mcnach

I have a gig tonight... We're doing a ska/reggae version of a Star Wars medley, and also Auld Lang Syne (since we play through midnight) starting slow as usual and then speeding it up ska style... I was away for the past 2 weeks, just landed last night... I suppose right about now I should be making sure I know the structures of the songs and what to play,instead of being in BC... I have some rough notes.... I will be ok... will I? 😛

I guess it is a matter of: do you want to make it easy? (lazy) or do you want to make it right? (where right may well be a Precision in many cases, after all many players/bands do use a Precision first and foremost, but right may be other basses too)

That would be my view, yes. Use whatever bass gives the sound required. Not just a Precision for everything. I think those wanting a P for everything they just want to make things sound in a particular way they have in mind, which may well be good, but it's not necessarily the only way it can sound good. It's just their personal vision. Hence my inertia comment.

... to get it to sound like the idea of a bass they have in mind, not necessarily the bass the band goes for. Funny you could play vastly different sounding guitars and that's not a problem

urraca That works too.

como un cuervo?

If you read the article, it appears the singer took matters in his own hands, successfully, which is why he may have chosen to not press charges... Well done him.

Sometimes BC feels like a support group for GAS sufferers...

Enjoy it while it lasts! In my experience it's short lived... although you seem to be one of the most sensible types around here, hopefully the blissful periodwill last longer with you.

Sin duda

I love the description of the pickup... and

Then... welcome! And I wish you good luck controlling GAS (gear acquisition syndrome)... I spent more money in the first two years after joining BassChat than in the previous 20 together 😛

loved it!

No worries... I was really confused I thought it had some hidden meaning I could not figure out... But then I haven't had lunch yet and I'm starving so my brain is not at its brightest... It's all good

I see, then it must look more attractive than to me. I find the SR5 too narrow. The nicest 5-string I found was a Lakland 55-02, not just the profile, but the wide neck (19mm string spacing at the bridge), followed by a Squier Jazz V DeLuxe, a bit chunkier and also 19mm. I guess I could play any 5 string just as badly with a tiny bit of practice

Uff, I don't know. The natural/black one that TimC is playing looks extremely sexy...

I was asking about the high pass filter in the 3-band EBMM preamp.

I haven't tried one, but the strings look really close together

If you are going to change what I actually typed, at least add some note to indicate what you really mean... otherwise it's utterly pointless and confusing edit: and the smiley

Unfortunately, you win a Rick... 😛

well put

So do other basses. Easily. It's just inertia...

... about Stingrays? Never!

Thank you!!! I was struggling to find the right words, but you nailed it here. I love Precisions (as my avatar may suggest), although I use Stingrays and PJ types mostly... If I use a specific bass for recording, it's because I want its specific sound. Of course, if I were a hired gun and they tell me "hey, we want the bass to sound like a Precision" then I guess you use a Precision. But I don't think there's anything inherently superior about the sound of a Precision in any given style. The thing is the Precision has been historically used in a LOT of well known recordings, so it makes sense that any decent producer would be familiar with Precisions, possibly more than with other basses. However, to insist on a Precision, unless you really are looking for THAT sound, is either narrow-minded or lazy. Probably both. I think.

Ugh... one of the worst articles I've read in a while.