danny-79

I’ve got two single H StingRays by far my favourite bass. A double H is definitely on my wish list or a Bongo HH or both 😜 I personally prefer rosewood over maple, maple is a bit harsh on a bass but that’s just my personal preference others will disagree good luck with your quest

Cheers dude vids are very cool. In my theoretical view anything lower than B and you are definitely going to need a longer scale than the standard 34. But the videos sound a lot better than I thought they would sound (sounds like a good enough excuse to get another bass 😜) it’s all new to me, D standard and BEAD is the lowest I’ve ever gotten

I’ll have to look the first two up not heard of them. I’ve got a Markbass Octaver. Brought it new a few years back. Discontinued now I believe. Tracks pretty well down to about F#. It’s very close to the Boss oc at a guess. Analog

That’s my theory. BEAD is about as low as I’m willing to go and even that is a bit much. D standard is about right for me Its just silly stupid low and I’m not willing to punish my basses setting them up to accommodate

What octaver do you use ?

I’ve got a medium 5 door hatchback doubt it would fit, only thing that’s ever put me off getting one, 410&115 plus bass and boxes it’s like Tetris but just about fits. Its an awsom cab though

So I sent SFX an email and was sent a great reply straight from the horses mouth so to speak. It goes as follows: Hi Dan, Thank you for your enquiry. When the micro-Thumpinator is in a pedalboard with an octaver, there is always the question - what is best: do I want to stop the low frequency noise at the beginning of the signal path or do I stop the sub frequencies generated by the octaver? Generally speaking, if the octaver is analogue like the Boss OC-2, the amount of sub noise generate by the OC-2 is probably negligible. The somehow limited tracking capabilities of the OC-2 stop the generation of frequencies that are below the cut-off frequency of the micro-Thumpinator. For digital octavers, the problem is different as they track the signal well regardless the frequency. With digital octavers, it is likely they generate frequencies that normal amplification systems cannot convert into sound. To summarise, I recommend the following. 1. From the practical viewpoint, I recommend you try different positions, included the amp effect loop. Based on the tone, speaker/cone movements and amp headroom/clipping, find the best position in the signal chain. 2. As an alternative approach, I would put the micro-Thumpinator first unless you have a digital octaver. If you have a digital octaver, I would put the micro-Thumpinator after the octaver. For instance, I'm pretty sure that Dusty Hill (ZZ Top) puts it after the octaver. And in his case, I think it is a good choice. He uses a digital octaver and according to Billy Gibbons, they want to stop the presence of super-low frequencies. I hope the above helps. If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to ask. All the best, Max [sfx] think that clears a lot up, does for me anyway. Permission was granted for the copy/paste

Like a few replies I’ve only ever needed a back up once and not had one. Carried a spare around for years and never needed it. DI into the pa is my today back up amp as per usual unless it’s a special gig then go fully prepared. Have also on a few occasions loaned my spare to another band/bass player on the night.

That’s a good price you have s lot of amp for your money. I brought one new in 2012/3 great amp love mine. Only regret is not going the extra mile and getting the 900w version for the extra head room. But it’s good clean sounding amp, easy to used all good 👍

Just out of interest what do you use to transport it about in ?

The coffin. Awsom cab nice one 👍

I quit like my bronze Elixirs. Just wish they did them in a 32in scale (be nice if there was a bigger range of bass string gauges full stop) but I do keep emailing and bugging them 🤪

That was my initial thought but after hearing one with an envelope style setting at gig volume it was quite impressive but still not sure it’s worth the hassle of carrying it about. That was my theory. For the amount of use it gets one the same size as a Boss pedal is perfect. 105Q has a nice sound all of its own. I missed the full sized version I sold so went mini this time. Just starting to think it’s time to dig the EBS out and give it another go

Shows how upto date I am. I didn’t know they were being discontinued but saying that I can’t say either of them ever appealed to me, just not my thing. What I was more on about was the general rise in costs of guitars/basses across the board some of them are just silly money for an average bass/guitar (my fault going off topic)

Sorry, I meant generally the quality of new stuff in general not Musicman, there new stuff just keeps getting better and warrants the extra $€£. In my opinion they are about the only one that does

In comparison to the full sized version (I brought it used off Basschat) there’s not much between them. It’s possible that with it being half sized it’s just different under your foot so gives that impression but to me it just Doesn’t seem to have the same sound. Getting the volume/Q/trim pots set on it is difficult it’s either too quite or too loud and same goes for the Quack it’s either all or nothing. I’m possibly just being over picky though. It’s the same size as a regular stomp so for ease of use live it’s great. 7/10

I’m a huge Musicman fan so I’m biased, possibly hated by fellow MM owners cause mine weren’t doing what I wanted so modified them to suit. Regarding prices of new basses/guitars I honestly don’t know what’s happened over the last decade. The quality has in a lot of cases gone down and the price tags over doubled?!?!

Very nice, love the Stealth finish. Congratulations

That looks like a beast of thing !! I liked my 105Q regret selling it. Knowing what I know now I have a feeling it might of been tampered with if that’s even possible cause after shelving the EBS I brought another one (mini this time though) and it’s not the same. But for the amount I use it live it does the job, it’s just convenient having it set up ready to go on my board rather than having to carry it around separate

https://www.gak.co.uk/en/elixir-nanoweb-acoustic-bass-4-string-light/104417?gclid=EAIaIQobChMImaO8tYGT3wIVzL_tCh3l9AUJEAQYAiABEgLbFfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

My twins 👯 2005 L.E Buttercream 2005 vintage sunburst under the blue (SunBlue my #1) Both have Nordstrand BigMan pickups and John East 4band preamps

My Alien is 32in so acoustic strings are limited. I have a set of Acoustic Elixirs on it, (just live with the E being a bit long on the post, dosent affect it) they are a bit pricey but last years. For the amount I play it anyways they have lasted still going strong now. Got an acoustic gig next week (third this year so not much use) highly recommend them if it’s a sharp crisp sound your after

Love mine. £350 secondhand. Plays lovely. It’s a 32in scale and suites it brilliantly, bit limited getting strings for it though, (Fender are the only ones I’ve found in a 32 scale,) I’ve got Elixirs on mine, little bit long on the E but dosent affect it fortunately) the 5string version is 34in I believe

I’ve got a Fender DJazz surf green. sunburst underneath. Definitely my second favourite colour next to powder blue. That’s my Stingray. Also sunburst underneath

Just been playing with it a bit more, (well the best you can at low volume) I won’t pass judgment just yet but I’m thinking it’s definitely a very good move in the right direction. Octave pedal it tracking much better on the low notes even open Eb is sounds good. I’ve readjusted the compressor accordingly and everything seems to be breathing a lot better. I’m sure I’ve had it at the start before and don’t know why I moved, or can’t remember more like lol but I’ve kept the last set of patch leads so easy enough to put back if it doesn’t work out but fingers crossed I’m hopeful