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  1. marcblum
    nice.
  2. marcblum
    now 2200 EUR / 1900 GBP (depends on daily exchange rates)
  3. marcblum
    Rainger Dr. Freakenstein DrFB
  4. marcblum
    now 2300 EUR / 2076 GBP
  5. marcblum
    Well, I have to send the amp to Mesa Tech Support partner in Italy. They will extract the power unit, send it to Mesa HQ for some changes, and back. Rather costly. Now I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place. Either do the expensive update or find a buyer who does not need full power at 2 Ohm. sigh
  6. marcblum
    I must admit that I'm perfectly happy with the luthier I work with.
  7. marcblum
    Interesting thought. Never considered doing that. Maybe it's one of the few basses I have/had, which appears so well rounded in it's configuration (the other one is my Kost Sujet Standard 6) that I prefer to leave it untouched. Thinking further, I might say that Wenge is not the preferred fingerboard wood for fretless. Never heard of such.
  8. marcblum
    With respect to: https://reverb.com/item/6870382-beautiful-handmade-6-string-fretless-bass Anyone ever heard of this luthier?
  9. marcblum
    now 2400 EUR or 2166 GBP trade offers welcome, only 6, fretless preferred
  10. marcblum
    Sorrily going for power unit upgrade. Check on proceedings with Mesa HQ ongoing.
  11. marcblum
    Big fat tone. I wish Yamaha would issue a 6er of these.
  12. marcblum
    After reheasing with 2 bands here my findings: - incredible versatile preamp, 2 channels, 2 overdrive settings, plus Boost/solo option (say: eight different volume levels/sounds at your foottipps ) - lots of power, lots of headroom, diggin' harder and even harder into your strings projects in a linear fashion, no intrinsic compression (well, you are on your own to provide even dynamics) - sorrily, my unit does not work stable with 2 Ohm speaker load. After 30 secs or so, high current protection kicks in and mutes the outputs. 4 and 8 Ohm loads work stable at even silly volumes. (had an email exchange with Mesa Tech Support partner in Europe. Only option is to upgrade the power amp. I'm not convinced to go this way.)
  13. marcblum
    sigh
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    added
  15. marcblum
    Thanks for all the nice offers. I may consider trading with regards to high class fretless 6, say Vigier, Lefay, Kost and the likes. Open to offers, cash both directions possible. Cheers Marc
  16. marcblum
    It depends. PM pls
  17. marcblum
    Whatever may happen to currency exchange rate within the next days and weeks: if you send me 2,200€ and take shipping costs, I'm your man. This bass has a mean growl to it. Intonation is great and chords play easy and sound clear, transparent and without mud. B-string has same volume as E- or A-string, lively harmonics and usable notes even in higher positions. Open pores and oiling make for great haptics. Weight is massive: 5,7kg Electronics work passive and active Bass has been played, but not much usage the last years. I did some oiling and adjustments. Sounds: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0nhdu9kr89pybf4/warwick_thumb.mp3?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/jnb7gupeexo3m1z/ww_thumb_gefuddel.wav?dl=0 Dimensions: neck at saddel: 52,45mm neck at 12. fret: 73,35mm width at bridge (H core to c core): 84,10mm neck thickness ca. 22mm neck form factor: flat C, not yet D Location: Aachen / Aken / Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany price (26-Feb-19): 2200 EUR (approx 1900 GBP), plus shipping costs Manufacturer data sheet Bass Thumb Bass NT 6 string Serial Number B 214 90 Year 1990 Month February Number 214 Neck Wood Wenge with Bubinga Fingerboard Wenge, Mother of Dot inlays Frets Bronce Warwick Frets Nut Just a Nut Brass version Neck construction continuous "Hiddenneck" neck connection Body 3 piece massive Bubinga body Surface Beeswax finish Pickups 2 passive Bartolini Humbuckers Electronic active MEC 2 band electronics Hardware Schaller Black Hardware, Warwick specific Made in Germany / 91330 Eggolsheim
  18. marcblum
    I'm going to add a Titan V12 to my little Mesa bass amp collection.
  19. marcblum
    aaaahhh
  20. marcblum

    TRADED

    marcblum replied to amadeusex's topic in Basses For Sale

    any Soundsamples ?
  21. marcblum
    The story http://marcblum.de/instrumente/sign_custom/sign_custom.html (sorrily german only)
  22. marcblum
    haha, the TL-6, best value/price ratio ever. Payed 550€. Bassculture pickups, neck veeeryy broad. My drummer loves this one, always disappointed when I bring in some other bass. These Vigiers are outstanding. Best neck profile / playability of all basses I ever owned. Attack faster than traditional basses, but a bit softer than typical high end instruments. Very well suited to all kinds of music.
  23. marcblum
    current weapons: SIGN CUSTOM 6, build to my specs: Lefay Herr Schwarz 6, the first one, too build to my specs: Vigier Passion 6, No 011 Vigier Arpege 6, No 005 Vigier Arpege No 026 Kost Sujet Standard 6 Peavey TL-6 Lett fretless 6 Warwick Thumb NT 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'll report on former 6-artillery later on.
  24. marcblum
    What a hell of a thread!
  25. marcblum
    The only thing better than one sixstring bass is... two sixstring basses! The only thing better than two sixstring basses is... three sixstring basses! The only thing better than three sixstring basses is... four sixstring basses! The only thing better than four sixstring basses is... five sixstring basses! to be continued
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