Hmmm.... I could do that EBS_Freak but that implies taste and subtlety.
Bit I'm still loving the extremes here: 'ice-pick in the forehead' vs. 'drowning in chocolate' tones.
Currently messing with that air-pump 'daisy-cutter' - trouser-flapping bass noise which is used to suppress civil unrest.
I'm lucky enough to be the owner of this one!
This bass is the end-result of this build thread: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=141577"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=141577[/url]
I will post some sound samples when I get a decent recording and get my bearings around an enormous 35" 5-string fretboard.
Visog
P.S. Bridge P/U mid-boost Jaco tone is always fun but currently enjoying the neck P/U mid and treble boost for gritty 'Rick-o-tone'.
P.P.S. Loving the consistency of tone across all 5 strings
P.P.P.S. Use bass boost at your peril! Sorry Neighbs
Hi Bass Community,
Want to tap your collective wisdom. My GB bass (5-string) is nearly ready (http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=141577) and I want an amp/cab or combo to reflect the high-end zing and bass burp these basses can produce. Any recommendations for sound production? I'm tempted by the TC Electronics BH500 + 210 + 212 offers out there for ~£700. What do you think or can you guys recommend something better?
Constructive suggestions welcome... (but don't go insane with the budget right? I'm sure anything would sound good through a full SWR stack but I can't afford one and my wife would make me keep it the shed.)
visog
NP: Jamie Cullum interviewing Pat Metheny on R2
What a lovely bass. Really understated but with so many features. Plus you don't have to worry about dinging it (too much). If I wasn't committed elsewhere, I'd bag this for this great price.
> I have no idea how to measure it, drop me a PM please on how to do it and I'll drop a tape on it.
It's just the nut to bridge distance, i.e. the speaking length of the string.
(Shorter scales have less tension but may sacrifice the fundamental. Opposite for long scale lengths but you sacrifice playability. Note a Dingwall attempts to do it all on the one fretboard. Not played one so I'm not sure how it works out....)
visog
>There are a few knots of wood on the burl top that have been filed and are noticable on close inspection.
What on earth do you mean?
(This bass would have been flawless leaving the makers.)
Also, does it have ramp by any chance?
Visog
Senmen,
Whereabouts in Germany?
Also what are the controls on that?
And does it balance OK when sitting/standing? Some Alembics are neck heavy hence some of the new shapes they've introduced.
visog
> I certainly remembering owning that combination of basses that you mention about 8-10 years ago... or maybe longer!
Sorry perhaps you're right - time flies
> Did you have an Ampeg combo at the time?
Actually a Randall combo
> In fact whilst moving house recently I found a pic of the bass that you may have bought, do you still have it?
Yes I do and it gets an annual airing at a local music school show I do. It gets admiring glances and the odd "how much do you want for it?"
> it had a bit of flame to it for an early Streamer.
See photo
Think I bought a bass from you some years ago - a nice sister fretted streamer to the ones shown. Played the fretless in the picture and at the time you had a Fortress with that massive weighted bridge as well as a Thumb. You like your Warwicks!
Anyway good seller - highly recommended.
Not sure I agree - the whole point of a community is to apply their collective wisdom to help others. And the fact of the matter is that this ding'ed second hand bass is only £33 pounds cheaper than the very first price new I got from the Internet. Should we stand by and not say anything?