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Hellzero

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  1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenol_formaldehyde_resin Check the trade names section if you want to go faster. Bakelite was confirmed by Christophe Leduc himself who knows these synthetic materials very well being a graduated architect (in the mid 70's), before being a master luthier.
  2. This is exactly how the MTD-Bartolini preamp is working and, to me, the only one on the market, but you can't buy it as its only made for Mike Tobias.
  3. Just a slight correction @Waddo Soqable: on the aluminium neck Kramer basses (and guitars) it's bakelite not ebonol. That said, the mwah comes from the hardness of the fingerboard coupled to the close to no relief of the neck. So, the harder the fingerboard and the straighter the neck, the more mwah you get. I tried almost everything on fretless basses and my favourites are in order of preference: 1. Brazilian rosewood (Dalbergia nigra) for its added low mids and singing highs. 2. Stainless steel or delta metal for their integrity and evenness, and no it's not zingy at all, it's in between Brazilian rosewood and Macassar ebony tone wise. 3. Macassar ebony (Diospyros celebica) for its faster attack. 4. Mozambican ebony (Dalbergia melanoxylon) for its over the top mwah. 5. Pau Ferro (Machaerium scleroxylon) for its rich and fat tone. I really don't like maple nor ebonol or synthetic fingerboards, because they sound sterile to my ears.
  4. Sons of Kemet are playing with 2 drummers. We saw them live twice with the original "second" drummer Seb Rochford and the two different tuba players: it was excellent.
  5. Thanks for the clarification, unfortunately I'm looking for the light aluminium version as I already have the heavy brass one. GLWYS.
  6. €1250 EUR: FENDER Jazz Bass Geddy Lee Limited Edition, Crafted in Japan, October 2002, fully original and untouched! It's the very first edition of these extraordinary basses, started in 1998, and it's B****** serial number with the Limited Edition neck plate. NO TRADES! 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 : €1250 Euros (£1111 GBP is an approximation and I will only accept payment in Euros) !!! 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 perfect working condition and, except some obvious marks and dings, in very good condition for its age (it will be 21 years old in October and has been played). Here are the specifications : Body: alder Neck: maple Fingerboard: maple with black block inlays and binding Positions: 20 frets unmarked Headstock: 4 in line Pickups: Fender USA 62 Jazz Bass with beveled magnets Controls: Volume, volume, tone (CTS USA) Tuners: Fender Bridge: BadAss II (USA) Strings spacing at bridge: 20mm Nut: bone (38mm width) Strings spacing at nut: 10mm Knobs: Fender bakelite USA Scale: 34 inches Hardware colour: chrome Truss rod: one, 100% functional Finish: gloss black Country of origin: Japan Serial number: B009350 Year: October 2002 Weight: 4.4 kg and, of course, absolutely no neck diving 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 be delivered in a used Fender shotgun hard shell case with its 2 keys (see photos). Non-smoking environment as usual. The bass has been fully set up professionally. It is fitted with a brand new set of Rotosound RS66LD stainless steel wound strings (45 - 65 - 80 - 105), which really serve this bass for that Geddy Lee sound and way much more. The best neck Fender has ever made according to everybody and it also come with two pickguards (the white one still has its protection film on it and is a WD, the black one is the original). What you see is what you get ! Look carefully at the photos taken from different angles and lights to see the real condition, which is very good for its age with some obvious marks and dings, the 4 main ones being circled in red, and 2 holes under the pickguard for a thumb rest. Here is the link to the 40 photos: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1niriDAEKbbJ1L3of6cPvS-I6cUQpuOzq?usp=drive_link Due to severe back problems (67% officially disabled because of it) plus right shoulder injury (non-operable capsulitis from which, after more than 4 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. Don't hesitate to ask for more.
  7. Jaco Pastorius at his best, nothing else to say, really listening to the others (Lyle Mays and Michael Brecker when he plays) and playing with Don Alias, not against him. I think Joni Mitchell was the only one who has ever been able to canalise him the right way. Pat Metheny is also excellent as well as Joni Mitchell of course.
  8. Saw them live a few times: immense and way louder than Motörhead (when it was still authorised)!
  9. That's why I've always preferred those fake 18 Volts preamps running on 9 Volts, like, for instance the Mike Pope Flexcore.
  10. Did you try the second hand piano stores, they could be interested in it for free as moving these things imply some knowledge as they need to be disassembled?
  11. Mildje!: My project almost 20 years ago with 3 basses and 1 drummer and a single track of 45 minutes named Stuyvenbergh (which means mountain of dust in ancient Dutch) and subtitled Arhythmic Deconstruction... It says enough. 6 months of rehearsal for a unique concert that was sold out...
  12. @itu The Alembic DS5 is a two sided power supply and the bass can also be powered (not that long) with two 9 Volts batteries.
  13. I think Alembic started the "18 Volts" preamps way back in the 70's... In fact they started active basses.
  14. Fodera, Sire, Warwick, MTD, Ibanez, Ken Smith, Status (the Hellborg model was even running on 4 batteries, so 36 Volts...), loads of luthiers basses, ... have an 18 Volts preamp installed.
  15. Feedback and double bass... @Happy Jack...
  16. Muziker are offering a poplar body at a very very low price too: https://www.muziker.co.uk/dr-parts-pb-body
  17. I bought a sixer headless bridge system from André and the quality is really top notch. Beware that there are bad imitations available on the internet. You can watch them on his Reverb store: https://reverb.com/shop/andres-gear-outlet-227 Or on his eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/usr/apassini98 Or check his website: https://novaguitarparts.com.br/portfolios/ponte-headless-para-baixo-4-5-e-6-cordas/
  18. ABM makes some too and André from Nova makes some too and is a member here.
  19. If you want to be a bit reassured about delays, I waited my Leduc U-Contrebasse 6 EUB (called Moaï ) for 7 years and my Leduc U-Basse 6 fretless is going to delivered in a few weeks after more than 5 years of waiting. But Christophe is a friend and you know how it works with delays and friends... That said I always had news about the building progress ... when there was some.
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