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  1. Hellzero
    No, that's not me but another Chris. That said, the Logabass is not a Leduc, but only an instrument designed by him and made by Sanox. Funnily, for an unknown reason, these Sanox basses resell very well, when real Leduc's tend to be harder to sell. Look at my signature if you want to know which Leduc's I own for the moment, and, man I had a lot, something like 20 or 30... I'm some kind of second hand market price marker as Christophe, who now is a friend, is always telling.
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    I know the feeling too as I still have at least five basses to sell, but I'm always finding good excuses for not doing it. For now it's these stupidly high temperatures as I like to take a lot of pictures for selling items. I'm too lazy to get outside, make some pictures and make the ads... But I'll end up doing it and put the money onto our family account as I don't need any other basses than my Leduc's nor any other amp than my AER and I don't use nor like effects. The funny thing is that I know it for ages. 🙄 So yes I fully understand your feeling.
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    Gary bought two sets of Picato 766DBS from me. Great communication and fast payment. Would deal with him again. A++++++++ as they say elsewhere.
  4. Hellzero
    Sold and delivered.
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    Up.
  6. Hellzero
    This might help a lot. Listen to Franz Liszt as he had the idea of banishing the bars and measures in music. Then listen to Charles-Valentin Alkan who went further in the process by composing music without bars and time signature, even if the written music found will have both of them for pure classical notation purposes. Don't think in terms of measures, but phrases or movements rather than patterns and don't rely on the drummer, but on your internal perception of the flow. Listening to real Klezmer music will also help as they start together and join back in the end without taking care of the classical rhythm approach, but only listening to each other and sliding into uncontrolled time signature(s)... Learning Indian music will also help a lot, and listening to it, of course.
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    My advice would be even simpler : follow the snare drum, not the bass drum as you'll get lost after the first measure. Don't try to understand and decompose the signature, but let the music flow. On the opposite, as I'm into weird time signatures (I've been listening to strange time signatures, being it classical, jazz or even rock, since I'm a teenager), it's hard for me to play in 4:4, I think because I get bored very quick.
  8. Hellzero
    Had one too, and as I wrote, it's the best small combo ever.
  9. Hellzero
    And sold to a very sympathetic Dutch guy.
  10. Hellzero
    And we forgot the great Carles Benavent with Paco de Lucia (everything was played fretless !!!) He even played with Miles Davis and nowadays, he's been playing with Chick Corea... Listen to this and his amazing style of playing :
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    That surely is a typo, as it must be this one (box picture is the same), unless it's a huge cardboard pick 🤣 : https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-5-String-Electric-Bass-Guitar/283063844850?hash=item41e7eb7ff2:g:BpEAAOSwTIhaX4Sh
  12. Hellzero
    Where are you going next ? Home ? Then the Rai 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ... will certainly broadcat the concerts. Check it out. I've seen Chick Corea twice, the first concert was really great, we left the second one after the second track as it was so boring : not sure you are missing something extraordinary.
  13. Hellzero
    Yes, and if the Power LED lights up, than the bridge rectifier is still alive as in this circuit everything is operated after it, my guess, because remote repair is always a guess, is as I wrote the filtering capacitors that have blown as it's still humming, so "working". That said, I wouldn't bid any higher than 20 quids...
  14. Hellzero
    You mean might have been, 🤔 , Mick.
  15. Hellzero
    As the amp is still turning on ("followed by a small amount of smoke from the back and loud humming"), it means that the ouput transistors are still sound and safe, otherwise the mains fuse would have blown. It could be interesting to know who that "Spike" is...
  16. Hellzero
    And "recently had all new valves and the biasing set on an oscilloscope"... In the preamp section, where the bias is useless as it's an automatic one. Funny repairer, indeed.
  17. Hellzero
    Ok, easy fix, replace the filtering capacitors that have simply blown. That's what the humming noise is. Will cost you a few quids if you can do it yourself. I used to run my own repair workshop some 20 years ago...
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    NOW £2000 GBP !!!
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    It's in Luxembourg. There is no pre requirement, hence they the entry examen to check your ability to play (3 jazz standards), your harmony knowledge (I've always referred to Théorie de la musique by Danhauser) and your sight reading in the key of your instrument (practice). After that they will decide of your level and your courses. Playing 3 standards of jazz implies playing obvious tracks, hence my choice, that said.
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    Being addicted to bebop and especially Wes Montgomery, I'm a fan of the original which is simply incredible to my ears. That could be a wise choice indeed...
  21. Hellzero
    Sold a Musician Sound Design (Hardy Kurandt) onboard preamp to Harry. Smooth, fast and easy transaction. A pleasure to deal with. Bye bye 'til the next time.
  22. Hellzero
    On hold.
  23. Hellzero
    The best small combo ever. GLWYS.
  24. Hellzero
    The nail polish remover is simply acetone. As the nail polish remover hasn't harm the finish, then buy acetone which is way far cheaper and purer, so you can finish the job. I've done this on some aerosol paint weirdos work and it's been working fine. All you'll need to do is a bit of polishing afterwards. If you go the acetone road, first try on a hidden surface and second work outside because of the vapours...
  25. Hellzero
    I also have Bill Evans partition. 😉
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