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The Mike Pope Fodera signature also has a moving bridge pickup.
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It hasn't been advertised at all... Gone to a friend of mine. 😉 -
The fretless has gone last month...
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I do. My first advice will be to buy the original Ebow as it's the only one working with bass. You have to find the right place on the fingerboard or over the neck pickup (for more powerful output and faster response). The note rises slowly to its maximum and then lasts as long as the battery. It's working better on lighter gauge strings as the vibration starts faster. It's a really interesting device. And of course, as just said, check Michael Manring tutorials. But don't forget our @JESUS RICO who is a master with Ebows...
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Due to the Covid-19 situation and 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 all my basses over 4 kilos and also the ones I'm not really using as well as some stuff I don't use. I've also considerably lowered the price for a quick sale. 1991 Ibanez AFR A304 #0123 with original form fitted hard case, all the goodies and papers. Get yourself a rare piece of history ! ABSOLUTELY NO TRADES, EXCEPT LEDUC BASSES ! 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, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom : €1550 Euros or £1325 GBP !!! New price with optional hard case was 2350 Euros in 1991 !!! 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 very good overall condition for its age. Here are the specifications : Body : two pieces flamed maple (shape patented by Rolf Spuler) Neck : one piece maple half-trough neck with 2 graphite bars (an innovation in 1991) Fingerboard : ebony Frets (slightly marked) : 22 (E and A), 23 (D) and 24 (G) with white side dots and double abalone dots at the 12th position on the fingerboard Headstock : 2 + 2 (shape patented by Rolf Spuler) with matching flamed maple top Pickups : 4 polyphonic piezo pickups in each saddle called PPP (patented by Rolf Spuler) + AFR 4 Special magnetic pickup Controls : volume, blend, stacked bass and treble Preamp (18 Volts) : Matthias Grob designed especially for the AFR basses with gain for each piezo and 2 bands EQ (cut/boost) Tuners : Gotoh/Ibanez GB-7 Bridges : 4 Mono Rail's (patented by Rolf Spuler) including a Stay-D-Tune (patented by Rolf Spuler) detuner on the E Mono Rail Strings spacing at bridge : 19 mm Nut : graphite Strings spacing at nut : 11 mm Knobs : original Ibanez Scale : 34 inches Hardware colour : Cosmo black Truss rod : one single action Finish : satin Land of craftsmanship : Japan/Switzerland Serial number : 0123 Year : 1991 Weight : 3.215 kilos Action : from 1.5 mm under the G string to 2 mm under the E string at 12th position (can even go lower, but was perfect for me) Will come with the optional original Ibanez AFR form fitted hard case, all the goodies and papers. Non-smoking environment as usual. I'm only selling this bass because I'm thinning down the herd for the reasons mentioned above and that I also bought a new digital hybrid piano... 🤦♂️ The bass has been fully set up professionally. It has received 2 new batteries and is fitted with a brand new set of D'Addario Flex Steels stainless steel strings (40 - 60 - 75 - 95) that really serve the bass. Check the Ibanez AFR catalogue in the link below to understand that this bass is totally unique in its design, craftsmanship and innovations as it has so much patents by the late Rolf Spuler and that there were only next to 900 AFR basses built between 1991 and 1993. What you see is what you get ! Look at the photos taken under different angles to see the real condition, which is used with some minor dings and dongs that I tried to photographed. Link to the Paradis Guitars website page of the AFR : https://www.paradis-guitars.com/products.htm Here is the link to the 45 photos in high resolution, the 1991 Ibanez AFR catalogue, the German test in Gitarre & Bass from 1992, the service manual and the Stay-D-tune plus Mono Rail manual : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1P_Lm6dLQtE8hTglILyikLmPx-kvrufy1?usp=sharing Don't hesitate to ask for more.
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I love a good old Squire Chas Baez.
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You mean the bass playing itself like butter.
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But it's only working if all the hardware is in titanium.
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Everything by EST is just fantastic. I can't say one album is better than another. They are all terrific.
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So, let's start with the start : Henry Purcell used this approach first, if I'm not wrong. Then almost 300 years later, the serial and minimalistic music composers used this cell composing to outrance and introduced the principle of added moving layers in their own cells. And Michael Nyman digested all this to become a master at it. Sadly Esböjrn Svensson passed away, but he surpassed everyone. A bit of a fast summary for the kind of music I love a lot, I admit, but going fast can help, sometimes. Love this from Gogo Penguin : And worth listening to this uncut version of Brandt Brauer Frick, Bop :
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Microtonal is also linked to the temperament used. For example, a lot of Turkish music doesn't use the same equal temperament as Bach decided. In Indian music, the traditional music is microtonal music using Shruti, which is the smallest interval a human can ear and it can vary widely depending, of course, of the human being. Microtonal music can sound out of pitch for Bach conditioned ears, but is not when it's your culture or you've immersed yourself in that musical culture and learn to listen differently. There's is this YouTube channel dedicated to (Turkish) microtonal music and is worth a listening : https://youtube.com/c/TolgahanCogulu
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These cream pickups covers are greeny by nature, so there's something likes 5% of magenta excess to become correctly balanced if you look at the knobs. Derailment over.
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The new album of Leitnerjoe is out. Excellent stuff, just buy it.
Hellzero replied to Hellzero's topic in General Discussion
You are welcome, Johannes. All your recordings are excellent stuff, always a delight to listen to. Maybe being a Mick KARN fan myself helps... -
I'm sure it's the new Mike + The Mechanics signature model. Woohoo greasy !
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The more tilting the neck has, the more pressure on the saddles the strings will have, increasing the dynamic and the response of the instrument and also its power. The opposite tends to destroy the dynamic and making the strings really flappy and dull sounding, or sometimes even so dampened they seem dead. A neck totally parallel or level to the body will mean less to no pressure on the saddles whatever break angle you might give them inducing a great loss in dynamic. This principle is applied to instruments with a "vibrating" table like a jazz guitar, any acoustic guitar, a double bass or any instruments of the classic quintet, but there's a maximum point after which the pressure will void the string vibration. Check the tilting of a double bass and the break angle of the strings on the bridge and you'll understand the process.
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That "thing" deserves an award @PaulThePlug, but I don't know which one...
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The new album of Leitnerjoe is out. Excellent stuff, just buy it.
Hellzero replied to Hellzero's topic in General Discussion
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The new album of @leitnerjoe is out and is called : Ohrwaschlrennatz. It's an excellent album with great playing and compositions. Buy it, it's really worth it ! And as always with him, you can feel the fun even if you don't understand (Bavarian) German. https://leitnerjoe.bandcamp.com/album/ohrwaschlrennatz
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Another Wishbass... 🤢 🤮
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The price is well made too. 🤯
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I understood that, no worries, I've done the same a lot.
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Not a perfect match at all, but a match, as the knobs have a shade of magenta in their colour, but it may be a brownish hue as the white balance of the photo isn't right.
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An early Fender, of course !
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I've been setting up instruments for more than 35 years including a decade as a professional, so it means thousands of instruments, and sometimes a shim is needed for two main reasons : - The neck tilting, as there must be one to allow some dynamic. - The break angle at the saddle, as there must be one otherwise there won't be enough pressure meaning the string will get out of the slot very easily and the string will sound almost dead or really dampened. If these two points are met, no need for a shim, just remove it and set up the instrument perfectly.
