MrDinsdale

Thats an excellent price, I really like the look of them aside from the rich mahogany red on the rear of the body/neck. From all the demos I’ve heard they sound incredible too. I’ve got this monstrosity which is absolutely knackered. A Yamaha RGX612a (I think) that got given years ago. The threading on the locking nut and trem are totally shot so it’s a floaty untunable mess. Kind of tempted to strip out the hardware, fill the bridge area in and replace with a hardtail. It’s got a heap of mojo and despite it’s tuning issues plays brilliantly 😂

I did the opposite I started on 5 string Warwick style basses and fairly recently transitioned back towards 4 string Fender style stuff. It sounds like you want something different to mix things up so I’d definitely go with the short scale or a fan fret that’s quite radically different for variety. If it doesn’t work out you can always sell it on, especially if you buy 2nd hand. I played a 4 string Dingwall and was blown away by how it played although not super into how they look.

Very interesting. Yeah I always used to gravitate towards ebony but my current favourite basses are maple and rosewood so I think the feel is much less pronounced to me that I thought it was. I've never been in a position to really test side by side with such similar setups, I'm enjoying experimenting vicariously though through your videos 😂

I loved the COG pedal! Agreed on Boss and Behringer though.

Yeah I think that’s inline with what I was thinking. Except for the fretboard, never really thought of the fretboard material having much effect aside from feeling different. Im definitely planning to do a Yamaha BB/Wal DIY hybrid at some point once I’ve got the time and money. Spent far too much on pedals recently! 🙃

Looking forward to it! It’d be interesting to see once you’ve nailed the sound on the Walish what the new turner pickups and NFP sounded like in the original test bed modded p-bass. I wonder just how much of the sound is from the electronics. Although it’d obviously be a real pain to rewire.

PS anyone got/had a Revstar? Would like a new guitar at some point and they look great, it’s between that or a Peavy T-60 if I can find a reasonable price for it.

I’m so surprised by this BB734A, gutted I didn’t go for it straight away instead of the Schecter p4 exotic. It’s the perfect sound for what I need, so punchy and feels great to play. My only criticism is that it’s not as comfy (for me) to sit and play compared to Jazz or Warwick style basses. Definitely want to pick up a 1024x at some point, gonna get saving!

This is the key bit for me. I don’t believe that SS strings on nickel frets will “literally wreck your frets so fast it’s not even funny”. I think it’ll take a long time either way.

This is a great round up of some heavy hitters, some surprises in there too!

Much of the criteria is potentially subjective but of all the drives I’ve played the EAE Halberd comes closest to that. It’s more in the mid gain territory but can get pretty fuzzy when pushed. It has 3 voicings which range from clanky highs to warm thick bass but its middle setting (to me) seems pretty flat. I previously used it as an always on low gain grit but more recently I’ve been using it at higher gain albeit a little more on the thick fuzzy side. I keep meaning to record some samples on bass as there’s only really guitar demos out there.

Super useful to know, I’ve tried googling it but found nothing. I can’t imagine using more than a couple at any given time though!

Is there a limit of how many captures you can use simultaneously? I have a MOD Dwarf and managed to get some pretty decent AIDA-X captures of my Capo and some EAE pedals but you’re pretty much restricted to 2 amp/pedal captures before the CPU starts maxing out. I don’t have a QC but it’s one of those things that’s pretty tempting to replace my dedicated pedals one day.

I think I stomp my pedals too hard to do this 😂

Sold a DI which was damaged in transit I believe. @jimbobothy was super understanding and a pleasure to work with resolving it. Top chap!

That’s correct! It’ll also be included before the 1/4 jack output too. There is a switch on the side to bind the fx loop so that it’s only applied when the A side is active. I’ve accidentally enabled that a few times then been left scratching my head for longer than I’d care to admit! 😂

It’s so pretty, always wanted to try a SLO preamp but they rarely ever seem to pop up. The SLO and Rusty Box are the two id love to get my hands on at some point.

Just found this, it’s guitar focused but a lot of the EQ principles are roughly the same just different frequency ranges. https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/boss-gt-1000-tips-trick-presets-and-settings.1938532/page-6#post-35802296 I need to spend more time with the x-od and other guitar focused distortions, I find the bass ones too bass heavy a lot of the time.

A missed that, thought it was just when connected via USB which I believe I’ve heard other people mention before. As you were!!! That doesn’t sound right!

That’s a shame, the other solution would eve to use a WIDI Jack to connect the Core to your laptop/tablet. Not sure if that works for IR Loader etc or just Tone studio.

Not sure I ever suggested those terms don’t have meaning, merely agreeing with @LukeFRC that people often struggle to articulate the nuance of tone and sound. You should take peoples opinions on forums with a pinch of salt.

Yeah I think people are quick misuse buzzwords like “transparent” when they actually mean a sound they enjoy. I’ve even seen people describing Darkglass stuff and the Sansamp as transparent or natural sounding which is the last way I’d describe them!

I’ve got multiple preamps, some have more impact than others on EQ. The Capo is by far the cleanest offering some eq adjustments and adding/enriching some harmonic content (when you’re bypassing the gain focused side of the pedal). Obviously some add more grit and drive, some have pretty pronounced baked in eq curves. In my experience pickup and string choice has a much bigger impact on the fundamental sound of my bass than the preamp assuming it’s relatively flat.

I think on the previous version I'd still built it with using a dedicated preamp and drive pedal via the fx loops where I've made sure this one is all in-Core stuff except for the IR I used. One thing that still really bugs me with the Core is not being able to set nice crossovers for the LPF and HPF, also the fact that on the MIX block the balance doesn't split like 50/50 but instead when set to the middle you literally get both full signals and a huge jump in volume. It's been fun playing around with it though!