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  1. fretmeister
    I just bought Harry’s Keeley Compressor Pro. Fast delivery, well packed, pedal in superb condition. All good! thanks!
  2. fretmeister
    I'm using a Yamaha DXR10 with a Helix and it's great. Loud, punchy, and can be angled to point at me if I want that. There are a couple used ones for sale on thefretboard forum. Might be worth a look.
  3. fretmeister
    Bump!
  4. fretmeister
    dUg has left the building. Price drops on the other 2
  5. fretmeister
    Spector has one. Was one in the classifieds recently.
  6. fretmeister
    Drive pedals automatically add compression, just depends if it is enough. I play mostly clean-ish these days in a big / swing band. I'm swapping from fingerstyle to plectrum to slap depending on the tune and those have very different dynamics so I always use a compressor just to tame the extra volume on the slapping. When I mix a clean and dirty signal compression is pretty much vital on the clean side - the dirty is already compressed and sustains for longer = so compressing the clean means that the sustain levels can be matched. Otherwise the clean fades long before the drive does. If you like all the dynamics affecting the drive levels then put it at the end of the chain. If you also like it affecting the input stage of your amp, then put it in the FX loop so you are only taming the peaks into the poweramp and not how the preamp reacts. It's all good. Whatever works There are loads of people who don't use them though - although a significant amount of them are still getting compressed - usually by the FOH engineer on the desk.
  7. fretmeister
    Gonna Fly now (Rocky) Moon Dance - Van Morrison Don't stop me now - Queen All new ones at rehearsal this morning, all big band arrangements.
  8. fretmeister
    Bump and price drop to £300 inc U.K. delivery.
  9. fretmeister
    I will have to try a Vigier at some point. I love the look of the Passions. Would have to be a 4 string though - the 5 string nut width appears to be 48mm and that's too big for me.
  10. fretmeister
    1987 school swing band, on sax.
  11. fretmeister
    I;ve got stack knobs on my PJ - so each pickup has V+T. To be honest it's a faff. I never balance the pickups - it's either all P, all J or both. So in hindsight a vol and tone and a 3 way selector would have been the easiest for me.
  12. fretmeister
    Bump! Feel free to make offers. I won't be offended.
  13. fretmeister
    Bump. If I've set the price too high please let me know - don't be worried about making offers, I won't take it personally!
  14. fretmeister
    Define high output. To gig without PA support? Or just be your backline letting the PA do the heavy lifting? I get a single Barefaced One10 more than loud enough over a drummer and a 25 piece horn section, and a pair of them over a rock band. How much do you need?
  15. fretmeister
    Higgie bought my Origin Cali 76 Compact Bass pedal. Fast payment, all good. Cheers!
  16. fretmeister
    Are there any other confirmed specs yet? Like nut width?
  17. fretmeister
    I had a Zon Hyperbass once. I loved it. But it was a complete headflip. I ended up playing it like any other fretless.
  18. fretmeister
    No, that’s conspiracy theory type thinking. All companies react and plan for risk. They don’t wait for the bad thing to happen, the take steps to minimise damage before it happens because that is safer than waiting to see if it does happen. Firing 10% of the workforce in advance is a better decision that going out of business completely when the thing happens. Its basic risk analysis. But even if Brexit doesn’t happen the jobs that have already been transferred to other countries won’t come back. But companies who simply downsized to cut overheads will be more confident about hiring again. But that confidence will take a long time to come back fully. Rees-Mogg said it would be 50 years to see the benefits of leaving. Not leaving will probably require 5 years or more to fix the damage already done.
  19. fretmeister
    I bet it’s up for sale against next week at a higher price. With no sign of damage.
  20. fretmeister
    That's a great price. If didn't already have a pair I'd be after this.
  21. fretmeister
    I've had a TM5 in the beautiful Roquefort Blue aged. I only sold it because of the weight of it - it was the original shape and was a bit heavy. It was a brilliant sounding bass and very easy to play. If it had been a pound lighter I would have kept it. The California 2 series are a lot lighter than the old ones. I'd happily have another one.
  22. fretmeister
    If a person goes into a shop with £500, how on Earth is he expected to browse properly when he can’t even see the options in his budget? Is he supposed to ask for the price of every item? Or ask them to identify all £500 items at once? Bloody stupid.
  23. fretmeister
    Price drop to £1250.00. Still including the Mono Vertigo.
  24. fretmeister
    Selling my TecAmp Puma 300. It's a 300W bass amp that might actually be the lightest that has ever been on the market - it's only 2.1 lb / 1.15kg It has a 4 band EQ and TecAmp's own TASTE control that turns it from a lean modern hifi tone to a more vintage mid heavy tone It's made in Germany and has an excellent reputation for reliability. It's super quiet in operation (NO FAN!) and gets far louder than it should at 300W. It's almost like TecAmp / Thomas Eich (the designer) have been honest with power outputs! When you go looking for these you will notice that TecAmp do still exist - as a USA company. TecAmp and their chief designer Thomas Eich went their separate ways a few years ago. Thomas Eich set up Eich amplification, and TecAmp moved their production out of Germany to somewhere else. This is a German built one from when Eich was still there. The Eich equivalent is the T-300. Although the Eich is a little heavier as they've since added magnets in the bottom to stick to their new cabs. It's in excellent condition. There's a smidge of crackle in the volume control right at the very bottom - transitioning from Zero volume to letting bass goodness though, but that's it. It's only been used in the Jazz / Swing big band I play with and in the house. I've not seen many come up for sale used - there's only 1 showing on ebay at £385 ish + shipping and doesn't come with the bag. So say about £350 including shipping to the UK or near offer. PRICE DROP TO £300 inc U.K. delivery No trades please, I'm raising money for more toys.
  25. fretmeister
    Almost - it's a pair of One10s I'm keeping that lot. I'm thinking of selling my Tecamp Puma 300. It's a great amp, really loud for the claimed output but I just fancy a change to something more aggressive / excessively slappy!
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