Painy

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1461364191' post='3034147'] Ah, the 'brown note'. [/quote] Well I'd have said more mustard than brown to be honest.....

Forgive me for quoting myself here but this is an extract from my review of my AG500 head into 2 DB112 cabs: "Our lead player's fears that such a small rig might not deliver enough low end were soon allayed when I punched in the deep switch and he pooed himself a little bit."

At 1 minute in if there's a way to get rid of the drone in the background. Obviously depends how authentic you want it to sound though.... http://youtu.be/nPmF3dBBXZw

Hohner B2A cricket bat. Bought for me by my best mate who'd just gotten a drum kit and wanted to start a band. Cost £60 out of the Diamond Free-Adds paper in 1995. With hindsight I reckon it was probably a pretty decent bass but I never got to hear it at its best as I was playing it through the same mate's Goodmans twin cassette home karaoke machine. That and the dodgy looks meant I soon traded it in against a new Aria Pro II Magna series and a second hand Laney Linebacker 30.

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1461221060' post='3032498'] I think turning your amp's "bass" dial 1 notch from right down would give you a meatier bottom end! As brilliant an album as that is, I think Matt Wallace used a pair of PA subs to master it on. [/quote] Yeah I guess I could actual have just said "like Billy Gould's tone but with some bottom end". I actually had a listen to some of the isolated bass tracks on YouTube recently expecting to hear all the low end that I assumed was buried in the mix somewhere but no, there just isn't any!!

That Thunderbird though does in all fairness offer the chance to own an instrument played and owned by one of the true legends of the bass guitar. A player who has inspired generations of bass players and completely redefined the boundaries of where bass playing could be taken. Not to mention that we will never have the opportunity to see this great man grace the stages of the world again. I mean, it's Guigsy from Oasis for goodness sake!!!

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1461137616' post='3031685'] Be on time (or even early), take one bass which will do most of the songs, check al your gear is working properly before setting out, lock in with the drummer and only play the parts that were recorded. If those parts had effects then use the same, if not keep the sound clear of effects. For a rock covers band wear jeans and a tee shirt. And then, when you`ve gone through the songs, ask them the questions about effects/different basses/flourishes/gig-wear. And good luck. [/quote] Not a lot you can argue with there. Most rock covers bands will be looking for a bass player who keeps it simple (any Muse or Rush covers aside obviously) solid and tight but gets the feel right. If they want to see if you can play like Billy Sheeran too then no doubt they'll give you a chance to let rip at some point too. And again good luck

I'd also add that, while you can shape your sound to a certain extent just on your amp, there will always be certain sounds that it can't do on its own (after all, if an amp could do every possible sound we'd all be using the same one. It's not just about adding more bass or mids or whatever either. The VT Bass for example gives a really aggressive punch which is more to do with how it responds to your attack and the way the note then decays than to do with any kind of EQ. This YouTube video shows the difference it can make pretty well (whether it's to your personal taste or not obviously). http://youtu.be/ZBKxMaWSKuU

[quote name='DiMarco' timestamp='1460959930' post='3030055'] Whenever I seem to have found my tone, the week after it seems to sound WAY different with the same settings. [/quote] That's what I'm afraid of! Fingers crossed though.

To be fair that whole band sounds fantastic but that's a rhythm section I could listen to all day.

I've had a complete change of gear over the last 6-12 months for 2 main reasons: I've gone lighter and more compact with my amp to save my back and I've gone from active 'coffee table' basses to passive P and J basses simply because my tastes have changed. Unfortunately I have been struggling to get a sound I'm really happy with (although truthfully that has been the case since I got rid of my old Trace rig over 10 years ago and I'm not going that heavy again or looking for that sounds anymore anyway). With the arrival of a new compressor I decided to get it sorted properly and spend a bit of time working on my sound. Over the last couple of weeks I drove my wife (and probably my neighbors too) crazy by setting my full rig up in the kitchen, gathering my collection of pedals together and cranking the amp up to gig volume to experiment. We'll at last nights gig it all paid off. Various 'effects' aside, signal chain for the core sound is Squier VM P5, Palmer Deepressor, Aphex bass Xciter, Tech21 VT Bass, Aguilar AG500 head into 2 x DB112 cabs. I'd say the result was something like the punch and bite of Billy Gould's tone on The Real Thing album but with a meatier bottom end which is pretty much the description I'd have used if you'd asked me what my ideal tone would be. Can't wait for the next gig now although typically we've got next weekend off!

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1460808768' post='3028955'] Get some big screens and the band could play remotely so they wouldn't even have to travel to the gig. [/quote] Or even better everyone could just stay home and watch MTV......

Just received the EHX Nano Clone chorus pedal I bought from Simon. Arrived really quickly and well packaged and a nice easy smooth transaction with great coms throughout. Deal with confidence. Painy

Didn't someone post recently that they'd been sent an almost identical message through Gumtree?

Not rare, not old and certainly not valuable in a monetary sense. I've owned basses that cost an awful lot more (15.79 times more to be exact) but I absolutely LOVE this bass! Who'd have thought my favorite bass I've ever owned would turn out to be a humble Squier.

[quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1460316276' post='3024635'] They are great basses, always thought that - love the P5 [/quote] This one in particular in fact!

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1460315792' post='3024627'] Yes precisions; a squier VM totally turned my head to their total awesomeness [/quote] Exactly this!

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1459672545' post='3018452'] I'll be the lone voice here and say that the Bass Soul Food should get you that sort of drive without a problem. Not the exact tone but close enough for rock and roll, and if you listen to the original it's not got masses of drive anyway. [/quote] I'd have to agree actually. I don't really think the bass on the recording is actually all that heavily overdriven and, depending on how you set the tone and blend controls on the Soul Food, there's actually a bit more juice available from this pedal than I think its often given credit for.

Just wondering if anyone had ever AB'd these two? I have the VT Bass (V2) and I love the punchiness I get from it in front of my amp (Aguilar 500 into 2 x DB112 cabs) but I'm wondering what the TH might sound like in its place. What do they do that's similar and what that's different (apart obviously from the DI feature of the TH)?

I'm in Norfolk. Is that too far?........

Loads of favorites but to pick one out would have to be Glenn Hughes.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1457108116' post='2995469'] Something tells me I need one, that I won`t be a real bassist until I have one, [/quote] I do use a compressor but when I was first looking to get one I was widely advised to get one where all the parameters could be adjusted and with good metering. Because the pedal I'm using is actually a very simple Mooer Yellow Comp, I often feel that I'm not using a 'proper' compressor and should look to replace it with something that has more bells and whistles. Truthfully though my basic little compressor sounds exactly how I want it to.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1456491887' post='2989568'] What do you think I'm using for a face..? [/quote]

[quote name='bassbiscuits' timestamp='1456415424' post='2988819'] Don't some makers do that now, i.e. vibration treating the bodies to simulate string vibrations thru the body? [/quote] Yamaha have an artificial aging process they use on the wood for some of their higher end instruments - there are clips on YouTube of Billy Sheehan mentioning it's use on the latest Attitude model. Something to do with the way the Sapp in the wood crystallizes apparently. No idea if there's any real science behind it but apparently they have spent "literally millions of dollars" developing the process according to Billy!