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All very exciting stuff! I haven't tried a FI since the initial launch version/firmware, couldn't get on with the tracking and found it quite difficult to use, I wonder if this is the time to revisit... I have to ask though, when the opportunity to put the device in a fresh new smaller case arose with the new hardware, whyyyyyy wasn't it taken??? *Edit, I read a few posts up Still such a shame though, that and the lack of a USB option.
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I would love Fodora to explain their rationale behind that design. Utter horror show, especially when you compare the break angle of the top and bottom 3.
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At risk of sounding silly, surely tension goes beyond the speaking length of the string? If you have a 37" B that has a tuning peg really close to the nut and a string anchor really close to the saddle, and you have a 34" B that has a tuning peg on the far end of the headstock and a saddle a good distance from the ball end, does the 37" truly have anything like 3 inches/equivalent lbs more tension? I don't see how it can, which again will play a part. My headless Leduc 34" scale has a really notably articulate B, yet it anchors directly behind the nut and the break angle is close to ball end, so its as short a string as you can get on a 34" bass really, therefore lowest tension, but still sounds and plays better than most?
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If there's one thing I've learnt by owning dozens and dozens of basses over the years, its that scale length is only a very small part of what makes a good B. Far, far more influential for me is the neck relief, action and string gauge, and there is definitely something going on with neck/bass construction too that I don't pretend to understand. Two B strings on two 34" scale basses can sound and feel entirely different, even with identical setups. I remember a few years ago I had a 34" Thumb bass that, no matter what I did, had the deadest, dullest B string imaginable, whilst simultaneously owning a 34" Alpher Mako bass that had the clearest, tightest B I could want. Same strings (even swapping the strings on both), same setup, unplugged so no pickup/preamp involvement, one sounded great and one sounded unusable. Go figure...
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FS: EBMM Stingray 4 in starry night finish £1650 - *SOLD*
Kev replied to bassfox's topic in Basses For Sale
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I feel dirty after reading this and the Celinder post. How could you?! 😅 These two are, for whatever reason, THE basschat basses. Wish I could grab this one, mega bass 🔥 -
Didn't even notice that haha! Yes, it was rather fun!
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10 points to anyone who can name last night's venue
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The Joe Dart III - New Joe Dart Musicman Signature Bass
Kev replied to greentext's topic in General Discussion
I still remember when the first one came out and thinking it was literally a joke, with that ridiculous knob and video that went along with it. And now we're three sold out iterations in. Madness. -
The Warwick finish dulls and darkens with use, if they're played hard enough! Sweat stains the finish etc, it's all part of the labour of love that comes with owning a natural oil Warwick. I found the whole wire wool and wax process rather therapeutic!
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Depends how brave you are. With my old Thumb basses, I would once a year scrub the whole body down with extra fine wire wool to get all the muck and grime off, then reapply the warwick wax all over and leave overnight, before buffing up in the morning to make it look brand new again.
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The MK2's are not built by Bartolini, they are built under license. Lower output and quite a bit darker than most US made models.
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*ON HOLD PENDING TRADE* SKC Bogart Sport 5 - *SOLD*
Kev replied to dub_junkie's topic in Basses For Sale
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I'm pretty sure the whole Groove Regulator/Wonderlove/Chromatron series is based on the Meatball, but as said above, could be wrong!
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I thought the Proton was a Mutron based circuit, rather than meatball?
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I had a PWNZOR, it was okay. Noisy and pretty coloured but I didn't dislike it off memory, didn't keep it too long though. Oh...
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I think the Chomatron was just a development of the meatball clone series he did, Groove Regulator, Wonderlove etc? Might not be though. No idea about the compressor, but you may well be right with the Doom/2 being an original design?
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Surely that's a scalper and can't actually be 3Leaf listing their own pedals for auction? Zero feedback makes me think it must be, no? Also, surely if it was 3Leaf themselves, they'd have gone for the first 10 serial numbers or similar, rather than random ones?
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Given that almost everything Spencer makes are tweaked clones of other circuits, it's probably fair game 😅
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Bought an Octabvre and returned it pretty quickly, didn't understand the hype. Lots of other options at much more favourable price points. Don't get it really.
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I think when the Combustion range was around the £1k mark at the start, that was fair. At the price they are now...nah, that's a lot of money for a mass produced bass built in the same factory in the far east as a lot of others. But, on that logic, that's rules out a hell of a lot of the market at the moment. Prices have just gone insane. It doesn't seem long ago people used to laugh at the idea of Warwick basses being £3k new, and now £3k only just buys you a Stingray 🙃
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I don't understand how or why this happens with big companies. I understand smaller builders, effectively testing the water and seeing what interest there is before launching a production run based on pre-orders, but Dingwall knew these would sell like hot cakes, so why not just wait until the first run is ready to go before announcing?
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Wonderful bass, and will play and sound terrific if it's anything like my Modern 4. GLWTS! -
Seen a few on the Cloud but where is this pack?
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I've only apparently won 1 day
