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  1. Hellzero
    The Sean Hurley Fender mute is quite similar...
  2. Hellzero
    The formula is very simple: length x sin(degree), so assuming the length from the nut to the end of the neck is 59 centimetres, you'll get an elevation of 1.03 centimetres at its end with a 1 degree shim.
  3. Hellzero
    Yes, they will Darren. With a 1 degree shim, you'll have to raise the bridge around 1 centimeter, so around what you need. 😉
  4. Hellzero
    You could try those shims dedicated to 4 strings basses, Darren. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Electric-Ensures-Proper-Contact-Eliminates/dp/B0F62G3F3C/ The 1° shim should be good, but you can stack them, just in case.
  5. Hellzero
    I played it this afternoon, it's really excellent and different from all my other basses, that clarity and definition, alongside the inherent reverb and the total homogeneity sound wise, are so amazing that you can boost the EQ to the maximum and it still remains musical, simply with more bass, mids and treble without becoming muddy. The Richter preamp is also the most transparent one to date, and I think I tried almost everything available on the market, but I already knew it as I had a few basses equipped with this wonderful preamp. And the blend is so progressive that it's the first time this pot is really blending the two pickups homogeneously without loss, really impressive. I wanted one for close to 3 decades as it was love at first sight and now I can say it's love at first touch (you know what I mean).
  6. Hellzero
    In the copper colour, it was on a Portuguese site. I found the owner before the copper edition and thanks to him and Heiko, we were able to date it: October 2000, so one of the last without truss rod. Here are the four colour stages, pickups and preamp modifications of this bass from 2000 to 2025.
  7. Hellzero
    Fret dressing, action and intonation for £40 must be so badly done that the instrument must be unplayable as it takes a lot of time to do it perfectly, including adjusting the neck to the fitted string tension (simply putting the neck super straight without strings on it is an heresy as it doesn't take the laws of physics into account), protecting the fingerboard, dressing the frets, crowning them (a huge time consuming process) and then polishing them (which takes a bit of time too), plus setting intonation and action... Maybe this £40 price tag for that job was in the 80's or 90's?
  8. Hellzero
    So, that is how it went to Heiko, and it came back last week, but I had to do my part of the job, as we agreed that I'll do all the reassembly. It's now fitted with a brand new BassLab/Richter 3 bands with variable mids preamp, the mandatory Richter status LED between the Delano SBC 5 HE/S pickups, some new ETS knobs, a new output barrel jack, a set of Dunlop Straploks instead of the usual Schaller ones, a new Gotoh battery box, the BassLab identification brand that was removed/missing on the bow, the official side "dots" with the F-clef at the octave on the front, a new "bracing" for the top, a new zero fret, some repairs in the carbon that were needed and the pickups support correctly glued as well as the ETS tuning system put the right way round with the correct screws (check the photos). It's now tuned E to C; the action is very low going from 1.2 to 1.5 mm at the octave with the perfect neck relief; the playability is, of course, amazing and the tone is really huge with a kind of permanent reverb, even dead flat or in passive mode, and becomes immense when you start using the 3 bands EQ with variable mids preamp. It's also hyper ergonomic and very light at 3.445 kilos. The colour is the official Maserati Yellow. It took around 5 months to Heiko to finalise the resurrection of this extraordinary instrument, but it was worth it as it's almost as new, even if it's a very early model without truss rod or serial number, so from 1998 or 1999. Enjoy, and especially @Dazed!
  9. Hellzero
    Too late, it's already sold. 😉
  10. Hellzero
    Did anybody notice that the two photos are showing him playing exactly the same thing exactly the same way ... or maybe he always freezes in this position for photos?
  11. Hellzero

    In Memoriam

    Hellzero replied to Kiwi's topic in Site News

    My deepest condolences @Tinman. May @Mrs Tinman rest in peace.
  12. Hellzero
    And sold. 😊
  13. Hellzero
    Almost new Harley Benton SpaceShip 40 with Hardcase and all that was delivered with it. Used only a few times at home, but put back in its box since I bought an HeadRush Core. OPENED TO TRADES! NON NEGOTIABLE PRICE! Asking price including fully insured shipping with tracking number, to your home, in these European countries (ask for other countries): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (excluding overseas territories), Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom: €60 EUR (£50 GBP is an approximation and I will only accept payment in Euros, furthermore the new price is €89 EUR or £77 GBP)!!! Shipping to the UK is of course possible and included in my asking price, but with additional customs charges (VAT + other taxes + courier costs), as the UK is now outside the EU. Non-smoking environment as usual. What you see is what you get! Link to the Harley Benton SpaceShip 40 with Hardcase Thomann website page: https://www.thomann.co.uk/harley_benton_spaceship_40_w_hardcase.htm Don't hesitate to ask for more details, but, please, before asking read my ad first as the answer is certainly already in it! Reminder of the legislation on sales between individuals: Second–hand goods that you buy from private individuals are not covered by EU consumer rules, which means there is no guarantee and no return possible! (https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/shopping/shopping-consumer-rights/index_en.htm#from-private-individual-1)
  14. Hellzero
    I've done this in the past and had the same issues as you Douglas, so stopped...
  15. Hellzero
    And if you don't delete the images, you will reach your allowed space limit quite quickly. When my items are sold, I only remove the images for that reason, the rest is remaining, if there was a way to let them without reaching my allowed space limit, I would do so...
  16. Hellzero
    When I saw the title I thought you had bought an old VHS cassette player... 🤦🏻
  17. Hellzero
    A few notes misplaced in terms of tempo, especially in the beginning and the end ... that has always been chaotic that said, but, yeah, what a leader he was and what a tune. My all time favourite of The Who. Thanks for sharing, never heard it before too.
  18. Hellzero
    Just in case, I bought the VI Labs Modern D (another Steinway D but this time not an old German one, but a new ... New York version with all the progress done since so many years by Steinway) software today, and apart from a nightmarish download (I ended up using Edge as Chrome was very slow even with a 1 GB connection and giving faults in the RAR file), it's really the best piano sampling software I have ever heard, even better than the VSL Synchron Steinway D that was already excellent. The sound is even more authentic and you can configure so many things that it will take some time to toy with everything, but I've already made my own preset to sound like when you're playing the real deal just sitting in front of the beast. The bass part is so huge and powerful, the mid part of the keyboard sounds like a piano and not a synth, and even more important the higher part where there is no more damping gives a real piano sound, not a toy piano breaking glass tone. It's also working as a standalone. Best buy, so far and not that expensive, but you'll need WinRar as it's the only one working to extract those RAR files...
  19. Hellzero
    Firewood is certainly the right brand name... 🤦🏻🤔😂
  20. Hellzero
    ZKKT
  21. Hellzero
    I like the axe grinder made pickguards. 🤪
  22. Hellzero
    Was about to say that his granddad must have owned a DeLorean, but went in the wrong time direction... 🤪🤦🏻
  23. Hellzero
    I also prefer the tone of a passive bass, but certainly not a Fender, except if I have made a complete shielding, which will turn it into a usable instrument. I can't figure how come they still can sell so badly made instruments at such a high price tag, especially custom shop ones.
  24. Hellzero
    I guess you are the proud owner of a gold plated wheelbarrow with a square wheel...
  25. Hellzero
    Rise ... if s/he still can with a triple hernia and some broken vertebrae... 🤔🤪😂
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