ClassicVibes

What level of relic did you get?

Okay...

It was just a so-so track that doesn't really stand out to me amongst the many better ones on SA. Cool bassline but that's about it.

You're all starting to put me off stack knobs now!

Dani California Snow Desecration Smile Stadium Arcadium She Looks To Me She's Only 18 Readymade Torture Me Strip My Mind So Much I Turn It Again Wet Sand

Lifelong Chili Peppers fan but couldn't get the new guitarist's name right?

Skimmed? Right, that's a valid point then.

Measure 5-6" past the capstan, bend the string with a 90 degree angle and then snip it leaving around an inch on the bend. I put that into the capstan, wind the remaining string around the capstan and tune to pitch. I always make sure the winds are tight and neat and push them down has far has I can on the capstan to get a better break angle at the nut. I tug the strings to break them in but only if they're hexcore. Tugging is not advised on roundcore.

Californication / By The Way / Stadium Arcadium / I'm With You were all compressed to death and mastered atrociously. It's so bad that I had to find the unmastered version of Californication just so that I could listen to it through headphones. Not sure of his rig on the first two albums. I know he used a Musicman Cutlass and Stingray on both of them. TUMPP was a Spector NS which was also used on Mother's Milk. I think the Stingray might have also been used for a few tracks. I know around this time, he started using a combination of GK / Mesa heads and cabs. This lasted all the way up to Californication. BSSM was a Wal with a 5 string Stingray used on Naked In The Rain and I think Mellowship? OHM was an Alembic Epic bar Coffee Shop which was a Stingray and Pea which was a double bass. Californication was the Modulus Flea. Not sure if this was when the '61 Stack Knob started to be used also? It features in the Californication video. Around The World was played through Marshall guitar heads for the overdriven sections. By The Way was all Modulus Flea. Can't think of a track which sounds like the Stack Knob. Carbron might have been a double bass come to think of it. Flea used an all GK rig on this album and Stadium Arcadium at least for touring. SA definitely used the Stack Knob and I know that it was used through multiple rigs Flea isn't known for such has the Ampeg Portaflex / B-15. Modulus Flea was used on 'heavier' tracks such has So Much I. I'm With You was the Stack Knob into an Acoustic rig (330?). Modulus Flea again used on 'heavy' tracks such has Goodbye Hooray. Getaway was Stack Knob predominantly. Can't think of a track which stands out has having Stingray/Modulus tone to it. Amps I'm not sure of.

Where is that? Still quite new to the site.

Has anyone had experience with Limelight or Bravewood?

Davie504... Send bass!

Who are the other makers?

What is this KioGon stacked knob Loom? Can't find it anywhere online?

Is Fender CS the be all and end all of 'Fender' style basses? I'm looking at buying a stack knob Jazz and very quickly concluded that the real McCoy would be way, way too much. I shifted my attention toward Fender CS stack knobs. Most are found for around £3k which is much more 'reasonable'. But - are Fender CS' the best stack knob replicas out there? Does another company make a better clone? Advice and thoughts appreciated.

I'm sure a better quality version will appear tomorrow but until then:

Did anyone just catch Dave's performance? Genuinely speechless. Amazing.

Did you engage the VLE knob? I play a Jazz through a CMD121P and don't get any 'nastiness'. Between those two, I use a TC Spark Booster. Believe me when I say I've tried all the light - medium gain ODs out there. The Spark Booster gives you your sound with some grit on top. No bass loss. No need for a blend knob. I've used this same set-up for four years now...

Couple weeks on from receiving the bag and it's doing a splendid job. Very good VFM.

I think this thread is about Juan, not yourself, with all respect. Hope he can pull through this terrible incident - monster of a player.

Don't want to point out the obvious but...

Just received mine and am very happy with it. Basic but functional and offers a good amount of padding. 👍🏻

Secondhand market is your best bet. I see a lot of good pups coming on the marketplace here.

I went for the Extreme model. Will only be using it for taking my bass to the car and then into the rehearsal room. Worth a punt for £40.

Dean Markley Blue Steels are made to sound like broken in rounds. GHS Boomers also lose their zing very quickly.