Owen

I did a short review. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=93168"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=93168[/url]

I had never heard about these, I read a thread about them, watched some youtube vids and bought one within 18 hours. Solid Mahogany, Piezo pick up and REALLY fat plastic-y strings It is an awful lot of fun but also a serious instrument once plugged in. I play DB regularly and have an NS5 for when I cannot get the DB there. I am considering retiring the NS5, the Ubass sounds just as good for the kind of heavier dull thud gut type of sound I like. I have gigged it twice since taking delivery. one full on Jazz quintet and this morning in Church. It needs fairly careful EQing (just like a DB with a pick up). Obviously everyone thought it was hilarious when I took it out. They stopped laughing when I plugged it in. There is an awful lot of LF going on. The strings are very slightly tacky, you cannot do a triplet ghost note drag down to a lower note in a jazz stylee, but using some natural oil from the side of my nose made things a lot smoother. You cannot do a side to side vibrato. It just does not work. Does it sound like a full-on DB? Obv not. Does it have that sort of DB-esque low-mid, air-shifting heft? Yes. Do I look like someone carrying a Viola when it is in it's case? Yes. You cannot have everything. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNPx6RS8PiM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNPx6RS8PiM[/url]

Just fabulous!

It's here and it is a a lot of fun It is pretty fussy about what it sees as a pre-amp, as all piezo pickups which are unbuffered are.

[quote name='essexbasscat' post='873925' date='Jun 21 2010, 09:47 PM']I've seen some bands roll end - end connected XLR cables around a garden hose drum T[/quote] I do this. It is not the most space efficient, but it keeps your cables lovely!

Chevin A500 is a lovely piece of kit. It will do 350W per side into 4ohms or bridge 700w into 8ohms mono.

They are $199 so I guess similar here. I have just been sucked into Bass Ukulele world so this will go on the backburner for a bit!

[quote name='Shacky' post='874856' date='Jun 22 2010, 09:27 PM']Reminds me a bit of the [url="http://www.starrlabs.com/"]Ztar's[/url] that Rob Swire from Pendulum uses live.[/quote] The same sort of look yes, but not the same sort of price!

It's no good, I cannot stop myself. I am going in.

I have been gassing hard for a Rob Allen mouse since i saw it first. I think one of these will fill that gap.

That's a lot of GAS!

Great, I now have GAS for something I did not know existed.

Great, I now have GAS for something I did not know existed.

[quote name='Dorian' post='873262' date='Jun 21 2010, 09:31 AM']Having an adjustable bridge also enables you to us the Fishman Full Circle pickup, which replaces one of the bridge adjusters and in my experience is the best and most natural sounding pickup for DB.[/quote] As long as your adjuster has the same thread as the Full Circle. There are two sizes of Full Circle thread. Just so you know.

The studiospares own brand stuff is cheap and cheerful and virtually bombproof. We are running 10" ones at work (with subs) for my students to practice PA with. They get driven to within an inch of their lives and still smile.

[url="http://www.yourockguitar.com/"]www.yourockguitar.com[/url] Is it a toy or is it a cheap and cheerful midi controller which might actually work? Discuss.

[quote name='derrenleepoole' post='868434' date='Jun 15 2010, 09:11 PM']Jaco is the king of time in my opinion.[/quote] I agree. You could strip away EVERYTHING else he did and he would still have played with everyone and their dogs because his time would make your band sound good. End of. As I heard a drummer say of another bassist (not Jaco) "he puts the beat in a sexy place".

The only issue here is that if you are plugging unbuffered piezo pick-ups into a desk they are going to sound thin and nasty. If this is not going to be an issue then please ignore this