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    #452
    Patricide
    Registered Users Posts: 4,658 ✭✭✭Patricide


    Doc, lovely collection but did you sell your hotwire :O?


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    #453
    Alanstrainor
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 23,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    I know, I know, i had said i wanted maple...but when i saw this i just couldn't let it go for under 800 delivered Up yours Mr.taxman. Yup, my bridge is flat to the body, just the way i like it, and they even provided extra springs if i want a tighter feel.
    The back is contoured at the neck!, it's the sexiest part of it i think, that and the way it plays...words cannot describe it really, i've never had a guitar that plays so well straight out of the box.


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    #454
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    Lovely stuff Alan, congrats! How many Bacchus's is that on boards now?:pac:


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    #455
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    Patricide wrote: »
    Doc, lovely collection but did you sell your hotwire :O?

    No, the Hotwire has gone back to Germany, there's an issue they need to attend to but it'll be back. The black Bacchus 5 ain't pictured either.

    I was just feeling love for the 4's that day :P



    Alan, beeeeeeeeeeeautiful! Let me know how those pickups are, I have that same model, albeit different colour, high on the get-list.

    Quattroste, that's their tweaked strat body, kinda like the basses, it's a bit smaller than the traditional size with extra contouring and the likes.


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    #456
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    under 800 delivered

    :D That is a result!


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    #457
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    DAMN that's a sexy lookin' guitar! :eek:


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    #458
    Johnny Storm
    Registered Users Posts: 3,983 ✭✭✭Johnny Storm


    Is that a blackburst finish? Very nice!


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    #459
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    That is a tasty burger guitar! :D


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    #460
    Alanstrainor
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 23,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Johnny Storm wrote: »
    Is that a blackburst finish? Very nice!

    Aye, blackburst. It sounds so sweet too, really great, not as bright as my current strat, but not too dark.


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    #461
    boycey
    Registered Users Posts: 513 ✭✭✭boycey


    Very nice Alan, I'd be hard pushed to pick that or Quattroste's lovely white one. Both are very cool looking strats.

    BTW- a question for you and Ste- do they come wired as standard - ie no tone control for the bridge p'up -or are the middle and bridge controlled from the same tone pot? (the way every strat should be imo)


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    #462
    Alanstrainor
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 23,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Thanks!
    Well, mine is the G-Player, so it's Bacchus's take on the strat, so non traditional wiring. It's got on master tone pot ( the one down from the volume ) which is wired to all pickups, not just the neck and middle. The second "tone pot", is actually a blend pot, which depending on the p-up selector position blends in other pickups, eg, at the bridge position, when the blend pot is at 1 it has a telecastereque selection (neck and Bridge) when the pot is at 10 it's just the standard bridge. Sorta confusing! But awesome!


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    #463
    Quattroste
    Registered Users Posts: 1,433 ✭✭✭Quattroste


    Mine's standard Strat tone controls! :cool: although the G Studio has Volume, Tone and Mid boost but thats SSH configuration.


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    #464
    Darkstrike
    Registered Users Posts: 476 ✭✭Darkstrike


    Cool bass, shame its backwards.......... :D


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    #465
    Patricide
    Registered Users Posts: 4,658 ✭✭✭Patricide


    GOD DAMM!!!! I REALLY have to get a play of your gear, so much unusual stuff!! How does she sound?


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    #466
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    Interesting. Is that not blowing the **** out of the P pickup?


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    #467
    Darkstrike
    Registered Users Posts: 476 ✭✭Darkstrike


    Patricide wrote: »
    GOD DAMM!!!! I REALLY have to get a play of your gear, so much unusual stuff!! How does she sound?
    Definatly man, we gotta sort something out! Sound's real good, bright, clear, loud, suprisingly good on the low notes.
    Doctor J wrote: »
    Interesting. Is that not blowing the **** out of the P pickup?
    Not at all, I've not got it set too high, and the P pickup was fairly hot and loud to begin with.


    One of the main reasons I done it was for better harmonics, with the trem of course.
    It is more powerful than the P, even set medium high, but I've started setting the amp for light od on the P pickup, and when I kick this in it coes crazy distorted.
    They do blend, suprisingly well.


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    #468
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    Darkstrike wrote: »
    My P-bass got an upgrade this week!

    A DiMarzio X2N-7!:eek:
    X2N-7Mods8.jpg

    Optima Gold? :pac:


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    #469
    Darkstrike
    Registered Users Posts: 476 ✭✭Darkstrike


    Dord wrote: »
    Optima Gold? :pac:
    Oooohhhhhh yeah!:cool:




    Problem is, you've ruined my life, I love these strings, they feel like nothing other, look and sound great!


    Any idea where I'd be able to buy 'em in bulk, or by the box, cheaper than buying one by one?


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    #470
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    Darkstrike wrote: »
    Oooohhhhhh yeah!:cool:




    Problem is, you've ruined my life, I love these strings, they feel like nothing other, look and sound great!


    Any idea where I'd be able to buy 'em in bulk, or by the box, cheaper than buying one by one?


    :D

    Sorry about that... :p

    You're buying from Saitenkatalog.de I take it??
    I'm not sure if the site has a bulk discount... but for orders over 100euro there's no shipping fee.


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    #471
    Darkstrike
    Registered Users Posts: 476 ✭✭Darkstrike


    Dord wrote: »
    :D

    Sorry about that... :p

    You're buying from Saitenkatalog.de I take it??
    I'm not sure if the site has a bulk discount... but for orders over 100euro there's no shipping fee.
    I got them as part of the Thomain order, I'll have to check out Saitenkatalog.

    A bulk deal would help me out a lot, I've got 12 basses, another on the way, and hopefully one from X Music in a month. A lot of gold!:D


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    #472
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    Oh... Thomann is more expensive! SaitenKatalog has the whole Optima range... all of them. Great service, it generally takes about 2 or 3 days max for them to get here. :)


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    #473
    Darkstrike
    Registered Users Posts: 476 ✭✭Darkstrike


    I just checked, 7 bucks diffrent, per pack that mounts up, I'll have to order some!:cool:

    Geez, you can't even get regular string for that price here.:(


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    #474
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    Shipping is cheaper too. :)

    I find the biggest problem here is consistency, you get into using the same string pack and then go to get them again and no where has them. It pisses me off. :mad:


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    #475
    Darkstrike
    Registered Users Posts: 476 ✭✭Darkstrike


    Gotta agree there dude, I was stuck without my usual's there for a month recently sucked.

    Can only get a set of TI's in the third quarter of the second season, on a leap year, if there's a full moon. :(

    Damn' they even have 'em in super long scale, I'll be wantin' them too! :D


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    #476
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    I use these ones.... Optima 2319 LS Gold Strings ML. :)


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    #477
    Darkstrike
    Registered Users Posts: 476 ✭✭Darkstrike


    I've been using these ones,
    http://saitenkatalog.de/shop1/product_info.php?products_id=14551&osCsid=k4727f7j4bn4tsrhikim6kl3fd5rmm6c

    Does it make a difference between the gold pack and the black pack, besides guage.


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    #478
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    The link isn't working...

    I haven't noticed any difference in the packs, it's just a different inlay they have in the plastic casing. Most of the packs I've gotten have the black cover but one or two had the yellow picture with the bass. The 2319 pack is the 45-105 set.


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    #479
    Darkstrike
    Registered Users Posts: 476 ✭✭Darkstrike


    Strange, works perfect for me, its the
    Optima 2299 LS Gold Strings RL

    .045 .060 .080 .100 - set / E-Bass
    - Long Scale 34" (88cm)

    set anyway, in the gold pack, its cool to know I can buy the black without fear!


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    #480
    Parsley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭Parsley


    Nicccccce! Gonna need more pictures though. :pac:


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    #481
    Pyr0
    Registered Users Posts: 5,967 ✭✭✭Pyr0


    Jaaaaysus ! Thats something alright !


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