After watching a recent Guy Pratt video where he uses the Boss one I decided that I must have one. After I picked myself up off the floor at seeing the prices that they were selling for I looked for an alternative. I spotted the Behringer ones but they are discontinued and selling for silly money.

This video is really helpful so I have ordered the TC one. The combination of my RBX 765a and this pedal has the 80s part of the set list sorted

I missed out on the one that was for sale on the forum last week and I think that for the first time ever was genuinely disappointed that I hadn't seen it sooner so set about looking for another. A casual browse on Facebook marketplace brought up one about 20 minutes from my house and another two PMs from members on the forum who had them as well.

I decided to go with the one on Facebook as it looked really nice in the red ( I must admit that I also like the green and blue ones ) and picked it up.

I gave the fretboard a good clean with lemon oil and the body a wipe down with a clean microfibre cloth. This was followed by a new set of D'addario Prosteel EPS165 strings plus a 135 B that I had bought separately some time ago

A quick play revealed that it badly needed setting up and when I got the capo and feeler gauges out I discovered that the neck was poker straight with absolutely no relief at all. The truss rod nut was quite tight so I gently moved it and thankfully it began moving no problem at all ( I wonder if this was why it had been so straight, maybe tightened really tight and the owner couldn't loosen it) I had to remove the little black plastic thing that protects the body from the allen key as I couldn't get the allen key in properly with it in place

It is in incredible condition, I can't quite work out how old it is. I tried one of the websites and was told it was 1989, 1999 or 2009 by the serial number. The plastic is still on the control cover. There are a couple of light dents in the paintwork but no scratches and the only damage to the paintwork that I can see is on the headstock. The hardware is a little tarnished in places due to age but everything works

I absolutely love it and the only way that I can describe the tone is that it is very 80s and will really suit a lot of the stuff we do with the band when the time comes to gig again.

Anyway, enough waffling - now the pictures:

I didn't realise that Jaydee were still making basses. Is it just me or is this seriously good value:

https://www.jaydeecustomguitars.co.uk/bass_price_list_gbp.html

I have a vague memory of drooling over a Calibas in Guitarist or Bassist magazine

I'd like to have these away by next weekend so instead of £160 I am going to do the body, scratchplate, bridge, neck and pickups for £115 posted to mainland UK

Fragile is still my favourite album of theirs. I like songs from other albums like Siberian Khatru but this album I can listen to start to finish. The Yes Album is another favourite of mine.

I remember hearing Roundabout when I was in 6th year at school when Virgin 1215 radio station first launched. That was a good year for music for me. Got my first listen to Faith no more and the Chili Peppers as well in the common room

I've been after one of these for ages 

PM'd

I took a couple of pictures last night to show that there is a wee bit of the paint chipped away where I have made the neck pocket larger on the bottom of the body. I could be touched up by a paint pen or similar if it bothered you enough.

This also means that the neck protrudes by about 1-2mm over the bottom of the neck pocket

I tried a few preamps before getting my Tonebone Bassbone. Absolutely amazing sound from this that's it's nigh on impossible to sound bad regardless of what the controls are set to

On 02/07/2020 at 20:42, King Tut said:

Ive had two. They sound great but are pretty weighty to lug about. You wont get much dirt out of them though. I use a Veyron Tube head now. Cheap and good for rock!

I had an LH1000 and it is possible to overdrive the preamp valve. I used a Tesla ECC803 (I think) and coupled with a Precision running EMGs at 18v I could get the valve to overdrive quite easily - even though it isn't meant to be able to do this.

Absolutely incredible sound through Laney Nexus 4x10 & 1x15 cabs

Personally, if I have had a bass that is an absolute looker but I haven't gelled with it I will take pictures, list it for sale then put it back in its case or bag an don't look at it again.

There's nothing that will make you think twice about selling it than pulling the bass back out again for a play or a look.

Then you look at the pictures months or years after you sold it and think, bugger - even though it was the right thing to do at the time.

Some examples:

I've sold my EBMM Stingray and Fender Player Precision in favour of 2 HB Jazzes. I just fancied doing a bit of simple modding plus I enjoy trying different things.

My £140 JB75 has £400 of EMGs and preamp and £150 of HIpshot Ultralite tuners plus a Fender High Mass Bridge. My £88 JB20 has a set of Tonerider pickups, £50 Sixstringsupplies solderless wiring harness and Hipshot  Licenced ultralites.

The basses are solid and a good basis for doing stuff to them. I'm in the process of working out what to do next. Those BZ-6000 NT basses look like incredible quality

https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_bz_6000_nt.htm

yes that's standard tuning. I find this to be very helpful, just work out what tension you want to start with on each string and find the closest match to each string

https://www.daddario.com/globalassets/pdfs/accessories/tension_chart_13934.pdf

Apart from the specific balanced tension sets that D'addario make - I found that the perfect set using single strings is 45, 60, 80, 110 and although it's slightly lower tension I use a 135 B when the need arises

I've been a prodigy fan since high school - in fact I have The Fat of the Land on vinyl arriving this afternoon but as far as I am concerned, the best dance song ever written is this one by Giorgio Moroder

I had the 2x10" version of this which was the 7210SM which would make this a 715SM. I think the name refers to what's in it, in your case 7 band EQ, 15inch speaker and the SM preamp

I used mine with a full size 4x10" and, as mentioned previously, the combos are slimmer than the cabs so it looks fine from the front but a little odd from the back.

It was heavy but together with the cab it was really loud. I was a young lad of about 19 so the weight wasn't an issue and it looked very manly to be standing in front of it 😛

In fact, I've changed my mind - I'm also selling the set of Tonerider pickups that I bought for this project. They were fitted to a solderless wiring loom so I haven't cut the wires, they are the full length that you would get when buying them new. £30 posted to mainland UK

So if you bought everything that I am selling, all that you'd need to finish the bass once you'd moved the bridge slightly would be a wiring loom or a set of pots etc, tuners and your choice of strings

I've always wanted a maple fretless precision so late last year I decided to put one together. I literally built it, put the strings on it then put it away in a gig bag. I'm unlikely to use it but I want to use the pickups for something else so am offering it either as body on its own, neck on its own or I could do a deal for both.

The pictures make the body look lighter than it is - it's a lovely dark burgundy colour and really suits the black scratchplate. I had to widen the neck pocket to fit the neck but with my limited wood working skills only widened it on one side. This means that you will need to move the bridge slightly to get everything to line up straight but i am sure that it will be no problem to one of the skilled members of the forum. Included with the body will be the scratchplate with screws (screw holes for a finger rest), bridge and Schaller style strap lock buttons ( I can fit regular ones if you'd prefer). I think that the body is basswood. You will also notice that a few of the screw holes don't line up with the original screw holes which isn't really an issue once the scratchplate is fitted.

The maple fretless neck, having had zero use has no marks on the fingerboard itself. There is a mark right at the point where the neck meets the headstock that looks like the lacquer ran slightly and creased the finish. There is a dull spot next to this too but it's on the back so not noticable when playing. It is also drilled for standard MIM Fender tuners and has a 2 string string tree fitted. The width of the heel at it's widest before it rounds off at the end is 63mm and the nut is 38mm.

If you need any more pictures of anything specific then let me know and I can take some more.

I am looking for £65 posted for the neck and £65 posted for the body to mainland UK but could do a deal on both if bought together. I can post anywhere but would need to check the cost first.

I think the current prices of the BB102x series basses reflect just how good they are - they are currently selling pretty close to the original new prices. I don't like the current models visually and wouldn't hesitate to get myself another BB1025 if I was looking for a 5 string

Sold my Desert Gold Stingray to Ean - absolute pleasure to deal with and I wouldn't be averse to having first refusal on his Amber Spector Euro 4 LX

Top man and a credit to this fine forum

I've played whatever was appropriate for the band I was in at the time (and sometimes not appropriate to "stick it to the man")

This has consisted of 4, 5, 6, 8 & 12 strings - fretted and fretless, solid bodied, acoustic and semi acoustic

I play mainly 4s now as it suits the band I am in with a Hipshot Xtender for the few songs I need a low D or B but wouldn't hesitate in getting a 5 or 6er if the need arose

I was looking in their miscellaneous basses section for something a bit different to the usual P, Jazz and MM type basses not expecting to see anything like this 

Having a browse as you do in Thomann and I spotted the B208FM at the relatively ridiculous price of £365 so I decided to buy one 

Here's the link as they seem to have more of them. I think it's been discontinued in favour of the spalted maple one which is £599 and looks like the same bass.

https://www.thomann.de/gb/espltd_b208.htm

I remember going to McCormack's in Glasgow and drooling over the one they had in stock and had a good play with one

I had an SB615 a few years back and I remember it being a very good bass. It's just a pity that yours is passive as I liked the active controls and am in the market for a new 5 string. That being said I'm sure it will still sound really good

Second up is my second set list bass - the JB-75MN

This one has a Fender high mass bridge, EMG BTS System running at 18v, Hipshot USA Ultralites and Xtender. This one is fitted with D'addario Prosteels 

I am also known for saying that I'd rather stick needles in my eyes than have a tort scratchplate but I decided to take a walk on the wild side and see what all the fuss was about. I think it was about £8 on Amazon.

I had to drill a side jack as the BTS System has 4 controls