D.I. Joe

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1331400660' post='1572455'] This how I see my collection and those similar: Most passive basses are your family saloon - solid and reliable..Active basses are like the Turbo-ed version of that.. [/quote] ...The universal sign of a small penis

I've been using Roto 66 for the last 3 years. I've tried other strings but I keep coming back to them, the tone I get out of a set of worn in 66s is amazing. Punchy, warm and balanced. I've just put some Rotobass 50s on my stingray and acoustically they sound very nice - warm lows, bright top and not too clangy and airy like fresh from the box 66s, but haven't played them plugged in yet. Should be interesting to see how they wear in. Might try some nickel 66s too but they don't appear to make those in 50-110. Rotosounds are my go-to sounds

Sweet thread! Mine's an '07 HW-One precision in Honey blonde. It seems that replacing the scratchplate is a recurring theme with these, as I replaced the WBW with a BWB. Don't know about you guys, but I kind of think that a white plate makes a fender bass look cheap(...ish). I've also fitted a thumb rest in what traditionally is the Jazz thumbrest position, and I've been through phases of fitting an ash tray pver the pickup. I love this bass No decent photos of the bass at the moment, but here is a gratuitous action shot from a jam night - because after all, hahahaha (Sorry - saw that emoticon and had to use it!)

Greetings fellow low-enders! The name's Joe, been playing bass now for about five and a half years and in that time I think I'm doing pretty well at it! My previous musical adventures lay in the brass band world, so I came into bass fairly well equipped with some knowledge of music theory and literacy - still struggle to sight read bass clef though! Current gear is: Basses - '07 Fender USA Highway One Precision (a friend for life no doubt!) OLP Stingray HH Shine RK2000NT (for sale) Shine mystery 5-string which a mate of mine picked up at a car boot sale for £50, works pretty well though! Amplification - Marshall MB450H Marshall MBC410 speakers Effects - EHX Bass Big Muff Morley Dual Bass Wah Danelectro FAB Chorus Behringer PB100 Preamp Booster DHA VT1-Bass-EQ-Drive pre-amp/overdrive Fender pedal tuner Korg AX3000B MultiFX (for sale) Strings - Rotosound - Swing bass and Rotobass (50-110) Dean Markley - NPS Roundcore (45-105) Always looking at new toys and upgrading gear (as I'm sure we all are) but unfortunately finances do not allow at present, but as you can see I have a couple of items for sale at present, which I will post in the for sale forum too. Plus I have a spate of wedding gigs coming up which is always welcome! Genre wise - I just about play anything and everything. With Fragile Sanity, who I have only recently joined, we cover everything from the Beatles to Metallica, via Calvin Harris and Michael Buble. I frequent jam nights around Cornwall where anything goes, and have also played acoustic rock with a couple of bands, some fuzzy garage rock, metal, reggae, blues. You name it! No Jazz though, need to get the old scale book out again first! So that's me - looking forward to getting stuck in on the forum and making some friends, hopefully even some around me! Thanks for reading!