chrismuzz

[quote name='SlapbassSteve' timestamp='1365459793' post='2040016'] Great tone there! Those the stock pups..? [/quote] Yeah man, amazingly this bass comes with Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders as standard!

[quote name='BigBeatNut' timestamp='1365440231' post='2039678'] The scoop switch scoops the mids at about 800 - 850 Hz. Works great for me [/quote] That's about where the High Mid knob on Markbass heads is. Perfect area to cut!

Excellent news I've found that Markbass amps are the hardest to get a good sound out of, but when you find it... NOTHING can beat it!

I can understand the Fender/Squier thing... It doesn't matter how good your Squier is, and how much better it is than any Fender you've tried, its still not a Fender, so you'll always feel like it's not good enough. I'm happy using Peaveys though. They're generally regarded as cheapo basses, but they feel great to me and I get lovely (nasty) sounds from them. Plus they're not very widely gigged so I feel like playing just Peaveys is my own special 'thing' and gives me some uniqueness. A combination of all these gets me quite a lot of comments and questions from other bass players about what I use!

[quote name='Chrismanbass' timestamp='1365367946' post='2038728'] i think sound engineers get a bad rep from a few unsympathetic unprofessional individuals i've found that most sound engineers are pretty competent musicians in their own right (i'd like to think myself included) and thus are very aware of the issues performers face [/quote] Definitely. I've only had one instance I can think of where I was genuinely unhappy with the result of the band's sound! There seems to be an abundance of really skilled professional guys up here though, we've been through some terribly cheap and nasty equipment on some nights, and managed to get an amazing sound somehow. i don't know how some of them do it!

[quote name='Chrismanbass' timestamp='1365358034' post='2038512'] playing devils advocate here as an engineer i far prefer a pre eq signal purely because that gives me a blank slate to work with in terms of a mix of course i will be sympathetic to what the player wants to sound like but i find that theres is sometimes a huge difference between what sounds good to the player stood next to an amp (bear in mind that your cab is not an accurate reflection of the entire pa in the same way that your monitor mix is not the same as the entire front of house mix) and what sounds good out front in the mix speaking to a few of my engineer friends who are not bass players they've told me that if they have a post eq signal that won't sit properly then they will just eq back in what needs to be there which imo sounds far worse my conclusion: communication is essential good preparation on both sides helps (i regularly google the bands i'm engineering if i don't know them or their material just for reference) and if you give that engineer a good idea of the sound you want then generally he will do his upmost to accommodate that were not all bad guys i promise [/quote] This is perfectly understandable in a lot of cases! I admit it's only in recent years that I've discovered the magic of getting a good bass sound that still sounds great in the mix. Nowadays though, whenever I gig I end up having such a good sound I get told to just turn my amp up and that I won't be through the PA

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1365357007' post='2038490'] Cutting to the chase, this is a 100 quid box with several hundred pounds worth of individual effects in as well as some cool little additionally features. Even if you ONLY ever used the Octave effect, it's already cheaper than the a boutique pedal that might not track as well. [/quote] This is what makes the recent Zoom pedals so damn good. I literally only use my B3 for the tuner and an audio interface at the moment, and live I use a teeny weeny amount of chorus for about 30 seconds during my whole set. Still worth it!!

Post. I am really happy with my sound and that's what I want the sound tech to have, and they can tidy it up if it doesn't translate as well through the PA. In my experience, often if you give a mediocre sound to the desk, you will get all the 'good' frequencies EQ'd out completely and the whole band will sound weaker as a result.

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1365345459' post='2038272'] Nice playing! I really like Justice but mix/production-wise it sucks. I'm amazed that Newstead stayed with them after it was released... but I guess money talks Anyway, you did a cracking job of Blackened which is one of my favourites off that album - so cheers! Nice tone you've got there too. PS: I have that same t-shirt somewhere... [/quote] Thanks a lot man! If it weren't for the production this would my my all time favourite album of theirs. Great shirt innit Camden market?

[quote name='D.I. Joe' timestamp='1365346594' post='2038288'] Maybe you just get a little carried away and pluck a little heavy - I know I do sometimes! If that is the case then try and reign it in a bit. Control > power [/quote] Yeah, actually I had this problem for years! it came down to not being able to hear myself, and trying to play extra hard to compensate

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1365326458' post='2037960'] Nice tone, Chris! [/quote] Thanks dude I'm so incredibly pleased with the sound I get from my pedalboard, and you'll be pleased to know I didn't use an amp to record

[quote name='sprag' timestamp='1365298444' post='2037850'] It might be a problem as a low B is 30.85 Hz and I think the thumpinator cuts at 30 so if your dropping down to C = uh oh [/quote] This can be an issue, but a lot of the time it isn't. Most speakers can't reproduce those frequencies anyway, and those that can will only produce a very small amount of them. What you're hearing is harmonics sometimes a couple of octaves higher. You'll find that you'll be able to turn the amp up louder without hitting its limits, and saving the speakers!

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1365284622' post='2037745'] Is a 200w amp good for a beginner.In other words, would they sound ok at low volume as i wouldn`t want to disturb the neighbours as i can`t play yet.I found a Trace Elliot in the classifieds on this forum for £150 [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/203166-trace-elliot-7210h-for-sale-l150/"]http://basschat.co.u...-for-sale-l150/[/url] [/quote] I used to use a similar amp for home practice all the time. Best thing with that particular one is that if you whack an extension cabinet underneath it you'll get 300w out of it and it should be easily loud enough to gig with!

Welcome to the deep end

Personally I would put it down to the string spacing. I had a similar problem when I first went from 4 to 6 because the spacing was dramatically narrower. Never thought about the body chamfer though! You could try altering the spacing on the Warwick to match the Precision and see if it's more comfortable... Who knows, the fingerboard radius might even be the issue! Even if its not something you can 'fix', you will eventually get used to playing both basses. Good luck

I scored a Marshall B25 MkII off a mate for £20 about 7 years ago. Sounds quite nice, simple 3 band EQ, 2 inputs, and a headphone out so you can silently practice along to drum loops, music or whatever I don't know how available they are but if you find one snap it up! I still use mine today for bedroom practice, and as a monitor when Im recording

Thats pretty impressive! I can fit my rig inside a VW Polo and still have one of the rear seats in use wouldn't be able to fit a double bass in though!

Perfect pickup config... Lovely finish... Amazing fretboard.. And that action is beautifully low

Would Led Zeppelin count as classic rock? I saw an all female tribute band called Lez Zeppelin, and they were absolutely brilliant!

People always assume that I play everything perfectly, because it's hard to pick out the bass precisely in a metal mix. I'm happy with that

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1365204752' post='2036860'] Sounds really good! Incredibly middy! And your playing is really sweet! My first bass was a second hand Stagg jazz bass (which i stupidly paid £90... SECOND HAND! Jesus christ, Milt!) and the neck on it was just like a maple baseball bat. Not good maple, and not a good neck, especially for a beginner! But, it did sound pretty good. That's where Staggs redeem themselves i think. Keep rocking! [/quote] Thanks man It's a pretty damn nice bass to be fair, very light and comfortable. I couldn't get the action as low as I usually have it without fret buzz so I was fighting it a bit, but that's to be expected with such a well used bass! A friend of mine used to have a Stagg guitar which he bought for basically peanuts, and even 10 years on he still says it had one of the best necks he's ever played!

Cliché as hell, but I grew up listening to Metallica and they were my main inspiration for bass AND guitar when I used to play. I can play most of their songs, and they have a pretty amazing live show. I'd have such a blast playing for them and would never get bored!

The Baton in action! Managed to get a pretty sweet sound out of it, using this thing on the gig next Saturday shouldn't be an issue [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKOXyFuCHvM&feature=youtu.be"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKOXyFuCHvM&feature=youtu.be[/url]

I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone here. Paying tribute to the late Layne Staley, and letting the BassBaton have a shot at recording. Didn't come out too bad really! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKOXyFuCHvM&feature=youtu.be"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKOXyFuCHvM&feature=youtu.be[/url]