Paul_C

[quote name='thumb4bob' post='27922' date='Jul 6 2007, 02:13 PM']Ive searched far and wide for an acoustic bass that you can slap, i mean obviously you CAN slap any bass but I mean one that you'd actually want to. Both feel - wise and tone - wise. Don't know if this is just me but I always find the soundhole gets in the way of where i'd normally rest my right hand, which is why i was thinking of something like warwick alien with a crazy soundhole. I think the fender vic bailey is supposed to have a good slap sound, hmmmmm. Well I was just wondering if anyone had ever owned an acoustic bass they liked for slap stuff so they could point me in the right direction. Anyone??????[/quote] I was going to suggest the Washburn AB10 I have up for sale, but while it has slots instead of a soundhole and has been set up with Rotosound 30-90 stainless strings, the shape of the fingerboard isn't ideal for slap If you're local to Northampton you're welcome to pop round and try it though

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='27648' date='Jul 5 2007, 10:30 PM']It's absolutely transparent... If you're after 'uncoloured', it's right up your alley.[/quote] I'm regularly puzzled by this sort of remark, so don't think this is aimed at you in particular, but how do you know it's not colouring the sound of the bass ? If the amp was plugged into a different cab, or more of them, wouldn't that sound different ? If it was all moved from a room with a carpeted floor to one with laminate flooring wouldn't it sound different ? Or if it was isolated from the floor? Or moved into the corner of the room ? If you played the first set up at "not annoying the neighbours" levels and then turned it up significantly, wouldn't that sound different ? I'm sure there are amps which on a flat setting "sound" like they might not be adding to or subtracting from the original signal, but the process of amplification ( even plugging straight into a power amp with no tone controls ) must always change things, surely ?

I reckon I can see a pattern developing here ...

[quote name='dub_junkie' post='24727' date='Jun 29 2007, 01:02 AM'][b]EBMM Bongo 4 HS [/b]- Love the sound dont like other aspects of it like the lack of space between neck pickup and edge of the board.[/quote] you need to pick something from [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1088"]this thread[/url] to swap it for

[quote name='mhuk' post='23948' date='Jun 27 2007, 11:58 AM']Where can I get a Music Man pearl pickguard or the basic material to make one?[/quote] you can get the material from WD Music (who also make plates) and Allparts I've got an abalone StingRay plate that you could have for £20 plus p+p

it certainly strikes me as an answer in search of a problem a decent set up shouldn't take that much effort, and having a potentially wavy fingerboard strikes me as a nightmare waiting to happen, once humidity starts moving things around

I thought my total of basses previously owned had peaked at 55 (including the 10 I have right now), but I have remembered another 3 today, so that's 58 I haven't got pics for many of them, but I thought a list might amuse .. Aria P bass Maison Squier Jazz Gibson Thunderbird Yamaha SBV/SBs (16) Yamaha SB-2s (2) Rickenbacker 4003s (4) EB Musicman StingRays (4) EB Musicman Bongo 4s (4) EB Musicman Bongo 5s (2) Pedulla Rapture J2 Epiphone EBO Status Stealth 4 Status Stealth 6 Fender Precision '78 Fender Highway One Precision Fender Std. Jazz Lakland Skyline Jerry Scheff NS CR4MG upright Daisy Rock Butterfly Aria Pro II Modulus Sonic Hammer Modulus Jazz Fender MB5 Westone Thunder 1A Westone Thunder II Yamaha Attitude I Fender Jaguar Fender Urge I Levinson Jazz Ibanez Sr305 Squier Bronco (2) Kubicki Factor Dean acoustic Washburn AB10 acoustic Artizan acoustic Fender Kingman acoustic arrowheadguitars AGBM-1 (2) Total now stands at 66 (of which I only own the last two these days)

a quick tot-up of all the basses I can remember owning comes to 55, and I'm almost certain that I've forgotten some..

Curse of the rogue apostrophe !!! it's Dead Kennedys.

for all the grief you've had, I only count 19 in total. I reckon I might just be able to beat that figure..

[quote name='Mr Cougar' post='18625' date='Jun 15 2007, 11:19 PM']Alright Chaps, the big cat is keen on taking up the EUB and I am trying to get one that is good quality but nothing stupidly expensive, I like the look of the NS CR4M anyone got any other suggestions what might be suitable?[/quote] Right now I'd suggest buying my CR4MG (graphite board) at its current bargain price P.

the EB Musicman forum, CEO, and myself (Bongo) recommend Markbass amps (mine's plugged into an Accugroove cab)