Bigwan

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1508751889' post='3394108'] Let's address these snips. [list] [*]Yes, I watched both the videos, but hey, thanks for telling me that I didn't. [*]Hellzero, you hate Thunderbirds. Well, good for you. I like Thunderbirds. Hooray for me! [*]Hellzero, if your friend paid £2,500 for a 2015, then he's been done, hook, line and sinker. The internet is your friend's friend. Shop around. For £2,500 he could have bought a Lowlander. You should have worked on him. Perhaps there's a reason why he bought a Gibson. [*]Hellzero, neckdive, impossible to play and muddy sound. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. Big yaaaawn. [*]Bigwan, because, oh yes, if it had Lull on the headstock I'd definitely buy three. Maybe four. (And remember, I didn't bring Lull into this thread, you did.) Put Spector on the headstock and perhaps Gary would buy a handful as well. [*]I liked the tone (but the You Tube video is drenched with EQ and reverb), I liked the volute, I thought the rear straplok location was interesting, but not something I'd consider. [/list] Thing that I don't seem to be able to grasp here is that if you got lucky you could by three used Thunderbirds for the price of that bass and with the Lowlander you're getting a copy of the aforementioned bass, but with the added bonus of having two big bites taken out of the body, which for me is a mahoosive turnoff. It's like those Schecter and Jackson basses that ape the Gibson design but there's something fundamentally wrong/flawed with the body shape. If the bass retained the original body shape, then I would probably been more positive/interested. On their other stuff, the Origin and Evolution basses look OK, but not really my bag in the slightest. The Soulmate, BeBop and Surfer are just Precision, Jazz and Strat reinterpretations. The Junior looks like a Novak Charlie Hunter. [/quote] And what part of all of that means Sander De Gier's business deserves to go down the tubes? You started the asshatery mate...

Holly Molly that is stunning! Gonna guess at a Krell E-type single cut 5 with 2 RFB humbuckers. The ash necks are sublime...

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1508659660' post='3393537'] They're copying everything else from a '60s Thunderbird, so why not just go the whole hog? [/quote] It's pretty clear you DIDN'T watch Sander's video. As he says himself it's his own version of a 60's T-bird, but it's pretty far from a copy. Wishing his company to go down the tubes because it's not enough of a copy for your liking is borderline idiotic. Perhaps if it said Lull on the headstock (and possibly cost a couple of thousand more) you might like it more?

[quote name='Cuzzie' timestamp='1508595568' post='3393190'] If you still have the Hartke run it before the Two Notes, I know i do and you can get further sound combinations which are a real treat [/quote] Still have it. It survived the recent cull!

[quote name='Al Krow' timestamp='1508573146' post='3392978'] That's marvellous What else have you tried in terms of preamps and dirt and what is it immediately about the Two Notes that trumps them / has brought such a smile to your face? For me a combination of tight tracking octave down with 50% clean blend (in my case using a COG T16) into the Two Notes in Channel B is producing a gorgeously rich dirt sound that reminds me of Brian May's guitar (albeit a couple of octaves down!), which I'm just loving. [/quote] Oh let's see... Hartke VXL Behringer BDI21 Zoom B3 MXR M80 DI+ Tech 21 VT bass v1, v2 and deluxe Darkglass vmt, b3k, b7k, vintage deluxe and M900 Ashdown J-lo Hyperdrive (one of my favourite pedals. Looking forward to stacking this with the Le Bass) A load of DIY stuff: b3k and vmt clones, SFT clone, Runoffgroove Ginger, Ezekiel 25:17 clone, BJFE Blueberry clone (another favourite, but I fear it's now redundant), Xotic Bass RC booster clone, Musket fuzz clone, green russian clone, bazz fuss, probably more I've forgotten about. Really what I've been looking for recently is a pedal that sounds good straight to a mixer/headphones and gives that "amp on the edge of breakup" tone. The Two Notes is perfect for that and gives the option of a few levels of dirt at the same time. Nice eq points and doesn't have as strong a baked-in tone as the Darkglass or Tech21 stuff. I really like the cab sim. I know some find it too dark and if I'd the option I might shift the lpf frequency up a tiny little bit, but as standard it's not far away from ideal for me.

I'm liking this very, VERY much! Only tried it briefly but I think my preamp search is over. Only down side is the eBay seller has sent it with an 18v supply...

This would worry me: "[color=#000000][font=Arial][size=1]For the neck, there's very slight relief on the low string end when the top string end is straight."[/size][/font][/color]

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1508428996' post='3392152'] They're beautiful. That headstock though... what a shame! [/quote] It's growing on me...

Isn't the seller a basschat familiar?

[quote name='LewisK1975' timestamp='1508416185' post='3392039'] Just had a look at their website, that JV bitsa is veerrrryyy nice indeed! [/quote] Nice player I have to say. Didn't plug it in - there was a young fella getting his John Mayer on for his obviously affluent parents... Having said that my attention has mostly been in this direction the last few days: http://www.degierguitars.com/soulmate-gallery/ Especially here: http://www.degierguitars.com/portfolio-items/soulmate-turquoise-relic/?portfolioCats=20

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1508338622' post='3391469'] Hideous and it's a snip too at nearly 3,000 euros. Sorry, but man alive, with a sales strategy like that, this company needs to go down the toilet. [/quote] Really? Like, really? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that. No arguing over the price, it's not cheap, but neither is a Lull ($4.3k wasn't it? Plus shipping and import duty no doubt...). What about the "sales strategy" don't you like? Maybe investigate Sanders products a bit more. Marcus Miller and Richard Bona using his basses.

[quote name='intime-nick' timestamp='1508324361' post='3391334'] i spend all day designing them (amongst other MI related stuff)....i know how you feel !! [/quote] So you "know stuff"... Interesting... There may be questions!

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1508324209' post='3391331'] Ha! this is true. At least you can convince yourself its some sort of worthwhile techy project to get your teeth into! [/quote] True! I keep telling her-indoors "If you build it, they will come"... Worst case scenario I won't have to buy a drum kit for the kids if/when the time comes!!!

Could be worse. You could be me, converting this drum kit for some mythical tame drummer I'm yet to recruit...

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/312024-acg-j-type-4-bass/page__p__3384976__hl__acg__fromsearch__1#entry3384976

I'll have to do some fiddling. I'm mostly using P-basses these days so I'll play with both together and see how it goes. Having said that there is a Dingwall incoming...

Very nice!

[quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1508276728' post='3391112'] The megadrum module is a real pig to set up. I've got one and tried to make the optical hihat controller. I've got the mechanism nailed but have really struggled to get the circuit to work. In the end we just use the brain from a yamaha dtxpress iv. Midi from the brain goes into reaper on pc via the XR18 and superior drummer runs as a vst instrument. Whilst recording we are actually hearing sounds from the brain rather than superior drummer because there's a bit of latency. [/quote] I bought a Roland TD6 module, and a complete Alesis DM6 kit (cheap and nasty) to use the hi-hat pedal, rack and cymbals. Pulled the guts from the Alesis hi-hat pedal and used an appropriately placed FSR and 2 multi-turn trim pots to set open and closed resistance and the jobs a good un! If the physical feel isn't right for the tame drummer then I'll have to revisit the pedal/trigger end of things, but the pedal works a treat with the TD-6 module. Worst comes to worst I can rig a hi-hat stand pedal in the same way as the Alesis pedal and hack a perfectly good set of hi-hats to mount the trigger piezo. The latency of old school midi from the TD-6 (about 4 - 5ms) through the X18 (approx 10ms) and audio back from EZ Drummer is a concern, which is why I wanted to give the Megadrum module a go. Megadrum users quote under 2ms latency, so with mac mini (with maxed out RAM and an SSD) only running EZ Drummer I hope to keep it to under 5ms. We'll see how it goes.

[quote name='Al Krow' timestamp='1508246560' post='3390799'] Hi Bigwan - welcome to the Two Notes fan club! I had a pretty similar Q to yours for Cuzzie and I think the answer is probably "both", but I'll let the man himself answer (and I've taken the liberty to pull the discussion back over to this thread ) [/quote] That's cool Al, here or there makes no difference! I'm guessing I'll love the cold fusion mode...

[quote name='Cuzzie' timestamp='1508242882' post='3390751'] Two Notes did not disappoint me, I love mine absolutely, it actually sealed the deal for the death of my DG pedal. Hope you find you love it as much as I do-go in with an open mind and you'll get it right, it's its own beast and will sound it's own way, hope it's right for you, and those fusion modes are mint [/quote] I noticed you're using it with the Hartke VXL Cuzzie. I have one of those too and it's an awesome pedal. Do you have the Hartke pedal clean to push the Two Notes more, or just to fatten things?

[quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1507909992' post='3388772'] This is exactly how we have just started to rehearse with one of my projects. We converted my shed to a soundproof box and decorated it like a studio and fitted some cheap led par cans up. We can now shoot videos at rehearsals too - nothing fancy but it helps. Setup is - Converted acoustic drum kit running from cheap yamaha brain into Superior Drummer Real Hi Hat (small compromise in order to retain natural sound and feel for drummer) Guitars through POD HD500 Bass through Helix Vocal Mics All goes into Behringer XR18 All band members on wired in ears. Sounds hideous (albeit not too loud) in the room if you take your iems out but sounds heavenly with them in. Minimal setup time as it all lives permanently in the shed. Takes approx 20mins to get a useable audio mix in post production which we then sync with the video footage. I can usually knock out 2-3 little videos for our social media etc in about 1-2hours the next day after each rehearsal. Most recent video from the shed (smoke machine has since been removed from shed lol) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90HZlwc1760[/media] [/quote] "Great minds..." and all that! Great idea for showcasing your band. Hi-hats seem to be the biggest stumbling block with acoustic drum conversions - closely followed by triple zone cymbals/rides! I'm about to buy a megadrum module as the brain for my acoustic conversion, using EZ Drummer on my Mac mini for the sounds. I'm reluctant to use real hi-hats as I plan to set this all up in the house and, having 2 young kids, minimal noise is a necessity. Garage conversion to ultra man-cave is the plan, but that's a few years away yet!

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1508235766' post='3390662'] Great changes on the B3K, the tone knob is the best part of the M900 pre. [/quote] Agreed. If they can find a way of integrating the tone knob on the vintage deluxe/ultra I'd be back on the Darkglass bandwagon. It was the secret sauce of the M900 and my recently departed Vintage Ultra just didn't quite get there. In the meantime I've a Two Notes Le Bass incoming to try to fill that hole. I blame the "Ebay..." forum on here for that one...

I lowballed too, but wouldn't usually go more than original price - 10%.