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  1. kwmlondon
    Bummer
  2. kwmlondon started following KiOgon j-bass type VVT loom that's been a bit "adjusted" to fit a Yamaha bass. Works great, yours for 1/4 price POSTED! , Electro-Harmonix EHX METAPHORS distortion/compression/preamp DI pedal and Modtone power plant £40 posted
  3. kwmlondon
    I've had this a couple of years and it's a nice pedal, lovely vintage tone and the compressor is really simple and effective - on/off! Very musical and usable. The distortion is very old-school but the blend makes it incredibly usable and I love the bass and treble EQ. Unfortunately I don't need it as I got it to use while my main preamp was in for repair and it's surpus to requirements now so I'm selling for less than I paid for it a few years ago. Posted. BARGAIN! Not really looking for trades but try me. No box but it'll be well packaged. Here's the spec: Overview Electro-Harmonix Bass Metaphors, Preamp and Overdrive Pedal for Bass Players! A bass guitar preamp in a channel strip tool box. New distortion melds with carefully selected compression and bass specific EQ to add structure with a rock solid foundation. Additionally serves as a quiet and excellent DI. Useful for every bass player whether playing live, recording at a pro studio or recording bass into a laptop. A Portable, Foot-Operated Channel Strip The Electro-Harmonix Bass Metaphors might as well be the most important pedal on your rig! This is a "one-stop solution" for your bass guitar, providing compressor, ED and Distortion, as well as D.I. output. Very, very useful! Easy to Control With it's channel-strip layout, the Bass Metaphors couldn't be easier to use. It features control knobs for Treble and Bass, an EQ Level control, Master Volume, Distortion Level with Distortion Bypass switch, a Dry control (which allows you to choose just how much of the signal is affected by the built-in compressor), Compressor activation switch (Squash/Bypass), and even a pedal Bypass switch. Superb Price You can now pick up this fabulous pedal for the lowest ever price, thanks to this special offer at PMT Online. If you have any queries regarding this offer, please contact our online sales team directly! Specification · High impedance instrument level input · Balanced XLR output at +4 dBu line level · 1/4" balanced/unbalanced output · Dedicated 1/4" unbalanced dry output · Musical treble and bass EQ bands with a level control amount · Switchable compressor with the perfect bass compression · Footswitchable adjustable bass distortion · Tough and compact die-cast chassis · 96DC-200BI power supply included · Dimensions in inches: 4.75 (w) x 5.75 (l) x 2.5 (h) · Dimensions in mm: 146 (w) x 121 (l) x 64 (h)
  4. kwmlondon
    Bummer!!! That ADAM is a proper prima donna... not only does it suck up massive mAs but it puts out loads of noise too, so it demands an isolated supply. Cheers for letting me know.
  5. kwmlondon
    Hiya, this looks great. Do you know how many mA they push out? I've got an ADAM that sucks 500mA so is a thirsty little bugger! Cheers. K
  6. kwmlondon
    Ingenious!
  7. kwmlondon
    Would it be disrespectful to play with ice packs stuck around your torso?
  8. kwmlondon
    I have been playing a BBG5 that was on loan to me while I waited for my Dingle to arrive and it's a very, very good bass. It's downright unreasonably good for a budget instrument. I think the pickups are lacking in a live situation and it doesn't cut through as I'd like when I've gigged with it, but it's been a joy to play and the B string is really good. I can only imagine how lovely a high-end Yamaha must be. I can accept that many people would prefer a TRB 5Pii to my ABZ. Still, I am really attached to the sound and playing experience of a Dingwall so I don't think I'd be tempted away.
  9. kwmlondon
    They are great basses, I had a combustion for years and deciced to upgrade to this - it's a bit of a sleeper. Canadian ABZ but with a plain finish so it doesn't look like a custom from a distance. The rehearsal was good fun. The drummer is good but very inexperienced so trying out ALL of his chops in the numbers and practising fills and rolls whenever we stop. And is VERY LOUD. But that's all fine. I have earplugs and the enthusiasm is great. What I'm having to put my foot down on though is the speeding up. Once last night the tune was racing away so I tried to pull back, and pull back until I was completely out of time and neither of them noticed. They didn't even notice when I stopped playing and stood there waiting for them to finish the tune... which they did very quicklyt the speed they were going! I asked the, politely, to listen a bit more intently and to be fair they did after that. The beers and the chat in the pub afterwards was also the hightlight of the week.
  10. kwmlondon
    Took this bad boy out for its first ever rehearsal last night. It’s absolutely the best bass I’ve ever played and I OWN IT!!!
  11. kwmlondon
    REDUCED TO just £10!!!! I got this from our own KiOgon a few weeks ago and it was just as good as you'd expect... but I hadn't checked or discussed the layout of the Yamaha bass they were going in so had to solder a bit of extra cable to accommodate the wider spacing. Also had to take off the jack socket it came with to wire to the barrel one on the Yamaha. Now surplus to needs. Will sell for half the going price, posted. Any questions give me a shout.
  12. kwmlondon
    As good as any...
  13. kwmlondon
    That's all fair, but how do you rate what's reasonable and what isn't? You can add up the materials and the hours taken to manufacture, but does that also factor in the R&D, legal protection of IP and brand, HR, admin, pension funds for a larger company with aging employees and... marketing. An instrument is a personal thing and I challenge anyone to say that their buying a bass wasn't partially emotional. If it was cold logic nobody would be playing music in the first place. So, marketing is a core cost and vital for the continuing success of a company. Is a Fodera overpriced for what it is? Is a Fender Custom Shop overpriced for what it is? Yes. No. Maybe. Probably. Possibly. It's so subjective - what's great value for one person is hideously and criminally too much money for someone else. I still haven't told my other half how much my Canadian Dingwall cost - our ideas of what's overpriced are not in alighment when it comes to musical instruments. I guess my point of view is that I'm really glad MusicMan are still going, still making instruments that people like and want to buy, and if making some expensive, limited-run basses with high profile playes names on them means they chuck out brilliant value stuff as well then good on them. Although, even with my very liberal views I'm unconvinced about those USA Joe Dart signature models but I guess we all have our limits!!!
  14. kwmlondon
    This is very grown up discourse for the internet. It'll never catch on!
  15. kwmlondon
    I've been judged offten and found wanting.... wanting another bass guitar that is!!!
  16. kwmlondon
    Ah. I never saw that advert, only the cheaper one. I guess they think I'm a low-roller and not worth marketing the high-end one to. Personally, I can't get up any kind of anger or indnation that someone makes an expensive instrument. There are expensive cars, books, houses, watches, shirts... I could go on. Sometimes they're overpriced for what they are, other times it's down to components or the time it takes to make them but we live in a capitalist world and the value is what someone will pay for it. If you're a Pino fan and you've always wanted a bass like his and you've got the money do it. Spend that money. You're a long time dead and if you can find any happiness in this world that doesn't come at the cost of someone else's misery then I say do it. Honestly, early Stingray basses have never been CHEAP. They've always been highly regarded, but now they've gone from being respected, desirable basses that nail a unique tone to becoming collectible which is sort of a shame if they don't get played, but MusicMan make a range of instruments from £6k vintage-replica's to downright cheap far-east stuff. YOU pay YOUR money and YOU take YOUR choice and I will not judge.
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