Cosmo Valdemar

1 hour ago, fretmeister said:

It’s an ineffective tone control, that doesn’t do a lot.

Or at least does nothing like the description of it about letting clarity through as you turn down the tone.

It’s  crap.

Most of my tone controls are little more than on/off knobs...

On 05/08/2019 at 11:45, fretmeister said:

I have a lovely Fender American Special with the Greasebucket tone circuit.

The circuit is crap. In fact I've had 2 basses with it on, and it's crap on both of them.

 

I've seen various diagrams showing how to turn it into a regular tone control using the existing capacitors. As I understand it, the 0.1uF is the vintage choice and the 0.22uF is the modern one.

I've found a few ebay demos of the capacitor swaps but either they have not been recorded very well or my ears can't tell the difference. Is there really much of a difference?

 

Which one to I go for?

I'm not familiar with the Greasebucket. What does it do?

It's not a Legend. I can't remember the model name, but it's the same shape as the NS2000 Q4, but without the EMGs.

20 hours ago, wishface said:

The Spectra is cheaper though, if they were both the same price it'd likely be the Ibanez.

If it's only between these two basses, there's your answer.

I haven't posted on TB for a long time, but it's a valuable resource.

My favourite TB-related activity at the moment is noticing just how many members have BANNED under their usernames. Seriously, so many have it! What do you have to do to get yourself banned?

4 hours ago, Cat Burrito said:

I would imagine it is. I've done a few shows with her and she's very cool to chat to too.

Unless I'm mistaken, she plays bass in the band in that new film Yesterday.

I thought it was her!

I didn't think Fender Japan was a thing anymore!

Sold.

Looks great but I wish it had the droopy control panel like the Jag guitars. The standar Jazz one isn't quite as graceful on this design.

Wouldn't stop me playing one though!

Very interested in some of these if you decide to split...

16 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

JOn Anderson's problem is he only has one gear he uses regularly - 'whimsical'.

Listen to Gates of Delirium...

And once again, Squier are releasing the Fenders we want.

On 17/07/2019 at 21:52, 4000 said:

I’d be really interested to hear The Stranglers play a Yes track and vice versa. 😉

Release, Release I reckon.

43 minutes ago, NancyJohnson said:

This company seem to have a very short memory. 

Does anyone remember when Gibson announced this Jimi Hendrix monstrosity?  Looks familiar? 

I really just don't understand how they even went as far as building prototypes without someone at Gibson going, 'You know what?  I think this is a bad idea, doesn't anyone think it looks a little too much like one of our competitors instruments, so perhaps we shouldn't build any.'

Perhaps the R&D team were just too feeble to say no to the captain of the ship, but mind you, when ol' Henry was at the helm, it was probably very much a case of any goes, eh?

 

It even says 'authentic' on the scratchplate.

4 hours ago, CameronJ said:

As if on cue...

I think it looks fantastic!

I think the new shape actually suits the whole Dingwall vibe a bit better than the original.

I've just received Tony's Bass Synth Wah. All boxes ticked - great comms, good packing and quick delivery. Happy times!

... due to circumstances beyond their control. Gibson by any chance?

It's been replaced by a tweaked model.

https://dingwallguitars.com/d-series

55 minutes ago, Delamitri79 said:

I just find myself so much more comfortable on a 4 but I keep thinking "don't do it man" 😂

Why "don't do it"?

2 minutes ago, PaulFenderJazz said:

Do any of those companies do a bass vi? I’ve not seen any posted?

Ibanez have done something similar I think. Not sure about G&L.

10 minutes ago, White Cloud said:

Maximise your options by going used; this opens up instruments like G&L Tributes, Ibanez's and Sires etc.

Do Sire make version of the Bass VI?

I owned a Squier Bass VI briefly. A great little bass but the nut seemed to be made of nougat so that needed replacing. The stock strings are a bit nasty but that's to be expected.

A lot of people say the bridge isn't up to the job and deserves an upgrade to the Staytrem.

1 hour ago, zbass1976 said:

If it's not a Legend, what else could it be? 

Probably an NS 2000/5. They're almost always listed as Legends in ads. I think they are better than Legends so there are sometimes bargains to be found!

I would hazard a guess that it isn't a Legend.

42 minutes ago, NickD said:

I love their strings. When my Jake arrived I emailed Adrian to ask what it was wearing and ordered some more, they worked out great value compared to my usual sets. Bass Direct stock them now so it's even more straightforward. I've got a bit of a backlog now though, as they keep their tone for ages, so I'm not changing them very often.

What strings?

21 hours ago, Dosi Y'Anarchy said:

It sucks that Tech 21 stuff is so expensive in the UK but fortunately I'm on holiday in the States at the moment and my YYZ should be arriving this week!!! When I get back to Blighty, I'll do a vid and share my thoughts. The videos I've seen sound very good and very much like geddy... But that's from one guy who is specifically trying to sound like geddy. I'll see how it fares when not using jazz basses or Ric's. 

My Gibson LP DC Tribute bass is about as far away from Geddy as I can get and if I think the YYZ sounds great with that, then winner, winner, chicken dinner. 

If not, then I'm sure it will love my Ibanez.

Excellent! I can't wait to hear it with the Gibson. I expect it will be wonderful.