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  1. Marlat
    It seems like a very well engineered solution to a problem noone has. I find it hard to believe that EBMM were getting more requests for analogue pickup rewiring solutions.
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    [quote name='Chris2112' post='1087039' date='Jan 12 2011, 06:52 PM']Well I've got to be honest Mark, the Skolnick trio stuff doesn't really grab me. But I am impressed with the dedication he has shown in transitioning from metal to fusion and then onto jazz![/quote] I'm sure your approval is important to Alex.
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    [quote name='Chris2112' post='1087000' date='Jan 12 2011, 06:27 PM']Alex Skolnick was a great player, very underrated.[/quote] He's still alive and playing (saw him last year). Are you using the past tense to infer he's no longer great?
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    Check out the FEA Growler or for even more fattening, a digital octave with a clean blend.
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    [quote name='molan' post='1083410' date='Jan 9 2011, 06:39 PM']Hope it sounds as good as it looks Reason for asking is that I read an interview with Roger Sadowsky and he said that he started working with chambers because he simply couldn't find wood of the quality he wanted that didn't weigh a ton.[/quote] I have one of the Marilyn basses. Mike uses the chambering as a sonic "effect" rather than a weightloss tool. In that way its the complete opposite of Roger who doesn't beleive that the chambering affects the tone of the bass other than making it lighter (that said, you can order an unchambered Sadowsky). My MTD Marilyn certainly isn't any lighter than my unchambered MTD (in fact its heavier). I think it just depends on the woods used. There was a picture out there with Mike's chambers shown and they are quite diferent in design to the type that ROger uses. That said, the MTD marilyn I havei s the most "huge" soudning bass I have ever played - its almost too "big" to use in a band setting! Mark
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    NoirBass

    Marlat replied to JoeS's topic in Feedback

    Bought a Supercollider Beast off me. Paid quick, no issues. Easy guy to deal with. A+
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    [quote name='Chris2112' post='1084624' date='Jan 10 2011, 06:50 PM']However, upon seeing the pictures and seeing Les dressed up in his weird outfits, I was more struck by the fact that he has apparently become a pardoy of himself and is now like a bass hermit, pedalling the same tired crap and failing to do anything inventive in over a decade. He's a relic of the 90's, how strange that he doesn't just retire![/quote] However, "pedalling the same tired crap failing to do anything inventive in over a decade" would still trump Chris' output on the online world which appears can be summed up as "pedaling the same tired crap and failing to do anything inventive".
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    [quote name='Chris2112' post='1084628' date='Jan 10 2011, 06:52 PM']\Or to put a more Northern spin on things, you could say John has had his pants pulled down by this whole affair![/quote] You could say that, but then it would just read like you were overly fixated by John's extended range instrument.
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    [quote name='Chris2112' post='1084607' date='Jan 10 2011, 06:37 PM']Mark, such a situation would be enough to make a mug of anyone, but especially so in the case when something extremely expensive which you own and initially thought was unique turns out to have an extremely convincing copy made of it. Someone has went to great effort here and has left John looking like a mug. It's definitely a proper mugging off, and would make a mug of the best men. Especially when it's out of your hands; as we see the bass has been sold and may never resurface![/quote] Can't say I agree with you, but that's a long way to go to make a fairly inane point!
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    [quote name='Chris2112' post='1084590' date='Jan 10 2011, 06:18 PM']And therein lies the danger John. Like you, I would take one look at that "fake" and think it was a real Ritter, and a particularly nice one at that, with none of the over the top excess that spoils some of Ritter's other instruments. I can see why someone would be taken in by it. Hopefully Jens will chime in soon and clarify whether or not he did indeed make the bass.[/quote] Jens did reply to the TBer who originally spotted the "fake" Ritter at GC and his email was posted on TB. TBH if you've ever had dealings with Jens (and I have), that email was 100% Jens. Here is an email I got from Jen's a few years ago when I pointed out that someone was copying one of his basses as a "tribute" [quote name='Jens Ritter']Wow Mark! That's strange! Thanks for Info! What should I do? I think he makes it for himself, right? I may just leave it like this. If he starts selling it, I need to intervene....[/quote] That's pretty much the way Jens is by email. I think there is very little chance that the "fake" is anything but a visually accurate copy based on John's conversations with Jens and the email from Jens on the topic. As for John looking like a "mug", I really don't see it myself. He has no control over this situation and has come off looking pretty reasonable.
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    [quote name='gnasher1993' post='1082201' date='Jan 8 2011, 03:23 PM']I hope you didn't take my post the wrong way! I wasn't suggesting that you'd jacked up the price because they're out of production, the price you're asking is great. I was just letting people know that they could get SC's again if they wanted I was under the impression that he'd started making the beasts again as well but on further research it turns out he's not! Sorry if I caused any offence and good look with the sales [/quote] No stress, but it kinda suggested that I was posting a misleading ad (ie saying it was out of production when it wasn't) so I wanted to correct that. No big deal, but probably worth checking up on things before posting in someone's for sale thread!
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    [quote name='gnasher1993' post='1082148' date='Jan 8 2011, 02:48 PM']He's making them again as of November! [/quote] My recollection is he has started up with the SuperColliders again and made a limited edition Lime Green Beast that was NOT a supercollider. I dont believe he has restarted making the SuperCollider Beast's again. In any event, this pedal is mint with packaging and is less than what you'd pay if you order one direct (if you could) so.....
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    Okay, clearing out some pedals I don't use. Prices are all UK shipped. EU add another £5 and elsewhere PM my (but likely to be no more than an extra £10. [b]TC Electronics Nova Dynamics Dual Band Compressor[/b] - a super versitile compressors with two indepdent bands that can be set up differently. Very cool and very flexible. I have swapped it for a simpler compressor. Try as I might I haven't been able to reproduce the "tink" that Bongomania found is his on his review page - not saying its not there - but I couldn't get it to occur. SOLD [b]Bogdan Polish Love[/b] - Blue case, sharpied by me in silver. SOLD [b]Big John Granny Puker[/b] - Distortion and Octave Down effect - its dirty, its rude, its handmade in Belguim - SOLD [b]Big John Obama Wah[/b] - Bass autowah with switchable distortion - £90 [b]Earthbound AUdio Supercolider BEAST[/b] (lime green) - its a improved muff based fuzz with two different levels of oscilation - too much fuzz for me but these things are out of production - SOLD (has original packaging and manual and no velcro) [b]Yamaha NE1[/b] - Cool, nice range of sounds, but is battery operated only and no bypass switch so its not for me - SOLD! [b]Red Onion Dual bypass looper[/b] - £30 [b]Barge Concepts Dual VFB looper[/b] - two independent bypass loops with switchable blend and variable Z control for each loop. This thing is a bypass loopers delight as it is so flexible. The loops are completely indepenent and can by cascaded or put into different spots in the signal chain. Very cool - custom built - £100 [b]Line 6 JM4 Phrase Sampler / Looper[/b] - the best looping practice tool out there with drum beats etc - I prefer my Boomerang 3 (a lot more expensive) as its better "on the fly", but for functionality the Line 6 cant be beat - has built in effects and amp sims and 100+ rhythm tracks etc - SOLD! PM my if you are keen. PAYPAL is preferred. JM4 is in top corner The others:
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    Bass Whammy

    Marlat replied to blind pilot's topic in Effects

    Get an Eventide Pitchfactor, far more features and far more flexible and less than the price of a used Whammy nowdays. And, IMO, it sounds a lot better than the Whammy.
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    Bought a Diago powerstation of Doug. He was easy to deal with, sent it the next day and it arrived packed well and as described. Top seller, highly recommended! mark
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    [quote name='sk8' post='1050459' date='Dec 7 2010, 01:04 PM']This is the original Red Dragon Booster that incorporated a switchable tone circuit. Dirty or Clean or anywhere in between booster. Will get some pics up later. Not as small as the Mirco Red Dragon but its still tiny and as usual up to Max's excellent workmanship. Still smaller than a Boss Pedal and can be daisy chained with no worries. This the my ODB-3 got booted off my Board in favour of my TS800 clone for Booster/Overdrive duties. So i'm trying to free up some cash. No box or Instructions but will be well packaged prior to posting.[/quote] Just to say that I use the Micro-RD are my "slightly dirty boost" (gain at about 2 o'clock) and I absolutely love it. THis is a great deal on one of the best dirty boosters you will find!
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    [quote name='tayste_2000' post='1034895' date='Nov 24 2010, 11:27 AM']OK, is it about you buying it or my ugly taste in things I already get enough crap off the fiance about my ugly music room [/quote] I have a PT2 I'm looking to get rid of!
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    We should talk!
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    [quote name='JTUK' post='978890' date='Oct 5 2010, 10:00 PM']From my recollections. Sound-wise .? they do a good job in that it is all there. Not my preferred tone personally though. Typical twin soapbars can be too poweful to the detriment of the sound character. In the case of the Wals I have tried, this is true, IMO. Feel...?? it is substantial and blocky and heavy..which again is not my thing. Well-made is a given. Cosmetics...nah..!![/quote] +1 That was my experience with playing them. Although I do regret not purchasing a WAL Mk 2 5 string for $2000AUD in 1998. At the time that was about £750 and it was a spectacular bargain. Wals were very uncommon in Australia and it just wasn't selling. I can't imagine you'd lose a lot of money "Investing" in a Wal, but the market does seem quite varied. Sometimes they go for a premium, sometimes they seem to be more reasonably priced. I have an ACG on order with the filter based preamp. I'm keen to see how close it sounds to a Wal. I have similar electnics on a bass that has the Alembic SIgnature series electronics, they are very flexible, but I generally prefer basses with simple or no EQ. As for whether they are worth the price? Well, if you want a Wal, you have to pay the price of admission. You can get just as well made basses and similar electronics packages for less, but if you want a Wal, there is no other way to do it!
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    £0.02 You're better off with one bass that really "does it for you" than a bunch of basses that are just good. Particularly if you are bitten by the GAS bug. Start the sell off and buy the AC. If nothing else, you will be able to sell it as they retain their value pretty damn well.
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    [quote name='tauzero' post='970439' date='Sep 28 2010, 10:26 AM']So how does that work with a lined fretless, where they use exactly the same slots that they'd have cut for the frets to go into and stick either some veneer or some wood putty in and then flat the surface with the same radius block they used earlier (and charged $1000 for using if it wasn't the one that they normally use), saving them the time that it would take to put the frets in, trim them, true them up, stone them, crown them etc? A net saving in luthier time for which the customer is charged $499. Does this mean that Fodera actually charge a negative hourly rate for some tasks?[/quote] You'd have to ask Fodera. You can always send Jason an email he's very responsive and open about their pricing. As someone mentioned some things may be based on additional labour costs and some on discouraging having the options picked. Fbass is a classic example of a company that charges a disproportionate amount for a fancy top option because iirc he doesn't believe it adds any value tone wise. Perhaps there is a bit of this in the pickguarf pricing. Like you I'd assume a fretless is quicker to make, but maybe it takes them longer. You'd have to ask fodera.
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    [quote name='Toasted' post='970377' date='Sep 28 2010, 09:33 AM']Mark's a lawyer - this is practice for him ![/quote] Not really practice, just entertainment That said, I wouldn't pay $500 for a pickguard even if it was hand chewed out of ebony by Jesus!
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    Looks very slick! Alan does amazing work.
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