fretmeister

Well in that case...

Nice!

Have you picked the colour / active or passive etc?

I weighed mine on kitchen scales.

My Lionel SL is 2.6kg / 5.7 lb

Ha!

Update video…

it’s even worse

Seems there is instrument theft as well!!

Congratulations!!!

Mine are perfect.

Problems are usually with the string stretching or getting caught in the nut or shifting in the saddles.

2 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

 

He can play other people's music, how do you think covers bands exist? He just can't pass it off as his own.

Not quite what I meant - I meant about continuing the fraud in general. I should have been clearer. 

The tour / ticket sales etc are all based on a lie. Anyone who already has a ticket can demand a refund, the promoters are probably going to sue him, the venues might too. The USA allows for punitive damages as well as compensatory ones so that might mean monies on top of refunds and direct costs to the venues.

As most of the people buying the tickets before the exposure would have thought it was his own work he might have to introduce every single tune giving credit to the right person to get away with it. Or redo all the advertising to be "Giacomo plays the music of..."

Unless he takes positive steps at least equal to the original advertising then he would probably be deemed to still be passing off.

@Linus27

I forgot about this video - 26 different preamps all used in various styles - reamping to hear each with each player.

Hopefully that will be of some use to you.

the guitar magazines are running the story now as well

https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/giacomo-turra-accusations

Yesterday his signature model was heavily reduced on Andertons - now it's gone completely.

If he goes ahead with his US tour using other people's music then he's going to get sued to oblivion.

There aren’t any. You’ll have to drill a mounting hole.

I wish the compressor could be used with the other 2 preamp tones.

Then that would be ace.

Giacomo Turdo.

On hold

14 minutes ago, MichaelDean said:

Laney have removed their content of his as well. On Friday they released a custom colour for the Lionheart Fountry with Giacomo all over the marketing. All pulled. Yikes.

He's got a D'Angelico model guitar that has disappeared from their site, although he still shows as one of their artists.

1 hour ago, Beedster said:

 

I think there's a whole lot more trickery, ranging from clever use of audio/video tech to outright AI-driven deception, in this space than perhaps is obvious as first site. The old 'modern singers can't sing' idea (beneficiaries or victims of pitch correction, you decide....), I get the impression it's increasingly the case with musicians also  

Midi Vanilli?

He’s deleted comments that link to Danny’s video.

What a tool.

Andertons had a big video yesterday with the bloke in question.

It’s been taken down now.

He’s got signature gear and a US tour! 

Even taking composer credit on Spotify!

Alas I have no soldering skills.

On 30/03/2025 at 20:28, uncle psychosis said:

I've still to find a bass overdrive I like as much as the zvex basstortion.

 

It's really rather good.

Is there a clone that isn’t in a silly sideways enclosure?

Doh!

Is yours a California 1?

I think your numbering is correct. 4 is the only one with the right angle to put pressure on the sideways movement of the saddle and 5 seems to be aiming at the side of the bridge block to allow / prevent movement by the entire saddle unit.

5 isn't just intonation - it should be loosened off when doing height adjustments as well.

Here you go:

https://www.sandberg-guitars.de/wp-content/uploads/Hangtag-Sandberg-Bass.pdf

Page 2 has all the bridge stuff on it.

18 hours ago, prowla said:

OK, but apart from that…

Guitar forum. 

It's hilarious over there at the minute. They have the strictest "No politics" rule ever, and are trying to have discussions about what tariffs will do to them.

It's a place where people have been suspended for a week simply for asking IF they can make a thread on a particular subject!