Hellzero

Ha! Ha! Ha! by Ultravox! So that the future generations understand which band Muse has simply plagiarised without ever mentioning it. Sad but true 😉 , just listen to this gem by Ultravox! and you should understand where the inspiration comes from.

Yes, as I wrote it's a clever design. 😉

This 1977 Ibanez Artist 2622 is already an active guitar with a 3 bands EQ and was cleverly designed. And Ibanez has been doing loads of variants of this Artist model. These guitars are really excellent instruments.

A slight correction here. Fact: bass six string players typically have 6 fingers on the fretting hand and 4 fingers on the plucking hand.

James Trussart, born nearby in Longuyon, France.

So, for those interested, and especially for @spacecowboy here they are, with their names. 1. ACG Finn R Type 5 Fretless : 2. ACG Harlot R 5 : 3. Alpher Mako Elite Custom Fretless 5 : 4. Aries Bajadera 6 : 5. Aries Senes VS 6 Custom Signature : 6. Aries Senes VS 6 Tomek : 7. De Gier Elevation 6 Custom Number 4 : 8. JP Basses Lucii 6 Fretless : 9. Langowsky AJ 6 Presentation : 10. Paul Lairat Gabriella 5 Fretless : 11. Rybski Octave 8 : 12. Skjold Whaleback 6 : 13. Stradi Symphony Bass Fretless 5 #6 : 14. Wood & Tronics Zoid 5 :

Here are a few wooden bridges :

You've got strange hearts, you Mancunians. Is it the lack of sun ? Or the abuse of puddle drinking ?

Why not Rorschach's test ? 🤣

I'll give the answers, well, later. This is a Fodera Anthony JACKSON Presentation 6 copy made by Langowsky, a Polish luthier. It's like the original a 36 inches scale bass, but with a narrower strings spacing at the bridge : 16.5 mm. You are right @deepbass5, it's to show other single cut shapes that are, sometimes, more pleasant to the eyes and/or more ergonomic. The jack socket is at the front as it's a strict Fodera Anthony JACKSON Presentation 6 copy except for two points : the strings spacing at the bridge and the active Seymour Duncan pickup. It was really nice sounding, easy to play, well balanced, but with sharp edges (like the original, that said) that could make it uncomfortable to play, especially if not sitting... as @binky_bass mentioned.

Will be watching too. 😊

I put a twin delayed relay in my EBS Taurus 240 combo as it's been fully serviced by EBS and got new speakers too. I was fed up by this huge, totally normal, starting plop and singing capacitors when turning it off. Now, it's almost dead silent at starting and "stopping" as the delaying relay is effective both ways (instant speakers cut when turning off and delay when turning on). It's this and it runs on common AC power, plus, as it's stereo, it can cut the tweeter too : https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/softstart-protection/amplifier-speaker-protection-module-220v-30a-p-13597.html You can find it almost anywhere on the Internet.

Was about to propose it. Then use 2 components glue to be sure and put some Loctite 243 on the screws ... threads. You can also use two different alloys and solder the whole, than add a few nails, just in case.

This ∆∆∆ and the fact that there's a heavy compression in the sound making you feel it's louder, but in fact is not. That's the Trace Elliot (heavily compressed) sound. That's a love or hate matter, but it's not more powerful than stated or other amps.

The Stradi was a great sounding bass, but the neck shape was awful (take the worst boat neck and go a step bigger) with heavy neck diving. And indeed 3 Aries basses (the one and only Bajadera, the VS 6 Signature and the VS 6 Tomek). Great basses too, except they were too heavy for me (broken back). Can you name the others ? 😉

And here are the 14 single cut basses I've owned over the years. Can you name them all ?

Here is mine, just for you @skb558 :

I'm in for the most Leduc's owned, over 30.

Thanks to James JAMERSON, I don't give a sh*t anymore, since a long time, mainly using my index only for playing (badly). He was such a great player. An absolute bass icon.

Ok then, let's play, seven years of waiting for my custom made EUB Leduc U-Contrebasse 6 Moaï. Ordered in 2006, received in 2013.

Where is the Skjold design ? Looks like you forgot it. 😉

There's a label inside on the circuit board or the case itself with the date on it.

That said, the look of these Fishman pickups is mixing very well with your design.

https://goldtonemusicgroup.com/zeroglide/