Linus27

Thread resurrection, but just want to add that I used a Fender Rumble 500v3 tonight at a indoor Festival with my Fretless Fender Precision and I was really impressed with it. Loud, punchy and great sounding. My octave pedal sounded amazing through it, so much so that our singer complimented it mid song and then to the audience after. The band on after, the bassist was using a Stingray so different to my bass and he also sounded great. Seriously considering one now after tonight's gig.

I only play fretless so this is my simple little board. I've only just got the Zoom so haven't worked out any patches yet but it does have some nice effects that I'm liking.

I've been playing for 37 years and have gone through a whole host of basses, mostly Fender Jazz and Precision's but I have also had Stingray's, Warwick's, Laklands etc. My tastes do change and depending on the project or band I will use a bass that suits it best but its usually a Jazz or a Precision. For the last 10 years I've only played fretless so that brings a whole new range of basses but again, it's only a Jazz, Precision or Stingray. I've also settled down a lot in what I like or want or no longer have a need to gry other basses.

I tried a 40th Anniversary Squire Precision today and it was lovely. I need a fretted in my collection for a possible project so I gave it a try and I really liked it. Really well built, sounded really nice and felt great to play. I'd have no problem buying one. I also tried a 74 Telcaster which was incredible but the neck was about twice as thick and it weighed about 4 times as much. It also cost 9 times as much so I won't be buying it hehe

On 25/07/2023 at 14:11, franzbassist said:

I love La Bella nylon flats.  Also had good success with the Galli flats, so I guess I prefer low tension flats.  I do find that E and B strings are often very dead, thuddy if you will, compared to the higher strings though.

I use LaBella Black Nylon Flats on my Jazz and Stingray and they are incredible. For my Stingray it totally brought it to life 😁

After 36 years of playing, trying many different makes of basses, I know exactly what I feel most comfortable playing and that is either a Fender Jazz or a Fender Precision which includes Stingrays and the odd other similar bass. I know how they sound so its down to finding the best version of that bass possible and the colour or look that suits my preferences.

Fender Japan tends to be my preference as I prefer a gloss neck which is more common on a Japanese Fender as opposed to a Satin finish. I like them to have US pickups and I prefer earlier Japanese Fenders that are made from Alder or Ash as they are heavier and feel nicer to play over the lighter Basswood bodies that they started to use from around 1994 onwards. I'm also happy to use a US or even good Mexican model if it ticks all the boxes.

This is my favourite, I adore this track and I had it played at my wedding by a live Uillean Piper. I love Sinead's version.

PM'd you

8 hours ago, Hellzero said:

Typical switching power supply noise that your new set of lights certainly has.

 

Always connect your amp and pedal board to its "proprietary" socket with nothing else to it.

Ok excellent, thank you for your help 👍

Now this is interesting, Rotosound Flats are high tension but boy do they sound great recorded. Just so much presence but yep, I get they are high tension. A lovely alternative is LaBella Low Tension flats. Great tone and not high tension although higher than rounds.

2 hours ago, Dazed said:

Yeah not a fan of those stripes either. 

Me neither.

Anyone have any thoughts on what this noise might have been at my gig the other day.

Set up my rig which is my bass direct into my pedal board via a cable and then a cable direct into my amp and turned my amp on and it made a fast repeating clicking noise and no noise from my bass. Plugged my bass direct into my amp with a lead and it still did it. Unplugged the bass so just the power cable to the amp and connector from the amp to the speaker and it still made the clicking noise. I then pressed the ground lift button on and turned the amp on again and no clicking. Turned the amp off, pressed the ground lift button off and still no clicking. So not sure if pressing the ground lift on and off was a coincidence or not but I set up as normal with the pedal board and everything was fine for the entire night. Tested it at home the next day and everything was working fine. 

I've played this venue about 10 times with no issues and the only thing different in our entire setup was a new set of lights which was plugged into the same extension bank as I was plugged in to.

Would this be the possible cause, or could it be something else or possibly the amp?

2 hours ago, soulstar89 said:

Wow!!!!!

 

what a collection. I only knew sting playing a 51 p. Lots of learning to do lol 
 

i love the look also. I’m a massive fan of paul Jackson. During his time with herbie Hancock he used a fender p ash body maple neck for live shows. The colour was mocha. 
 

I actually went i to town and played a 1978 mocha p bass. It was AMAZING but it was 3.5k🙈. 
 

I love the sound of ash body with a maple neck. Suits my finger funk style. 
 

I admire your collection. If you do see any please do pm me. 

Thank you very much and I agree, an Ash body and Maple neck sounds amazing. I really should have a fretted bass in my collection (you can never have enough fretless basses though) and I think this new Telecaster bass will do just nicely 😁

1 hour ago, soulstar89 said:

I wasn’t playing bass back when this bass came out. This is exactly the bass I’m after. Ash body maple neck. Near impossible to find. 
 

I was gonna ask if you don’t play it I would take it off your hands. I then read it’s your main bass lmao 

 

you lucky bugger lool 

It was one of my dream basses as well when I was starting out on bass after seeing Sting play a fretless version. Even if I hadn't, the Ash body, maple neck, black pick guard with 70's look is one of my favourites. However, I also have a fretless neck for it so I have my replica Sting bass and even though I don't gig with it, it's the best sounding bass for recording and used every Tuesday at rehearsals. If I ever see one for sale then I'll let you know 👍

Here it is with my other basses.

So what do we think the price point of these will be? I think either £1199 or £1299 but I'm hoping £999. A Spanish site has them advertised at €1250 Euro's.

1 hour ago, theyellowcar said:

A bit of both I’d say. Inflation being passed through into the price because a “new” range can bear an increase more readily than an existing product already on the shelf.
 

That aside, there is a genuine step in quality between the Player series and the ranges above (Player Plus/Vintera/Mexican Signature models) whether it’s worth the price is personal, but they are definitely more premium instruments. 

I have a Mexican Fender FSR 70's Precision that came out around 2018 and the quality is equally as good as any US Fender I've had including the AVII 75 Jazz. It did come as standard with Vintage 62 pickups and vintage tuners and bridge but the finish, playability and build is incredible. I literally walked into Guitar Guitar, saw it hanging up, played it for 5 mins and bought it, it was that good and it only cost £800 new. I still have it now and adore it and it's my main bass for recording and rehearsing.

I'm hoping these new Vintera basses or at least the Telecaster basses are just as good.

Oh my, I want that Telecaster bass, I just cant decide Sea Foam Green or Vintage White.

Congratulations also to Fender for again not releasing an unlined fretless Precision or Jazz, good effort as usual 🙄

My rig from last night. Warwick Gnome I Pro 280, Barefaced Two10 and my Japanese fretless Fender Precision.

Two amps here, a Warwick Gnome I Pro 280w and a Mark Bass Little Mark IV 500w. Cab is a Barefaced Two10.

Apologies if we have a post like this already.

As we all know, we all suffer from differing degrees of GAS so what's on everyone's shopping list if they could afford it (I can't) or if they find it? This is my current wish list.

• Fender FSR Precision Deluxe Surf Green (Passive or Active) - Rare as hens teeth
• Fender Japan 51 Precision Butterscotch Blonde or Sunburst - Readily available
• Fender Precision American Standard 2012 - 2016 Sunburst or Olympic White - Readily available
• Ibanez Musician Fretless in Walnut - Rarer than a rare thing
• Music Man Stingray Fretless - Possibly an option to get my old one back
• Fender Vintera II 70's Telecaster Bass - Soon to be released
• Aguilar TH500 - Readily Available
• EBS Triple Envelop Filter Pedal - Readily available
• Zoom MS60B Pedal - Done
• Origin Effect Cali76 Compressir Pedal - Readily available
• MarkBass, Fender or Ampeg Combo - Readily available

3 hours ago, toneknob said:

That Simple Minds announcement (see also https://simpleminds.tmstor.es/😞

(footnote on product page: "product may differ to image displayed" haha)

Ordered, can't wait to get it

Warwick Gnome I Pro 280w - I absolutely adore this little amp, it sounds incredible, looks super cute but I just wish it had a Speakon connector rather than a Jack connector for the speaker. 

Barefaced Two10 - The Speakon seems to be fitted upside down and every time I try to insert the cable, I do it the other way around.

Fender Japan 62 Reissue Jazz - Best sounding bass I've ever owned, its incredible and I've owned it for 36 years but the only thing I don't like about it is its black. I wish it wasn't black.

1 minute ago, BigRedX said:

 

And I know that New Gold Dream is the "popular" album, but I much prefer Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call.

Yep, that's a great album although my favourite is Street Fighting Years.

How about,

Tears For Fears -Songs From The Big Chair

15 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

IMO to get the best benefit of the experience of the whole album being played live, it need to be done by the people on the recording especially when they were an integral part of the song writing process. The two albums I would have been interested in have the ones by ABC and Simple Minds, neither of whom current sport the line ups that made the album in question.

I tend to agree and being super critical of Simple Minds recent line up, I was expecting to be sorely disappointed. However, in this case I really wasn't, however, they really do lack the magic and dominance of Mick McNeil on keyboards.