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1 minute ago, Frank Blank said:

I'm such an ar53, I clicked on this thinking I was going to find fretless basses constructed of metal....

Hahahaha, that would be amazing, i think they would sound very metal, and metallic  

10 minutes ago, Graham said:

Obscura are touring over here next month and have First Fragment supporting.

The bassist in First Fragment is Forest who played on the first Beyond Creation album and is also in Augury, so lots of fretless action there.

London is the nearest for me, may have to wait and see how the kids are being closer to the date

WIsh i could go see them but have tickets to Behemoth the same night in London...:( next time though

It's a weird one, one of those legend custom 5 bubinga top with emghz and a 2 band preamp with 2 volumes which is very frustrating, need to get home and see, but i think it's got the b-30 or the tonepump junior in there  

Thank you so much, I'm very interested, will have a look tonight, and will drop you a PM as soon as i can confirm what mine has loaded, even though i am pretty sure it's a modified EMG B-30 and i'm just not completely happy with the sound it produces.

Hi, interested in one of these for my Korean Spector, can you confirm what pot config you have on that preamp? Is it volume volume bass treble or volume pan bass treble?

Hi, interested in one of these for my Korean Spector, can you confirm what pot config you have on that preamp? Is it volume volume bass treble or volume pan bass treble?

19 hours ago, Beer of the Bass said:

D'Addario Chromes and TI Jazz Flatwounds both have an untapered B. 

Thank you for that, I've been looking at the D'addario's, just never had a good experience with them before, will give them another try, and will look into the the TI's as well.

Cheers

I've got a Legend Custom 5 Bubinga neck through with upgraded hardware, got it in a deal on fleabay, and i love the neck on it, so much so that i am seriously considering trading my Warwick Streamer Stage 1 5 string broadneck for a Euro 5 (hint hint hint to anybody who has one). The shape of the body is amazing, would love a Rex Brown 5 but if and when one pops up i will probably still be in debt and not afford to get it  

The Legend has a great tone and feel, but it weighs a ton, will post a pic with the Spector and the significantly more expensive copy later on today

Thanks guys!

Asked a friend of mine who uses La Bellas and apparently they are tapered, i might just need to ask Mark from Bass direct and see what they have in stock, as i don't want to buy sets of strings, open them and then wallow in disappointment :))) and try and sell them for less. Normally i would just buy and try but money is extremely tight now and i am just looking for a sure thing. 

No experience with non tapered flat B strings?

Hello all, i have been  looking online like crazy, for the past ciuple of years on my fretless i've been using rotosound flatwounds, and the B is tapered at the ball end, my bass is a 5 string warwick streamer, so my action is all weird, and so is intonation and feel, i also play half a step down so A# and so; so i am looking for a set of decent flats for a 35 inch scale, with a 2 piece bridge, so no taper on the ball end, and ideally no taper on the nut side either. From your experience, can you guys recommend one or 2 sets of flats that i can try?

I always found that DiGiorgio, whilst a pivotal sound in Death's development to a Progressive Death metal band, i always found that it was a bit farty sounding, especially on Human  not really drowned, just the frequencies not the right level, but it got better sounding

There's quite a few fretless players nowadays, especially in metal and in the new tech death genre, similar to Obscura's stuff with Jeroen, i would recommend Beyond Creation and Augury, basically any project that Dominic Lapointe was in, he has a very characteristic tone. Quo Vadis from Canada put out an album in 2004 called Defiant Imagination, the legend says that DiGiorgio recorded bass on the album, but Lapointe played it live and on their DVD Defiant Indoctrination.

There's another younger player who took Lapointe's place in Beyond Creation Hugo Dodon, who is also a fretless aficionado, and he plays a fretless Kiesel with fret markers(not a big fan of markers, i love me an unmarked slab of wood)

And another bassist i know of and follow that just slays on fretless is Joe Lester from Intronaut, the guys is good.

in more recent tech death bands there's a tendency to use more fretless, usually 5-6 strings, it is more melodic, less to no clank(not like Webster from Corpse), and i think that's the appeal. i could talk about this for hours, most of the bands i listen to now have implemented at least a little fretless in their sound in recent years.

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Marcin bought my EBS combo, very good communication, had a brief chat about equipment and our bands  all in all great experience and would deal with him again. A++++ buyer  

£100 to pick up c'mon people this is a good quality practice amp for next to nothing. I'll throw in the kettle lead and a cup'a tea :))

Great communication throughout the whole process, i went and delivered the bass(as i didn't trust posting it) and he was nice enough to pick me up and drop me at the station. Everything went smoothly. Thoroughly recommend. 

This is on hold pending the usual

Thanks dude, drop me a pm with your location and i can check for you

Mark bought a pedal from me, he was great to deal with, excellent communication and very prompt with payment, would definitely recommend. A++++++

wish i could say i am keeping it, but no, still up for sale...c'mon hit me up with offers, is there really no love for Ibanez Basses?

Loads more pictures added here

https://photos.app.goo.gl/lMKMZjbFQP6aNAQL2

No problem, i will give it a bump here and there, but if no offers appear then it's all yours

All the best

ODB 3 sold as well

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Ian bought a pedal from me, he was great to deal with, very prompt with payment and communications. Thoroughly recommend A+++++++++++

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