BassTractor

Whilst it sounds marvellous, I do think a substantial part of its appeal is of a psychological nature, it being the beast I never quite could control. With this Behringer thing I can finally deep-dive in the long-coveted synth that had always bugged me. (Used it in the 70s, but never bought one and never got to understand its intricacies.) I suppose most other people too will need to spend time with it to get its panel layout under the skin, as well as the 33 (IIRC) pre-wired connections and the exact meaning of the panel language (lines, symbols, text). It's quite unlike say a Minimoog or a Sledge, or even a Blofeld. Me, I'm enjoying the experience, and don't miss my whiteface Odyssey in the least. 50 years or conditioning also mean I still (after more than a week of ownership) expect there to be a block to the left of VCO1 as per the original, so when I work on "VCO3", its Resonance slider ... er, WtFF? ... Rats, I did it again! 😁

Bestest: TRBX 174 EW (and 2600 and Sledge) Worstest: zilch, as the pic shows the whole year.

Yeah, the website's computer translation from English, literally translated back to English by me so as to share the joy. The "Wristwatch Swap" is the clock switch - denoted "ELEC SWITCH" on the panel.

You got a Behringer too, or something more erudite? I noticed the minijacks on the B are printboard-mounted, as expected, but I reckon that it should be an easy job to re-solder those when the time comes. I read that the Korg version (the M, I presume) has fake nuts, which I feel is more off-putting, though I have no idea about how well-made the Korg really is. BTW, I also rejoice in the fact that, according to the shop's website, that thing yields: - enhanced Attack/Liberation ratio (and personally I hope for a lower number 😉) - Try to Hold module - Letterwrapper Follower - Wristwatch Swap Whodathought? 😂

Just wanted to share in case someone's on the fence about these. IMHO it sounds great, feels great and seems to have been a serious project for that unnameable B company. From first impressions: melurves its lush sound, great depth and quirkiness. Well-recommended! I went for the Blue Marvin variety, with the spring reverb that is often regarded as being of lesser quality than the digital reverb in the standard 2600, and I have to say I don't mind its noise and quirks; its sound brings me back 50 years, and of course I could always add another reverb. Well-chuffed! (borrowed pic to show its monochromatic leds)

Yeah, and with "Nigel Dennis' ", I did mean one of the symposiums or other gatherings in Holyhead. If she was there between 2004 and 2014, I may have met her. Haven't met Martin Rickard AFAIK. Have heard of him, I believe. Anyway, that's strictly off topic. Still, a glorious boat. I mainly paddled NDK and Rockpool. 😁 Back to the girlfriends, I now realise I've been with more musicians than I thought. Bar one singer, they've all owned way more expensive musical instruments themselves, like flutes, oboe, double bass ... a harp even. These people know where it's at.

I had both the sea kayaks (including a fabulous Explorer like your wife's) and the musical instruments, and that's possibly where I went wrong ... However, a previous girlfriend played the flute. Not only was she incredibly supportive (this must go both ways, and it did), but she'd also throw herself over my synths and start creating new sounds. She also picked up the bass as well as the double bass and made those important parts of her life. Luvverly. BTW, Len, is your wife on a Greenland expedition or somesuch in that pic? She somehow looks familiar to me, and I wonder whether I've met her at Nigel Dennis'.

Karn only needed 34. 😉

Attractive music to my ears (despite my tastes normally being elsewhere), and very well executed. Kudos and congrats!

On my Win10 laptop, near the top of the screen there's a Shop one can click directly (no need to respond to the drop-down menu). On my Android 14 phone, the Shop is in a menu in the top right corner (three lines; not Android's three dots). 18 quid these days, I believe.

@Geek99, Items Wanted is for paying members only these days, so that probably explains the grey.

Rats! That's The Squiers - Modified Classics, Vintage Vibe out the window then.

... the science derived from these observations then being that your Orba is just like my Kaossilator. Totally unrelated in other aspects, but during train travels I've had far greater success with my Lights Out game - people nearly not wanting to hand it back. Er ... IOW I don't have problems until I start making sounds. 😄

Have a good think. Would you really want to buy from the type of person who can get bored of "wheee-ooo-waouh-eee-ooh"?

Go for it. AFAICS, they were well-made and less of a risk to buy than the Squier Affinity or even the more expensive Squier Vintage Modified from the same era. Only the Squier Classic Vibe was as secure a buy as the RBX, but the CV was a lot more expensive. I tested all of these against each other between 2011 and 2014, and to me the RBX and the CV came out on top.

I think we're talking about "Croydon's own": Feline Guitars' lefty series called Southpaw: https://felineguitars.com/pages/southpaw-felines-left-handed-guitars Some of those have that logo and those mirrored decals.

"Regret" may not be the right word, coz circumstances, but ... Twentieth of June, 1995 Ray 5-H fretless. That thing, and I've said it before, started singing as soon as you opened its case. Now I'm no bass player, but I'm still a music man and can tell that that was a special instrument. All other sales can't compare, though the 2014 PDN Neptune Blue Ray 4-H comes close due to its stunning looks. Funnily, even though I've loved my Bongos, I actually miss my 2008-2012 Classic Vibes (both Ps and Js) more.

👍 In my experience too, and not only that: my ads listing several scam types that would be efficiently dealt with, gave me the thumbs up from potential serious buyers - this creating a bond of sorts. One particular scammer-of-sorts responded to every gawdemn ad I posted, no matter what I tried to sell, offering swaps: tatty old amps in exchange for lim.ed. EBMMs, for example. Yeah right, and then you manipulate me into sending the bass first, so you can drop sending the leaky-condensatored amp?

Yay! 👍 Yup, that's the version with Núria Rial that I mentioned back then, and this is the exact album I too bought. The other singer on that album, Hana Blažíková, IMHO is great as well. Must say "Che città" to me is the stand-out track here; Cavalli ain't no Bach. Me, I won't invest in the whole opera, but this album is nice.

Doktor Kosmos, irreverent Swedish 1990s indie pop rock with prog sensibilities, on the same North of No South label as that immaculate band called Komeda. "Stoppa valfriheten" may be translated as "Stop Freedom of Choice". At the bottom of the cover is a list of proposed albums to buy - most of them on other labels. 😀 (Quite readable in full screen.)

We might just be on track here, as for example "Che città" from act 2 of that opera has a slack tuned drum in one or more versions of it; it's important to hear the right version, as wildly different ones exist. Here's one that I'd typically recommend, with the L'Arpeggiata ensemble and soloist Vincenzo Capezzuto. I've earlier mentioned a similar version with Núria Rial, also highly recommended, and what these two versions share is a very modern, free, look at authentic performance principles, and my guess is that's where the drum comes in.

Waidaminnet. After a little site search, I think you may be thinking of Francesco Cavalli's opera "L'Ormindo". Could that be the one?

He sees this, but can't for the life of him tell you what that might've been. 😪 BTW, thanks for the recommendation of my recommendations! 😀 Do you mean I recommended one baroque thing with both bc and percussion, or did I recommend one thing with bc and another thing with almost improvised percussion? In the first case, I'm sadly pulling a blank right now. In the latter case, I may have recommended one of Ton Koopman's recordings of the Bach's Christmas Oratorio. In that case I still have no idea about the DB with percussion. It may come to me later. Though: I seem to remember Joel Chadabe wrote some pieces for DB where a computer program responded to the DB with live-generated percussion - to which the DB player then reacted again ... and so on and so forth ... Musically highly improvised despite the software having fixed algorithms.

I'm fuelling up for my roadtrip to Biggar!

... but then again, unless there are cultural differences I'm not aware of (quite possible, and I apologise in that case), that actually is the norm. With the caveat, AFAICS, VAT simply doesn't play a role in the calculations when consumers buy and sell used goods. As a regular consumer, the seller had paid £639 and is willing to take a £79 hit. One can debate whether that's reasonable or not, but at any rate: this being a used item does not entitle you to first subract the VAT the now-seller had paid, before the now-seller then takes the hit. It simply does not work that way. It might work that way in some countries though, as it's more of a cultural thing, not one of logic, maths or rules of taxation. One can easily exchange the above numbers and items with say a 30% or 40% VAT in Countrystan, and/or a lim.ed. item of which everyone "knows" that its value will increase with roughly 10% each year. Put in some numbers and it should become apparent right away.