RaNoFuNkY

15 hours ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

 

Yeah, I also did not get the short-scale and TC connection. However, yesterday over at TB, alexclaber, Director-Barefaced LTD, posted (and I hope it is ok to post that here): "He loves the shortscales, he's been raving about them at me for the last 18 months [...]. He's been playing the shortscale with Wakrat (and now in the new group), and he was debating taking some shortscales on the now postponed RATM tour. 

 

I think that "and now in the new group" must be 7D7D, as mentioned on EBMM's website: "Tim Commerford, the legendary bassist of Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, and his newest project, 7D7D."

I checked youtube but could not find any 7D7D video.

Ah! thanks man. I really love their shortscales too. I'm torn between the sunburst with rosewood board, or waiting and seeing the new colour + neck combinations with the next batch. I really want an ebony board. No idea when the "new colours coming soon" materialises though

Really love these. Can't quite figure out why the short scale is in the "TC" signature range though? 

The sunburst looks more like a new incarnation (rosewood board) of the maple-necked sunburst passive stingray - although with mutes. WHICH I AM DESPERATE TO PURCHASE! Did TC play short scales?

Matt made my life better by allowing me to purchase his Helix. Top bloke - buy with confidence.

Thanks Matt

Looks great - have a bump. I'd be interested in your future work

Haha - thanks!

NOO! Not this again - which is slimmer - C or modern C? Their website picture is awful - it looks asymmetrical! 

What's the difference in neck profile?

I rate my American Performer

Mate - that is stunning!

So tempted. Do you think that's a rosewood board (not ebony)? Looks really dark (which is ace)

54 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

The scale isn't the issue - it's the strings.

Low tuned short scales can be amazing - but I'd be expecting a 130 instead of that 105.

That's my point. I guess we'll never know - as Ernie Ball don't sell short scale flatwounds at the moment?! Given that there are a few errors on their website about specifications,  and that I don't detune that low for Vulf covers, I just presumed this was an error.

Still struggling to see how short scale 45-105 gauge flats happily hit bottom C - and why this is standard spec here, given that he doesn't de-tune or rely on a 5 string for Vulf work?

54 minutes ago, bnt said:

Another factor affecting the bass tone in the video: it's tuned down to C standard (C F Bb Eb), and so those short scale flatwounds are slack. EBMM's website says the bass comes tuned that way as standard

Surely that's a typo? Do they mean Concert pitch? No Vulf track needs to be in Low C anyway? And on a 30", with 45-105 gauge?!

Apparently the bass comes with Ernie Ball Short Scale Flatwounds.

I don't believe any such short scale string actually exists? Is this to become a new product? I don't trust buying the long scale flats and trimming them...

DAMN!! Look me up if this becomes available please!

Looks amazing - what is the scale length? A post has confused me....Thanks

Looks ace! Can you expand on what a "modern C" is? I don't want to open up a can of worms - but would you say more jazz-ish that precision-ish? Thanks and GLWTS

Cheers all. Trying to avoid adding a separate loop at this stage - but I can see I might have too. The omnilooper looks interesting, and the routing on the Source Audio looks good too. Thanks for the suggestions.

This thing is awesome. Have a bump, and GLWTS

Broughton comes closest, but not in stock:

https://www.broughtonaudio.com/product-page/filter-fx-loop

Any others out there?

Does anyone know of an EQ pedal which has its own effects loop?

By switching on such a pedal, it would engage all the pedals in the effects loop, and applies the EQ? It would need EQ and gain/level control.

The EHX Tri Parallel Mixer comes close - but is a little overkill for my needs. I'm looking for a smaller footprint too. 

If not, I'll just use a simple loop pedal, and include a separate EQ pedal at the end of that loop's signal.

Thanks

These things are amazing! GLWTS

Looks amazing. Could you comment on the neck width and depth?

Thanks

Looks ace. Could you comment on the neck please, in terms of width and depth? Is that also similar to a typical 'Ray? (I suspect it is, but I just wanted to check).

Thanks and GLWTS

PM!

How are these individually priced?