AC87 Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 Hey everyone, I'm new to this forum today, seems like a great place to improve my knowledge here, everyone seems cool. Currently playing in a band called "Twinkle and the Sluts", we're relatively new to the gigging scene and still young as a band as we've only been playing together for about 4 months. It's a lot of fun either way! I've been playing the electric bass since I was 12, and when I was 16 I passed my Grade 1 on the double bass, before switching back to electric. I am currently looking to customise my Yamaha RBX 370a that i've been using as my go to bass since I was 13, in order to breathe some new life into it, anybody have any recommendations? I also have been using Rotosound Roundwound strings nearly exclusively for a decade, although i've read some bad reviews lately about them, it's true they don't always last as long as they should, so I'm thinking I might switch to D'addario XL Nickel Wound, I do like a nice bright sound with fairly strong mid frequencies. Thanks! Adam. Quote
Evil Undead Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 (edited) Hello! Welcome You hear a lot of mixed reviews about Rotosound. They're certainly not for everyone. Personally I love them, been using them since I started playing two years ago. And their customer service is awesome! Looking forward to seeing you about on the forum! Edited July 21, 2011 by Evil Undead Quote
AC87 Posted July 21, 2011 Author Posted July 21, 2011 [quote name='Evil Undead' post='1311824' date='Jul 21 2011, 05:47 PM']Hello! Welcome You hear a lot of mixed reviews about Rotosound. They're certainly not for everyone. Personally I love them, been using them since I started playing two years ago. And their customer service is awesome! Looking forward to seeing you about on the forum![/quote] Thanks mate! Yeah they certainly are good strings, and good value for money, I just haven't ever tried anything else so I might be overdue to experiment a little bit The last set I bought didn't last as long as usual which I thought was strange, ah well I might read some reviews on strings in this forum and see what people recommend. Nice one. Quote
Evil Undead Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 [quote name='AC87' post='1311851' date='Jul 21 2011, 06:13 PM']Thanks mate! Yeah they certainly are good strings, and good value for money, I just haven't ever tried anything else so I might be overdue to experiment a little bit The last set I bought didn't last as long as usual which I thought was strange, ah well I might read some reviews on strings in this forum and see what people recommend. Nice one.[/quote] I keep thinking about trying flats, but I tried them once on a cheap fretless and hated them. But then it could have been because they were cheap and nasty strings. I play a Precision so I think it's the law for me to at least give flats another go Quote
rOB Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 [quote name='AC87' post='1311738' date='Jul 21 2011, 04:45 PM']I am currently looking to customise my Yamaha RBX 370a that i've been using as my go to bass since I was 13, in order to breathe some new life into it, anybody have any recommendations?[/quote] Welcome to the forum, loads of good, friendly advice to be had. Customise in what way? IMO new pickups would make the most difference to how it sounds. Quote
AC87 Posted July 21, 2011 Author Posted July 21, 2011 [quote name='rOB' post='1311991' date='Jul 21 2011, 08:03 PM']Welcome to the forum, loads of good, friendly advice to be had. Customise in what way? IMO new pickups would make the most difference to how it sounds.[/quote] Cheers mate, thanks for welcoming me. For customising the bass I was definately looking at getting new pickups. I have read good things about Dimarzio pick ups. [url="http://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/bass/standard-bass/dimarzio-model-p"]Dimarzio P style[/url] [url="http://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/bass/standard-bass/dimarzio-model-j"]Dimarzio J Style[/url] I would want one p style for the neck pickup and one j style for the bridge pickup. The one thing is that my current bass has active electronics, but as another kind member of this forum pointed out to me I need to know if they are active pickups or passive pickups with an active preamp, before changing the pickups.... I don't actually know Would you recommend changing the bridge at all? I am also planning on experimenting with some different strings to rotosound roundwounds, I do like the bright sounding strings to help me get a nice punchy sound with good mids. Other purely aesthetic customisations I have considered are changing the style of the volume knobs and tuning heads, and even LEDs on the fret markers! Haha I don't have a spare £400 for the LEDs so I'm gonna concentrate on finding some good pickups and making the bass sound good first Quote
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