JohnFitzgerald

I'm currently toying with the idea of getting one of the above. I currently have a Markbass JB combo, the 1x15" and a matching NY 151 Blackline qx15" cab. It's a compact 2x15" setup, but I'd like something that's even more compact and an ideal casual pickup for the increasing number of acoustic gigs I do these days. Does anyone have any experience with them ? It's this guy here :- It would be as an alternative to this, my current setup :-

I had one of those, in a brownish colour. We've all done things that we look back on and wonder why, just why...

I'll help you out here. Early 90s, I sold a Wal for £350. Yep...

Oh, I'm glad you approve !!! That means a lot to me. 😎

It's a beloved instrument. It'll be coming to many great gigs in the future.

I do love this bass. The singlecut seems more normal than I might have imagined. Here it is with my other 6, a Fame badged Mayones. I must get a family shot with the 4 string Fame in there too.

Customer asked for it, same as the black / gold bridge. I wouldn't have asked for that but will never change it, all part of the story.

It's a bit lively, but has a trick up its sleeve. As well as the three band active, it also has an old fashioned passive tone pot. Just for taming it. (But I still sound like me. Whatever that is.)

David, It all makes sense now, I hope. 😉

Owen, If it's anything like this one, which I'm sure it will be, the quality will be amazing.

Dave, It's actually a pendant which I'd seen whilst looking for an abalone bear of any sort. Given the back story, I'll get one and see if it fits / works.

I'd never heard of this beer, but now I've looked, that's the exact logo, as yo said. I'll look into this. Up to this point, I was thinking of this.

Dave, That's EXACTLY what I'd been thinking off. An inlaid Abalone bear.

I'm feeling immensely fortunate. After some toing and froing with the seller (all very good natured) I've snagged this bass. Built by Marko Ursin, a Finnish Luthier, it was a custom build in 2009 for the original owner, who I've just bought it from. I'd never really imagined having a single cut, but this was just so nice. I'm still getting used to the Aguilar OBP3 / Bartolini G6 combo, but it's such a responsive bass. I'd felt fortunate owning my Fame / Mayones 6 string, but this is every bit as special. Given it's A Finnish bass, crafted by a gent by the name of Ursin, it might gain an appropriate headstock logo. Finnish national animal is the bear and Ursin, must be derived from Ursine, for bear.

I'm more than happy with the added 'presence' that these bring. If they're a little bright, I'll handle that with palm muting or the tone control.

In my case, they're on the fretless below. It has an ebony fingerboard, that may help in the response. I don't know, it's not an area I'm familiar with.

You can pick scenes and settings for a show, yes. But I wouldn't use it like that, because I'm scared...

Blue silk, colour coded ends.

just to add to the above, there are many great channel setups that you can download from other users, if you use X Air Edit. I use one of the fx processors on the X18 to give me a bit of delay for natural chorusing on my fretless. In stereo, on the in ears, you can image how lush it sounds.

One of my bands uses a Behringer X18. we decided to get IEMs too and lose the backline. FOH is a pair of Bose L1s, each of which has a pair of B1 subs. Last gig, we decided to do without backline and go totally IEMs. I did some homework before the gig and, using X Air Edit, on a laptop, I set up the IEMs. I paired up aux 1-2 and aux 3-4 to give two stereo mixes as we have two transmitters and six receivers. Mix one is quite balance between vox and instruments. Mix two is more vocal heavy. The individual can choose his mix on his belt pack. mix one or mix two. As the X18 has 6 aux outs, we can add another stereo monitor mix. It went as well as I'd hoped, in fact some of us came away from the gig thinking, "I'm not as good a singer as I thought I was". How did I benefit as a bass player ? Everyone could hear me better, everywhere on stage because my backline wasn't being drowned out by a guitarist, I was in their ears, so was everyone. I now don't know if I'll ever use my Markbass setup again. Certainly not with this band.

It seems they are D'addario

Unlined. It's quite a while since I played one.

I have no idea, whatever it came with. All I know is that it's far more alive than I would have thought.

Have flatwounds been reinvented when I wasn't looking ? I'll be honest, I've never taken to flats, but I got this new fretless today and it came with flats. I opened the box, saw the flats and my heart sank. I didn't want that 'flat' sound. then I played it. Where did all of that brightness come from ? Have flats been reinvented ?

Oh, I do like that !!