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I actually think pickup placement is more important to the P sound than the pickup type. I’ve had really good P sounds from a few different basses with a variety of pickups. Standout ones are humbuckers with one hot coil, such as the MFD in OMG mode (iirc) or a custom thunderbird dual coil like I have now from Gemini pickups.
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Oh yeah it was hot as hell! But dial the volume back a tad and it sounded very P like
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I found it very close personally
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Is a G&L SB1 too much like a Precision shape for your taste?
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You can install some taller rubber feet to give you some extra height
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Speaking of which (the DIY scene) - I'be been borrowing this funky thing from @LukeFRC It sounds great - with a fixed fast attack it excels at the bubbly funk sound. Build quality is great, I really like the punched lettering.
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I know a bloke who works for the company who do the contract manufacturing for Origin (Tioga Ltd). I'll see if he knows anything!
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Beef If Fifteen
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Love it when that happens!
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Yes they have. It can be harder to find an original as they are often modified (not necessarily badly) but even some of the badly modified ones are silly prices. A good one with a racing stripe seems to be around £3500. Pre-stripe is about 4K. Post stripe around 2 grand? I do think they vary quite a lot probably more so than P basses I have tried from various eras but a nice one is a terrific and versatile bass, and a little bit different. Are you looking for a specific one?
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A simpler way to deal with it is to give your opinion and back it up, and if someone proves otherwise (and you disagree) just say: “OK, my evidence shows otherwise, but there you go” Not hard. Let the silent majority who enjoy the well presented experience and information make up their own mind. Nobody knows for sure anyway. Surely that’s part of the fun.
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A young Andy Baxter dismantled it to check its authenticity
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Back to normal now please? One of the most useful threads on BC. Don’t ruin it by arguing about something so daft.
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How do I get the bass tone of fieldy from the album "issues" by koяn?
ped replied to Fieldy fan's topic in Amps and Cabs
Hi there. I know what you mean. I think it’s a cool sound too, it really works and the clicky clank makes the bass really stick out if the mix and fits in so well with the drums. I’m not sure why Fieldy is often a figure of ridicule. It’s not my sound but I remember asking a similar question years ago on Talkbass. To this day I like a slightly clanky sound. He plays an Ibanez Soundgear, but a modern 5 string with two pickups will work. Super low action, detuned of course. His amp is very clean and probably somewhere there’s a limiter to give the sound a definite ‘wall’ so it can drop in between the guitars and drums. A similar approach without limiting would likely lead to a fairly uneven sound and struggle for volume. Oh and not much in the way of mids! -
The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
ped replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
I bought a vintage mustang which had a pickup change to P/J in the 70s. It sounded great - just like a full scale P/J but more even across the board. It lost the 'tubby' sound and had a much wider range. However the pickups weren't installed perfectly straight (and shrinkage of the pickguard pushed the P out of position a bit) so i had them changed to Thunderbird (dual coil) and Rickenbacker pickups, mostly because they were the only ones that would fit the existing cavities. Full story here and clips of what it sounds like here -
Realised how much better nickel plated strings sound compared to stainless (on my mustang)
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You’re right, they can last longer. I sometimes change them thinking that they MUST be dead and I’m just not noticing it, only to realise they aren’t and I wasn’t! I was also worried they wouldn’t fit my mustang but snipped down they’re fine. Dunno what I’d do without them otherwise. Shame they haven’t come out with extended and shortened sets but I think Gore aren’t as agile as smaller manufacturers so it probably makes it harder to add additional lines to the range.
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That's cool. I had the Octavius Squeezer which also combined both pedals but used a fairly user unfriendly digital interface. Sounds great in your clips
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Make him or her peel the old velcro off
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That's what it's all about. I actually went the other way round. The 105Q was one of my first pedals but I wan't able to get the fast decay with it until I bought a Qtron on a whim and realised I needed control of the envelope with my right hand.
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What's your budget? I recently went from a big stack to a single Eich BC112pro combo. It's amazing; really light, small, tilts back so you can hear it perfectly and if it even has a fan I've never heard it.
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Those are great - but I think auto wah and foot operated wah are very different effects
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Lovetone Meatball. So much so that I bought 3! (Ok, two were broken and sent back) After a long time with Mutron (Haz and Musitronics versions) the Lovetone matched them all and then some, with more control, better bypass, less noise, etc. Definitely a keeper - I haven’t changed my board for nearly a year now!
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Will BC ever work properly on iPhones?
ped replied to dave_bass5's question in Site Issues and Questions
Actually more people use BC via a mobile than they do desktop. It’s been the case for a while now. We don’t make the software, but it’s clear that mobile formatting has been a priority for a while now. I’m not sure what your issue is exactly but we don’t typically hear about any problems as you describe. If you hold the space bar you can move your cursor and land it where you like, maybe that helps? -
It’s more Ken Smith BT shape. I really like the shape and found it very comfortable. I prefer it to the BSR shape anyway.
