Frank Blank

Great call, those first two Human League albums, Reproduction and Travelogue are two of my favourite albums of all time, I totally agree, MK2 Human League? Pfffftttt.

Ian Astbury was always a c*** (not Cult) in waiting, having said that Wild Flower and Lil’ Devil are good tracks imho, I think I’m right in saying that Rick Rubin made them play direct into their amps without effects on Electric and I find that pure sound is rather fresh and invigorating, however, Astbury becoming an LA rock god overnight was sickening. Fire Woman from their next album, Sonic Temple, is also a bit of a hard rock classic, however I’d throw all those tracks in the bin in order to listen to Ressurection Joe, so, essentially, I’m agreeing with you. I saw their first iteration Southern Death Cult and their second as Death Cult and they were already showing signs of the tossers they were to become. In summary, I agree.

I agree totally, we are in good company there!

You didn’t have to Sir, you didn’t have to...

Actually I think that’s the whole root of this FRFR vs trad bass rig thing, needing ‘a bigger one’ 😱.

It sounds great, you really get the feeling you are hearing how each bass actually sounds for the first time, the Ibanez was quieter than the mouse but bright and with far more articulation than I have heard before and that was with the on board eq flat and the pre flat too. With the SRC6s board eq and the Fishman... *head explodes*

Obviously you are welcome to try mine!

If a little brown...

Thank you! I totally agree. and thank you for your contributions to this thread, they've been a big part of seeing the light.

Well the expected day-long titting about was actually about ten minutes grinning like an idiot and then getting a cuppa. Plugged the bass directly into Channel B, set it to the Bass Amp preset and behold... a rich warm full tone without any EQ. I didn't think the Rob Allen could sound any lovelier but, even through the AER, I'd obviously not been hearing it to it's full potential. As @Bridgehouse says in his initial post Channel B can be set to Line or Instrument but on the Instrument setting it is whompingly loud so I just left it on the Line setting. With the Rob Allen's on board volume up to about 75% and the QSC's Gain set at three (it goes up to twenty) it was plenty for home use, I put it on to the Instrument setting and by the time I had the QSC's gain up to five the room started to shake! I hope I'm not doing anything wrong by leaving it on the Line setting? Anyway, then I tried Rob Allen > Fishman Platinum Pro > QSC, bliss. As I said before, just bass direct into the QSC is the best tone I've ever got from anything, with the Fishman I can then tweak the best tone I've ever had from anything. I spent hours pouring over @Bridgehouse's Interesting FRFR thread and was pretty much convinced by the (mostly) learned and eloquent explanations and arguments, having tried the QSC K12.2 in the shop I was convinced enough to buy one, now I've actually got it home turns out it is your actual bona fide revelation. I have posted this pic on the Show Us Your Rig thread but it belongs here too, RnR killer that it is...

As of today, new FRFR setup. Rob Allen Mouse 30, Ibanez SRC6, Fishman Platinum Pro, QSC K12.2.

I imagine a Rock 'n Roll fairy to look like an ethereal Steven Tyler but with large gossamer wings and, perhaps, his wand stuck in an elevator door. I think I may have killed such a RnR fairy this morning with the arrival at Chez Blank of a QSC K12.2... ...suffice to say a day of titting about ahoy.

The bass playing across all of Cake's output is great IMHO.

Having played fretless exclusively since getting one I must say these are wise words.

I’ve got try one of these out, always fancied one.

I agree, I had a Taylor GS Mini Bass that I’m actually beginning to rather regret having moved on!

Ibanez Talman or the Fender Squier Jaguar.

I’m going to stick my neck out here and say my Rob Allen Mouse sounds about as close to a double bass as you can get (imho, obv.) I totally agree with the rest of your points.

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