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  1. 49 minutes ago, SamIAm said:

    Mute is a cool idea, but if at the end ... if other pedals are active, such as octave/chorus/OD, can the tuner still get a good lock on the tuning note?

    Sam x


    Well absolutely, it’s certainly a consideration, depends on the player! Pros and Cons for sure!

     

    Si

  2. I echo what has already been broadly mentioned, which is that the correct layout is that which sounds best to you! Which opens up the way for a lot of experimentation, but that really is where you'll get the best long-term results.

    That said, for what it's worth, here would be my personal layout:
     

    Overddrive pedal -> Octaver pedal -> Chorus pedal -> Harley Benton preamp + compressor -> Tuner pedal

    Really, it doesn't matter too much where the tuner is, but if it's at the very end of the chain, it also acts as a very effective mute. If it's at the start of the chain and you leave loads of effects on while you tune, yes your bass signal is muted, but you could still have effected pedal noise going to your amp. 

     

    Si

     

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  3. On 24/03/2024 at 23:56, Chadu25 said:

    New 12x8’’ board from Bastow Pedalboards. Very nice sturdy build with good clearance underneath. Running the stomp on the CAPO’s post loop. Doom2 and Octabvre are in the Stomp’s FX loop. My tone toys from clean, gritty and synthy stuff :D
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    Love this board, very cool setup!

     

    Si

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  4. On 25/08/2017 at 14:15, CameronJ said:

    are the power supply outlets on the Noble isolated?


    As someone who gigs my Noble a LOT, and am running 6 other pedals from the power supply, I noticed very little if any noise.
    That said, I'm running 5 low-draw analogue pedals and a digital tuner, so it's not a complicated setup.

    Si

  5. I bought Harry’s Lakland 55-02 and he made the deal extremely easy for me (very appreciated at the moment). Good comms, nice guy, bass is lovely and as described, deal with confidence!

     

    Si 

  6. I'm looking to move on my Elrick NJS 5, I love this bass but realistically don't play enough 5 string to keep this amount money wrapped up in it.


    This is NOT one of the new Korean built Cort NJS’s, this is one of the European (Czech) built Elricks, setup by Rob in Chicago, so extremely well built, with US Bartolini Pickips and Preamp, as well as the following:


    Features:
    - 35″ scale
    - 24 frets + zero fret
    - 9.1 Lbs.
    - Gloss Piano Black Finish
    - 3-piece Quarter-Sawn Maple Neck
    Ebony Fretboard
    - 2-way adjustable truss rod
    - Bartolini Jazz pickups (Made in the USA)
    - Bartolini 3-band pre-amp w/2-way mid and active bypass (Made in the USA)
    - Fully shielded control cavity
    - Black Elrick Hipshot Ultra-light tuners
    - Black Finish Elrick bridge – by Hipshot (Made in the USA)
    - Dunlop Dual Design strap buttons (Straplok compatible!) (Made in the USA)
    - Currently strung with La Bella RX Steels 45-130. I think I have a couple of spare sets too.
    - Original Elrick hard case

     

    The bass is in excellent condition, with only a tiny little nick in the finish on the top edge of the body, see the very last photo.

     


    While cash is king, I am potentially up for trades or part-ex's along the below lines in no particular order, all 4 string and no heavier than 9lbs. I could potentially add a little money for the right bass:

    - Elrick NJS4
    - Spector Euro P/J

    - 70's Fender Precision
    - 70's Fender Jazz

    - Lakland Dual J, 44-60 or HB-30

    - Zon Sonus

    - De Gier Soulmate 

    - Fender Japan Jazz

     

     

    £1500 pickup/meet up preferred as I don’t currently have the means to post.

     


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    You can hear one of its slightly more livelier tones on this track:

     

    Cheers

    Si

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  7. 7 hours ago, admiralchew said:

    Love it. BOD, 66, The Enabler. Nice. The Enabler is an obscenely good headphone amp too. What's the colourfully-knobbed pedal?


    Yeah, that’s primarily how I’ve used it for the past 5 years or so, as a headphone amp practice tool, so will be fun to get it out on some gigs. 
     

    The ‘colourful knob’ pedal is a Fuzzdog DIY Tall Font Russian Fuzz with clean blend, mids & diode lift.

    I wanted something that kinda did what my custom Cog Tarkin does on my main board (similar feature-set, but with an added Gate). This is very cool, but really quite different sounding to the Tarkin, even though that is also based on a Green Muff.

    So we’ll see if this stays, will gig it and see. Keen to try the MXR Bass Fuzz too.


    Cheers

    Si

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  8. 7 hours ago, Lunoxx said:

     

    How well does the SOL fit under the Nano? Did you need to exchange the rubber feet of the nano for larger ones? Do you think a nano enclosure lacking knobs and a footswitch (e.g., LBA 2020 or sfx microthumpinator) would fit under the nano? I'm about to build a small fly board and space is crucial :D 


    The way I have the SOL fixed to the underside (Velcro and a long cable tie), it does sit a little further down than the stock Nano feet can cover. So I bought some larger feet from B&Q for about £2.50 (pic 1 below). They actually fit perfectly over the stock feet (pic 2), pushing on nicely (pic 3), and then popping off to go back in the bag.

    Gives you a slight rake/angle when in use which is nice (pic 4). In this setup you may well find a ‘naked’ 1590a would fit, I don’t think it would with just the stock feet. 
     

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    Cheers

    Si

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  9. 11 minutes ago, Jah Wibble said:

    Yeah doesn't look great, but it might be down the not being able to legally do much better due to copyright etc. Not a fact, but might be the case?

     


    Probably, plus a wish to try and create some kind of design branding…..but hasn’t gone well IMO 😅

     

    Si

  10. Finished my back-up/‘fly board’ last night:


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    Tuner -> Fuzzdog Tall Font -> MXR Octave -> Corona Chorus -> CAPO

     

    All powered by a Cioks SOL on a Pedaltrain Nano.

     

    Sounds great, and a purposefully smaller package (less pedals tbf) than my main Noble board.

     

    Si

     

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  11. On 04/10/2023 at 21:05, Skinner said:

    Zon Sonus 4 string fretless Bass, Ash body, composite neck, JJ bartolini pick ups and active circuit.

    Up for sale is a truly astounding bass made by Joe Zon. It is very light-weight, coming in at  7 lbs, 13 ounces (3.53 kilos) The body is centre-seam two-piece solid ash, ergonomic and comfortable as can be, with an exaggerated belly-cut and forearm bevel.
    It has two Bartolini J-bass pickups and a Bartolini active 2-band EQ on a stacked, center-detent pot, in addition to a master volume and master centre-detent pickup blend control. This bass is in really nice condition, with a couple very minor nicks on the headstock and the end of the fingerboard with a virtually unmarked body. The phenowood fingerboard has some tiny almost invisible scratching from playing, it is so hard that whichever strings are used there are no issues. Currently strung with some rather nice Optima gold round wounds (50 to 105), included will be the plush tgi soft case or a hiscox hard case if preferred.
    The Zon Sonus model from this period have carbon-fibre composite necks. This is what Zon says about their composite necks:
    “The object of using composites for our necks is to integrate the stability and performance of these materials in a manner that enhances the tonal characteristics, reliability, and consistency of our basses, without losing the warmth and personality.

    “Our basses’ necks are fabricated in our Redwood City, California, facility. The base material is carbon fibre, developed for the aerospace industry. Carbon fibre is rayon extruded under extreme heat and pressure, a process that changes its molecular structure on a subatomic level. Engineered to have the highest strength-to-weight ratio possible (it’s six times stronger than steel), it also has the highest coefficient of stiffness and the lowest thermal coefficient, offering great stability and strength under compression, as well as tension.

    “However, carbon fibre isn’t the only material we employ. Our proprietary “recipe” incorporates wood and other materials, which allows us to tune the necks so every instrument retains that organic and musical earthiness so pleasingly familiar to the ear.

    “Because the neck has a “flatter” frequency response, it has less effect on coloring the wood body’s tone, therefore letting its true voice come through. With the neck material being so dense, the bass is very “live” and responsive. This condition is a function of a faster attack whereby the note comes into focus almost immediately and then swells with richness. Consequently, the tone has more clarity and the notes exhibit improved detail, projection, sustain, and evenness in volume, all across the fingerboard. This definition is particularly beneficial in lowered tunings, where the notes are usually lost or muddy. Instead, lowered tunings retain their clarity and don’t hide in the mix of the other instruments.

    “While the concept of using this material for a neck may seem unfamiliar, the feel of our necks is not. Contoured after some of the classic shapes we’ve come to know and love, the profile of our necks feels very natural to the hand and all of them are extremely comfortable and easy to play. The action is fast and smooth, making them suitable for any playing technique.

     Graphite string nuts are installed for the string-to-string evenness of tone and durability they offer.”
    The scale length is 34", there are no neck or electronics issues at all. The instrument is in perfect playing condition. Collection preferred or could meet up somewhere within a 30 mile radius of Daventry.

     


     

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    Are the dots on the ‘frets’? Or between as per a fretted bass?

     

    Si

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