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UK Ken said:
Hardy, Did the Ortega arrive yet? Im thinking about getting the KTSM 5FL. How do you rate this bass against the Warwicks?
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The bass finally arrived last week. Sounds very very nice! But it has some serious problems. First of all the intonation is bad. At the 12th fret it’s out of tune a quarter tone. A big issue. Also all edges are razor sharp. I installed an armrest to make it playable. This bass will not stay. It’s from 2011, my fretted Ortega from 2016 is from another planet. Most comfortable with built in armrest. Too bad they don‘t offer that one fretless.
 
Oh, sorry to hear the bass is not up to you’re expectations, poor intonation is unacceptable. Hopefully you will another soon. If there is a KTSM 5FL available I may just get one
 
Maybe the dots are placed where they would be on a fretted bass, in between frets so to speak?
The ones on my fretless are exactly where the fret would normally be.
 
DiMarco said:
Maybe the dots are placed where they would be on a fretted bass, in between frets so to speak?
The ones on my fretless are exactly where the fret would normally be.
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This could be the reason. I didn’t think of this because the 12th fret would run directly through the „XII“ inlay. On a fretted bass it sits between the frets ofc. I can try to train it and play with the bass, but my other fretless basses have the side dots in different positions. It’s difficult for me to hear the right tone to judge if I‘m playing correctly. I need a clear starting point when I play on a fretless. The next fretless acoustic I will check before buying.
 
I installed this arm rest btw. Now I can play it without risking to open my veins by accident.
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Wow, great find Hardy, thanks. I'll contact the seller and see if I can persuade him to ship to UK.
 
Forgot to show you my new AKG K240...very nice studio headphones for the price. Great improvement from normal headphones for recording and mixing your own stuff at home.:cool:

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(Picture is rotated to the left... :rolleyes: sorry.)
 
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Sold my Alpha-Omega some time ago. Now needing that tone again. Oh well.

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Went for the smaller footprint this time, I do not like the EQ's on DG pedals much and already have the Le Bass pre handling tone enlargement =) Just doing overdrive is all I need from this pedal.
 
Got an e-mail the Black Cat is no longer available and won't be for some time (Coronacrisis).
After a little discussing with the owner of the online shop who is a great guy I decided to upgrade the order to this:

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Because why the hell not. It has the DSM omnicabsim built in and has the pre section controls of an Ampeg.
Two effect loops, one through the preamp being full range, the parallel one having only the low end.

So now I will have three different preamps, the Two Notes Le Bass and Trace Elliot Transit-B being the others.
Guess I like to have options. The TE has no cab sim, the Le Bass only a very simple one that doesn't sound great.
This new baby is all analog and lets me choose between three different OmnicabSim models.

The Octave fuzz is back on the wishlist but will have to wait.
 
Guess it makes coffee too. ;)


PS. Too bad about the Bass Octave Fuzz, it looks VERY nice.
 
Polish mail company said 10 days delivery time, now their app jumped to an ETA of june 4-10 for my bass. :-(

Meanwhile I keep watching this video. Mine has the tone of the white (same fb and pu placement, but 34"), and the finish of the red.

 
It can be a pain sometimes, but always rewarding in the end if it works out.
 
Sadly the shop mailed me they can't deliver these anymore. Dammit.
 
I just ordered one of these. I've been playing a lot of guitar and decided I wanted a delay. I chose this one because of all the gimmicky bells and whistles. I'm looking forward to doing unholy things to unlikely sound sources when I'm not using this for a conventional guitar delay.

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