Owen

Thanks for the directions. It looks like my friend who was saving up for re-shells has timed it rather poorly

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Yeah yeah yeah - tuners, string anchors, blah blah blah. SHOW US THE WOOD!

Where re-shells UE900s?

So as to provide closure to my original request I worked that I could go into alternate tunings on the DB to create the harmonic structures I was looking for and therefore the capo became redundant. It was fun while it lasted though!

I just bought a Demeter preamp from yur man Chris 10 minutes ago. He will post it mid week. We all know it will be fine

You have to respect a guy who has just plowed his own furrow when commercial success was obviously in a different direction.

It is a very simple glue job. Packing it securely will cost more than getting it glued. The only extra expense will happen when the luthier asks if you want the board trued, a new bridge and soundpost.

No it is not! I found a 2nd hand one and mistook the price for a new one.

Thanks all, I will go and look at the Ventris, but it is the same price as the big sky Financial sadness.

It is just one setting on the Neunaber and a bowed Double Bass doing harmonics. You load all their different pedals in to the slate so I am not sure which it is tbh. I will have a look.

Here is the sustain thing happening.

I really fancy the chorale noises the Big Sky makes. And the shimmer stuff. I have a Neunaber set up which does a lovely shimmer thing and a really great kind of infinite reverb thing. I will post an example of that in a moment. Superlong tails that can be left running while the effect is out of line. See next post for example. Can I get this chorale kind of effect on a unit that does not cost the wrong side of 400 quid? I could flog the Nunaber set up (slate 2 + exp) to offset cost but that also has a useful freeze function for sustaining notes. Humph

Am I the only one thinking all these should go up on a dedicated soundcloud page?

If you like Eden cabs and don't mind the weight then you can get VERY capable boxes for not much money. When I was young enough to not worry about weight I ran an Eden 410xlt driven by Chevin Audio A3000 bridged into it. Obviously never at full tilt, but it was a fearsome combination. Power corrupts but massive power gives you fabulous headroom.

I went from Kala to a HB and was disappointed. The law of dimishing returns certainly exists in this equation. I was dissapointed enough to buy my Kala back. But I have form in that aspect of things.

flobbadob strings I love it!

VERY YES! RESPECT IS DUE! Do it for all us wanabe luthiers

Good luck to them all. Any of us would be more than happy to have had so much exposure in the industry that people were discussing us on forums

Trafodbas Hyfryd!

Custom moulded give a better seal. They give you more of a fighting chance. I would not think twice about it. The reason I am banging on here is that people read message boards and apply it to themselves. I have done it and doubtless will do it again. You only get one pair of ears. Do not go cheap on them. If you physically do not have the money then obv the 20 quid ones are where it is at. I carry a set of earpeace ones on my keyring as emergency spares. If not going out for a month will get you that 140 quid then that is what you should do.