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I am not sure that a badass II bridge would make that much difference to be totally honest .. it doesn't specify that they are an added extra on the Modulus or SMART website, so maybe there is no need/benefit. honestly, you are getting a bass guitar that offers a superb well balance sound that smacks you and on-listeners in the nuts! just thumb that E string when it's plugged into your GK rig and you'll make peoples eyes and ears bleed. I only have a Genz Benz 6 with a 300W Hartke cab, so I am not going to get the level of sound you are! I would love to hear it through your set up to be honest

[quote name='Born 2B Mild' post='985059' date='Oct 11 2010, 11:54 PM']It was great to meet you and all the other BC folk ...and for those who weren't there ...here is that Lady In Red [/quote] Damn, I want that lady in red so much .. it's starting to cause me cramps I want it that bad I think I have been on the bass gear website about 8 times since Sunday

[quote name='J.R.Bass' post='984669' date='Oct 11 2010, 06:06 PM']Who\'s the guy in the back of this pic with the flat cap on?? Because he\'s done the same thing at every bassday i\'ve been to. Picked up a bass at a stand, Plugged into an amp, Turned it up loud, Turned around to purposely face into the room where everyone is, Then play really tasteless fast slap lines whilst starting at anyone who walks past. Then after 5 minutes of that he puts the bass down, Moves onto the next stand and does exactly the same thing.[/quote] I know who you mean haha .. but don't know him!

[quote name='molan' post='984505' date='Oct 11 2010, 03:19 PM']I can't believe how many people were there yesterday that I didn't meet (or recognise)! We definitely need to have an assigned time for a BassChat meet & greet - maybe at the bar, lol. I was also 'working' for most of the day with Phil on the BassGear stand so didn't get a huge amount of time to wander around.[/quote] we do need a gather point I was with ChrisDaBass trying out the Alleva's & Fodera's .. we were the giddy two who couldn't stop drooling over that Fodera NYC in red! haha

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='984258' date='Oct 11 2010, 11:41 AM']Oh yeah... question for you. Stuart Hamms bass paint job... Cool or crap?[/quote] AWESOME! I had a silver sparkle flea and loved it .. so, always going to like a red sparkle

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='984248' date='Oct 11 2010, 11:37 AM']I guess so. When demoing, Bernie always seems to favour these sounds as they are pretty much unique to his electronics and pickups. They can do the standard stuff though and emulate a lot of other bass sounds... but the "GB slap sound" whether you love it or hate it, proves a point - his basses stand out from the crowd, whether it be for the right or wrong reasons. It's the same with the LEDs... love them or loathe them, there was nothing else quite like them there yesterday. The basses aren't hissey, plug them into a desk and you'll see. With the treble up and going through those EBS rigs, that tweeter does give a fair bit of hiss out if you are close enough to hear it. I'm not defending anybody here though... everybody loves different things. Anyway, I thought the Xotic > Red Fodera. Certainly was the surprise of the day for me! Oh yeah, Matamp won best stand furniture yesterday... those uber thin amp frontages were genious![/quote] It certainly had a unique 'slap' tone .. that I can not doubt. think I would have loved that sound about 5/6 years ago (I was well into Stanley Clarke and Mark King back then).

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='984231' date='Oct 11 2010, 11:26 AM']It's rare that I can pick up a bass and it feel comfortable... that one did feel pretty nice from the word go... and the preamp, as I stated before, seems really powerful and musical. The only thing I didn't like was that the neck looked a little anemic and pale but I could live with that I guess. It was certainly a surpise when I heard it plugged in. I really liked it. Really liked it![/quote] I want to buy one

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='984212' date='Oct 11 2010, 11:15 AM']Ah! That was you who asked that question! The most 'awkward' question of the day for me, was the one that was asked by the guy who asked Billy about the four finger technique....[/quote] that question was just not even appropriate think that's why Billy asked him to repeat it like 3 times! what can you say to that???!!

[quote name='CHRISDABASS' post='984217' date='Oct 11 2010, 11:18 AM']What did u think to it? I really enjoyed playing that one [/quote] dude, from the youtube footage I have watched .. the Fodera still seems like a better bass! I bet you could find an additional £1600

the 'sounds' coming from the GB stand were not to my liking .. it was like listening to guitars rather than basses They just sounded way too aggressive and (as described earlier) 'hissey'. was this totally down to the bass? or did the amps have a part to play? They looked amazing, that I can not deny, but basses like the Xotic & Fodera just sounded way more like what I prefer!

[quote name='AndyTravis' post='983955' date='Oct 10 2010, 11:46 PM']Tried a Dingwall four string on a stand, and was suitably impressed with the fanned frets - Could get used to it.[/quote] I tried that 4 string Dingwall and was quite impressed. might have walked away with one had it been active. [quote name='molan' post='983977' date='Oct 11 2010, 12:53 AM']This is the bass that won the mini shoot-out round at my place with a couple of friends one day vs a Sadowsky NYC Will Lee & a Celinder J Update. It really is very nice to play & has a great sizzle & snap to it [/quote] I am not surprised that the Fodera won I only needed to hear Chris play a few notes and I could tell instantly

[quote name='AndyTravis' post='983925' date='Oct 10 2010, 11:03 PM']Would have loved to try the Walnut Alleva Coppolo 4 string, amongst others.[/quote] Chris Da Bass tries that walnut Alleva and it was awful!! there was also a mojor build fault on the neck near the nut .. it just dipped away as if a chunk was missing! rather odd indeed!

[quote name='umph' post='983915' date='Oct 10 2010, 11:01 PM']was there not much amp porn?[/quote] Markbass and matamp were there .. but didn't look at the amps that much to be honest

that would be the one wish I had £3k on me so I could have taken it home!

hey, I was there and it was awesome! spent most of my time playing the Alleva and the Fodera NYC! the Fodera 4 string (in red) was amazing ... best bass of the day IMO.

hehe it's looking very good sir should be able to sort valenti next Friday with you excited I am [quote name='LukeFRC' post='981841' date='Oct 8 2010, 06:05 PM']encouraging past tense there luke! [/quote]

the modulus was 18v running off two 9v batteries ... I swear it was so powerful that if I'd have played at 88mph, I would have gone back to 1985! [quote name='LukeFRC' post='981090' date='Oct 7 2010, 11:48 PM']one of them was the same guy selling and buying it back again (and he made a trade offer on it to me too) possibly selling too. It is strange though, i guess on basschat once it has gone down to a cheaper price than it's possibly worth, noone is going to try sell at profit and its cheap enough to try for a while. I'm unsure. I bought it v. quickly because if i liked it it was an awesome bass for a silly price. As it is i realised within a day that something about the sound with the preamp meant it wasnt the bass for me. It just didn't feel like 'my' bass (as compared to the 75 which has been sitting about getting played evey 10 min.) and the active sound wasn't what i wanted. so so playable though, if i had any way on earth justifying 4 basses, i would keep it. BTW it's an 18v preamp nino got running (at 18v) off a single 9v battery. it's pretty powerful even passive...[/quote]

what I can't understand is how so many people have have let this valenti go! I have just been looking back at the history and it's had about 5 owners!! madness

[quote name='CHRISDABASS' post='980443' date='Oct 7 2010, 12:30 PM']Thats one hell of a good looking bass!! [/quote] indeed it is .. and soon it shall be mine! mine I tell thee! muhahahahahahaha tis a very nice looking P Bass as well though

every bass had it's own unique tone .. but I must admit that (not being biased haha) the Valenti sounded really nice