fretmeister

Under Pressure?

He's a great bloke. A few years ago I emailed him a bunch of questions about compression use and didn't really expect him to answer - but he did, in great detail. Was very useful. Met him at a PMT shop when he was doing a Yamaha thing with Wes Borland. Nice chap.

The G was added later. Here is Rinat Ibragimov playing one http://youtu.be/QgZ_-f7pVk4

[quote name='mikel' timestamp='1490556096' post='3265965'] Exactly. Has anyone really wrung everything there is out of 4 strings? And do you really need to? [/quote] Yes. I often get piano scores to play. Piano goes lower than a bass. And quite often shifting octaves ruins the general direction of the part. IMHO anyone who claims 4 is the original and thus the limit of the instrument should be reminded that the double bass started as a 3 string instrument.

https://youtu.be/TuH6V3z-V6Y Alex Webster. Fingers in Thrash.

[quote name='fftc' timestamp='1490342882' post='3264371'] Might be a daft newbie question, but what is the benefit of two channels? [/quote] Or blend clean with drive to add distortion without losing any low end at all.

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1490517984' post='3265568'] More companies jumping on the 'brexit' philosophy and raising prices. There is no justification for raising the price of items that are already in stock . I hate big business! [/quote] Not quite right. Some don't actually pay the maker / distributors until the item is sold., and the contracts state it will the price at the sale time, not when the stock was received. Up until sale the item still being owned my makers or distributors and not the shop. I don't know if that is the case with Mesa & Westside, but it is more common than you think. If the shop goes bust it stops the gear going in the cheap fire sale.

Westside are well known for controlling prices. And they won't warranty repair non EU (soon to be non U.K.) bought items, they are non even keen on U.K. Items outside of the warranty period. And Mesa won't release schematics to help local techs do non-warranty repairs.

[quote name='Bridgehouse' timestamp='1490364548' post='3264622'] Thought I would share a bit more of my thinking and experimenting. Couldn't really understand why the neck profile on the '64 was so appealing. I play guitar too, and I can adapt to most shapes - some I prefer, some not, but not to this degree. So I did a very crude 'solder wire' based profile exercise. (Sad, I know..) Here we go: The '64 is clearly a flatter, slimmer, wider profile - but for me the biggest difference is less 'shoulder' I think combined with vintage frets and the 7.5" radius board, I have my answer. Maple or RW doesn't matter, I don't think. It's the neck profile, and to some extent the nut width (but not exclusively) Well there you go. [/quote] That's very interesting. I'll have to do that! It's a shoulder thing for me too, less is good.

I like maple necks and boards that only have an oil finish. Eventually they go really dark no matter what. Not a lot I can do about it, even with a wipe down. I'm not going to use anything more abrasive on an oil finish.

[quote name='Horizontalste' timestamp='1490386538' post='3264860'] Different strokes for different folks I guess, aren't the scientists looking to cure cancer ambitious? Or the service men & women who learn to walk again after losing limbs? Ambition is there to serve you surely & the climbers who are still on Hillary's step? are they victims of ambition or the task? [/quote] I was taking the piss.

[quote name='Dropzone' timestamp='1490363046' post='3264607'] I agree, I suspect the wood / shape will not affect sound. Sustain maybe. Someone would need to swap all the innards / strings / necks etc over to do a test like that to prove it. I suspect someone in Japan is working on that right now ;-) [/quote] There is a YT vid where a guy does a neck comparison, and actually swaps the neck only to see maple v rosewood. Everything else remains the same.

I'd be amazed if there is an off the shelf item smaller than the standard Status one.

Lovely. I saw that on the BD site. Was quite tempted myself.

Ambition is over-rated. Every frozen corpse on Everest was an extremely ambitious person.

Try this approach http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0AWgq-PywY&feature=youtu.be

Good point, well made.

This thread confirms I need several P basses.

Right at the beginning it says they had the same strings. On his jazz comparison he also says the "same string set"

[quote name='Lw.' timestamp='1490265553' post='3263701'] Well, they nearly all sound like precisions but the tones vary wildly. I tried loads in the last few months & the difference between all the basses I played was incredible considering they were all 4 string P's with the one split pickup! If it was a rock gig & they were all sharing a tubey stack that might have made them sound more similar especially as most rock bands try to find very similar bass tones as we all know what just works. Here's an example - you'll hear that the 70's one absolutely slays the others. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgzD3vcrExE[/media] [/quote] That's a great vid. So then - the extra bite from the Ash Body & Maple one. Is that from the Ash or the Maple or both? I really like the grind that one has.

I'm going to bet that covers bands with Non-trite set lists get fewer booking that Ines with trite ones. Nature of the beast.

[quote name='Painy' timestamp='1490201947' post='3263220'] There you go, just put a 5 string Stingray neck on it. There's a chap on eBay who specialises in modifications for people with big hands that could soon convert it to a 4 string for you. [/quote] That bloke's a nutter!

Just strip the lacquer off the neck. It will be dark and filthy in no time then!