lowdowner

9 hours ago, GuyR said:

I can absolutely help with your question, lowdowner.

 

I was fortunate enough to acquire Pino’s 79 stingray fretless sunburst backup bass, direct from Pino on commission via bass gallery a good few years ago. A magnificent bass in all respects.

 

Sadly, it failed to endow me with any godlike chops or groove and unbelievably, when recently sold on, my ownership was not deemed sufficiently  relevant to be mentioned in the gallery’s online description, only the former keeper’s.

Oh my, absolute, flamin', god! The actual one?? Have you got any videos of playing it? Do you want to sell it (I have three buttons and a toy unicorn to swap!)?

5 minutes ago, Bassfinger said:

I read the thread title and entered with great trepidation....

only to be disappointed!

Help needed!

I've just been watching R+B on the BBC (BBC 4 - just now at 7pm Friday 15th Oct '21) and whilst watching paul young do his 'wherever I lay my hat' I noticed the great looking, and even tighter sounding, Stingray bass in action. I gorgeous tobacco sunburst lust-worthy version with a really tight, growly, sound.

I never realised that Pino Palladino was the bassit for Mr Young and his playing was super slick.

Now I *need* a Stingray, but my other half would kill me if I bought another bass. I know that if I just bought one I'd be Pino Palladino reincarnated.

Help me to feel good about not ordering one right now!

1 hour ago, Reggaebass said:

I remember seeing them on top of the pops as a kid, you sexy thing , great song 

I played bass in a band where the lead singer was the ex girlfriend of hot chocolate’s bass player! What a twisted claim to fame  

On 24/10/2020 at 21:45, EBS_freak said:

Don’t normally play with a plectrum - or on this bass... but here’s a lockdown version of The Crunge. Enjoy.

i think I recognize your drummer - is this Mr Fry?

It's been a while since I was gigging with bass (mostly drums in the last few years) so I'm reduced to noodling at home

Billy Bragg - Between the Wars... strangely prescient! 

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Rotosound 77's - they're my 'go to' strings. I keep going back to them

It turns out that it *is* all in the volume knob! If it turn it right down, to about 1mm off zero(!) then I can match the output of the pedal when it's on to when it's off. It's *very* close though, even a tiny bit of movement and it blows the amp with a loud output! It's *hot*!

6 minutes ago, pineweasel said:

That’s strange, I have the similar Pork Loin and Volume is the overall output level of the pedal. I adjust it so that the levels match when the pedal is off or on (about 9am on the dial in my case)

I'll go back and look at this - I may be being a spanner!

7 hours ago, danbowskill said:

I think it has internal trim pots for each channel volume inside the pedal as well

Ah, ok, this might be what I need - I'll try to find out about this

8 hours ago, dannybuoy said:

This is going to sound silly, but have you tried adjusting the volume knob?

Yes, but that doesn't help because the volume knob only adjusts the volume that is over and above 'normal' i.e. zero on the volume knob is the same as turning the pedal off.

My Pork and Pickle is becoming a staple in my setup, but.... 

When it's in the signal path it boosts the volume, when it's out the volume goes back to the 'normal' level. This means I have to fiddle with the volume on the bass when I turn it on and off.

Is this normal for effects pedals? (this is my one and only) - how do you deal with a pedal adding volume, especially mid-song?

11 minutes ago, ianrendall said:

I’m wondering that too. My suspicion is that the tape used for the bass track stretched or was otherwise somehow compromised.

This is a little like the  original 45 recording of ‘Stand By Me’ which sounds like an upright but is about 1/8th tone out of tune the whole way through. I always wondered whether it was an issue with the master tape...

1 minute ago, DJpullchord said:

Do you guys do it by ear or cheat with one of them tuner things?

Tuner clipped to headstock 

EADG then pull on each string hard, then EADG again. Then tune again in the morning of the following day.

some basses seem to keep their tuning with new strings (my Vigier) and some lose it quite quickly (my old Thumb BO 4).  The Warwick always needed tuning once a day for about a week until the new strings settled down... 

43 minutes ago, mybass said:

Leave it as is until you’ve tried the new strings on it...as mentioned by Johnny Wishbone you may not need to adjust at all as the truss rod may be able to cope with the ‘average’ of gauages around E string 95 to 105. Once the strings are on you could lay a straight edge metal rule ( in good condition!) along the frets to see if string clearance is too much or not.

(It might also mean that the nut grooves for the E and A strings could very possibly need a very slight widening to allow the strings to sit flush in their seating. If they are sitting slightly proud your action could be affected).

thanks - great advice

37 minutes ago, lownote12 said:

you may need a capo or friend's finger to provide the 1st string clamp

I have a capo from my guitar days

Just now, lownote12 said:

if you have them, that's easiest and accurate.  but a lot of people just hold the E string down at the last and first frets and run a business card between the 8th fret and string.  well, I do anyway.

that's where I'll start then

thanks

12 minutes ago, Johnny Wishbone said:

Usually but not always. Some strings have higher (or lower) tension than others for a given gauge, so you won't really know for sure until you make the change.

Change the strings, tune to pitch and leave overnight/a few hours. Check the neck relief and adjust the truss rod if necessary. Normally a quarter-turn or so would be enough for such a minor change in string gauge. YMMV of course.

Do I need a feeler gauge to test the neck relief?

For years now I've been playing a Vigier bass with a graphite neck and no truss rod. Late last year (2018!) I bought a Spector and it's 'traditional' and has a truss rod. It also came with 45-100 gauge strings from the factory. 

I'd like to put my favourite strings on which happen to be 45-105.

If I replace the strings with a slightly heavier gauge will I need to adjust the truss rod or not?

I know it's a noobie question but it's a *very* long time since I had to worry about truss rods!

1 hour ago, Dad3353 said:

I must say that I'm a bit confused by the mix of 'digital' and 'analogue' in their 'blurb'. The samples are digital, that's certain; the analogue part is, I presume, the volume knob or audio filtering..? Dunno, really. I can't see what the 'hardware' aspect does, sonically, compared to a wholly software equivalent, such as a Vst drum plug-in. Am I missing something..? There must surely be something that justifies such a price for a metronome with buttons, but I can't see what. 

Maybe this answers why it’s not just a metronome with buttons. With onboard ADC so you can sample from analogue instruments into the device, full midi synchronisation, full sequencing and live sound editing, onboard LFO, and various filters, you can’t do this with a metronome with buttons

3 hours ago, josie said:

We thought about that for our keys player (and the name made it very tempting as a 60th birthday present) but decided the Korg Mini was better vfm. 

I completely agree about having a separate piece of hardware. I picked up an old Boss DR-3 cheaply on fleaBay, run it through a tiny guitar amp that my son was throwing away, and it sits in the middle of my little practice rig asking to be switched on. I use it much more than I would use an app or a program. 

As seen here (the Marshall is my practice bass amp, not the drum machine amp!) 

good setup - I can see how having the separate drum machine *visible* all the time would encourage you to use it more... 

9 minutes ago, rollie 55 said:

 

look at the nut on his bass 

*doh* - missed that! Maybe I could get one and not bother learning to mute?

What I find interesting about this video is how he's not bothering to mute his lower E and A strings at all. When I posted a video of my own playing on SBL (this one in fact some of the feedback said I could with learning to mute my bottom strings more.. so how is he getting away with this where I can't? 

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