stingrayPete1977

Just to keep the De Gamba (?) style going then here is mine, it is a 2013 Gedo Musik 3/4, half carved with solid spruce top, ebony fingerboard, tirolean tuners, I had an adjustable bridge and Spiro weichs fitted by the factory in Germany, the actual bass is Romanian I think? ply ones being Chinese, half being Romanian and the full carved being Czech?. After a lot of research this make model and final spec upgrades were a good comprimise between price and having a bass I could grow into as a noobie. It has a K&K bassmax fitted at the moment, badly by me I must add but I think I am going to have a full set up with nut filing, bridge feet shaped, general tinker and ask for the K&K to be fitted as well as it can and in the best position in their opinion [url="http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-08/20140802_160655_zps9vxbcpli.jpg.html"][/url]

I am looking forward to the Derby double bass day to see how everyone elses basses feel compared to mine, I think I want to go lower too but I am not certain yet hopefully the bass day will provide me with some inspiration

Well the Classics all look the bollox anyway so I can always play one of my regular ones as I look at it on the hangar I have just emailed to get some info, lets see who has the oldest

Yes a clear guard would work well, nice to see they have gone to the trouble of a proper route around the pickup too

Blimey another Sandberg QC thread and another total stinker of a bass never mind the even more of a stinker you sent back and looking at the other Sandberg thread probably got sold on to someone else! I am not Sandberg bashing but they need to sort this out really quickly or we will see another interesting bass maker go to the wall

Its not a bad Stingray impression on that baby blue one with the HS pickups, I like it Is there a 5 string version?

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1406986759' post='2516455'] This is one reason why I've stopped playing covers and now only play songs that I've had a hand in writing. All the songs and their baselines are now completely awesome IMO. [/quote] I was playing in an originals band a few years ago and as much as I loved playing my own lines or my version of what the artist had written in some cases I have found there is a point where I want to play to more than the usual pub full of mates, small local following and a few uninterested punters unless its a genre specific event even then the crowd numbers were often much lower than a packed wedding gig, looking at your youtube content etc I would say the band I was in was of a similar size popularity wise and I did enjoy recording and playing some good events but they were too few for me, on the other hand playing the same set for ten years to uninterested wedding guests is hard too, I have done both on and off since I was 17,Lol. I am aiming for somewhere in the middle in the future 1 or 2 gigs a month with a varied set list

Ha I just read ALL of that faq only to see the bit at the bottom saying what I put at the start of post #6

All the experts will say is use your ears not your eyes! I run a 4 ohm 600watt 2x12 off a 300watt, 600 watt or 900 watt head with no problems, likewise ive ran my 1x12 off my 900watt head without problems. Farting and distorting are the tell tale signs which is why the experts say mixing cabs is not best practice unless you know they work together, a good 4x10 might mask the sound of a 1x15 being ruined, you wont know until the next time you run the 15 on its own and wonder why it has built in overdrive!lol

Is the conflicting advice you have seen been regarding valve amps? They need to be matched to cabs of the correct ohmage and power handling that Howie described about solid state amps, a head rated at 8 ohms needs an 8 ohm load for example where a solid state amp could be rated at 8 ohms yet run a 16 ohm cab all day just with a reduced output. Some amps are switchable as are some cabs so you must make sure they are compatible and on the correct settings if you have say a pair of 16 ohm 4x10 cabs for massive gigs then use just one cab at your next gig the head will need to be switched from 8 ohms to 16 ohms. Valve amps are not my specialist area as im too lazy to carry them but I think I am correct in my description ?

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1406924738' post='2516022'] …just fell asleep reading this post. [/quote] We do chasing cars, I usually play it one handed and have a drink, check my text messages and stuff

I think my classic is an early one too, not checked the serial though, does is have to be done through the ebmm forum still? Dont you think the sealed finish helps a little or do you think the higher grade maple is what keeps them stable?

Yep, nice

Anything by snow patrol or coldplay, boring.

What is the pickup route like on them, early stingrays just had a big rectangular hole then they started to follow the pickup shape in the early 80s to allow clear guards to be fitted, or like Flea and Tim Commerford, no guard.

The more ebmm basses the better

Stunning!

I have seen more faulty sandberg threads than ebmm threads, when you take into account how many more basses ebmm must sell than sandberg that is a tick for ebmm imo, there are currently two faulty sandberg threads right now but im struggling to recall any recent ebmm ones, last one was a twisted neck where everyone slated ebmm on here even though it was a used bass bought via a private sale.

Excellent

Esperanza and Darcy from the smashing pumpkins when they were good.

One of only 3 made in that finish though, I like it but it is a string short and I am not cool enough to sport a pink bass

Brilliant as ever Geoff, I have a lesson with Jake on Sunday and as I have been slacking off a bit lately I have been doing a bit of homework, we left on 2-5-1 at the end of our last session so I will be starting with your lesson #37 as a basis which I have just been playing around with, where we end up from there is anyones guess, Thanks again and am I right in thinking you are coming to the Derby bash on the 5th of Oct? I would love to thank you in person as I really have used your lessons and advice on here since day one on my Stagg then the Gedo!

I presume this has come up many times before but looking on other clips where she did a full gig there is no bassist on stage, did flea really play behind the curtain all that time! Lol

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHbWfdoGjgI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHbWfdoGjgI[/url] But what was the deal with Flea at this point, the album version without Flea is really good too IMO so why didn't he play at the MTV show or is the man himself behind the curtain? (yep the album version is Flea but the other version is on the end too). I think too many people get hung up on Fleas slap playing from 30 years ago (yep its 30 years since the first album now!) and dont listen beyond that.

The EBMM ceramic pickup in series mode is killer!