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  1. Hellzero
    Negative and ground cut, indeed the sound must lack some power... Let me a few minutes to give you the right wiring diagram.
  2. Hellzero
    A good shotgun in case some fools might think they would be welcome is more than enough to listen to the nature with my wife, and our cats or pets of the moment. Yes, I do hate human beings.
  3. Hellzero
    So Chris, any answers?
  4. Hellzero
    Great idea these aluminium position markers. Maybe worth putting some smaller ones on the treble side from the second octave on as it helps the in tune playing in the dusty end. Like this (it's a 28 positions):
  5. Hellzero
    As much as I love Jonas Hellborg and his playing (I have each and every album he recorded), this guy would put his signature on manure in no time as long as he gets money... So sad.
  6. Hellzero
    Is it a 60's or 70's pickups placement?
  7. Hellzero
    I would put as many pickups as possible. 🤪 Leo didn't get it right the first time on this one, for sure. 😈
  8. Hellzero
    Got it back yesterday, a very rare Peavey TL-Six (Tim Landers signature first edition, circa 1989). Amazing bass for sure.
  9. Hellzero
    Go 12" radius. 😉
  10. Hellzero
    Excellent job and all by hand, congratulations! If you ever need to wind more pickups, use an old turntable at the slowest speed, it works very well. Back in the day, I modified an old Lenco turntable as it had the 16 and 78 rpm speeds too and used the original counter weight system (without the arm, of course) to have a kind of automatic right pressure wire appliance. That said, I never heard of the leadwood (Combretum imberbe) and indeed it's a really heavy and hard wood, just a tiny bit softer than the African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon) which is one of the hardest wood and really good sounding for a fretless. I had a De Gier fretless with this African blackwood fingerboard and it was really singing very easily and absolutely not taking the marks of the strings, ... and soooooooo dark! And for those interested, here is the top 10 of the heaviest (and hardest) woods: https://www.wood-database.com/top-ten-heaviest-woods/ Following this build with a lot of interest. PS: I'm not showing off when naming the woods in Latin, it's only because it's the easiest way to recognise the species.
  11. Hellzero
    The smallest valve combo turned all the way up will do the job as it was the idea. Last time I saw them live, the bass was simply oversaturated all the time. You can also make holes in the speaker(s) cone(s) the way Lemmy did.
  12. Hellzero
    You small player, here I bring you 200 bass players!
  13. Hellzero
    I formed a quatuor some 22 years ago with 3 basses (one holding the same groove all along, one being always distorted with effects and one being a soloing fretless) and a terrific drummer, we rehearsed during 6 months for a unique concert, which by the way was sold out (some people must be masochistic as we had a standing ovation). There was only one tune of close to 47 minutes called Stuyvenbergh (Arhythmic Deconstructing) and the band was called Mildje! (written exactly like this). This is a never starting piece going into different places at the same time, sometimes gathering and ending up like a hope, which was an utopia. The Stuyvenberg(h) was Queen Fabiola's castle and afterwards the place were the Belgian government took some of its decisions, so you might better get the approach. We only recorded one rehearsal just to see if the arhythmic deconstructing was in place. 🤦🏻‍♂️
  14. Hellzero
    It reminded me I tried to play both parts at the same time on a fretless and went completely nuts, but I came close just before I heard the sirens with the blue lights and they gave me a nice shirt buttoned at the back.
  15. Hellzero
    Christoph Dolf, the very nice chap behind BassCulture in Germany, made me an exact copy with a rosewood cover, which sounds better than the original. It certainly must be the tone wood cover. 🤔🤣
  16. Hellzero
    I had the 8 strings version... One of the best fretless bass in the world, in the top 3, and sorry but the F-Bass Alain Caron is not one of the 2 others, even if it's in the top 10.
  17. Hellzero
    I was already closed, sadly. ☹️
  18. Hellzero
    And sold. 🙂
  19. Hellzero
    These 2 in the ads are good choices, the Yamaha TRB-5P being certainly the best PJ fiver around, no kidding and the Pitza Kustom started as an Ibanez, but with a strings spacing going from 16.5 to 19 mm so ideally for banana fingers if you opt for the latter and the sum of the parts is way more than the asking price... So you have an "high" and "low" price tag as you didn't mention the price.
  20. Hellzero
    If your fingers are bananas, forget the Ibanez range. Try the MTD Kingston series, affordable and excellent basses for soloing or even accompanying even if they have a 35 inches scale. Check the ads here as you might find your Graal quite easily with other brands.
  21. Hellzero
    Refresh (recharge) the solders on the pickups side first as they could have become dry over the years. If it's still not working and you're not reading any resistance (somewhere between 6 and 8 kOhms), then they are dead and should be rewired or replaced...
  22. Hellzero
    Due to severe back problems (67% officially disabled because of it) plus right shoulder injury (non-operable capsulitis from which, after more than 3 years, I will never fully recover), I'm selling everything that is too heavy. I've also considerably lowered the price for a quick sale. AER BassCube Version 1, original Ferrari Red, aka Bade Cube, with cover! POSSIBLE TRADES, BUT KEEP IN MIND THE NEW PRICE, WHICH IS AROUND 3500 EUROS! NON NEGOTIABLE PRICE! Asking price including shipping fully insured with tracking number to your place in these European countries (ask for other countries) : Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (excluding French overseas departments and territories), Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden : €800 Euros (£700 GBP is an approximation and I will only accept payment in Euros) !!! New price is around €3500 Euros, if you can find one... !!! Shipping to United Kingdom is, of course, possible, but with an extra customs fee (VAT + other taxes + courier fee), because U.K. is now outside EEC. In fully working condition and in good overall condition. Here are the specifications : Inputs: Ch1: XLR-Combi line: unbalanced, 1 MEG, stereo, (ring: 9V/15V phantom power) piezo: unbalanced, >10 MEG, Bultra high impedance inputstage mic: balanced, 1 k, 48V phantom power Ch2: line: unbalanced, 1 MEG piezo: unbalanced, >10 MEG, Bultra high impedance inputstage Ch3: XLR-Combi line: unbalanced, 1 MEG, stereo mic: balanced, 1 k, 48V phantom power Return: effect-return, mono 0dBV/22k Aux-In: cinch, stereo 0dBV/22k Outputs: DI: balanced, adjustable -20dBV to - 10dBV (1=gnd, 2=pos, 3=neg) Line: unbalanced, 0dBV, pre master Active Sub out: unbalanced, 0dBV, post master Tuner: unbalanced, -10dBV Headphones: 2 x mono, 2 x 320 mW at min. 4 ohms Footswitch: mono Send: effect-send 0dbV ext. speaker passive: min 8 ohms eq: ch1/2: bass: ±10 dB/ 80 Hz middle: ±10 dB/ 200 Hz - 1 kHz treble: ±10 dB/ 10 kHz colour: -3 dBV/ 700 Hz and + 10 dBV/ 10 kHz ch3: bass: ±06 dB/ 100 Hz treble: ±10 dB/ 10 kHz Notch: cut: -14 dBV/ 30-400 Hz Compressor: threshold: -40 dBV - 0 dBV ratio: 1:1 to 20:1 Analog Signal Processor: limiter, displacement filter Power Amp: Powerconsumption: 220-240 V / 50-60Hz / 400 VA (110V / 50-60Hz) rating: bass 340 watts / 8 ohms rms tweeter 60 watts / 8 ohms rms freq.resp: 20 Hz - 30kHz fuse: 6.13 A slow Speaker: bass: 12” B&C longcoil di-cast chassis (96 dB 1w/1m, freq.range 38 Hz- 2 kHz) tweeter: B&C cone tweeter (103 dB 1w/1m, freq.range 5 -16.5 kHz) X-over: active two-way, 4 kHz / 24 dB/ oct., LR-filter Cabinet: 10.71” 3(18 mm) birch plywood Dimension: 15.75” (400 mm) wide 15.75” (400 mm) high 14.33” (364 mm) deep Finish: waterbased acrylic, Ferrari red finish Weight: 53.3 lbs. (25 kg) Will come with a non original cover and the original shipping box. Non-smoking environment as usual. I'm only selling it for the reasons mentioned above, and I've bought a way lighter combo. The combo has been fully serviced and upgraded at AER Germany in May 2021 (invoice will be delivered). What you see is what you get! Look at the photos taken under different angles to see the real condition, the knocks and the scratches. Here is the link to the 30 photos in high resolution, the manual and a review in German : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZnF5OejRlBXrK5kZo-Xh7WO6DF6LPfqm?usp=sharing Don't hesitate to ask for more.
  23. Hellzero
    Here are some photos of the stolen Alembic's.
  24. Hellzero
    Following with a lot of interest!
  25. Hellzero
    As @jazzyvee mentioned earlier, but it wasn't really noticed: 25 basses including 11 Alembic basses were stolen a few days ago from Station Music, Germany! The total amount is around 275,000 euros. The list of stolen Alembic basses is on the Alembic forum website, with some pictures, but just go to the Station Music website to see these stolen basses: https://www.station-musicshop.de/epages/64398533.mobile/en_GB/?ViewAction=View&ObjectID=48919944&PageSize=5 The link with serial numbers: https://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=27500.msg279412#msg279412
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