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[quote name='lokki' timestamp='1447417109' post='2907495'] this is simply not true!!! i'm the one that started the thread over at talkbass and have the prototype. i had long discussions with the original developer of the deep impact. there was always distortion in the deep impact as well as unibass features. they just sit well in the mix with the synth tones. you don't necessarily hear them, but they have a huge impact (pun intended) on tracking and feeling. [/quote] I'll have to give you the benefit of the doubt on that given I'm not a techie. From my perspective as a user and based on the information in the public domain, the Deep Impact was never marketed as having a distortion circuit and distortion was never listed as one of the user defined parameters. (Unlike the Unibass which is all about distortion.)

Noll circuits are very clean and hi fidelity. Klaus knows his stuff also. I like how the East circuits handle the high end - clean but not too brittle.

SIMS aren't cheap either but you get what you pay for. I've wondered whether it would be worth taking a bass to a custom car finisher or coachworks. Jon Shuker says they use lacquers for metal that can be prone to cracking if the wood expands and contracts with humidity. But if someone could find the right clear coat it might be worth looking into.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1447332830' post='2906758'] What's going on with the interviewer's hair though? [/quote] Nature Calls!

Think the next purchase should be a bass that smells like naan.

OK looks like the page isn't a group - please join this instead https://www.facebook.com/groups/1718508318371102/

As those of us searching for a Deep Impact replacement have learned over the years, the thing that makes the pedal so special is the experience of using it. The simplicity of use, the warmth and quality of its presets and the quality of its tracking allows distraction free playing. Conversely, the Octavius Squeezer also showed us that complicated does not mean a better user experience. "[i]While the distortion of the Deep Impact runs at 32 kHz sampling rate, it is 128 kHz on the FI I., giving much cleaner distortion, free of any digital artifacts."[/i] Phrases like this don't inspire confidence either - the Deep Impact was never equipped with a distortion circuit (thank goodness). So my jury is out until I've actually had a chance to test one. However, I'm hopeful...! Would love for them to include a tap tempo controlled arpeggiator.

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1447105828' post='2905002'] You couldnt leave something that top heavy unsecured on a building site or in a factory, so why in a pub? You need to be able to prove you took reasonable steps. Drunk customers is no excuse, we are talking about pubs here, it goes with the territory. [/quote] Ellas fencing is the standard for construction sites. Only way to be sure...

I'm an ex-Jaydee MK S2 owner and I still hanker after a five string sometimes. I sold mine because it wasn't warm or versatile enough to be used as a single bass. The neck pickup lacked the midrange focus of a P bass and with both pickups on it got lost in the mix on stage. The back pickup is superb but I couldn't realistically use it in a covers band all the time. However, the Supernaturals are fine instruments, make no mistake and they provided my reference point for future instruments (especially the ergonomics - I'm way more comfortable on wide bodied basses and this is why I still hanker after one.)

...will be ready soon but Ric is waiting for support from another developer and...in line with the last 8 or so developers we've approached...this one is also unreliable. In the meantime, add the Facebook page if you are a FB user and once everyone who is interested has joined, I'll turn it into a closed group and we can have a chat about what Guitarchat should become. [url="https://www.facebook.com/Guitarchat-846403155371480/"]https://www.facebook...46403155371480/[/url]

I think you'll be OK so long as you're reducing the string spacing rather than increasing it. I prefer 15-16mm at the bridge but can play up to 17.5mm. I'm surprised that you found so many basses with such narrow string spacing!

Look for a bass with a [url="http://guitar-parts.biz/hp135111/Bassbridge-3D-5.htm?ITServ=C2d6a8bf3X150d73b891eXY2b13"]Schaller bridge[/url], the string spacing can be adjusted. Or fit a Schaller bridge to a bass you like...

After gigging, I went from a rack based system with a Lexicon MPXG2 to a Zoom B3 as I wasn't using more than three effects at once. I see you are though. MPXG2's are dirt cheap right now!

Should have booked tickets, I work over the road.

It's the future, I've tasted it.

Every graphite neck manufacturer has had issues with consistency. The good news is that things are a lot better now than they were 30 years ago. Its taken 20 years for those responsible for pushing boundaries to learn how to do it properly...apart from Moses jazz necks.

[quote name='ikay' timestamp='1445700912' post='2893575'] It's the vagiaries of natural materials combined with craftsmanship and a dash of serendipity that give instruments individuality and character. Graphite is just good engineering, every one identical, consistency rather than character. Any one can do that [/quote] Consistency depends on the quality of construction. I've had necks on Modulus basses that have been both too hard AND lacking in stiffness. Graphite has its own character.

[quote name='zawinul' timestamp='1445696296' post='2893522'] I was about to try and get a fender jazz with moses neck, are they really crap, what are the issues with them? [/quote] Completely lacking in rigidity.

Try one and find all the claims about how great graphite necks are blown out the water. Their steinberger necks are very good however. So its not the brand, its moer the design of the jazz necks.

[quote name='chrisanthony1211' timestamp='1445621631' post='2892935'] but not only do graphite necks stay in tune regardless of temperature changes [/quote] You need to try a Moses jazz bass neck then.