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Hellzero

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  1. What about the pickup date stamps (on both parts) ? L series serial # ?
  2. The Hellborg preamp is amongst the best on all points, for sure. The rest of the range has known quality issues... So as @itu said, better give it a try before buying.
  3. This is indeed @krispn. In fact, as I was interested in trying one, I got this in a partial trade. The money I'm asking is just the counter value of the trade. Hoping this explains the low price better. It's really a great bass.
  4. Used to be a GHS Bass Boomers lover for years, then switched to the opposite : LaBella Super Steps.
  5. Due to the Covid-19 situation and severe back problems (66% officially disabled because of it) plus right shoulder injury (non-operable capsulitis from which, after more than 3 years, I will never fully recover), I'm selling all my basses over 4 kilos and also the ones I'm not really using. I've also considerably lowered the price for a quick sale. GROSMANN 5 FF Custom Order, top of the range model with a 2 pieces body in wenge and alder, 2019, 34 to 36 inches fanned frets. NO TRADES ! Asking price including shipping fully insured with tracking number to your place in these European countries (ask for other countries) : Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (excluding French overseas departments and territories), Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom : £777 GBP !!! (new price was £1599 GBP...) In fully working condition, fully original and in very good lightly used condition, almost new, except some very small blemishes (see below). Here are the specifications : Body : bass side in wenge and treble side in alder for better sound balance Top : book matched flamed maple Neck : bolt-on (with inserts) one piece hard rock maple Fingerboard : wenge (flat radius) Frets : 24 (no wear at all) Headstock : 3 + 2 shape with a string retainer Pickups : 2 x Delano JC 5 HE/M2-AS (AS is for longer pickups) Preamp : Delano Sonar 2 Controls : volume (push-pull active/passive), blend, bass, treble Tuners : Schaller BM Bridges : 5 x ABM mono rails Strings spacing at bridge : 20 mm Nut : Graph Tech Strings spacing at nut : 9 mm Knobs : soft grip rubber Scale : fanned frets 34 to 36 inches Hardware colour : black Truss rod : one double action fully working with 2 carbon rods in the neck Finish : high gloss black burst with some very slight shades of purple on the front and headstock (not as strong as on the photos and depending on the light too), high gloss black on the back and matte finish on the back of the neck Land of craftsmanship : Romania Serial number : none (custom order) Year : 2019 Weight : 4.625 kilos Action : from 1.5 mm under the G string to 2 mm under the B string at 12th position (can go lower, but was perfect for me) Will come with a Music Store well padded gig bag (the only one I have which is big enough for this bass). Non-smoking environment as usual. The bass has been fully set up professionally. It has been fitted with a brand new set of specially designed for fanned frets basses Dingwall Nickel Plated Steel round wound strings (45 - 55 - 80 - 100 - 130). I wanted to try a fanned frets bass, but as a fretless player, I'm bit "lost", so my loss is your gain. The bass is very powerful with roaring low mids (thanks to the wenge) and the combination of the full Delano design (dead silent), with the lutherie and the Dingwall strings gives a really punchy, clear and full sound whatever way you turn the EQ knobs. Link to the Delano pickups : https://www.delano.de/jc_5_he_m2/jc_5_he_m2_details.html Link to the Delano preamp : https://www.delano.de/electronics/sonar_2/sonar2_details.html Link to the Dingwall strings : https://lordofthestrings.com/fr/basse/electric/5-string/dingwall-lb5np-5-string-longscale.html Link to the Bass Direct page with a lower range model : https://bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Grosmann_5_FF_Amber.html What you see is what you get ! Look at the photos taken under different angles to see the very good lightly used condition (almost new) of this bass, except for 3 points at the back, some surface scratches on the front and back (hard to capture) and other very small blemishes around the output jack. Don't hesitate to ask for more.
  6. I bought some stuff from him through the ads here, but didn't realise he was the real one. Thought it was just a pseudo. 🤣 That said, he's a nice guy to deal with and write to (as I didn't talk to him).
  7. Mama is making terrific good pickups and especially (quite) direct drop in replacement pickups for basses like yours, the Yamaha TRB's (excellent) or Alembic. I'm not affiliated to them, but here is a link : https://www.mamapickups.com/it/shop/altri-bassi.html
  8. Or how to kill Lemmy twice ! A real shame to do such business on corpses... Ace of Spades is a brilliant album, no need for unreleased songs. If they were unreleased, I think there might be a good reason, no ?
  9. Did you just land here from another planet ?!?
  10. Again sorry, but I'm using these strings for decades now and I have a perfect intonation on each and every note on all my basses which are mainly sixers. That said, I really fine tune my set up. I'm also mainly a fretless player with uncompromising ears. All the persons who have received instruments from me are always amazed by my perfect set up. So I deeply think it's a false problem linked to approximate set up.
  11. Thanks for the long answer, but I'm speaking about exposed cores, not tapered strings...
  12. A piano string is an exposed core : do you hear any weird overtones ? Rotosound pioneered the Piano String Design which is an exposed core string and LaBella, Galli and Fodera propose some sets too. I've used these kind of strings for decades without any problem, except for the dead A string by LaBella some 20 years ago which is a known fact. I've also used tapered strings without any problem. The length of the exposed core or the tapered part has no impact on the sound or strange behaviour... Think piano strings and you'll understand.
  13. If your instrument is properly and perfectly set up with correctly fitted strings, you won't hear any strange overtones, but a perfect intonation. Yes, most people can't fit strings correctly, nor set up their instruments : it's a fact. I'm using LaBella Super Steps and Fodera Anthony Jackson exposed cores strings to this purpose : a perfect intonation.
  14. This is the Chinese copy, horrible gloss finish, and awful knobs placement. Somebody's been fooled.
  15. Can't agree more, but do they hurt ?
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