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I use a tubeworks blue tube pedal. Very warm real tube overdrive. There's a rack version out there as well. N
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Holy crap! Lovely bass with tonnes of aggression in the preamp. Thank you VERY much. And, as an aside, it IS true what everyones being saying about the flat board and asymmetric neck. Feels great. Might put up a review/some vids of what this bass can do but first I need to get deep into the preamp, it's very powerful. Wal-like on first tweak. Cheers! Nick
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I play j basses and rics. It took me many, many years to find a ric that did it for me. Like you I was put off by heavy. club necked, disappoInting basses. After trying quite a few (a drawn out 15 year search!) the bass I went for was a super light 78 4001 with a very thin neck and the most incredible deep and even McCartney-esque tone. Strung with thomastik flats it honestly does something that no other bass can do. When you get a good one they are fantastic basses it seems. They also look very beautiful indeed. Also, I play the ric with a pick and keep the cover on while i play my j the usual way with fingers. The ric suits a different approach for me. Regarding buying one I would try some of the recent 4003s with a thin neck that come up here and spend closer to a grand instead of the silly shop price. Nick [quote name='12stringbassist' post='1250889' date='May 30 2011, 10:31 PM']I own a few 4003's. If you sit down and spend some time with it, you'll either get used to the neck and the pickup cover, or still not like the bass. I agree they are wildly overpriced now.[/quote]
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I just threw up in my mouth...
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Blue! I'm not a fan of semi acoustic basses, the sparkle is mental and it will sound better IMO of course PLUS that birdseye is lovely...
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Only Bootsy, Prince, Me'shell and Brownmark should be allowed to slap. Everyone else must stop, and stop now under threat of death.
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I've got to say that I am getting very interested in Adamovic basses. Pure class...
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Sorry, my mistake...delano. And on further inspection you do say it's very versatile. I will get my coat...long day... [quote name='Beneath It All' post='1157034' date='Mar 10 2011, 06:38 PM'].....................................................Stingray?? never mentioned that word.....MEC pups?? - it's a Delano..[/quote]
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Cairobill replied to Cairobill's topic in Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale
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Argh just missed 'em [quote name='Beedster' post='1129338' date='Feb 16 2011, 10:35 AM']Sold pending[/quote]
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I'm happy on 4 and 5. If I was going to opt for which end of range to extend it would be adding a high c for chords if I was playing jazz in a trio. I've never been a great fan of the sound and feel of a low b. If I need a low d I detune. Below that I'm not keen on venturing.
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He's pretty amazing. Very much a one off.
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This is a massive sounding j! I miss it [quote name='Clarky' post='1116290' date='Feb 5 2011, 10:31 AM']Yep, its Fender shaped so I owned it one stage! This is a truly lovely bass that I regretted selling immediately. Sounds great with the the hum-cancelling UltraJazz p/u's and has a very Precision-like neck, so its suitable for those that don't get on with skinny necks. Superb colour scheme. Lovely lovely[/quote]
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That a double neck? Impossibly cool... [quote name='jonsmith' post='1108562' date='Jan 30 2011, 07:50 PM']I definitely wouldn't wouldn't worry about being able to get a sheet of paper under the bridge. That's not real tail lift as far as I'm concerned. Tail lift that actually causes problems, while obviously not unheard of, is not totally widespread. Not great if you do get it, but if it does occur it's easily rectified with a new bridge. The closest I've come to having this problem is in the photograph below. This '75 was strung with horrible extremely high tension roundwounds when I got it. I swapped them for Tomastik Jazz Roundwounds, but took them off after a few weeks as they were just too floppy for my liking. It's had Rotosound Roundwounds on it for the past five years and hasn't moved at all in that time.[/quote]
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I have spent a fair bit of time in B to G and B to C on my six string. When I get my dream fiver (all my basses are 4 strings nowadays) I will go for a neck through 33 inch scale strung E to C for the reasons mentioned above....and a D tuner