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Open to offers on this before it goes on evilbay after the weekend!
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Got my new short scale bass so this needs to go!!
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FOR SALE - SHUKER CUSTOM EXPLORER -
£900 FIRM- **OFFERS**
Built for me in 2009/10 by Jon Shuker, this would be over £2k if commissioned now. Also included is the Flightcase Warehouse custom flightcase for it, which is built like a tank.
Here's the spec:
4-string
Set neck
34" scale
Maple neck
Rosewood fretboard
Jumbo fretwire
White side LEDs
Two way truss rod
Carbon fibre reinforcement
Jazz neck profile, 38.5mm nut
Brass nut
Mahogany body
Rear-routed
Individual bridge units
Passive - vol, vol, tone
Translucent red gloss
Flame maple facing and headstock
Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder Precision pickup
Seymour Duncan STK-J2 Jazz pickupFlightcase Warehouse Bass Guitar Flightcase:
Type: Hinged Lid
Material: 7mm hexa board
Foam: Lined in 10mm high density foam
Heavy duty Penn Elcom fittings
Egg box foam in LidThere's a bit of rust on the latch handles, but the latches themselves work just fine.
The bridge on this is pushed further back than that of a Gibson Explorer, with the entire 34" scale moved so there's absolutely zero neck dive and it isn't the same cumbersome beast the Gibson is. Neck is to Jazz Bass specs.
Couple of dings as you can see in the photos - the worst one on the bottom corner near the jack plate (ironically caused by the flightcase - tight backstage area and I turned round too quick, d'oh), a little one on the top corner, one on the end of the headstock, and some light belt buckle rash on the back. Tarnishing of the finish on the bridge pieces and the knobs, but everything works just fine and dandy. It's been gigged plenty, always lived in the flightcase, cleaned and set up regularly.
Collection from Sheffield ideally, or I can meet/deliver by arrangement, or can courier at buyers cost.
Selling (very reluctantly!) as I'm swapping over to short scale basses on doctor's orders following surgery!
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Thanks for the T-16 love
I'm really really proud of this one, simply cos I don't know if anyone else has done an analogue octave that small before! Personally I think it's just the best thing since sliced bread, but I may be a tad biased so lets wait and see how it stands the test of time! I'm going to try and get some more videos sorted, including one from Andy and hopefully Si too if he's game, but if anyone has any questions feel free to add them on here and I'll get back to you ASAP
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Thanks for organising this, it's always nice to meet people in the real world given I mainly speak to people online, and thanks for the kind feedback about my gear
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[quote name='cana.dan' timestamp='1429730796' post='2754436']
I really want a Knightfall 66. Also, I don't want to bother Tom with this, but what's the difference between a 66 and Dual Knightfall?
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It is not a bother in the least matey
A Dual Knightfall is simply two Knightfalls in the same box, one after the other, with north-mounted jacks. This essentially gives you clean, A, B, and A+B in a similar width footprint to a single Knightfall once jacks are inserted.
The Knightfall 66 is one modified Knightfall with switchable Gain and Level knobs (via the second footswitch) inside a filtered blend loop. So you only get one channel at a time, but they share common Tone controls so the idea is you get a consistency between the two channels - very useful and usable in a band setting for when you want the same but more.
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If people were interested I'd cross the Pennines with a Cog-loaded pedalboard. Happy to attend without the board too if that's breaking forum rules or anything!
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Nice!
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Genuinely flattered reading through here, thanks chaps :-)
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Have a chat with Michael Aitken of Aitken Audio :-)
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[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1422874681' post='2677692']
[font="helvetica, arial, sans-serif"][color="#282828"]This might break the internet if created!
. I'd buy one in an instant. If someone had the inclination, rehousing an OC2 and a POG, with only the controls for the POGs up octave could be doable. Wouldn't be small though.[/color][/font]
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You've piqued my interest with this! I'm half daring myself to have a pop at some point, in either 1590C or 1590XX. I imagine the cost of the POG will be the main barrier to this being reasonably priced though... -
One solution would be an A/B/Y box with radio switching - ie a footswitch for each mode and only one footswitch needs to be pressed to select any of the three modes. Failing that, a normal A/B/Y box seems to be a good choice here, but still lots of tap dancing to do to combine the Freeze too.
I would imagine something envelope controlled would be a bit of a pain.
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I had to pull out of the last one alas so have got this one blanked out in the diary! I'll bring my custom Shuker and, if it's not against any rules and people want me to, a whole heap of Cog Effects gear.
1. Si600 - GK MB500 Fusion, GK MB212 (house rig), Fender P V.
2: Roland Rock - Avalon U5, Crown power amp, BF STwin. W&T Ergon and 78P if I get the refin done in time. Some pedals.
3. tauzero - perm a few from Sei Original, Status Series 1, Antoniotsai, Dean 10-string, Warwick Thumb, Mrs Zero.
4. Dread Bass - Lefties - ACG 6 and 7 string Recurve S Types, ACG Krell Fretless If Ready, Alembic Epic, Warwick Fortress, Letts 6. Aguilar rig if needed.
5. seashell - MIM Fender P
6. Prime_BASS - whatever bass is the flavour at the time, ACG 33" graft J type.
7. Len Derby - Yamaha Bex semi acoustic, Roland micocube battery powered practise/busking combo
8. Bottle - Modded Ibanez GSR-180, some pedals, Line-6 Combo and the 1x12 + Amp rack
9. Marillionred - Warwick Streamer $$5, Warwick Dolphin SN5, Letts fretless 5, Michael Kelly Acoustic 5, Warwick LWA1000, Barefaced Big Baby 2 - and some headphones.
10. Jabba_the_gut - some of the stuff below....if it's finished in time.
11. GrammeFriday - MTD 535-24 fretless, MTD Kingston AG5, TC RH750, RS210 and/or RS212.
12. Kev - Wal MK2, Warwick SSII and some pedals.
13. Bradwell - MIJ Jazz, Ibanez GSR 206, Eden WT800 + D210/D212 XLT cabs
14. Mojo - Yamaha BB414, TC Electronic BG250-115
15. Norris - Stagg EUB, Ric 4003, Gibson Thunderbird ... and if restored in time I'll bring my Aria SB-1000
16. TG Flatline - Shuker Explorer, pedals -
Good result for Fuzzrocious, excellent (and indeed personally encouraging!) to see a small company get a win like this. Would have been good to see more of the Rat Tail-style modifications implemented, but I can't imagine Ryan is going to be disappointed about this in any way whatsoever!
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[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1421767582' post='2664743']
Good stuff, yeah mine was blue and red simply because thats all Tom had when we were spec'ing the prototype haha.
Maybe it will find it's way to the stock model
Si
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Well it has got me thinking about the final stock model ;-) I'm now 100% happy with the circuit and it's only details like the channel LED config, knob layout etc that are under consideration... -
No worries. I haven't got a spare Boss one but I've got a pair of equivalents if that's any good to you! PM me your address and it'll go in tomorrow's postal run, Saturday at the latest (am battling a bugger of a cold straight off the back of man-flu!)
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I may have an empty Boss enclosure, in which case I'll gladly send you a screw on my next post run. If not, I'll check the non-empty Boss enclosures I do have and see if I've got a match in me bits box
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Eagle is a winner, there is a decent library on madbean for most of the things you'll need to start, and making components is much easier than it first looks :-)
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All the above is true, the Knightfall 66 will be added to the stock roster asap, realistically around Christmas, but as those above have mentioned it can be ordered now by emailing me. I've a list of orders to get through before I add it to the roster, and have almost got through the backlog after surgery (some folk on here will be getting emails from me in the next few days)
In terms of Knightfall 66 vs Knightfall, it really depends what you're after. The 66 will do what the Knightfall will, and with the jacks north mounted it's around the same width once jacks are inserted, but it will also do a lot more than the Knightfall will. I use it personally as a 3-channel system: clean (bypassed), slight OD (channel 1), and dirtier OD/distortion (channel 2) while keeping a core sound due to the shared EQ, which is particularly useful when maintaining your place in a live mix while still being able to add more dirt. I'm obviously biased, but I think it's ace. Some could argue you'd get lost in the knobs and a blend isn't needed though (different debate!) and so the simplicity of the Knightfall is preferred. It sounds absolutely great without a blend, otherwise I simply wouldn't offer it without.
Hope that helps, feel free to ask me anything on here or email me on [email protected]
Mods: as usual I've tried to answer questions that are in the thread and not advertise :-) -
Love the development of this project. Looking forward to seeing the end result! :-)
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Fuzztastic. Yours is a pedalboard I am impressed with everytime you post pictures of changes so very happy at the prospect of being represented on there!
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120*94mm sized enclosure, jacks are north-mounted. Hope that helps :-)
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[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1407431082' post='2520522']
Probably have to use an insert cable, typical in fx loops (this is the EBS one):
Yup that's the one
Si
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Correct indeed! Ring is send, tip is return. This will allow to use the return of the loop with a mono cable for other inputs (samples, drum machine, previously split and processed signal etc), as well as the stock use of an insert cable to use it as an effects loop. On Si's "Squares" version, the loop automatically closes if no cable is inserted. -
[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1401719657' post='2466124']
Ah so you're still working on tweaks for it eh? External switches for the clipping options, or at least a hole to access the DIP switches without a screwdriver would be great!
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I am 99.99% sure that I will probably not think about any further potential changes that I may be thinking about already... if you catch my drift! Diode selection will remain internal to keep the available selection large, though I am having a look at an access port on the bottom panel.
[quote name='Guinness21' timestamp='1402018316' post='2469309']
Say hypothetically I went for the knightfall 66, how would you suggest I use it? As a designated overdrive pedal to kick it up a notch from my standard tone, which includes a tech 21 vt bass? OR, would you use it in place of the tech 21 vt bass for warmth and suggest I look at another overdrive pedal?
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It's designed to be a two-channel pedal, with a deliberately-shared EQ so that the second channel is a "more" rather than a totally different sound. It can be setup with one channel as your always-on "warm" sound, with the second channel offering a higher gain version of that same sound, or as an OD/Distortion with two levels of dirt. It really depends on what else you're using and whether you like to have an always-on OD really. I have used it in gig settings in both of the above examples. As you mention you want a dedicated overdrive, I would take that to mean you want to alter the tone when using that pedal, correct? If that's the case and you were using a 66 in that setup, you could go either way and either go for 66+VT or 66+VMT, for example. I know Danbowskill was running 66+VMT so he may be able to offer you some advice on that front!
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Put tape over that work of art? Blasphemy!
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I agree, lovely etch!
Mods - as ever I've tried to answer questions regarding my stuff, but if I've overstepped any marks just give me a nudge
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It really, really is!
Cheers!
Relatively plain replacements, alas. A Fender Mustang PJ, a Squier Jaguar SS (though I've modded the tits off of that), and a couple of Telecaster style partscasters for a summer project.
Ideally I'd keep the Shuker but it just doesn't seem right, that thing deserves to be played!!!!