Stellartone Tonestylers new UK distributer?

[Ray]

Hi guys,

I was looking a while ago at getting one of these for my Jazz bass but it seemed the only place to buy them was the USA, and they were out of stock at the time so I gave up. I recently looked again and it looks like they now have an official UK stockist.

Has anyone bought anything from this site? http://www.tonestyler.co.uk

Cheers!

[gary mac]

Interesting looking product.

[D.I. Joe]

Not yet!

[Nodd]

Has anyone tried these yet?
I'm just about to acquire a P-bass special as a test bench and think one of these might be worth a bash.

[Happy Jack]

Yup - I had one of these years back and was actually pretty impressed.

Essentially you have (I think) 16 different capacitors, each one of which results in a fairly distinct change of tone. I seem to recall you could get a smooth-turning control or one with [i]detentes [/i]to give a click at each change.

The conclusion I came to was that the system works, but is of limited value in a live setting.

I was a bedroom noodler at the time and it was fun to be able to click around until I found the "right" tone for each song I wanted to play along with.

Once I started gigging regularly I quickly realised that it was just a distraction and could actually do harm to my sound in the band mix.

If I spent a lot of time in recording studios I think I'd get another.

Edited June 16, 2014 by Happy Jack

[deepbass5]

I bought one direct from the states it cost a lot with import duties, and carriage. I'm Glad to hear you can now buy them here. I installed it in a passive Schack bass, now sold (my big regret). I would buy another in fact if I ever have a passive bass again it would have one, probably do away with the volume knob and just have this. I would disagree with Happy jack, for me I found this very useful in a live band situation there is a real difference in each capacitor per notch. You may have to move 4 clicks to notice a change playing live but the 16 positions do give you a different sweet spot to balance against your amp or cab sound so not suggesting 4 notches would do. you may find position 2, 4, 6, 10 and 16 work one night but the next gig its 1, 3, 7,8 and 11 are the dogs
In my opinion worth the money a great product.

[Smythe]

I have a Bass 10 pot in my Precision and Bass Duo 6 in my Jazz. In a nutshell...... They're a brilliant. The best mod for a passive bass you could wish for. Totally opens up the natural tone of your pickups and all settings are usable. Couldnt recommend them enough . The UK distributors are great vendors too. Smooth transaction, rapid delivery and personal follow ups via email regarding postal service and installation.

Edited May 27, 2014 by Smythe

[Nodd]

I've posted in Basses about a version of this I found on ebay

http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1439.l2649

much cheaper, less options but each is more defined.
(I'm not linked to the product BTW)

[Adee]

[quote name='Nodd' timestamp='1401954719' post='2468559']
I've posted in Basses about a version of this I found on ebay

[url="http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1439.l2649"]http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1439.l2649[/url]

much cheaper, less options but each is more defined.
(I'm not linked to the product BTW)
[/quote] the link wont work

[Nodd]

Sorry,
I got it by searching Ebay for 'varitone for bass'

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6-position-VARITONE-switch-for-guitar-and-bass-/251540881112?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item3a91013ed8

the vendor of the one `I got was - cdou4748