oldslapper

When’s it ever stopped us Stew!

Yeah they are. I probably should hold on to it. But it needs to be seen slung round some cool bassists shoulder.

Pretty rare old beast this. Bought recently elsewhere as I love the look of the DanElectro Lonhorns but can’t get on with short scale. This baby has lived a life and it came to me with plenty of dings and scratches, but nothing terrible, but don’t expect immaculate. The electrics were scratchy and itchy with intermittent cutting out. However, that’s all sorted now. The pickup is a Dimarzio with switching from big P to huge P (series/parallel?) and the tone control has a wide range. It’s got new set of D’Addario nickel 45-105’s and is set up nicely now with a low action and bob on intonation. The colour looks brown, but it’s a kind of purple brown sparkle which is very subtle. Happy to put up some sound clips. Weighs about 9lbs It was a purchase based on “that looks cool” before trying (I know, shallow right?) plus I do like a Dimarzio P. Well it didn’t disappoint on either of those criteria and I’ve recorded with it and gigged this Saturday gone. Roger Glover use to use one….heres a link to an old article where he praises the bass: https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/the-bass-behind-rainbow/12028 And that’s where I’ve come unstuck. The same reason that I’ve bought and sold Spectors, I love the tone and playability but I can’t get over the top horn placement. It needs to be over the 12th fret for me, like boring old Fs. Its balance is fairly horizontal as opposed to headstock pointing to floor. But even with my extra wide and grippy strap it won’t stay where I want and the headstock seems far away. I have rotator cuff problems with both shoulders, but particularly my left one, so it’s uncomfortable and not helping my physio recovery. I’m disappointed, but it’s back to my Fs for me. At some point someone has attempted to reposition the strap pins. Once to the rear of the upper horn and one about 2 inches above the rear pin, presumably to try re balancing? So if you want something that will destroy brick walls and gets lots of “oooh that’s an interesting bass” and “is it a harp”, or “man alive you’re a SMF playing that baby” then this is for you. Had a lot of queries about condition and dings etc. So have uploaded more pictures circling. I cleaned the neck when I got it and it’s in lovely condition (see pics). It’s an old bass that’s seen action. But plays great all the way up the 24 frets. Pick up from my gaff in Bath or meet up within reasonable agreed distance. Can post but will now need to source a box and packaging material. £20 pp.

I’d imagine 2 volume, 1 tone. When both pups are on (toggle in the middle position) you can control the volume of each pup?

I was visiting in-laws near St Ives this weekend doh!

Happy to take more 🤣

Small Yamaha rig. 500 watt 2ohm digital amp with programmable presets. Very flexible amp. PAT tested 3 months ago With 2x10 4ohm cab. Blurb from Yamaha: This easy-to-use digital bass amp head utilizes high power and DSP to allow creation of a diverse range of tones. Though small and lightweight, it employs a high-efficiency digital power amp and switching power supply to achieve a high power output of 500 W / 2 Ω. Featuring eleven types of bass sounds, 5-band semi-parametric tone controls, compressor, limiter, and noise gate; also equipped with speaker simulator and effects loop. Up to five settings can be stored in the unit memory. Head has scratches to the top and the cab’s “fur” isn’t pristine, but all structurally good, just wanted to point it out. All working well and I’ll include a bomb proof Maximum hard case that you can put the amp in. Comes with mains cable, but not a speaker cable (I need to keep it). £190 for the pair collected or meet up within pre agreed distance, in and around Bath/Bristol.

Harmonies, vocal and guitar fx, and a looper. Wonderfully creative tool and great for live performance especially solo acoustic. Bought with gigging in mind, but I’ve decided against and just concentrate on writing and recording. Great condition and comes in an aluminium case with keys. Spec: https://www.tc-helicon.com/product.html?modelCode=0726-AAI £200 delivered.

Harmonies, vocal and guitar fx, and a looper. Wonderfully creative tool and great for live performance especially solo acoustic. Here’s the spec. Bought with gigging in mind, but I’ve decided against and just concentrate on writing and recording. Great condition and comes in an aluminium case with keys. Spec: https://www.tc-helicon.com/product.html?modelCode=0726-AAI £200 delivered.

That looks great Andy. Also your usual great prices!

Beautiful

Puts a whole new meaning to being Ripped off

Thanks