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  1. Hellzero
    Talking about strings, exposed cores are always sounding better, piano like and that's the way piano strings are constructed. Just doing maths is not enough, there are other parameters to take into account like : strings alloy, type of core, exposed or tapered core, neck construction, presence of reinforcement in the neck, type of wood, use of carbon, tuning of the wood (classical luthier always do it), neck through, bolt-on neck, type of glue, head angle, type of nut, type of fret, correct fitting of frets, type of pickups (single coils are the best because there's only one string caption point), power of the magnets (the more power, the more attraction, the less free vibration, and even falsing the harmonics), alloy of the saddles, alloy of the bridge, locking saddles, break angle of the strings, mounting of the strings, size of the body, balance of the instrument (if you are fighting with a neck diving, you will absorb energy), playing position (if you hold firmly the rear of the instrument against you, you'll absord energy), ... That makes a lot of parameters, aside from maths ! And after that comes the amplification.
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    As @Dood said, and as I also wrote, if you want a real test go see a specialist. I do it every year, because my hearing is, to me, utterly important. Thanks to these tests, I know I have an almost linear ear response from 20 Hz (they never go lower, but the way I hear it means that I certainly can go down to 18 Hz) up to 18 KHz, with a left-right hearing difference between 1 to 2 KHz (that ping pong you hear in the test). There's a strength out of this anomaly in the non UK typical response (yours is higher pitched at 2 to 4 KHz, just listen to your talking opposed to a "stranger" and you'll understand) : I'm totally imune to the hi-fi tricks to make a device more pleasant to the ears.
  3. Hellzero
    Sold an Acoustic Image Focus 2 head to Robert. Everything went smooth and easy with fast payment. A++++++++ as they say elsewhere.
  4. Hellzero
    Done, as I already knew it (a test a year), I still can hear from 20 Hz (hey, I'm a 6 strings bas player) to 16 KHz where it's deacaying around 16736 Hz (by my specialist, my ears go to 18 KHz, but the headphones are suited for these measurements). And I'll be 54 this August. No ear protections, I simply don't go to rock concert since more than 25 years : you know these venues where the guy behind the console is young, deaf, stupid and calling himself a sound engineer ! And when I go to this kind of concert, I just take the low cost earplugs they are giving at the entry or I go home. 🤣
  5. Hellzero
    Must be the cardboard hard case pictured that is making the price. 🤗
  6. Hellzero
    Do you still use a compressor ? 🤗
  7. Hellzero
    I understand, she couldn't stand the permanent neck diving... 🤣
  8. Hellzero
    Always sad news. Condolences to his family and friends. May he rest in peace.
  9. Hellzero
    Funny to read all this as @ixlramp is saying all and its exact opposite with the second harmonic strength (on badly designed basses and poor quality strings) and then suddenly speaking about the pitch of a string according to it's length (so hearing the fundamental). I think that you've never played a Leduc or a real luthier bass (but they are really only a few, sorry). On all the Leduc I've owned or played, which is around 30 basses, the fundamental of each note is present and well heard when played unplugged which is the sign of a well designed instrument. I'm the owner of the Audiokinesis Hathor 18134 cabinet made for the Quake bass, just because I want to be able to hear the low B perfectly reproduced on my system which also includes a Warwick JH PR40 preamp and a GSS Sumo 1000 Watts RMS power amp. This is the system I've been looking for for years to hear the low B as well as all other notes. And if you can't hear at 31 Hz, it's about time to go and see a specialist for an hearing test which I do each year as it's utterly important. If you look at the node of the fundamental of a low B, you'll see that it has twice the power of the second harmonic and so on. I recommend that you read some studies and books about lutherie and talk to a classical luthier as you are mismatching a lot of facts. The quality and construction of a string is another important fact to the tone reproduction. Sorry to be a bit harsh, but it's a bit upsetting to read the same things (to be polite) on fora.
  10. Hellzero
    Thanks mate, but who needs money onto a bank account. Put your money offshore onto mine. 😉
  11. Hellzero
    Hurry up before May day or you'll have to pay 30% more !
  12. Hellzero
    Hurry up before May day or you'll have to pay 30% more !
  13. Hellzero
    Sold.
  14. Hellzero
    Sold.
  15. Hellzero
    ^^^ Exactly what I always do and have explained it over and over. I've sent hundreds of instruments and musical related stuff all over the world with only two solved issued where the insurance fully refund the value : lots of pictures help a lot.
  16. Hellzero
    You are right Marc, by May day, you'll have to add, at least, 30% to the price !
  17. Hellzero
    All the children around here have started on a Firefox Mini Precision Bass bought new in the early 1992, so a real collector now. 😉 It was made in Indonesia in the Sunn factory at the time. If you find one second hand for a decent price, go on. It looks like that : https://best-vintage-guitars.de/firefox_mini_precision_bass.html Mine is red.
  18. Hellzero
    It's not a power tube amp : these need a load connected, not transistor power amp.
  19. Hellzero
    Just a tad bit, just a tad.
  20. Hellzero
    If you understand French, here is a little bit about my Leduc 6 strings EUB : http://leduc.fr/index.php/series-l/basses-de-la-serie-l/164-l-09-la-u-contrebasse-moai
  21. Hellzero
    But not with a patented floating top.
  22. Hellzero
    For something like this :
  23. Hellzero
    Thinning down the herd, so selling my fretted basses as I don't use them... FOR SALE ONLY : YAMAHA BB2025X with its original case (March 2010) ! 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 : £1250 GBP (£2987 GBP when new) !!! In fully working condition and very good condition. Here are the specifications : Body : 3 pieces alder with spline joint Neck : 5 pieces (bolt-on) maple and mahogany Fingerboard : rosewood with mother-of-pearl inlays Frets : 21 nickel silver (no marks) Headstock : 4 + 1 shape Pickups : Yamaha bar single coil ceramic bridge pickup + Yamaha split bar single coil alnico V neck pickup (PJ configuration) Preamp : passive Controls : volume, tone, 3-position toggle switch Tuners : Gotoh GB1 Bridge : Yamaha vintage plus (brass saddles, steel plate) WITH 45° through body strings fitting Strings spacing at bridge : 18 mm Nut : nick silver like the frets Strings spacing at nut : 9 mm Knobs : metal Scale : 34" Hardware colour : chrome Finish : black gloss polyurethane on the body + natural satin polyurethane on the neck Land of craftsmanship : Japan Serial number : HQJ041E (March 2010) Weight : 4,6 kilos Action : from 1,5 mm under the G string to 2 mm under the B string at 12th fret Will come with its original Yamaha hard shell case. Non-smoking environment as usual. This bass is certainly the best passive P/J 5 strings on the market that has impressed Ed FRIEDLAND himself. It has also lots of technical state of the art specifications and some patents. It is the best bass ever made by Yamaha. It has a really killer B string. The condition is very good with the usual surface scratches on the front and the usual stupid belt marks on the back. The bass has been fully set up professionally. It has been fitted with a brand new set of D'Addario EXL170 nickel wound strings (45-130), just like Yamaha used to fit on these. Link to Yamaha BB series : https://uk.yamaha.com/en/products/musical_instruments/guitars_basses/el_basses/bb/index.html Link to the amazed Ed FRIEDLAND video where you'll find all explanations needed : What you see is what you get ! Look at the pictures to see the real condition : some scratches and a few marks, but nothing serious at all. Don't hesitate to ask for more. Dust is offered. 
  24. Hellzero

    SOLD

    Hellzero replied to chrisbass13's topic in Basses For Sale

    Still have one in 6 strings too, but fretless (defretted) : fantastic basses these TRB-P's first generation.
  25. Hellzero

    SOLD

    Hellzero replied to chrisbass13's topic in Basses For Sale

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