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First Bass : 4 string 34" Aria Pro II Laser Electric Classic Go To Bass : 4 string 32" Aria Pro II Cardinal Series CSB-300 Your Bass : 5 string 28.6" scale Ibanez GSRM25 Mikro Bass tuned to G# standard tuning (as in the upper 4 strings of a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning, plus a high E)

I think it would had been a good idea to add "writing/composing" skills to the list. Year started playing: 1994 (I think, might had been 1993) Number of basses: 6 Number of instruments played: Them all! (only really know how to play bass and guitar well though. And then I don't know if computer and midi counts as an instrument, but am highly skilled at that too) Music theory: 3? (I know the basics, but I can't read nowhere near fluently, I would have to sit and point at the sheet with my finger, counting each note) Technique: 6 Groove: 6 Heft: I play very lightly, but heavy.... If I have to I can go to 11 Writing/Composing: 8 (yes, again it would be very cumbersome for me to write in standard notation, but multi track recordings and midi grit has been invented)

Totally micro-timey, man...

I will try to revive this thread. Though I realize it is very niche. To update the 5 string Mikro Bass is now my main bass. I replaced the stock side mounted output jack socket for a regular front mounted one in the meantime, and just yesterday tuned it up to A standard tuning (that is like the 4 upper strings of a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning, plus a high F), almost exact same strings, except for the low A string, which has been replaced for a gauge .074 Elixir Nanoweb guitar strings, instead of the .080 one. Seems to work better this way. I do not have any recordings of it being tuned this way, but here's a couple of samples of it tuned in G# standard tuning, with a .080 G# string: Recorded directly through my "amp-less" set up, with nothing done to it post recording. I should probably note though that my basic "clean" tone does include overdrive, reverb and delay, as well as a 1 octave up effect, to simulate an effect somewhat similar to the of an octave course 8 string bass. And a more recent shot of the bass in question: Edit!: Just recorded this: Edit 2 ! : For what it is worth I tuned back down, was too tight sounding and feeling after all for my taste, and lacked a bit in the fundamentals department. Kept the gauge .074 low G# string though, instead of the gauge .080 string I had installed previously, the lower tension gauge .074 string does sound less snappy and punchy, but slightly clearer and with more fundamentals content, also indisputably sounds better when played with a pick. Not sure if I keep it this way, or eventually swap back to the gauge .080 string for the low G#, but for now the gauge .074 string stays on.

The Sinking Belle (Blue Sheep) - Sunn O))) & Boris

Well, the IR function of my pedal does work exactly as it is supposed to, what I meant was that no other IR really work for me and my tone.

I love my NUX. Tried other solutions, not the Digibeth though, but nothing else seems to work as well. Also it seems like I can't get any other cab IR, and I tried a lot, to work, other than the stock Ampeg SVT-212AV IR cab sim on the NUX. I have considered investing in an analog Tone Hammer pedal, since that is the amp emulation I use on the NUX, and then using the NUX for IR alone, but not sure it would actually be an improvement.

I decided to order a pack of 3 acrylic Gravity Classic .60mm picks: And found that one of the round corners, which are a bit stiffer than the tip, is absolutely perfect for me. The tip got just about same amount of flexibility as the Dunlop Tortex .60mm pick, but being a different material it does feel somewhat different, and it produces less scratching and scraping noises too, as if it glides easier off the strings. Sounds less like plastic too. And they have a really nice grip, while still easy to swap around between corners and tips, in a controlled manner. Really effective grip, while not sticking to you fingers, and still being easy to manipulate and move around, if you wish/need to. I think they are worth the extra price. The .77mm of the same brand and model of pick is nice too, but I prefer the .60mm one, as I like my pick to be a bit flexible.

Orange Fur Coat!

Flip Joint (The Contortionist).... Post Math Rock? Solo bass, single track, 2nd take, instrumental, played on my 28.6" scale 4 string Ibanez GSRM20B Mikro Bass, equipped with just a single bridge EMG Geezer Butler J pickup, from the P/J set, wired directly to the output jack socket, and tuned in B standard tuning (baritone tuning), recorded through my "amp-less" setup directly into my Zoom H4n handheld recorder, and only edited through a simple Wav editor.

It's been some time since last I posted in this thread, I think I posted pictures of these basses before though, but these are the latest shots, and there are a couple of minor mod changes too. First my main: My 5 string Ibanez GSRM25 Mikro Bass, that I named "Mr. Growly - The Noodlemancer" : It features a Poplar body, and a Maple neck with a Jatoba fretboard, the stock neck J pickup have been disconnected, as it was faulty, and the stock bridge J pickup has been wired directly to the jack output socket, and it is strung with Elixir Nanoweb coated nickel-plated roundwound hex steel core guitar strings, gauge .080 - .062 - .046 - .036 - .026, tuned in tenor bass, G# standard, tuning, that is like one half step below the upper 4 strings of a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning, plus a high E. And then my 4 string Ibanez GSRM20B Mikro Bass, that I named "Dud Bottomfeeder II" : It features an Okoume body, and a Maple neck with a Purpleheart fretboard, the stock pickups has been pulled out and replaced for just a single EMG Geezer Butler J pickup, form the P/J set, wired directly to the jack output socket, and it is strung with Elixir Nanoweb coated nickel-plated roundwound hex steel core guitar strings, gauge .068 - .052 - .038 - .028, and tuned in B standard, tenor bass, tuning, as in one octave above the lower 4 strings of a 5 or 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning. Both just 28.6" scale length.

Thank you for trusting me this honor. Looking at the poll though, it seems I was caught up, but that might have happened after the voting officially closed? (also the numbers doesn't add up 10 voters should equate to 30 votes, and there is only 27). In any case image have been send in a PM.

Well, I am not buying a bass as an investment, if I was I would be a poor businessman, considerably more profitable things to invest your money in. I am buying it to actually play it. And to me it would be worth much more, though not in money. Knowing I can earn money on something I don't enjoy playing is pretty worthless, even pointless for that matter.

No way I would ever do that! If I had that kind of money I'd have luthier make me an amazing bass exactly to my personal preferred specs.

Ha, ha, cool... Sounds like a Mr. Bungle demo from the Disco Volante album that never made the cut.

Thank you! Honestly probably sounds more like Pentangle than Syd, but hey Spectacles does kind of rhyme on Pentangle, so it all makes sense.

I love this! Sound very Air -esque.

So I put on Syd Barrett's spectacles, and this is what happened... : As one of the fathers of psych folk and lo-fi, here's an improvised instrumental lo-fi psychedelic folk piece in honor of the genius that is Syd Barrett. First take improvisation, played on my 28.6" scale 4 string Ibanez GSRM20B Mikro Bass, equipped with just a single bridge EMG Geezer Butler J pickup, from the P/J set, wired directly to the output jack socket, and tuned in B standard tuning (baritone tuning), recorded through my "amp-less" setup directly into my Zoom H4n handheld recorder, and only edited through a simple Wav editor.

The reverse delay model in the old Zoom G1on, G1Xon, B1on, B1Xon, MS-50G, MS-60B and MS-70CDR is pretty damn great, actually.

I finally pulled myself together to upload "Hole Song" by an old musical project Janosch, that I was one half of together with Markus (Jesper Marcussen), on YouTube. Originally released on the compilation "Danelectro" Lead vocals and rhythm guitar: Jesper Marcussen Lead guitars (except guitar solo*), bass and backing vocals: Jacob Læby (me) Backing vocals: Michelle Kappel Drum machine, synth, *guitar solo, production and mixing: Per Chnöeldh And genre wise we are around some relatively lo-fi indie rock/pop. Recorded somewhere around 2001. (cover/video art is from the 4 track EP "Inhere Outhere" by Janosch, that was released previously to this track, I shot the cover photo) - And the latest actual worthwhile serious track that I made, although not that new, is a remix of the track "Elastic2" by Fencepost, per request. But this is with my solo drone/ambient project, Fjernsind, and something entirely different, experiemental dark ambient/drone. Rather radical remix might I add, and created and released in July 2019. I even made an actual animated video of sorts for it:

Yes, and that despite me specifying that I played a 5 string bass, so...

Ok, this doesn't look like me at all:

As I also mentioned it could be that the magnets are stronger too. To give an example the DiMarzio Model P and the EMG Geezer Butler P, both passive pickups, and while they both have just about the same DC resistance, which would indicate similar amount of coil wounds, the magnetic field of the Model P is much stronger than that of the Geezer, which results in the Model P having a considerably louder, hotter output than the Geezer.

Pure nickel, I would say. Forget that, I misunderstood the question, this is obviously the other way around (no pun intended).