neepheid

5 minutes ago, SimonK said:

 

...and as variables go the overall sound of a band will be far more dependent on the muppet (or not) running the PA rather than the bass players choice of 10s or 15s!

 

Someone above mentioned only ever using 12s as the sweet spot. I can see merit to that argument (merely becasue 12 falls between 10 and 15) but I think to say you ONLY use one size of speaker is a bit limiting. At the end of the day half the fun of playing electric instruments is trying different things be they pickups, pedals, amps or cabs. It's just interesting that certainly on this forum the choice of speaker size raises so many passions (there's possibly a rude joke in here somewhere... 🙂 )!

 

 

Well, in an ideal world, free from constraints (for example monetary or physical space) then I'd be trying whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. Life's not like that. Limits exist. As I said before, the reason I won't touch 15" cabs with a bargepole is mostly because they won't fit in my car. It has nothing to do with them being 15s, they just don't fit into my life and the way I want to live it.

Also, frankly I'm just not that excited about amps and cabs. To me, they're a necessary component in order to make noise and that's about it. Apart from the 30W practice amp I started with, I've only owned 4 amps and 4 cabs in about 20 years, and almost always one at a time.

Amps. Cabs. Eh, I'd rather buy another bass.

1 hour ago, Greg Edwards69 said:

I'm still using my iGig case. I must have had it for getting on for 15 years and it still looks relatively new. Such a shame you can't get them anymore. It is a bulky case however - I'm considering getting something slimmer when I fon't need all that extra storage space the iGig offer.

 

A Mono would be great, but they're a lot of money. But fender's FB620 look's like very good value

 

https://www.andertons.co.uk/fender-fb620-electric-bass-guitar-gig-bag/

 

I've owned one of these and I can't abide them, because the front pocket can't take A4 paper without folding it.  Got rid when I sold a bass.

1 minute ago, MacDaddy said:

"you weren't as bad as I thought you were going to be"

 

Teenage daughter to guitar player.

I'd take that backhanded compliment and run with it, you bet

1 minute ago, Chewie said:

I love jazz basses but I've never been thrilled by the bridge pickup.............. I want to change.

 

Jazz bomb pickups, right?

 

https://reverendguitars.com/store/bass-pickup-jazz-bomb/

If you want to source one, you might want to give Merchant City Music in Glasgow a shout - they seem to be far and away the UK's most prolific Reverend dealer.

1 minute ago, Chewie said:

Holy Mackerel.........!

 

What is the be all and all..............in your opinion.......?

 

I despise Jazz basses, and I'm not a huge fan of bridge pickups of any kind, yet the bridge pickup sound of my Reverend Triad is one of the finest sounding bridge pickups I've ever heard.  As soon as I tried it in the shop, I was very impressed.

There's nothing unique about either of my bands.  Making music these days is like pissing in the sea.

15" cabs don't fit in my car.  12" cabs do.  So purely from a practicality point of view, I'll stick with the 12s, thanks.

Honestly, I'm more of a dark fingerboard guy.  As such, if anyone's up for a neck swap, let me know!

15 minutes ago, ezbass said:

The same happened to me when Thomann were doing the Squier 40th Anniversary models at daft prices and also when some company were selling the Yamaha Sessioncake for just over a tenner. Basschat filled their boots on both counts.

It was Kenny's and yes, I have one of those too for exactly the same reason

9.5K - is that all?

"The (Reverend) Jazz Bomb bridge pickup features warm mids and a focused attack, enhanced output, and still percussive when you dig in. Hum-free. 43 gauge wire, ceramic magnet, 14K ohms."

Not that DC resistance is the be-all and end-all of pickup power...

Reverend Jazz Bomb

2 minutes ago, Beedster said:

Not sure just how accidental that was given you were in a music shop and did have your credit cards with you? 

 

Bit f*** me that's a bloody nice bass @neepheid 👍

It's a fair cop, guv'nor!  But I was doing so well, having managed to visit Merchant City Music and successfully not buy anything...

Just finished having a quick razz on it.  Good old MFD oomph!

Then to a little bit of finessing - removed the pickguard film, had to tighten up the jack socket, redid the intonation and finally replaced the nasty, cheap dome top knobs with some nice solid flat tops.

New flat tops with one of the original dome tops in the middle for scale.  Bonus is that the set screw of the flat tops acts as a position indicator.

If you stop contributing to the tonewood debate, it might go away?

Wishful thinking, I know...

19 minutes ago, 80Hz said:

This is very nice. As a G&L aficionado in training I approve 😀

 

Entirely unselfishly I ask, will this be coming along to the NW + Scotland bass bash?

In for a penny...

I'm sure there's an upper limit to how many basses one can fit in a 2011 Mitsubishi Colt, but I've yet to find it.

19 minutes ago, Chienmortbb said:

Too few strings and not enough knobs is something we have all been through.

I have always hankered after active fivers but two or more basses, great in there own right have been moved on and my last purchase was a P.

 

P/Js have always attracted me but the Jazz pup always sound weak/thin and even adding a bit of blend sounds great at home but sucks, literally, in the mix. 

 

MFD "J" does not equal J...

I was in Glasgow this weekend, and as is customary a trip to the various guitar shops was in order.  First visit was Merchant City Music.  I'm OK with my Reverend Triad, but I gave a Squier Rascal a go.  I'm not generally a fan of short scales, but the Rascal wasn't awful.  What helps it is the geometry - the bridge being away from the body edge by a few inches moves fret 1 more into the position where I would expect it.  But sonically I'm still not convinced that the Wide Range humbuckers are the pickups for me.

Anyhoo, on to Guitarguitar.  Tried a couple of Ashdowns - they were OK but the one with the single, central humbucker was a bit woofy sounding for my liking, and the bridge pickup on the PJ one was so noisy, it really put me off.  Nice feeling necks, interesting looks, but again wasn't doing it for the old lugholes.  Then I spotted a second hand bass on the wall, an example of which I had previously owned and sold, but in a more interesting finish than the one I had (which was white with plain black pickguard).  I guess because G&L seem to be off the radar of most folk at the moment it was priced very keenly.  In almost as new condition - the film hadn't been taken off the pickguard - the only blemish is a small finish chip at the bottom/back of the body.  A quick razz with it, nostalgia kicked in and I caved.

Does anyone like these shaggy dog stories?  Or do you just want the pics?

You know the drill with these - Split and single MFDs, two volume controls, that's it.  I'm very happy to have an SB-2 again, that'll hopefully stave off any thoughts of getting an SB-1...

Guess I should really sell something now

Also, I always thought that stock EMG knobs were rank rotten - even back in the day.

I'm pleased you got this sorted out to your liking, you heathen, blasphemous infidel 

9 minutes ago, HeadlessBassist said:

 

Wha? Sold? Really..?

I'm the OP - I bought mine back in 2023 before all you coat-tail riders came in

5 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

What number is he? 🙄😆

I sold mine - does than make me number 0?

1 hour ago, Acebassmusic said:

 

 

I've just noticed they've added the list since yesterday 😁 The link is here.

 

Block List (v1.1)

Amps & Cabs

Preamps

Harmonic Booster

Leo Bass

Jim Bass

Gentle

 

Amps

Peggy Bass

Super California

Kallinen Kruukkeri

Neural Amp loader

 

Bass Cabinets

All cabinets have 6 microphone options with 6 position options each

Microphones: Condenser 103, 414, 67 + Dynamic 112, 421, 52, 7

Black and Yellow 4×10

California Bass 4×10

Darkglass Neo 2×12

Darkglass Neo 4×10

Fruity Bass 1×15

Fruity Bass 4×10

Fruity Bass 8×10

Garden of 1×18

Garden of 4×10

Modern Bass 1×15

Modern Bass 2×10

Modern Bass 4×10

Modern Bass 8×10

Mountainino 6×10

Peggy 1×15

Peggy 4×10

Peggy 8×10

SWIRL 1×15

SWIRL 4×10

SWIRL 8×10

Vintage Peggy 8×1

 

Guitar cabinets

All cabinets have 6 microphone options with 3 position options each

Microphones: Condenser 184 + Dynamic 421, 57, 906 + Ribbon 121, 160

California combo 2×12

Fashionista 4×12

Modern 4×12

Panzer 4×12

Topper 2×12 combo

Vintage London 4×12

 

Artist cabinets

Dave – Beta52A

Dave – D12e

Dave – MD421

Dave – MD441

Forrester – Bitey

Forrester – Clear

Forrester – Monster

Forrester – Punch

Forrester – Thick

Jon – 2×12

Jon – 4×10

Jon – 8×10

Nolly – Blend

Nolly – AllTheMids

Nolly – ScoopyDoo

Nolly – RolledOff

Nolly – VintageStack

Nolly – Mega-Meld-IR

 

User cabinet IR loader

Overdrive & Distortion

Microtubes B3K

Vintage Microtubes

Alpha Omicron

Duality Fuzz

Chinchilla

Microtubes X

Neural Pedal Loader

 

EQs, Filters & Dynamics

Amp EQ

Darkglass 6-Band EQ

Generic 6-Band EQ

Hi-Pass Filter

Lo-Pass Filter

Gravitron (Envelope filter)

mo**erf***r (Envelope filter)

Noise Suppressor

FET Compressor

BUS Compressor

Compressor / Limiter

 

Modulation & Pitch

Mint Chocolate Chorus (Mono/Stereo)

Flamingo Flanger (Mono/Stereo)

Sublime Octaver (Monophonic)

Sublemon Octaver (Monophonic)

Subcitri Octaver (Polyphonic)

Pitch Shifter (Polyphonic)

 

Delay & Reverbs

Digital Delay

Analog Delay

Modulation Delay

Room Reverb (Mono/Stereo)

Plate Reverb (Mono/Stereo)

Hall Reverb (Mono/Stereo)

Shimmer Reverb (Mono/Stereo)

 

 

Another reason why these sorts of things don't appeal to me - while I fully appreciate that it's a me issue - option paralysis. WTF is a ham fisted pub playing weekend warrior like me gonna do with all these cab sims?

I'm better off out of it.

Or... learn to do it yourself?

2 minutes ago, snorkie635 said:

Neeps, are you addressing everyone here, or just this punter Ergo?

I don't care, didn't really think about targetting.  I'm just using the same parochial view that is frequently trotted out, but in reverse to prove a point.

I've only ever bought a bass off a Reverb seller once, and it was a complete success.  Ergo, there's absolutely nothing wrong with Reverb, you're all crazy, what the hell are you all talking about?