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Recently bought Toms superb Lakland DJ. Great to catch up with Tom again and I'm very grateful for him delivering the bass in person. Top Basschatter! Many thanks 👍
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Looking forward to this. Band diary has nothing booked in May surprisingly. I'll be bringing: Gibson Ripper Gibson NR Thunderbird Sandberg Electra Lakland DJ Can bring my Markbass LM58R head and 2x10 cab(s) if anybody is interested in the new lightweight stuff. Or, a smaller setup of a TC Electronic BH250 and 1x10 Epifani cab if required.
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Robert bought my Greco Thunderbird. First class communications throughout which was great as the bass was shipped to The Netherlands. An absolute top guy to deal with in every way, I highly recommend! 👍
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Musicman Stingray Fretless... 1985??
bigthumb replied to LiverpoolBassPlayer's topic in Bass Guitars
A great period for stingrays and wish I wish I wish I kept my '86 Ray but there we are. Sounds great on them tracks 👍 -
Until now, I've not used an active bass for well over a year so I found the preamp to be 'hot'. Loads of bass and loads of fizz to my ears. The last gig to this I did was with a Gibson Ripper and Gibson Thunderbird so the Sandbergs a bit different. I set the bass and treble knobs to the centre indent and left it there. It was great, Pbass with a bit more on top would be my simple description. The bass is active only, no push pull for active/passive.
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VERY happy with this Sandberg Electra. I have owned German made ones in the distant past and I've fancied another for a while now. But to scratch the itch for the time being I recently got this Electra and I really can't fault it. I gigged it last Saturday with the intention to try it out on a couple of songs in the first set but used it throughout the whole gig.
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Ben bought my Orville Thunderbird. Really great communications and a thoroughly top guy to to deal with. Many thanks! 👍
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Sandberg might be worth looking at.
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I've never owned the Travellers but I use two 102 Energy cabs and the LM 58r amp and there's plenty of bottom end, certainly enough for me.
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1997 Orville Thunderbird. ***ON HOLD*** - *SOLD*
bigthumb replied to bigthumb's topic in Basses For Sale
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1997 Orville Thunderbird for sale. Great condition with a few little dinks here and there, nothing nasty at all. Fast slim neck, vintage reverse tuners and strung with D'Addario NYXL 50-105 Truss rod works fine and frets in great shape. Outstanding Japanese build quality and quite rare in the UK. comes with its Orville gig bag. More pics on request if needed. Located near Liverpool and collection/meet up only. £800.
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Something you don't see every day, a made in Japan 1977 Greco TB900. Up for sale is my super cool and extremely rare Greco TB900. Not too many of these around. Huge beefy sound from the single pickup and strung with a new set of DR Fat Beams, it just sounds great. It's picked up a few dinks during its 48 years so its no museum piece but the frets are in great shape with plenty of meat on them and the trussrod works fine. The bass comes with its original hardcase too. Again, no museum piece but solid and dose the job. The bass is located near Liverpool for collection only. Asking for £800 Which is a bit less than what I paid last year and not after any trades thanks.- 4 replies
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I've bought a good number of basses and amps from BD over the years. When I lived in the Midlands I'd love to drive down there for a visit where Mark was always very welcoming and I would probably leave with a bigger credit card bill than I came in with. But a couple of times the description of the items sold has been a bit inaccurate regarding the condition. A cab described as in 'A1' condition was very much not. I needed the cab so I cleaned it up the best I could and it served me well. Another occasion a Markbass combo had the yellow Neo driver replaced with a ceramic Celestion one and not stated in the description. I did address this with them and the issue was resolved and again, it served me well. Overall I've been very happy with the service and I continue to buy from there.
