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 Post subject: My bass stable
PostPosted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 2:04 pm 
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Nothing very collectible, as with my guitars. Most spent? $275 w/hsc for the T-40.

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Pictured: '78-'79 Peavey T-40, 2006 Epi MIK Thunderbird, '84-'86 Peavey Fury I, '87 MIJ Squier Precision, '93 MIM Fender Jazz.


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 Post subject: Re: My bass stable
PostPosted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 8:56 pm 
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Hi Brian, nice to hear from you again... and good to see some basses for a change; the forum's a bit lacking in the bass department.

I like the first two... the natural blonde Peavey is classy, and the Thunderbird is just cool! :mrgreen: If teh most you paid was $275, you've got some real bargains there - where do you find them? Guitar stores, eBay, Pawn shops? Or personal contacts?

Any tips for photographing guitars like that? I've been meaning to do some consistant photos of my modest collection, but never got around to it.

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 Post subject: Re: My bass stable
PostPosted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 5:20 pm 
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Red Paul wrote:
Hi Brian, nice to hear from you again... and good to see some basses for a change; the forum's a bit lacking in the bass department.

I like the first two... the natural blonde Peavey is classy, and the Thunderbird is just cool! :mrgreen: If teh most you paid was $275, you've got some real bargains there - where do you find them? Guitar stores, eBay, Pawn shops? Or personal contacts?

Any tips for photographing guitars like that? I've been meaning to do some consistant photos of my modest collection, but never got around to it.


The blonde T-40 was found on craigslist (a national-scope classified ads website with town-by-town or area listings, here in the States) w/hsc, late last year. It was a little more than I wanted to pay (being a cheapskate and all), but I hadn't seen a T-40 up locally in a coon's age, so I went for it.

The T-bird I got for a Benjamin even (Yank-speak for $100 USD), also a craigslist purchase, in May of last year. It has one nasty ding on the back edge of a lower corner, but otherwise is fine, if a bit neck-heavy. Prior to the T-40 and Thunderbird, in January of last year, I picked up the black Peavey Fury. It was in one of a couple pawn shops I regularly check out, and was $125 (it was tagged at a bit more, but both my two fave pawns know me and immediately knock down to their "best price" without haggling for me).

Aside from an old '80's Hondo Explorer bass (stolen in the early '90's) I bought in the mid-'80's, the Jazz and P-bass were my only 2 basses up until 2009. Bought both through friends locally. The P-bass was another hundred-buck (had a chipboard case) bought around 1990 or so, and the Jazz I bought in the mid-90's w/ohsc for $250.

As far as photographing goes, I just slap 'em down on the kitchen floor, turn every light in the place on, and use flash. Sometimes I will brighten the pics a bit with a photo editing program, but that's about it.

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 Post subject: Re: My bass stable
PostPosted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 2:57 pm 
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I tried a Thunderbird like that in my local guitar store, it looked great but I couldn;t get on with it

I guess I'm just too used to a precision (not that I'm really a bass player, but I play sometimes. I'm really a lead player)

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 Post subject: Re: My bass stable
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:02 pm 
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paul2112 wrote:
When you move the cord and the sound cuts out, which end are you moving... at the bass or at the amp?

If it's at the bass end, the jack (the receptacle for the plug) in the bass might have worn out or the wires connecting it inside the bass might be broken. Take it to a repair shop and they can fix both the jack and the tone pot at the same time.

Does the jack feel loose in the bass? If so, sometimes you can carefully tighten the nut around the outside of it with pliers. (Carefully!)

If the problem is in the amp, you still need a repairman...

In either case, try a new cable again in case the one you bought is broken too. Try to buy decent quality cables.


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Are you sure you posted this to the right thread? I can't see where anyone's mentioned a problem like what you describe fixes for.

You're not a spambot for breast enhancement are you?

Hmmm.


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 Post subject: Re: My bass stable
PostPosted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:17 am 
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Brian Krashpad wrote:

You're not a spambot for breast enhancement are you?

Hmmm.


Well spotted Brian - you beat me to it this time! I have to admire this spammer, as it was better concealed than most... but he's history - I'm busy deleting all posts and banning right now. ;)


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