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  1. itu
    I remember someone making basses that had something not neck-through nor set-neck, but the neck was going to the bridge or similar.
  2. itu
    I had her 5-string little sister (bought from the same shop that sold these two cocacola top basses). Incredibly stabile neck, very convincing sounds. As the catalog suggested: "Once in a lifetime".
  3. itu
    ACG Alpher Anaconda Ashdown Bass Centre Burns Chowny Crimson Guitars Enfield Everson Basses (!) Goodfellow or GB Guitars (basses!) Gordon Smith JayDee Limelight McIntyre Overwater SEI Shuker Status Wal Wilcock Wilkes guitars (basses!) Zoot ...these have been mentioned so far... ...and here are some more: http://jacaranda-music.com/UKGuitars.html
  4. itu
    The availability is not the thing, but the price is. Nickel is simply cheaper, 0.34 U$D/lb, while stainless is 1.06 U$D/lb. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_(music)
  5. itu
    https://shop.mitutoyo.co.uk/web/mitutoyo/en_GB/mitutoyo/1341988815793/index.xhtml
  6. itu
    I can play a gig with a four or five string fretted. I can play a gig with a fretless 4. A double bass is also functional. Lately I have been considering, if I could play a gig with a fretless 5. I am looking at the picture of James J. and I think that the right amount of instruments is "one more". (I sold 7 instruments around a year ago. I think there are only 6 left. And a bass synth.)
  7. itu
    If your choice is magnets, make a small shape for a plectrum to open the cover.
  8. itu
    Are you going to use magnets for the cover or screws?
  9. itu
    Very good notes from Mr. Cribbin! One Hakko, some good tin and training, please. Weller and Metcal make good units, but they may be quite pricey. If you want to be like a pro, that Hakko and few different tips will make you happy. Clean the tip between solderings!
  10. itu
    Stainless steel. If you need lots of twang, try a 30 - 90 set.
  11. itu

    High Pass Filters

    itu replied to funkydoug's topic in Effects

    I put a Stompshield over the Mini-Vong pot. Now the pot stays in place. I had to change the jack spacers outside the case to get enough of thread.
  12. itu
    Buy this set with the key for very tight or deep places (only one size): https://www.thomann.de/gb/stompshield_the_stompshield_kit.htm and a 4" Bahco 8069 for anything else: https://www.bahco.com/int_en/central-nut-adjustable-wrench-with-phosphate-finish-110-mm-8069.html
  13. itu
    The truth is, that if the system costs a fortune, your cables have to match the other price tags, too. Otherwise the sound, no, the experience would be sacrificed. I have seen people raise their cables 2 - 4" from the floor, and "the sound has become more airy". Umm, I see... I can't laugh to them anymore. It is about religious experience, not the music.
  14. itu
    Looks functional. You might benefit from Mixpot, because it includes level adjustments for both channels. Not overly expensive, but you have to be careful with soldering. The PCBA is a bit crowded.
  15. itu

    SOLD

    itu replied to Sibob's topic in Basses For Sale

    Sixteen hundred! The specs, look, and price are very tempting, I am glad I found my dark lady already earlier. By the way, rehearsals started again!
  16. itu
    I have a Dean Markley Overlord. Its sound is suitable for bass, because of its eq. I did a capacitor update and put some extra shielding to certain areas, it is a 230 V pedal.
  17. itu
    If you have a preamps already before the blend, you can use a simple blend pot (Bourns 250k, or 500k MN), as the outputs after the eqs are lo-Z (low impedance). If you want a lo-Z ("active") blend, you can buy a Noll Mixpot. This works with hi-Z and lo-Z signals. There are individual level settings for both inputs in the PCBA. It can not be said that the two entities push similar levels, as the eqs can push lots of extra. (Volume could be understood as a full freq band eq, and individual eqs as partial freq band volumes. Confused, no?) You do can match the levels at certain settings (eq pots @ center detents).
  18. itu
    And how easily silver gets tarnished and so on... Please do not worry, my background is in acoustics, as well as working in a broadcasting company, so I have seen all snake oils and quite some more. Yes, I am on your side.
  19. itu
    I can't find it, but there was an ad in Bass Player long ago of a bassist probably playing a headless instrument. He had nearly orange hair, and sides of his hair were cut. His outlook resembled that 7up ad character. I associate him to Simply red, but this is just a hunch. Was he advertising strings, maybe, but the pic was fun. Anybody remember this?
  20. itu
    Tina Weymouth. Kool. Mario Cipollina. Those glasses. Jimmy Haslip. That hair - and can play compact stuff, too.
  21. itu
    Works well, I use one as an expression unit.
  22. itu
    I would love to see oxygenized copper cable... or not... Silver is actually the best, and gold plated contacts do not add any distortion. But that's hifi, that we aren't.
  23. itu

    Top 3 GAS List

    itu replied to stewblack's topic in Bass Guitars

    1. more playing 2. more reasonable playing 3. an unlined fretless 5
  24. itu
    If you have exotic cables, and their prices are exotic, you have to buy this: https://www.thecablecooker.com/ My cables are not that exotic.
  25. itu
    There is certain point, where more money does not equal straight raise in quality any more. The difference in basses in higher price categories are subtle. 200 / 500 / 1000 / 2000 / 5000, don't you think there is some sweet spot? Some cables cost a fortune, but as long as I have been working with sound, Neutriks and some silicone cable has been the choice of broadcasting companies. I follow that quality standard.
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