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Delberthot

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    That's a relief. I hadn't noticed the picture of the back of the body so that's saved me some cash.
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    I always use UPS to ship basses through Interparcel I also had one of these and was unlucky enough for it to develop a faulty preamp so I changed it all over to EMGs with the 3 band EQ that barely all fit inside the cavity. 2 9v batteries could be made to fit in the battery compartment by fitting them sideways
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    I owned, one afer the other, an SR5 and a Sterling. Both had a ceramic pickup, both had the same EQ and they weren't even close in terms of sound. Yes they both sounded like aggressive ceramic pickup Musicman basses but the SR5 was definitely the gnarlier of the two with the Sterling being a bit more polite
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    Jazz

    Delberthot replied to jezzaboy's topic in Gear Gallery

    I'd been using my heavily modified Harley Benton 75JB for a couple of years and decided to have something special made around the hardware which is/was: US Hipshot Ultralite Tuners & Xtender on the E Fender high mass bridge EMG Jazz pickups with 2 band BTS system After watching Guy Pratt's lockdown videos, some of Guy's other basses, my enduring love for the Chilis and so on I decided on a Status Graphite Jazz neck and Warmoth body. The body is a chambered alder Dinky Jazz bass body with mahogany top, rear routed with double battery box and finished in satin Taos Turquoise. It's turned out even better than I could have hoped for. It's always a gamble putting something together without being able to see all of the components together until it's all been made and assembled but here it is:
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    I've gone a bit overkill with my sound. I have Radial DI going straight to the desk so that the sound can be adjusted accordingly for the out front sound. Despite the sound out front being great I wasn't happy with what I was hearing through my IEMs from the desk aux send so I decided to run my Radial Bassbone from the through connection of the DI then take a DI lead into one of the inputs of my Behringer P1. (That's the one on the right with the Radial sticker on it) I'm running the P1 in dual mono so I have whatever sound I want coming in one side and the feed from the desk with everyone else that I want to hear coming in through the other one.
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    If you have both pickup volumes up full then you don't get the single coil hum. I actually prefer the sound of both volumes on full or pickup balance in the middle and increase the mid-range on my preamp to compensate for the slight loss when you run the volumes like this. I use Tone Riders on my spare Jazz bass but EMGs on my main bass. They don't have to sound trebly and brittle, just listen to Guy Pratt playing Betsy on either his lockdown licks or some of his other work. I have a balsy, slightly aggressive tone with a set of standard EMGs and a 2-band BTS system. I actually run things pretty flat and use my Radial Bassbone to shape my sound
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    I know that Rob and Dawn have been doing this for a long time - I wonder if the new ideas are selling up & retiring and they're mulling over their options?
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    As far as I am aware they're just normal cables with special ends on them to help those who either can't solder or don't want to. I fall into both camps, I can do it if I need to but I don't really like to. My bass has a battery box so I had to solder the wires from it to the quick connect cables to power it. In fact the kit usually comes with heatshrink tubing so that you can solder wires together You'll be fine if you're happy to solder
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    I go through phases between rounds and flats just for the hell of it and just because I can Currently favouring rounds since we started using IEMs but that's not to say I might change them in a couple of months to flats. I have about 4 or 5 sets of flats all carefully wrapped until the next time I fancy using them. I have a few sets of D'addario Chromes, 1 set of Rotosounds and a miscellaneous set that I think may be LaBellas And yes they are very shiny
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    The bulk of the music I listen to is predominantly rock, funk and disco but two of my favourite albums are Ten Summoners Tales and Mercury Falling. Yes he's full of himself and has behaved like a total walloper over the years but I think most successful musicians and songwriters have and can be. Fame and notoriety can give you an audience that you wouldn't have had were you not famous. Regardless of whether it's profound life changing stuff or complete sloblock.
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    If you can take the grill off and pull the speaker out to check - if it's a 300w speaker instead of the factory fitted 200w one then it possibly used to belong to me. If it is then it will still be a Celestion but I can't remember the model
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    The Behringer CS400 Compressor Sustainer when used on a passive bass can bring your entire sound to life
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    The only thing that I would say that I am loyal to is D'addario strings. Basses come and go but they're always strung with D'addarios whether Chromes, EXL Nickels or Pro Steels. I can't see me ever using any other brand now
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    I found the Bassbone that I am selling to be incredibly clean with a good range of tones. If I wasn't changing my setup to IEMs and just using my EMG Jazz bass with 3 band EQ straight into a DI box then I wouldn't be selling it.
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    I did loads of research years ago as I'd been playing Chromes for a long time and wanted the softest, smoothest string but in round wound form. D'Addario EXL nickel plated were the ones and are still the ones I use for that very reason. I normally buy the EXL165TP twin pack from Amazon for around £30. I normally get between 7-9 wedding length gigs from them The pro steels are also really smooth for a stainless steel string
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    They were D'addario Prosteels but I think that I had a new 130 B string that I used with a set of EPS165 - I tend to use the same guage of D'addarios
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    I've used a lot of Trace gear over the years - one of the best combinations was an AH150 putting around 90 watts into a V-type 4x12". But those were trace watts, about 1 gigawatt* in new money * figure possibly exaggerated
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    I think that he briefly played with Yes in the early 70s of which they were very proud of, hence the song from the Fragile album "We have Kevin"
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    In November 2018 I bought my QSC K12.2 and started the progress of trying to find the best preamp to go with it. I tried the usual suspects - Behringer BDI21, Sansamp BDDI v2, MXR M80 but none of them gave me what I wanted. I found Radial Bassbone V2 and, although it was about the combined cost of all 3 of the preamps I had tried before, I thought I would give it a try. I wasn't disappointed. The clarity and punch it gave me was incredible. At the time I was using a 2019 US Fender Jazz and preferring the sound of both pickup volumes on full I was losing the mid-range but this pedal gave me everything back and more. Anyway it's a great 2 channel preamp which also features an effects loop, ground lift, boost/mute switch, tuner out, balanced XLR out and can also be set for use with Piezo pickups. Made in Canada and in pristine condition, it comes in it's original box with power supply, instruction manual and unused stickers. It also has 2 big strips of velcro covering the whole of the underside as it's built like a tank so this ensures that it won't come off your pedal board. The only reason that I am selling is that we have moved to IEMs and I fancy trying something different. Given the condition, the fact that I couldn't use it for around 18 months of the 2 1/2 years I've owned it and that these rarely come up I am looking for £180 or best offer. Looking at postage - UPS are quoting £8 for delivery but only covered for £20 insurance, to get it covered for the full value it would be £21. Royal Mail Special Delivery is £12 including up to £500 cover. Collection and meet up are also possible as well. Any questions please fire away The last picture shows the size of this on my pedalboard for reference
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    I've decided to keep these on my pedal board as a reminder of why I shouldn't sell these as I'd only buy more in a couple of months. They're really good pedals and I just haven't given them a chance so they are staying and I will grow to love them dognammit
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    As always whatever gear I have at the time is the right gear for the job
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    The inputs, outputs and power supply are all mounted at the back of the pedal so you can get them really close together on your board.
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    I think that there used to be a field where you had to state your location before you could place your ads but I didn't see it when I did this one but I do have my location underneath my avatar
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