Beedster

I use the Avalon 737 on pretty much everything, problem with UAD is too easy and much choice 🙂

Given how few LH uprights are on the market and especially at that price, I think a long journey wlll be time well spent. Even if you simply buy it to allow you to practice ad perform on a playable instrument while you look for a more suitable long-term solution it would make sense. But you might also get very lucky, the great thing with uprights is that just occasionally a cheap one isn't necessarily a bad one Good luck and keep us posted 👍

Many thanks, it’s not the 1516 it’s two discrete cabs, might take the back off tomorrow and see what’s going on in there! Appreciate your response 👍

Hi @stevie, are you referring to my cab in particular?

Scan are very good I use them a lot

Just when I thought I was GAS-free 🤔

Yep, you're in a very good environment to experiment. I'm sure people have a lot of opinions on the pros and cons, but something I love about using a fixed mic as that I can very volume, tone, and of course feedback, by moving the instrument itself, as opposed to adjusting preamp settings or PUP/on-board mic positioning. OK, a lot of it will depend on various player/music/band/venue-specific factors (there we some venues for example where there simply was not sufficient room for an extra mic stand, and there's a down side in that unconscious movement of the bass can lead to unplanned/unwanted variation, but I much prefer it to using PUPs onboard mics given the opportunity, and IME the amplified tone of the instrument can be a whole lot better for it

Unless you need that sustain

Some basses are fine as is, others benefit from a different bridge, not a lot to be gained from isolated/unique example

That’s why I use a mic, IMO you don’t get air without one

The differences are theoretically measurable using pretty standard audio gear. But as you point out, basses are usually made of wood and wood is highly variable, so the only differences that could be measured usefully would be those for a single bass by - while keeping all else equal - switching the bridges and measuring the audio output. Frankly, I prefer to use my ears, on which basis I'd say that on probably 25% of the basses on which I've installed them a Badass has made a difference I can hear, tonally usually in the high mids/highs and harmonics, structurally in greater sustain which I tend to notice on the lower strings, and possibly a different envelope. As has been pointed out above, I'm sure that some of these effects have less to do with mass per se and more to do with greater stability/better engineering. So, here's my rules of thumb.... Instruments on which I would normally at least try a Badass Fretless bass especially with roundwounds Fretted bass using roundwounds especially on a maple neck Instruments on which I would normally not use a Badass Everything else

Done 👍

Standard mic pointed at the bridge these days, fed up with expensive, fragile, unpredictable, and ultimately dissatisfying DB PUPs. The mic in question was until recently a rather lovely Heil PR-40 but frankly for live work a cheaper Shure (SM57/58) works just fine.

Martin Simms?

Many thanks mate, that's really interesting. I was an early adopter of carbon/graphite as a cyclist in the 80's and we became quickly aware that there was good carbon and less good carbon, most critically with wheels where some give/reduced stiffness, although initially counterintuitive as carbon was being used to increase stiffness, was required to stop them failing catastrophically, which was not good for either the rider or on occasion other riders as snapped carbon was an extremely sharp thing to land on in a crash (I know from experience and still have a 3cm scar to prove it, which was one of the reasons I moved back to traditional spoked wheels until around 10-years later when the manufacturers had sorted out the stiffness/safety issues) 👍

Works on some basses, doesn't work on others. You take your chances 👍

Many thanks Bill, that’s really helpful. I have to say it sounds bloody nice, but then I’m biased 👌