6stringbassist

I can do, and use my thumb as well, but it takes practice to get it smooth and flowing.

The Epifani Quest 2 is a good one, Alembic do a nice one, as do Demeter. It depends on what sort of sound you're after. My Summit audio is really nice, but doesn't have an effects loop or any of the other stuff that you're after, but sound wise it's about the best you can get, for me anyway, at least for less than a grand, mine cost £350.

You know, I still find it amazing that he can build such quality instruments in such a small workshop.

Here's a couple of slightly better photos as requested.

My favourite is definitely 'If this bass could only talk', it seems to be the most consistent album, some of his albums are a bit of a mixed bag, some funk, a bit of jazz played on upright, a solo upright song, even some poetry on one of his albums, so you might only like a couple of tracks, obviously depending on your musical tastes. I'd 'If this bass' is one of my top 10 bass albums.

Thanks for all of your comments. I'd like to see the photos you have Mike, I've got a couple from before the finish was applied. I've spent loads of time in Holland over the last 5 months, so I wasn't around enough to get down to see the various stages of construction. She's so comfortable to play, I guess I was playing for about 8 hours yesterday with no discomfort at all. The balance couldn't be bettered, it's perfect. Two things I was concerned about before I collected it, are the 18mm string spacing and 34" scale length, the Modulus is a 35" and has 17mm string spacing, I'd ordered the Sei before I started playing the Modulus, and the Modulus has been my main companion for the last 8 months or more. I needn't have worried though because I honestly don't notice it. I can go from one bass to the other without thinking. She was going to have Q-tuner pickups fitted, but they didn't arrive in time, so they're going onto the Modulus, the Bartolinis sound perfect though, just as Martin Predicted they would. I play in quite a varied assortment of musical projects, from an ambient rock band, a jazz quartet, a duo with another jazz guitarist who uses looping, to a junction band playing most things from jazz to present day pop, I wouldn't hesitate to use the Sei in any of them, I think though that the Modulus has the edge in the rock band, mainly due to the visual aspect of the design, she has a vast palate of tonal colours. I keep saying 'she', which is something I picked up from Alex, but it seems right somehow, can you have male and female musical instruments ?. Here are a few more photos, they still don't do justice to Martins work, the flame maple neck is almost 3D, if it does stop raining some time in the near future I'll take some better photos outside.

There's even a drummer live bit. Why nothing for bass players, perhaps BGM could organize something for next year. I went two years ago and thought it a total waste of time, except for Laurence Cottle and Jeff Berlin, but if EBS/GB aren't there this year, then it really would be an even bigger waste of time.

I'd like to see yours, I bet the flamed ash looks nice, is there a photo of it on the Sei website ?.

[quote name='NJE' post='180345' date='Apr 19 2008, 10:10 AM']Hello all, Thanks ever so much for the suggestions, got lots of googling to get on with this morning to check out whats been suggested. Dood, thanks for sorting out the other post, had a bit of a no brainer posting in the wrong place. I have read something about the QSC amps before and they look pretty tasty, and the digital Crown sounds cool too. BIG surprise was the powered Bergantino cabs.....never knew they existed BRILLIANT!!! Thanks very much so far guys, lots to think about.[/quote] The Berg cabs sound brilliant, and work really well with the Epifani pre. [url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Bergantino,_Active_bass_speakers.html"]http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_sp...s_speakers.html[/url] Speak to Mark at bass direct.

I use mine with my Bergantino IP112 powered speaker cab. But if it's just a poweramp that you're after, try the Crown audio XTi amps, they're digital so they have no noisy fans to drive you mad, theyr'e plenty powerful and a great price. [url="http://www.crownaudio.com/amp_htm/xti.htm"]http://www.crownaudio.com/amp_htm/xti.htm[/url]

[quote name='lozbass' post='179777' date='Apr 18 2008, 02:27 PM']Thanks Kevin - absolutely stunning! Knowing Martin's work, I'd imagine it plays and sounds as good as it looks. I didn't make it to the Gallery last week so missed out on an intimate introduction - I'm looking forward to more photographs when you get a chance. What's the facing timber on this (and is it the same facing on the reverse)? Cheers, Lawrence[/quote] Hi Lawrence It's buckeye burl front and back over a walnut core, it's quite heavy but has an amazing acoustic sound, probably the loudest I've come across. Bartolini P4 pickups and an East preamp, blue side LED's.

[quote name='steve-soar' post='179414' date='Apr 18 2008, 12:36 AM']Hi Kev can you somehoe make your pics bigger? Steve. Too many strings? how so?[/quote] I was just getting in first, I know someone will make that comment. No, to me it's perfect. I'll take some better photos outside over the weekend.

[quote name='budget bassist' post='179295' date='Apr 17 2008, 09:33 PM']It's been removed now anyway, my guess is someone reported it and ebay didn't like the "i have to right to blah blah blah i'm a twat" bit. To be fair neither do i. They blatantly haven't read ebay's rules, they really don't have right to end early at all.[/quote] It's still their item surely, if they decide to sell to it outside of ebay then that's their choice. I've sold loads of items outside of ebay, they've been advertised here as well and sold through here, at the end of the day any advertised item is still mine until the buyer pays for it.