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3 Leaf Audio - Proton V4 

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COG T-16 from the most recent batch. 

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Price Drop.. £950

19 minutes ago, roger said:

Is this American or Japanese made?

Yep Japanese made, my understanding is they all went to Ken Smith in the US for final set up, thus the signature in the control cavity.

Price Drop £1400

Picked this up recently on here from Mr Travis, original advert attached. Trying to thin the herd but really struggling to choose, so this is simply last in first out.

Please see Andys pic and original advert. Lightweight 3.6Kg (Bathroom scales), plays really well and sounds great. Player wear, bit of buckle rub and little marks in the finish but nothing that effects playing. Most obvious pic's attached.

Collection or meet within reasonable distance. Shipping possible at buyers cost and risk.

Up for sale is my  ACG Dao which I've owned from new. 

Black Limba body

Quilt Maple Top

34" Scale

5 piece Maple/Wenge neck

Acrylic Impregnated Maple finger board

16" Radius

Asymmetric neck carve

42mm at the nut

22 Fret

Between 4Kg and 4.1 Kg (Bathroom scales)

Pickups - ACG PB Neck, ACG BZ1 Bridge

Preamp - ACG Passive plus (Battery compartment present if you wanted to add)

Pick up wise think of it as a P/MM, controls are Volume - Tone - 4 way Rotary - 3 way Toggle. The ACG BZ1 contains ceramic and alnico single coils, with the rotary knob giving options of Ceramic, both parallel, both series or Alnico. The toggle switch then gives PB, Both or BZ1. So it's a really flexible package but most importantly it sounds great with an amazing clarity to the tones.

Ergonomics work really well, I find it comfortable to play seated or standing. The combination of bridge position (set far back P bass style) with a generous top horn gives it a really compact/easy access feeling.

It's in excellent condition, on close inspection I have spotted one 4mm lacquer crack at the neck pocket, pic attached. My reason for sale is I have an ACG 5 string with the same PUP config and I'm forcing myself to choose between them. Collection or meet for handover within reasonable distance. I have a hiscox and packaging if shipping is required (at buyers cost).

I bought a bass from Andy.

Good comms and a very smooth process. He's a gent, wouldn't hesitate to recommend.

Agreed on NHOP, auditioned my latest deck with Jaywalkin 

1 hour ago, SubsonicSimpleton said:

There is a veritable cornucopia of amazing double bass exponents out there - is there any style/genre that particularly interests you?

Thanks for your links, some great variety there.

Just wondering what others get the biggest kicks from. Starting point was I really dig the sound of the double bass but am not sure I could ever get to the stage of getting off on my own playing. So a better option was to dive into the great players..... cheaper too!

Open on genre, style has me drawn to Pizz playing but not so much the slap and overly percussive stuff. (Great to listen to for 3 minutes but I'm quite quickly sated and moving on). Big gap in my listening experience with arco so that would be something I'd like to explore.

Care to share your double bass listening recommendations? Those that leave you thinking what an incredible instrument/musician.

The solo works from Dave Holland - Emerald Tears & Ones All, have left me eager to explore more.

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Sold Peter a pedal.

Great comms, quick payment everything you'd want. 

No hesitation to recommend. Cheers

To standard UK postage areas sure.

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STUDIO QUALITY TUBE WARMTH

the Khan Audio VTDI is a faithful re-creation of the classic SVTDI all tube direct box.  It utilizes a single 12AU7 in a unique 2-stage design that maximizes both the harmonic richness of the tube as well as powerful low-impedance output drive capability. The VTDI is ideal for use with a number of instruments and sources.

All Tube Signal Path

1 x 12AU7 Tube

1/4" Instrument Input with 6dB Pad Switch

1/4" Instrument Thru "Tube Processed"

Tube Driven Transformer Balanced XLR Line Output with Ground Lift

High Headroom Gain Stage Design

High Filtered Internal Power Supply

Input Impedance: 2.2M ohm

Max Signal Input: 3v RMS (+10dB)

Gain: -10dB to XLR Output

Frequency Response: 8Hz - 120KHz +/- 1dB

THD (1KHz 0dB Input): .75%

Signal to Noise: > -92dB

Size 7 ¼ x 4 3/8 x 2 

Voltage 115/230 VAC switchable

Weight: 4lbs

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Some interest in this over the weekend.

All PM's replied too and now gone quiet so as it stands still available.

17 minutes ago, Chris Stitt said:

How long have you owned it ?

Hi Chris I've sent you a PM.

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Off to a shop tomorrow so shout now if you want to haggle with me instead.

Sorry, UK or EU shipping only.

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Couple of pic's added to show a couple of minor marks on the back of the neck. Spoke to a Luthier who said they would most likely 'flat out' but it would be £60 to sort them individually otherwise. Another quote to refinish the back of the neck fully was £125 + VAT.

Sure some people wouldn't even notice them, but I do so knocking a bit off. £2350