Mornats

Especially with the following being one my requirements: [quote][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Has to be passive, I don't like the active sound. I love the P/J pickup config on my current bass and I really do want the option of panning between them or sitting in the middle of the two pups. Could be a J/J, a P/J or something else.[/font][/color][/quote]

A P bass isn't the universal answer to everything. Not with Fender's extremely shoddy quality control.

Silly question from someone with far less knowledge of these things than the people who've helped you so far but have you tried putting it through a different amp in a different room? Just to make sure it's the bass and not the amp or acoustics that's causing the problem.

Well, I've gone and bought a Yamaha TRBX 504. It's great! I haven't tried it live yet but it's lovely and lightweight and comfortable with great tones. I know I never got round to trying out a Jaguar bass but you have to leave some GAS for later yeah? That's the rule right? So thanks everyone for your suggestions! I'd have never considered a Yamaha until they were recommended here. If you're interested, this is what I think of it: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/218060-nbd/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/218060-nbd/[/url]

Bought an amazing Yammy from Alan. Like everyone's said, great guy to deal with, very quick turnaround and so well packed the bass could have survived a hurricane. Cheers mate

[size=3]Argh, I'd written a huge comprehensive review of my new bass then hit the back button by mistake and lost it. Grrr!!![/size] Anyway, whoohoo, new bass day! I tried a Yamaha TRBX 504 in my local PMT a few weeks ago and loved it. I'd been looking for a lightweight bass to replace my Overwaters as my main gigging basses as they are huge and heavy. 10lbs+ heavy. So I've ended up buying Hamfist's Yammy (see his comments on it here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/214045-nbd-yamaha-trbx504/"]http://basschat.co.u...yamaha-trbx504/[/url]). So what do I think? Well, when I played one in PMT it was set up perfectly. I even asked if they'd spent some time setting it up and they said no, it's straight out of the box. This one is set up perfectly too. It plays amazingly well, is very lightweight and comfortable to play. The neck is amazingly slim. It makes my Classic J feel clunky. The sounds are great. I love the passive tone, although I do miss some of the single coil sound that my Classic J gives. It has a lovely growl in the lower mids that reminds a bit of my Rockbass Corvette. Not quite as woody as a Warwick growl but a nice lower mid growl anyway. I agree with whwat Hamfist said about the bridge pickup. It's tight and punchy and not too burpy. If I want a burpy bridge J sound I've got my Contemporary J which burps more than a baby drinking Coke. To me this makes the bridge pickup a much more usable option as it fits in with the other tones so well. I've always found that my other basses change character too much when fully rolled onto their bridge pups. This one stays in character yet still gives you a bridge pickup sound that works. I love it. So roll it into active mode, and this is what I love. I can set it so that my treble is all the way up, the mids are all the way down and the bass is almost all the way up. In passive mode, this gives me my nice punchy "just leave it be it's good enough" passive tone and in active, the bass and mid controls kick in and I get a lovely scooped mid sound. Perfect! Plus the output volumes are very similar so I can swap between songs. Speaking of the mids, the mid control is lower than the 500-800hz range that Hamfist would prefer but I actually love having control of the lower mids. This is where "my" sound comes in. I love a lower mids aggressive growl. Colour wise, it looks somewhere in between the trans black and trans brown basses on the Yamaha website. I love it. So here's one happy bunny with a new bass! Oh hang on: There are a couple of pics in Hamfist's thread above but here's one I did earlier: [attachment=144670:yummy-yammy.jpg]

[quote name='Pinball' timestamp='1379888117' post='2217983'] I mean to sell it, try to sell it but.....maybe if I bought another bass first? [/quote] That's how I ended up with 6 and another incoming! Sell first, buy second

That is one hell of a lovely bass to play. I couldn't put it down but unfortunately I'm not playing fretless.

The SB320 series had gold hardware so I would have said it's a 315. But the ebony fretboard and natural wood finish suggests a 320 series again. I think they may have changed the specs around a bit between the different series. Actually, I was just trawling the SGC Nanyo Facebook page and it looks like it may be an SB505. Nice Corvette you've got there by the way.

I think the difference on these puppies (they're new, so still young) are that they're active and the VM Jags are passive.

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1379632414' post='2215208'] [size=4]which can really make finding the cool nifty new patented [/size][i]TALENT_ENHANCER[/i][size=4] plugin much easier to find![/size] [/quote] Ermagherd! Finally! Download link?

Incidentally, I started off on GarageBand on the Mac (great way to get into DAWs IMO) and found the transition to Reaper pretty easy. Anything you need help with is just a short google away.

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1379627364' post='2215134'] word , no chance of using anything else TBH, I have had sooooo much pain getting to grips with DAW , I am a reaper man forever , I generally get it and seeing the results others get, it is certainly waaayyy beyond my skills and I know I have the kit to develop my skills , I just need more and more practice at it . [/quote] There's pretty much nothing it can't do and it can be customised to hell. Plus it's cheap as chips and makes you wonder whether the other DAW developers are spending too much time on their yachts instead of developing and bug-fixing their software. I bought a licence recently - totally worth it.

Cheers mate, that's where my head is at the moment too, EZ Mix isn't a quick fix and I should stick with the learning. (It's Nectar Elements that's £29 by the way, EZ Mix 2 is £111 which is too much IMO.)

I think that technically, they can work from whatever location they're stored in so long as you tell Reaper where they are. The default directories are a good place to keep them all as this is where new ones will be installed by default and you can back up just these two folders. But it's fine to have them elsewhere, there's just a risk of forgetting where and losing them, or not installing another DAW and missing out on having them.

Hey hallowed recording peeps, I record and mix my own tracks, and also those of my band and I'm considering EZ Mix. I've played around with the demo but haven't wanted to use it in earnest on a track as I'd lose the mix when the demo times out. So I've been doing it the hard/proper way - using the compressors, EQ and whatnot in Reaper, along with some third party plugins (t-racks classic) to mix the tracks with. As I'm still fairly new to recording and mixing, and am currently working my way through Mike Senior's mixing for the small studio book, I'm always trying new techniques. I've already gone down the heavy effect use route and I'm not learning a bit more about how all the tools work (compressors are still bloody difficult to get right), so I'm now pulling back and really thinking about what an individual track needs before using it. I'm getting a bit better but have a way to go. So anyway, I was looking at Nectar Elements (Time+Space are doing an intro offer of it for £29) which I'm going to buy for vocal processing. The reason? I find it very easy to over-do settings. So I feel that starting with the presets, then tweaking away will stop me from over-processing. That's my theory anyway, and it may be wrong. So I though, if I'm thinking that way about Nectar, then how about using EZ Mix in the same way? Mainly, I just want to not be a n00b and over-do stuff and ruin a track. If you want an idea of my current skill level, check out anything recent on [url="https://soundcloud.com/beautiful-skin"]https://soundcloud.com/beautiful-skin[/url] and [url="https://soundcloud.com/mornats"]https://soundcloud.com/mornats[/url]. The latest tracks on each should give you an idea. I really just want to do justice to the tracks my band are recording! So, is EZ Mix any cop or would I be wasting my time?

I use Reaper on Windows 7 64 bit:) C:\Program Files\VstPlugins is where the 64 bit plugins are installed by default. C:\Program Files (x86)\VstPlugins are where the 32 bit plugins are installed by default. I'd highly recommend sticking to these locations. Now, in Reaper go to Options > Preferences (or hit control-p). Now scroll down the list to almost near the bottom and look for the Plugins section. Click on VST. Hitting Auto-detect at the top right should sort it out for you, or you can click add and select both of the folders I mentioned above. Then click re-scan, then OK and you should have your plugins available. I think that your appdata folder is where Reaper puts its own plugins but I'm not sure as I don't have a reaper plugins folder in there on mine - maybe you're on a different version of Windows to me. What I suggest, is that you do a search for all of your VST plugins and copy then into the 32 bit folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\VstPlugins and then follow the steps in Reaper to add that folder. Give us a shout if it doesn't work

[quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1379254756' post='2210362'] Tanglewood/Overwater Classic? [/quote] Another vote for this. In fact, there are two on sale on Basschat right now: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/216595-overwatertanglewood-classic-jazz-bass-car-pj-l250/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/216595-overwatertanglewood-classic-jazz-bass-car-pj-l250/[/url] and [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/216567-overwater-classic-j/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/216567-overwater-classic-j/[/url] I use one as my main gigging and recording bass with my band. It's used on all of the tracks on here: [url="https://soundcloud.com/beautiful-skin"]https://soundcloud.com/beautiful-skin[/url] (forgive my lame mixing attempts on those). It's a little heavy for me, mine's around 10lb so I'm looking for something a little lighter.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1379591323' post='2214498'] Marvin says I won't like the neck (being a chunky-neck P man - in every sense ), and I'm inclined to believe him. I don't like Jazz necks so I won't like this, is the thinking... [/quote] Now I [b]do[/b] like jazz necks and I loved this one.

Ashdown 220 Touring 1x12 with 1x12 extension cab. Reason: I wanted to go cheap, and with Ashdown (British company) but the sound of the MAG 300 head didn't appeal so I tried the very nice retro-looking Touring with the dual tube pre-amp and loved the tone. Push the input gain (even better with an active bass in the passive input) and it add the most lovely bit of distortion into the mix. A nice great dirty stomping sound if you want it, or something cleaner if you wish. I wish it were all lighter though and it does colour the sound of the bass (IMO not in a bad way). I play though a MarkBass 110 combo at my bass lessons which is just do damn lovely. Mostly I'm going through a PA system when playing live but I'm looking to take my amp to more gigs.

This is on my list to try. I hope to find one before I pull the trigger on the Yamaha TRBX. I did want a bass with a passive tone, how does the active Squier sound? Good enough to not care about it being active rather than passive?

Dammit you're not helping my GAS! My bass tutor has just said that he and some of his fellow bass buddies rate the Yamahas highly too. Hmm, another trip to my local PMT may be in order!

Yep, it's a good one that is.