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Kiwi

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  1. "'snap' deals also provide consumers with up to 50% Off on other items including electric pianos, keyboards, drum kits and professional audio."
  2. Black Friday & Cyber Monday Sale: Nov 26 - Nov 30 During this 6 day limited period, Basschatters can snap up a limited number of goods at the most enticing discounts of the year with 30% OFF site-wide. Get your favourite items quickly by simply clicking on them. Besides 30% OFF purchases site-wide, 'snap' deals also provide consumers with up to 50% off on other items including electric pianos, keyboards, drum kits and professional audio. December Back Promotion: 25% OFF Site-Wide on every category: Dec 1- Dec 5 Starting from now, iDonner features exclusive holiday collections, limited-edition musical instrument gift sets and the bestselling products of the year in the iDonner Holiday Gift Guide now. Also Basschat members can use exclusive code BASSCHAT15 to save 15% off Site-Wide Code for any orders anytime.
  3. There's a thread somewhere...but in any case, here's a pic of it just after purchasing in 2006. I was looking for a cheap Alembic Series 1 at the time, found this on TB and thought 'oh, that's interesting' and bought it off the bass player in legendary Canadian band 'Spirit of the West' as it so happened. Fantastic action on it, barely have to breathe on the strings to fret them but it needs a compressor to fatten it up a bit. Here's a video of Hugh playing it in sub zero temperatures, he's remained a life long friend since we met.
  4. Like most 8 and 12 strings, they're very much a one trick pony and really suit power trios otherwise they just compete with too many other instruments. The serial on Greg's bass was 791300 and mine is 791309. Given they both have graphite necks, they're practically sisters. Alembic sold quite a few of them to Canada as the necks could cope with the sub zero to room temperature fluctuations a lot better than wooden necks at the time.
  5. I'm on a late seventies binge this morning.
  6. I like you. Hmmm, maybe not.
  7. Drop me a pm and we can look into things in more detail. 👍
  8. I like it. Do we have a current contact at Elixir?
  9. And the air fare. And the two weeks quarantine. And the testing to leave the country And the three weeks quarantine on reentering.
  10. Damn, what I wouldn't give to be there...!
  11. Try deleting your browser cache - CTRL + F5
  12. Just discovered this wee clip of Herbie. He's still with us, bless him.
  13. You've omitted the left handers!
  14. I have two and really like them after trying a TSA15 at a Basschat gig (the TSA15 would qualify for inclusion too, probably). I think you might have to get yours looked at because mine are dead quiet and plenty loud. Although mine sort of went down in volume after about three years of use. I tried switching the output valves but it didn't help. I suspect the power caps might need replacement which would be a surprise because the amps have never been thrashed - volume never past 4. I agree about the brightness but that's normal for combos with small speakers. I also have a 5F2 tweed clone made by a chinese company who export. I believe they're marketed in the UK under the brand Morris and are hand made with top notch components including orange sprague caps. The company used to ghost/OEM build the Peavey Classic 30. The amp is quiet, clean and plenty loud enough - louder than the TSA5's at the moment (because it's newer I guess). If you push it, the amp will get grindy and snarly but has more headroom than a 5E3.
  15. String spacing on the 90's 5 string basses could be as little as 15mm. Mine is, I really like it.
  16. For the purpose of maintaining visibility? Yes, it's an idea and perhaps be trialled if there's enough interest.
  17. Just had a wee server hiccup at BC central, nothing to worry about.  A severe thrashing from Ped saw the IT gnomes working to the brink exhaustion to restore service as quickly as inhumanely possible.  All hail the IT gnomes for their tireless devotion to our cause.  

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    2. gapiro

      gapiro

      All snow the IT Gnomes!

    3. skankdelvar

      skankdelvar

      Long may they rain.

    4. ped

      ped

      Sometimes I want them to fail just so I can thrash them

  18. https://www.basschat.co.uk/staff/ You can choose your favourite and send them a message. What specifically is the issue?
  19. It wasn't due to the bass player.
  20. its odd how only admin can see it though
  21. I don't have any quick answers at this point in time, I'm sorry. @Woodinblack are you able to shed any light on it?
  22. I thought their biggest hits had him playing an Aria Magna...?
  23. Do you mean this bump function?
  24. Found these guys today - I can't think of many bands that can jump from Toto to Pink Floyd to Steely Dan to Dire Straits to Queen and do it all in a way that absolutely respects the original tracks and the musicians who played them. No short cuts here. Hell, they're living the dream and who wouldn't want to be up there?
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