Roger2611

Try this one for size, I do like the look myself so I brought a white pearl guard for my black Precision, I tend to like it for a while, then suddenly decide it looks too flash and swap back to the black one again!

A few of my Precision's: A Roadworn, a 62 Custom shop, an 81 US Precision and a 50's Classic Both of the Mexican Precision's are outstanding basses

I guess the reason these don't get recognised for the great basslines they are is simply because they are largely impossible to cover (not just bass wise but Billy's vocals as well) So they don't get heard so often now, personally the two basslines fall squarely into the category of "I wouldn't even know where to begin" basslines so are not ones I have even thought about trying to decipher!

I still have my 7" Stiff Little Fingers "Alternative Ulster" I remember rushing back from the record shop ready to blast the neighbours only to find it had the B side label on both sides of the disk, my heart sank! I was glad to discover that although the labels were wrong the record was indeed correct so the neighbours got a blast of both sides of the record....they didn't appreciate it....philistines!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ARIA-SB1000-BASS-NAKED-PROJECT-WITH-PHALLIC-BRASS-APPENDAGE-AND-FUNNY-STORY/124182849405?hash=item1ce9dfe77d:g:0GQAAOSwlNpeuHIH I am really not sure what else there is to say about this one. I would think our favourite eBay seller from Germany of overpriced tat is going to be so disappointed he didn't manage to land this little beauty!

Be prepared to consider the cheaper pickups, in my Precision basses I have lots of different pickups ranging from boutique end Lindy Fralin's and Custom Shop 62's down to more budget end Kent Armstrong and Ironstone pickups and all sound great, to my ears, when compared to the cheapest ceramic pickups, however, there will likely be a few posts coming along who love those cheap ceramic pickups! I think a lot of us end up swapping stuff out purely because of clever marketing and the fact that we have disposable income, my Lindy Fralin pickups might sound fantastic (to my ears) in my bass but they won't give you exactly the same sound that I have in your bass! Sorry the above really doesn't answer your question very well! In my case case my choice of pickup I buy when building a bass is driven by how much disposable income I have at that point in time, whether I think I am going to like the completed bass I am building and whether I am likely to keep it afterwards...if I build a bass and it turns out to be a keeper then I can always swap a better pickup into it if it doesn't quite give me the sound I think I want!

Hi Chris, Welcome to Basschat, by the sound of things learning to play left handed (so your plectrum is in your left hand) sounds like it would allow you to progress further with the ability to cover more notes on the fret board with your right hand (I am assuming you have identified you can hold a plectrum in your left hand?) As for training your brain to play opposite handed to what feels natural, I guess Ronnie O'Sullivan is the perfect example that switching hands and playing at the highest level is perfectly possible? To me the thought of swapping over and learning left handed sounds impossible but that is because I had the option of learning to play whichever way my brain favoured in the first place but as @leftybassman392 has put above, the brain is very capable of adapting. Rog

I know a good few have already mentioned GAS but surely it has also taught us that we are not alone if we suffer from serious GAS, we can turn to our partners and show that we are not weird, odd or broken (not sure about @Teebs though!!) and that through this wonderful site we find genuine therapy from our friends who will happily share with us photos and experiences of that wonderful feeling of new gear and GAS relief (even if we know it is only short term relief) For that I salute you Basschat and its strange sister site "Asschat" the one we don't mention too often!

My three, The S2 Classic arrived this week, the Energy Matrix arrived a few months back and is off to @Andyjr1515 for a face lift as soon as this darned lock down thing is lifted. The S3000 was sold a few years back, it was not a good Status it was extremely heavy, rather battered and I found it didn't sit in a mix very well, not sure why, it may have had the electrics messed about with I guess because the Energy Matrix has the same JJ pickups and I assume the same pre amp. The blue carpet has also long since been disposed of!!

Thanks all, It is a Zebrano top with Swamp Ash back and weighs in at only 8lbs I cannot believe just how good it is to play, I also have an older Energy Matrix bass and there is simply no comparison between the two, if ever the corny description of "it plays itself" could apply then this is the case. It is the most I have ever spent on a bass but, so far, it looks, feels and sounds to be worth every penny!

This little beauty arrived today!

Very sad news, I am glad I was lucky enough to finally see them in 2017. RIP Dave

So far I have lost Stiff Little Fingers and Gene Loves Jezebel in March, 999, Hazel O'Conner and Toyah in April, all but 999 dates have been rescheduled so hopefully I will still get to the gigs at some point

Have you tried just using the combo? I found the 1x15 MB cab a little dominating in a set up with the 2x10 cab but I would never have described the set up as dull, in the end I sold the 1x15 and brought a MB 4x10 cab instead, personally I found it gave me a more balanced sound (when standing close to the amp, which is probably the norm for most of us) but it was big, heavy and for 99% of the gigs I was doing the 2x10 was perfectly capable so again it was sold on. I regularly used the MB rig with my 2 band EQ Stingray and again I would never have described the set up as dull unless the treble was rolled completely off on the bass! As others have suggested it does sound like there is a fault somewhere in the system, do you have the ability to run the bass through another amp or another bass through you MB rig and see if the issue transfers to one of the other set ups as at least that would help you isolate where the issue lay? I hope you can get it sorted as you do have a seriously capable set up there

I think they are a bit like comparing apples and oranges, the MB head is digital and hence far more complex and less cost effective to repair, the Ashdown is old school electronics, more easily and cheaply fixed than digital gear. I am not saying it is right but I am not surprised by your post. I have an LM3 head and am fully comfortable with the fact that when it does finally go pop I will be very sad but will be buying a new one.

Gastro pub, looks OK, tastes OK but hardly likely to attract a star anytime soon!

Only 2 for me and one in there that I have never even heard of! What was Red House?

The late Paul Raven on bass, in the video he is using a Status bass but that doesn't mean the recording was done with a Status but personally this has always been my favourite bass guitar / drums sound combination

To be fair, you are moving from what was possibly the classic set up of the 80's A Status bass through a Trace rig to a very different set up, as an owner of a MB rig, personally I love it but it doesn't sound like a Trace Elliot rig. Careful set up of the VLE and VPF controls will hopefully help, with my Status Energy Matrix I have the VLE control set to about 9.30pm and the VPF control set to about 2.30pm which works nicely for me, however, I don't use a 1x15 cab just a 2x10 I did find the 1x15 made the rig a little bass heavy. I hope you can find the right sound for you from the MB rig.

I am being really good and not buying any more basses at the moment, it is not because what I want isn't currently on sale anywhere in the internet world at the moment, other than Japan and their prices are ridiculous .....obviously I haven't been looking

As both @Teebs and @The Greek have already said, the Yamaha's are great basses, they have always had a great reputation as bass builders, the Sterling Sub is also a very good bass but probably doesn't have the universal approval that Yamaha seem to have. Personally it would depend on the sound you want and prefer, the Musicman style basses do have a distinct sound to them, they are by no means one trick ponies but the sound isn't for everyone....I have an old USA built Musicman Sub which, after owning and selling at least 5 USA Stingray's, has finally given me the sound I want out of these basses. From personal experience of the Yamaha basses, I owned a 1024x a couple of years ago, it was a great bass but was very heavy (well over 10lbs in weight) and hence was sold on very quickly and it was also sold on by the guy who brought it off me....I am not sure what the current range is like for weight but, if weight is an issue, I would want to check that out before buying one.

A pretty pathetic image really but as a 15 year old seeing it for the first time and with all the narrative that came with the band at the time, this was coolness personified!

I wonder if it is a phase issue, I have a feeling Seymour Duncan uses opposite phase to standard on their pickups, I have a SD59 humbucker in the neck of my Les Paul and a Lindy Fralin in the bridge position, on the middle switch position (so both pickups working) I get exactly the same issue you describe....I know that is down to phase differences between the two pickups....if I back one of the volumes off a fraction it totally transforms the sound to when both are on full volume. The fact that you are using two SD pickups should negate the issue but wiring can do very strange things!

I am not really sure then, I have just grabbed a bass with pretty fresh strings on and cannot replicate the harmonic overtones you mention and trying to achieve pinch harmonics on a bass doesn't appear to be very easy either! Hopefully others will be along before too long that can better advise