All thumbs Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 (edited) PLEASE vote for either BASS 1 or BASS 2... BASS 1 Fingerstyle both pickups - [url="http://www.boogieexpress.co.uk/Bass%201%20fingerstyle%20both%20pickups.mp3"]http://www.boogieexpress.co.uk/Bass%201%20...h%20pickups.mp3[/url] BASS 2 Fingerstyle both pickups - [url="http://www.boogieexpress.co.uk/Bass%202%20fingerstyle%20both%20pickups.mp3"]http://www.boogieexpress.co.uk/Bass%202%20...h%20pickups.mp3[/url] BASS 1 Fingerstyle Brid...ge Pickup - [url="http://www.boogieexpress.co.uk/Bass%201%20fingerstyle%20bridge%20pickup.mp3"]http://www.boogieexpress.co.uk/Bass%201%20...ge%20pickup.mp3[/url] BASS 2 Fingerstyle Bridge Pickup - [url="http://www.boogieexpress.co.uk/Bass%202%20fingerstyle%20bridge%20pickup.mp3"]http://www.boogieexpress.co.uk/Bass%202%20...ge%20pickup.mp3[/url] BASS 1 Slap - [url="http://www.boogieexpress.co.uk/Bass%201%20Slap.mp3"]http://www.boogieexpress.co.uk/Bass%201%20Slap.mp3[/url] BASS 2 Slap - [url="http://www.boogieexpress.co.uk/Bass%202%20Slap.mp3"]http://www.boogieexpress.co.uk/Bass%202%20Slap.mp3[/url] Edited March 25, 2011 by All thumbs Quote
Ou7shined Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Bass 2 (especially the soloed bridge pup) Quote
Wil Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 (edited) To my ears, the differences are so slight that either could probably be made to sound like the other with some EQ tweaking, I reckon. As such, not sure which I preferred... In fact, I might be going deaf but they sound pretty much identical to me! Edited March 25, 2011 by Wil Quote
JTUK Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Bass 2.... fingerstyles are pretty equal, slap sound is better on 2 for me. Quote
All thumbs Posted March 25, 2011 Author Posted March 25, 2011 Hey thanks for the quick fire responses! Really helps :-) Quote
MythSte Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Bass 2 for finger and slap, bass 1 for bridge pup. Quote
JMBassist Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 [quote name='Wil' post='1175972' date='Mar 25 2011, 02:37 PM']To my ears, the differences are so slight that either could probably be made to sound like the other with some EQ tweaking, I reckon. As such, not sure which I preferred... In fact, I might be going deaf but they sound pretty much identical to me![/quote] +1 Some of my basses have these both sounds just tweaking the EQ, but the best sound for me is bass 2 Quote
CHRISDABASS Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 bass 1 all the way for me when do we get to find out what they are?? Quote
All thumbs Posted March 25, 2011 Author Posted March 25, 2011 [quote name='CHRISDABASS' post='1176044' date='Mar 25 2011, 03:34 PM']bass 1 all the way for me when do we get to find out what they are??[/quote] Bass 1 for me too! Itching to reveal what they are hehe. Quote
watchman Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 To the point where my Quicktime plugin crashed (thank you Lord, for having me stuck with a Mac as a main box) I was thinking that the second one had it... Quote
CHRISDABASS Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 [quote name='All thumbs' post='1176050' date='Mar 25 2011, 03:41 PM']Bass 1 for me too! Itching to reveal what they are hehe.[/quote] to my ears bass 1 sounds very much like a jazz bass / super jazz the fingerstyle clip reminds me of my sadowsky! Quote
Tait Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 (edited) A poll would probably be helpful for seeing which one has most votes! But my answer is Bass 2 both pickups was my favourite sound. However, for the solo'd pickups and the slap sound, Bass 1 won by a mile! Although I'd be content with Bass 2 both pickups if I had to have just one. Edited March 25, 2011 by Tait Quote
cetera Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 BASS 2 for fingerstyle with both pickups BASS 1 for fingerstyle Bridge Pickup BASS 1 for Slap Quote
bassmanady Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Bass 1 for finger style and slap,but slightly prefered the soloed bridge pup on Bass 2 So Bass 1 would be my choice Quote
Ou7shined Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Make this a proper poll to stop folk choosing both. Quote
robocorpse Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Bass 2 for slap Bass 1 for everything else. Quote
k-sad Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Bass 2 on finger... i think bass 1 is not "bridgy" enough for me... pickup must be a bit far from the bridge or a humbucker or something? The other one sounds nice to me ^^ Quote
All thumbs Posted March 25, 2011 Author Posted March 25, 2011 OK - thanks so much for the input everyone! It's really helped. There doesn't seem to be a clear 'winner' and most agree that both sound comparable. My fav is Bass 1 - for me it sounds more solid and more snappy/instant with the slap stuff. You won't believe this but Bass 1 is a £130 short scale Chinese built Richwood (see below) Bass 2 is my beautiful '97 Warwick Streamer LX (currently for sale) which now sell for £1400 upwards! Now to be fair, the Richwood has been modified with a Badass II, Dimarzio Pickups and an EMG 2- band eq. But still it seems unreal that the sound would be even close in quality to a bass costing 10 x as much! You see I really love this Richwood and use it as my main bass, but something was niggling at me saying 'it can't really sound any good, can it?'. I mainly love the bass for it's short scale as my fingers are short. In conclusion I'd say a lot of folk did warm to the more sophisticated sound of the Warwick, but the Richwood was percieved as a Jazz bass (that's the way I think of it) and a damn good one at that! Quote
Wil Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Just goes to show, you can spend thousands on a bass but it'll still be a lump of wood with some strings attached. You can't put a price on tone. Quote
stingrayPete1977 Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 I prefer all the clips on Bass 2 in isolation but I think Bass 1, both pups, fingered would be my choice in a live band mix but with FOH sounding nearer bass 2 if that makes sense? Quote
tom1946 Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 [quote name='All thumbs' post='1176256' date='Mar 25 2011, 06:04 PM']OK - thanks so much for the input everyone! It's really helped. There doesn't seem to be a clear 'winner' and most agree that both sound comparable. My fav is Bass 1 - for me it sounds more solid and more snappy/instant with the slap stuff. You won't believe this but Bass 1 is a £130 short scale Chinese built Richwood (see below) Bass 2 is my beautiful '97 Warwick Streamer LX (currently for sale) which now sell for £1400 upwards! Now to be fair, the Richwood has been modified with a Badass II, Dimarzio Pickups and an EMG 2- band eq. But still it seems unreal that the sound would be even close in quality to a bass costing 10 x as much! You see I really love this Richwood and use it as my main bass, but something was niggling at me saying 'it can't really sound any good, can it?'. I mainly love the bass for it's short scale as my fingers are short. In conclusion I'd say a lot of folk did warm to the more sophisticated sound of the Warwick, but the Richwood was percieved as a Jazz bass (that's the way I think of it) and a damn good one at that![/quote] I used to sell Richwood Guitars & Basses and the one you are holding was a great bass even in standard form, they came in red with gold fittings too. Great playing Quote
Ou7shined Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Fantastic blind test. Someone even said bass 1 was a super jazz. It's no surprise to me that I chose the expensive one though. For my ears it has more bite and this split harmonic thing (I wish I knew the technical term) that you get with perfect pickup positioning that I love. [quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1176276' date='Mar 25 2011, 06:13 PM']..... both pups, fingered would be my choice ....[/quote] How many forums do you get to say that on? Quote
mcnach Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Bass #1 for me. The clip with both pickups on had me undecided, but the bridge pickup alone convinced me of number #1. Slap tone of #1 settled it afterwards. Both sound great (and the playing is great!!! I enjoyed listening to that) but #1 is my favourite. Quote
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