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• 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

51 minutes ago, Phil Starr said:

 A little LED is not a bad idea and any competent tech could fit you something easily enough. You'd be able to buy a lot of batteries with the cost though. A bicolour LED with green for a good battery and red for one nearing the end of it's life would be brilliant of course. The pre-amp in my acoustic guitar has an LED.

I've just got my first active bass (a Yamaha TRB5P) and there is even a small plug for where an LED should go, so I'm getting one fitted. I've found an LED warning light for when the power starts getting low (there is a posher version that costs $17 or £50 depending on where you buy it and that is set so the light comes on at 7.7v. The type below costs £3 and they can set it to come on at whatever you say you want it to.

https://www.modellingelectronics.co.uk/products/low-battery-indicator-model-boats/

Up to now I've gone for lightweight and passive (2 Maruszczyk Jake V's - just over 3Kg each), so why have I gone for a 4.5Kg active bass? I can't answer that but it was love at first sight, so it was both Maruszczyk's off to Mark at BassDirect (one as a part ex, the other he's selling for me) and one 1990 Yamaha TRB5P back in return. I haven't played it properly yet, but even though it's 1.5Kg heavier than the Maru's, it doesn't feel like it (ask me again after a 3 hour gig), but it feels 'proper luxury' compared to other basses I've had in the past (even some really quite posh ones). Old strings already off and a set of TI Jazz flats fitted. Tuned up and will recheck everything tomorrow after the strings have settled in.

Here's some photos.

13 hours ago, adamg67 said:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07XT3Z3SQ/ref=cm_sw_r_oth_api_glt_fabc_BWZFWYTKK4DPBPNCWWRK

 

Don't buy them. I did I couldn't even complete two grooves before the kit had fallen apart and the files were smooth. You pay for what you get.

There's two more Maru's for you to look at at Bass Direct - both Jakes (a P/J and a P/MM), both 5 strings and weigh just over 3Kg. I've just part exed them for a Yamaha TRB5P. Great basses but the Yamaha was on my bucket list and I couldn't afford it without getting rid of them both

Bought my Rickenbacker 4003 S5W back off Paul after I'd sold it to him last year (it must have been hard for him to actually sell a Rick). Great chat and rummage through all his basses

45 minutes ago, marvin spangles said:

Thanks but I live in Ireland and would be getting the Set up done here regards p

It doesn't need a setup if you've a bridge that already fits. You just need someone who is good working with wood/luthier to cut and fit the adjusters etc. 

I had Simon Farmer at GUS guitars convert mine to adjustable plus pickup holding screws.

On 03/03/2020 at 09:55, 6feet7 said:

This happened to arrive in the post yesterday

It's returned. Massive thank you to Prowla for selling it back to me a year after I sold it to him. New black pickguard, TRC and thumb rest thanks to Rickysounds. New band first meet in a couple of weeks, so I think this will be the bass to take.