AttitudeCastle

The plastic trombone actually came way before the plastic trumpet, as getting piston valves to work is a big challenge where as a trombone is just a tube, so the friction issue of it wearing itself apart is much less apart. Was one of the first to play both at trade shows when they were shown to the public. My buddy has a pBone and I've been meaning to get one for a while! Great little things, especially for travelling and kids!

This need to be recorded in some capacity! Bet that thing would sound fantastic, and not out of place filling Wembley!

The newer squiers are darn good, they are good enough that I don't play any fenders anymore, I feel less bad about mucking with them and treating them rough... This thread has given me major GAS for a Squire Jazz bass with a Squire P neck and some bareknuckle pickups. Only takes a quick look at the bank account to stop those thoughts though haha!

That's interesting (ignore my pic, it's from 3 years ago... haha! My last couple posts on BC have been too fanboyish, gulp! ) as I found for my uses, even maxed out I couldn't get the amount of drive I wanted, though I'm feeling that it's more the 'character' of the drive I wasn't totally happy with. Maybe with a hot signal and a booster in front of it, but nope, not for me! I do agree it does have a certain element of tone sculpting a tad too much where was hard to get away from that Billy type sound, so I ended up moving mine on very quickly. I did like it a lot, and the compression was great, but I needed the money that little bit more and it wasn't quite enough for me to keep it. Would get another if I had the money spare though

[quote name='Angel' timestamp='1396524749' post='2414590'] In that case I bow to your superior knowledge! [/quote] I think maybe pity at my lack of life would more apt haha!

[quote name='Angel' timestamp='1396450968' post='2413821'] I think that must be a one off bass, if you look on the internet generally he definitely has fret rattle. [/quote] Yes and no. RhysP is (generally) right here. (Warning: Queue fan boy here) The Attitude X manual stated his prefered set up string heights. And having met him and played one of his newer basses, he had it notably above where I do, I have my 4 strings middle low, it's lower than my bands guitarists action, and on my 6 string I have it just above as low as it can go, that said, I pluck pretty hard and hammer the strings if I get carried away live, so that's maybe middle low on the "super low to super high" spectrum as I like minimal/zero noise to maximise core tone. Feeling the difference is nice as it's just really smooth! Makes going back to my Attitude a little bit of a workout as I play the 6/7 string basses 90% of the time these days! He talks about his set up quite a lot on the facebook group and did a video about it from the Yamaha Attitude event day (IIRC, and filmed by the incredible Jon Willis who built the Wife replica featured on No Treble), and it's certainly not part of his tone unlike Entwistle or Chris Squire. I think John Entwistle's Status Buzzards have/had the lowest action of any basses I've ever seen. I believe Wolverine on here used to have one and agreed with this a while back. Billy having super low rattly action is a common misconception tagged to him due to his monster playing, but with hands as strong as his he doesn't need it, his main bass for years and years the famous "Wife" modded fender P has action on the middle high side, which is likely why it became his preference. He plucks with quite a lot of force in a very firm and clean fashion, and it wouldn't work with super low action as it would get noisy. You do hear in videos in his home on his basses at home that there is slight 'fret grind' on like the low E and Low D but on tour most definitely higher tha usual, and little to no fret rattle along the board. His studio and home set up is lower for ease of playing but his action gets higher the longer into a tour he gets as he really thrashes the bass live. End massive fan boy moment... Would you believe I've not played my Attitude or listened to any Vai/Mr Big in months till today?! True I swear sir...

They weren't hugely costly to begin with, and they are more associated with the more intermediate price bracket, and the RBX 774/775 range which is why the body contouring is like them. String spacing on them isn't too tight, it's around the 17mm mark, Much larger than whatever he uses now, 14/15mm I'd imagine, since he uses 5 string bass necks on his Bongos! A guy in Aberdeen has an RBX JM2 and uses two TRB1006s, so Yamaha are doing something right. Would love a Yammy (an RBXJM or a JM2, or a TRB1006! Love them all haha) to compliment my Ibby and Attitude... (Also, first post of 2014! Happy New Year! )

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1383254928' post='2262334'] A huge amount! I wonder why he doesn't use it! [/quote] Having seen him live several times over the last 6 or so years I'd respectfully disagree. It's been getting bassier in the last few years. I think he's learning haha! My Attitude thunders out the lows with growl to boot. Love it!

Great little piece haha! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P8C6-XqaNs

Yes. Yes. and YES.

Tried putting a weight on the strap? I found the neck dive on my Attitude annoying, but I got used to it, I kind of like it, but don't miss it when it's not there! But live if I have a small weight on the strap towards the bridge strap button, plus a wireless pack attached/taped to the strap evens out the weight nicely! Something to consider

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1382010256' post='2246619'] Pretty sure Nolly in Peripery uses Fractal FX live, in fact the whole band does. Think they record using pedals (Nolly loves the B7K famously) and then program those sounds into the Fractal for live. Nolly is also a guitarist, so might be the right guy to reach out to for an opinion (and maybe a Fractal contact) Si [/quote] Yep! Axe FX with B7K in the effects loop, into a Matrix GT1600FX into two Zilla Neo loaded 6x10 cabs. Maybe ask him about the Matrix too Dan? He's an insanely awesome guitarists. Was sad when he left Red Seas Fire, incredible band! His vik signature is one of my favourite guitars, and he is simply one of my favourite guitarists. Not to mention his awesome work with Bareknuckle pickups! I've messed with the AXE FX as a guitarist pal of mine owned one for his home studio before he moved. Best thing was the tone matching/capture was insanely good. I actually quite like it for bass, much better for the highly dressed sounds, with lots going on, for a pure signal it's not the best. On guitar I find the cleans a little lifeless, and with bass they aren't amazing, but it sounds fantastic when you get into layers of amps and effects to create some spectactular tones. One of my favourites is the RAT model along side a clean tone, blended with a driven SVT sim, with some nice compression on the clean side. Sounds like a monster! Nolly's distortions tones (check the headstock cam video of MAKE TOTAL DESTROY which is just him, that tone is this) from before Periphery started bringing stage gear again (a more recent thing) were from the studio where they used the tone match on the AXE FX from him playing into it from his Ampeg/Darkglass sound and it sounds awesome. It's a feature my buddy loved as it meant he could leave his boutique pedals at home, or the rare ones at home. Not sure how it works though! Also, not to derail, but you see Nolly has a signature Dingwall prototype now? Full reveal at winter Namm Will be a Combustion I'm pretty sure, in his classic yellow. I hope they do a 6 string version, but not likely as he doesn't have any dingwall 6's.

Leo Tomasz Dorsz from Red Seas Fire uses one of these for bass, but anyone really tried one of these out for bass in anger? Dood?

Almost certainly a custom, if it's only one I'd say a custom built ERB as no way I'll be able to afford one for a good few years! Otherwise a custom Super P would be lovely

The bassist for Feeder ( Taka Hirose ) broke his nose trying to smash his bass by swinging it at the floor london calling style, other than cracking the finish the bass bounced up and hit him square in the face!

The Digitech bass driver is £40-£45 at most places and I think it's a seriously underrated pedal. The Digitech stuff just plays so nicely with other pedals too!

Certainly a weird one, doesn't really capture your sound in it's true form, so if that's what you're after it's not really for you. But if you like the chimey polyphonic sound, then it's really cool. I'm ALWAYS nicking my brothers, which i use mostly for solo stuff or a soundscaping duo I'm in (thankfully, with said brother haha!) Useful for Bass? Well, down to how you use it, but I like it and have lots of fun with it, I use it a fair amount for completely unaccomanied stuff when doing more abstract stuff. Tried it with the band and it wasn't really too great for that (just my experience anyway! Playing rockier stuff to heavy stuff) due to that sort of Polyphonic sound, maybe in a thick mix the chimey-ness and overtones wouldn't be as much an issue? Kept sticking out to me though so I turned it off pretty quick, and it didn't play well with the Distortion stuff I was doing, (which I use 90%) but that was probably more me than the effects. Love the things though, would love to have 2 Super Egos, or a handful of Freeze pedals. Scott Fernandez (top chap! 12 string bass player (ERB)) uses them a lot (the freeze pedals) if you want some examples! Just look him up on youtube

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1380474168' post='2225836'] At the risk of being told (once again) that I am somehow wrong and my opinion is anything ranging from wrong to idiotic, I use the "tenner off eBay" option, the Etymotic ER-20. They take a bit of getting used to but I use them all the time at band rehearsals, playing and watching gigs. To be quite honest, I prefer how live music sounds with them in rather than out. There are two sizes, I use the small, regular ones got uncomfortable during extended use. I don't know the ins and outs of it but basically in a nutshell when I forget them, I have hissy noises in my ears after gigs/rehearsals. I don't have that if I have been wearing them and that's good enough evidence for me. [/quote] +1 From me! I'm the same Matt!

[quote name='Acebassmusic' timestamp='1380270037' post='2222969'] Even if you knew where I lived in Aberdeen you'd stilll have to get past the dozen or so killer guard haggis I have stationed 24 hours a day out side.... [/quote] Oh you live in THAT part of the Deen!

Any more thought been put into this? Would be up for it and for helping out!