krispn

The Spyder is a good amp but I’ve a feeling Al Krow wants a more flexible EQ. If that is the case the latest EVO looks like you’d be hard pressed to find so many eq bands to play with. Set the basic low mid and treble with the circular pots and the use the sliders to reinforce/compensate for the room.

I’ve a Spyder 550. It’s not as versatile as the Evo’s but it’s got some good sounds in it. I’ve mine set up for a good solid tone with the p bass. Not been wanting in my regular rig but it’s more of a back up head as I have a main gigging amp. I believe it’s got the CTM tone stack but with the ABM power section. I like the look of the Doom but it does appear to be a tarted up EVO 600. If they have done some tweaks internally I’d be keen to learn more too.

Hi there I'm originally from N.Ireland but living in Edinburgh. Headed back home in Dec for a Rocket from the Crypt show. Nice place Belfast I'm sure you'll enjoy it. If you like good beer I suggest you go check out 'Northern Light's' bar up the Ormeau Road (the old brew bot bar location) and keep an eye out for Boundary brewery. As for venues its been a while since I've lived there but it sounds like you'll be around folk who should know whats happening. Black Box is worth checking out and seeing who they have playing. I think I recognize your avatar from TB!! As a fellow Super P5 player welcome to Bass chat! Gavin

As said it’s the transformers and eq points which are the core Neve sound. The BAE DMP would do a great job in terms of nailing the TX’ers but you may need something like the q strip for the eq front end.

I was bummed to find my local guitar shop didn't have these in stock for my most recent string purchase - i like to keep some purchases local. I will be getting them next time though so be warned I'll go online if I must

Cant see why they wouldn't work but ask the Dingwall guys I presume the magnets would just be in a line and not angled like you may find on say a jazz pick up. The 4 way rotary switch sounds like a good plan too! Keep us posted!

I’d really like to hear the doom control run through it’s paces. It’s a bit ‘gimmicky’ in name however I can see the humor in it and imagine the tones could be serious fun!

You need to try a Hudson Broadcast pushing into the front end of those. Lovely stuff 😉

Ask Tom 👍

It’s a community. That’s what communities do. We enable people to fulfill their addictions 😉 If Al Krow had lived local I’d have invited him round for a coffee and offered for him to try it at his next rehearsal so the small matter of next day delivery seemed like a pretty insignificant obstacle to that same offer. Oh and I’ll say again if folk want to rent pedals check out fxpedalrental.com a fellow bc’er runs it and I’ve made use of it. A great service all round. I do believe they’ll try and get stuff in if enough people request it. I know they have the Q Strip in stock due to requests and the Geddy pre amp.

Q is ‘best’ used this narrow q for cutting frequencies and a broad q for boosting. The gentle boost of surrounding frequencies is nice where as narrow sharp q boosts can be a bit harsh and less musical. Sounds like you have a fun week ahead messing about with toys. I recall doing the same and having a real good time mixing and mucking about with learning about eq.

[quote name='Al Krow' timestamp='1508796648' post='3394551'] This has been out for 9 months+ now. It does look useful / desirable. Anyone got one and become a die-hard fan or alternatively moved it on? Also be interested if anyone (krispn?) has A/B'd this with a Broughton LPF/HPF? [/quote] Hey Bas This is more of a Neve type pre amp, an emulation of which I use in my DAW. The channel strip type effect is super versatile so you can sculpt away at your sound to achieve the desired effect. The Neve strip I use in the DAW is effing class. I was using it to beef up some drums my mate recorded in his kitchen - the difference with some subtle EQ from the 'Neve' was very noticeable. Get in touch with Darren from fxpedalrental - he's got the Q Strip for s little as £16 quid for a week. Worth a punt I'd say to scratch an itch! https://fxpedalrental.com/rent-preamps.html The LPF/HPF will reduce the top end sizzle or reduce the boominess of the bottom end. Like with a lot of these HPF/LPF they can make your cab work more efficiently, compensate for a room etc. The Q Strip will do that and more too. The Omni Cab Sim is another product which I see on more and more pedal boards often in conjunction with Darkglass gear - possibly due to helping sculpt the tone - it's basically a fancy EQ which will achieve the cab characteristics of different types of cab so maybe not what you're ultimately after but again worth a look just in case. Link below. There is altogether too much gear to lust after!! [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1jWYtJmBIo"]https://www.youtube....h?v=h1jWYtJmBIo[/url]

Al I’ve pm’d you.

I've had a J bass before, a p bass and a PJ. I now have two P basses, a 4 string usually strung with flats and a 5'er with round wounds. The 5 string does have a cool tone control that can mimic a jazz type sound (does a mid scoop when fully CW, neutral at 12 o'clock and tapered to tone fully off like a regular tone from noon to fully CCW) so I'm halfway there if I need to do slap style stuff - which I don't - maybe some disco octaves if pushed but I don't subscribe to the Ike Turner "Hit it like you love it but it's done you wrong!" school of thought. I keep thinking I should own a J bass as I do like the sound and it's a little different, maybe even a bit more exotic than the P. In saying that I bought some new rounds for my P4 yesterday gave everything a quick tweak, lowered the action a bit checked the intonation and gig'd it last night. Delightful results! Worked for every song from The Clash, some Irish Trad, bit of Ska. I do prefer the rounds with a bit of drive and for me the change of strings was enough to make the bass sound different and 'new'. To be fair it's the first time I've played this bass with rounds through a recently aquired amp too so that was exciting for me too. Yup geek alert! I have two main 'gigs' and I use the 5er for one as it's a choir thing so the keys of songs are often always changed and my other pub gig I use the 4 as its a longer gig. My feeling is on the ballands being able to hit those really low ringing notes on the 5'er has a deeper impact than if it were a p or a j. Sometimes the weight of the note is more important especially if there is a key change somewhere - being able to go lower is classic ballad bass territory! As some one else said - experiment with strings first as that could do wonders for the vibe your after and if that doesn't cut it get a decent Squire version of what you think you should be playing - if it works upgrade from there if you need to as either P or J or will do the job as either or has recorded 99.9% of the music we're playing or emulating. Oh and the punters wont care either way. So long as they're dancing and having a good time then the bass you're playing is doing the job.

I was tempted but declined to make a move as I'd not really need it.

This thread needs video clips......and schematics 😀