dannybuoy

Doesn't sound close to the recording due to it wearing new rounds, but this is worth a watch! http://youtube.com/watch?v=PhI_ABr1Owk

As well as the radius being different, don't the classics have a narrow Jazz/Sterling width nut whereas the standard 2-EQs are wider like a Precision?

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1469211928' post='3096758'] If all you own is a Hofner Violin bass and a vox amp , you'll never sound like Chris Squire. Gear is extremely important to tone. To suggest otherwise is absurd. [/quote] Indeed! I've been jamming that tune a long time and have a few very different basses at my disposal, the Sandberg is the only one that can cop that midrange honk. I'd also recommend looking at the Stingray Classic or SBMM Ray34CA.

It wouldn't devalue it for everyone, there would be plenty of people out there like you, me included, that would prefer a contoured body as long as it wasn't a bodge job. I like the idea of having a custom body made though, or see if you can pick one up used even. That way you could return it to stock and sell the body if it came to it.

I also chased that sound down and found the answer in a Sandberg Basic (single sweet spot MM pickup, slight treble cut, slight bass boost, big mid boost... but actually sounds fine in passive mode too) with TI Flats (which I believe were also used on the track) into an Orange Terror Bass! The OTB has just the right amount of wool/compression/dirt to make that bassline bounce.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1469061202' post='3095515'] My definition of a cover band? One that is working and earning. [/quote] Nope, people can work and earn money playing their own music too. Definitive answer is a band that plays other people's songs. Surprised it's even a question! You could split cover bands into two categories, bar bands and function bands. The latter wear suits, charge 5 times as much and usually stick to weddings, corporate functions etc rather than pubs and festivals.

Really clear sounding in that video for a Precision, I like it. I had one of the original white VMs and sold it to get a US Standard, but I swear the old Squier sounded better! It had 500K pots in it when they usually use 250K, see what yours is packing when you swap the harness out!

Envelope filters stank. The Fwonkbeta certainly does, it says so in the manual: [url="http://www.mrblack.jackdeville.com/manuals/fwonkbeta-manual.pdf"]http://www.mrblack.j...beta-manual.pdf[/url] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnrl3gkAbGs[/media] Basically it's when a sound makes you pull a face like something stinks! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUolzw50FaY&t=104

I would look at a Hotone Bass Press which is a triple function volume/wah/expression pedal. You might not have considered a bass wah but if it's not much different in price to a standalone volume pedal then it'd be silly to pass it up! Clip on tuners are great, but I still prefer my Polytune Mini.

Each of those fuzzes have some drawbacks; the Aguilar doesn't play well with high output basses (even passive ones) and the Mammoth only sounds good connected directly to a passive bass with no buffers/preamps/pedals in between. The Mastotron is hard to dial in and often has too much or not enough bass! For synthy stuff a Diabolik, Prunes & Custard or Source Audio Multiwave or Manta get my vote! But pretty much any fuzz, even the EHX BBM, will sound good going into a filter.

Yamaha BB 5ers are 42mm wide at the nut, same as my US Standard 4-string P. My BB415 was pretty light too, my BB1025X, not so much.

If you don't need solo octave, the best cheap one I've used is the Digitech Bass Synth Wah. You used to be able to pick them up for as little as £25 but prices have gone up since they were discontinued!

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1468589640' post='3092000'] Cheers Dan! [/quote] Colour co-ordinated with the cab sim too!

I would insist they upgrade it to the stock pickup though!

The EQ, while limited, needs to be set correctly to get the best out of it. I understand it's closest to flat with the bass and treble all the way down and the Mus all the way up. I max my mids, bass at 9 o'clock and treble at 2 o'clock. Still, I nearly always put some kind of dirt pedal before it to get the sound I want!

An eq pedal before the pedal will do the trick - dial in a boost in the high mids to replicate the boost feaure, or a bass boost to replicate the grunt. That EQ boost would come through the clean side too though, when in the actual DG pedal that boost is strictly operating on the dirt side.

I've had a few US Standards, a Roadworn and a Classic 50s, and the Classic 50s was the best sounding bass of the lot. I only moved it on as the combination of a wide neck, curvy radius and sharp fingerboard edges made it uncomfortable for me to play.

I am disappointed that you used the word 'someone' instead of 'NE-1' in the thread title. A missed opportunity.

Well, I'm certainly hanging onto it a little longer, I got some awesome high gain sounds out of it running the Bass Muff in parallel with one of the Darkglass models! None of the stock presets float my boat and I was overwhelmed at first with the number settings, so I hadn't played with the app much before now.

That sounds good but I would have flipped those around so that the fuzz was scooped and the TS was all mids, as that's where they naturally lean!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1468342059' post='3090310'] Rothko and Frost do quality custom decals. That is, if you haven't found them already. [/quote] Thanks, these look perfect! [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1468344021' post='3090328'] Why not have a bash at making your own? [url="http://www.craftycomputerpaper.co.uk/.-Inkjet-Water-Slide-Decal-Paper_151.htm"]http://www.craftycom...l-Paper_151.htm[/url] [/quote] Thanks for the link, but I think I'd rather go elsewhere that can provide proper metallic inks, also the Rothko and Frost ones state they use much thinner paper than traditional waterslide paper which should make it easier to blend in!

I've found a few potential suppliers on eBay but wondered if anyone on here was into making custom decals? Ideally a modern style US Fender logo but with Pretender Bass next to it. Got a little bitsa project on the way and would like an authentic-yet-obviously-fake looking logo on it!

I don't have the patience to program mine, expect to see it listed for sale soon! I'll give it another go later but I prefer the simplicity of analog separates.

You should be able to fix that with superglue and sandpaper! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTVScFJoe24