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  1. molan
    I’m amazed this hasn’t gone yet!
  2. molan
    I always wanted one of these when they first came out. Eventually bought a Kubicki instead but I think the core of the tone circuit is the same.
  3. molan
    I don’t understand this attitude at all. This is an open forum where people come for advice and information of possible new gear purchases. The OP is clearly in love with his gear. I’m sure no one has any issues with that. However, this is a brand with more complaints about build quality, fit and finish than any other I’ve ever come across. This is a simple statement of fact, it’s not an ‘opinion’ just something that is well-documented both on this forum and others. Whenever anyone reports these simple facts it seems owners of the brand’s products feel the need to somehow defend them as if it’s not important that things peel away, parts chip and break and bits drop off as if it’s a personal attack on their brand choice.
  4. molan
    It’s not my cab - just one of the many I see up for sale with build faults. This particular one appeared a couple of days ago. I’ve never seen this from any other brand. It’s not exactly like this is ‘new’ technology but there’s only one brand out there that have yet to master how to glue a basic protective covering to a speaker cab. Even home-made ones are better than this. . .
  5. molan
    I'll just leave this here - only 2 years old. Manufacturer support - 'I'll send you some glue'. . .
  6. molan
    Persian end-blown flute for me. It has been played continuously for 4,500–5,000 years, making it one of the oldest musical instruments still in use so why go for anything else?
  7. molan
    Damn, this is very tempting indeed!
  8. molan
    I think this is my personal favourite of all the Foderas I’ve ever played!
  9. molan
    Fabulous! I saw Lee Sklar playing one of these with Judith Owen - very possibly my favourite ever live bass tone!
  10. molan
    I keep coming back to look at this - if it was a 4 I’d have bought it immediately! My only worry with a 5 is that it might suck me back into preferring 5s again and I have a LOT of 4’s kicking around 🤦‍♂️
  11. molan
    Just seen one of these. New product launched last week and promoted on FaceBook by manufacturer. First question asked - "how much is it in UK I'd really like to know". Time delay for message to filter through to manufacturer and response of £769 takes 30 minutes. Simple Google search reveals it's already discounted to £749 and that 7-8 retailers are taking orders at £769. Time taken to discover this was less that it took the guy to type out his initial question. I'm now watching to see if he asks where it's available. . .
  12. molan
    Try manning the phones on a Saturday in a retail shop - the questions you get are often hilarious and you have to try desperately hard not to laugh. To be fair - the opening line of ‘I’ve been on Basschat and. . .’ would often lead to some of worst informed questions of the lot. Usually people who had ‘researched’ things in great detail but hadn’t really played much (or at all) and clearly didn’t know what they were talking about. This was often especially true when it came to gigging gear. People would say a certain feature on an amp or cab was an absolute necessity and if you asked, politely, why, they would come up with some nonsensical or crazily technical reasons that made no sense out in the real world of a gigging musician. I will always remember one guy insisting that the minimum requirement for a pub gig was an 8x10 cab and he wanted to know why we didn’t stock such an ‘everyday’ item. Strangely he didn’t have a gig at the time. . . You just had to smile, remain calm, and try to be as helpful as possible and explain about how something might work on a stage.
  13. molan
    Yes, it was built and painted for TM Stevens but he didn’t keep it. Has barely been played and sat on display for over 30 years!
  14. molan
    and from the rear. . .
  15. molan
    This will be heading my way soon!
  16. molan
    18mm would be Standard on one of these I think.
  17. molan
    What’s the neck profile like? There’s a very flat option that I really like
  18. molan
    Did it melt the tolex so the rubber feet were stuck to the top?
  19. molan
    We have discussed this as it happens but we’re waiting for some court rulings as the big corporations take on EU legislation. We’re a compact little team of industry veterans and only really use it for short sharp chats rather than as main channel for transferring content. Will keep a watching brief on developments though 😉
  20. molan
    MarkBass MultiAmp, I checked back and what happened was that he simply left the amp on top of the cab for a longish period of time. The feet of the amp somehow ‘melted’ into the Tolex and the tolex started to lift away when he tried to remove the amp! The MultiAmp isn’t at all heavy and, in my personal experience, doesn’t generate much heat.
  21. molan
    Conversely I know a guy who used one on a long gig and the heat from the amp melted the tolex and stuck the rubber feet to the cab 🤦‍♂️ Not a particularly hot amp either and it had no issues on his other, tolex covered, cabs.
  22. molan
    It’s mostly going back to my roots Dave - I worked in big studio movie promotion for several years and really enjoyed it. Now working with some of the same people but on purely independently produced and financed films. Way smaller budgets but also without all the politics of big Hollywood studio productions. The biggest bonus is that I can work almost exclusively from home and only have to travel into London about once every 2-3 months instead of every day. We have a very experienced team of people working together and we can short-cut all the time-wasting meetings and ridiculously long conference calls. All our materials sit in a central cloud based storage system and we chat via Skype and WhatsApp Makes it much more relaxing but still fun and, mostly, rewarding as we all deal direct with producers, writers, cast etc - I was most impressed to get Suki Waterhouse asking for my WhatsApp details last week and sending me little messages and requests for help in stuff, lol.
  23. molan
    I reckon you need a 33.3” scale Ritter Cora in red next - not least because I have one to sell 🤣
  24. molan
    Yes, that’s definitely the one - I remember the initial panic of shipping internally in the UK because it was impossible at the time to get anyone to cover the full insurance value! Lovely bass. I was going to keep it personally at first but then a full custom Yin Yang became available so I took that instead. With hindsight I think I preferred this one. May have to stick a Ritter or vintage Fender up for sale now, lol.
  25. molan
    Hi all, the business is technically still ‘active’ but the web site needed a complete overhaul and I simply haven’t had time to complete it. Unfortunately/fortunately my private marketing consultancy business has really taken off and I can earn more from this in 2-3 days than bass retail can generate in a month! I’ve been mostly working in movie marketing for about 18 months with a good friend who’s a producer and we have 10 films out this year. Current project is working on one with a Biffy Clyro soundtrack so that’s been a lot of fun. I have maybe 25-30 basses stashed away to relaunch with including Ritter, Fodera, Alleva Coppolo, Atelier Z, Suhr and a string of vintage Fenders and some JVs as well. Just need to find some time to get them all photographed and the site finished. . .
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