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[quote name='gs_triumph' timestamp='1472927170' post='3125430'] We don't currently have a drummer so we use backing tracks from karaoke-version.co.uk if we need s specific song. Lots on there, even some oddities, and they are cheap... £2 each. If the track we need isn't there we've used people on fiverr.com to do a track for us... Costs $5. [/quote] Also very good indeed. I buy a few backing tracks from them too

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1472856190' post='3124930'] Video not there. You mean the BB714BS; with the split, then the humbucker at the neck as Billy Sheen? That's not as you described though. Funny how you're after the added punch from a big bridge pup presence. I'm trying to sell a Thumb as the bridge pup punch isn't what I look for. But then again I, regrettably, don't gig. I don't have cutting through the mix to worry about. I digress. [/quote] I don't follow you I'm afraid! I *am* talking about and describing having a pickup in the neck position in front of the split-coil and not bridge position (or sound). I want to explore having a 51 pickup and a split-coil and to hear what happens when you combine them. BB714BS does actually do that but with a full size humbucker and all that it brings tonally, but it is all the way up against the 21st fret. My plans to test the 51 position or near to is to allow some finger space for some slap abuse.

A good time to ask as I'm researching P basses too! I know you've had a 62RI with a 42mm nut. I have one here that might go for the chop. I see the '63 & '58 P's are as you say, 7.25 on 44mm. The two basses on my radar are: Steve Harris P. 7.25" 41mm and the Mike Dirnt 9.5" at 40mm. The only thing is that both of these have fat necks that you might not like but I love the idea despite not having tried them myself! Oh wait! 70's P basses. The Nate Mendel is a 7.25 with a 40mm nut. - it's apparently based on his own 71 (??) P bass. - I'm also wondering if my rather awesome 'law-suit' is the same spec, but have to say, is a better bass than the Nate I played recently!

[quote name='AustinArto' timestamp='1471626012' post='3114626'] Max at SFX would be a good person to call. [/quote] Funnily, I do have a block diagram schematic for such a pedal that I have been planning to contact Max about. I can't see anything else on the market that has the same options so 'going custom' is the only way.

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1472907322' post='3125265'] That solves the issue of output levels from the pedal, but the main reason I want this is to fix the input levels into the pedal, e.g. an envelope filter that needs a boost before it to make it useable with a quiet passive bass. [/quote] I'd also like adjustable input gains too as there are some dsp pedals that have no input gain. It'd be nice to use this sort of loop to attenuate the input but then have 'make up gain' on the return.

Yup, Tech 21 MIDI Mouse springs to mind. I've seen a few small controllers on eBay in the past too.

Yes EZ Drummer 2 here. Great song writing tool and intuitive beat editor too!

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1472824942' post='3124567'] It's for things like this I sometimes get tempted to go and do drain test routs on a bass I've picked up cheap. Right now I have an old Encore. It's a P with a roadworn body. It's dinged and has stickers etc. The neck has the TR adjustment at the heel. It cost peanuts. I could afford to really lay into it with a router... But it's got Mojo!! It's ok. There's nothing wrong with it. Why wreck a perfectly healthy bass? [/quote] Similarly I have two basses sat here, that I *could* grab a cheap body for some abuse to test the theory, but I'm thinking, having played the BB714 and heard this review video (below) I might not need to. I think the plan could well work!!

[quote name='PlungerModerno' timestamp='1472835819' post='3124684'] Have a listen to this chap playing this bass: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RERGJWtT5Y[/media] [/quote] You sir are a diamond - now that was very interesting!

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1472746785' post='3123891'] Hmmm... now isn't that a real case of "when old meets new" ? Maybe, if someone has a body with a swimming pool rout you could borrow it and try it out? Dood, is this an arbitrary thought, or do you have a bass actually waiting for a router if it ticks the boxes? [/quote] You got it! I really like the idea of melding the two 'famous' P sounds, but at the same time I also thought about the neck humbucker + Split coil tone, but not taking up *all* of the area between split coil and neck with a massive pickup. Reason being is that a little room to get in to slap might be necessary. I'm thinking something like the Yamaha BB714BS or similar. Well, the bass itself doesn't exist yet, but I guess it might be possible to knock something up to try it if no one else has!

I love how this discussion is still going on. We've done heft... Umm... What next?

[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1472765904' post='3124154'] If you feel like someone just hit you in the chest with a pillow, that's punch. [/quote] It is.

I think I learned the whole of the Killers album by ear when I was at school. Just couldn't get enough of it! Yeah, love a bit of Maiden. I'd love to get my hands on one of the 'arry Signature basses. They sound good in review and people seem to like them. Big chunky bass necks

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1472721113' post='3123580'] Welcome Ixlramp. Nice to know we have a member with more than a passing interest in ERB. [/quote] Yes! - There's actually quite a few of us that love ERBs & ERGs on Basschat!

[quote name='Kevin Dean' timestamp='1472723358' post='3123616'] We do Sledge Hammer Peter Gabriel ,For example with the brass & Horns & on top of that I use loads of octaver & compression for the bass tone , for small gigs I use one the PA amps to power the compact (no bass head), I'm thinking BB2 as the pa would sit nicely on top of that . [/quote] I'd naturally lean towards the BB2 I think. Then have a pair for bigger gigs. You also have the option of using them as PA speakers for mini gigs (they sound ace) but also, you back will thank you verses carrying one big cab. Had my funds have reached I would probably have done the same, but I could only really stretch to buying BT2 in the first instance rather than a pair of BB2's.

The thing which really pulls me toward the Big Twin, (other than it providing a hefty amount of low end!!!!) Is the wide dispersion tweeter. The clarity when I move around on stage is much improved especially as it carries some upper mid range frequencies too I understand. In terms of synth sounds - if we're talking polyphony and also all the effects that come with them, then I'd probably go with BB2's or Big Twin II. - BB2 would be great for the stereo effects if you run two amplifier channels! If however your synth bass sounds are all just low bass range effects then maybe you won't be so fussed about the top end sparkle of a shimmer reverb, ping pong delays and rich swirling stereo flanged bass synth chords!

I spotted 'Norfolk' in the title as I wandered through BC this morning - and since there's so few of us around these here parts, I thought I should pop my head around the door! Ey! Hi!! Welcome to BassChat! Yup, you've got just the right amount of obsessive qualities to join the slightly unhinged mirth here.. Wow, I haven't been to sevenstring.org for many years - last time I did was when I was in a band with Andy James. He said some nice stuff about my playing on there. Love ERBs, though in my current band I'm actually having lots of fun with a clanky 4 stringer - but there's another little project simmering away needing some serious low end soon! In terms of amps, I think my backline has gone the way it always wanted to - I have a sort of PA time monitor behind me (albeit high end I guess) as I've always obsessed (surprised? no!) over amplifiers and cabinets. I think if I can make that part of the chain 'invisible' then I only have to concern myself with a few pedals and playing the instrument. Anyway, enough rambling... Dan

Lil rig, big noises: TC Electronic G-System, SpectraComp EBS Sheehan Sig Drive Deluxe for grit. Bergantino B-Amp Barefaced Big Twin II D-Addario/Planet Waves cables & accessories.

It's not the most expensive, but given an opportunity to show some beautiful bass porn, I'm there. ShukerGuitars.co.uk - all custom. It's made of unobtanium-kryptonite and was assembled by Shuker using nothing but darkest of dark arts, over seen by the mighty Oracle Roob.

[quote name='Callumjord' timestamp='1472669968' post='3123171'] Ah right, does it require any setting up after you have connected them or does it automatically detect each other? I'm thinking about hooking mine up to a tech 21 midi mouse. Something small and simple. [/quote] Mine auto detected. The only setting up you'll have to do is to arrange your patches so that they are easy to get to. My controller gives me access to ten patches across 5 buttons at a time. I would arrange the patches so that 1-5 made some sort of sense in performance. Often I do 1=dry 2=driven 3=slap clean 4=comp octave 5=clean solo/special FX etc etc So if I go up a bank on the controller I will have a similar arrangement of different sounds across the same buttons.

Following on from BassApprentice's thread, I would like to hear (and see) examples of basses that have both a split coil and a '51 coil'. The arrangement would be having the Split in the usual place and the '51' nearer the neck - oh yes! I'm not sure about placement at the moment - think of it as either half of the Sheehan Neck Humbucker - it will either go up against the neck or up against the split coil. - I've spotted a Shuker bass that had a neck positioned pickup and that I understand had been upgraded to the Dimarzio DP Humbucker. One of my students has a Yamaha BB714BS and I think that also sounds great - especially with those huge rails on the neck pickup. It's a theory I want to investigate. Anyone done it? Can I hear please?

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1472668981' post='3123160'] The 60th Anniversary P also had a Split Coil and that pick guard shape. I've also seen a Custom Shop 55 Relic with the same if that helps. [/quote] And I like it - a lot, The Mike Dirnt and the CS Relic both looking epic with a maple board. I really want to get my hands round a MD bass for a good test drive!

The 60th Anniversary P also had a Split Coil and that pick guard shape. I've also seen a Custom Shop 55 Relic with the same if that helps.