Wolverinebass

That is absolutely outrageous! I'd certainly be intrigued to hear how you get on with it. Also if it's really 1000w or they've cooked the books and it's only 400.

Pity, if you did sell them, I'm sure you'd have the Bentley on order! 😉 I just don't think it's a good enough reply. As you say, I'm sure they'd sort out the inherent issue by putting a better bridge on if you asked. Everyone changes string gauge and type occasionally. With that bass you'd be stuffed if you did that. Still, it does look fantastic!

Try slapping on a 12! That's Tonto!

Because the slot is pre cut and can't be altered, that means that even if it intonated properly, you'd be locked into that gauge of strings they strung it with when they set it! It's bonkers and I'm not buying that.

You don't need the money to find out. It's obvious. The bridge is a singular saddle. Once you get past the 7th fret it'll be out of tune by miles. For such an expensive instrument it's an epic fail.

That's not bad. Four grand for a bass that won't intonate properly. Hold me back.....

Are you still with that band? Sounds to me like they weren't paying any attention to what you were doing. Tools.

Warmoth.

Yeah, it's not cheap. That's because if you exclude the Warwick bridge which can be sunk into the body, it's easily the best as you can adjust the height of all 8 strings individually. I don't think the Warwick allows that. Every manufacturer uses the same non descript bridge just for cost rather than functionality. The Schaller is a really great bit of kit. Happy to post a few photos of mine if you're interested.

Schaller 471. That's it. As far as I'm aware no production bass uses it. They all use the same generic 8 saddle that the Dean, Spector, Schecter all use. Unless you go custom, you won't see it on anything. Don't bother with the Hagstrom. It's a 4 saddle bridge and is total crap.

It depends on what criteria you want to make your choice on. I'd imagine the schecter other than being a through neck won't be that much different to the spector. The Warwick is probably the best due the bridge and nut adjustment available, but if the single coil pickups bother you then it's not for you. Having played most of them, the esp has the best neck and shape. But it's a basswood body. If you do go with that, get them to confirm its a post 2014 model as prior to that they had a 4 saddle bridge. The spector is good, but the pre-amp is horrible. It depends what you want. Most will need some form of upgrade in terms of pickups or pre-amp, but that's only my opinion. Just put yourself out of your misery and buy one!! 😋

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@Al Krow I could have shown you why that doesn't work at my studio if you'd said, but to sum up. There is no pedal or fancy processing you can do that will properly imitate an 8 or a 12 with a 4. You can mimic the note, but not the overtones and harmonics. That's what you won't get.

No. It most certainly isn't. However, it's definitely not Hartke Tx600 underpowered.

I'm not expecting total devastating power obviously. I just meant that the lack of headroom I'd find concerning. No way would I ever be taking it as a main amp. By that token I wouldn't use it as a backup either as I'd want something with more juice instead of thrashing the thing the whole time to get a remotely similar volume. That can't be good now can it?

@Bluewine the Beatles aren't untouchable. Nobody is. One could argue it's the failures in technique in a band that make for the magic and personality of it. Well, sometimes. Sadly, people do think the Beatles are the greatest musicians ever. Otherwise Paul wouldn't regularly top "best bass player" lists. On a technical level he's nowhere near it. I'm not talking about songwriting as that's different, I'm talking about just chops. He doesn't have the ability of Stanley Clarke, Jaco or any of those pedestal type players. Even within the rock medium he's nowhere near the top. Quincy might have been blunt, but I'm sure that Paul won't care and also won't be wondering about his reputation has been tarnished as a major producer has insinuated he isn't that great at his instrument. He's probably having a wry laugh at it. Take Quincy's interview as what it is - an old man deciding to let rip a bit in the twilight of his life. Some of it's amusing, but I bet the stuff he'll not discuss in an interview would be much more interesting.

See Mick, this just confirms what I thought all along. You'll be redlining the thing the whole time. That's not a stress free backup as it wouldn't put me at ease. I picked up on it at the bass bash when we played yours through that Vanderkley 2x10. Tone was fine, but it just didn't have enough juice to be taken seriously as either a back up or standalone amp. Had they done a 500w version I'd imagine my opinion would be different.

You're basing that on your situation of needing gig money to live. The OP doesn't, so therefore he doesn't have to put up with idiots or people he can't stand. I agree with @spongebob. Life is too short to put up with crap like this, but one thing is irrefutably true of all those situations. Once the fun's gone, it's gone and it doesn't come back. Ever. I'd much rather work on my own material for a bit than put up with a crap situation just to "be in a band."

The Dean 12 is somewhat "meh." I would avoid. As for them discontinuing the Edge, I'd imagine they wanted the Rhapsody basses to match. Pity that they're not that great.

Oh dear. If you'd have said when you were round I could have shown you why a whammy or pitch shifter on a 4 string doesn't quite work. Just get an 8 string and use it all the time. It's what I did. Quite like the non-alcoholic beer analogy in comparison to getting an 8 string. Maybe it applies equally to both of our situations. In my case, if I ever drink again, Mrs Wolverine will be "upset" and possibly leave. Maybe in your case, the purchase of an 8 string will lead to Mrs Know saying "enough is enough!!" It could all end in tears. Or, you could just buy an 8 string and be done with it. 😉

Also, the invalidation of his dental insurance.

I look forward to it mate!

Like all new things it'll need a bit of adjustment. I can play a 12 or 8 exactly like I do a 4. As @Al Krow saw the other day. What I would say is get it really well set up. If it's a difficulty pressing the strings down, get the action lowered. I got my 12 fret stoned and the action is stupidly low. If you're using fingers you might want to arch your hand slightly or pull through the strings more than you would normally. You can see what works for you.

That's really interesting Chris as I didn't know that about bergantino. I have to ask, have you ever played a TX600? It's woeful and Hartke have cooked the books on the watts. I'd never play one in setting where I had a choice even if it was free. A mate of mine bought one and he sent it back. I honestly didn't believe him until I played the thing myself. Utter Crap. As for Sheehan, he's using a helix so the Hartke is just a poweramp. Even before he had that I'd imagine most of his toneshaping was from his board rather than the LH1000. However, I digress. 😉

Yeah. "Not fashionable" was what I was looking for. Cheers @The59Sound. @ambient I tend to take endorsers with a pinch of salt. Is the Hartke TX600 really being endorsed by Victor Wooten for any reason other than money?! Aside from the fact it's awful of course. I see markbass have a Stu Hamm amp now not just Marcus Miller. Quite the coups, but I'd bet they're paying them for it and because they're all fantastic, they can make any old pile of junk sound great. Markbass stuff isn't junk of course. Gear choice for those folk I'd imagine is almost irrelevant in some ways other than how much they'll get paid for using it for a year or two.