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  1. mcnach
    Any chance you could record a little demo? Especially illustrating the tape saturation effect... That pedal looks really interesting.
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    Indeed. I watched a documentary once and read in various places about his practice of recording parts using his voice. I'm not saying he would never leave musicians to come with their own parts, but he generally seemed to have a very good idea of what each part should sound like. Personal life aside, musically the guy was pretty exceptional.
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    I don't see it as something to give you a distinct tone from click to click of the control, but more something that can give you a couple of variations on the basic bass sound, in passive form. A bit like my passive tone control, it may change continuously but there's only 3 positions I use it at... I'd love to try one before I go ahead and buy it... I may have to PM @krispn for that
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    as others must have said already (I haven't read the whole thing yet), poplar does not mean lack of low end, how did you get that conclusion? I only own one example (USA MM SUB) but I've played a handful of other poplar bodied basses (and pine, and other 'lowly' woods) and there's no lack of low end that I can tell. It does have a bit of a boring grain, but that's about it. Not the most exciting natural finish. edit: my fretless Precision is also made of poplar. No problems there either.
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    It definitely must vary. I'll have to try them in person before letting my cash go, especially as I really don't need another bass: I keep playing the same two all the time and the rest are just extravagant decorations. I'll ask if any of by multiple band mates want to start a UFO tribute band. The length of the neck might be the biggest deal breaker, more than the neck dive, I think. Neck dive may occur or not, it seems... but the whole bass seems to sit a few inches to the right farther than I'd like to. Hmmm.
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    Yes, white, because they don't make then red 😛 When I see the burst ones... it makes me feel like playing Lynyrd Skynyrd. Nothing wrong with that, I love them, but... I feel all swampy and hot and sticky. Black is cool. Black is always cool. But I like a white Thunderbird. Classy.
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    Nice bass! I guess you were not going for a T-bird sound, as you put the pickup where a P would be (right?)... either way, that looks very nice
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    I hate Rics... 😛
  9. mcnach
    Indeed, the look was a great part of the attraction. I hear some people saying theirs do not suffer from neck dive, I think this is definitely one bass I would never buy without testing... or only buy used if cheap and I can move it easily if it doesn't work out... Aside from the neck dive, I suspect that neck must feel really long. I've had basses with short upper horns that even if they didn't neck dive, the neck just didn't feel comfy, with the first fret being quite far... and I use the first few frets a lot. Shame, it's a nice looking bass, and makes some nice noises too. Tone styler! That's interesting... I was looking at those a few weeks ago, they seem pretty cool.
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    I know what Lewis Hamilton looks like... but I can't say I know much about his life outside a F1 car...
  11. mcnach
    Thank you for all the replies... In the end my old friend neck dive came to the rescue. That's a deal breaker for me. Not keen on necks that feel long (strap button positioning) either... Shame. They sound good and look good. My pocket is safe. Phew.
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    I never even played one before... But I'm finding myself wanting a white one really badly, and go out and "rawk"... I blame Pete Way. Please tell me they are terrible and I shouldn't bother! 😄 edit: ... and I ended up with a Sandberg VM4
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    You can't pay me to sit and watch that, so I'll take your word for it, whoever she might be.
  14. mcnach
    A pair of Barefaced Two10. I still keep the TKS S112 (pair) because they're very sweet sounding, but I often need more oomph than I'm comfortable putting through them, so the Two10 see most of the action. As for the top end rolled off on that track... Try playing that on the Two10 (6 or 7 KHz top I think) and tell me if you feel it's missing anything important. That was my point (and I can hear very well up to 15 KHz ). "Bright" is a lot lower than a lot of people think, because they haven't really tested it seriously. It was certainly the case for me. Even the TKS S112 don't really feel 'dark' to me and they roll of at 5 KHz. Most of the interesting mids and treble are very well represented in that range, the stuff they cannot reproduce is stuff that I would usually try to remove anyway.
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    That's the thing, I had not stopped to look at the sound I liked and I assumed it would contain a lot of higher frequencies. It turns out it doesn't (my hearing is pretty damn good still ) . The Two10 doesn't start to roll off significantly until 6 KHz, and the TKS S112 at 5KHz... and they're as bright as I want them to be. And no, I don't go for muddy old school sound. But whenever I had an adjustable tweeter I ended up turning it down. The sizzle that tweeters produce is not very nice, for me. Multiple driver cabs like the TKS 1126 work better (again, for me) in the top end, with the smaller conventional driver (6" one in that cab) taking care of the treble. That one can go a lot higher without a tweeter... I just looked, it goes to 9KHz. To me that's more than plenty. I had two, one with and one without tweeter... The tweeter was a bad idea. For me Some bass preamps have the treble control centered at 10KHz and I find them completely useless except to turn them down. The frequency range it boosts is something I really don't want on my bass. This is as bright as I need:
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    Of course it's not counterintuitive once you know that But I really didn't know that a few years ago. My first bass rig was not a problem to choose: I just needed some amplification, any, and I needed it fast and it had to be cheap So I took whatever I found (Behringer BX4500 head and matching 210 - the head was surprisingly good, actually... not bad for £100 all included even if I had to drive 60 miles to get it). But later I'd spend a lot of time comparing specs, frequency ranges... I was very worried about losing 'bassiness' with some of the cabs I saw out there. Then someone pointed out to the graphs and I could see that even when stating a low 40Hz, it could be several db lower than at 80Hz... Then I just played the things and they all worked. Much later, I learnt why. Similarly on the top range... I passed on cabs with roll offs at around 4-6 KHz thinking they'd be too dark and went for extended ones, with multiple drivers and/or tweeters. And eventually found they were not needed at all (for me, and I don't use a particularly dark sound).
  17. mcnach
    Indeed! I use my variable HPF with enthusiasm, and it's counterintuitive initially when you realise how high you can go while still producing a strong punchy bass sound.
  18. mcnach
    But we don't really get much of the fundamental playing the lower notes on our bass, which is why you can 'hear' a strong low B even on cabs that roll off below 45 Hz. I think the classic Ampeg 810 had a threshold around something like 55 Hz, with 40Hz being 10db down or lower... yet I doubt many people find them poor with 5 string basses. Regardless... the difference between 40 and 45Hz nominal threshold is not why one cab sounded brighter than the other.
  19. mcnach
    +1 differences in the low end can make one sound like it has 'more body' or something, but that's not where 'brightness' is. And 40 vs 45Hz is negligible unless you're looking for super low dub performances.
  20. mcnach
    Having owned both BB2 and Two10 (not One10, 'though), I thought it strange as well... I can't imagine half of a Two10 compare with the beast the BB2 is.
  21. mcnach
    I use the 17db ones, I think they give me pretty decent attenuation and I can talk to people with them on. Very happy with them.
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    Gary

    mcnach replied to Gary1963's topic in General Discussion

    I sometimes see people reviewing and comparing instruments and saying the action on one model was better... But action is all down to the particular setup on that instrument, and it can be adjusted to whatever you want it to be. Which one is better? I have played a SR300 and it was a pretty good bass. Is the 500 better? It may be in some ways but I doubt it'll be day/night different. Moreover, we all like different things... I'm afraid there's no substitute to your trying a few to get a sense for what they're like... and remember, you can get the bass adjusted for whatever action you prefer.
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    DR Strings

    mcnach replied to a topic in General Discussion

    If they feel stiffer than Fat Beams then I don't think I'll bother...
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    DR Strings

    mcnach replied to a topic in General Discussion

    The Pure Blues is the one type of DRs I haven't tried and it's been recommended to me by others with similar tastes to mine... hmmm.
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    DR Strings

    mcnach replied to a topic in General Discussion

    A bit more flexible than the EB's.
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