Jump to content
Why become a member? ×

Hellzero

⭐Supporting Member⭐
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    5,660

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    5

 Content Type 

Posts posted by Hellzero

    Fauxdera Yin Yang Standard (NOT a Fodera) - *SOLD*

    in Basses For Sale

    Posted · Edited by Hellzero

    This is NOT a Fodera Yin Yang Standard, but a luthier made almost new excellent copy that cost me €2750 Euros: sounds and look as good as the original, very lightweight without neck diving.

     


    TRADES ARE WELCOME, BUT NO SHORT OR MEDIUM SCALE BASSES PLEASE!

    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, Sweden and United Kingdom: €1500 Euros (£1300 GBP is an approximation and I will only accept payment in Euros)!!!


    Shipping to United Kingdom is, of course, possible and included in my asking price, but with an extra customs fee (VAT + other taxes + courier fee), because U.K. is now outside EEC.



    Here are the specifications :

     

    Body: 2 pieces lightly flamed elm (very resonant and lightweight)

     

    Thick top: wenge Yin and flamed maple Yang with an ebony veneer underneath and Yin circle in ebony (all CNC cut)

     

    Neck: one piece flamed maple

     

    Fingerboard: rosewood (12" radius) with perloid Yang circle, white front and side dots

     

    Positions: 24 stainless steel frets (fitted with an Invisible Fretwork Technology)

     

    Headstock: 2 + 2 wenge Yin and maple Yang veneer plus butterfly

     

    Tuners: original Gotoh Res-O-Lite GB350

     

    Pickups: original EMG PX and EMG JVX in 60's Fender Jazz Bass position (for the bridge pickup)

     

    Controls (all EMG): stacked volume/VLPF tone (always on), active ABCX blend, stacked bass/treble, stacked mid/sweep, kill switch, with Sadowsky-like knobs

     

    Preamp: original EMG BQC (with modified stacked volume/VLPF tone)

     

    Bridge: original last generation Fodera 3D

     

    Strings spacing at bridge: 21 mm (can go down to 19 mm, as it previously was)

     

    Nut: brass

     

    Strings spacing at nut: 11 mm

     

    Scale: 34 inches

     

    Hardware colour: black

     

    Truss rod: one, double action, 100% functional

     

    Finish: gloss nitro cellulosic 

     

    Country of origin: Luxembourg

     

    Serial number: YYS65820

     

    Year: 2022

     

    Weight: 3.630 kilos

     

    Action : from 1.5 mm under the G string to 2 mm under the E string at 12th position (can even go way lower, but was perfect for me)


    Will be delivered in a brand new original Fodera case.



    Non-smoking environment as usual.
     

     

    The bass has been fully set up professionally and is totally copper shielded (absolutely dead silent instrument).

     

     

    It has received a set of Fodera ultra light nickel round wound round core strings (40 - 55 - 75 - 95), which really serve this bass.

     

     

    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 almost new.

     

     

    Here is the link to 38 photos in high resolution: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dFqoAoBIB22OoUMy1GTKVgbxjAdTqIyB?usp=drive_link

     

     

    Due to severe back problems (67% officially disabled because of it) plus left and right shoulders injury (it's really painful to reach the tuners), I'm selling all the basses I'm not using like this one 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.

     

    • Like 9

    Sadowsky preamp with EMGs?

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    If you insist on putting EMG's then you'll have to use the passive ones, unless you can use a soldering iron and change the volume and blend for 25 kOhms pots to work with active EMG's and the Sadowsky preamp (which is the same, except the MEC pots, on the MetroExpress series as on the high end iterations sold by Warwick/Sadowsky joint venture).

     

    And EMG's don't come with a free EQ, but a tone control...

    • Like 1

    Sadowsky preamp with EMGs?

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    The pickups on the MetroExpress series are already excellent, there's no need to upgrade them, as well as upgrading the preamp is useless unless you want the VTC (funny name for a simple tone control).

     

    I changed the pickups and the preamp on mine for the very expensive high end Sadowsky versions, and there's only a very tiny difference.

     

    In fact, I even ended up putting an old real American Sadowsky preamp (the epoxied one) and here there's a noticeable difference.

     

    But, as there's a but, you can simply improve the non existing shielding in the pickups cavity : it will be a great improvement over the original design.

     

    Warmoth Velocity Single Cut 32" Fretless (Medium Scale) - *SOLD*

    in Basses For Sale

    Posted · Edited by Hellzero

    Warmoth Velocity Single Cut Medium Scale 32" Fretless (a similar bass will cost you way more than twice my asking price, check Warmoth website and hardware prices).

     

     

    This bass has received a fingerboard dressing and is in really good condition with some playing marks, dings and dongs.

     

    It is really lightweight at only 3.605 kilos as photographed and totally balanced (see photos in the link), but I'm so used to 34 inches scale basses that I barely play it, even if it sounds amazing.

     


    TRADES ARE WELCOME, BUT NO SHORT OR MEDIUM SCALE BASSES PLEASE!

    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, Sweden and United Kingdom: €900 Euros (£777 GBP is an approximation and I will only accept payment in Euros)!!!


    Shipping to United Kingdom is, of course, possible and included in my asking price, but with an extra customs fee (VAT + other taxes + courier fee), because U.K. is now outside EEC.



    Here are the specifications :

     

    Body: 2 pieces alder (Velocity shape, not proposed anymore for bass)

     

    Top: book matched black limba (or korina as Warmoth is calling it) thick top with a walnut layer underneath

     

    Neck: 3 pieces wenge with tilt back headstock (Super Bass construction without stiffening bars)

     

    Fingerboard: Macassar ebony

     

    Positions: 21 (fretless) with front and side dots

     

    Headstock: 2 + 2 wenge

     

    Tuners: Hipshot Ultralite USA

     

    Pickups: 2 x Bartolini Original BC4C in equivalent 60's Fender Jazz Bass position

     

    Controls: stacked volume/tone, blend, bass (push-pull active/passive), treble (the side mounted barrel jack is brand new)

     

    Preamp: original Sadowsky VTC (modified for stacked volume/tone as I prefer it)

     

    Bridge: Warmoth/Gotoh (not proposed anymore), through body stringing is, of course, possible

     

    Strings spacing at bridge: 19 mm

     

    Nut: white corian

     

    Strings spacing at nut: 11 mm

     

    Scale: 32 inches

     

    Hardware colour: black

     

    Truss rod: one, double action, 100% functional

     

    Finish: oil and wax

     

    Country of origin: USA

     

    Serial number: none

     

    Year: unknown

     

    Weight: 3.605 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 be delivered in a brand new guitar (yes it fits in it perfectly) Thomann Premium BR (top of the line) gigbag.



    Non-smoking environment as usual.
     

     

    The bass has been fully set up professionally.

     

     

    It has received a broken in set of Fender 9050L stainless steel flatwound strings (45 - 60 - 80 - 100), which really serve this bass.

     

     

    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 really good with usual wear.

     

     

    Here is the link to 33 photos in high resolution: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fiF6gvPxvtsdChTNKi01zjRnkYFmekBx?usp=drive_link

     

     

    Due to severe back problems (67% officially disabled because of it) plus left and right shoulders injury (it's really painful to reach the tuners), I'm selling all the basses I'm not using like this one 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.

     

    • Like 13

    Acoustic bass - carved top

    in Build Diaries

    Posted

    The best and very expensive piezos are the RMC's with their dedicated preamp: you'll get all the low end lacking usual piezos.

     

    I also have the Fishman BP-100 twin piezo on my Leduc U-Basses: it's glued under the soundboard at two strategic places.

     

    If you add the Fishman PowerChip buffer-preamp to the BP-100, you'll get an amazing full sounding system.

×
×
  • Create New...