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the main difference between a keyboard and a bass is the dynamic envelope of the sound IMO. Adjusting your playing technique, and some clever use of a compressor should be able to get most of the way there. If you had the attack on a compressor set pretty slow, you could kill off the sustain of your notes. Roll off the tone, play very, very cleanly, maybe with a pick, being very consistent with your picking velocity. Then you could add some modulation and dirt etc after to shape the sound of the "keyboard". I've not actually tried this but will give it a go ASAP. In the past I've always gone for more synthy sounds, so octave down, play higher up, put a load of dirt on, sounds a bit synthy, but definitely not like real keys

some sort of 2.1 system, so a mono sub, and two stereo high passed drivers, all in the same cab. Guitarists gets stereo cabs, so why not bassists? I just don't want the very low end in stereo

I don't think they're that bothered as they're doing a lot of stuff for EMG etc, I'm just too small fry The pickups do really sound ace, very, very aggressive. Well, I assume it's the pickups and not just the bass or pre-amp. I'll whip them out this weekend, my girlfriend reckons she knows of some chemicals we can get to dissolve the resin and leave the wire intact. Might as well try!

wow, that was quick, and helpful! They don't use G&B much any more, and the moq is 10 units so I wouldn't be able to get anyone to order in just 2 pickups. So I think that rules out getting hold of the G&B pickups I want. I'd quite like a go at bodging up the pickups I've got, and then if that fails I'll order some of those australian ones. I'm gigging all weekend but maybe next weekend I'll have chance to check them out, in which case I'll keep the thread updated

they don't mention any others on their site, it looks like an end of the line thing to me. I'll contact them anyway on the off chance. Thanks!

well no-one's getting back to me about the G&B pickups. Anyone got any more ideas I could try?

I was once asked to get my low ball offer

Not done it myself, although it's a service I should offer! I was just going to say - try EZ Drummer, it sounds ace

just a thought - you're not overdriving the input on the cabs are you? I would max out the cabs, then slowly bring up the the output of the desk ...but yeh, sounds like they won't cut it anyway

Many options! Fuzz pedal, play chords or diads, boost pedal, get the drummer to ride his crash or open hats to fill it out, get the guitarist to stick a bunch of reverb on for his solo I think the current fashion is to get an octave up pedal and put this through a guitar amp.

yes, some sort of epoxy resin. I guess it's possible to have them replicated but it'll be so expensive... I'll be a bit more patient waiting for the korean dudes to get back to me. If I can't get them, or it's dead expensive, I'll get some of those australian ones, see how it goes

Long term get faster with your fingers, short term get an EQ pedal I use both almost equally, depends what sound I'm after

The guy at the shop says they both say "neck" on the bottom, as though both pickups are the same. They do sound totally different but I guess that's just the positioning. Good advice to be a bit more patient

I didn't think they'd deal directly but was hoping they'd put me on to a dealer or someone who could help

Well, no-one in Korea is getting back to me, and Proel (who distribute Cort in the UK) say they can't get single G&B pickups I'll try EMG and their dealers but I guess that'll be the same Any other ideas? I thought finding the right pickup would be the hardest part, but now I've found them, I can't buy them!

Loads, yes, but the one that comes immediately to mind is the theme from The Arches

I had it in rehearsal the other day. The rehearsal rig was farting out as our bassist had raised the lowest slider on the graphic EQ to the max. I asked him to cut it to minimum, and the only difference was that everything was immediately clearer, and the amp/cab stopped distorting. Despite this, everyone else in the band agreed that it was no longer bassy enough, and that the slider (30Hz I think) had to go back to the top. I guess this is how rehearsal rigs get knackered.

Bought some strings from Chris, couldn't have gone better. He even rushed them out for me!

wow, just checked out nuenaber thanks to your pic - very cool!

get a long lead and play about with the mixer while you listen to the PA? The EQ settings on the desk would probably need to be different for each venue

Well I used to think it was just snare and cymbals, but after a couple of gigs on drums I started to notice how variable it is! Now I take everything except the toms and kick drum.

Surely that's the one? I can't see a difference in the pole spacing? Thanks so much for that link, hopefully they'll sell me some

Thanks Ikay. I've been digging a little more and found that they're a B118S... [url="http://wolf3.en.ec21.com/Pickups_-G_B--2812992_6839471.html"]http://wolf3.en.ec21.com/Pickups_-G_B--2812992_6839471.html[/url] I've tried to contact them from that page so hopefully they'll sell me some!

Just had this reply from the guy who made it! I wasn't expecting to hear anything. I've never heard of G&B pickups - anyone know where you can buy them? [quote][font=arial, sans-serif][size=3] Those pickups are G&B six string Jazz bass pickups. They are made in Korea. I think there are other pickup companies making Ng that style now but when I made that guitar G&B was the only company. That guitar is probably about 7 years old. [/size][/font] [color=#500050][font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]John[/size][/font][/color] [color=#500050][font=arial, sans-serif][size=3][/quote][/size][/font][/color]