Ghost_Bass

I can say for sure that the weather affects my tone, a lot!!! When it's cold and humid my back, knees, elbows and fingers ache a lot and that affects my playing technique thus affecting the tone... Appart from that i never noticed a bass changing its voice depending on the weather.

From what i've tried in the Fender line i would say that the Fender Classic 50's P is one of the best P's in their range, very cheap too as it's MIM, also very light and comfortable. Thinking outside Fender i would say that practicly any main stream or boutique manufacturer has surpassed them in both QC and attention to detail. My personal choice would be Yamaha BB (i have a '85 BB1000S and the P soloed is tone heaven) but if you want more versatility with an active preamp then Sadowsky/Allevo/Lakland/Lull/Dingwall/Nord/Sandberg/etc... will have the best tone for buck! You need to go to a store and try as many as you can.

Thanks for the link Blue, great song and i can recognise the playing/music style immediately. I have Funky Brodway in a Funk/Soul classics mix disc in my car stereo playing in repeat mode for the last 4 years! Mrs GB can't take it anymore, first thing she does when she enters the car is to change it to radio... I find it a great source for inspiration and vocabulary learning.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1466507461' post='3076288'] I'll settle for neither: This is what I took to my last recording session. The Warwick and the red Gus got the most use. [/quote] Ohhhhh! That Starbass! The only piece of kit with a big W stamped that ever made my trousers feel tighter...

Neither for me. A HH configuration works best for my tonal goals (wich need lots of variety and tonal range). If i really had to choose one i would go for the P but it would need to have a split coil J or H on the bridge position... and a preamp with blend pot... and flat fretboard... and... oh, wait! that's not a P anymore... [i](EDIT: i forgot to add that it shouldn't be build as an IKEA kit and sold for a premium...)[/i] I found my tonal nirvana years ago when i got my TRB5PII, haven't stop buying and selling basses since but that's the one that stuck around and is yet to find a rival to take its place.

Does it really has to be a fender?...

I can see the point in paying for a tortoise/motherofpearl replacement pickguard but for a solid coloured one (black/white/pink/...) why not just cover the one you have with adhesive vinyl? If done properly it will look like it's the original colour and can be done for a couple of pounds and a steady hand with a box cutter.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1463654623' post='3053087'] That's preposterous... you can't just simply ignore the things you don't like... it's just not how things are done... Get yourself on facebook and bleat endlessly about it. [/quote] I can't go on facebook any more... they now have groups with bass gear for sale...

80's (0-8) - Childhood, all the care and love a family could provide without a single worry or responsability in the world. Got my first guitar. 90's (9-18) - Teenager. Discovered music through grunge and nu-metal. Allways broke and poor. Learned to play guitar. Bought my first bass. joined my first band (nu-metal originals). Met the love of my life. 00's (19-29) - Still broke. Bought my second bass. Joined my first covers band and started to earn some money. Got my degree in engineering. Got a drivers licence. Landed a job near home in engineering. Bought my first car. Bought my first non-budget bass gear (Trace and Stingray) and kept the covers bands. Found Basschat... Still dating future Mrs. GB. 10's (30-35...) - Still working. No debts. Moved in with future Mrs. GB. Bought and sold a bunch of high end bass gear, constant GAS. Finnaly popped the question and married Mrs. GB. Still playing in covers bands, enjoying myself and earning a complement to the paycheck. Just bought a new (used) car. Still have 4 more years to enjoy this decade. All in all i think that things are getting better everytime. Music in the top charts isn't as good as the old days but who says this? we, a bunch of old grumpy guys! today's kids love it, it's their time so let them enjoy it. But in a general view we're better in terms of information, education, health, technology and culture. Things keep evolving and we need to keep up with it. I don't like Lady Gaga so i change the radio station when she comes on and i don't play any of her songs in my band, i can live with that.

[quote name='Muppet' timestamp='1462964477' post='3047295'] Erm, yes, me, as per post number 6 on this thread... [/quote] Would you say it would cope with the low end of a Uke Bass at a volume enough to keep up with an acoustic guitar without farting? The Vox AC1 RB i have cannot, it's fine with a passive electric bass but the Uke gives it too much low end and the speakers fart at low volumes.

Strangely, Purple Rain by Prince. Allways gets people dancing (welll... just moving to the rythm) and singing the chorus.

Have you tried using a compressor on your bass at home? With some extreme settings to get rid of attack and smooth the peaks as much as possible it could work. Don't expect a great tone though.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1462956609' post='3047173'] (...) If I smash a finger ... (...) [/quote] ...you're left with nine others! Stop complainting and play the gig!

Try the Protec Contego Bass Case, i don't know the dimentions of a Bass Safe but my basses fit on the Contego without much free space. Thoman has the dimentions listed: [size=3][color=#000000][font=verdana, tahoma, arial, helvetica]Protec Contego Bass Case-light-weight CTG 233, ultra-strong, water resistant ballistic nylon, heavy gauge extra large zippers and backpack thomann straps that are adjustable for superior comfort and convenience. Dimensions: 43 x 125 x 13cm. Weight 3.632. Finish: Black[/font][/color][/size] http://www.thomann.de/pt/protec_contego_e_bass_case.htm

Had this one (amongs other pedals from behringer) and it did sound pretty good with bass but it wasn't the sound i had in my mind (after a long search ended with the B3K) but it's a great pedal for the price and made with a metal box. I also have a 2-channel USB mini-mixer hooked on my PC and it's been working great for the last 3-4 years. Cheap and cheerfull, for my needs. Can't beat them for the price but if you're looking for the best sound quality possible you'll never end up buying Behringer.

[quote name='3below' timestamp='1462297970' post='3041924'] You will need a mesh cage over those exposed ports Porting upwards into the space where the head was could be a 'cool' solution. Is there sufficient space and length? [/quote] Now that i think of it the head space could have been used as a port bt itself. Simply cutting an acces to the inside of the cab near the back and plugging tha back of the head space would make a pretty good shelving port. Only calculation needed would be to know how much area to remove from the top of the box.

Here's me with my best bassface:

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1462532623' post='3043800'] Here we go then - custom OBBM 32cm angled-Speakon to angled-Speakon cable. A normal 1m cable with straight Speakons is too long and too unwieldy - and with this one I can have the rig closer to a wall on a tight stage if necessary. Kudos to Dave (obbm), who was just on his way out the door to for a 2-week holiday when I enquired about it yesterday. He made the cable and posted it before leaving. I got it this morning. That's what you call customer service... [/quote] What's that black and grey thing hiding behind the speakon cable? An alarm clock? Can't really see it well...

[quote name='Muppet' timestamp='1462533084' post='3043809'] I tried one of these at the weekend (as well as a B Social, but that's another thread). It was pretty good for the size but was a bit plasticky. you can connect it to an 'extension' for another £25 or so. I was comparing it against my Yamaha THR which is a bit unfair really given the cost difference and I would definitely stick with my THR, but at £50 it's pretty good value! [/quote] Are you using the THR with bass? If so wich is the model and how do you rate it? I was under the impression that the THR are guitar amps.

There's also another option for bass dedicated battery mini amps from Eden, the Microtour: https://youtu.be/Jj8EPkxJ1wc (Sorry for the offtopic)

I'm looking at one of these to use as a portable solution with my UkeBass. I've got the Vox Rythm Bass but it can't cope with the low end of the Uke. It's fine with electric bass though. If the Blacksatr is better in the big lows i'll be selling the Vox and getting one of these. Looking forward for any reviews of BCers using it.

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1462192352' post='3040918'] I had one of the Maison BC-alikes, mine was a 5 string with JJ pickups and I gigged it for years. I managed to remove the logo from the body with a bit of T-Cut and elbow grease Here it is in action. [/quote] Looks like mine except for two things. Mine didn't come with any kind of printing on the truss rod cover and the contour of the body isn't as rouded as yours, it's more slab'ish. I tried to find a picture of it but it seems that i never taken one. I'll use the oportuinity of bringing it back to life this summer to open a topic on the apropriate section. EDIT: looking again at the picture i may have been fooled by the perspective and the dark body, probably they're the same shape.

You've answered your own question. It's purely physics added to the way the player attacks the stings and the own characteristics (sorry for the spelling) of the bass. My TBR5PII has a perfectly straight neck (straight as it has 0 relief and the FB has no radius) and doesn't have fretbuzz. I have all my basses setup to the minimal height possible, in the TRB my G string saddle only has enough height to secure the screws so they don't fall off from being loose. I don't use a strong attack and i pluck the strings most of the times near the bridge pickup so i'm not creating a lot of string movement. When i want a fuller (bassier) sound i pluck above the neck pickup but use even less force. That being said i'm not petting the bass, i can dig in when i need to and still don't get fret buzz. I need to add that it has a 35" scale so it probably helps with this. I also do a lot of setups for friends and i find that the basses that most commonly need some kind of relief to stop fret buzz are models based around the Fender design, maybe the design of the bass also plays a part in it too.

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1462281688' post='3041704'] (...) So, although I don't envisage replacing the Orange cabs (but I'm keeping the amazing AD200b), what would the modern bass community advise would be a suitable replacement cab-wise for a big old 200W tube amp or small lightweight 900W Class D to sit on to generate a big sound but still be fairly light weight. (...) [/quote] Back on topic, i would go for the new B[size=1]arefaced [/size]4x10" if i was looking for a tweeterless old school sound or the B[size=1]arefaced[/size] Big Twin / TKS 2x12 for a modern sound. I guess that these options would be able to outperform the orange cabs in SPL and, most importantly, in weight. IMO obviously

[quote name='markdavid' timestamp='1462275157' post='3041608'] Ok thanks, so to do the isolation test I unscrew the pickups from the body of the bass and move them as far away from each other as possible? [/quote] I'm guessing that you just need to have the pickup detatched from the body so that it doesn't[u] pick up/transmit (depending of the tested PU)[/u] any vibrations from/to the bass. It's easier if you remove the strings first. Hold each pickup with your hand carfully so that you don't pull the wire too much and test each with the screwdriver. If the tapping is still noticeable it's because your volume pot is knackered and doesn't fully cut your sound or something in the wiring isn't connected as it should.