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  1. Merton
    Pretty sure you *need* a second one …. 😎 #helping
  2. Merton
    Replaced by the Digbeth range which, by all accounts, is very good indeed
  3. Merton
    So I’m likely out then! Boo
  4. Merton
    I’m in, with the caveat that I’m already in discussions to buy an expression pedal but with one thing and another the purchase has been pushed into this year. Is that allowed? The only thing which may push me off the wagon this year is if the 100W Stoneham comes to fruition. Other than that I genuinely do not want or need anything for once….
  5. Merton
    Mine is noisy but I only notice it at home; in a gig setting there’s plenty of other stuff noisier. In comparison the fan on the TE-1200 is whisper-quiet
  6. Merton
    Slightly above your budget but a bloody good cab by all accounts:
  7. Merton
    Scale length is a very personal thing - I can’t get on with anything beyond 32” nowadays! Nothing to do with blaming your tools 🤓
  8. Merton
    This is very much a feeler; the ACG Mule I have for sale hasn’t moved so seeing if there’s more interest in this. What we have here a gorgeous example of Alan’s exotic wood options - the “Fractal Mac” ebony top is crazy cool, different and interesting. When I specced this bass I was playing relatively regularly with an 80s rock band; the original plan was a stained black body but seeing this top on Alan’s Instagram brought in some spec creep… So, the specs: 5 string (low B) 32” scale White limba body, fractal mac top 3-piece ash neck with carbon rods, asymmetric neck carve Rosewood board, zero radius Reverse 1+4 headstock with matching fractal mac veneer 2x ACG Overwound reverse PB ceramic pickups (essentially a P split pickup in a soap bar case, and reversed so treble side is nearer the neck) East/ACG P-Retro with active/passive switch, 4-way pickup select switch (bridge, both parallel, both series, neck) Hipshot B-type bridge, 17mm string spacing Gotoh tuners Currently strung with Newtone nickel strings Comes with Warwick Rockbag Price is for collection from Horley, Surrey. Postage not possible as I don’t have any suitable boxes, sorry!
  9. Merton
    A few options in the classifieds, the last one is the most compact
  10. Merton
    What’s your budget? TBH if it’s for practicing the power rating of the cab is even less useful than normal (plenty of threads on here explaining why); if you’re not going to be thrashing the amp then just get something that fits!
  11. Merton
    Bump
  12. Merton
    I was just getting pics of my 32” scales for that thread and decided I needed an updated family shot for my shorties. Left to right: ACG Mule fretless ACG TKO Classic Conway Instruments Taranis fretless 5
  13. Merton
    It’s about time I updated this. I now have two sets of non-identical twins plus a cousin for one set of twins… Zoot Funkmeisters: ACG Finns: ACG Skelf:
  14. Merton
    Here’s the video… I must make it clear that the bass in video is a solid swamp ash body and maple neck, so very different from the Mule, but it hopefully gives an idea of what the BZ1 can do: https://www.instagram.com/p/COpo2UGDc5v/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
  15. Merton
    Started 2022 with 6 basses. 0 out (yet, there’s still time…) 2 in, though strictly one was paid for in 2021, it only arrived in 2022. Looks like I’ll be finishing on +2 at 8. Best we don’t talk about amps and cabs… Definitely need to abstain next year.
  16. Merton
    Probably the Trace Elliot TE-1200 helped over to these shores by @Russ. It’s a stupendously good amp and makes a exactly the noises I want. A very close call between that and my glorious new Zoot P5, though strictly that was a 2021 purchase 🤓
  17. Merton
    Hello! The P-Retro was swapped out by Alan before I bought the bass, but I'm sure he would have one you could buy to put back in if you so desired. The coil positions on the BZ1 are: ceramic single coil -> ceramic and alnico parallel -> ceramic and alnico series -> alnico single coil. I did a little video to show the differences, albeit with a different bass - will find it and link it
  18. Merton
    I wish…. It’s going on car repairs 😭
  19. Merton
    Well my wife’s car has decided that this is the right time of year to have a major issue. And of course muggins here gets to pay for that… So, for the Christmas period* only this is £1350 delivered to mainland UK *(now til 6th Jan)
  20. Merton
    Pretty sure the Ashdown account on Basschat died the moment Lee left… he was the one with the login details!
  21. Merton

    Dear Basschat, I have a problem. I am so happy with all my basses and amps etc that I no longer feel the need to come here and look at things endlessly. How long will this feeling last?

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    2. TheGreek

      TheGreek

      This is a bit early for an April Fool joke isn't it??

    3. Clarky

      Clarky

      Weirdo

    4. gjones

      gjones

      Me too. I think I need help.

  22. Merton
    Here’s a cool pic which has been posted on Facebook:
  23. Merton
    Very, very cold. Played The Neon in Newport, which hosted the South Wales Country Music Festival. It’s was absolutely Baltic in the entire venue - no idea what was going on with the heating! Unsurprisingly a lot of people didn’t stick around but by the time we went on at around 10 there were a few dozen hardy souls still revved up for some country rock. It was my first gig with Katy Hurt, and despite the cold it was an absolute blast. Used my Zoot Funkmeister, a tiny bit of compression into my Trace TE-1200 and two Barefaced Two10 cabs and the tone was absolutely bang on. Shame about the cold but we all had fun It was hell of a long day though - we left early doors to get to Newport to rehearse first; and that presented its own challenge with a not-100%-soundproofed studio and a metal band playing full blast next door 😅 Finally left Newport around 12.30am this morning and was home by 3. Freezing fog on the M4 was… fun. All in all though, the overriding memory will be the 75 minute set and the fun we had despite the cold. https://www.katyhurt.com
  24. Merton
    Oh my
  25. Merton

    Zoot “P”

    Merton replied to Merton's topic in Build Diaries

    Collected it today. My word it is a beauty. First gig tonight, then more pics and words 😎
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