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We used Gotham in the local broadcasting company, so that was already a good reference to me. The oldest cable I did and is still working is probably from early 90's. Or late 80's. Slightly dirty but very functional.

7 hours ago, Ed_S said:

...a well assembled combination of Van Damme cable and Neutrik jacks is very hard to beat... 

 

...I have had one Neutrik silent right-angle jack go bad on me...

 

I'm always game for trying to find even-more-flexible cable - can you recommend any specific brands / products?

My exact experiences: one Silent Neutrik from the first batches was DOA. 

Van Damme, Sommer, and Klotz. Functional, reliable, decent price.

Long ago I used to have two 100 m rolls of yellow and pink Gotham GAC, but have not seen it in years in local shops. The colours are visible in the stage and no one has tried to claim my funny coloured cables their's.

So first you have to freeze the poor copper wires close to the absolute zero. Then you have to use The Cable Cooker to burn the cable in for the ultimate results. Hey, please... snake oil was old before these "technologies" were even invented. I do not welcome some esoteric HiFi jokes to bass playing without reasonable and authorized ABX tests.

And, we already have tone woods under strict inspection and waiting for the ultimate results.

Buy some silicone cable with Neutriks.

Nah, let's put this way:

Instead of BEADG, the original tuning was EADG-DG. Mixing fretted and fretless in one tune does not work. I do understand soloing with fretless, but it does not sound good when mixed both within a song.

I had an Ashula. I restrung it to have a GDEAB tuning instead of GD-GDAE. Well... bandmates told me there are strange sounding passages in the bassline while I wandered through the fretboard and from time to time to the fretless side. No, it did not work.

Now I do have a fretless 4 & 5 and a fretted 4 & 5. These are all separate instruments for sound and comfort.

Neutrik connectors and silicone cable. An iron and some lead/silver tin. That recipe equals tens of years of use without any fault. I think my oldest cable is from the 80's.

Err... it's not 1880's.

Bien, 16.5 mm.

No, I do not have to buy this one. Thank you. I am actually happy, that Patrice chose tight spacings with his 5s. I do not have to hunt after one, and I couldn't modify a 6 to a wide 5.

Is your series sound activated by pulling a pot? Is it really a series option, or bypassing the bridge capacitor?

Do not use a foam that is filled with carbon, if you put it in contact with the bare wires.

Swell pedal... try a grey Harley Benton noise gate.

I have had the chance to try a Buzz once in a shop. I tried it dry without an amp. A strange guy (g-word player) from the other room came to the door and said with a smile in his face: "This has to be a fretless Pedulla!"

Nothing more to add.

YES!

How is it so that here I have @stewblack telling about my (questionable) successes...

...and all of my (big) mistakes.

If I sold my pedals, or would have saved all the money that went to these toys, which dream bass would I have bought years ago? And lost the fun finding all those nice noises that were completely useless in the band context?

That's life

(That's life)

That's what all the people say

You're riding high in April, shot down in May

But I know I'm gonna change that tune

When I'm back on top, back on top in June

I said that's life

(That's life)

And as funny as it may seem

Some people get their kicks

Stomping on a dream

- Frankie

This is something that I believe is possible only here. Extraordinary.

Fine video, too. Well done.

You can check Vigier's pages (serials). A 5-string Passion or Arpege is very high on my list, so is a Delta metal fretless. I have two series II Passions.

Do not grab the neck. Put your thumb behind it and then your fingers can fly all over the fretboard. Take a look at Tom Kennedy:

Someone here knew that the pickups were made by Kent Armstrong, I think. Who did the electronics?

(Surine resembles KS a bit.)

Have to admit, I thought this would belong to the bad jokes. MK and a J, no way. A Jaydee maybe, but nothing less.

21 minutes ago, Linus27 said:

...a compression pedal is very high on the list, possibly the next pedal I purchase.

Then Ovnilab is your next website.

How about new SS RW strings?

A (fretless) bass in short:

A lovely instrument that has perfect setup.

10 % inspiration.

90 % perspiration.

I have two Passion series II basses; I think I should join the queue of those wanting this beauty.

GHS has also grey silks.

Spinning toothbrush? Try the tricks like ultrasound washing and dishwasher. Cooking in water is so old fashioned.

I was in far east in a business trip. There was this big warning attached to a unit in my hotel room. A hair dryer most likely contains some solder inside it. Oh dear.

GHS suggests using their long scale plus strings in 35" scale basses as well as if you use a string through body bridge.