Panamonte

Thanks for your responses. All will be revealed this evening!

So what we have here is one of the least rigorous pickup shootouts that you're likely to encounter.


[url="http://soundcloud.com/torquil-macleod-730760653/p-bass-comparison"]http://soundcloud.co...bass-comparison[/url]


The 3 basses involved are:

2010 Fender American Deluxe Precision with Fender 62 RI pickups

Squier MB4 with Fender Deluxe pickups (as fitted in post 2009 Am Dlx P basses)

Bitsa P (J neck and P body from cheapish copies) with Aguilar AG P60 pickups


One is strung with D'Addario Chromes, one with DR Lo Riders and one with Elixir steels.

Clearly in terms of comparing the pickups this is of limited use given that the basses are all wearing different strings, but having just put the bitsa together I was struck by the fact that they all sound fairly different. So what, I wondered, is the 'P bass sound'? Is it there in a certain character that they all share, or does one of them leap out as sounding like you think a P bass should sound? Just a bit of fun really - can you identify which is which and which sounds closest to your idea of a P bass?

An Aguilar P bass pickup seems to have mysteriously found its way into my seasonal shopping. Oh well - merry Xmas to me!

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John McLaughlin was also in Tony William's Lifetime.
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As was Jack Bruce, latterly.

I've experimented with a dash of chorus and reverb in the past, but like bassbora I prefer my fretless ungarnished. Just a bit of a boost to the mids and some subtle compression does it for me.

Oh look....

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(although I've mainly been running a GK MB800 though it recently)

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1479811567' post='3179401']
£6000 is actually pretty cheap for a buy on considering it is a 9 date tour (although I wonder if the figure is significant to the genre - do the maths!)
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Well spotted!

Our Zeppelin medley of Heartbreaker/Whole Lotta Love makes a handbrake turn into Gay Bar. Goes down well with the punters.

Bought Kev's Basswitch Sonic Spark. Another super smooth BC transaction. Pedal arrived very promptly and very well packed. Buy with confidence from Kev - top bloke.

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1472205071' post='3119385']
Hehehe. Great minds not only think alike, but also simultaneously.
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Yes.

Brilliant. Here's to Hector!

Here I am having fun at a battle of the bands thing last Saturday.

http://youtu.be/Rfr2T668FtE

Here's Tony Visconti on why he put his own basslines on Bowie's The Man Who Sold The World so high in the mix, why he stuck a Tele p/up on his P bass and what it's like playing those songs live now.

[url="http://www.moredarkthanshark.org/eno_int_bp-jul16.html"]http://www.moredarkt...t_bp-jul16.html[/url]

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1469965117' post='3102295']
NE and Steve Gadd, that's the best rhythm section Bob Dylan's ever had.
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Rick Danko and Levon Helm were pretty tidy.

I've had one of these on my pedal board since April 2014. Works fine, no issues, not noisy.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000NVU9GG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

This is what I use on my Thunderbird which has a nitro finish - works a treat.

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I don't think you have anything to worry about. I regularly tune one of my 5 strings up a semitone - C to G# - with no ill effects.

Thanks for the heads up - just bought a pair of tickets

I bought a GK MB800 from Steve. The amp arrived in immaculate condition packed in its original box with all the bits and pieces. Another textbook BC transaction - good comms, no hassle.

Congratulations! I was very tempted by this when I was looking for another fretless a few weeks ago, but decided that I really wanted a fiver. I hope the two of you are very happy together

No, it's the post-2010 American Deluxe Precision.

Here you go:

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[quote name='adamg67' timestamp='1458562737' post='3008545']
If you fancy the "real thing" you can't go wrong with DHA preamps and ODs, very good and amazing customer service: [url="http://www.davehallamps.co.uk/page8.html"]http://www.davehallamps.co.uk/page8.html[/url]
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+1
Since I picked up a DHA VT2-Twin EQ-Std Bass here last year, my Tone Hammer, VT Bass, CM-2, BBBOD and B3K haven't had a look in. I just stick a Zoom MS 60B in front of the DHA for any additional bits and pieces I need and my big heavy pedalboard stays at home.