krispn

Fender have a lot of variations of a couple of great models within a range of prices. I recall playing a killer Squire VM with a USA pick up in it and that bass sounded better than the USA bass the pick up came out of. The combination of body wood and pick ups does make a difference and you wont know until you try one out. I currently play a Mike Dirnt which I bough unseen but knew it had extensive work done to the neck (£100+) before I got it and it feels and sounds immense - meaty neck, custom shop pick up which actually takes the tones from Punk to Country with some help from the tone pot! It has classic looks and built like a tank. Plus you wouldn't know its a 'signature' bass which is the best bit The beauty of Fenders is there are so many out there on BC, ebay etc etc you can whack in replacement pick ups higher quality pot's and jacks, different cap's. Find one you like the feel of and then modify it to find your sound if it's not there already. I'm sure some local BC'ers would be happy for you to have a go on their Fender to let you have an idea of feel and sound. If you were local to me you'd be more than welcome

cheers my guitarist uses the nova drive and with some of the fuzzy tones from their new rottweiller I'm interested! Glad to hear they work well with bass. I'll give them a look.

Anyone tried either with bass? I understand they have 'active' tone controls so you can cut/boost bass which might be useful. Thanks

Gareth IIRC you have a Big Al which shares the Bongo EQ so I'm sure you know to expect. As long as the build quality is up to scratch I'm sure you'll be very happy. Good Luck fella!

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1319018002' post='1408860'] I've got one in my four string - it's a good pickup but I don't think there's anything magical about it. I wonder if I should eBay it for silly money while they're still scarce! [/quote] Ooh and your an Ed'burgh local. What bass is it in - Semi or P bass and when can one go see you play live to check it out? G

I thought that Dark Stars were going back into production? Might have read something on the Lakland forum..

Got two scratch plates made and they look the biz! Quick turnaround and hassle free. Four pages of positive feedback speaks for itself!

Andy posted back the Wren and Cuff pedal I loaned him. Phew ! Cheers fella and I hope you get one soon.

I played one of these elusive beasts the other day in a local shop and was really impressed by pretty much all aspects of the bass. The neck felt great (think it's a 60's profile Jazz 'C') the pick -ups (US Fender-made) were spot on. The eq had a wide range of tones available and didn't introduce a huge volume jump (that was noticeable at the volume I was playing). My only suggestion would be a stacked vol/vol and add a passive tone control but not everyone might feel thats necessary. All in all a great bass with classic tones which are only enhanced by the EQ. i initially thought that Fender got a bad rap for their EQ but this one was top notch to my ears. Which leads me to a question for Fender.... Why in all their wisdom don't Fender introduce a standard P/J to their line up - one in a jazz body shape, one in a P bass body shape. All their current 'new' basses come so close and if they can do a Jaguar in P/J then there is no excuse really, especially if their recent pawn shop series is anything to go by. Whats the most common mod that people would have made back i the day? Surely a P/J with a Badass or P with Jazz neck. The recent 70's P with maple neck and inlays (one they never actually made in the 70's was crying out for a jazz p/u. Oh well!

Hey guys! I've added a track - it was for a 'punk' band. They sent the guitar/drum track before we jammed and asked I send back a sample bass line so they could weed out those who couldn't be arse'd putting in any effort or couldn't play. I'm not sure I ticked either box but I thought I'd play busy - it was a punk gig after all The quality is poor but I hope you enjoy! [url="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fgroups%2Fbasschat&h=eAQCrmshaAQAAQHhTDArVjOiLdPW7i6aM3NJyf6Lt7ybGAA"]http://soundcloud.com/groups/basschat[/url] [color=#3B5998][u][url="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fgroups%2Fbasschat&h=eAQCrmshaAQAAQHhTDArVjOiLdPW7i6aM3NJyf6Lt7ybGAA"]http://soundcloud.com/[/url]krispn[/u][/color]

I'd be up for a central bb!

With the greatest respect it's nice to be in a position when your 5th? EBMM isn't up to scratch. Tongue firmly in cheek

Looking forward to reading more about this head.

PPB is great! Not got bags of control but what it does it does well. I think the musket fuzz has been recommendedas a versatile big muff alike but not got a clean blend. I may have some recently recorded bass and PPB audio coming back my way after a recent recording folly. If you're up near Edinburgh you're welcome to pop in for a cuppa and try it out. I got mine direct from USA within 3 wks or so. G

OK so having recently got a A/B pedal here's my 0.02p's worth Draw out a diagram with the loops you need. If you need both loops on at the same time I'm not sure the LS-2 is for you as I'll presume you can only have A or B or off at any one time. I have a an A/B with on/off switch and use it with a fuzz in loop A and a boost and overdrive (both on) in loop B so ... Loop off = clean signal (with tuner connected before the pedalboard) Loop A - boost and o/drive (sometimes I'll switch the individual drive on or off depending on the part by leaving the loop engaged and just stomping on the individual pedals Loop B is fuzz only. As you can see a simple set up and pretty easy to figure out but it prevents the need to tap dance switch two pedals off and another one on simutaneously! It looks like your running: bass>tuner>LS-2>loop1>VTBD>loop 2>amp so that you can run a either loop with the VTBD which would be placed in line after loop 1 but not both loops together with the VTBD. I may have confused that but Im bored on night shift and my brain is getting tired! Lehle have some good loop pedals that may suit your needs. Good luck