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    Gear fads

    acidbass replied to ped's topic in General Discussion

    +1, nothing like proper heavyweight bass instead of these in car audio systems
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    SVT x4 8x10 x 4 IEMs
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    At least those are consistently not over the pole pieces and therefore consistent in tone across all strings - not haphazard like most 'rays. The G always sounds good in demo videos but try a 'ray in a band context and the G is almost completely redundant without major EQing or extreme pickup balancing. That said, they did address this issue with the Stingray Specials.
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    Disappointed that EBMM have dropped the ball again with the pickup alignment on this. The G string looks way off. They had sorted this too on the Stingray Specials etc. Hope Joe Dart doesn't mind a bit of weak G in the Vulf stuff!
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    I guess I would expect perfection when spending the kind of money that these basses cost. Endearing imperfections are for woodshop builders, not professionals.
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    I see they still haven't sorted out the alignment issues with the strings/pole pieces. The D and G pickup rout was drilled around a centimetre out of goose by the looks of it.
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    Really the only things that would mark this as a genuine 62 are the neck plate and clay dots. How else would you tell with the amount of work that has been done?
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    The burst doesn't look very 1962, also it would be very rare for a nitro finish to withstand 60 years of gigging without any wear! Also, thru body stringing on a 60s bass? I can't make out if there's a hole at the back of the headstock for a strap button - or if it's just the wood grain. A 62 should have this button
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    Ashdown customer service is the best in the business. Mark and Guy are the reason I buy Ashdown!
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    This video has spawned a legion of cult videos!
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    Hi all Just wondering if anyone knows if the Sire J Bass control plates are the same dimensions as the standard Fender size? Thinking about buying one and converting it to fully passive with a new plate and loom. Hopefully someone has done something similar in the past. All advice appreciated! Thanks Danny
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    Just treated myself to a Gruv Gear Solo Strap Neo 4". Just looked like the most comfortable out of all the straps I checked out! There's a bit of a backlog on them at the moment although it should be here in 2 to 3 weeks
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    Really interesting vid here too for the Squire gear aficionados:
  14. acidbass
    I owned the TH500 for a couple of years and could never get a clean sound out of it at gig volume. The Drive control is completely redundant.
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    Do you need either? There are some awesome plugins available with tube amp sims that sound identical to the originals, and it'll save you a lot of cash, maintenance and setup!
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    BA55 DMC here (my initials!), I'm certain I've got gigs from having it! GLWTS
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    Let's face it, a 5 string P Bass is going to sound like a 5 string P Bass. What magic sauce is going to be worth an extra $3000 US, if say you compared a Squier P Bass with a Nordy P pickup to an Olinto with a Nordy P Pickup? You can't deny that dodgy alignment is the fault of either the builder or the designer.
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    Echoing BigRedX above, I wouldn't expect anything less than perfection when spending that sort of money. They made a 5 string P Bass in a mocha sort of colour with no pickguard that actually could have been designed and crafted by GCSE woodworking student. I do believe alignment makes a difference to tone also - the Stingray weak G problem can largely be attributed to the fact that most G strings float off the side of the pole pieces on Rays (modern Rays aside).
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    I criticised how poorly designed and manufactured they were (neck alignment issues, pickup pole pieces off centre with the strings, inlays off centre etc) and Mas Hino blocked me on Instagram!
  20. acidbass
    Who's music? Just not for me but I'm glad you enjoy them
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    I dunno, you go to any jazz or funk gig at any city in the world and you'll see musicians of an equal standard to the Scary bunch, doing funk/soul covers of popular songs in exactly the same manner.
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    Scary Pockets are just an average cover band really, some good musicians but are they doing anything original?
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    I have had this viewpoint for quite a while now. Interesting link, thanks! I would also add that choice of fingerboard material doesn't matter at all to tone, as the strings never actually touch the fingerboard on most fretted instruments, they touch the frets only. In theory, if you mounted pickups, a bridge, a nut, some frets and strings to an old wooden workbench, and kept the proportions the same as a Jazz Bass (scale length, pickup position etc), and then ran the signal to an output jack, it would sound like a Jazz Bass. I think choice of woods and finishes are for vanity only.
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    To my ears, the reverse P sounds better in every situation. It just makes more sense from a physics/engineering perspective.
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    I use the pitch shift feature on my HX Stomp to shift all the notes down 5 semitones, have a patch specifically for this which I flick to when I need that low B. The tracking is excellent.
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