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There were a lot of toilet comments when they first appeared.
Today I look at them and simply see a classic design. They’re wonderful instruments. -
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The HiFlier arrived Friday , and I got to use it in a little instrumental project rehearsal. It was well set up but I’ll tweak it a bit in the days to come. Quite light , sounds good , the band loved it. Great shape for a fifty year old cheap Japanese bass. I quite like it! I’ll drag it out to the gig tomorrow night.
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I mentioned I had one on the way in a TB thread ,and received a couple of messages from Jule himself!
He’s quite hilarious.
I simply hope to find the joy so many Monique owners describe.
Eventually I may pick up a Demeter Minnie , or something dedicated to Monique , but for the time being I’ll be trying various amps.
I’m looking forward to spinning the knobs and noodling away!
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I’ve been looking at Monique for some years now , and after hearing people review them , have been watching TB classifieds like a hawk for ages. There’s nothing around locally , I missed one in Ontario last year , and many sellers say continental US only. Sometimes the timings simply been off and they’ve been beyond my budget.
I thought last year was going to be the year I’d take the plunge … nothing.
And last week I found one in the US.
UPS tell me it will arrive Monday.
I’m all ajar with anticipation!
(image from the internet)
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The two band is a very practical back up , now you should get something entirely different just to hose things down.
Maybe a shortscale hollow body.
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A 500 watt Eden head and a 215.
You’re good to go. That could seriously rattle the woodwork.
Welcome , and enjoy.
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This is a replacement bridge for the Gibson 3 point , which has three anchors drilled into the body. It comes with metric and US screws (for Epis and Gibsons).
They make quite a number of other bridges for other styles.-
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9 hours ago, Grahambythesea said:
Now you can find your inner Ventures!
I’m doing a mostly instrumental project , Mexican music , if you can imagine a Mexican take on the Ventures … so I’m thinking it might be fun.
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Ordered a UniVox High Flier , this will be short scale #11.
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I used to be a Pbass guy and had a preference for rosewood , until one day I realized the Pbasses I was playing the most (a fretless 72 and Japanese 51 reissue) both had maple boards.
Now I don’t give fretboard colour much thought , but most are rosewood.
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It arrived today ! Faster than I expected.
To be honest I could not see a blemish. It’s a factory second. I immediately emailed the Outlet let them know it was much faster than expected. I was told it would be delivered before Jan 24.
It certainly was.
I have to say the Hipshot service was wonderful.
So I think that’s going to be it for bridge swapping. I also have a Rumblekat , but I’m going to leave the 3point on that.-
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That’s one gorgeous little bass!
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John Hall has been retired for several years now , and is living in the UK.
The Hall bashing seems pointless to me … he once gave me advice about bypassing the .0047 cap on my 4001. At the time I didn’t realize he owned the company. -
No new basses in , none out , but I did pick up a Gretsch baritone , 2 amps , 3 pedals , 2 leather gig bags , and 3 Hipshot 3point bridges. And two amp repairs.
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Went to L&M this morning , ordered a couple of sets of shortscale flatwound strings and bought a cable.
Pretty good.
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Some people are buying two or three Harley Barton’s to save on shipping.
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Thomann seem to be selling a lot of instruments from China. I keep wondering if they will be developing more of a presence in North America. They’d be more than competitive with the existing retailers.
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There was a Monique preamp in the TalkBass Classifieds last night. First reply was within five minutes of the original post. Sold.
I probably would have gone for it providing the seller would do Canada. Perhaps 23 will be the year for Monique.
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Interesting mod for 4001 series basses.
in Bass Guitars
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I immediately bypassed the .0047 cap on my old 4001 , and have never had second thoughts.
until now