Soliloquy
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I bought this from a great guy on here a few weeks ago. It's in really great condition, just a couple of marks on the top where it's been slid into a rack, the front is perfect though. I've just bought something else though..............again ! This has just been fully serviced by Rob at Pro Audio in Swadlincote. It works great, and sounds great, I just don't need two preamps though. I'd like £300 for it, which is a bargain considering the quality of the pre, and the fact that it's just been fully serviced. -
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It's funny but a guy I know said something funny (and slightly disrespectful too) the other day. I'm not going to mention names, but I'm sure many guys on here have met him or know him. He mentioned the other week that he'd always wanted a red Mark King Jaydee bass. So I took mine into show him. He played it and said what a nice example it was. He then went onto say that he wouldn't consider buying one because he's moved on from them, and so has his playing. A good friend of mine has toured with Steve Hackett (amongst many others), his main bass is a relatively cheap Aria 5 string. He's an amazing player. It's the player and [b]not[/b] the bass that matters. As long as the bass is well set up, and feels comfortable to play then that's all that matters. Sound/tone is mostly down to the player too, in my opinion.
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I came very close to buying a used 6 string one a couple of years ago. I actually put a deposit down on it. I spent a couple of hours playing it in the shop, then went back the following week and played it again, that's when I changed my mind over it. It was a superbly constructed bass, [b][i]but[/i][/b] it wasn't really any better than any other bass that I could have bought for even a quarter of the money that was wanted for it. My main bass now is a 23 year old Jaydee Calibas 6 string. It has been expertly set up and serviced by John Diggins, he also re-sprayed it for me. I would say without hesitation that it is equally as good as any Fodera. There's also the added benefit of the builder having his workshop only 10 miles away from where I live.
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No takers for this ? I had the same type fitted to a Sei bass a couple of years ago. It really sounded amazing, probably the best sounding pre that I've heard, which is why I bought this.
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To be honest I'd have thought most long scale strings would fit. I'm currently using, and enjoying R. Cocco strings, they seem plenty long enough. One thing I've got to say. I've been using Overwater nickels for a couple of years now. The last two sets I've had though, the low B has been dead from the minute I've got it out of the packet. Same goes for the last two sets of Status strings too.
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They tend to put 'peak power', rather than whatever the other thing is.
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Overwater do extra long scale. Watch what you buy if you choose D'addario , you need to get the extra long scale ones.
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I think it's down to the honesty of manufacturers. Same as with the cab manufacturers, they both lie about what their particular product does. I've got an SWR Headlite amp, supposed to be 400 watts into 4 ohms, but there's no way that it is. I compared my Headlite, an old Trace Elliot AH250 and a MarkBass F1 all through the same cab. The F1 was easily the loudest, the AH250 came second and the Headlite was third. Both the F1 and the AH250 were louder set on 2 or 3 than the Headlite was turned up full !
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I ordered this for one of my basses ages ago from Mark at Bassdirect. It took several months to arrive, and I've been away an awful lot since. Consequently I only just managed to go over and collect it. I no longer own the bass that it was ordered for though, and it won't fit into any other my current stable of basses. I want my Jaydee's to sound like Jaydee's and I don't want to have any more holes drilled in my Zon. It's a four knob 18 volt preamp. It's currently set up as volume, bass/treble cut and boost, pickup balance, and low mid/high mid cut and boost. Two of the knobs, bass/treble and low mid/high mid are stacked, but these could be changed quite easily, and in any combination to separate knobs, making it either a 5 knob version, or a 6 knob version. The switch is for the Z mode thing. Check out the site here for all of the technical details - [url="http://www.audereaudio.com/3ZB.htm"]http://www.audereaudio.com/3ZB.htm[/url] It comes complete with black coloured knobs. It cost £180, and is completely 'as new', it's never been fitted to any instrument. I'd like £150 which includes next day special delivery postage.
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[quote name='BH12neil' timestamp='1319748997' post='1418262'] You have a PM regarding the Subdecay Echobox. Regards, BH12neil [/quote] Sorry it's now sold. -
[b]Now £350 for a quick sale ![/b] [u]Absolutely no offers at this price.[/u]
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Very nice bass. What's with all of the strange bits in the first posting ?
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[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1318202746' post='1399252'] I have (amongst a few others ) an ESP 6 string that weighs just under 15lbs (about 7kg). It's saving grace... it has near perfect balance and allows me to travel the entire length of the neck without shifting it's position. [/quote] WOW ! I thought my Calibas was heavy at 6kg. It too has near perfect balance, and so the weight doesn't really bother me much. I did an hours practice/warm up last Saturday morning, then a 2 hour jazz gig on the lunchtime. Then another couple of hours practice in the afternoon followed by another 2 hour gig on the evening.
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Just out of curiosity, what does it weigh ?
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Bump. I'll include a nice padded SWR gig bag with it. It came with my SWR Headlite that I don''t use.
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Bed time bump.
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[quote name='bass_by_name' timestamp='1319274472' post='1412040']??? Buying lots of expensive gear that you dont know how to use seems to be a recipie for disaster. I am not sure following the advice of virtual friends on the internet will prevent it. You should not need 1,000 watts unless you are using very inefficient cabs like Acme or Barefaced.[/quote] Acme cabs aren't inefficient. They just don't lie about the efficiency of their cabs like most other manufacturers do. I own two Acme's and I've owned pretty much every other cab that it's possible to own. Acme's are no less inefficient in real life than any other. Sorry for side tracking this otherwise interesting thread. I'm putting together my own pre/power amp rig at the moment. Remember that a 1000 watt amp is always a 1000 watt amp, regardless of how you have the volume set. It's still able to produce 1000 watts if it gets a hot enough signal.
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Bump.
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It was a review of some Manson basses in a guitar magazine some time in 1983/4 that first got me interested in 5 and 6 string basses. I think they were a bit ahead of their time.
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Some photos for the interested parties. There are a few very slight marks along the edges on the top only. The front is pretty much perfect. The flash from photos make the amp look a lot worse than it actually is. I really look after my gear.
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[quote name='supabock' timestamp='1319125363' post='1410319'] So, what is the plan with this F1 then?? [/quote] Sorry I've been away. I also haven't received any emails notifying me of your reply to my thread (AGAIN ! ).
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1u digital power amp with jack input option - recommendations?
Soliloquy replied to Shaggy's topic in Amps and Cabs
What's your budget and what power output do you need ? Have you maybe thought of a used Markbass F1 or maybe one of the Markbass modular amps ? With an F1 you have 500 (real watts), a small head for smaller gigs and reliability. I've read that a lot of these obscure class D amps have in reality nowhere near the output that they're described as having, and there are reliability issues with some of them. I was going to get a class D power amp to go with my Alembic F1X, I'm probably just going to use my F1 though. It's very loud, it's reliable and why spend £300 or more on something that I don't need. I can just plug it into the effects return socket, bypassing the F1's preamp and just using the power amp section. -
1u digital power amp with jack input option - recommendations?
Soliloquy replied to Shaggy's topic in Amps and Cabs
There seems to be quite a few of these around nowadays. I'm possibly after one. I was offered one of these the other day http://www.eurobaltronics.com/eng/products/synq-digit-2k2-digital-amplifier-2-x-1100w-rms.html I need to spend a bit of time doing some research. I've been a bit busy recently. There were a few replies to a recent thread of mine too with other recommendations. -
I don't know why you'd want a rack tuner. Just my opinion of course . You can get a great and accurate pedal tuner for not a lot of money. I've got a Turbotuner, but the Pitchblack is good too. Why do you want to add more weight to a rack ? A pedal just fits into your gig bag pocket. Do you always use your rack for every gig ?