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I just want my EQ to be happy

It’s been there for about 3 years now 😂

I meet people behind those bins all the time, dunno what you were so worried about

Someone will be along shortly to say we all sound the same whatever we play 😂

@devinebass did a great podcast episode about this very topic which I listened to in the car the other day. https://scottsbasslessons.com/podcast/g.a.s-its-a-thing-with-scott-ian What's interesting is to hear how tastes/fashions have changed over our lifetimes, from six string active basses with fancy tops to five strings with a high C, then back to the P bass. Scott talks about how he made the conscious choice to switch to a p bass for his channel to differentiate himself from those big name virtuoso players using high end 5ers at the time. He didn't even especially like the P bass sound, but has grown to love it - and players like Pino switching to a P bass arguably caused a raft of players to follow suit, or at least make that change at the same time no doubt encouraged by the sort of music they're being asked to play. Personally, my journey went from 60s jazz bass twang to active carbon fibre and synthesiser then stripped back to the P, 70s J and finally Stingray. I've mentioned it before but for the the Stingray has elements of each bass that I fond both comfortable to play but with the top end on tap, tight bottom end and an unmistakable character in a mix. Like Ian says on the podcast, and especially in the episode after the one above, I like to have 'my' bass, and then have others that make me mould to the way they want to be played, so that I sound different and they bring out different things in my 'playing' Sometimes I just wake up and need to play a P with flats. Other times I'll reach for a top 70s jazz and slice my head off with the sheer hifi top end. My '83 Ray though has a great even attack with a really plastic sounding middle range which seems to work on everything. Every day is an adventure.

Thanks for that. Is the hardware/stand decent? Looks pretty good from where I'm sitting

There used to be two, now there’s three!

David, would you mind measuring the maximum height that the drum stool goes to please?

Yeah maybe. But not to me!

It should also not take batteries, because you're going to plaster it with velcro and use this with a humungous pedalboard right, and batteries are for old guys. Oh wait let's say it for the EnvIroMenT! Actually let's make it need 18v for 'headroom'

You can but it’s a little uncomfortable. Can be helpful for doing soprano backing vox 😂

Got an example? Because I think I know what you mean

I had my preorder invoice yesterday

How about this? 😆

Lovely stuff, and a nice pint of nutty brown ale. Back of the net. Cheers 🍻

Its possible, using lower gain settings, to have a pretty much clean sound which does a little dance when you dig in. One of the things I liked about Bootsy’s sound was that the envelope stuff never seemed overdone, and I assumed that was due to his multi amp setup but actually it’s easy to see with this pedal how you can get a super funky sound without losing the character and sound of your bass. You could use it ‘always on’ without it getting annoying!

Yeah I’ll do a low mode and down modes too soon. They all sound fantastic whatever you do!

I did a little clip, absolute crap but you get the picture. This is high mode, gain on 4, peak on 6, drive up. Playing Stingray. You'll (hopefully) notice that even in this mode, the peaks are really nice sounding and not harsh at all. And the lows never get boomy or indistinct. I tried playing a straight baseline but this thing just makes you want to piss about. Mutron - 20:01:2022, 15.01.mp3 Also here's photo of the pedal just for fun

And any legal ramifications could be shunted onto @Bassassin

Do you think you'd have time to assemble a little group of Rickenwaffen to keep an eye on the ads and weed out anything Faker? We'd be crazy not to take advantage of your expertise and it would certainly help keep things on a level in the eyes of the company.

Hull, Québec

Let's lift it and if we get a court summons, put the ban back. It won't happen. We aren't and haven't been doing anything wrong - the ban was intended to be damaging to Rickenbacker by virtue of reducing their exposure among our niche community, at least in my eyes - and the chance to get in some salty remarks about their aggressive behaviour. Lawyers I have worked with will always respect the IP rights if its easier to say that than dig deep into the actual infringement and suggest sailing close to the wind.

I personally think we should reconsider now.

The last five years or so have been quite transformative for me in many ways but especially in my bass tastes. For the longest time I was playing my Vigier bass, and found the modern sound perfect for what I was doing. That led to trying similar basses with a slightly more vintage vibe such as a few Smith basses. I also started to become interested in building a collection of the ‘trinity’ (P,J,MM) which has been great fun and opened my eyes to the spectrum I hadn’t been part of for quite a while. A P and J are just great to have in your arsenal and I enjoy having them for playing along with stuff where only a P or J will do. But the really interesting and semi surprising thing was the Musicman. I don’t know why it was such a surprise (or why I didn’t do it earlier) but the MM bass is the perfect coming together of everything rolled into one. It feels familiar as the neck is identical to my G&L, it’s got the classic stingray sound and the simplicity of a single pickup which sits where I am used to, placed similarly to my Vigier. It sounds modern but with a vintage vibe. I could gush on for a while but I think Stingrays are great basses, and this one in particular is perfect for me. Very unusual white pre eb with a dead flat neck that I’ve never had to touch! And you’ve got to love a chunky slab body - and this one doesn’t weigh much.

Sweet. Yeah the gain control is interesting. My Stingray gives a consistent level with the pedal on or off but I will try my others! I'm absolutely loving LP, Up, High range, peak on 5 and gain on 5. It's super responsive in a really dynamic way - playing with the envelope 'closed' just gives you a normal bass sound, pretty much - digging in a tiny bit more gives a bit of 'womp' and digging in more gives a greasy squidge over your clean sound. It's like a super well implemented clean blend. Really quite extraordinary