Al Krow Posted February 3, 2019 Author Posted February 3, 2019 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Hellzero said: Hell no. 😂 Except that sounds like a "Hell yes!" to me! 😁 Any still in your herd? Pics? Edited February 3, 2019 by Al Krow Quote
Hellzero Posted February 3, 2019 Posted February 3, 2019 For the moment, being more a 6 strings (fretless) bass player, I have a TRB-6P fretless (defretted) in the herd, but it's not for this thread. 🤔 But I still have the pictures of my heavily modified BB5000A in the rare Purple Pearl finish. 1 Quote
AndyTravis Posted February 3, 2019 Posted February 3, 2019 Put loads of work into a pickguard for the white 1100s. Then something none bass related has cropped up I need to sort...so it’ll have to go. Played it back to back with the Sunburst and I think I’ve just got a soft spot for the SB and while the white one is lovely, it’s just not the sunburst one...fuming really. But needs must. Quote
CameronJ Posted February 3, 2019 Posted February 3, 2019 45 minutes ago, Hellzero said: For the moment, being more a 6 strings (fretless) bass player, I have a TRB-6P fretless (defretted) in the herd, but it's not for this thread. 🤔 But I still have the pictures of my heavily modified BB5000A in the rare Purple Pearl finish. PURPLE PEARL?! Oh god...have you any pictures of this unicorn bass? I feel a flood of GAS coming on... Quote
Hellzero Posted February 4, 2019 Posted February 4, 2019 And here the pictures of my heavily modified BB5000A in Purple Pearl : 4 Quote
Hellzero Posted February 4, 2019 Posted February 4, 2019 And before you asked, I received it modified heavily like this ; the head was really butchered (in 3 + 2) and has been saved to a decent shape by Christophe LEDUC. 1 Quote
Hellzero Posted February 4, 2019 Posted February 4, 2019 Yes, the colour is stock and is the rare Purple Pearl. 1 Quote
Hellzero Posted February 4, 2019 Posted February 4, 2019 And it has a killer tone or, if you prefer it this way : it's a tone monster. 1 Quote
hypercarrots Posted February 4, 2019 Posted February 4, 2019 why does the purple one have a pickguard... Quote
AndyTravis Posted February 4, 2019 Posted February 4, 2019 That colour needs to be on a bb like my orange one 😳 Quote
Hellzero Posted February 4, 2019 Posted February 4, 2019 23 minutes ago, hypercarrots said: why does the purple one have a pickguard... As it's written a few times : heavily modified ! Quote
CameronJ Posted February 4, 2019 Posted February 4, 2019 4 hours ago, hypercarrots said: why does the purple one have a pickguard... To mask the pickup routing perhaps...? Quote
Al Krow Posted February 5, 2019 Author Posted February 5, 2019 Took the BB1025 out for a spin at rehearsal last night. I was a bit concerned that, particularly in just P setting, it wasn't cutting through as well as my Ibby SR1825 - certainly to my ears. Response from drummer was that he really liked the bass and although it was less 'throaty' (my phrase - he describes it as less 'aggressive') than the Ibby, it sat so well in the mix. 1 Quote
jrixn1 Posted February 5, 2019 Posted February 5, 2019 2 hours ago, Al Krow said: Took the BB1025 out for a spin at rehearsal last night. I was a bit concerned that, particularly in just P setting, it wasn't cutting through as well as my Ibby SR1825 - certainly to my ears. Response from drummer was that he really liked the bass and although it was less 'throaty' (my phrase - he describes it as less 'aggressive') than the Ibby, it sat so well in the mix. Out of interest, what strings do you use? Quote
Hellzero Posted February 5, 2019 Posted February 5, 2019 13 hours ago, CameronJ said: To mask the pickup routing perhaps...? The original ones, indeed, as it was a regular P/J configuration. To me, the best match would have been metallic surroundings for the new pickups to keep that Yamaha touch, but I got it already modified with these Bartolini pickups, a Glockenklang 3 bands EQ with 4 knobs and this pickguard à la Stingray. Quote
Al Krow Posted February 5, 2019 Author Posted February 5, 2019 4 minutes ago, jrixn1 said: Out of interest, what strings do you use? Just the normal roundwounds that came with the bass (I don't think they specified make). They've had reasonable but not excessive use and I'm not a frequent string changer - quite happy to play in strings particularly on this as, a P/J bass. 1 Quote
dannybuoy Posted February 5, 2019 Posted February 5, 2019 (edited) @Al Krow Did you try the middle pickup position out? It's the only setting I use! Stock strings are D'Adarrio nickels by the way, I'm a fan of them and bought the same sets as replacements since I had it. Edited February 5, 2019 by dannybuoy 1 Quote
Al Krow Posted February 5, 2019 Author Posted February 5, 2019 23 minutes ago, dannybuoy said: @Al Krow Did you try the middle pickup position out? It's the only setting I use! Yes indeed I did, it definitely adds a bit more 'bite'. The pure P setting is the smoother of the two and interestingly has the least coil hum. (Which is magnified when rehearsing in a railway arch!) 1 Quote
CameronJ Posted February 5, 2019 Posted February 5, 2019 35 minutes ago, Al Krow said: Yes indeed I did, it definitely adds a bit more 'bite'. The pure P setting is the smoother of the two and interestingly has the least coil hum. (Which is magnified when rehearsing in a railway arch!) That’ll be because a P pickup is effectively a humbucker. The more “J” you add, the more hum you’ll get! Quote
Al Krow Posted February 5, 2019 Author Posted February 5, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, CameronJ said: That’ll be because a P pickup is effectively a humbucker. The more “J” you add, the more hum you’ll get! True, except going for two Js both together on a J bass is also noise cancelling. And some J pups are deliberately designed to eliminate coil hum. Just not the Yammy one! Edited February 5, 2019 by Al Krow Quote
CameronJ Posted February 5, 2019 Posted February 5, 2019 59 minutes ago, Al Krow said: True, except going for two Js both together on a J bass is also noise cancelling. And some J pups are deliberately designed to eliminate coil hum. Just not the Yammy one! Exactly. The 2 halves of a P pickup do the equivalent job of adding 2 J pups together. The hum cancelling J pups on the market are either split coil or stacked coil “under the hood”, not dissimilar to a P pickup. Quote
krispn Posted February 5, 2019 Posted February 5, 2019 Response from drummer was that he really liked the bass and although it was less 'throaty' (my phrase - he describes it as less 'aggressive') than the Ibby, it sat so well in the mix. Was this a positive ‘less throaty’ or a negative ‘less throaty’. Be good to know what sound the band are gravitating to in terms of sound between the p and the j I.e is the bass more ‘supportive’ in the mix or more prominent in the mix. Quote
Al Krow Posted February 5, 2019 Author Posted February 5, 2019 8 minutes ago, krispn said: Response from drummer was that he really liked the bass and although it was less 'throaty' (my phrase - he describes it as less 'aggressive') than the Ibby, it sat so well in the mix. Was this a positive ‘less throaty’ or a negative ‘less throaty’. Be good to know what sound the band are gravitating to in terms of sound between the p and the j I.e is the bass more ‘supportive’ in the mix or more prominent in the mix. It really depends on the track. We range in style from Motown to Gun's 'n' Roses and AC/DC! The drummer prefers less throaty for sure, because he probably has his literal fill of 'throat' in his death metal band 😂 Quote
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