Gunsfreddy2003

Hey Connor, I had an Epifani UL210 for 4 years and only moved it on earlier this year. I have to say it was an awesome cab and easily the best of the neo speaker cabs that I tried at the Gallery at that time. It was small and light but had a massive bottom end - I always wanted to pair it with a UL115 to see how huge the sound would be but never got around to it. I have gone to Bergantino cabs now but still miss the light weight of the Epi cabs. I think that if you buy there cabs you won't be disappointed - have never tried their amps though I am afraid. [quote name='ConnorHamilton' post='1023098' date='Nov 14 2010, 03:14 AM']Hey guys! I've always wanted some epi gear, it looks fantastic. Only problem is I have nowhere to try it less a trip to The Gallery ie 1000 miles round trip! (Which I did 3 years ago for an Eden head! Haha!) Please could I have some info/thoughts/opinions/stories/insight/anything?! Would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks Connor[/quote]

£2.5k to £4k depending on what you want on it. [quote name='Mikeg' post='1022806' date='Nov 13 2010, 07:23 PM']How much are the rumours?[/quote]

Yeah guess you are right they are very different beasts and not one better than the other although I have to say that the jazz is getting a lot more use at the moment! I remember the railway gig and yes it was a 5 with the EBS pre - I sold it a while ago as like NJE I just didn't feel that I was using the B string enough and needed some funds to pay for the GB! They are great basses for the money though and with that EBS pre they are great sounding too. I think that I will for a GB Spitfire 5 one day to match the 4 string Rumour. [quote name='bubinga5' post='1022803' date='Nov 13 2010, 07:19 PM']There are two sides to this...GB and a 74 Jazz.. different beasts..personaly i would take the Fender...yes im envious... i remember that KS jazz you had and remember loving the tone in the Railway.been gassing for one...was it a fiver? did it have an EBS pre.?[/quote]

You should definitely buy the GB - they really are fantastic basses. However, the Jazz Bass does have a sound of it's own too and a vintage jazz bass is probably a better investment in the long run as they do seem to hold their value more. [quote name='bubinga5' post='1022752' date='Nov 13 2010, 06:39 PM']whats needed is must...the Overwater sounds good though...if you dont need the B dont use it...Im sure i got some jazz bass sounds out of that GB..[/quote]

Perhaps illegal was the wrong word!! It is something to do with the opto-isolators and what they were made of and you can't use the same thing anymore. Sure I read it on here in the first place. [quote name='daz' post='1012344' date='Nov 4 2010, 05:41 PM']Illegal !! WTF did they use Plutonium or something ??[/quote]

I have seen people doing this but never done it myself - could you give us the positions that you like to use and the chord name so that we can learn something new. [quote name='Doddy' post='1011376' date='Nov 3 2010, 09:30 PM']I use them quite a bit. I'll occasionally do the 'power chords' like you mentioned,but I much prefer to play 'fuller' chords in the upper register.[/quote]

Haz labs do make a re-issue called the Mu-Tron III +, I had one and could not get one decent sound out of it! Compared to the Chunk Systems Agent OO Funk or the Subdecay Prometheus it was pretty much useless which is why I did not hang on to it. In answer to your other question yes they used parts in the original Mu-Tron which I think are illegal now and apparently it is that that makes all of the difference. Like you I have wondered if it is all hype but too many people say the same thing - of you want an awesome funk sound then buy a vintage 'Tron. Surely they can't all be wrong? I have tried the EHX Q-Tron, Bass Balls and Enigma and none of them did anything for me even though Lingenberg and Beigel designed the things and they were the main guys behind the Mu-Tron! I figure that if I don't get on with the Mu-Tron at least I will know that I have tried one and I doubt it will be hard to get my money back if I decieded to sell it on. [quote name='DanOwens' post='1010642' date='Nov 3 2010, 12:31 PM']I may sound like a fool, but why doesn't someone reissue this? What is it about them that makes the supply so short of the demand, thereby increasing the price? Does it use components that aren't manufactured any more? I've noticed that Lingenburg Sound helped developed the EHX Enigma and suggest how to make it sound like a Mutron. Does this mean the demand is simply hype? Dan[/quote]

Really hope so - will post some thoughts when it arrives. [quote name='Toasted' post='1010214' date='Nov 2 2010, 11:52 PM']You're going to love it.[/quote]

Are they really as good as everyone says then? I think I have tried practically every other filter on the market! [quote name='Toasted' post='1010020' date='Nov 2 2010, 08:39 PM']Lingenberg does the best work. He did mine.[/quote]

I pulled the trigger on a vintage Mu-Tron III a few weeks ago from Ebay USA. I have had it shipped to Lingenberg Sound where he has re-calibrated it, made it true bypass, added an on/off LED and modded to take a 9v power supply. It should be shipped back this week and I can't bloody wait! I have heard so much about these pedals that I just hope that it lives up to the hype! I will be gutted if not as I have spent a small fortune on buying it, the mods and shipping. Mark

Martin recently bought a Zoom pedal from me - very quick payment and polite and efficient comms. A joy to do business with.

Ha ha - very topical! [quote name='Mr Fudge' post='994149' date='Oct 19 2010, 09:56 PM']I wouldn't bother mate ... it looks as "heavy as f**k to me". [/quote]

When and where can we buy it has to be the most important question right now!!! [quote name='phil.i.stein' post='994133' date='Oct 19 2010, 09:39 PM']cheers for the clip will, any chance of a pro-version (pre-sets, clean/mix,e.q. etc..)???.. now that would be ultimate.. [/quote]

Just making the point that they made very heavy ones in that era as well as very light ones too. You can't assume anything by era only. BTW I think you need to chill a little - if you don't like the comments to your broad generalisations then don't make them in the first instance. [quote name='Stacker' post='994061' date='Oct 19 2010, 08:41 PM']Because you have one? Get real![/quote]

Err because I have one!! Sure there are others on the forum who have some too. [quote name='Stacker' post='994057' date='Oct 19 2010, 08:35 PM']If I had two that were heavy, why should I not be allowed to believe that a third from the same era would be around the same weight?? I agree with your second statement.[/quote]

I have a 1974 jazz bass and it is light as a feather and the best jazz bass that I have ever played to date. I don't think you should assume that it will weight a ton just because of the year that it was built! [quote name='Stacker' post='993888' date='Oct 19 2010, 06:20 PM']The weight wasn't mentioned; I just happen to have had a couple of mid '70s Jazzes pass through my hands. and they were the heaviest Fender Jazzes I'd handled. i see no reason for this one to be different, given that it's ash.[/quote]