BassBus

Wow! I like that. Any chance of some sound samples?

Which one?

Not sure I would agree with BRX. That's just one person's opinion. I think it depends on the strings you use. I have used a round C and it did sound a bit thin. Part of the reason I traded that bass. However, my Overwater sounds just fine to me with Labella 760FS flats. Judge for yourself in the link below. All note played on the C and G strings. https://soundcloud.com/bassbus/ow-test

I had a GWB35 for a while and had it strung E-C. It sounded so much better when I put the low B back on. Tone was a bit thin E-C. Status fivers are usually 18mm spacing. Spectors fivers are 35 inch scale if that's important to you. I get a fairly punchy tone from my Overwater. It has an ebony fingerboard which probably helps.

Generally all of the above. I would add that it very much depends on position of the pickups. How close is the bridge pickup to the bridge? I had a single pickup bass for a while but never really bonded with it. Played and felt great but the tone I looked for just wasn't in there. Swapped it in a trade for a two pickup bass and there was the tone immediately. Spose it depends on your own taste. If you like a single pickup try some with that pickup in different positions.

Thanks guys. That's what I wanted to hear.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1431039556' post='2767332'] No but now you've made me go and look at their website. D'oh! [/quote] ...and with that in mind I declair I have no connection with said business. Just curious what the reputation is.

Has anyone had any experience of buying from Joe's Pedals? That is all.

[quote name='philw' timestamp='1430992365' post='2766580'] Any suggestions? [/quote] TIs are good. I tried them on my Overwater fretless and didn't like the tone on that bass. Loved the feel but not the tone. Proabaly just that bass as I have used them on other basses and loved them. Have you tried Labella 760FS flats? Same feel and tension as the TIs but on the Overwater they have so much more brightness than the TIs.

TC Hall of Fame. Great sounds, lots of control and you can download settings from your fave players from the TC site.

Oh yes! I've found my custom basses take longest. When the Status and Overwater arrived as brand new basses they were undoubtedly brilliant basses. Looked great sounded good, played very well. But something took months to really click. Usually an adjustment to setup and finding the right strings just drops that last piece of the jigsaw in place. I had an Ibanez GWB35 for about 18 months that I never bonded with. Swapped it in a trade and the ESP LTD that came in in it's place just gave everything the Ibby didn't give me. It's all such a subjective thing that you can never put your finger on.

My borther in law just bought a fancy Jag sports car. He's still alive because my sister enjoys being driven around in it. Offer to let your wife play your bass. I'm sure she'll go for that. Won't she?

There's an elephant in the room. A pink elephant.

I play fretted and fretless but Intend to gravitate to fretless most of the time. It really suits the kind of melancholic jazz I like to play. Just more expressive than fretted. I've just discovered Labella flats as well and they have just taken my overwater from stunning to unbelievably brilliant. Just don't start a discussion on lined or unlined boards. Oh dear, i mentioned it.

Martin just took delivery of my Spectorcore four string. Great to deal with. Paid without question. I can certainly recommend you deal with him with confidence.

...and well worth waking up.

Wow! Nice collection Luc. Droolllll

Polkadots and Moonbeams played on my ACG Finn. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEw4k2-caZo

Everyone in Heaven will be getting some good entertainment from Jeff Healy.

It's hard to know where to start as you don't say what kind of bass tone you like. What players do you like? What kind of music do you listen to? As discreet said, trial and error. I would start by boosting the mids a bit then sweep the freq control around until you get a tone you like. Then cut the mids a bit and play around with the freq. But then when you get to playing in a band context what you like will change. Experiment, experiment, experiment.

As the first one seems to be for a Steinberger XT bass I'm sure it will fit a Steinberger XT bass. A Hohner B2A five is the same bass so I'm sure that would fit too.

That's what I call evidence. Standing on the floor Jack looks unhappy. On the pleasure board? Big cheesy grin.

Met up with Peter today and traded my Ibanez for his ESP B205 fretless. Flawless transaction and I would certainly recommend dealing with Peter. Thanks a lot Peter.