MichaelDean

Apparently there's a bass synth on the GX-1B! Hopefully that gets moved over too 🤞

Versus the rest of the GX range, I can see a new drive: SA DI DRIVE This models a TECH21 SANSAMP BASS DRIVER DI. New amps: ACOUSTIC - Might be in the guitar list on the GX-10/100 This is the optimal amp for acoustic bass and similar instruments. SUPR FLAT An amp with flat tonal characteristics. FLIPTOP This models the Ampeg B-15. SW-TOUR This models the SWR SM-400. A new Glitch delay too. Hopefully they'll make their way to the rest of the GX range...

It was a good practice last night. One guitarist was trying out a new amp (a Laney Ironheart IRT-SLS) which sounded and will be plenty loud enough. The other was testing a new practice rig but managed to forget the power supply for his tiny pedalboard amp, so he was straight into the PA from a GP-5 but that worked alright. I was also testing out my Spector NS Icon with the right(ish) strings on, sounds great to my ear for what we do. We managed to get a new song ready except for lyrics, so that was also good!

Zero sugar, zero caffeine coke? They must hate you! 😂

They were screwed in on mine.

I did it on a Harley Benton tele I owned. I felt like it made it more resonant. No scientific measurements were made though! Easy enough to do with a hand drill. Just make sure you go deep enough for the threaded insert and then use a countersink bit to just bring the edge down a little before putting the insert in.

This just popped up in my feed and I thought it looked interesting. Adjustable from 15mm to 19mm. Should make some more basses useable for spacing sensitive types. https://www.fullcontacthardware.com/babicz-fch-aj-4-5-adjustable-spacing-bass-bridge

It's definitely the DB-500H. The foundry has black knobs and silver corner protectors.

There has been some talk in my band of potentially investing in an IEM setup with an XR18. What's the best way of combining the two XLR outputs to one TRS jack cable?

It isn't a perfect bass like you'd expect from a US Fender either. The body is rough in places, the frets could be polished and there are a couple of small dents on the neck. I'd have sent it back if I received even a £200 bass like that. But it's super comfy to play after a just quarter turn of the truss rod, sounds good, holds tune and resonates really nicely. I just want to pick it up and play it a lot, which is the sign of a good bass to me.

That Les Paul is a bit tasty! Hope it's a good session!

It's a Zilla 212. Lovely sounding thing. They'll make just about anything on request, but they've got a fun configurator on their website for tolex, piping and grill cloth options. The cabs are all made down in Cornwall these days. https://www.zillacabs.com/

Enjoy! I love mine!

First place for me goes to my Fazley jazz bass. It just needed a small truss rod tweak and the frets could be polished, but it was a bargain at £63. Honourable mention to my Spector Icon and Sonicake Pocket Master. My pocket master has meant I've done a lot more practice since I've had it. And I think my Spector will come into it's own when band practice resumes next week. I need to tweak my next Newtone order though. The same gauge strings don't work between my Dingwall and the Spector. A bit too much tension on the high strings and the low ones are a bit loose.

I think these look great! Something a bit fun!

It says Ensenada on the headstock...

That's super helpful, thank you.

The lack of full MIDI implementation is what's really putting me off committing right now. I need more than three scenes. I know you can combine the stomp switches and scenes with MIDI, but I'd rather be able to have a MIDI preset per song with bits turning on and off. I was thinking the Luminite Graviton might be a good shout for a controller. I've not heard much about it, but it looks pretty feature packed. I'm assuming there'd be an import fee with it. https://luminitefx.com/en-gb/products/graviton-m2-midi-controller I'd also want more than one expression pedal as I like one as always volume and another for wah or delay times & feedback. Though I guess I could get round that with MIDI, and map one to control one or more knob bindings. One question for current MIDI users: For arguments sake, if you've got scene A on, then you use a stomp, and then move to scene B, would the stomped effects turn off for the newly selected scene?

We're opening up for Epithemus' album launch on the 7th of February, so that should be fun! https://www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/exchange/sat-7-feb-epimetheus-140572#e140572

I know what you mean! Might have to keep an eye on future sales...

I'm still so pleased with this bass. It's a bit mad that something so cheap can be so good. I know the usual price is around £160, but even for that it seems like good value. It's super resonant, there's a gentle roll of the fretboard edges, and the tuners seem to do their job with no slop. I also really forgot how much I love the jazz shape to play. The way it sits when standing or sitting just work for me. The stock strings have been fine, I'm getting a bit of grey stuff on my fretting fingers, but they sound good. I even quite like the headstock shape as far as FSOs go. I was not expecting to like it this much. Really tempted by the Jellyfish 5 at some point: https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/electric-bass-guitars/fazley-sunset-series-jellyfish-5-olympic-white-5-string-electric-bass-with-gig-bag

It's been a Weedeater morning today...

Sad to hear it too, but thanks so much for the work you, Gabrielle and the Scrumpettes all put into it. I really enjoyed the three I went to.

Well, it turned up just before lunch and I'm very impressed! It's very green. Almost purest green. A slight tweak of the truss rod and it's good to go. I do find the jazz bass shape very comfy. Maybe because my first bass was a jazz. It's reasonably weighty at 4.44kg (9lb 8oz). Neck is a good shape. There's something on there that's rubbing off as I play which is a bit weird, but at least it's coming off. The pickups don't sound bad at all. Did I mention it's very green? For £63, I'm very pleased!

All this talk of Gibson has got me thinking about Epiphone taking some risks. They could do some multiscale 4/5 string RD Artist basses with some weird electronics.