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In Naaaarfolk we barely hev electricicity or woss thaht cawled? Hent neva herd Moy trahctas makin all that din 😂 Ok, anyway ha ha - Something to be aware of @dannybuoy, I'll keep an eye on mine thank you!

Aww! No, it's ok, I didn't take it as aimed My response was more of a clarification that I didn't want to appear negative towards Davie. The bass in question though.... eeeesh! The poor thing! lol We good 🍻

I was once asked if I got to keep the kit I reviewed in the magazine. Wow, that would be pretty cool.. but I suppose that would have been basses numbering over 100. Sadly the answer to that question is no. Which is a shame as some have been absolutely and utterly stunning.

Now this is a more interesting example. I'm not sure if I am repeating anyone else's posts due to my little screen I am typing on. This bass however is owned by Chris Cardonne who owns Kalium Strings (Previously Circle K). This monster was specifically built to show off the incredible range of strings that the company can make. I believe it was a NAMM show piece. Indeed, I've had a few sets of Kaliums including massive 190 gauge strings for an octave below a standard 4 string E. Kalium actually go much lower and certainly higher than my 7 string range. I forget who made the bass, but hopefully its is blatantly obvious it's not someone in their shed nailing strings to a body!

Oh for sure, don't get me wrong, Davie has some really entertaining videos, I am familiar with them. The bass I had seen errr "peer reviewed" out in the wilds of the internet before Davie got hold of it. So my commentary is based on that rather than this specific video.

Out of interest I went to look for the Schematics for my favourite Eden, the WT550 and grabbed those too. Looking forward to reading the later!

Approximately 15 seconds with ya best mate*: http://music-electronics-forum.com/showthread.php?t=32895 *Google

Wow! I feel for you, my EBS ones have been dead silent. I wonder what was going on there!

I've bought the little EBS ones and have found those to be really good. As a cheaper alternative I have some 'clones' that I think came from a German electronics website. However, this was all before D'Addario updated their cable kits. I liked the original plugs but they were a little larger than I would have liked even though the cable system itself proved to be rock solid. The newer connectors are much smaller, so definitely worth a look! I certainly will be investing when I need to.

Absolutely! - And, as we are seeing with everyone throwing in high pass filters to remove the stodge from their sound and boosting the mids to 'cut through the mix, often just opting for a guitar type cabinet will suffice. Yup, using the ears instead of the eyes to, as you say, give the right tone for a particular setting, song or environment. Interestingly, I have added a cab sim to one of my chains but as yet it has remained off. So, for me, no amp or cab time in there at all.

Ah! You got there first

The bass in question was for sale on eBay for.. well, forever. It certainly received lots of ehem .. 'interest' on BassChat where it's shortcomings were duly noted. An interesting DIY project for a zero budget tinkerer, but I wouldn't trust it for any gig, anywhere.

Thank you, really. It means a lot to me to know that my reviews have been helpful. I always hope to do the instrument justice rather than impress any sort of ego. My mantra has always been "No Ego, No Shred, Just Bass!" Anyway, whilst we are here, I actually went back and watched the Combustion 4 video again a little while back and have ended up giving myself GAS too! I really want one ha ha!!! Great basses, so well made and the support from Sheldon Dingwall and his team is just brilliant. 👍

I want the Fender to be 1, but it's the Lakland.

KZ AS10's ordered (see previous message)

I need pitch and timing correction for my bass playing, don't even let me near a microphone!

So an interesting update! My singer’s own generic IEMs died this weekend, so as it was short notice I let her use my KZ’s I’d bought when we all jumped on the links recently. She loved them being better than what she was used to. And she knows a good mix! So instead of spending nearly twice as much on her single driver IEMs, she offered to buy them then and there. So, I will grab another set for me as a spare. I guess I ought to try these new ones right?

I’ve obviously spotted that a few manufacturers of cabinets have included a fold out ‘foot’ that helps to angle a cabinet upward towards one’s ears in use. Does anyone have any experience with any third party types and where to buy them? Googling seems to always end up showing the (separate) Stagg stand that I have already!

Absolutely! In comparison to a decent steel plate and brass saddles, I noticed a difference in tone too. The cheapy didn’t sound as rich. It was the slightest difference, you probably wouldn’t notice it up loud. I think it’s because the cheap bridges are cast out of.. well, any old material they can get cheap.. because, it’s cheap!

Jeff has!

There's a certain chap we all know and love on BC who at last count had 80. Nick, I think we're gonna need that garden picture again mate!

The head has a smoother top end and I believe some sort of rounding off of the higher frequencies. The CN cabinets are awesome but do have a bump in the upper mids that may also be part of the problem. I found that this combination (though I had the CN212) liked top heavy drive and distortion a great deal. I wouldn't go for a mellow bass tone or flat wounds with this combination personally unless I took some of the lows out and kept the drive dial right down. The treble knob is around 4khz, so it wouldn't hurt to push that a bit higher than usual. Interestingly my Berg HD112 cabinets, I set the tweeter control at +3 as I too like a bit of brightness that would be afforded by the likes of MarkBass and Eden heads. The amp is great but I'd say swap that out first for something a bit more 'hi fi'. Hopefully you'll get a chance to try something else out before you part with any cash!

Yeah really classy, very nice! I'm glad you went with that colour scheme! When I upgraded by V series, they couldn't do the trans Purple with gold writing. I had a long think and couldn't decide, so I picked one solid black earpiece and the other is completely clear. The Black piece has silver writing the clear has black. It's just a winning combination!

OH BABY!!!!