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Hellzero

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  1. I had the Ampeg full monty for a while, so the 810 cabinet plus the dedicated SVT 300 Watts full tube head. A right in your face rig. After moving the 120 kilos a few times, I gave up and sold the whole thingies to buy a just newly out TC Electronic RH450 + RS212 + RC4 + bag rig weighting one fourth of it... and really good sounding. That said the sound of the Ampeg full monty is awesome at high volume especially with a P-Bass, but not much indicated in a jazz context for pub gigs... 🤣
  2. Here is mine. A 32 inches Spoiler with flamed koa top and normal size (4/4) body. As I said earlier, I love this bass.
  3. Say you needed a new fridge for the practice room. Your drummer will be laughing all night long and maybe until the end of the week. Now you need to buy a full tube 1200 Watts head weighting another 70 kilos. Are the dampers of your car ok ? 🤣
  4. And here is mine, a lovely Alembic Spoiler with a flamed koa top, now fitted with Alembic CX3-45L strings (not on this photo). I love this bass !
  5. Because I'm fed up with self called luthiers, here are 11 "lessons" on how to make a real PROFESSIONAL fret levelling, recrowning and setup using the Erlewine bench jig. I'm not at all affiliated to Erlewine, but his bench jig (especially the new one) is a fantastic tool, very well thought. Here is the presentation of the new model : And now the 11 lessons (part one being the presentation of the faulty guitar) :
  6. I needed to find this back, here you have all explanations about the correct use of a bench jig (mentioned by the guy of Crimson guitars at 3:40, that said) and why using this for a PROFESSIONAL fret dressing. Watch until the end. It's no rocket science, it's precise work done by a real luthier, not self proclaimed luthier. You can make one of this on your own too. No need to buy one. Just watch this: In a few minutes, I'll create another thread with 11 lessons to do a real PROFESSIONAL levelling, recrowning and setup... And it's not just setting your neck dead straight without strings, bad placing the neck support and flat levelling the frets without taking into account the radius of the neck...
  7. You can do a perfect fret job à la MacGyver, that's a good thing. Congratulations, really, and I mean it. In fact, it's even more complicated than what I've written, but I'll leave it here and won't take the responsibility for the slaughtered instruments.
  8. Yep, you can do it that way. But what about the strings you use and their tension, what about the radius of the fretboard, what about a radiused sanding block, what about the different relief needed on the bass side as opposed to the treble side, what about the stainless steel frets that will destroy your cheap file within minutes, what about moving frets needed to be fixed, what about leveling the frets end, what about reshaping the nut height, what about the hours you'll spend doing this, what about taking more time re-levelling the frets badly levelled that you'll only notice when having restrung your instrument, ... Have you ever seen a real luthier doing this : he has a bench jig and will adjust the neck at many different points to simulate your string tension so you'll end up with a perfectly playable instrument. In fact, once your neck or full instrument, in case of a non removable neck, has been fully adjusted on the bench jig, it takes around 30 minutes to finish the job perfectly including perfect crowning (no flat frets), repolishing of the frets and complete set up. On a perfectly levelled frets neck you can have an action so low that you'll be amazed how easy it is to play the instrument. Have you ever played an instrument that has been in the Plek machine ? That's the exact same feeling. I can do it as I have the necessary skill and tools. And I've been doing it on hundreds of instruments as it used to be my job long ago. I've seen enough very badly levelled frets to tell you that it's not such an easy job... Following YouPuke video will end up with a disaster if you're not aware of what you're doing.
  9. In fact, they are all out of tune. Maybe they are using a cow bell tuning. And as a fretless player that hurts my ears. Even fully set up, these basses sound like cow poo. The name is very well chosen, because all the people having bought one always told themselves : I wish I hadn't bought this ... urm ... thing. Now, there's the Ergo EUB case. I bought one (the personal model of the "maker"), and even played it live once (before reselling it) : simply awful on all aspects. The guy behind the brand suggests using a sewer pipe cut to the desired length with two screwed plugs to make a transport case, that summarizes it all : screwed by the sewer thing.
  10. You can also buid your own house, or your car, or whatever you want thanks to YouPuke and Monkeypedia. Why bother asking specialists ? Ok, I'm a bit harsh, but doing a perfect fret dressing job will take a lot of time and knowing that a professional tool like the Gurian fret file (aka the Dunlop fret file for older people) will cost you half the price (or maybe the full price) a luthier will ask you, put it in balance... https://www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools/Types_of_Tools/Files/Three-in-one_Fret_File.html
  11. Russ, is it normal that you now have a five years old boy voice ? Balls problem maybe ?
  12. We want infinite reaction emojis or TLRT's as we call them now ! Or.. Urm, I don't know... I'll watch my smartphone upside-down, maybe.
  13. I think the fretboard, which actually isn't one as there are no frets in it (not on it as they would be gone with the wind), or more unprecisely the fingerboard as you can't see any fingers on it, is more made out of brownie wood, like the cookies, but way much harder, unless you can't cook and make brownies as hard as concrete or maybe use concrete instead of flour, that often end up on the floor, that said, hence the close name to be sure you can't get wrong. So, long story short, it's Pau Ferrosewood in fact. Please don't forget your donation.
  14. Ok, as I've always listened to music, I'll have to divide it in two parts. The early years : (We are) The Road Crew by Motörhead (I was 15 years old when the album was released, what a revelation). Suburban Berlin by Japan (14 years old when it went out, I liked everything in that tune, took me some time to love the album). Eruption + You Really Got Me by Van Halen (a year earlier, that tapping part and this monster cover, wow). The uni years : Dirty Old Town by The Pogues (this was our drunken anthem that we used to sing very loud everywhere in response to the stupid students songs). Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus (we played it very loud after parties, waking up all mates at the same floor). We had Love by The Scientists (I was waking up with this single played to the max, that opening bass part was just fantastic).
  15. Even if the song is a gentle poppy tune, the challenge is awesome : And it was done a year ago, so maybe already posted.
  16. I bought an Alembic medium (and short too) scale hard case from Loz. All details discussed and agreed before the very fast shipping. A pleasure to deal with and to talk to. Will deal again with Loz for sure. Thanks for all.
  17. Would be perfect for my practice room. 🤣
  18. Beware SCAMMER !

    1. gary mac

      gary mac

      She's been blocked.:)

    2. Hellzero
    3. skankdelvar

      skankdelvar

      A middle-aged lady of homely appearance has just made overtures to me via PM.

      Well hello Mummy!

  19. Hi mods, Looks like we have a new scammer : Cheers, Tony.
  20. Hope you get it back, mate. I know the feeling having had one bass stolen. 🤞
  21. CONKLIN Groove Tools GT6, originally a GT7 that became a GT8 and now is a GT6, the missing link. Would prefer selling it, hence the low price, but trades are always welcome, especially for a fretless bass : 4, 6 or 8 (no octave strings) strings unlined are my preferences. If you want a wide strings spacing bass, this one is for you. Sounds like a full Bartolini fitted bass, with loads of bass and precise highs. Also has SIMS Custom Led's installed. 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 : £850 GBP !!! In fully working condition and in excellent overall condition. Here are the specifications : Body : 2 pieces swamp ash with a bookmatched flamed maple top Neck : bolt on 7 pieces of wenge and purpleheart Fingerboard : purpleheart with side (and also front) Led dots Frets : 24 (no wear at all) Headstock : 3 + 3 shape (angled) with butterfly and cross inlay back lit by a Led Pickups : 2 active Bartolini P4 Preamp : Conklin/Bartolini 2 bands Controls : volume, blend, bass, treble, switch for the Led's Tuners : Gotoh Bridge : brass Warwick two pieces Strings spacing at bridge : 20 mm Nut : bone Strings spacing at nut : 11 mm Knobs : metal Scale : 34 inches Hardware colour : black Truss rods : 2 (fully working) Output jack : locking Neutrik Finish : gloss Land of craftsmanship : Korea Serial number : none Year : discontinued in 2005 is all I can say Weight : 5.4 kilos Action : from 1.5 mm under the C string to 2 mm under the B string at 12th fret (can go lower, but was perfect for me) Will come with a brand new semi-rigid case modified to accommodate the very long bass side horn. Non-smoking environment as usual. I'm only selling this bass because I don't need it anymore being a fretless player and it's too heavy for my broken back. Here is the long story short : I got it as a GT8, but the strings spacing was too narrow, and as I like wide strings spacing I decided to have it converted to a non existing GT6 aka the missing link, removing the two extra tuners, cutting the unnecessary headstock and replacing the existing tuners with better quality real Gotoh. I ordered a made to measure Hipshot 20 mm strings spacing bridge that was never made after 3 months, so I opted for a Warwick 2 pieces bridge instead. This bass is really easy to play and really deserves the name wide neck. The bass has been fully set up professionally by Christophe LEDUC. It has two new batteries (one for the preamp and one for the Led's) and has been fitted with a brand new set of D'Orazio nickel-plated steel round wound strings (30 - 45 - 65 - 85 - 105 - 125), which fit the bass to perfection and will also be delivered with a spare set of these exact same strings fitted on another bass for less than one hour. Here's the link to the original ad : Here Billie Jean played by Johan when it was still a GT8. Hope you don't mind @therealting : Billie Jean - Conklin Custom 8 String Bass.mp3 What you see is what you get ! Look at the pictures taken under different angles to see the real condition : almost in new condition with no visible dings. Don't hesitate to ask for more.
  22. Try Crash Wonderers explaining them it's a mind controlled instrument able to recognise idiots when making no music : Wanna try ?
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