Highfox

I have had a few MM's and EB's over he years, nice basses but ultimately not for me. Never tied the sub or Sterling but I do have a Japanese Ibanez ATK 300 that gets me pretty close to the Stingray sound and feel whenI'm in the mood. They are very well made  and get you 90% there in the sound imho.

Good luck, enjoy the search.

9 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

Joined BC??

That certainly added to it.

Bought 5 off here, that I can remember of.

35 minutes ago, arthurhenry said:

19 years for me.

I did have just the one bass from 89-  till around 2003, but then it all got a little crazy.

5 hours ago, la bam said:

Cure it, by buying wrecks of basses and doing them up. It is enjoyable, cheap and you end up with a new bass out of it as a consequence at the end!

I'm a bit of a sucker for vintage instruments and a bit of boutique, tho I do have a few beaters.

7 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

Oh that reminds me, we were going to cover that one - it has a bad Sax solo in it, and we have a sax player who could do it perfectly!

14 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said:

Roxanne!

(and Walking on the moon, obvs)

(actually, anything by Lord Sting)

And this!

 

Hadn't heard or seen that before! Well worth the watch.

Public Image Ltd - Public Image Ltd.

The easiest but still great!

As the title says Not gas free, but curbing the urges.

(anyone got a Jaydee they want rid of )

I have seen Norman himself use one live and it sounded pretty good.

2 minutes ago, Sibob said:

La Bella 760 flats, then you’ll realise you’ll want them on both basses 😄

Si

That's what's been on mine for the last 5 years or so, same set

44 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

At the moment they both have TI flats on them.

 

Im thinking of putting different stings on one of them for a bit of variety. 

Definitely flats, but which?

 

My current gig is a big band with about 20 people. Brass, reeds, piano, drums etc.

I have 2 P's but one round one flats, covers nearly everything for me..except the Wal gets used 90% of the time

Awesome and amazing.

I kind of wish you had broken into some singing as well. If you can do that you have it all nailed.

36 minutes ago, dave_bass5 said:

Just wondering if its anything like a HPF, and if so what its set at?

@Lozz196 I believe you have used one 🙂

I think it's mainly for acoustic guitar, kind of like a hum kill..  not anything like any HPF that I have tried. I never engage the rumble filter when I use an electric bass. (thins things out a little too much  if I remember correctly)=

Lozz maybe has more details.

24 minutes ago, shoulderpet said:

No, not considered half rounds as of yet but maybe something to consider, only thing im afraid of is that they will sound like dead rounds once broken in, I tried a set of the Fender pure nickel strings once and they sounded ok initially if a little bright then pretty much as soon as they broke in they just sounded like dead rounds, I took them off as soon as they got to that point

For me, I found half-rounds to be not so good at either. I stuck them on a fretless in the end and had a bit of joy with them. Not for me but worth experimenting with.

Not tried the fx's, but the Labella's are my choice of flats after trying many types. The FL's are what I use.. Highish tension but nowhere near the roto's and a little lesser tension than the ghs's if I remember correct. Not sure about the sound differences mine have been on one of my P basses for 6 or 7 years now.

and the mothership was out. P-bass and flats to accompany it.

10 hours ago, joe_geezer said:

Hey fellow bassists,

I have just ordered an amazing Jaydee bass from John Diggins.

So i'd love to hear from any Jaydee owners there thoughts, opinions and pics (please!).  Do you gig regularly with your Jaydee? What styles do you use it for? Can you resist slapping it as soon as you pick it up..? lol

thanks in advance,

joe

Congrats. I also hope to own one someday. Looking forward to the replies.

I've only owned two a 2001 and an 86, the Pre EB 86 was by far the best, nicer sounding preamp (for me) and the neck was well played in and very fast and smooth.  Shame I just don't really get on with Stingrays enough to keep hold of them for some odd reason!

3 minutes ago, Rich said:

Alas, 3k wouldn't get me either of my GAS basses ('65 YOB Jazz, Wal 5-string). I'd go to Bass Direct and the Gallery and try everything I could lay my hands on.

Yes, it's a lot of money, but still puts a lot of basses out of reach!

There must be something you have always really fancied, try that.

I have been through a few good basses but getting a custom build done was the pinnacle for me, maybe it's the waiting for the build that makes it that much more special. I don't think I would ever want to move it on.

Shame the postage to Finland would cripple the price .

30 minutes ago, ebenezer said:

Well, cut my tongue out ...but i too had a wal bass, a series two 5 string no less....was as heavy as a chippendale chair and although it had a lot of

sounds, only a few were usable, i could never really get on with the filter preamp ..... anyway, bought it new for £1400 and sold it for £800

beat me now !!!   

It's funny so many Wal's seem to of gone unloved. I know I had a hard time trying to find a fretted MK1 that someone was willing to sell.. waited over 6 months for one to come up on here. (maybe it was bad timing)

For me the awkward basses have been..stingrays (the preamp, never could settle on a sound I liked) great playability tho. Ricks, just find they dull and slow up my playing Jazz basses , necks a bit too narrow (on the ones I owned and tried) Most semi-acoustic basses because of the strap pin positions There I said it...

I haven't really hated any, but a few have come and gone. Worst bass was definitely my starter bass a shortscale 4-kay from Wollies with an action a foot high..anything is ok after that.

45 minutes ago, The59Sound said:

How does the Bassman OD compare to the Rumble? 

Hi. I haven't had a chance to use it with the band yet! But I think it will work very nicely, you can blend in the clean and tube driven channel so you can lose no lowend.

I never used the OD on the rumble, I had a Darkglass vintage tube pedal that I used to dirty it up when needed.

I'm really liking the Vintage channel on the bassman atm, it very very nice pleased wit it so far.

12 hours ago, Deedee said:

 

Nice one. So does this have a tube pre and solid state power stage? Excuse my ignorance 🙄

That's it exactly DD.

4 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

Oooh, wouldn't want to be your back...I had the 100w version of this way back when...heavy mudda...admire your commitment.

It's the Hybrid version not the all tube Less than 8kg's. I'd go for the all tube I think if I didn't have to move it too much.