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Ed_S
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I have the Eden EX112 and use it for the same things as you're suggesting. I personally really like it as a compact practice rig with my Little Mark II or Orange TB500, and given the volume it throws out I'd have no issues taking it out to play an acoustic gig. The only bad point is that it has a single very heavily recessed jack socket for hooking up - I'd have preferred a plate with at least the option of a speakon. The other thing to note is that due to the design of the speaker itself, we found it very difficult to get a pleasing close-mic'd sound from it when I took it into the studio; we eventually gave up and used a different cab. I never tried the 110, as I was naughty and bought the 112 sight-unseen from Germany as they just weren't readily available in the UK at that point, but aside from lacking a bit of low end of the 112, I'd expect it to be decent.
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I had a Warlock NJ5 with P/P pickup configuration, and it sounded amazing... which is why I'm so unimpressed that they've put them on a Jazz body. I really aint a J fan. The Precision might be a good one to run BEAD if those pickups are as solid as they look, though.
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[quote name='spaz91' post='1267372' date='Jun 13 2011, 03:06 PM']I've considered getting a modelling/digital amp but I have to queries: 1. Is the modelling any good? As in does it sound close to what it's pretending to be? And 2. Does including digital effects in a low price amp mean that they skimp on the other parts?[/quote] I always just think of modelling amps as providing a number of voicings rather than specific sounds, even if they profess to offer them. Reason being that I've probably not played the 'classic' in the first place so I wouldn't know if they'd got it right, but I know there's rarely a time that with 5 voicings from clean to progressively more dirty, an EQ and a bit of compression, you can't get at least a useable tone. As for digital effects built into cheap amps, I mistrust them too!
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Maybe have a look at a Line 6 Studio 110 - they're not bad for about that money.
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Go with the "if I buy the smaller one I might need to trade up later, whereas the bigger one is all I'll ever need" line.
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If you don't mind it being quite physically heavy, try [url="http://www.richtonemusic.co.uk/products/esp_ltd_surveyor_415_bass_guitar_natural-ltdsurveyor-415-nat.asp"]http://www.richtonemusic.co.uk/products/es...yor-415-nat.asp[/url] or any of the other 2010 LTD Surveyors that they're clearing cheap at present. As a local and a customer I can vouch for them being a decent shop. On a personal note, I have to say I'm surprised by the love for Ibanez BTBs - I bought a matching pair a few years ago (a 5 and a 6) and found them to be fairly rough-and-ready for the money. All the hardware started to tarnish quite badly after a couple of months, and the stock pickups/EQ were quite lacklustre. Have they improved the range substantially since I got rid?
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[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1264684' date='Jun 11 2011, 10:12 AM']I have yet to work out why so many people want new instruments.[/quote] It's purely fetishistic in my case. I get pleasure from taking them out of the original packaging.
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In general, you get what you pay for. The Squiers may well 'punch above their weight' (or some other such hackneyed phrase) and a lot of people are very happy with them, but in the grander scheme of things they're no Mexican Standard, which in turn is no American Standard. The American Special is a slight oddball in that (to me, at least) it just feels like a really good example of a Mexican, but you're paying American money for it when much less than the difference spent in petrol / local train fare would likely take you to enough shops to just find a really good example of a Mexican. If I had any advice it'd be to go and try some Mex Standards and see if you can find a good one. It won't feel the same as an American Standard, but if you find a nice one that plays how you want it to, it could save you £600 and feel every bit as good as the American Special. You could even splash out and get USA pickups for it, and still come in under-budget.
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Glad you bagged yourself a bargain and are enjoying it! For the record, I had exactly the same feeling when I moved over to playing Precisions - was like coming home, even though I'd never owned one before. No more worrying about flat batteries, or worrying that any one of the 6 stacked pots on the EQ might have moved in transit and lost that great tone you had, or worrying that the stock pickups would be naff and need replacing before it even became a serious instrument, or worrying that a particular bass might not look or sound suitable for a particular gig etc. etc. Just turn up, plug in, tune up and rock out. Did I mention I love Precisions...?
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[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1260490' date='Jun 7 2011, 11:06 PM']you should make him do a blind test IMO[/quote] I very nearly made myself do a blind test when I got my first Monster Bass cable.. I only ordered it to get into the free shipping band from Thomann, but I swear there's an audible difference in overall clarity compared to the Sommer / Cordial / Klotz stuff that I was using at the time. Now I use a L6 Relay system and don't own a hat, so it doesn't really matter
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[quote name='nottswarwick' post='1257696' date='Jun 5 2011, 08:09 PM']This one starts ics. It's only down the road so might see if I can get it at a good prIce. Are they any good?[/quote] Not bad at all.. I bought mine to experiment with BEAD tuning, all the time thinking that if it worked I'd have to ditch the Squier and get another MIM Fender to convert for actual gigging purposes. As it happened, the VM felt much more solidly built than I expected and kept in tune so I just ran with it, and to date it's done a good few gigs and been absolutely fine. Don't get me wrong, you get what you pay for, and I'll never say that it's "just as good as a MIM" because it quite simply isn't - it's not as well finished, it's not as pleasingly resonant a piece of wood and the tuning machines feel cheap, but since it was only ever gonna be used for 1 or 2 songs in a set every third gig, I decided I could live with that. I wouldn't worry unduly about its reliability if I had to gig with it as my main bass, but in terms of feel and tone the MIMs are an easily discernible cut above.
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Nah, I've just pulled my VM Precision out and I can't see much that'd help either. In fact, I don't even know from the serial who built this one.. apparently conventional wisdom is that at the start of the serial number: ICxx is Indonesian, made by Cort in year xx ISxx is Indonesian, made by Samick in year xx Mine is ICS09xxxxxx, so... go figure
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To say that I bought my TB as a bit of an impulse purchase when they first came out and stuck it in a cupboard, it's just rather impressed me. Through sheer laziness I ended up borrowing a guy's AD-200B rig at a gig the other night, and I couldn't help but notice the breadth of sound that was rolling off it, so when I found out we'd be a guitarist down at rehearsal this afternoon, I dug out the TB and took it along to try. To my surprise it behaved just the same and filled the whole sound out to the point where you hardly noticed the missing rhythm guitar; even the bloke in the office said that it sounded like an old-school all-tube head from the way it was shaking stuff outside. The cab's nothing special either, just an Ashdown ABM410T with the stock blueline speakers in it. Looks like it's a keeper after all...
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Still very much available, and absolute lowest I'll go on price.. the lot for £200. Anybody..? -
Has anyone tried the new SLIM C shape precision neck?
Ed_S replied to eParrot's topic in Bass Guitars
[quote name='bigsmokebass' post='1251035' date='May 31 2011, 06:04 AM']didnt feel like £800 worth to me[/quote] Exactly what I thought. Loved the red/black/maple, and the neck was a bit better finished than a MIM (though ironically I didn't notice it being any slimmer), but I'd only have put down £600 absolute tops for it. -
[quote name='Musicman20' post='1251269' date='May 31 2011, 11:35 AM']what else is there that can trump a well made American Standard?[/quote] A well made American Deluxe! Heh, well.. doesn't really 'trump' it, but I found the P/J config (which I don't normally like, especially aesthetically, but found it in my way to forgive just this once) and active EQ gave me a few more subtle options in the studio whilst still fundamentally sounding like 'me playing a Precision'. Added bonus of the current 2010 model being that you can turn all the fancy active stuff off and roll the balance up to the neck, and you're right back to American Standard config.
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Additional detail bump.. If it makes any difference, I've found the spare strings and they're 1 set of Warwick Black Label 45-135 round stainless, and 1 set of generic 45-130 round nickel steel. Also, if you wanted the original pickups, strap buttons and plastic knobs to return it to stock config, I believe I've still got those and we could come to a deal that included them. Any interest before I resign myself to having to fleabay it? Cheers, Ed
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I've got one. Only ever take it out for bigger gigs, but I specifically wanted it to be as small, light and easy to carry as humanly possible, so the HF didn't appeal. As for front vs rear porting, I just choose carefully where I put it on stage to get the projection I want, and I decided to get mine as a 4ohm so I get full power with it on its own, which helps. If it's any indication, my band plead with me to use it more often because "it sounds massive"
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Hi all.. I no longer play 5-strings, so my last one (that I was keeping just in case I needed one for recording etc.) is up for grabs if anyone fancies it! It's a Yamaha BB405 in Yellow Natural Satin with the following modifications: EMG LJ pickups (18v) Dunlop strap-locks Neutrik locking jack It's been well looked after and only has the usual few very minor dings here and there on the body (nothing on the neck) but from a metre or two away you'd say it was new. I'll throw in its Warwick RockBag too, which is a little tired but still has plenty of wear left in it, and a couple of sets of strings too. One of these sold a week or so ago on the bay (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/260785264479#ht_561wt_1141) for £195, and that was completely stock, so you'd be getting decent pickups, straplocks, a better jack and nice chrome knobs for the same money! [attachment=81175:BB405_1a.jpg] [attachment=81176:BB405_1b.jpg] [attachment=81177:BB405_2.jpg] As I'm new on here and have no feedback from anyone, and don't really have the means to post this anyway, let's say it'd have to be a face-to-face meet up. I'm based in Sheffield, but for half the price of the ticket, would be more than happy to jump on a train (as I don't drive) to anywhere one city away - Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham etc. - one morning over a weekend, and meet up to exchange brown envelopes and stuff Questions, comments, offers.. all welcome!
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To my mind, I have a decent job and can afford to pay what little it costs to rehearse and gig, so if it's a choice between being in a band and not, I'll be the one up on stage. My band agreed a long time ago that we'd prefer to play to a full room than cover costs, so we rarely charge unless forced to by a venue.
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[quote name='Jakester' post='1244862' date='May 25 2011, 09:55 PM']I'm leaning towards moving the 5er on already.[/quote] Before you move it on, you could always try it strung the other way (E,A,D,G,C) and see what you think to that.
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[quote name='nottswarwick' post='1244945' date='May 25 2011, 11:00 PM']Mine was a Yamaha BBN4.[/quote] Heh, so was mine! In yellow natural satin. I don't still have mine, but it sure was a cut above as an intro to the instrument. Hope it's still going strong somewhere... wouldn't shock me as it was like a tank
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I tried one of these and wasn't all that impressed if I'm honest... the grain of the wood wasn't exactly as attractive as the photo model for a (bad) start, and going on from there it just didn't feel its money to me. Highly subjective commentary with very little to substantiate it, I know, but all I can say is that I went along with money in pocket to get it and came out of the shop without, and that is very odd for me indeed!
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I've done guitar amp through 15" bass cab before... wasn't that impressed to be honest, but it's useable and certainly won't harm anything. I found the high frequencies rather over-pronounced for my tastes, and the EQ on my Marshall TSL60 couldn't fully dial them down. That said, as the volume came right down it gave that kind of "bedroom tone" (you know, like a POD on its uber-extreme-metal setting) which was good fun on the neck pickup for a while
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I got up to grade 7ish (playing) as an orchestral violinist before ditching it and taking up bass. I say 'ish' because I never took any of the exams beyond grade 4 due to my complete hatred of theory, so my yard-stick was just being able to play the higher exam pieces. I could sight-read very well back then, but it only ever made any sense in direct relation to the fingering for a violin, so as soon as I stopped, that was the end of it. These days I have no idea what I'm playing on bass, but the classical training tuned my ear in to such a degree that I really don't feel that I need to; I can hear what's right, what fits, where a progression is going and what my options are for the next note to jump to, and that works just fine for me
