Jump to content
Why become a member? ×

mr4stringz

Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    743

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by mr4stringz

  1. mr4stringz
    Separate channels via footswitch at present. There is a footswitch that comes with the preamp but I’m switching via a Bright Onions ABY on my board.
  2. mr4stringz
    Not got a shot ‘in the wild’, but here’s mine. Doing a bass/drums noisy two-piece thing currently. Very happy with this setup for it, and the first time I’ve gone down the rack route. Crown XLS 1502 Power amp and Hilbish Design Beta Preamp (doubt there are many in the UK. I got very lucky finding this I think given the high shipping and import fees). Using both channels, each going to separate cabs. Channel 1 dirty bass (from the drive on the preamp), Channel 2 routed through an octave up, dirtbox and other stuff. The photo doesn’t do the preamp justice either, it’s a lovely black sparkle finish Sounds gloriously massive.
  3. mr4stringz
    That’s a cracker. Much prefer them with the Limelight logo on them personally. GLWTS.
  4. mr4stringz
    Damn, two weeks too late to have saved me £170 on a new one. Regardless, I absolutely love mine, they’re great basses. This should fly! GLWTS.
  5. mr4stringz
    Hey @kingforaday, this thread is ace! Congratulations, both on this score and your collection.
  6. mr4stringz
    I take my hat off to those who are kind enough to share basses out, you’re genuinely warm-hearted people. Not for me though. For me these days it’s neither my fault or problem if you’re not prepared enough for the gig you’re playing. If you’ve blown your amp up, go through the desk. If you’ve knackered your bass and don’t have a backup, well there’s a very important lesson you’ve learned. And if I lend you a bass a) I don’t know you so therefore it’s something of a liability and b) you likely won’t learn that important lesson… I do love that many of you are so much nicer than me though!
  7. mr4stringz
    I went this route the best part of 20 years ago with a Precision. It was a great move for me. The band I was in at the time called for heavy downtuning or a B string. I’ve never been a fan of floppy downtuned strings and couldn’t get on with a 5 string at all at the time. New nut, bit of truss rod adjustment etc and a set of Ernie Ball Beefy Slinkys and I never looked back. It’s still strung that way now, sounds like thunder and remained my main bass well after that band split up. Only isn’t now as I’ve shifted to shortys in my current band. Not tried it yet with a s/s but it has crossed my mind.
  8. mr4stringz
    No, but I do very much wish I’d pursued my desire to buy one of the short lived Waterstone Sandman basses back when they were a thing. The scrolled horn on these (obvs copped from the Premier Multivox that MS is playing in this vid) is something I’ve always dug in a weird and wonderful kind of way.
  9. mr4stringz
    I’m no fan of the gurning bass face and playing to the camera stylings of most of the Insta/TikTok crowd if I’m honest, even when the playing is out of this world. I love this vid though. The difference? She actually genuinely looks like she’s having fun…
  10. mr4stringz
    Jeez, that’s bloody lovely looking! Love the visual of a P pickup on it. Enjoy!
  11. mr4stringz
    Yeah, most domestic suppliers have them on back order, as so many guitars and basses are at the moment. I got mine from Thomann. 5/6 days from order to delivery and ordering back to being really easy from there now they’ve got their ducks lined up on the Brexit stuff. £969 delivered. None in stock in the UK for close to that price from what I found.
  12. mr4stringz
    A win win! Great to hear!
  13. mr4stringz
    Felt a good time to contribute to the thread. Dano Longhorn JMJ Mustang ‘76 Gibson Ripper (much modded) FSR PJ Mustang
  14. mr4stringz
    I couldn’t possibly comment!
  15. mr4stringz
    Ignore, I’m being a doofus! 🤣
  16. mr4stringz
    NBD - JMJ Mustang arrived this morning. Unfortunately, pesky work is going to get in the way of me playing it until later.
  17. mr4stringz
    I could jump at this as I’m local to Birmingham but won’t. Personally before moving this on I’d be giving @Ashdown Engineering a shout about the issue…
  18. mr4stringz
    U OK hun?
  19. mr4stringz
    Likewise! And yes, certainly more so than the more modest neck of the woods I’m in!
  20. mr4stringz
    Ah, you’re on here too. Glad you got back OK with it!
  21. mr4stringz
    It’s a fair point regarding paid reviews, but to be launching signature products from players of the calibre of Geezer, Myung and Pratt with not even a video from the artists themselves is odd to say the least. Thought the same thing with the Shavo head/Geezer head/Zender pedal etc. etc.
  22. mr4stringz
    Just hear waiting for someone to mock up a Nelson Mandela sig bass. Prerequisites include that it must have AnC strings.
  23. mr4stringz
    There’s a document linked off the Fender Custom Shop site that covers their process. That’s about all I know! http://www.fmicassets.com/sites/fender.com/themes/img/customshop/2021/2021_Custom_Shop_Design_Guide.pdf
  24. mr4stringz
    Yep. Green Russian all the way.
  25. mr4stringz
    100% this.
×
×
  • Create New...