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  1. Delberthot
    Normally soapbar pickups like these have 2 long bars running more or less the length of the pickup. that's why you can still use EMG35s for 4 or tight 5 string spacing. Complely different to the exposed polepiece type pickup which require the strings to be at a certain place over the pickup Forgot to say that I'd be up for trades of the following: Laney Nexus NX115 or NX410 cabs Epiphone Thunderbirds of most descriptions such as: Standard, Goth, Nikki Sixx, Ltd ed white, red, blue, silverburst, black, non-reverse 4 or 5 (that's probably all of them to be honest) or just try me
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    The Celestion equipped Laney 8x10" is a very reasonable 45kg and would be my first choice if I was playing venues that warranted having one. Coming in at a relatively low price of £643 from [url="http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/bass_amps_detail.asp?stock=07110213190929"]Guitar Guitar[/url]
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    They are rediculously heavy and hence why most of the ones you see are either used by famous names with roadies or in rehearsal rooms. Its hard to comprehend 70kg until you try to lift it. They're £566 from Digital Village so £300 would appear to be a good deal but there's one that's failed to sell twice on Ebay for £320. The problem is the weight. Very few people are willing to buy heavy gear these days and even I've succumed to buying a lightweight cab and the people that are gnereally willing to buy the heavy stuff are wanting it cheap because of the weight cos chances are it'll end up in a rehearsal room If you can live with that then the sheer power of the 8x10" cab will knock you sideways.
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    Its the marks on the body that look like pubic hairs that are putting me off. That and I don't have £51, never mind the £2551 that it is at already C'mon lottery, papa needs a new pair of Fender Bass Vs
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    Wilkinson pickup provisionally sold - everything else still available for now
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    Entered a talent competition at primary school when I was in year 7 miming to Bruce Springstein of all people. A friend of mine at the time gave me a loan of an acoustic to use as a prop and ended up buying it off him for a fiver. Ended up playing along to the basslines on Queen records. When it came to choosing which present I wanted from the Littlewoods catalogue, everyone wanted me to get a guitar but I went with the bass. 24 years later and 70 basses later I'm still doing it and loving it. I really cut my teeth playing in a Big Band when I was 17 which brought the average age of the band down from 70 by quite a bit I taught myself to read music for that gig. Played in an offshoot of that band which was a dixiland jazz band with only chords written so that gave me lot of freedom to improvise. Moved onto a couple of other things before getting into the wedding/function band scene. I have learned so much in the time I've been doing that kind of stuff that i can confidently play a song I have never heard before as long as I can hear what the keys are playing. I've tried having a go at guitar but the strings feel far too light and insignificant for me to get anything satisfying from them. Tried my hand at drums a couple of years ago but I've lost interest in learning any other instrument now but am always trying to push myself with the bass.
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    Alternatively you could: 1) remove the octave strings strings and use it as a wideneck 4 2) remove the fundamentals and add another 4 octave strings and use it with a polyphonic octave pedal as a pseudo 8 string 3) convert it to a 5 or even a 6 string if a Kahler bridge would take the string spacing down to what you need for a 6. Actually that has me thinking
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    Boing
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    They certainly are.
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    Certainly, what would you like pics of?
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    Bump for modified listing
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    Depending on what you had on their before you'll have to adjust the neck to some degree I remember being in a sticky situation having only a cheap bass with no strings and a set of these a couple of hours before I was due to gig. I put the strings on, tuned them up and off to the gig I went. By the time I got there the neck was like a banana. By sheer luck more than anything else, I was able to adjust the truss rod enough to straighten it out in that short space of time without the truss rod trying escape the inside of the neck
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    Levys do them [url="http://www.giggear.co.uk/p/Levy-s-MM4-Wireless-Receive-Holder/"]http://www.giggear.co.uk/p/Levy-s-MM4-Wire...Receive-Holder/[/url] but I'm sure most big manufacturers of straps are bound to do something as well
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    looks like something you could make yourself with a couple of small pieces of wood and chop up a cheap stand
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    [quote name='BassBod' post='1251928' date='May 31 2011, 07:26 PM']Not usually my thing...but what a nice example! Can't imagine a gig that wouldn't work for.[/quote] Totally agree but I've gotten that used to having a particular sound now that I can't do without the Thunderbird
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    [quote name='gub' post='1251897' date='May 31 2011, 07:01 PM']Whats the weight on this baby?[/quote] Going by what I've read online it should be around 9lbs. I don't have any scales so can't confirm this. You'd have thought with the amount of basses I'd sold over the past few years I'd have something to weigh them. Its lighter than my Epiphone Thunderbird
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    [quote name='steve-soar' post='1251690' date='May 31 2011, 04:10 PM']My first bass, back in 1984. I hated the wood grain, so I sprayed it, then sold it. I think the words "cock" and "end" were put together to describe me getting rid of it. Great basses.[/quote] I can't get over how good it looks considering its age and how many gigs its done. To say that the pickup packs a punch would be an understatement - I have to run it with the active button pressed on my amp. it sounds the business but unfortunately just not the sound that I prefer
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    [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=97116&hl=guy+pratt"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...mp;hl=guy+pratt[/url]
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    This was always my favourite colour as well but I'm trying to sell a couple of basses so I'm out at the moment
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    [quote name='Bassdude BE' post='1251637' date='May 31 2011, 03:31 PM']Nice! How's the current set-up? [color="#FF0000"]I play quite hard so can't have it too low. I'd describe it as medium low[/color] Does it do that "Iron Maiden P-bass sound" ? [color="#FF0000"]Personally I think it does[/color] do you have an estimate of the weight by any chance? [color="#FF0000"]I can't tell you exactly but there was a guy on Talkbs who said that his was 9lbs[/color] regards, D.[/quote]
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    [quote name='Rick's Fine '52' post='1250974' date='May 30 2011, 11:47 PM']Agree, this is collectors only piece, not great to play, and the 5'ers among you wouldnt be tempted after a play, it wouldnt compare to a cheapo new 5 string bass.[/quote] I don't care, I've always wanted one an if I had the money I'd buy it just to find out exactly how sh*t it was Years ago I had a huge list of basses I wanted to play and now its down to a couple having been fortunate to have owned and played nearly all of them. This is still one of the ones I would still love to own.
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    Bump for more pictures and price drop. the bass is also on Ebay [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140556874137&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT"]here[/url]
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    After wanting one of these for so long, I realise that the Thunderbird is the only bass for me so I'm now selling this on. The body is made from ash and has a maple neck and fretboard. The bridge and knobs are made of brass and it has the trademark heart shaped tuners. There is natural wear to both bridge and knobs but nothing that you wouldn't expect with a 30 year old bass. The body has some dings and dents corresponding to its age and being a great gigging bass but there's nothing major and its not very noticable due to the colour. I searched for years to find a bass with a proper Precision bass sound and eventually found this bass. I've owned Fenders and Squiers from Affinities to MIA ones but this is by far the most authentic sounding Precision I've ever had the privelige to play and own. If you want to hear it for yourself just find some Supergrass as Mick Quinn from the band apparently bought one of these as his first bass and used it on all the albums simply because it was so good and he didn't need to look for anything else. I currently have this on Ebay [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140556868706&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT"]here[/url] but would obviously not be looking for that amount on here. Looking for £300 plus delivery which will probably be around the £10-15 mark. I don't have a gig bag or case with it but it will be well packed. My Shine 8 string is also for sale and you can get to it by clicking the link in my sig
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    It if hadn't been for Queen and John Deacon I would not be playing the bass. I thought I'd seen everything about Queen but there was some new stuff added in here as well like the fact that Death on Two Legs was written about the production company that were screwing them out of money. To me, they are still one of the best bands ever and love watching and listening to them. I can happily listen to every album in their entirety right up to and including Live Killers. I can see both sides of Queen continuing without Freddie and John: on one hand you've lost one of the most instantly recognisable and flambouyant front men in rock music so the bass player sees this and thinks that there's no point in continuing without him; on the other hand you still have two guys who are passionate about the music and wanting to keep going so it made perfect sense to go back out on the road again. The one thing that they did that was rally smart was by getting someone like Paul Rodgers. If they had got in an unknown singer then the media would continually have compared him to Freddie but getting Paul on board, who is a legend in his own right meant that they could just go out and play.
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    If you want an idea of how much of a bargain this is, I sold my stock Cherry sunburst LP Std last month for £260
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