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@Sidlanir I understand that you are passionate about your product. That is essential for any new business to succeed, but if that overspills into an inability to accept criticism then it becomes counter productive. Every amazing new idea has had its fair share of detractors, however many terrible ideas have cost their developers dearly when they failed to listen to the market. What you need to do is to explain and persuade potential buyers of the benefits of your product but at present you are alienating them by getting defensive. I think you have an interesting design but would need convincing of any benefits. I would be willing to test one for you (and return it subsequently- I am not after a freebie) and provide feedback. I have access through work to equipment where I can accurately test intonation, sustain, noise etc and my best mate is a sound technician with a superb ear. I also repair and maintain guitars and basses for a music charity in my spare time so am used to setting up kit.

Whatever you do, just relax as people will only invest In a product they believe in and upsetting people is the fastest way to persuade them to keep money in their pockets.

KMA Cirrus, just ‘kin awesome and ridiculously flexible. Nothing I tried came close.

12 minutes ago, chris_b said:

 

Generalisations like this will always be inaccurate.

It’s an observation not a generalisation, most people on here play 4 strings, most basses for sale across the market are four string, most professional players use 4 strings. If they weren’t happy with 4 strings they would change surely?

2 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

 

If a pitch shift pedal gets you to where you want to be, then great.

 

But there's quite a lot more that switching to a 5 string can offer.

I am sure you are right, but looking at the number of them for sale/ in use, I think most players can be happy with the four. I tried five purely to cope with a few songs we do in odd tunings. I also restrung a precision BEAD but didn’t find any advantage for me. There will always be those with 5/6/7 strings and use to them to great effect but I am not one of those and the drop pedal does what I need and is an option that easy to try at minimal expense. Like everything, some will love them and you can only know by trying.

I tried a fiver, then got a digitech drop, fiver has gone, never looked back.

Just the best I have ever owned, each and every thing is spot on.

Always anchored finger style, mix of pickup and E string, completely floating with pick, can’t even get on with the wrist on the bridge idea.

And I am sure some realised they were onto a good thing and there was no point rocking the boat. Not many bass players do well going solo after all.

I have one and it’s been great for several years and survived being loaded in and out of the car/ gigs etc. Zips still work perfectly.

I use a combination of a soul food (which is almost permanently on with just a smidge of dirt) and a hot wax which is a twin channel pedal, so I can use either side for different levels/ tone or together for full on fuzz.

Bit left field but Frankie goes to Hollywood stuff might fit

Trace Elliot?

You are in for a treat! The buzz after your first gig is unreal. Enjoy!

As a comparison I had all new pots and a new PSU on my Ashdown amp recently which cost just under £80 including return post.

Warwick reds, cheap as anything but sound great.

20 hours ago, Kev said:

Hermes are having problems at the moment, lost two of my parcels end of last year, and a few more took a long time to delivery, 5 weeks being the longest.  If your friend used a Hermes service (which may have been the cheapest P2GO offered) buckle up, you could be waiting a while, and they will do absolutely nothing to help you.

This^^^^^^ in fact I would go as far as saying their systems are set up purposely to be unhelpful. When it works it’s ok, but as soon as there is a problem it’s a bloody PITA to get sorted. My last one through them was a pedal dropped over the gate in pouring rain. Thankfully a few hours in the airing cupboard saved it.

Looks very nice, I would increase the radius of the upper curve on the lower horn to be more in keeping with the overall feel but that’s just my eye on it. Headstock will always please some and alienate others no matter what shape you do. Agree with above regards banding.

Orange 1000w Terror, sounds fantastic but massive overkill for pretty much anywhere I am likely to play.

2 hours ago, BassAgent said:

I rarely suffer from GAS these days but sometimes I feel it for a bass I know I don't need, I know I will not use but still I feel I want one. This time it's for a bass I thought I'd never want to get but I was visiting a great Belgian bass player the other day and he had a MM Stingray 5 with the older ceramic pickup and it felt and sounded absolutely killer. The weird thing is I don't really like the sound of a Stingray (except when fretless), I'm not a big fan of their playability (because I'm used to Jazz Basses) and I have no band where it could get used. But still. I want one. Help me. 

 

What's your GAS you know you shouldn't have?

I am genuinely the least OCD person you could ever meet but the random arrangement of different curve radii really bugs me. They always look like a bitsa where someone has stuck a few random parts on a toilet seat.

As for GAS, I am a sucker for overdrive/ distortion/ fuzz pedals despite having a well sorted board making all the sounds I will ever want. If they are made by KMA then the GAS is worse still.

5 hours ago, Jason Karloff said:

Well I genuinely hope that all people who were bullied are able to not let it affect them in later life. 

I only got the occasional comment of Konk Face from our geography teacher. 

 

My mate was bullied terribly at school. It doesn’t affect him at all now.

He hung himself at 19 so I guess that’s ok………….

Dave’s hair is criminal in that pic

11 minutes ago, horrorshowbass said:

Any ultra jazz owners on here?

I got a player and it was fine but a bit meh output wise. The ultras look awesome but at nearly 2 grand itll more likely be a sire for me

I love mine, they aren’t cheap for sure but worth it (in my opinion anyway). It isn’t any one thing, they are just a collection of the right parts, with the right quality making a superb Jazz. The pre-amp adds an extra dimension as well. If you already have a player and the only issue is the output then why not look at a pickup change? I have a Squier Jazz that I use when we play certain pubs that are, shall we say, ‘less reputable’. I changed the pickups on it and it sounds very nice.

On 30/12/2021 at 14:06, Woodinblack said:

Its a bargain if they turn up!

I suppose being 50% off means you can order two and hope at least one makes it to you 😂

If you want really dirty tones then the Vox Ad range as mentioned by myself and others above would be perfect, some of the amp sims on there are really heavy even before you crank the gain up.

A jazz looks superb in Ocean Turquoise, a metallic one, or a burst effect would look amazing.