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Hellzero

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  1. Again as I'm waiting a delivery by DHL that is taking a lot of time and another sent yesterday through UPS... Maybe UPS and Thomann found an agreement ?
  2. Sooner than we might think.
  3. I'm in Belgium, not in the U.K., and the answers I received today (if anybody reads the previous posts) are a bit of a concern...
  4. I'm waiting an order from Thomann since the 26th of November. In this order, there's a little Joyo MA-10B Portable Bass Amp that is toggling between "in stock" and "in stock between 3 - 5 weeks". So I just rang them right now and what I've heard is a bit of a concern : the amp has been back in stock only the 10th of December and my order will be despatched. The Joyo is now back in the "in stock between 3 - 5 weeks" items. Everything seems ok, but the operator on the phone wasn't able to give me a shipping date, because ... UPS refuses to work with them since a few days and DHL did exactly the same after UPS left !?! Is it me or is there a big problem with Thomann ? How can couriers refuse thousands of deliveries except for a financial issue ? To me, it stinks a lot !
  5. Theoretically, all modulation effects like reverb, delay, chorus, ... are better sounding placed in the effect loop (parallel being better). That said, you'll have to try by yourself. Most of the time, most people prefer the effects between the bass and the input. Give it a try...
  6. @Cuzzie Between 16th (22nd for some) and 31st December, all European couriers refuse to send goods to the U.K. simply because of the risk of an incoming VAT and customs fee as U.K. will be outside EEC on the 1st of January 2021. Add to this that the Brexit deal is not yet concluded with Europe !?! Don't want to go into politics, but someone looks like another stupid Trump.
  7. Here is the link to the manual : https://ebssweden.com/content2/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SCPRE_manualA6.pdf
  8. I've tried a few in the low price segment. Forget the dire Ergo EUB, I had the good idea to buy one (which was the maker personal one, for the story) and took it to a gig, worst idea ever as I had to fight the EUB to get a decent sound and fight against the sound changing between songs because of a crap design, was an epic night... You can find the Zeta EUB around £1000 second hand, but they sound more as an in between fretless and double bass. I had also an old Warwick Triumph which was quite good, but totally unreliable. Then I bought my first second hand NS Design for peanuts : a CR5M which was a revelation, but still too much on the fretless side with the proprietary Ns Design/D'addario strings. I changed them for some real double bass strings and then it was it, but you have to put 80% of the piezo in the mix. Made a lot of gigs with it, always a pleasure and thanks to the tripod design, I could play sitting. I also had another NS Design CR4M again bought for less than £1000 (second hand of course) which was as good as the CR5M when I put some Thomastik Spirocore on it. I had an Eminence lent for a few weeks and it was excellent, but you have to tweak a good preamp a bit to get a close to double bass tone. And then I have my custom made Leduc U-Contrebasse 6 strings with the patented free floating top. It's a one off and it took seven (yes 7) years to finish it... Now it's the only one I use ... at home for now until we can start again playing and rehearsing. As mentioned, you'll have to buy a very good dedicated preamp or a combo like the AER BassCube which works really well for double bass, EUB and electric bass.
  9. The Eminence EUB is certainly the best choice, but like the NS Design CR series, it's not cheap, but they appear second hand from time to time and often around £1000~1500.
  10. There's this accessory for the NS Design EUB's : https://thinkns.com/accessory/bass-end-pin-stand/
  11. I'm was looking for those Badass shorter saddles screws for a long time, then I saw that Dave had some. He simply sent them to me for free, just asking to put some Euros in a charity box. What a real gentleman. Cheers Dave.
  12. It's just a plug, like you do on unused inputs and outputs when you're a Hi-Fi nerd.  UK will still be here in 2021, no big earthquakes announced so far.
  13. Is a mods, former mods and mods to be thread ?
  14. Fantastic work so far @Andyjr1515. I'll follow this very interesting saving.
  15. Except EMG, a few Seymour Duncan models and a very few other brands, all pickups on instruments are passive. Now, you can always bypass the active preamp with a switch or a push-pull volume or tone. As easy as that. That said, an instrument is a whole, so the sound of a BB1100S will not be the same as a BB1200 or BB1600, even with the same pickups, but the overall pickup grain will be the same. Now, there will be another war starting with the Almighty Pickups Power believers, but don't worry, the thread will derail by itself or it's not BassChat anymore. 😂
  16. Got the last one available anywhere, by Music Store, last week. In fact, I prefer the poly mode to the vintage one tone wise, but the OC-5 is still idiosyncratic like the OC-2 and, to me, it's an important part of the equation...
  17. Due to the Covid-19 situation and severe back problems (66% 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 the items I'm not using anymore, especially amps and related as I bought a new 3 channels combo. I've also considerably lowered the price for a quick sale. TRICKFISH Trilobite twin Mike Pope designed preamp and D.I. pedal. A very versatile, transparent and complete preamp with an excellent D.I. 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, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom : £345 GBP !!! Official retail price is £580 GBP ! Shipping to United Kingdom is only possible until the 16th of December 2020 because of the Brexit... In fully working condition, bought last year in early December (at quite the same date as the GSS FRFR 12 + 6 + tweeter that I'm also selling). The specifications : Pre-Amp: Low noise solid state Mono/Dual Instrument Inputs: ¼’ Phone with rotary gain control Input Level Indicator: Signal level and Clip LEDs (green/red) Channel A EQ: 4 Band with switchable Mid Shelving Bass and Treble Low-Mid and Hi–Mid -Variable Gain, Band Pass EQ with selectable frequency/bandwidth options Channel B EQ: 4 Band Shelving Bass and Treble Low-Mid and Hi–Mid -Variable Gain, Band Pass EQ Master Volume: Rotary Control Channel A/B Footswitch FX On/Off Footswitch Mute Footswitch Line In: 1/8” mini jack Headphone Out: Stereo 1/8” mini jack Tuner Out: ¼” Phone jack Amp Out: ¼” Phone jack EFX Loop: Parallel with side-chain dry blend Insert Loop: Series Direct Out: 600 Ohm Balanced XLR, Pre/Post, and Ground Lift AUX Out: 600 Ohm Balanced XLR, Post EQ Power Supply (Included): Switch-Mode Power Supply, Output 12V DC (250mA minimum) center negative power Chassis: Aluminum Removable Rubber Feet: Adhesive backed Size: (H x W x D in.) 1.44 front / 2.5 back x 8.88 x 6 (H x W x D mm) 3.66 front / 6.35 back x 22.56 x 15.24 Weight: 1.86 lbs / .84 kg Will come with the original box with the foam to protect it during shipping, the original TrickFish multi region power supply and the 4 adhesive rubber feet that I removed to put some velcro as it was sitting in my pedalboard. Non-smoking environment as usual. Link to the TrickFish Trilobite page : Trilobite – Trickfish Amplification (trickfishamps.com) And here the link to user manual : trilobite-manual-final-v1.pdf (trickfishamps.com) And here a complete demo video : What you see is what you get ! Look at the photos taken under different lights to see the real condition, which show only some very little wear and surface scratches that are exacerbated by the flash light. There is absolutely no dings or bumps, only surface scratches. Don't hesitate to ask for more.
  18. Due to the Covid-19 situation and severe back problems (66% 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 the items I'm not using anymore, especially amps and related as I bought a new 3 channels combo. I've also considerably lowered the price for a quick sale. GSS FRFR 12 + 6 + tweeter, 1000 Watts active full range flat response cabinet, only 12 kilos. The French Barefaced FR 800. 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, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom : £654 GBP !!! Official retail price is €1094 Euros (around £1000 GBP) ! Shipping to United Kingdom is only possible until the 23rd of December 2020 because of the Brexit... Shipping will resume on the 1st of January 2021, but with an extra huge customs fee, because U.K. will be outside EEC. In fully working condition, bought new last year on the 6th of December 2019. Here are the specifications : Speakers : 12" Neodymium Celestion + 6.5" PHL Audio + silk dome tweeter (à la Glockenklang or Hi-Fi) Frequency response : 50 Hz to 18 kHz Power : 2 x 500 Watts amps, so 1000 Watts (see photos below), but announced as 500 Watts (2 x 250 Watts) as the speakers are 8 Ohms. Weight : 12 kilos Will come with the original EU powerCon lead and a UK classic one that I can adapt on the powerCon if needed. I put a plug on the XLR link out that you can, of course, remove (Hi-Fi addiction remains 🤦‍♂️ ). Non-smoking environment as usual. Link to the GSS FRFR active cabinet page : Baffle actif 12+6+tweeter (active cab) GSS pour guitare, basse et claviers (guitarsoundsystems.com) What you see is what you get ! Look at the photos taken under different lights to see the real condition, which show only some very little wear and marks. Don't hesitate to ask for more.
  19. Buy a Klein bass. 😉
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