dannybuoy

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1485164893' post='3221579'] The stripes of different-coloured wood visible on the face of the headstock - that's what puts me off, because I'm shallow. [/quote] The 414/415 have matching headstocks though!

Used a 415 for years now a 1025. Can't fault it. I've owned a lot of basses and if I had to choose just one to keep, it would be this!

Right over the pickup is the sweet spot on a P (or pretty much any single pickup bass I tend to find).

Love Jon Stockman's tones. This will probably be a must buy.

From the demos I've heard, the envelope filter by itself sounds pretty good - I'd probably just use that and forget the octave and fuzz bits!

Just get a 9V battery clip to DC plug converter? There is nothing out there battery powered that sounds like a B3K. Either that or a Pedaltrain Volto rechargeable power supply perhaps?

Standard CV bridge is chunky with brass saddles, and you'll struggle to replace it with a vintage style as the hole spacing isn't standard on the CV. But £215 is a great deal!

Most people set it and forget it when it comes to chorus though, so it depends if the default setting is dialled in to match your tastes I suppose!

People rave about the Tech21 Bass Boost Chorus, upon which this is based. Only downside is there's only one knob on the fly rig though!

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1484316943' post='3214635'] For future reference, brand new bass strings £1.71 plus 99p postage. https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Bass-Guitars-Gear/Generic-Gen-4722-Steel-Strings-String-Bass-Guitar/B00CTGOGPI/ref=sr_1_3?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1484316810&sr=1-3&keywords=bass+strings+4 [/quote] Wow, decent reviews too!

[quote name='Grassie' timestamp='1483692276' post='3209245'] BYOB [/quote] Bring your own bass?

Also make sure your patch cables are decent. I had noise issues, invested in a Cioks DC5 (which is brilliant by the way), and when I rebuilt my board testing each element in isolation I found my noise issue was due to the poor shielding in EBS patch cables picking up noise from my dimmer switch. There are two main issues you get with daisy chains. If a pedal has positive ground / reverse polarity it can either introduce really obvious loud buzzing / squealing sounds or cut out sound altogether. Secondly, and more commonly, some digital pedals might leak noise into the daisy chain which is then picked up by other pedals in the chain. To test this out, put all your known good analog pedals in a chain and then try introducing one digital pedal at a time. Listen for increased hiss, or digital clock noise which sounds like chirping - you might not even have to put the pedal in the audio path to get this, just have it on the daisy chain. A true bypass looper is useful for testing to see if any long leads or patch cables are the culprit also, you can pick one up for about £15 and you might find it useful later on if you want to use a pedal that doesn't have a great sounding bypass, or as a patch bay to escape your entire fx chain in case something dies on you!

Octabvre Mini sounds just as good as the OC-2 but has way more output volume - the solo octave on the Boss is a little on the quiet side!

Judging by the fact there is a hoover underneath, I assume that is a local crack converters?

[quote name='thebassist' timestamp='1483633904' post='3208895'] Not bad - although Thomann have them for a bit less. [url="https://www.thomann.de/gb/sterling_by_music_man_sub_ray_4_ws_honey_burst_satin.htm?glp=1&gclid=CJyiuem2q9ECFUEUGwodT3oD9Q"]https://www.thomann....CFUEUGwodT3oD9Q[/url] [/quote] Not the same bass, that's a Ray4 rather than a Ray34.

That's a bargain! I think they mispriced it thinking it was the cheaper Ray4, that's an £800 bass up there.

Can we see a pic of the bass? Interested to see the artwork!

You can pick up a used B3K pretty cheap. If it's going to be always on and you have decent EQ on your amp, you don't really need to step up to the B7K. There is also the Source Audio Aftershock which has Darkglass models in it and extensive EQ, but I found it frustrating to program and could not get it to sound as good as the real deal. Likewise something like the POD X3 Live would come up with the goods but only if you put the time in to set it up - there is a good Youtube demo around somewhere showing it set up with clean compressed lows mixed with a heavily distorted and EQ'd guitar rig and it sounded fat as hell! For hands on tweaking and baked in metal tonez, it's hard to beat the B7K. If you want something dirt cheap (like under £24 new!) to tide you over, then the Behringer BDI-21 is a steal. It's a clone of the Sansamp BDDI, which is what a lot of metal guys use (and was everybody's go-to before the B7K came about). Also, hang onto that ODB-3 until you've tried it going into a Darkglass or Sansamp - they both have the ability to take the fizz off the top end and make that pedal sound great! Tons of good cheap compressors out there - read up on ovnilab.com if you haven't already. But if it's clean clinical compression you are after then the MXR Bass comp or Keeley Bassist would be a good place to start.

Next mod - triple pickups!

If you are looking to spend up to a ton, I would just buy a new Harley Benton and sell the old one !

I would add a MM pickup as close to the Stingray sweet spot as possible, i.e. right up close to the P pickup. That's the only way you'll get anywhere close.

Trutone CS-7 or CS-12 should fit the bill. It might not look like it from reading the mA levels, but they say themselves that you can ignore those labels as long as you don't exceed the total rated for the whole supply.

This thread has some options: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/191799-precision-in-natural/ The amber Squier VM is actually pretty close to natural!

This thing is coming out in January and looks like the perfect solution: http://www.thegigrig.co.uk/three2one-c2x21928200

Aguilar Tone Hammer. No actual tube, but is fat and warm and sounds better than some that do have a tube. It's even been compared to the REDDI when set with the AGS on and gain set low. I've seen DB folks using them too. I wasn't a fan of the EBS Valvedrive, far preferred the DHA units (if you don't mind their amateurish look). I have a Le Bass too, but really only because the distortion sounds great. The clean channel has very limited eq (bass and treble boost only, no cut, no mids) so I wouldn't recommend it as a clean/warm preamp.