Recent content by andyaber

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    mouse or kompact?

    Hi, Thanks for your input. Hearing from someone who has experience of both really helps. What you say about Mike Kinal being approachable and helpful makes me think it may be possible again.
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    mouse or kompact?

    My other main consideration is that I want a bass to play sitting at home without plugging in most of the time. I'm lead to believe that a RA mouse isn't loud acoustically, I wonder about the Kinal?
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    mouse or kompact?

    Hi, I fancied 5 or 6 strings after watching youtube vids of others but only ever really played 4 strings myself. Would probably tune a 5 or 6 string to E in the bass. Fancied shorter scale to save older hands. Prefer the looks of a Rob Allen but the Kinal looks more hollow. Rob Allen seems...
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    Tube driven Pedals.

    Me too!
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    Tube driven Pedals.

    Had a Dave Hall Amps DHA vt1 specifically for bass for a while. Yes to all the above, really nice boutique pedal. Graphics in magic marker! Industrial chic.
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    Hi

    Hi, Signed up maybe a week ago and posted a general enquiry about Rob Allen or Kinal basses. I guess it's time for a proper intro. Just got back into picking a bass and guitar up after quite a few years of them gathering dust. Bass is my first love but I feel I have too many guitars and bits...
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    mouse or kompact?

    Can't really afford either but would like a 30" scale 5 or 6 string acoustic-ish bass for home use, mostly unplugged. Finding a 5 string fretted mouse may be almost impossible and kinal kompact may be even rarer. Also fancy spector timbre junior for its fuller body but is 4 string. Any thoughts...