
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Turns out the problem with mine was an incorrectly connected pickup. Now sorted 😀
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+1 to this. The VMs are good basses but the CVs are a good level above imho. -
Have you ever purchased your old Bass back?
Deedee replied to thebigyin's topic in General Discussion
That reminds me. The black & maple P that was originally yours, that I bought from Pestie and then sold back to you. That was one I certainly regretted selling. A beautiful bass. 😟 -
Have you ever purchased your old Bass back?
Deedee replied to thebigyin's topic in General Discussion
Not bought one of my old basses back (yet) but wish I had done on a couple of occasions. 😟 -
My experience of MIJ Precision basses has been nothing but great so you can’t go far wrong with one of those. New options - lots of good things being said about the Bruce Thomas Profile bass from the Bass Centre.
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I know these are rarer than hens teeth. I almost had a fit the last time I collected my SMX after a service and one of them was missing. The shop managed to find it once I’d explained to them that you can’t get them anywhere (they didn’t seem to disagree). A dud spares or repair head may be the best option. 😟
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1959 Hofner Club 60 Guitar Withdrawn -
Nice collection
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Sold my Sterling 4HH to Pete. Prompt payment and superb communication throughout. Trade with absolute confidence 👍 Enjoy the bass and many thanks again.
