Pinball

nice bass

Love your playing and the bass looks and sounds great...

I just bought a nice Epi Newport from Russ, very happy.

Many thanks

Looks like a great buy for a gigging musician. 

My favourite recording bass, I'm recording with it as I type. It always sounds great to my ear

I love these. I have a black Peerless Cassidy (factory branded) with similar mods. I hated the original bridge and bought another bridge for it and removed the pickguard and it looks killer. It also sounds killer. Those humbuckers are amazingly versatile. I have used it detuned in rock band, where I normally play 5 strings and for soft and country rock and it just works! 

I think I had this briefly, or one very similar. I had flats on it and remember it sounding really good. Some medium scale basses just have a great sound in the mix (like a good P bass) and mine was one of them. 

I'm going to have a bash at downtuning a 4 I think

2 hours ago, crazycloud said:

Why?

Because I have no experience of them and I have had past experiences of guitars not cutting though in the past e.g. Sandberg and Fender Jazz's. I play in a loud and energetic 6 piece rock band. Precisions, Jack Cassidy and EMG powered basses seem to fair better. I used a Yamaha BX1 and that worked fine too.

On 19/11/2023 at 02:18, tauzero said:

Hohner B2V - headless cricket bat so very compact and easy to tuck away somewhere in the transport, doesn't need a stand to hold it, and the B2AV can be switched to passive if you can't find a B2V or decide that an active with a passive option is even better.

Thanks, I like headless basses. Good idea. Never had one before. I would worry that it may not have enough thump

7 hours ago, admiralchew said:

I really love Thunderbirds (the basses, not the puppets, although that wasn’t bad). I wanted to play one after watching this video where the growl was just amazing: 

 

 

I know they aren’t everybody’s cup of tea but I found it really suited me. Mine is close to being my lightest bass and it sits in a really nice place when I’m seated (although I would have preferred the jack to be in a different place as I pluck with my right hand balance the bass on my left leg so it occasionally digs in). I play mostly 5-strings though so decided to take the plunge and order a Dingwall D-Roc 5 to see if that can give me the best of both worlds.

Thanks for sharing, for me it's interesting to hear how distinctive and good the Rick is, how consistently good the Precision and Musicman are and how  the Thunderbird shines with a pick. We obviosly need them all 

23 minutes ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

I had one of those, but also sold it as the only five string I've been able to get along with is my NS-Design upright. I recall there was a batch of early PRO-V 's that were fitted with the pickups for the PRO-IV rather than the PRO-V specific pickups which might account for the quiet B string.

I'm pretty sure that was the problem

I did have a Epi Pro V? The active one whatever it was called, from Ebay. It seemed solid but had all the usual neck dive etc. but the killer was that the B string was much quieter than the rest. It meant that I couldn't really use it in the band. Inexcusable! 

7 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

It looks like the white one is discontinued now and there don't seem to be a lot of them about, so I'm glad I managed to snap one up when they were available, however I'm not sure how much playing time it or its sunburst sibling will get now I have the non-reverse Gibson.

Aha the non-reverse! It was playing one of those which made me think "must get a Thunderbird". I really liked the one that I played but the new prices were out of my budget.

Interesting, I recently picked up a Gibson Studio which I'm not allowed to play until Christmas. I have tested it though and I think it may be broken as it plays and sounds great, the bridge seems solid, it doesn't have neck dive or any flaws other than the usual signs of a used bass.

Note: According to the internet they all have those faults but it seems to me that the "Studio" solved a lot of those. Just as well I don't believe everything I read!

My colour too!

Thanks, a good selection of HB's.

Thanks, I updated the weight with a figure. What is already apparent is that there seems to be plenty of choice. I really like the Cort but it is active. Also my 1 experience of trying a passive Jazz in the band wasn't the best. I got my but it kind of got lost and although I am sure I could have made it work I want something I can just sub in an emergency. Very impressed with the MB5 if I could get a good one

Hi, just planning ahead for next year and as a musician who plays acoustic guitars, 6 string electrics and bass I'm looking to keep things simple and to avoid having to check instrument battery levels as much as possible. I have already done this with my electric guitars. This is for rock music and I often tune down. I currently have a nice Spector Legend as a back up, which is great but I will probably trade or sell once I get a replacement...anyhow!

My criteria is:

1. Preferably 5 string or 4 and able to detune to D or C
2. Nothing to heavy in weight (Up to 9.5 lb/4.3kg) 
3. Passive! It won't get played much so I don't want to worry about batteries.
4. I don't want to spend a lot on it. I don't want to be worrying where it is when playing at a gig
5. Needs to work in a 5 peice rock band

Any thoughts much appreciated

Ed

1 hour ago, Sibob said:

Do you find that the 34” sets fit 35”? Or do you go for the 36” sets?

 

Si

I just got away with a standard long scale set but it was tight. 

Thomastic for me. Expensive but the sound great and so haven't needed replaced 2 years on

I have only gone and gotton myself a Gibson Studio Thunderbird. Very pleased with it but but it was used and then stuck in a cupboard for 5 years so needs new strings. Almost everything that I currently own has flats but I'm thinking Sunbeams on this top make the most of the gnarly sound. Any other suggestions before I take the plunge?

Active? Can you explain the controls please and give an idea of weight?

Just wondering, do the pickups on this sound more Thunderburdy or EB0'y?

On 07/09/2023 at 23:41, sandy_r said:

yes, i liked it - i thought it was nicely understated, given the subject matter.  Good relentless and unsettling grind from the bass

 

thanks for sharing

Thanks, It's one of my cheerier tracks 

pretty bass