Hellzero

Not understood again, funny. 😉

I've read again all my posts in the aforementioned thread. Strange to see that I was direct and never insulting, as usual, but some people seized the opportunity to talk their filth. I explained clearly my position, why I was upset and cleared all I wrote, but it remained non understood by a lot including the one who was the most concerned. Now, I think it would be a good idea to close this new thread before it goes again in the wrong direction. @ped : It's up to you.

Does it have a palindromic ambigram ? 😎

Then, it's not for you. Not that it's not good for funk, but it will need some preamp tweaking to get the sound you would want. But it won't be immediate and could sound bland to some, because these instruments are intended to be "transparent" with almost no sound signature but yours. That said as @Woodinblack wrote it, Alain Caron sounded the same when he was playing a Leduc bass. The sound is in the fingers, not the instrument, but in this very case the craftsmanship level is very similar so maybe he would sound different on a P-Bass... But not that much in my opinion as he could make it sound the way he wants. Fingers again !

There was this brand named Whale, could it be it ?

Russ is godog si ssuR !

Do you believe in something, now ?

Yes it is, turn it 180 degrees. And a palindrome is not spelt, but read the same from both ends, which means you can read in circles for infinite speeches. Yek, yek, yek.

I bought my clipper with an integrated file by my pharmacist some 30 years ago, still have it and working fine. My sister in-law is a medical pedicure : I can ask her what are the best brands for clippers or pliers...

It's indeed also an ambigram, but it's firstly a palindrome as an ambigram isn't necessarily a palindrome. Got it ?

Strange as this logo is a palindrome, so must have been well thought. I'll look in the Blue Book.

Never heard of Alain Caron ? Here's F-Bass website : http://www.fbass.com/

What about staggered locking reversed tuners ? 😁

I had a few basses with the Neuser NFS. It's a pain in the *ss to set up, but it's working great. It's based on the flat sitar bridge.

If you angle your head by 18 degrees, then there will be no need for a string tree. And by turning the piece of wood of the headstock upsidedown, you'll strengthen the weakest point of your instrument too. It's more than a win-win situation. 😉

I prefer this approach :

Carl at Lord of the Strings has sent me 3 new Fodera strings immediately. I call this impeccable service ! 👍

My first long lasting rig back in the mid 80's was a Carlsbro Sting Ray head with its matching 4x12 fitted with original Fane speakers. I toured, rehearsed, recorded, ... with this rig for around 10 years and then gave it to a young guy beginning guitar as it was a multi instrument head (just like they used to do back in the day). It was really sounding amazing, especially on fretless. Replaced by a tiny SWR that was also awesome. I also had this Peavey rig that was really good.

I ordered two sets of Fodera AJT28125 by Lord of the Strings in the Netherlands on the 19th of August 2020. I just tried to fit them today and in the two sets the A strings are completely dead (no harmonic at all, sounding like 10 years old strings) and even worse, the D string in one set has been more than badly wound (see pictures) ! At 82,60 Euros per set, it's a shame that there's absolutely no quality control. I've been using Fodera strings for years and it's the first time this happens ! I'm waiting for their reply and the one from Fodera...

Like everyone here, it's a relief to know that @John-E-Retro is well. He's such a nice guy, always kind to answer (even) the stupidest questions and always happy to help. 🙂