Hellzero

Bonne chance pour ta vente, mec.

Très bon prix pour une très bonne et très rare basse.

Juste un plus de précision dans le jeu sans les frettes et tout sera parfait.

Next time, I'll write in German or Italian.

Looks like the OP has gone in the woods to hang himself. 😁

10 hours ago, ianrendall said:

On the subject of weird frets...

 

 

Thanks, I love this. It's really pleasant to the ears. I reminds me of Erkan Oğur playing classical Turkish music on fretless guitar.

Thanks everyone and extra special to @HumblePie as I'm a huge fan of Anthony Jackson.

Christian NOGUERA can "fretless" it with maple lines for 135 Euros. I know the price as I already asked him...

Thinning down the herd, so selling the basses I don't use, as I'm really focusing to my speciality which is fretless.

 

FOR SALE OR (PARTIAL) TRADE BASED ON THE NEW RETAIL PRICE (€3190 Euros) :

 

Superb looking, playing and sounding NOGUERA Expression Plus Deluxe 6 with wooden knobs option.

A real high end bass in mint condition at a low price. It's even beautifuller in the flesh than on the photos.

The bass is really even and smooth sounding with great dynamics. The neck pickup has the best tone I've ever heard in this position.

 

The specifications :

Body : 2 pieces bubinga

Top : thick holographic birdseye maple (only on the Deluxe series)

Neck : 7 pieces bolt-on bubinga and wenge

Fretboard : Macassar ebony (only on the Deluxe Series) with white side dots

Headstock : holographic birdseye maple matching headstock (only on the Deluxe series)

Tuners : 3 + 3 Gotoh

Frets : 24 (no zero fret and "only" 24 frets on this special model)

Truss rod : 1 fully working

Bridge : 2 pieces Noguera bubinga tailpiece and bridge with adjustable brass saddles

Pickups : 2 Noguera highly shielded single coils in bubinga covers

Preamp : Noguera 2 bands EQ (9 Volts, with brand new battery) with volume, blend, treble and bass plus active / passive switch and internal gain (only on the Deluxe series) which is very slight just like the EQ

Strings spacing at bridge : 18.5 mm

Strings spacing at bone nut : 9.5 mm

Action at 12th fret : from 2 mm under the C to 2.5 mm under the B (but it can go down to 1.5 mm under the C to 2 mm under the B)

Scale : 34 inches

Finish : high gloss natural

Hardware : black

Weight : 4,7 kilos

Case : original Noguera

Serial # : 6008

Year : 07/2000

Strings : brand new D'Addario Nickel EXL 170-6 (32-130)

Today's price for a similar bass with all the options : €3190 Euros or around £2800 GBP !

The bass has been fully set up and everything checked.

Non smoking environment, as usual.

 

Asking price is £1400 GBP due to the mint condition of this bass.

 

Noguera link : https://www.noguera-basses.com/basses_serie.php?serie_b=Expression

 

Look at the pictures to see the real condition (under different lights to try to capture the real beauty of the woods and the craftsmanship), which show the mint condition of this bass... I've pictured everything as usual, but if you want more photos, just ask.

Everything is clearly explained in the article linked by @Sibob. In fact, it took me years to understand why I couldn't stand the piano until a skilled piano tuner explained me what he was doing, that famous "equal temperament". From then, I think my brain accepted it, but sometimes it still hurts, like when a guitar player is badly playing chords, bendind notes in them without even knowing it.

No, not everybody, only fretted or fixed tuned instruments are out of tune, the worse of all being the piano. It took me years if not decades to appreciate the piano, and it must be played by a talented pianist, simply because of the tension in the chords. And no, I don't have perfect pitch, simply a quite well trained ear.

7 hours ago, Tubster said:

Seems that she has achieved a great deal more than she set out to do or were her motives not as straightforward as we glean from the title?

1. How many of us squinted hard at the name on the headstock - interesting new bass?

2. Just enough controversial content to get people talking,  arguing and sharing = more clicks

3. How many of us looked her up and checked out her credentials and videos?

As to her tips, for her stated target audience, I personally thought she had some good ones.

Anyway what are your 5 top “sound better” tips to beginning bass players who may be joining a band; perhaps you have some gems?

1. Practice

2. Listen

3. Communicate

4. Learn

5. Shut Up 'N' Play Yer Guitar ©

They are only selling crap. Beware !

You are totally right. Add to that the fact that most people can't hear a quarter tone out of tune, only a few hear an eighth tone out and even less have the perfect pitch : your answer will then be complete.

She clearly says that it's intended for intermediate players... 

Could say so, but I'm loosing my hair. 😁

Maybe see it as a tribute to his own hair "cut". 🤣

I was just about to ask the same question.

You can do the same on a fretless bass, I mean always playing in perfect tune. Alain Caron can play chords perfectly in tune on fretless. I've seen him playing the chords of the tune while Mike Stern was soloing (it was the classical trio without any keyboard player). It's all about accuracy and hearing. When you play chords on a fretless, you can easily hear if they are in tune or not. Well, sorry to say it, but I can. And I also play opened strings and in the upper register (private joke).

I'm from Etalle ! That sounds terrific, no ? 😱

Look here :

 

 

 

 

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 !"

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.

 

Some Vasarely fans over here : great ! 😉

8 hours ago, binky_bass said:

I don't need 3 De Giers.

I don't need 3 De Giers.

I don't need 3 De Giers.

I don't need 3 De Giers.

 

 

 

 

Or do I?

You do ... as I told you when I saw it on B****c.

Am I evil ? 🤘

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.

The dots are weird too. Did you check AliExpress ?

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.

There is nothing stating he is marketing them or not...