FieldsNPT
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The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
FieldsNPT replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
I got an A2S for £399 from Vox, a while ago, in black, and that WAS the last A2S they had in stock until now. I preferred red, but I can't even justify paying another £359 for the same bass, especially given that it's not easily "flippable". The A1H was £699 and it seemed they weren't really trying hard enough to blow it out. If I hadn't just bought a Christmas bass I'd probably have kept quiet and snapped it up at £629. 🙂 -
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FieldsNPT replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
For any Vox Starstream fans / curious, voxamps.co.uk have a refurbished MIJ A1H bass in black for £629, and refurbished MIJ A2S basses in red or black for £359. -
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FieldsNPT replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
I fitted some Ernie Ball group 2 45-105 short scale flatwounds on the Vox yesterday. I have nothing good or bad to say yet, they seem fine to me. The only thing I noticed was a little bit more friction over the Elites flatwounds I have on a 34" bass. Well, one plus is that the silk is a nice gold colour. 🙂 On the downside I still have tennis elbow and need some rest and ice I think. I keep meaning, and forgetting, to put an ice pack on it, and keep playing bass, so I'm not helping myself much. Doh. -
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FieldsNPT replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
The Vox Starstream A2S turned up on Saturday. So far, so very good. The gigbag seems to be a tightish fit, but it's nice to have to keep the dust off. The fit and finish are excellent - Gotoh bridge and tuners, Aguilar pickups and preamp. The nut is perhaps cut a little high for the quite small fretwire, but that's the only thing I noticed. It gives of an FGN vibe to me, based on the fit and finish of an FGN S-style guitar I have, though the neck is all gloss. I'm not sure who else even has a factory in Japan which builds for other brands, so it could well be FGN. The strings are Ernie Ball and feel quite high tension. The low E in particular sounds like a piano when plucked open, and the body and ABS shell resonate nicely. All in all I'm very pleased with it. -
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FieldsNPT replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
I can't wait to be honest. There's not much info about them at all on forums or YT, and I think selling it would be difficult at any price in today's market so maybe price is less of an issue. My wife likes the word "bargain" though, she's always "spending money to save money" as it were. 🙂 -
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FieldsNPT replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
I'm a recent convert to bass, having been a very poor guitar player I am now mostly a novice bass player. First I had a fretless Sire P7, then recently added a Sire P8. They're very nice basses although I'm not sure I'm a fan of basses around 9.5 pounds. I also have some mild tennis elbow after playing the fretted bass. Anyway, I have been eyeballing the Vox Starstream A2S basses being blown out on the voxamps site, and was disappointed when the red version sold out. Anyway, today I bought the black version for £399, the last one by all accounts, so it should be here next week I think. I'm not a total fan of the look of the body, though a super-light bass will be interesting to try for sure. I'll post a pic when I get it. Cheers! -
I saw, I think suggested for me by Google on my phone, a list of the 25 best bass players in the universe, ever. Notable absentees were Pino Palladino and Mick Karn. That video by PDBass inspired me to pick up my only bass, a fretless Sire P7, and "dick around a bit". I sounded awful, fair play. It's enough for a good bassist to try to do Mick Karn, a novice like me, well. I had fun though. 😀
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The service you get from Evri, in my experience, depends on who is on your local round. Our local guy will leave packages around the back of the house, his service is brilliant.
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Hi all, I'm a well-seasoned novice bassist, morphed from a very bad and only occasional bedroom guitarist. I had a Sire V5 for a while, but I sold that and now have a Sire P7 fretless. GAS is hitting hard for an unlined fretless for some reason, but I think I'll check my progress in a couple of months or more. If I'm playing more than 5 days per week then we'll see about adding to the collection. Having said that, perhaps a fretted bass would be the best next step. The bass goes through a THRii at the moment, the "flat" setting seems to sound the best to me, but I may get a headphone amp in the future. The THR lets me play a backing track via Bluetooth from my phone, which will come in very useful I think. Musical interests, when it comes to playing, are anything and everything, leaning towards soul and acid-jazzy type tunes. Cheers!
