Lockdown purchasing ..............

[dave moffat]

Just received 3 Hohner special20 harps in G, A and E to add to the C I've had for a couple of years.

Got Bb, D and F in my amazon basket ready to pull the trigger. I'm finding they're really handy just to stick in a pocket and carry with me.

[ProfJames]

Just pulled the trigger on another bass I wanted.............not paid yet or picked it up...........photos when the deal is done..........be glad to see th eback of lockdown as my GAS has gone ape!

[gjones]

On 21/03/2021 at 13:10, ProfJames said:

Just back from a little mountain farm in Risca, outside Newport where I got this stunning Stingray......not given it a full go yet but it is in A1, condtion 2016 build, Musicman OHSC, all the candy.   Great couple who I bought it from, good to meet genuine nice people, not a Basschat purchase!   Need to see what all the fuss is about with them.....any tips?  Been waiting a while for the right one,  think I found it aesthetically......see if I get on with it.....

That's a double for my 2014 model.

Nice oiled necks.

[ProfJames]

@gjones..... got to say very impressed with the Stingray, the neck is superb, really enjoyable to play and fortunate to find this..........watch out for my next purchase.............

[LukeFRC]

34 minutes ago, ProfJames said:

@gjones..... got to say very impressed with the Stingray, the neck is superb, really enjoyable to play and fortunate to find this..........watch out for my next purchase.............

Bravewood P? 

[ProfJames]

16 hours ago, LukeFRC said:

Bravewood P? 

Not quite!   Musicman Big Al SSS bass, deal done, pick up next week.............collection............When my pal was interested GAS got the better of me!  

 

[Starwarsnosebleed]

Ive bought a TC spectracomp, and a Dr J Sparrow DI/Preamp (clone of a Sansamp BDDI V1) Very impressed with both of them.
 

Other than that ive bought and made quite a few Fuzzdog DIY pedal kits: a Tonebender, a Rat clone, Wolf glitch computer among others.

I love building pedals, but its the endless lacquer coats on the enclosures that is a bit tedious.

[funkypenguin]

Pulled the trigger on the dream custom build  

[Killed_by_Death]

 

Purchased: 1 bass

Sold: 2 basses

although, the 'income' from the two sold was about 15% of the value of the new bass price

 

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

3 minutes ago, Killed_by_Death said:

Purchased: 1 bass

Sold: 2 basses

although, the 'income' from the two sold was about 15% of the value of the new bass price

Are we allowed to know what you sold and then bought?

[Killed_by_Death]

 

Ah good, someone cares, LOL!

EHB1500 (best instrument I've ever owned, & I've owned Rickenbacker, U.S. G&L:

 

sold:

Ibanez Mikro (in a guitar case)

 

GSR100EX (built from the parts of 3 basses)

GSR (Gio) on the left, & I still own the SR1800E on the right (tuned B-Standard for Type-O-Negative)

Had that same VOX amp for a few years now, my other 'amp' is plugging a USB interface into my Lenovo Thinkpad with Bose speakers.

 

[PaulThePlug]

Whole lot of 'Ibby' goin' on...

[Killed_by_Death]

 

I've been exclusively Ibanez for years now, sold my Rickenbacker 4004 because it was too heavy, sold my G&L ASAT for neck-dive,

bought a L-2000 w/o neck-dive, but it was 350 Grams higher-Mass than the SR1800E (before I put low-Mass machine-heads on the Ibanez), & I could NOT cope with the 9-/12" radius on the L-2000,

and then there was the giant 4-inline headstock that I don't enjoy anymore. The headless is the anti-thesis of the L-2000, but those Big-Splits are damn good!

 

[LukeFRC]

1 hour ago, funkypenguin said:

Pulled the trigger on the dream custom build  

What’s the dream?

[Raslee]

Got the Mocha brown 74 P that was on here, beautiful. 

[Reggaebass]

1 minute ago, Raslee said:

Got the Mocha brown 74 P that was on here, beautiful. 

I did wonder if you had got it, nice one, it looks great 👍 

[LukeFRC]

19 minutes ago, Raslee said:

Got the Mocha brown 74 P that was on here, beautiful. 

Woah there’s a little mini version of your profile pic hiding in that photo

[PaulThePlug]

Gong... used to have the same design on a pin badge some years back...

Edited April 16, 2021 by PaulThePlug

[funkypenguin]

39 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

What’s the dream?

Fodera 32" Monarch 6 string

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

I didn't think I had been that bad, but looking at my list, 2020 was a disaster in terms of gear abstinence 😂.

I bought (and sold) a lovely Spector Euro 4LX-TW. Seriously addictive pre-amp/sound, but I couldn't get on with the neck (too deep for me).

I also sold a Genz-Benz amp, but then bought a Handbox R-400.

Bass wise, I bought a Lakland 44-64 Bob Glaub, a Fender 'Adam Clayton' Custom Shop Precision in a very neutral big flake gold sparkle 😂 and 'birthed' the Jazz bitsa in my sig.

....oh, and I ordered a Shuker Precision 🤷‍♂️.

P.S. I forgot, I've sold a Stingray as well - all bar the shouting 👍

 

Edited April 16, 2021 by hiram.k.hackenbacker

[LukeFRC]

9 hours ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

I didn't think I had been that bad, but looking at my list, 2020 was a disaster in terms of gear abstinence 😂.

I bought (and sold) a lovely Spector Euro 4LX-TW. Seriously addictive pre-amp/sound, but I couldn't get on with the neck (too deep for me).

I also sold a Genz-Benz amp, but then bought a Handbox R-400.

Bass wise, I bought a Lakland 44-64 Bob Glaub, a Fender 'Adam Clayton' Custom Shop Precision in a very neutral big flake gold sparkle 😂 and 'birthed' the Jazz bitsa in my sig.

....oh, and I ordered a Shuker Precision 🤷‍♂️.

P.S. I forgot, I've sold a Stingray as well - all bar the shouting 👍

 

I just looked that up - a very understated bass that precision!

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

25 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

I just looked that up - a very understated bass that precision!

Yes, quite. I played it at volume for the first time on Wednesday and it sounds amazing. It has a jazz neck and is one of the very early ones that has the hand wound pick-up’s by Abigail Ybarra.

[Chiliwailer]

Only bought a nice Martin 0018 in 2019, but went nuts in 2020...

Lull PJ4 & Old Smoothie Stingray were bought back from the guys I sold them to, well chuffed with that. An awesome Bravewood Jazz came in. Modulus Flea came in, then out. Lull M4V came in but then out too. Gibson SG in Pelham Blue with P90’s came in, plus a Pro Jr and pedals. 

So I’m on a well earned buying ban this year... I hope... 😋

Edited April 17, 2021 by Chiliwailer

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

5 minutes ago, Chiliwailer said:

Only bought a nice Martin 0018 in 2019, but went nuts in 2020...

Lull PJ4 & Old Smoothie Stingray were bought back from the guys I sold them to, well chuffed with that. An awesome Bravewood Jazz came in. Modulus Flea came in, then out. Lull M4V came in but then out too. Gibson SG in Pelham Blue with P90’s came in, plus a Pro Jr and pedals. 

So I’m on a well earned buying ban this year... I hope... 😋

Yeah, plenty of year left for you to trip up 😜.

[Chiliwailer]

Just now, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

Yeah, plenty of year left for you to trip up 😜.

Better keep my glass half full then to stop the GAS  🥃