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I loved my Beavis Audio FKR and I think the Zoom Ultra Fuzz is brilliant.

*drums fingers on table* * looks for post man* *drums fingers on table* * looks for post man* *drums fingers on table* * looks for post man* *drums fingers on table* * looks for post man* *paces up and down*

Cool, I assume you're using a quite bright sounding bass and amp?

[quote name='tayste_2000' post='135634' date='Feb 7 2008, 12:06 PM']you know it's at unity volume with the vol rolled all the way back right?[/quote] +1. They should print this in big letters on the front of the pedal. It's all about unity gain.

It looks cool... I'm still at a loss to know what it does.

It is quite noisy. You if you close-miked in a studio you'd hear it on the recording.

The Trex ones I've seen were cheap and nasty IMO. If you want slats go Pedaltrain. If you don't go Diago.

If you're getting a new pedal train make sure you get one of the very new ones with the Voodoo Labs mounts underneath.

Must be. "it's a custom made cable mate, that's why its so expensive"... ok then! £88 for 8 cables is prefectly reasonable! What are we all complaining about?

I need to buy part [b]PPBAR-R[/b] that can be found on the Voodoo Labs website [url="http://www.voodoolab.com/cables.htm"]http://www.voodoolab.com/cables.htm[/url] I check with Voodoo labs who suggest my UK dealers might be able to help. First I speak to Neil at Sounds Great Music as they're pretty close to a mate of mine and I've used them before. Neil tells me the cables are a whopping [b]£10.95[/b] per cable and a "few quid" postage. I tell him they're $3.50 from the USA and I won't be doing business with SGM again. Second I ring up Chandlers and wait a while to speak to the shop manager who is apparently called Al. He tells me that the cables are about [b]£2.50[/b] each (much better!) and he's got an order coming in about 10 days that he'll add my cables on to. £10.95 / £2.50 unbelievable.

Something like the Cioks Baby would also be fine.

From the horses mouth posted over on TB: [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4974503#post4974503"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.p...503#post4974503[/url] [i]It's been a while since I posted this. It also addresses the Fender vs Originality questions. Here it is again for Mark and any other newbies on Talkbass!: 1) Several people have posted and commented that Sadowsky uses Warmoth parts. I would like to address this for what I hope will be the last time. I did use some Warmoth parts during the 80's and have ordered an occasional neck from them for some of our repair customers during the years. However, Sadowsky has not used any Warmoth necks or bodies on their basses for at least the last 10 years. 2) Regarding subcontractors....Many instrument companies use subcontractors. It is very difficult to balance quality and maintain costs. If we were making every body by "hand" (which no one really does), costs would be absurdly high and consistancy would be very low. The average cost of a CNC machine (a computerized carving machine), with software, is about $125,000.00. Because that is beyond the means of most of us "smaller" guys, there are companies that own these machines who make parts for the "rest of us". Sadowsky, Lakland, Lull, Turner and lots more of us use various subcontractors. I know this takes some of the "romanticism" out of the process for you, but that is the way it is. Regarding our electronics---when you go through hundreds of circuits a year, you don't hand wire each one by hand. You design the circuit, make the prototype, and then you outsource it to a shop than just makes circuit boards! I had to make an important decision about 20 years ago. I could set up shop where I could do all the woodworking by myself. This would have meant locating where there are very few professional players. Instead, I chose to locate in the middle of Manhattan, where the top players could easily get to my shop. As long as I had good subcontractors I could depend on, I felt it more important to have the one-on-one and the indespensible feedback from the top players. This was also motivated by the fact that I still do a lot of repair and restoration work. I have never regretted this decision. It is hard to make a "working musician's" instrument if you don't have many working musicians to interact with. I build a Fender style instrument because that is what my clientele demands of me. 20 years ago, it was almost impossible to walk into a studio in NYC with anything other than a Fender. In fact the Union directory had two bass listings: Upright Bass and Fender Bass! All electric basses were referred to as Fender bass. There was a great deal of pressure on the bassists to only bring a Fender to a session. If I had a couple of million dollars, I could set up my own manufacturing facility outside of the city, but I can only be in one place at one time so it works just as well to use the subcontractors. Keep the following in mind: We purchase all of our wood directly. We hand build all of the "prototypes" that get sent to the subcontractor. We own all of the fixturing and programming. We continuously monitor the quality of our parts to be sure they are worthy of the Sadowsky name. The bodies come into our shop unsanded. We do all of the edge contouring, finish sanding and hand fit every neck pocket to get a perfect fit to our necks. Many of our bodies get additional routing and shaping done in our shop. The necks come in unsanded. We true each fingerboard one at a time, fret the necks, dress the frets, finish sand the necks, and spray the necks. On custom orders, we hand shape the neck too. Our assembly process is impeccable with regard to the quality of our components and workmanship. So I hope you can see that we definetly are a "hands-on" shop. I could not have achieved the reputation I have if I were simply buying a neck and body and "screwing them together". I think anyone who has had the opportunity to play a Sadowsky can appreciate the quality of the instrument. That doesn't mean they are for everyone---instrument choice is very subjective. What is nice is that all of us....Sadowsky, Lakland, Mike Tobias, Spector, Fodera, etc....all have lots of players that think we make the best instrument in the world! It's kind of perfect that way---don't you think? You don't have to disparage the other builders just because you prefer someone else's instruments. Lastly, many people speculate on this forum about issues related to Sadowsky without ever bothering to email me directly with their question. I am here and I am happy to answer all of your emails individually. Hope this clears things up for some of you. Sincerely, Roger[/i]

[quote name='yamahabass' post='132555' date='Feb 2 2008, 01:48 PM']I wouldnt get either basses, they are just 'parts' basses, sadowsky just screws the body and the neck plus hardware together. the parts come completely made and finished from places like Warmoth and Guitar Parts, so its a question of screwing a neck onto a body plus some fret work. Many will argue that he sets it up like a magician but you're paying 1000 dollars for the parts and 2000 dollars for the setup. Id rather pay 3000 dollars to Celinder or Sei to build me something by hand. Just my Opinion by the way.[/quote] You shouldn't believe everything you read on the internet.

Perfect, thank you Will

I've been really super happy with my Etymotic ER-3i's

Don't forget Mark at Bass Direct - not really a "shop" but always happy to show you his stuff with a small amount of notice.

Sold! .... or not

40 watts. From memory the bit is about 6mm and the whole thing is about 20cm in length. It's a Weller one and it cost a tenner from ebay

I failed to pay attention when ordering a new soldering iron from ebay and ended up with one more like a welding torch than a soldering iron. The bit is about the size of a medium philips head screwdriver! Free to whoever wants it. Otherwise it's going to the tip. Joe.