Nibody

A drummer eh? We knew. When you were at the door, the knocking sped up and you didnt know when to come in... 😁

I'll get my coat....

I think I have a problem. This started as a natural finish P bass body on Ebay that "I don't really need but was too good a price to pass over". Then someone on here was selling some Greco pickups... "I dont REALLY need but too good to pass over"... then an Omega Badass clone on ebay - you guessed it "FAR too cheap to let it slip away"... Then a 1991 Samick made Squier neck fitted with wilkinson tuners... yup... "must have that"... Then "oh look, I have an orange drop cap and a couple of CTS pots in the parts bin..."

I already have a Cort made 1996 Squier p bass.. and I have virtually stopped playing,, but I really think I have a problem/addiction...!?

I have named her "The Dood" in honour of our very own Dood who I saw just after putting it all together playing a very similair looking (albeit actual Fender) p bass in a video demoing the Steve Harris Tech 21. Somebody stop me please, I am supposed to be downsizing...

Welcome to the land of luke warm tea, drizzle, and mild sarcasm. What about this weather we are having eh?

13 minutes ago, 2020Jazz said:

Sweet! Is that Matte?

It is indeed. It's the Chris Kael (FFDP) signature model (without the oversized knuckleduster bridge bling fitted). Trouble is it makes me want to swap out parts on the Frankenspector to black (and Im not about to buy another Schaller 5string 3D in black and Gotoh tuners in black! Mr Nibody is all spent up)

4 hours ago, Stingray5 said:

Mmmm, nice - but for a stealth, it's gotta be all black. Sorry!  

What, like...

10 hours ago, Nighttrain1127 said:

To be clear The Pro 4 had a preamp with passive pickups (There is a difference). But it did have a much better Bridge and was neck through. I also believe it had different pickups than the MIK / MIC model. I have owned all Models mentioned so far except the one with Gibson Pickups. I would agree that the Vintage PRO is the way to go out of what is available today. The other Active one was a decent bass in it's own right but there were some Issues with some of the Preamps and could end up just being converted to Passive instead of replacing the Pre.

correct.. been a while since I had it (still regret selling it)

23 minutes ago, FinBass said:

So should be fine??

 

Should be fine - as others have said your current 8 ohm 500w cab will only be getting 400 of the PF800's 800w. The PF amps sound SOOO much nicer through a "propper" Ampeg cab than the flip top ones that match them IMHO - my studio owning friend had a SVT3 Pro with a matching Pro seriesAmpeg 4x10, and when rehearsing there he used to let me use that cab with my PF500 when I had it (I believe it was a 4 ohm cab) to save carting mine to the studio. The difference between the Portaflex cabs and a full blooded ampeg 4x10 was almost worth the backbreaking weight!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Epiphone-Thunderbird-Pro-iv-4-Bass-Guitar-and-Hardcase/174717578351?hash=item28adfaac6f:g:zN4AAOSweN5gaFQj T

This is the old Pro 4 I was talking about. It may pay to have a good look second hand to see whats about (Epiphone did a few different models including a  model with gibson pickups too in the last few years). But if buying new definitely the Vintage Pro over the other one

Just now, ofir012345 said:

thank you,

I think it's passive pickups in both models, no ?

Yes both of the ones you listed are passive.

45 minutes ago, mr4stringz said:

I’m sure a T-Bird player with more info will be along soon with more to this, but at the very least the cheaper one is a bolt on neck with Epi pickups, crappy 3 point bridge etc, whereas the vintage pro has a thru-neck, probucker pickups and a far better bridge. Design wise, the vintage pro is a repro of (I think) a ‘63 T-Bird so has an oversized headstock etc. All in all a LOT more bass.

Pretty much that. If you keep an eye out you might pick up the older TBird Pro4 second hand for a reasonable amount. That has an even better bridge ( from memory it was a hipshot clone), active pickups and is neck through also - used to own one, also owned a Korean made epi Thunderbird same as the second one you listed - though they are made in China now not Korea. Out of the two you listed I would go for the Vintage pro.

45 minutes ago, PlungerModerno said:

I count 7 strings! I think it's somebody's idea of a harp guitar.

I think it was intended to be an 8 strng bass (looks like octave pairs) but they ran out of enthusiasm

Shhhhh.. do not mention he who shall not be named...

On 27/03/2021 at 14:03, TheGreek said:

some sucker overpaid by about £350.

so did I.. body is still in the cupboard. Agree 100 %. Not BAD basses but NOT a fender Japanese or otherwise.

3 hours ago, Bassybert said:

Do you treat them with the same disdain for trying to get cheap likes and comments? You've obviously already judged their playing ability as mediocre.

If that is what they feel they have to do thats up to them. I just look for another video whith someone who can play well. It speaks more of those who buy into it  in the faint misguided hope that by raving about how great they are they are, they are going to climb out of the screen and into their lap.The other flipside is actually good players who recieve the same - first one that springs to mind is Tal Wilkenfield.Not my cup of tea musically but a great player but if you go by the coments section on video's featuring her she gets more lauded for the fact she is a young attractive female who doent wear bra's that that she can kill it on a bass.

20 hours ago, EBS_freak said:

All this talk of Davie. If Davie was a smoking hot girl, would all these white middle aged derogatory comments be so present in conversations? You know as well as I do, it would all be a load of heart eyes emoji, marry me comments and rubbish like that.

Quite frankly NO. The only other thing I detest equally to overuse of slap in relation to bass on YouTube is a mediocre musician being lauded with praise by a lot of rather creepy simps like the second coming of "Bass-Christ" purely due to the fact they happen to be female and wearing a low cut top. Its mysoginistic on multiple levels. And more than a little disturbing.

It takes away from the player as they are being objectified due to their appearance rather than their ability.

12 hours ago, Belka said:

It seems nobody hates slap more than bass players. I'd imagine in the guitar world you get guitarists 'hating' tapping or sweep picking for the same reason. Or drummers who 'hate' double kick drum playing. Do any of the bassists here who hate slap also hate tapping and sweep picking on guitar, or double bass drum patterns, or does the fact that it's not actually done on bass mean you don't have that intimate emotional connection with those styles?

I hate frantic neo-classical guitar solo's in the vein of Yngwie Malmsteen - the type of playing where the point seems to be to fit in as many notes in a bar as possible. Drumming wise again pretty much as with slap, a nice bit of tasteful double kick has its place - but when it gets to the point of silly-beats-per-minute Im turned off. Also with vocals. Mariah Carey and Whitney houston left me cold with the frantic running up and down the scales where a simple note would have sufficed.

9 hours ago, Al Krow said:

Actually that's very astute. 

Yup, agreed: if you can do something well on bass, particularly if you can do it tastefully and your audiences appreciate it (and there are several BC'ers who fall into that category when it comes to slap bass technique, whom I admire a lot for their skills) you're pretty unlikely to be slagging it off!

I think the defining word here is "tastefully". I don't play slap, I have never tried in any seriousness, and have no motivation/desire to learn nor need to do so. However it becomes irritating when anyones percieved ability on the instrument is measured by their ability to perform a niche technique.

Also when listening to a gear demo having someone flex their slap ego tells me nothing about the tonal charachteristics of a bass guitar or amp.

If it serves the song its great, if it purely serves the ego of the player not so much.

i'd rather get slapped in the testiculars than listen to some self apointed "bass god" hamering away on the fingerboard with his thumb at 200bpm with a self satisfied smug "I am sUCH a great player" face. +1 on gear demo's on Youtube - fine... play some slap.. but it is not the pinnacle of aspirations for the majority of bass guitarists to play what I define as "flex" slap. Rant over.

11 minutes ago, EddHytheTown said:

Nice one!

I really like the shape. Agree I'm not a big fan of the knuckle duster though. Perhaps keep it in your gig bag for any rough nights??

Thankfully when it arrived from Bass Direct it was already removed! I almost bought a Rex from these very forums a few years ago.. wish I had now.

These are suprisingly good amps - I have one with the 2 LWA 4x8 Celestion loaded cabs. They weigh next to nothing, are very "neutral" sounding and loud as hell. I bought mine to use in a "Royal blood" type setup, with the "fake guitar" running into channel 2 and EQ adjusted to suit. Great for teaching too as you can run two seperate basses into it with their own EQ, or have two seperate EQ's and use the footswitch if you need to switch basses (active to passive or fretless to fretted). Suprised thety never got more love.

12 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

Cheers geek, they’ve got a similar look to limelight 

I believe Limelight created their business model on providing a cheaper alternative to Nash from reading their website

On 17/03/2021 at 12:18, Nibody said:

I really should stay off Bass Directs website.. pulled the trigger on a 2nd hand Spector Chris Kael signature (basically a Rex in Satin Black finish with EMG P/J setup).. an early 50th birthday present from the wife and my bank account. Pictures to follow. Im not even a FFDP fan. But it is (without the daft knuckle Duster bling) a thing of beauty

And she arrived today. Here’s a pic on her own and with her sister the FrankenSpector

7 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

Congrats, I’d been looking at that and resisting as best I could.

I really wanted (originally) a YOB P bass (but there's no way on gods green earth I could afford or justify a 1971). Other alternative was a Nate Mendel (which is basicaly a copy of a 71) but Hens teeth... I love my FrankenSpector, and its the next best thing.. a Spector AND a P/J setup.

And yep, me too.. been looking at the damn thing every day for the last week or so - eventually the wife said "for gods sake stop pining and buy the blinkin thing"

I really should stay off Bass Directs website.. pulled the trigger on a 2nd hand Spector Chris Kael signature (basically a Rex in Satin Black finish with EMG P/J setup).. an early 50th birthday present from the wife and my bank account. Pictures to follow. Im not even a FFDP fan. But it is (without the daft knuckle Duster bling) a thing of beauty