Recent content by LePL

Hey guys ! Congrats on the new band, ArtechnikA ! I think prog metal is a good place to start, especially when you play fretless :) As for me, it took quite some time but I finally got my hands onto a new fretless bass : It was made by a French luthier, Michel Bracq, but I bought it used...

Yeah, that's actually a very good point... I don't know what I was thinking but I forgot to take import taxes to France into consideration when I looked at their prices. It would still be a pretty good deal, I could get the kind of bass I want out of them for around $1300 but with shipping and...

Wow ! Thanks everybody, I didn't expect to get that many replies so quickly ! The Ibanez Portamento does look really nice for the price, but from what I've heard on the internet I think it lacks a little bit of bite, maybe because it has a rosewood fingerboard instead of the usual ebony...

Hi everybody ! So, here it is: my first and only fretless bass, a Peavey Palaedium, was stolen last weekend... I really need another one soon, but I'd rather take some time to decide what my best options are and ask you guys about what you think about it. I must say I really liked the sound of...

Dima B: thank you so much for the clarification on the preamp/power amp sections in an amp head, that's really what I needed to know to decide between getting an amp head or a preamp. I think you're right in saying that an external preamp will work well with my passive bass. ArtechnikA: the B7K...

Thanks! Actually, when I said "sound card", I meant my M-audio recording interface, I'll correct the original post to make that clear. So you say using the DI out of your amp head worked well? I guess I assumed that wasn't great because as I mentioned, I was not satisfied by the DI out of my...

Hey guys! I'm a fretless bass player currently playing in several metal bands and I'm looking for some advice to get a better recorded sound. First, here's my current recording gear: I'm playing a passive Peavey Palaedium fretless, plugged into an Ashdown MAG 300 head going to an Ashdown 1x15...

Hi everyone, So, I tried the Palaedium the other day, and I bought it right away. The sound was really good and the bass very easy to play, even though the setup could have been better: the bridge pickup was not high enough and was really weak compared to the neck pickup, and the action could...

Hi everyone, So, I tried the L-2500 this evening. It apparently hadn't been played for many years, and I had a hard time tuning it... The setup also, was really bad, the action was very high especially at the bottom of the neck, although the bridge saddles were almost at their lowest point...

So your guess would be that it came fretless from the factory? I checked for videos on youtube, and could only find examples with a fretted Palaedium. Sounds cool, it's a little more rock and aggressive than a Jazz bass, I suppose because of the humbuckers. I also looked at Jeff Berlin...

This is what the guy says on the ad: "The bass comes fully stock with no alterations made". Personally, I don't know anything about this bass, and I had never considered buying a Peavey bass before seeing this ad. At first, I thought these basses all came fretless! So I don't really...

Hi, Thanks for the advice. I guess I'll try to get it for around 400 $. According to the guy, it is in almost mint condition and it also comes with a case designed specifically for the Palaedium. BTW, does anyone know about this case? Is it sturdy enough? It's quite important for me because...

Really? I think 300 $ would not be much for a MIA instrument like that! Maybe it is not that great of a bass?

Hi, I'm going to try these two used basses this week: -Peavy Palaedium MIA fretless, for 525$ -G&L L-2500 MIA fretless, for 700$ First, do you think these are interesting deals? I also wanted to get your opinion about the sound of these basses. I already have a Fender jazz bass and a G&L...

Hi, Thanks for the advice. I think you're right, buying a quality instrument like this that has problems right away is not really worth it. What I think (and hope) is that the A string is not strung properly, with not enough wraps around the tuning peg, as it was suggested in another post...