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  1. Hellzero
    I'm from Etalle ! That sounds terrific, no ? 😱
  2. Hellzero
    Look here :
  3. Hellzero
    I hope she'll never have to play some jazz or Klezmer music ! Here are the next 5 tips : "Always play in A on the E string, so remove the other strings !" "Never play fretless bass !" "Never learn theory !" “Never learn articulation !" "Never plug your bass as you are useless !"
  4. Hellzero
    Thinning down the herd, so selling the basses I don't use, especially non 6 strings basses. FOR SALE OR (PARTIAL) TRADE BASED ON THE NEW RETAIL PRICE ($8000 USD) : Superb looking, playing and sounding WARRIOR DM4 Custom Neck Thru Signature with options like wider strings spacing, inlays and high grade woods. A bass in the league of Fodera and the likes. A real high end bass. The specifications : Body : 2 wings of swamp ash (DM selected high grade woods) Top : holographic highly flamed maple (DM selected high grade woods) Neck : 3 pieces neck through holographic highly flamed maple (DM selected high grade woods) Fretboard : holographic birdseye maple (DM selected high quality woods) with mother of pearl birds inlays, mother of pearl sword inlay and mother of pearl "2005" inlay on the side (black side dots seem to have been added afterwards as there are traces of mother of pearl dots or it's been chosen by the original owner. It is also signed at the back of the headstock by ... Marcus MILLER) Headstock : angled with holographic highly flamed maple matching wood and two mother of pearl inlays as well as Warrior logo inlay Tuners : 2 + 2 Warrior/Gotoh Frets : 24 in stainless steel Truss rod : 1 fully working Bridge : brass Warrior/Hipshot A Style Pickups : 2 Warrior/Bartolini humbuckers (Jazz in bridge position and Fatboy in neck position) Preamp : Warrior/Bartolini NTMB-918F 3 bands EQ (18 Volts, so 2 brand new batteries) with volume, blend, mids (active/passive switch), stacked treble and bass plus 3 positions switch for the mids frequency (Neutrik locking jack) Strings spacing at bridge : 22 mm (adjustable to 18 mm) Strings spacing at bone nut : 12 mm Action at 12th fret : from 1,5 mm under the G to 2 mm under the E Scale : 34 inches Finish : hand Rubbed “Anointed Oil” for the neck and red stain high gloss finish for the body (see hand writing in the neck pickup cavity) Hardware : gold (with mother of pearl inlays on the knobs) and you'll get the brand new Dunlop Straplok® Strap retainers flush mount 24 KT gold you can see in the case pocket Weight : 3,7 kilos Case : original unbranded fake crocodile skin Serial # : 04 852 Year : 2005 Strings : brand new D'Addario Nickel EXL 165-4 (45-105) Todays price for a similar bass with all the options : at least $8000 USD or around £6100 GBP ! The bass has been fully set up and everything checked. Non smoking environment, as usual. Asking price is £3150 GBP due to the rarity and very very very good condition of this bass. Warrior link : http://www.warriorinstruments.com/the-dm-custom-bass-nt/ Look at the pictures to see the real condition (under different lights to try to capture the real colour), which show only some little wear with a very few dings, crazy slapper scratches and other light scratches (no rear heavy marks or scratches), the most obvious mark being under the control cavity where the bass is left on a stand. The pickups are marked too, particularly the neck pickup under the e string as they were too close to the strings... I've pictured everything as usual, but if you want more pictures, just ask.
  5. Hellzero
    Some Vasarely fans over here : great ! 😉
  6. Hellzero
    You do ... as I told you when I saw it on B****c. Am I evil ? 🤘
  7. Hellzero
    Who could not love Stuart Zender playing ? That's pure talent, laziness and clever enough to have stopped before it was too late. I bought my first Warwick because of him. Double thumbs up for a true genius.
  8. Hellzero
    The dots are weird too. Did you check AliExpress ?
  9. Hellzero
    Mick, it could also be an Ovation, as it's the same head design, but the taipiece and floating bridge are quite intriguing... Not to mention the f holes coupled to the three round holes. Very Ovation in the concept, but I'm not aware of such an instrument. I'll keep on investigating.
  10. Hellzero
    There is nothing stating he is marketing them or not...
  11. Hellzero
    🙂
  12. Hellzero
    Check this for the preamp : https://www.zikinf.com/annonces/dispannonce.php?annonce=1556006 The guy is British, so it'll be easy to deal with him. And he is a nice chap too.
  13. Hellzero
    PM'ed. Waiting for an answer...
  14. Hellzero
    Ask @JESUS RICO and listen to his work on BandCamp : https://jesusricoperez.bandcamp.com Here is a video with two Ebows : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ib7F30pSiAE
  15. Hellzero
    Up for a great guy with real good taste
  16. Hellzero
    There is nothing wrong about this Shuker, but I wanted another bass here on BC, so I traded it for the one I wanted at the time. And like other BC'ers I love to try new basses. So you are at the right place for the right deal. The sound of that Shuker is very growly on the bridge pickup and really deep à la P-Bass on the neck pickup. Furthermore you have the best EMG 3 bands preamp in it (Haz Labs period). If you want a comparison, it's like a high end British car, it looks very common, but take the commands and you'll understand what (close to) perfection means. I should have kept it, but I'm addicted to Leduc 6 strings basses and especially fretless ones.
  17. Hellzero
    These 3 basses are all good choices and in the UK (the Shuker used to be mine and is really terrific) :
  18. Hellzero
    Nice bass and price...
  19. Hellzero
    And another deal with Victor. As usual it was totally perfect. This time we didn't met, but decided to use a courier. Everything was fast and easy. Another totally smooth transaction with Victor. Now I've to tame that EQ01 as well as the flat fingerboard on the ACG Harlot R 5 I received : a real interesting challenge and a very nice bass too. Cheers Victor.
  20. Hellzero
    The Steinberger's were made of a single composite material but with screwed on parts. Basslab is making basses molded in one piece of composite material. And certainly other makers too.
  21. Hellzero
    Second speaker delivered sound and safe. I had a talk with the driver and he even helped me to put it in the house. I offered him a drink and he explained me that he was in a rush yesterday and shouldn't have ticked the "OC" box, which means Office Closed, but he didn't even know the meaning of what he was ticking... He really was so sorry about what happened that I could even feel his "sorrow". So case closed.
  22. Hellzero
    In my previous post, I explained what I'm looking for, not who is the best bass builder. That said, the sound is in your fingers, whatever bass or amp you'll play, you'll tend to reach a sound : yours, that's all. And to get it, you have (not necessarily known by yourself) specifications which need to be there to suit you. So we all have our preferred builders, but explaining why is for some quite difficult. @ambient : of course, not the new Fodera Anthony Jackson, but the Presentation I. To summarise, there is no best bass builder, there is the one(s) you prefer and if it's perfect for you, then all boxes are ticked, whatever brand or price.
  23. Hellzero
    I've owned an impressive list of basses (https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/329699-bldy-gas/?page=2) and tried a lot more including Alembic, Fodera, Ken Smith, Modulus, ... and other boutique basses. I simply focus on the ability of the bass to reproduce the fundamental of all the notes played (including the low B), the build quality, the choice of woods (and why these particularly), the builder himself and of course the ergonomic. An electric bass is before all an acoustic bass, so it must sound perfectly balanced unplugged. My pickup choice goes to the single coil models because they only sense the string at one position and I do tend to prefer passive basses. To date only three luthiers have reached all this : Ken Lawrence, Leduc and Lefay. But I need to put my hands on a real Fodera Anthony Jackson as I'm pretty sure it will also tick all my boxes too. Sorry, but lots of makers are cheating through the on board preamp and heavily anti-fidelity pickup(s), and especially the fact that our ear can rebuild the note through the harmonics. And it takes time to build an instrument correctly, a lot of time because of the wood drying process between stages.
  24. Hellzero
    Got TNT again this morning on the phone, telling me the same crap, but the girl who is at the depot, was way clever than the one I got yesterday and asked the new driver (who started yesterday) who hasn't gone at the moment why he didn't deliver the parcel yesterday. He answered that's because the STORE was closed. Then the magic happened ! She told her, I'm no store and that I waited all day long, and sadly for him at the time he mentioned the police was here for a (long lasting) sewer problem. So he was trapped and finally admitted that he didn't even passed by, because he wanted to be home early... It should be delivered today, so let's see what will happen. I told you, new drivers don't give a sh*t about doing their job the right way and they do have company cell phones : really sad world we're living in.
  25. Hellzero
    I offer them coffee on cold days and refreshing drinks on hotter ones. Most of them are fine and we always talk a bit about the astonishing amount of parcels they deliver to me, so they know me. The problem is the new ones who are just so ... dumb and selfish. They really don't give a sh*t about their job. And I'm really fed up by this lack of responsibility, why telling crap when it's so easy to say "Sorry, I had an awful day and just couldn't deliver your parcel. I will do it tomorrow for sure, don't worry, is it ok for you ?" I've always built good relationship with these people having sh*tty jobs, because I know it's hard for them. But please do respect me the way I'm respecting you, that's all I ask.
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