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  1. fretmeister
    And if any money has gone to him personally, directly from the OP, such as paid into a personal account then it might be that the corporate veil doesn't protect him anyway.
  2. fretmeister
    I think that is only seeing one side of it. It may be that the only way to be able to offer the instrument at that price at all is by making it in Indonesia, and if it was built even in China it might have been £1500 Quite often profit levels on instruments are not as high a percentage as we might think they are.
  3. fretmeister
    I paid more than that for an Indonesian Ibanez Blue Floral Jem Steve Vai guitar about 5 years ago. It was an exceptionally good instrument.
  4. fretmeister
    Sterling has a smaller body that is a slightly different shape, and has a jazz dimension neck. It also usually has a more aggressive ceramic based pickup.
  5. fretmeister
    Anything over 7.5 lb / 3.4kg is too heavy for me now, and my 2 main basses are 6.5lb / 2.9kg and 5.7 lb / 2.58 kg. 3 hour gigs are easy now!
  6. fretmeister
    I have flats on most of my basses, but I like different ones on each. I have 2 Precision type shorties, one with La Bella DTF and the other with Dunlops. They have the same pickups and loom and sound very different. The DTF are a super deep thumpy sound that I really love. The Dunlops don’t go quite as deep but have a much nicer feel under the fingers. My Ibby Mezzo basses have Dunlops. The 5 string has stock pickups, the 4 has EMG PJ-X set and a 2 band EQ. My Sandberg TT4 jazz with EMG J set and a 3 band has Ernie Ball Group iv flats. I’ve tried all the others on this bass and keep coming back to the EB set. They are very bright when new and take an age to dull down unless I do the hand cream thing. They also feel very nice under the fingers and are really versatile. Nice and deep when played gently, nice bit of clank when digging in.
  7. fretmeister
    Interesting! I might have to try some.
  8. fretmeister
    Passive, but with a scratchplate and a tone control. I’m interested!
  9. fretmeister
    42mm nut width is uncomfortable for me.
  10. fretmeister
    I'm not surprised. Genzler / GR / EBS etc all have £1000 small combos, some of those are pushing £1200 Even the new Mark Bass MB58 Pure 121 500W is over £1000
  11. fretmeister
    Excellent. Another thing to try - Fiverr. There are loads of people learning their trades on there as well as pros. If you shoot a demo you might find you can get someone on Fiverr to edit it into a punchy 5 minute version for a fee of £20. Complete with graphics and god knows what else. While they do that, you are already filming the next one.
  12. fretmeister
    That is absolutely beautiful. That pickup combination - with that placement - would be my perfect bass.
  13. fretmeister
    I'm on a monster amount of Gabapentin and it certainly helps, but the arm pain still goes from mental, to pins & needles and back again in a heartbeat. I'm having physio as well - but it's been about 6 weeks now and I'm really bored with it!
  14. fretmeister
    I'd love to see him live. Unfortunately at the moment I have an impinged nerve in my neck and despite the best meds on offer it is killing me.
  15. fretmeister
    Me too! I bet it doesn't balance at all and is a right pain to play in any position. But damn....
  16. fretmeister
    Marleaux Spock I've played several Marleaux and owned one. I only sold it because of injuries making it too heavy for me anymore. It was the very best bass I have ever played. The Spock is a lot lighter in weight, and medium scale. Marleaux are amazing quality, and I'd have one over any Fodera and Ritter etc and Gerald manages to build at that quality for way under half the price of a Fodera. I suspect the local rent in Bavaria is a bit cheaper than New York!
  17. fretmeister
    All of youtube sounds compressed.
  18. fretmeister
    I reckon close to £500 in the UK because we always get shafted on T21 stuff here.
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    Video:
  20. fretmeister
    Does the short Stingray actually sound like a ray?
  21. fretmeister
    I put an Aguilar 60s wind in mine and it's just the job. Bit spendy though for a simple pickup.
  22. fretmeister
    They can be bought as purely passive instruments. Saves enough to rip out the pickup and replace it with a proper vintage thing!
  23. fretmeister
    I use a bit of sandpaper as it helps grip in the pocket. I have no idea if that works though!
  24. fretmeister
    I'm currently going through all of Jimi Hendrix catalogue, and also repeat listening Vincen Garcia's "Ventura" album. I'm liking that a lot. Lovely playing from VG.
  25. fretmeister
    This. For my little recording set up I go straight into the interface. My interface is a Helix and sometimes I use that for the sounds but I always record a bare signal too so I can use other plugins or reamp etc. Interface, Plugins and a pair of good monitors is all that is needed. I use a pair of Yamaha HS7 monitors and they are great.
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