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58 minutes ago, CameronJ said:

Good thing you mentioned the playing comfort as a very tall guy - I’m 6’8” so would likely have the same issue! Though I only play with fingers…are you a pick player @6feet7?

I play with both (well, a thumb pick or fingers or both). If I had my forearm where everyone else does then I was playing over the 19th fret. A friend of mine (only 6 feet tall) has played it and his hand and forearm are exactly where you'd want to be. I had a Jackson David Ellefson and that was the same. I'm guessing all T'bird style basses will have this issue (or should I say, all very tall bass players will have this issue with T'bird style basses).

Bought last month. Absolutely gorgeous (totally changed my mind about relic'd instruments), but, as much as I love it, it's wrong for me. I'm 6 feet 7 tall and where my right arm hangs/plays is behind where the wear is (ie. on normal sized people) and right on the sharp corner

4.29 Kg = 9.46 lbs

Back at the Bass Gallery

I used to have the 5 string version of this. Absolutely wonderful bass. Wish I'd never sold it (along with the two Korean 5 stringers I also sold). You've got me thinking I should buy another 5 string one they are so good.

Sold at Bass DIrect

Trades???

I bought this last month from Italy and absolutely love it. But I've just got some rather large unexpected bills, so it has to go to pay for them

I'm selling it for what I paid for it, but without all the import duties (which will save you quite a bit).

I've copied and pasted the original advert.

All at once rather than individual:

Ibanez EWB205WNE-NT 1202

Maruszczyk Jake P/MM V

Alusonic Django Supreme 5

Rickenbacker 4003 SW-5

Sandberg Forty Eight 5

Michael Poller DB-5

OK, the second expensive bass (that I can't afford) in as many weeks, but sometimes a man's got to do etc. etc. etc

Anyway, looking on the Bass Gallery's website and this little beauty popped up. I've been after a 5 string T'bird style bass for ages, but the Gibson version was 'just' the studio version and weighed too much. Even though everyone says that the Epiphone pro V is wonderful, I know I'd always be lusting after the 'real thing'. I bought the Jackson Dave Ellefson T'bird but it was like the Epi, I knew I wanted something 'more', so sold that. I don't think I could ask for more with the Sandberg. Beautifully balanced, not overweight, and even though I'm not a fan of reliced instruments, it just looks 'right'. I'm yet to play it through an amp at volume but I can't wait.

• Bough in October 2020 as everyone says they are the best strings you can get. I can't stand them (probably why I have a Rick and an Alusonic bass. I prefer that modern, sharp sound, not that old fashioned thud). There's also an extra D string - I fitted the strings to one bass - a 3 + 2 configuration, then took them off to put on a 4 + 1 configuration and realised I'd cut the string too short, so bought an extra single D string for that bass.
• Size - .043 .056 .070 .100 .136
• Free postage.

17 minutes ago, LeftyJ said:

Do tell me more about the gauge of that B string! That looks HUGE. 

I think it's only a 130 - Thats what the advert said and I havent changed the strings as they are good. I'll probably put Hi Beams on it eventually (130 or 135). I saw how Alusonics were described online a while back which really attracted me to the sound. It was said that listening to a wooden bass after an Alusonic was like listening to the Alusonic bass with cotton wool in your ears, and I totally agree with that. It's so clear and precise, but reacts well to overdrive too

I saw this on BC last Wednesday, paid Giovanni in Italy on Thursday and it arrived this afternoon (many thanks UPS)

All I can say is 'WOW'. When I used to play guitar (many, many years ago), I always lusted after a stainless steel Stratocaster, but that being the early days of the internet, I couldn't find one, so I wasn't going to lose the opportunity to get this bass the second I saw it.

It was built in late 2018, with an aircraft grade Aluminium alloy body, rear of body and scratchplate in carbon fibre, bolt on hard maple neck with graphite reinforcing rods and graphitex fretboard with 24 frets and luminlay side dots, Hipshot Ultralight tuners, Alusonic Hybrid Alnico5/Neodymium MM + J pickup with a 3-way selector for the bridge pickup, and preamp with volume, blend, bass, mid and treble, and weighs only 3.9 kg.

The changes to the basic version are:

- flatter radius.

- block inlays instead of simple dots.

- 3-way preamp instead of 2.

- 3-way selector instead of 5, which acts only on the bridge pickup in series / parallel / single coil mode.

- blend on the preamp instead of the 5 pre-selected combinations.

It feels absolutely wonderful and sounds better than pretty much any other bass I've ever played. I think I'm going to have to keep my eye out for another one

Oh, that is beautiful, and it's now mine :)))

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It had to go back to Bass Direct. Tooooo heavy for my knackered old shoulders

24 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

Isn't there a pedal which will do what you need?

I've got a darkglass vintage mictrotubes pedal which I like a lot, but really I can't stand the look of the big poles on the Delano's, so if I'm going to change them I want something a bit dirtier or grittier which also doesn't have blood great pole pieces

25 minutes ago, NickD said:

Wierd!

My passive Jake 5 has the Delanos (P & MM), and with the amp cranked I find them as rude as hell. My Elwood 5L has the Haussels (J & mini MM), and while they're warmer and more vintagey, they lack the brashness of the Delanos. 

I haven’t played in anger with it yet, so you might have just saved me a load of money. I’ll find out next time I manage to actually play loud. 👍

Welcome. Absolutely loved SF when the band I was in at the time flew over to do a festival in the town of Weed in the north of your lovely state. Can't wait to have an excuse to come over again.

Just now, Hellzero said:

Bartolini !

Through an SVT, the absolute swine sound !

Probably not the SVT - I'm happy with my amp, but I'll look into the Barts. Thanks

My Maruszczyk Jake V P/MM has passive Delano pickups, which are lovely but very 'polite' sounding. What passive pickups (5 string Precision neck and Musicman bridge) would the good folk of BC recommend to 'dirty up' the sound a bit? 

I bought this brand new in March for £135 and I've tried it a few times at home (obviously not gigged yet but it does have velcro underneath) and I just don't like chorus effect for bass (this has been my third different chorus pedal and it's been the same with all of them, so I've come to the conclusion chorus isn't for me).

Still has original box and postage is included.

I've a Kent Armstrong magnetic pickup fitted to the end of my fb and it does cut down on the feedback considerably, but those f holes are the real culprit. Going to have to get them filled with foam cutouts.

1 minute ago, Cairobill said:

These basses are the pinnacle of Yamaha bass building (I have an incredible TRB6P). GLWTS!
 

Thank you. I agree. If only they could have made it a bit lighter for my old shoulder injury

Many thanks to Mark at Bass Direct for trading it back.

Here's all the blurb.

A 1990 example of Yamaha TRB5P. The bass features a 34" scale, two band eq and switchable piezo bridge with independent volume pot. The bass comes with a fitted Yamaha hardcase. Maple / Mahogany / Flame maple body, maple / mahogany 5 piece neck, ebony f/b.

Controls are volume, blend, bass, treble, piezo cut and a switch to turn piezo on and off.

Weight: 10lb 5oz/4.5kg

Piezo Pickups in Solid Brass Bridge

The piezo pickups used on the TRB models use individual bi-morphous piezo elements for each string, all built into a specially designed bridge which is machined from solid brass.

Figured Maple Body with Thru-neck Construction

The TRB-series basses feature figured maple bodies that offer the requisite tone as well as outstanding visual appeal.

Neck-thru Models

Because piezo pickups directly pick up the resonance of the instrument body, the body itself must be made from the finest woods and designed to deliver rich, deep tone. The neck-thru design of these basses affords the best possible foundation for this amazing sound.

Construction - Neck-thru-Body

Scale Length - 33-7/8" (860mm)

Neck - Maple/ Mahogany

Fingerboard - Ebony

Nut Width - 1-13-16" (46mm)

Radius - 23-5/8" (600mm)

Frets - 24

Body - Figured Maple/ Rose/ Maple

Bridge - BPZ-5 (with Piezo), 19mm string spacing

Pickups - Single Coil x 2, Piezo Pickup

Pickup Switch - 2 Balancer

Controls - 5-Control System

Hardware – Gold

8 minutes ago, nekomatic said:

That's neat but I'd want to check what the current draw actually is - what counts as 'very low power consumption' might be a bit different between a model boat that runs for a few hours on a rechargeable pack and a bass that you expect to last for months on a PP3. 

 

Or here's the guitar version - $17 from the states and over £50 over here. Looks to be the same thing.

https://www.ninetribe.uk/products/low-battery-indicator-pmt-lobat-for-active-electronics