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  1. fretmeister
    Lovely!
  2. fretmeister
    There's a specific WANTED section in the classifieds that might get you better results than 1 post in a long thread about shorties. Good luck!
  3. fretmeister
    My Pingray bitsa is paulownia too and I often back off the bass control on the EQ otherwise it's overpowering.
  4. fretmeister
    Interesting. My first run SL TT4 is Cedar. My Lionel SL is paulownia. I haven't noticed a lack of bass on either one.
  5. fretmeister
    New pedal coming next week... https://www.instagram.com/p/DQ9pRjeDJci/?img_index=1 If it's a B15 and the Cab Sim is switchable I might have to find some money.
  6. fretmeister
    I don't like crowds so I play jazz.....
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    Yeah - I'm in East Mids so it's a bit of a hike and I'd have to spring for a hotel on the night too. Zero members of my family would be interested in going.
  8. fretmeister
    Ah - I don't have any of their products. I suppose it will give me a day to think about if I want to do London on a work night.
  9. fretmeister
    How does the Artist Presale work?
  10. fretmeister
    Good question. 1: NeuralDSP's Mantra all-in-one vocal plugin. I tried the demo and found it very useful and easy and as someone who often gives up at the vocal stages of writing it got me to finish a few in the 14 day trial period. 2: A good random orbit sander and polisher as I have 2 bodies to do. 3: A set of good Filtertron type guitar pickups. Lollartrons or Oil City or something like that. Nice and twangy and dirty. 4: Some good fretwork tools. Fret rocker, files, that sort of thing. 5: The "never gonna happen" prezzie - I'd love a shed big enough to be a little workshop, with power and lighting and so on. At the moment I use my work desk to work on instruments so I can't leave anything overnight on a weekday as I need the desk to earn money. It's very frustrating. A big shed would be ace. Alternatively my kids could move out and I could use a bedroom!
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    That feature really appeals to me - would massively increase the amount of strings that would fit - particularly flats. The Ibanez Mezzo 4 string (32 scale) had the E string tuner relatively far from the nut so could take a wide variety of strings, but it was a small post so long scale flats would still break. Had to get specific medium scale ones. The 5 string mezzo was actually worse for string availability. I used Dunlop medium scale flats on that exclusively. Really lovely strings - but at about £90 they'd have to be! Reverse headstock is a very easy solution to the problem. If I ever ordered a second Lionel I'd spec a reverse headstock for that reason.
  12. fretmeister
    Every fender ever built is a bitsa.
  13. fretmeister
    I've had a few breaks. I quit my last band about 14 months ago as it was becoming very stale - I couldn't influence it was organised by the local educational music trust. The new arrangements were dull and kind of were a reflection on the band leader rather than what everyone actually wanted to play. It started to kill my desire to play at all so I knew I had to go. I didn't play at all for at least 3 months, didn't even get a bass out of a gigbag. Then I started noodling a bit and playing along to CDs but that wasn't really doing it for me either. But now I find myself writing original stuff again and that is definitely flexing a different set of mental muscles. I play bass, guitar, a bit of sax and I can sing (although painfully out of practice) so I'm doing that. I have no desire to gig at the moment, but I'm enjoying the creative process. My favourite band format is the power trio, or maybe the usual guitar,bass,drums with a singer who can occasionally join in with another instrument so I'm writing with that approach. I like the space and the easy dynamic changes that come from having fewer instruments. A change has definitely been as good as a rest for me.
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    Such a brilliant bit of kit. I've had mine since they were launched and I've never regretted getting it. It's the heart of my home studio. I know some people are holding out for the L6 Stadium - but so far they have no plans for a rack unit of it because they are unconvinced that a rack would sell as many this time round. The L6 main guy has said so repeatedly - and if it ever comes it will probably be £2000 + foot controller. So this is a real bargain.
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    I love my MB head and Energy 210 but I’m thinking of moving to that combo just so it’s a 1 thing carry. I’m not gigging at the mo and I doubt I will for a while so something more convenient for the odd jam appeals to me.
  16. fretmeister
    Bump and a price drop to £100 That's over £100 less than Bass Direct! Treat yourselves - you deserve it, because you are bassists, and thus wonderful!
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    Mr Wailer bought my Mark Bass Vintage Preamp. Very quick payment and let me know the minute it arrived safely - that's always welcome with the too-often terrible service we get from couriers and so on these days. Hope you enjoy it!
  18. fretmeister
    I have never regretted buying one. My biggest problem with it is that I like flats and rounds on it and I can't afford to get another one so I don't have to keep changing strings!
  19. fretmeister
    Yes - either a Sandberg Lionel PJ or a Jim Deacon P. I play them a lot more than my long scale basses at the moment.
  20. fretmeister
    Balls. Prices back up. Wish I'd spotted this earlier.
  21. fretmeister
    Back on sale. Price drop to only £160 including UK delivery. Not looking for trades as I've seen something shiny I want, but don't be afraid of making an offer, I won't be offended.
  22. fretmeister
    I had a P bass from that series and it was a very nice instrument. The bodies are a little thinner than on a full USA one, but that means a slightly lower weight and I really like that. The necks on the Precision version were also a little thinner front to back. I only sold mine because at the time I was almost always playing a J type so it was gathering dust. The only think I'd upgrade on them would be the tuning heads - they are the same as a MIM and although serviceable, improvements are available. I put Hipshot Ultralites on mine and got the weight down further in the process.
  23. fretmeister
    Just checking - is your bass active and have you swapped the battery? What else is in your signal chain?
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  25. fretmeister
    Bump. I have found the box!
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