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I still haven’t found any envelope filter that squelches the same way as the DOD FX25 when you hit the big strings hard. It kind of wobbles and growls, whereas everything else I’ve heard or tried kind of whistles as the filter opens up wide and stays there. I really like my 3leaf Wonderlove because I prefer a band pass with some clean blend which gets that squelch and it’s very flexible (and can boost) but something about the FX25 just kills. Shame it’s a bit quiet, wonder if it’s moddable.

I'm going to the post office in an hour, so any final orders for this batch, do it now!!

Give Elixirs a try - about £40 a set but they last literally years so in the long run they're the cheapest strings you'll ever get!

I've got one in stock, it's microscopic too - nobody has invented the correct instrument cable yet though! I'll pop one in your envelope!

That’s the one! 1983 (my YOB coincidentally) and one of the few white stingrays with non yellowing lacquer.

Also echo this comment. I think my Ray is more sensitive to string types than anything else - you’ve got TI flats on it now, maybe go the other end of the scale and put some steel rounds on it and it’ll sound and feel the opposite. I just took some cobalt flats off mine (they always go rusty so I’ve given them up) and out on some elixirs (my rounds of choice - nickel 40-95) and it’s great fun. There’s so much fidelity in that big pickup.

I live mine! It does everything really well and is a great partner to a P and J bass. It sits between them really well. The pre EB ones have necks to die for and the slab bodies look really chunky.

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Nice, yeah that’ll do!! I tend to find crunchy distorted bass sounds better with roundwounds myself, to give that aggressive edge. TI flats are nice though eh? Strangely I don’t think I’ve ever had flats on a jazz.

Whatever works for you, really - I dislike the pure note on it's own going 'buh' and like a little bit of fret clank and/or rattle behind the note to help it growl, in varying amounts of course.

I think on a stingray in particular, a low action/relief gives that nice clicky percussive sound that's so instantly recognisable in a mix.

Just read about this new chorus pedal. I had the V1 but found the chorus rate was too fast in all settings - this new one has internal switches to choose a new slower rate matched to the Juno 60 keyboard. I found the original pedal kept the bass frequencies intact (it's designed for keys and guitar) and the V2 has in internal gain switch to optimise it for higher level input. It's also pretty cheap, true bypass and runs on a battery. Hopefully there'll be a bass demo soon..

See I really like my P with light flats, no relief and super low action! You get the gritty clank and chewy midrange - and that sort of ‘plasticky’ overtone when you dig a little harder. I can’t play anything with a high action, I feel like my hand is numb and can’t pull off trills or hammers at all. I think I’m mostly just lazy!

Absolutely - actually I was about to post a thread asking for some good examples of fuzzy bass lines so the timing was bang on! What bass are you playing?

The problem with this sort of thing, and drive/fuzz in particular, is that it depends so much on what you feed into the pedal. For example I love gritty thick fuzz on a 70s jazz bass but not on a Precision. I dug out my muff today to try and cop this sound but actually found it was too thick; instead I used my EWS Stormy Bass Drive cranked to maximum with a little bit of glitchy octave thrown into the mix and got pretty close. In particular this combo allows the sound of the instrument to come through the filth. You've got me listening to the whole album now, it's great!! Edit - just tried again and found a combination of both the green Russian and the EWS gets the sludgy feel slightly better (this is using a Celinder J-update bass with the tone open)

Exactly the same!

Sounds like a Russian Big Muff - mind you they all sound a little different but mine sounds a lot like this. Quite bright and crunchy but retaining the character and ‘finger noise’ of the instrument.

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I’m not hearing a P bass - I think it’s a stingray with flats.

What’s the difference between the ‘E’ series and the others? I’d definitely like a black and maple one to match my SB1

No, instrument - I wouldn’t bother with super high end speaker cables myself. Any benefit is likely to be robbed by the less than perfect room but in the studio, who knows (though I always go direct)