Bigwan

[quote name='molan' post='785808' date='Mar 25 2010, 01:37 PM']Animated or static. . ?[/quote] I was wondering the same!

That's lovely Steve. I daren't play an LG5... I fear for what might happen!

Come on Steve - spill!

Status have been known to produce tight spaced fives in the past. 15mm spacing I believe. Don't know if they still do. As well as the Ibanez SR series the Yamaha John Myung 6 signature was tight spaced too.

Anyone looking at these needs to be careful (not in this case obviously since Bernie has OKed this one). I had a similar one for a while and it wasn't great - sloppy routing and finishing - things that wouldn't get past any decent QC. It would seem that some time after Bernie and Lowden 'parted ways' a job lot of remainder parts were sold uncompleted as kits and assembled outside the Goodfellow process. Be careful out there.

Try and play everything you can before you [b]make your own decision[/b]. Again, I think the atk is as good as most of the single H 'rays I've played/owned. Don't disregard G&L basses either.

[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='782400' date='Mar 22 2010, 10:00 AM']Probably the start of another thread/argument. But... why-oh-why... when discussing a bass, the first thing anybody says is always "it's no good for slapping" or "it's great for slapping". Unless I've been living under a rock for the last 30 years, slap bass is so spectacularly niche that for 99.99% of player it doesn't matter a stuff if a bass is good for slap or not. Still, each to their own More flames.... here they come [/quote] I agree wholeheartedly - but if that's somebody's only reason to disregard a bass like the Bongo HH then I'll argue with it cos it's tosh! I agree with most of what you said about basic sound - my Lakland JO is my go-to bass in a no soundcheck situation because it just works. Having tried a 'ray in the same situation I don't think it works as well (for me) - it had a habbit of disappearing in the mix. I haven't had the same problem with my Bongo though

[quote name='josh3184' post='782381' date='Mar 22 2010, 09:25 AM']I (personally) dislike where they've got the neck humbucker, its a tad too far forward for my liking and gets in the way of slap/pop which is one of the Stingray's best features.[/quote] You get used to slapping on the HH VERY quickly. There's plenty of room there.

In my opinion you already own a better bass in your ATK than the standard 'ray/sterling (speaking from personal experience - I'll probably put noses out of joint with that one, but YMMV). If trimming down to 1 bass it has to be flexible so if you're set on MM then go with an HH of some description. If you decide you can get on with the visuals I'll +1 Duarte and say you could do a lot worse than the Bongo HH. It's a fantastic instrument and can do Stingray all day long if you want, but has so much more available. Never tried any $$ so can't really comment, but I do know I gave up on Warwick production after '98. Haven't played a really good one newer than that, but again YMMV.

[quote name='Mog' post='778244' date='Mar 18 2010, 08:35 AM']Yep, thats why he f***s up orion every time I've seen him try to play it. Seen him six times in total with different bands and each time its the same. Sloppy. Sure he has aggressive attack and speed but that doesn't make him a good bassist IMHO.I judge him on is what I have seen and it aint good. Simple as.[/quote] Yeah, but you also think Satch is cool, which makes your views questionable! Only yanking your chain! I mourned the day I heard RJ joined Metallica... beneath the man no matter what way you look at it. That particular machine's been broken (probably beyond repair) since the black album.

It's humbucking. Has been since '57...

[quote name='Mog' post='776738' date='Mar 16 2010, 09:45 PM']Satch is cool enough to get away with a chrome guitar. This guy is not!!![/quote] There are too many things wrong with that post... you're just WRONG... about everything... RJ is the coolest 45 year old on the planet! And there's f.all wrong with his technique. Hasn't stopped him being one of the finest bass players out there (although it's a great shame he's lumbered with those other 3 idiots!)

[quote name='Alien' post='777160' date='Mar 17 2010, 11:33 AM']The Coldamp is indeed what I used, and the amp module is very small, but the PSU that goes with it is twice the size of the amp. I reckon the Icepower modules might be the way to go, but I don't think they sell to the general public as yet. A[/quote] According to their website, BO won't sell the ICEpower units to the public. Pitty, although looking at the combined size of the coldamp amp and PSU modules they're not much bigger than the ICEpower module. This thread (and one over on TB) has me thinking about putting my own 1U amp together with a butchered sansamp VT bass as the preamp and the coldamp pack for the business end. Might just build the mini power amp (as you did Alien) to keep the preamp options open though!

[quote name='dood' post='776819' date='Mar 16 2010, 11:42 PM']Try [url="http://www.hypex.nl/"]http://www.hypex.nl/[/url] and ...well I was going to say ColdAmp - but their website is down. But this page seems to load [url="https://www.coldamp.com/store/"]https://www.coldamp.com/store/[/url][/quote] ColdAmp is what Alien used for his little 400watt power amp isn't it? Cool! Might have to get me some of that!

[quote name='throwoff' post='775949' date='Mar 16 2010, 08:28 AM']I have heard from an amp tech who claims the Benton one has stamped Epiphone parts inside![/quote] The PCB even says Epiphone on it, at least the one I have does... fantastic amp for the money - sounds great with a strat. Another bargain (even if it's not bass related).

[quote name='Musicman20' post='775103' date='Mar 15 2010, 12:04 PM']The Tech 21 VT Bass Deluxe is looking like a very good idea now![/quote] +1 to that! The least gear you can get away with in a covers band the better IMO. Use the PA, keep stage volume down (because punters will want to talk to you mid song and get annoyed when you don't listen/can't hear!), walk in and, more importantly, out at the end of the night with your 'rig' in one hand. Any ETA on the VT deluxe I wonder...

Not a fan of them, but if they're your thing, the Musicman SUB has got to be pretty killer value s/h. Or the Cort/Elrick JP5 (£300 the last one here went for!). Or, my personal fave, the Warwick Corvette Std (especially early-mid 90's examples) - best £300 a bass player could spend IMO (maybe starting to rise a little now).

[quote name='Basska' post='775918' date='Mar 16 2010, 05:47 AM']+1 on that statement being a total farce lol[/quote] -1. In my experience that's [u][b]exactly[/b][/u] what it's for! IMHO, YMMV, etc.

I play 100s on my standard tuned basses (I've bounced back and forth between 100 and 105 for a few years now, mostly because I dig in too hard with my right hand fingers and the 105s can handle that a bit better, but as I've been working to fix my technique I've settled on 100s). My D tuned bass (DGCF as you're talking about) is loaded with 110s. Feels the same as 100s at standard to me.

Really like that new Precision... having gone from no 'P love here' to owning 2 (one very high quality - the other not so much) in a short space of time, I can see a third on the horizon in this. With a little modding and mojoing (oh controversial!) this could make one seriously hot bass! The CV J is an outstanding feeling bass. Would own one of them too except I've got the whole rosewood boarded jazz thing sewn up with my Lakland.

I left my cover band because: 1) the guitarist, although as sound as a pound, was crap and knew it, but didn't seem to want to do anything about it! 2) the singer was crap, but thought he was God's gift (and thought he could turn up late to gigs to avoid lugging equipment, 'cos rock stars don't do that sort of thing) 3) the drummer (and 'band leader') couldn't keep time all that well and wouldn't listen to anyone elses ideas about set content, dress, venues, money, etc (even thought he could choose which of my basses I would use - MISTAKE!). Any arguments involved his dummy being thrown out of his pram at extreme velocity... 4) I'm lazy/couldn't be bothered/missed having my Friday and Saturday nights free Really it was just 4. I could put up with 1, 2 and 3 - I've had plenty of practise over the years! Having said that I'd join another cover band today - [b]if it was the right one[/b]

The size of the neck isn't related to the style of the bass at all I'm afraid so it would be too sweeping a generalisation to say 'check out jazz style 5 strings'. My first suggestion would have been a Stingray, but you've already tried that (I personally find stingray 5 string spacing too tight but have quite big hands). Is the neck on the 'ray too thick (deep) or too wide (therefore wider string spacing). You could try the Ibanez ATK305. These are an awesome range of basses for the money and, but for the string spacing, I would own one. The neck may be too chunky though. What about the Ibanez SR series? They're quite slim in the neck department and there's loads of choice at different price points. The best neck for small hands I've played is on the old Aria Magna series basses - my second bass was an MAB 20/5 and that has tight string spacing and a slim neck. They're not the highest spec'd basses around, but with a decent set of pickups, a brass nut and decent setup they're really good for the money! You could probably pick up the bass itself on ebay for under a ton.