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For room problems, there's the Room Perfect system by Lyngdorf. Got this integrated in my hi-fi Lyngdorf amplifier, because I want to have a high-fidelity restitution. The system is working flawlessly and literally removes the room of the equation making your system sounding totally neutral. I bought this amp 6 or 7 years ago when I still was in an audiophile (and sometimes an idiophile) and it cured my hi-fi gas definitely. This Room Perfect is partly integrated in the KRK Ergo, so at least the PA will sound right and your audience will have an extraordinary sound. There's a new one there and they appear from time to time in the ads : https://yourmusiconline.it/it/krk-ergo Or buy the standalone Lyngdorf RP-1 which is way far better : https://www.hifishark.com/model/lyngdorf-rp-1 They are using similar systems in all decent venues to correct the room.

The Lag Collection basses were their flagship models back in the days when Lag was still a little luthiers shop. These were high priced instruments with top specs. Sadly Lag bankrupted in the mid to late nineties after a production delocation in Asia. The new Lâg has nothing in common with the original Lag quality wise. Some clever guy named Michel Chavaria, who was the guy that started it all, just put an "^" on the "a", using original Lag brand lustre.

Our drummer made us a better joke. He never came at a festival when it was our turn to play, but has been seen in the crowd... He was so high he didn't even remember he had to play. He never played with us again.

I travel is a strange dance floor new wave hit that I love so much. I still remember when New Gold Dream (81, 82, 83, 84) was released. What an impressive album, still up to date today with these Derek's typical bass lines moving the woofers a lot. I still can see the big speakers moving a lot at Caroline Music in Louvain-la-Neuve where the record was played non stop all day long. Delightful. After that, the maxi single Waterfront went out with that hypnotic bass line. Was studying in Brussels back then and was a mate of La Strada record seller there. Told him the following album will be impressive. And it was as Sparkle in the rain still has this powerful sound, but not the surprising sound and composition of the previous. There was something in the air or more precisely in the record groove annoucing what was going to happen... And then came the announcement of Derek quitting the band. The next album came out and was impressively disappointing. The magic had gone with the bass... So sad. That said I never liked the brother of Bun Kerr. Such an a**hole.

Don't need these with the previous page mentioned Bose L1 system and it's working more than well. 😉 One system for all band including a PA that is also the returns. What you hear is what your audience ear. Easy, no ?

My parents, as they hated the noise I was making back then when I was 16. Guitar was too clean and acceptable, so I switched to fretless bass : horrible when you start and play out of tune. Youth rebellion, man. 😁

Another solution is the Bose L1 system. We used it for all our small gigs without PA. The advantage of this system is that you have return and PA in the same package. I was very sceptical about it, but once we tried it in a store (we made 400 kilometers to try it) we bought it immediately. And Bose service is top notch. The L1 amplifiers burned (really) because of an electrical power surge and they fixed it within the week as we needed it. Now there are plenty of declinations of this model, just pick up the one that best suits you. For extra comfort for the bass, you can add a Barefaced One 10 for your ears and the extra mids you'll get.

With the talented Masami Tsuchiya on guitar. Still have his LP and also very rare CD : Rice Music, with my two favourite fretless bass players, Mick Karn and Percy Jones. Told you I was a fan of both, no ?

Amplified wedge with tons of mids if you want to hear yourself. Won't be hi-fi sounding, nor accurate to your core sound, but you'll hear what you're playing very easily.

Most of the headstock repairs are poor job done by someone not having a clue what he is doing. I know that it won't break were it's been glued, but if it had broken once, it will break again. This means that something hasn't been taken into account. So at least 60% value loss.

Easy for me. Hot : fretless, the more strings the better, 20 mm strings spacing at the bridge, luthiers basses Cold : fretted, particularly those intended for slap only 🤮

There is this bass in Italy : https://www.mercatinomusicale.com/mm/a_3g-sniper-bass-headless-con-front-white-led_id6367946.html

John East EMG BTS and BQS EBS-PRE Leduc EL-5 and EL-10 Audere Wal Schack BC3P Marleaux ProgramAble Vigier Nautilus Bartolini AG2P and MPB1 ...

I think @itu means full active circuitry including volume and blend, which is rarer, but not that rare. EBS, Audere, some Bartolini's, EMG, John East and some others have these features. Otherwise volume and blend are passive in most of the preamps.

Guess what I'm listening to since yesterday ? 😉

Just as @kevin_lindsay said, but make it 3 copies as this is what Customs will need. May I also advise you to make an invoice on your own for the gear you've sold stating it's second hand. Beware that Norway isn't part of the EEC, so your buyer will have to pay all the taxes and duties, hence the importance of your invoice (in 3 copies) stating it's second hand and the full names and addresses.

Very good question. I'm waiting for any answer too...

I had also an Acoustic amp with that 361 cabinet, when I was much younger (54 now) and it's really like playing through this amp. Better than the Sansamp that's a bit sterile, but of course less versatile. You'll get the Acoustic 360/361 sound and also a heavy fuzz, but that's it. I does what it's suppose to do in a some kind of frightening reality.

Going back to some parts of my roots : I found it in Pisa, Italy. Bought it straight as there was only this one built in right handed. Remember that the great Yves Carbonne is left handed. I also bought its fretted cousin, as it's not an Yves Carbonne Signature, but a bass built for Bruno Ramos. Now, I'm really into 8 strings basses and love them. And, urm, urm, I ordered a custom made Leduc U-Basse 8 strings fretless... So for now, I have a perfect pair :

Got an 8 strings.

There's also a reverb. Ok, it's a well know fact that Jaco Pastorius used only Rotosound RS66LD round wound strings. To get closer to the sound here, you'll need to double all you parts to get that chorusing effect (also used by Mick Karn, by the way), or try to approach it with a very slight delay. Use only the bridge pickup (no neck pickup as he almost never used it) with tone completely rolled off (the capacitor was a 47 nF with a 250 kOhms pot). Play, as mentioned, over the bridge pickup with a heavy attack. Boost the mids, but higher at 800 Hz. This is what makes a fretless sing. And you'll need that Acoustic 360 kind of slightly to heavy distortion, so use this, with the mids all the way up, it's amazing how close you'll get : http://www.one-control.com/blue-360-bass-preamp.html I owned a Fender Jaco Pastorius Relic Custom Shop bass with this preamp and the settings mentioned. The sound I got was really close to Jaco's sound (just adding a bit of 800 Hz to make the bass sing easily). He was also using a bass cabinet with an 18 inches driver (Acoustic 361) that is also a great part of his sound. Good luck in your tonal quest.