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    What's the most over-rated bass, or bass related product???

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='BassMunkee' post='274336' date='Sep 1 2008, 11:21 AM']100% of this is made up.
    Distated is not a word.
    (85 + 10) = 95, I am assuming therefore that I fall into the remaining 5% who don't like them for other than the reasons that you have stated...[/quote]
    I had a 5-stringer (Warwick Thumb b/o) and could play it but found the low B string a waste of time apart from as a thumb/hand rest - and that was in a down-tuned metal band! I found it much easier to downtune the 4 'regular strings' (as the tension was better), leaving the low string pointless.

    Not that I didn't like it - just didn't gain anything from it.

    I must be in that 'other' 5%!

    What's the most over-rated bass, or bass related product???

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    so to summarise its

    - basses with 4, 5 or 6 strings
    - high end, middle and low end basses
    - traditional, exotic wood, plastic and other basses
    - Fender and non-Fender
    - custom and non-custom
    - virtually every amp known to man (no mention of Mesa or Marshall ... yet)
    - Rotosound strings
    - effect pedals

    Difficult to think which bases have not been covered and whether this thread isn't running out of steam IMHO

    Different strokes for different folks, thank God :)

    Fender Relic Series

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by Clarky

    [quote name='BigRedX' post='273781' date='Aug 31 2008, 04:04 PM']Lets face it, it's going to look pretty lame if the wear patterns generated by your actual playing are in completely different places and look different to the faux ones already there...[/quote]
    But, as pointed earlier, it would take 20+ years to generate similar wear (ie, your own wear will only appear gradually) and also who is going to say "that ding is yours but that other one surely didn't come from your right forearm placement/pick action/whatever"?

    That said I would rather find a genuinely battered instrument (I love old Ps) than get one "relicked"

    Timeliness at gigs - aaaaaaarrrrggggh

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='ARGH' post='272221' date='Aug 29 2008, 08:10 AM']GOD...You guys should just be grateful you play an original gig. moan moan moan.

    Ive rarely encountered this sort of sh*t at a covers event...and thats often 5-10 bands on a bill a day.[/quote]
    yes, but we are genuine artists :)

    (ducks to avoid large brick lobbed his way)

    Custom Shop P Bass

    in eBay - Weird and Wonderful

    Posted

    There was a thread about this very same bass a few months ago (lots of hilarity at Fender Percusion if I remember correctly) and the consensus was that it was not a Custom shop bass but a bass that had a switched neckplate. Wonder if the £931 buyer was his mate and its a clever ruse????

    Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours' basses

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by Clarky

    [quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='270271' date='Aug 26 2008, 02:08 PM']Over my time that I've been a member of Basschat, there have been certain pictures of Basschatters' Basses that have almost tempted me to commit murder/robbery as I have fallen in love with them instantly.

    This has been done before, but which bass belonging to other members would you pack your bags and run away with?

    I'll start but please don't tell my wife....

    For me, it's OBBM's Blue Burst Stingray 5 with graphite neck. I've seen it in the flesh and heard it live (it called to me) and it's amazing. It's very closely followed by Kev's Stingray 5, but wins on overall sex appeal (for me).

    So now you know :)[/quote]
    I fancy Water-of-Tyne's avatar with its cheeky ensemble of sunburst vintage Fenders, phwoarr

    .... oh and peety's now-sold mojo'ed 1970s Fender PJ (which I tried and failed to buy)

    [attachment=12660:pj.jpg]

    Zoom MRS-1608CD 16 track studio * SOLD *

    in Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale

    Posted · Edited by Clarky

    Hi all, this cost me from memory around £450 in 2006 since when it was used to record about a dozen songs for my old band. It has not been used for the past year as my current band prefers to record in a "proper" (ie, charge-by-the-hour, mega-exensive!) studio. Its in its original box so not gathering dust.

    There are two "nearly new" 1608CD's on eBay right now (one B-I-N at £300, the other an auction currently standing at £255, obviously with post on top). So £250 including post (which would be around £20) seems fair to me, or £230 picked up from my house in London (nr Hammersmith).

    Here is the technical spec (from an ad):

    The MRS-1608 from Zoom is a 16 track digital audio workstation that records to a 40 GB internal hard drive, and features the power of seamless digital editing and Zoom's signal processing, while offering programmable drum and bass sections with a complete bank of touch-sensitive pads.

    The MRS-1608 has 16 physical tracks, each with 10 virtual tracks. The new Zoom machine also has 8 XLR/phone combination input jacks, with four of them being able to provide phantom power for condenser microphones, with the capability of recording up to eight simultaneous tracks at once, that's two tracks more then the latest 1266, as well as having the ability to insert compression and EQ on all eight of those input channels.

    Like all Zoom multi-tracks you get the drum and bass sections with 12 touch sensitive and backlighted playable pads. The MRS-1608CD now includes a sampler function that allows you to assign part of Zoom V-takes or WAV/AIFF flies to those drum pads. With over 100 different Zoom drum and bass sounds, the MRS-1608 has 40 real sampled drum kits as well as 20 real sampled bass sounds, giving you real drum and bass recordings that you can program into your project, with 500 user programmable patterns available per song.

    Like the other MRS Series recorders, the MRS-1608 has literally hundreds of customizable digital effects for mics and instruments, as well as Zoom's VAMS (Variable Architecture Modeling System) guitar amp modeling. With the MRS-1608 you are now able to use up to seven simultaneous Zoom effects!

    The MRS-1608CD has adjustable EQ and pan controls for each channel, as well as adjustable 24-bit mastering effects such as Reverb, Chorus, Modulation, Delay and Compression.

    Zoom MRS-1608CD Features:

    16 Tracks
    10 Virtual tracks per track
    40GB hard drave (up to 120 hours recording time)
    Record 8 tracks simultaneously
    8 XLR/line inputs (4 with phantom power)
    Programmable drum machine
    Extensive bank of effects

    Metallica

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Clarky

    Is there any hard-hitting (ie, metal/punk/rock) band in its 40s/50s that has the same fire as when they were teens? - I severely doubt it. In the last couple of years I have seen Metallica, Megadeth, Motorhead, Slayer, the Sex Pistols, Black Sabbath and other 'classic acts' live and none of them were as angry, in-your-face and brutal as they were a couple of decades (or more) ago. It ain't gona happen.

    But that does not mean you cannot enjoy them live for their songs and mastery. I don't expect a 45 year old Hetfield to exhort me to "shake whatever the f*ck you got" and come on stage pissed/high but that doesn't mean it ain't fun. Usain Bolt won't be as fast in 20 years time but I bet he'll still be entertaining.

    Metallica

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Clarky

    [quote name='Josh' post='269226' date='Aug 25 2008, 12:16 AM']......a tad confused by what exactly your trying to say.

    They were great and your tired, Rob isn't that amazing and everyone loves them and you don't know why?[/quote]
    +1 dunno what you're saying/asking

    FWIW I saw them at Wembley last summer and they were on great form (as you can tell from the downloadable version of the gig on their website), Rob impressed me (even though I was a diehard Cliff/Jason fan), and I am not a kid :)

    Replacement Precision Pups

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    Try Seymour Duncan - they have several passive P replacement pickups ranging from vintagey to high output full-on rock - their website lists them all and allows you to compare and contrast. I have the Quarter-Pounder full-on p'ups and they have very high output, suited to metal/punk/loud rock.

    I also have a P with an old DiMarzio P pickup which has, if anything, more output than the Quarter-Pounder and looks well cool in aged cream.

    My guess is that you don't need as high output as my p'ups and that one of the less high output Seymour Duncans would fit the bill perfectly.

    eg [url="http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/basslines/vintage-1/spb1_vintage_fo/"]http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/bass...pb1_vintage_fo/[/url] or [url="http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/basslines/progressive-1/spb2_hot_for_pb/"]http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/bass...pb2_hot_for_pb/[/url]

    Salty Dogg Nylon DB Strings

    in EUB and Double Bass

    Posted

    [quote name='symcbass' post='264111' date='Aug 17 2008, 07:31 PM']If you like them, they're great for the money.
    poor man's gut strings. They behave quite like gut, once they are stretched in they hold their tuning a little better than gut, especially at a hot humid gig and they don't need the same care as guts to make them last.
    I just find the E and A a little flubby, but if they amplify well, a great set of strings for the dosh.
    They don't snap easily, as long a your nut and bridge are neat with no sharp edges etc. I used similar Rad Dragon strings in the 90's and they lasted for years.[/quote]
    Can I ask if you think the E and A are better than on Weedwackers (if you have tried them)? I have put a set of Weedwackers on my DB and after a month or two of settling in they are still too quiet and undefined for my liking. Thx

    Sidewynder @ The Peel, Kingston Upon Thames

    in Gigs

    Posted

    [quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='264493' date='Aug 18 2008, 12:55 PM']Probably best to pop along Clarky. They've got rehearsal studios there too and one of the guys offered us an audition for the pub. We did just that and got invited to play.[/quote]
    Thanks Nick - trouble is I won't get the other two guys down there on spec (both are in North East London). Might just mosey along myself with a CD.

    PS See you sold UL115 - would love to hear about IEM

    Sorry Redzombie to go off topic - won't do it again!

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