So... what happened to ramps.

[Reggaebass]

I made one for my old shell pink jazz that I put together as a project, I think they work quite well, I play with a fairly light touch so it wasn’t a huge difference but if for some reason you wanted to reduce digging in it would work 

[Davebassics]

Tim Commerford! 

[drTStingray]

2 hours ago, Davebassics said:

Tim Commerford! 

Yes alive and well!!! Although I must confess I’ve lowered the ramp a lot more recently. 

 

Edited January 9, 2023 by drTStingray

[gafbass02]

Someone had previously screwed a ramp into this bass and then seemingly cut/snapped the screws off and filed them flat to the body. It actually looks pretty good with the whole ‘rustic’ vibe, but I added this felt malarkey as an experiment to cover them, and actually really like it. Easily removed too should I prefer the look without.

Edited January 9, 2023 by gafbass02

[Rich]

Still ramping here

 

[ped]

Absolutely rampant

[Stub Mandrel]

 

[Rich]

Oh, Charlotte.

I know it's 2023 and we don't say such things any more, but can I just say a quick 'phwoarr'?

Phwoarr.

Thanks.

[Eric.C.Lapton]

22 hours ago, Aras said:

Omg, what an intrigue! What is a deal with finger puppets?

In another thread someone asked 

“What has a professional bassist got, that I have not”

 

finger puppets, courtesy of @ped

 

 

 

[Aras]

1 hour ago, Eric.C.Lapton said:

In another thread someone asked 

“What has a professional bassist got, that I have not”

 

finger puppets, courtesy of @ped

 

 

 

Is there any real purpose to do this? 

[LukeFRC]

18 minutes ago, Aras said:

Is there any real purpose to do this? 

Only if you use Tone puppets 

[Lfalex v1.1]

2 hours ago, Rich said:

Oh, Charlotte.

I know it's 2023 and we don't say such things any more, but can I just say a quick 'phwoarr'?

Phwoarr.

Thanks.

By the way, "Zardoz" was set in 2023... 

 

OK. It was 2293..

 

And didn't she have a relationship with a keyboard player?

 

 

Edited January 9, 2023 by Lfalex v1.1

[Aras]

Ah, now i know! 

"Some say the extra mass and pair of eyes at the headstock helps with tuning stability, fretting accuracy and sexual attractiveness especially among the puppet community" © ped

[Paulhauser]

I have ramps on both my Ibanez Prestige SRs for many years now, still use them and still like them a lot actually. 

 

 

[NancyJohnson]

We seem obsessed with what to buy our basses as a treat; things we can screw in, glue on, or replace.  We're all guilty of it and we are all under the allusion these additions are all for betterment.

[Aras]

8 hours ago, NancyJohnson said:

We seem obsessed with what to buy our basses as a treat; things we can screw in, glue on, or replace.  We're all guilty of it and we are all under the allusion these additions are all for betterment.

Same as with pets - we buy stuff for them that they don't need. We need it to buy it for them, it's like toys for us, but camouflaged 

[NancyJohnson]

1 hour ago, Aras said:

Same as with pets - we buy stuff for them that they don't need. We need it to buy it for them, it's like toys for us, but camouflaged 

 

"...and you can't take them back because they're all covered in spit."
Steve Martin 1979.

[blowinblue]

Did not know ramps were no longer a thing. Don't be a ramp hater-player. Be a ramp-facilitator. 🙂

 

 

M. M.

Edited January 10, 2023 by blowinblue
xxxxx

[Paulhauser]

10 hours ago, NancyJohnson said:

We seem obsessed with what to buy our basses as a treat; things we can screw in, glue on, or replace.  We're all guilty of it and we are all under the allusion these additions are all for betterment.

Actually the ramps on my basses (the two Ibanez on the pic above your post) made me a better player, or rather helped to refine my right hand technique. 

Nowadays I use plectrum as much as (or more than) fingerstyle but back then when these two were my main practice/gigging instruments and I playes exclusively fingerstyle these rampes provided to be a helping addition to these basses. 

edit: and apart from these two ramps and refinishes on two of my other basses and the occasional EMG40 swapping I think 90% of the basses I ever had were completely stock w/o mods and stayed that way.  So while I understand your sentiments I think for me ramps were not a fad or a fancy thing to add but something that has proven to be worthwhile

Edited January 10, 2023 by Paulhauser

[Reggaebass]

3 minutes ago, Paulhauser said:

Actually the ramps on my basses (the two Ibanez on the pic above your post) made me a better player, or rather helped to refine my right hand technique.

Exactly, I didn’t know what they were about until I tried one, and then I totally got it 

[Aras]

3 hours ago, blowinblue said:

Did not know ramps were no longer a thing. Don't be a ramp hater-player. Be a ramp-facilitator. 🙂

 

 

M. M.

Wow, what a beautiful instrument! What is it? 

[ped]

2 minutes ago, Aras said:

Wow, what a beautiful instrument! What is it? 

I might be wrong but I think a Ken Lawrence? 

[Aras]

Just now, ped said:

I might be wrong but I think a Ken Lawrence? 

Ken Lawrence Chamberbass fretless, yes, found it already 

[blowinblue]

13 minutes ago, Aras said:

Wow, what a beautiful instrument! What is it? 

 

10 minutes ago, ped said:

I might be wrong but I think a Ken Lawrence? 

 

9 minutes ago, Aras said:

Ken Lawrence Chamberbass fretless, yes, found it already 

 

Thanks. Yes, it is a Ken Lawrence Chamberbass (built in 2000). Here's a pic of the bass without the ramp. Trying to keep everyone in this thread happy.

 

 

M. M.

[Guest]

On 09/01/2023 at 23:14, LukeFRC said:

Only if you use Tone puppets 

Oh don't start that old malarkey . Everyone knows they gauge of finger puppets has for more influence on sound than the tone puppets.

Edited January 11, 2023 by Bassfinger