Immo

I know I'm digging up pretty long forgotten (and virgin) thread, but I'm amazed nobody else had an experience with ANY Pigtronix effect. I have the [i]Mothership[/i] thing and I must admit it's one hell of a crazy sound generating gismo. Using it with bass is really difficult (hard to find a correct setting) and hazardous (some noises could bring Men in Black to your home) but it's really cool. I kinda GASsed for it after seeing a demo on YT, bought it on eBay for very good price and discovered it's not so versatile with bass as with a guitar, but my high output basses - T-40 and Telecaster Bass - communicate with it pretty good. For bass it's mainly useful to 'synth the sound a bit' or 'deliver low-end weirdness' for a moment. With a guitar it could be used constantly, I guess, and simply sounds better (see [url="http://www.pigtronix.com/products/mothership/"]http://www.pigtronix.com/products/mothership/[/url]). I'm pretty sure the overall design and components used are the explanation for the price, but I'm not sure it really pays to buy this for bass if you're only going to use it for few songs for a moment. But none the less I decided to keep it, as it really gives that '[i]something[/i]' to my pedalboard... And maybe I've missed some setting that brings something really great? When I'll get my [i]EHX BassBalls[/i] and custom slow attack effects, maybe I'll discover something really astounding with [i]Mothership[/i]? As for the other effects by Pigtronix, I'd be really glad to test the [i]Tremvelope[/i] and [i]Envelope Phaser[/i] (GASsing for both.).

[quote name='LiamPodmore' timestamp='1327764998' post='1516464'] Immo i know what you mean, it's an insanely good price for what it is, the advantages of buying from family, and to be honest, if there wasn't a battery box route i would have already ordered a Wizard Thumper to replace the EMG.[/quote] I said it before in 'Precisions' topic - if EMG's sound 'not-so-Fender-ish', try Seymour Duncan APB-2 '[i]Lightnin' Rod[/i]' pickup. That active split PU delivers really vintage tone with good response and clarity, just the way they advertise it. When I bought my P with them already installed (battery's under the pickguard), my intention was to remove it and place something else, preferably old Ibanez Blazer PU, but after trying them out and stringing the P with tapewounds, I've found my perfect P-bass sound.

DAT PRICE. :| Once again - that's a beauty! I wouldn't change a bit (well, except for the PU's maybe )

That's the one of the coolest P's I've seen. A pity that she has those EMG's (I guess - I don't like their sound too much). If you want to replace it with something, try expensive but worthy 'Ligthnin' Rod' pickup by Seymour Duncan - they're active but deliver truly vintage sound. Don't know how they did this

The 'Bandito' one is awesome, I'd put it on a MiM Jazz Bass if I had one. It's such a monstrous kitsch, that I simply love it!

Buy the bass, of course. You'll regret not buying it, I'm sure.

Beaut!

Hi there again. Is there any new info on this girl? Have you found something?

Hell, I like it. I always liked the 'controversial' looking basses, really. And if it plays well - It's fine by me. But I perfectly understand your disgust towards this instrument nonetheless.

Let's be honest. The front fret markers simply look good. Especially the block inlay. Without markers the neck looks... naked.

[quote name='Mylkinut' timestamp='1327500505' post='1512381'] Go on, I've got covers on both my Ps. Always a conversation starter, usually people asking what they're still doing there [/quote] Same here, but I have only one P-Bass

Nice P-Bass. Personally I'd go for tortoise shell pickguard and chrome covers, but it really looks cool the way you did it

Nice that Big F is in one of my fav color combinations, but I never wear Polo Shirts as they're not in my style entirely. Any chance for regular/longsleeve colarless T-shirts someday?

[quote name='cytania' timestamp='1327357797' post='1510063'] Wayne, I'm shocked. Spill the beans on these wicked guitar pickup imposters! [/quote] I guess Wayne meant Fender Bronco/Musicmaster Bass mainly. Those have regular strat PU's installed, only covered in additional plastic.Nice midrange tone, but lacks of deep lows.

The most valuable bass I bought... No, no, no. Wait. I'm saying the whole thing wrong. The bass I [b]paid most for[/b] was my T-40. She was expensive, about 430 quid in today's Pound Sterling value in PLN. I know I could've bought T-40 cheaper in UK, but I instantly feel in love with that particular specimen. Irresistible. My Fenders cost me about £290 each but they're worth much, much more in my book. Never going to sell them. T-40 stays with me, too. My monthly salary (in Polish conditions, quite good for a just-graduated-culture-studies-student) is not much bigger than the price I paid for T-40. So I guess that about £500 is the frontier today (I'm talking about the Polish currency equivalent, of course). When I'll start to earn more, I'm going for something special, much more expensive.

Usually I try to improvise music, but with my skills it's more improvisation of playing itself But seriously, I try everything, from blues, trough punk rock, funk to even techno (really.) and hip-hop.

For me it'd be the infamous Roundhouse (Chalk Farm, London), the club where The Ramones and The Clash played, not to mention Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Motörhead and dozens of other icons.

Rotosound 88 TruBass will give you the black color (quite permanent) and fat, vintage tone. But they're expensive and thick (65-115). You may try other tapewounds as well, I'm very pleased with Fender Nylon Tapewounds.

I hate this tone in the descriptions: 'I have 36252839 Custom Shop Fenders and each of those are cr**p compared to this (but I'm selling this one, not those others), but this one is a master crafted gem better than anything ! Included: Original receipt, 2 oz. of Japanese craftsman epidermis, whole lot of other cool stuff and buy this cause otherwise Geddy Lee will buy this first.' Damn, seen this waaay too much times. I'm not saying this bass is poor quality or sth (it's a beauty, really), but it's just the description that p**sses me off.

I for one never use the vol knob on mine P-basses for other purposes than 'mute'. If I need to setup the volume of my playing, I use 'Preamp Level' (Gain) and 'Master Level' (Volume) on my amp.

I personally admire EHX Bass Micro Synth. Very high on my GAS list. Really good pedal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze4flWZENMA

The depressing thing my bandmates say is: 'We don't exist.'

Answering the question stated in OP - ContraBand.

One more thing from me: I love those auctions with poor pics of great stuff you can't go wrong with. I also love silly auction titles like 'Bass guitar". In cases like that one could buy cheaper some great stuff that no one else would be willing to buy because of the poor pics/description.

I was never too bothered with pictures of bass leanded against the wall, but the concrete driveway or wet grass is not too nice setting for bass. But if I was asked about the pic with the most disturbing '[i]beautyful bass vs. malicious setting[/i]' factor, this pic takes the cake: [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1327163360' post='1507288'] What really gets me is no pictures at all, or 'pictures to follow', or 'I can't upload pics at the moment', or 'my camera needs recharging,' or 'my phone camera's crap', or 'aliens stuck my camera up the dog's bottom,' and so on and so forth. [/quote] Amen. Pile of cr**p to justify the poor quality, that's what it is. But once I've found an auction like that and was sceptic, but later the pics were uploaded and my jaw dropped. I don't remember what bass it was, but I clearly remember the feeling itself