Hellzero

You've got strange hearts, you Mancunians. Is it the lack of sun ? Or the abuse of puddle drinking ?

Why not Rorschach's test ? 🤣

I'll give the answers, well, later. This is a Fodera Anthony JACKSON Presentation 6 copy made by Langowsky, a Polish luthier. It's like the original a 36 inches scale bass, but with a narrower strings spacing at the bridge : 16.5 mm. You are right @deepbass5, it's to show other single cut shapes that are, sometimes, more pleasant to the eyes and/or more ergonomic. The jack socket is at the front as it's a strict Fodera Anthony JACKSON Presentation 6 copy except for two points : the strings spacing at the bridge and the active Seymour Duncan pickup. It was really nice sounding, easy to play, well balanced, but with sharp edges (like the original, that said) that could make it uncomfortable to play, especially if not sitting... as @binky_bass mentioned.

Will be watching too. 😊

I put a twin delayed relay in my EBS Taurus 240 combo as it's been fully serviced by EBS and got new speakers too. I was fed up by this huge, totally normal, starting plop and singing capacitors when turning it off. Now, it's almost dead silent at starting and "stopping" as the delaying relay is effective both ways (instant speakers cut when turning off and delay when turning on). It's this and it runs on common AC power, plus, as it's stereo, it can cut the tweeter too : https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/softstart-protection/amplifier-speaker-protection-module-220v-30a-p-13597.html You can find it almost anywhere on the Internet.

Was about to propose it. Then use 2 components glue to be sure and put some Loctite 243 on the screws ... threads. You can also use two different alloys and solder the whole, than add a few nails, just in case.

This ∆∆∆ and the fact that there's a heavy compression in the sound making you feel it's louder, but in fact is not. That's the Trace Elliot (heavily compressed) sound. That's a love or hate matter, but it's not more powerful than stated or other amps.

The Stradi was a great sounding bass, but the neck shape was awful (take the worst boat neck and go a step bigger) with heavy neck diving. And indeed 3 Aries basses (the one and only Bajadera, the VS 6 Signature and the VS 6 Tomek). Great basses too, except they were too heavy for me (broken back). Can you name the others ? 😉

And here are the 14 single cut basses I've owned over the years. Can you name them all ?

Here is mine, just for you @skb558 :

I'm in for the most Leduc's owned, over 30.

Thanks to James JAMERSON, I don't give a sh*t anymore, since a long time, mainly using my index only for playing (badly). He was such a great player. An absolute bass icon.

Ok then, let's play, seven years of waiting for my custom made EUB Leduc U-Contrebasse 6 Moaï. Ordered in 2006, received in 2013.

Where is the Skjold design ? Looks like you forgot it. 😉

There's a label inside on the circuit board or the case itself with the date on it.

That said, the look of these Fishman pickups is mixing very well with your design.

https://goldtonemusicgroup.com/zeroglide/

No, in the attic...

1912. 😉 Interesting, but not as "fixed" and "basic" as the Boléro and more Purcell in the approach. That said, Gustav HOLST was a genius indeed.

I'll leave it to you, don't worry, it's too small for me.

Thanks for taking words out of context, as usual. If I count, it's missing 293 bars, but it's not the point, even if I could play your game. It's a first in music history, because of the whole and not only one aspect. Maybe I should have written this instead to be clearer : In fact, in music history, it's the first time a symphonic movement is composed this way and based on a fixed repetitive rhythmic pattern at a slow tempo, with voluntary simplified orchestration, leading to a unique piece of hypnotic ballet. You know what ? I persist in saying that most of the members can't read. Yes, I'm fed up. So long and thanks for all the fish.

Repetitive and simple beat yes, but not fixed, and lacking a melody, which is a modern invention. The repetitive beat is meant to help you to enter into a transe, which is still working today. I fell asleep (literally hypnotised) during an MRIn long session without headphones (the technician couldn't find them and it was a late night emergency), only because of the repetitive (very noisy) rhythmic pattern. By the way, did you notice that the bass is only playing two notes : a root and a fifth ?

A great recent recording without the usual noisy audience at a tiny bit slower tempo as suggested by the composer himself at the time. The exact same rhythmic pattern repeated 169 times (wisely and suddenly "forgotten" for the end climax), one melody with two themes and only one very late key change (more a modulation) : the result is just perfect. The original title was Obsession of a Rhythm. It says all and everything. And to answer @Stub Mandrel question : who and when invented the idea of a consistently repetitive (underlying) rhythm ? It's Maurice RAVEL in 1928. In fact, in music history, it's a first. Can you do better ?