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  1. Hellzero
    A double bass real low B is not frightening the Peterson StroboClip HD... And it's where my clip on tuner stands on my Leduc U-Contrebasse 6 EUB, so, easy to catch with the eye and not bothering anyone.
  2. Hellzero
    Exactly my feeling about the difference. The OC-5 is more precise and the OC-2 is more idiosyncratic. Other than that, there might be some glitches making one sound a bit more growly sometimes and next time it's the other. The OC-5 is a true success : thanks Boss. No need to spend €/£ 200 on a second-hand Japanese OC-2 anymore, when you can almost get 2 brand new OC-5's for the same price.
  3. Hellzero
    I got it : the chicken head knobs are an homage to your cooker !
  4. Hellzero
    Did you try the Peterson StroboClip HD ? It's dead accurate, even better than some rack tuners like the legendary Korg. Or the TC Electronic PolyTune Clip. These are the two best clip on tuners : forget all the others.
  5. Hellzero
    No, only fresh air.
  6. Hellzero
    Wow, Tony, that would be terrific ! You could also try my basses and maybe my new coming Leduc U-Basse 6 Fretless Custom if it finished by then...
  7. Hellzero
    Thanks mate, you made my day, even if Ringo is playing the bass. 🤣
  8. Hellzero
    For those interested, here is the link to the Wood & Tronics Epitome series from which this very custom model is derived : http://www.wtbasses.net/#Epitome-section It's a bit like the L series by Enrico Pasini. A top of the top unique model. Did anybody notice the 5 (yes five) D-Tuners on the headstock ? A real treat for the eyes and certainly the ears.
  9. Hellzero
    So you got it, Tony. Is it up to your hopes or even better ?
  10. Hellzero
    Wood & Tronics Zoid Custom. 😉
  11. Hellzero
    Opened strings are the key to intonation on fretless instruments.
  12. Hellzero
    Yep.
  13. Hellzero
    IBTL.
  14. Hellzero
    Mark a line with a pencil on the side of the fingerboard where the dots should be. Use a chromatic tuner to find the right location. It's a beginner trick for double bass. 😉
  15. Hellzero
    Doh, I thought it was a fire issue.
  16. Hellzero
    And sold.
  17. Hellzero
    On hold.
  18. Hellzero
    Sweet !
  19. Hellzero
    This bass was mine and is a terrific bass, more versatile than you might think at first glance. Unplugged it sounds exactly like a Pedulla MVP4 (I had both at the same time, so could compare). Plugged, even if it's a passive bass, it has a very good output (but not a crazy one) and the fact that you have a volume and a tone, plus a series/parallel switch per pickup makes it a very versatile bass. Furthermore, you have a phase inverter switch which makes you go back to typical 70's sounds. The 3-way toggle switch coupled to the two volumes and tones adds even more versatility. The frets are still the original ones marked in A position. We examined it closely with Christophe Leduc and came to the conclusion that everything but the bone nut was original. This bass is in fact the 6th made by Mike Pedulla and Sam Orsini (the number 6 is stamped in the pickups cavity and at the back of the control cavity lid as the serial number is a kind of fantasy). The pickups mounting system is also original as there are no holes in the pickups cavities were the pickups height screws would have gone. There were Marshall amps knobs on it that were replaced by more authentic nickel ones, but Mike Pedulla explained that, with Sam Orsini, at that time, they were making quite only repairs and some instruments with what was in the drawers, hence the discrepancy between the 20 to 30 instruments made in 1974~75. This is a real piece of history !
  20. Hellzero
    It's a sound on its own, closer to a sitar where the strings rattling vibration comes from the bridge and not the fingerboard. Some like it, some don't, but it's not per se a fretless sound.
  21. Hellzero
    Dominique Di Piazza used leather on top of the original saddles to make his first flat sitar-like bridge.
  22. Hellzero
    You can buy the saddles only or make some bone (or very hard wood) flat saddles yourself. It's not that complicated, but you'll have to move the bridge away for a perfect intonation...
  23. Hellzero
    Vic is selling a Mike Sabre Dominique Di Piazza Signature 1 on this very parish :
  24. Hellzero
    Eyb web page : https://www.eyb-guitars.de/Eyb-English/ddp-bridge.html
  25. Hellzero
    As I wrote a lot of times, it's simply a flat sitar bridge conception. It works best with bone flat saddles. John McLaughlin played a guitar like this. Eyb in Germany is selling the exact same bridges as Mike Sabre and an ETS dedicated bridge.
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