bassmayhem

Why not choose those you already got? (With the traffic bump...)

A few years ago I had the opportunity to play the 34" oversized Les Paul bass. At first I was a bit sceptical, due to [i]the fact that it was just a guitar with a long shaf[/i]t. But after a few hours playing the thing I found it really nice. At least playing sitting down. When standing, it felt a little bit awkward, like it wasn't hanging on your body, but a little bit in front of your body. (Everything feels awkward when you are raised up with Fender basses.) Anyway, the total impression was that it was a really good bass, but at the time I had no need or use for it. Now - all of a sudden - a nice bass at a more than nice price has surfaced, making my G.A.S. pressure rise. The last posts I've seen about this particular instrument/model are some years old. Is anyone out there sitting on some valuable input? Any experience in the bass? I'd be glad to hear before I do or don't do anything stupid...

Why bother? Well, because we can... If you have the opportunity to switch the pickups from parallel to series and use both it can mimic a P-bass quite well.

Stambaugh ODB fretless 5 in heavily knotted/knotty bubinga... Candy purple Sklar... Voodoo Prima 6 in heavily knotted/knotty maple...

I used to have a QSC PLX 3402: a fantastic power amp. 2 ohm able in 1700 W RMS per side and 3400 W RMS bridged in 4 ohms. 9 kg Class D. Has high pass filter that cuts at 50 Hz (not good), 30 Hz (perfect, no audible difference) and no cut. Without the filter you could actually push the woofers out of their frames by pressing the strings towards the pickup... QSC is a company of Pat Quilter, who makes the Quilter BassBlock 800...

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1504779201' post='3367223'] I own both amps, and they are tonally quite different. [/quote] I've had both: totally different animals! The Streamliner is darker and meatier. You don't have to tweak to get a good tone. The Max needs a bit of twiddling to get a good tone i.m.o.

Why only reliced basses and guitars? Easy: [b]ALL[/b] guitards and (some) bass players are easy to trick and fool... Why not reliced amps? Noone wears them around the neck... It ain't that cool...

Hello Dazed, I send you PM...

I got this nice Crafter bass after our late great sax player. A lot of love in this one! The only thing I've done to it other than "cleaning off" a Roland synth pickup is shaping and installing a bone saddle at the bridge. That made a real difference in tone. Pure magic! Unfortunately, the spruce top's bleeching shows where the synth pickup and controls were taped... This is the old model with a nice arched back... The most playable acoustic bass I've had. The acoustic tone isn't that big, but with the thing plugged in, it is magic...

Make it YOUR bass!

My two blackbirds... Dingwall Super J... Steinberger XL2 1985...

I am glad you didn't sell this bass, Dan... It looks gorgeous, sexy, wild and wonderful. May I ask what a job like this costs? I've been thinking about doing the same thing with one of my basses. And - publish a pic with your whole "Chameleon Family"... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmcA9LIIXWw[/media]

My Dingwall family...

These are the fretless basses I own right now: A beautiful Skyline 55-02, my main fretless. A hobby project: an old defretted Fender neck on a custom built body from Bizzotto guitars in Sweden. Needs shaping of the fingerboard before it is ready to play... Now this beauty has arrived:

There is a nice short scale Greg Curbow bass for sale in Sweden for £1600. Not the Cort version, but the real deal: https://vend.se/408903-curbow-international-petite Nothing for me, though. I prefer going the other way...

I have only played two four strings: one US that was very bad(!) and a MiM that was very good. The US was badly set up and had the frets sticking out that nasty, flesh eating way. The Mex was exactly how you expect a good bass to be. Obviously, there are "Monday samples" of everything. I really like this instrument, but it won't be a hit, unfortunately. It is hard to be inventive and innovative, especially when you set the industry standard a million years ago like Fender themselves did...

Had these before: Ned Steinberger Design, very "upright-ish"... Fernandes 60's Jazz Bass copy: VERY good! Like the real deal, this one... I also had this: an old lined fretless Steinberger L2 I bought in Hamburg in early 1984. Three digit serial number beginning at 2...

Many manufacturers, and Fender in particular, are lousy in publishing Info on string spacing. Everything else but not that. It is like most string manufacturers miss the "playing length" of the strings. From ball to silk can mean the double winding at the bridge end stretches over the bridge saddles, just like what is the case with Gibson T-birds. More spec's that matters! That should be a standard...

Well, this is surely an old thread... I got a VB-2 (and VB810) in a trade a while back. The amp had a cracked cabinet, so I had one custom built in smoked oak, just to let it look nice. I am not surprised people "over there" call it an SVT killer. It has very, very nice tone and way better quality than any Ampeg amp I've played. They are also cheap second hand. If you find one: get it!

My main big gig rig: Vanderkley Spartan with two TKS 2126: My main small gig rig: Quilter BassBlock 800 with two TKS S112: My blues rig: Peavey VB-2 (with custom made smoked oak cabinet) and one or two TKS S112: My living room rig: very well sounding with more clean volume than you'd expect from such a tiny item. Even on five string...

A friend made a new cabinet for my Peavey VB-2, a very nice tube/valve amp that costs close to nothing. The original cabinet was broken, so I ordered a new made from smoked oak. I just mounted the amp in the box; it looks nice, but will have some more bling-bling before it is ready. A nice grille cloth, a few rounds of oil and then leather corners. Looks rather nice already...

I try to find info about string spacing on these, the five strings. Anyone who can shed a light?

[quote name='Basscabman' timestamp='1501016460' post='3341876'] Problem solved! Digging around In me box of bits I found an Entwistle JBXN bridge pickup I bought for a project PJ I never got around to using, Banged It In and Instant honk! [/quote] Thumbs up! But more honk closer to the bridge...

Really, really nice!

Anyone out there with experience in Stambaugh basses? I have the opportunity to buy one; it felt very nice and sounded pristine. I'd like some input from Stambaugh bass owners/players...