Etienne

Just concluded my first deal with Joe this afternoon, after he took delivery of my old Sansamp BDDI. Another nice straightforward deal with an upstanding Basschatter! No-fuss payment and kept in touch throughout... thanks mate! Etienne

Thanks for posting that mate, it sounds fantastic! I love the sound you're getting with the P-bass on the final part of the clip particularly. Also can't believe how much you had to back off the bass control! I'm definitely going to have to stop by Bass Direct next month to hear it for myself...

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1151300' date='Mar 6 2011, 11:24 AM']Well, I'll have a couple of hours free tomorrow.. Flats? Rounds?[/quote] Yay! P with flats, J with rounds please good sir...

Any plans to make another one of your video clips this week Michael?

[quote name='buff' post='1094313' date='Jan 18 2011, 08:00 PM']Ive found the best sound so far has been with the varitone set to 500, but it could be i need to play around with my amp/sansamp setting's.[/quote] I personally found that the 500 setting was the wooliest for me. It's by far the most powerful setting, but you do lose a fair bit of highs. The 50 setting was like a lower-output P-bass sound (with the most treble available of the three), whereas I found that 250 was the Goldilocks setting... just right! To my ears there's nothing wrong with that JCB-1 pickup- it's the best thing about the bass IMO! Put some fresh roundwounds on, and the Epi can clank with the best of them!

I loved the sound of mine too, but just couldn't get on with the way it hung off the strap, and sadly had to move it on. I bought a wide suede-backed strap which helped to curb the neck dive a bit, but it was still giving my left shoulder problems at the end of a long 2-set gig (despite being one of the lightest basses I've owned!). A real shame, as it sounded absolutely massive through my G-K amp! I strung mine with Chromes flats, and after experimenting with the impedance switch, found the 250k setting with the tone wide open worked best for me...

Just heard the news a short while ago... Currently listening to the Oil On Canvas live album and reminding myself what an amazing player he was- undoubtedly one of the coolest and most instantly-identifiable fretless players ever. RIP.

Another thumbs-up for the 1153 here! I ran a pre-Gibson carpet-covered one for years and loved it- it was my first proper speaker cab, which I bought in '98 as an extension cab for my T-E BLX-130 combo back when I started gigging... When I switched to using heads, I bought a T-E 2103H cab to partner it, but nearly always ended up running the 1153 alone because it sounded better- just wish I knew then what I know now about speakers, as I would have bought a second 1153 instead and saved myself ££££'s over the following decade! I'm now running a pair of Barefaced Compacts which I'm very happy with, but I still think the 1153 is one of the best-sounding 15" cabs around! Really nice round tone, with plenty of top end for my varied tastes- most definitely not dark-sounding! I ran it pretty hard for the many years I owned it and it handled whatever I threw at it with aplomb. I eventually sold it along with the virtually-unused 2103H to another bass-playing mate of mine a couple of years back, who managed to fry the stock Celestions in both cabs within weeks... On that subject, did you replace the driver in your 1153 Count Bassie? Looks like you've got an Eminence 3015 (as fitted in the Compact) in it now... P.S. WHY am I on here writing this at this hour on Xmas Eve?!?! Haven't even finished writing my Xmas cards yet, ha ha!

Paul bought my Sadowsky preamp yesterday, and just took delivery of it this morning. I found him to be a straightforward and honest chap to deal with. Good communication (pretty much all conducted via text) and no-hassle payment. I recommend this fellow highly! Thanks mate, Etienne

[quote name='Doddy' post='1011996' date='Nov 4 2010, 01:09 PM']I've just bought a Sadowsky preamp from Etienne,and he's a pleasure to deal with. Super quick delivery and majorly well packaged and with good communication. What more could you want. Cheers buddy.[/quote] Thanks Paul, hope you like it mate! Etienne

[quote name='EvilSmile' post='948713' date='Sep 7 2010, 07:54 PM']Sold Etienne a pickup, very smooth transaction and very fast payment pleasure to deal with.[/quote] Thanks Callum! Can't believe I'm on my third page of feedback! I think I may have a [i]small[/i] problem with GAS...

I also bought an Nordstrand NP4 pickup from Callum. Again, a nice straightforward and [i]rapid[/i] deal (paid him yesterday morning, he posted the pickup in the afternoon, and it arrived at lunchtime today!), and I'm very happy with the goods! Thanks mate! Etienne

My solution to the over-bright lights on my old Shuttle 6.0 (now Rich's) was to press tiny blobs of Blu-tack over the LEDs- worked a treat! They still let enough light through to see what functions are working, are easy to remove and don't mess up the look of the amp if you're careful putting them on...

Great work CK, really enjoyed that! Hopefully more of the same in the not-too-distant future...