Show Us Your Non- Warwick Bass Then!
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It's not over until the fat lady sings
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Finally and old Ibanez back in the house.
I used to have its bigger brother, the SR06. Almost identical, but ash body with different bridge (in gold). Don't know why I sold that one, but this is back.
52mm with 20mm stringspacing, almost identical to Warwick Broadneck.
This is the first SR886 or SR06 i've seen for sale in Netherlands since I sold mine in 2015, so I jumped on it.
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Well this is one massive nut
Finally and old Ibanez back in the house.
I used to have its bigger brother, the SR06. Almost identical, but ash body with different bridge (in gold). Don't know why I sold that one, but this is back.
52mm with 20mm stringspacing, almost identical to Warwick Broadneck.
This is the first SR886 or SR06 i've seen for sale in Netherlands since I sold mine in 2015, so I jumped on it.
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Bingo! A Bongo!New arrival
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Did a setup in the afternoon, and played 8 til now - good buy. Needs new strings, that's it - ready to funk
DiMarco
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OK so yesterday I picked up the Yamaha JP1... Here's pics.
The body is a nice wafer of striped maple, swamp ash, alder, striped maple with what seems to be ebony veneer in between the layers. This to me looks RADICAL!
The thin profile neck is a 3 ply maple with ebony fretboard. Unlike some people on the internet said, the pickups are not noisy at all. Controls are vol, bal, bass, treb and a three way mids contour switch which has flat, slap contour and mid boost modes. You can fine tune those two contour modes inside the preamp cavity using wheels and trimpots.
The strings it came with are quite old so I ordered a pack of Fodera custom steels at Thomann which will arrive in approx 2 days time. For now I have fixed the intonation on it (most bassists do not bother intonating their bass it seems) and set up the action to my likings aka as low as possible.
It plays really smooth and is quite responsive. Although I think the strings that are on it right now are probably thinner gauge then usual because bending them feels too easy and light so I won't be able to fully judge the sound coming from it until the new strings are on. But anyway so far so good, it sounds really nice and does have a bit of growl as is.
The body is a nice wafer of striped maple, swamp ash, alder, striped maple with what seems to be ebony veneer in between the layers. This to me looks RADICAL!
The thin profile neck is a 3 ply maple with ebony fretboard. Unlike some people on the internet said, the pickups are not noisy at all. Controls are vol, bal, bass, treb and a three way mids contour switch which has flat, slap contour and mid boost modes. You can fine tune those two contour modes inside the preamp cavity using wheels and trimpots.
The strings it came with are quite old so I ordered a pack of Fodera custom steels at Thomann which will arrive in approx 2 days time. For now I have fixed the intonation on it (most bassists do not bother intonating their bass it seems) and set up the action to my likings aka as low as possible.
It plays really smooth and is quite responsive. Although I think the strings that are on it right now are probably thinner gauge then usual because bending them feels too easy and light so I won't be able to fully judge the sound coming from it until the new strings are on. But anyway so far so good, it sounds really nice and does have a bit of growl as is.
DiMarco
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I was given this Pbass today. For free. Gratis.
Headstock says "Wagenvoort - hand crafted made in Holland".
Anyone know this brand? I ain't never heard of it!
Anyway, lovely birdseye neck, striped body. Seems to be an all Maple thing. EMG pups, Badass (original!) bridge, Schaller tuners. The bass is heavy but oozes quality.
I have not yet plugged it in. The strings on it are at least two decades old.
EDIT: THIS IS A STOLEN BASS!
I contacted the builder Bert Wagenvoort, and posted a pic on FB. Turned out the original owner is someone I know through Facebook! Arjan is picking her up tomorrow. It was stolen from him 28 years ago, he has pics to prove it. Of course, there wasn't any doubt in my mind to hand it back to him.
Headstock says "Wagenvoort - hand crafted made in Holland".
Anyone know this brand? I ain't never heard of it!
Anyway, lovely birdseye neck, striped body. Seems to be an all Maple thing. EMG pups, Badass (original!) bridge, Schaller tuners. The bass is heavy but oozes quality.
I have not yet plugged it in. The strings on it are at least two decades old.
EDIT: THIS IS A STOLEN BASS!
I contacted the builder Bert Wagenvoort, and posted a pic on FB. Turned out the original owner is someone I know through Facebook! Arjan is picking her up tomorrow. It was stolen from him 28 years ago, he has pics to prove it. Of course, there wasn't any doubt in my mind to hand it back to him.
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Easy come, easy go! So, you know the thief too?I was given this Pbass today. For free. Gratis.
Headstock says "Wagenvoort - hand crafted made in Holland".
Anyone know this brand? I ain't never heard of it!
Anyway, lovely birdseye neck, striped body. Seems to be an all Maple thing. EMG pups, Badass (original!) bridge, Schaller tuners. The bass is heavy but oozes quality.
I have not yet plugged it in. The strings on it are at least two decades old.
EDIT: THIS IS A STOLEN BASS!
I contacted the builder Bert Wagenvoort, and posted a pic on FB. Turned out the original owner is someone I know through Facebook! Arjan is picking her up tomorrow. It was stolen from him 28 years ago, he has pics to prove it. Of course, there wasn't any doubt in my mind to hand it back to him.
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Tragic, yet it’s nice that the bass was returned to its rightful owner. I can only imagine Arjan was thrilled.
Nachobassman
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Wow... what a story. Glad the original owner got it back, and glad you didn't lose any money on it, too.
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I was very fortunate to snag this amazing bass recently. It is the Rickenbacker 4005XC 90th Anniversary bass guitar. The seller, who had multiple "unplayed" new Rics, including a black 4005XC and a few standard models for sale, claimed he bought them here in the USA and planned to ship them to an associate in Europe. But shipping and duties were so much he changed his plans. Ok, whatever, a lot of people ordered these and won't likely receive their bass until ealy 2022. Dealers are still taking pre-orders on these! So. I don't know what the real story is, and maybe his version was accurate, but all I know is this is one awesome bass guitar. And why Rickenbacker only puts 20 frets on it's standard 34" scale basses, and yet this short scale bass has 24, is a complete mystery to me. This is the first Ric I have owned, and it plays so nice, I may just have to try one of those fret deprived 4001 or 4003 basses. I have always appreciated the classic Ricenbacker tone, but shyed away from them because I really like a 2 octave neck. I may have to re-evaluate that position.
It's so pretty:
It's so pretty:
