paul_5

I disagree. It's dreadful, but at least he's gone the 'whole 9 yards' and accessorised it with a mullet too. Marks for effort.

Thank gawd he 'forgot' occasionally...

What amp and/cab are you using? ampeg cabs have a natural bump at about 200Hz which always helped my jazzes deliver massive amounts of low end whenever I’ve played. Currently I’ve got a custom bass cab with a sub woofer in it and it’s equally deep.

Panthairsoft?

Latter day RHCP stuff?

Changes in the tone stack - it lets more bass through, might be slightly less gain than the NYC one. here’s a link to a site that lists all of the different types, and their main differences. i find this sort of stuff interesting, for some it’s worryingly obsessive- you pays your money etc… http://www.kitrae.net/music/big_muff_history.html

I’m annoyed with power bricks that don’t supply 9v, 12v and 18v simultaneously. 😄

mmm, I’ve found that I prefer to use dirt boxes with passive basses; stingrays just don’t do dirty to my ears. obviously YMMV, and Timmy C (amongst many others) seem to be ok with the sound.

If you’ve only got one guitarist then I’d be wary of any sort of Muff - the mid scoop is an integral part of their sound, meaning there’s a big hole in the bass tone to help you disappear in the mix. the EQD Cloven Hoof or Coloursound Bass Fuzz will do it.

Outstanding choice!!!

Common advice for this is to get a multi player ffects unit and find one that you like. Then go out and buy the real thing, fall in love with it for about 2 weeks and then rinse and repeat. 😄

I think it’s something to do with the human ear having developed to be more sensitive around the ‘speech’ frequency -round about 1kHz - too much information around this point in the audio spectrum can be tiring on the brain, so scooping it out makes for easy listening. I could be wrong though.

And Club Tropicana too.

I don’t really rate them for modulation effects, there are MUCH better phasers and choruses out there for similar money, but for guitar overdrives and distortions they’re exceptional for the money, and virtually indestructible.

Less of a train-wreck, more like natural selection to me.

One band I dep for has a ‘Hawaiian shirt’ schtick going on, so there’s that, but otherwise just jeans and t-shirt. I can’t abide things round my wrist when I’m playing.

Gett off -O+>

Jesus! That’s not even close!

500k volume pots will give you a brighter sound, but won’t make your bass any louder. what I’ve seen done to supercharge passive pickups is to place s bar magnet underneath the pickup, so that it increases the magnetic field.

I can't stand his music but follow him on Twitter just for the barbed replies.

Yeah, is that actual buckle rash, or is it erm, knuckle rash?

Assembling/building your own is absolutely the way to go with fretless, unless you're prepared to drop some serious coin on having a luthier do it. The beauty of the Fender bass is that necks and bodies are pretty much interchangeable, and if you don't mind putting a bit of work in you can reward yourself with an amazing instrument that's significantly cheaper than it would be anywhere else. My main squeeze looks a lot like yours - oiled and sealed wood is my favourite finish too.