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fretmeister

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  1. [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1346080252' post='1784974']
    That clip, to me, is an A-Z of fretless clichés to be avoided at all costs. Not Pino himself really, but the whole host of imitators it spawned that couldn't play anything without loads of wildly exaggerated vibrato or bloody sliding harmonics.

    I've seriously fallen out of love with the whole fretless thing - it really makes me cringe.
    [/quote]

    It wasn't cliche when that track was released, it was new and fresh.

    But now, like any perishable item, it's more than a bit smelly.

  2. [quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1346004296' post='1784019']
    Fantastic choice. The Shuttle amps are brilliant but the new .2 models really do push technology to an almost perfect state between weight, tone, price, versatility.

    If it is anything like my Shuttlemax 9.2 you have many tones at your disposal. I read that the new filter on/off buttons are much less extreme and really well zoned in on the frequencies we bassists need access to quickly.
    [/quote]


    Although I took the Streamline with me, it is not my main bass. My 1993 (I think) massively modified Energy is. So I got the Shuttle 9.2 home, plugged in the energy... activated the mid-cut switch only (all other EQ flat) and there it was... the sound in my head.

    Absolutely bloody marvellous. I usually have a mental FX board, but this is the first time I haven't even had a compressor on. Just the bass, a cable and the amp.

  3. The shop is only about an hour away and I had never been.

    So after a quick call to make sure they had the bits in stock I wanted to try, off I went with my Streamline and my wallet.

    I tried plenty of amp and cab combinations (Genz / Vanderklay / Berg etc). I took the Streamline because out of all my basses it is the most difficult to get sounding just right - it is very picky about amps. I tried the Shuttle series amps and a streamliner 600.

    I left with a Genz Shuttle 9.2 and a plan to obtain a couple of Berg 1x12 cabs. I quite liked the Vanderklays but with the Shuttle and an all graphite Status I found them to be bit too mid pushed and a little brittle. Sounded fab with a Dingwall that another chap was trying though.

    The Berg cabs are not neo so a bit heavier than the MB cabs I have, but I need them!!!! :D So there will be plenty of kit getting listed in the next few days.

    I don't think I've ever been as impressed with a shop as this. Excellent customer service, no probs about a pretty extensive A/B session with all the different options and I even got a go on the new 3 Leaf Audio envelope filter that is replacing the GR2.

    Anyway, I bought a Shuttle 9.2 a couple of speakon cables and a Soundblox Bass drive wotsit. Now all plugged in at home and sounding great.

    The only downside... if I keep going back I'm going to get divorced!!

  4. [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1345816110' post='1781941']
    Personally I don't want to read about basses that I find hanging on the wall in my local music shops. I can go and try them out any time I feel like and make up my own mind about them. What I want is reviews of instruments that are less easy to get hold of to see if it's worth making the effort to find one to try for myself.
    [/quote]

    Mee too.

    I don't buy the mag to remind me of my mundane life, I buy it to be thrilled that something like a Fodera or a Ritter even exists.

  5. [quote name='deefer_dog' timestamp='1342788156' post='1740940']
    [u][b]I posted maple for body, it's actually ash.[/b][/u]

    They are the same as an SX SJB 75 B. Just rebranded..... Seriously tempted for 120 yo-yo's.
    [/quote]


    Good job too. All maple bodies are monster heavy

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