glassmoon

You should see the garden

Thankfully not. I used to be a drummer, so there's very little by way a brain to worry about.

I use my head just to amplify my signal. I'm pretty much flat, with perhaps a bump or cut depending on the room... That way, no matter what I'm using as an amp, it's my sound....

The East looks to be the best choice insofar as tone, transparency and flexibility goes - especially with the 4 band option. But I must admit that all the options being spoken about here are quite foreign to me. I get befuddled with complexity, if I'm honest, but I still want that dynamic flexibility. Pedalboard option is starting to wane though....

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Unfortunately GigGear don't deal with Delano. I asked them when I did my previous bass. A pity, to be sure.

Hi all I've just taken receipt of my Delano pickups, going into my Cort GB-75JH, and the chap who has always done the soldering for me is not available. I'm looking for a good tech near Epping (IOW, not Yorkshire hahahaha) to install them for me. It's a J and a MM set, and I've opted for the "simple" 4 wire for the MM, so no switching or splitting or tapping required. Connecting to the stock Cort 2 band EQ with P/P active/passive. My thanks in advance. Julian aka Glassmoon

perhaps I should just save up some more... the East is definitely the top of my list, but at some £50 more than the rest (Delano, Glock), it seems a wee bit much. But from what you have said about the tone... that is definitely something worth considering. I'm actually considering (thanks to Damian Erskine) 2 volumes... I shall see...

I think for me, the Cort serves as a great stepping stone to a really good bass (for my needs and wants). I've long gone beyond the "I must have all the basses, I must have all the toys" mindset and this one bass is a workhorse, a tool. My last bass (SUB Ray5) was modded with a Delano pickup and a Duncan MM pre, and it was massive. It was me, but cleaner and stringer [if that makes any sense]. My aim with this, once the pickups have arrived and I have been able to get them installed, is to A/B them with an existing recording and see just how much "better" the new tone is... and take it from there. the last time I was in the Gallery, I was looking for the "payment by cash, card or soul" signs hahahahaha

Thanks @paulo m... the MB2 is a superb unit... I just found - at that stage of my playing - it was colouring my sound in a way that I no longer liked. I think I need to go to the Gallery or the bass Direct and sit down for an afternoon's noodling with whatever is in the cupboard...

Hi all, A question... I have played predominantly active basses since the start, and I feel comfortable with that format. I have had, at my feet, for the last 16 years or so, a pre-amp pedal so that no matter where I am, or what amp I am playing through, I have "my sound" at all times. I have it at the end of a very short chain so I can use the DI. I am in the process of upgrading my Cort GB75JH (I have Delano pickups arriving in the next couple of days) and I've looked at Audere Audio (who don't seem to answer their emails), Glockenklang and Bartolini pre-amps. Now I'm thinking about perhaps going for a pre-amp at the beginning of the chain instead of the onboard... a. it's 9v from wall power and b. I can probably get something like the MXR M81 for the same cost as the aforementioned trio. So, besides not having to bend down to adjust things if needed (I'm pretty sure once I start playing, that I don't really ever adjust actually), what is the advantage of an onboard pre-amp? My thanks for your advise, in advance Julian aka Glassmoon

@N64Lover... how're you finding the new Aguilar mini compressor?

So.... I was looking at some pictures from "another bass blog", a NBD post for this same bass, and then at my pics - back and forth for ages - and then it dawned on me that the strings (by the chap I bought the bass from) had gone through the 2nd saddle screw hole [[ as far as I can tell, you can run the screws in different holes to achieve different spacings ]]. I swapped the strings to the "bottom" hole and while it's not perfect... it is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better!!!!! Many thanks for the inputs folks... a head scratcher for me, but once the penny had dropped

Hi all A question. I'm struggling with the bridge saddles. The B to D sit well(ish), but the G is either way off the pickup poles or the string, when aligned, is at an alarming angle from the bridge 'string hole'. A. Do I need to swap saddles, a la Hipshot KickAss, or B. can I easily adjust things as they stand? My thanks in advance Julian

So, in the end, through the "other" bass blog, I found Sadowsky style knobs here in the UK from CPC. They were attractively priced... I will post a pic when they are on the bass. Yeah, @Stingray64, the electronics stores seem to be the better option. Perhaps bass & guitar players don't change the knobs often enough to warrant a large knob inventory... Sorted though

Checking them out now - ta!!!

The Images and Words, Live in Japan from 1992/3 was good. He was playing a pre-Gibson Tobias. The Awake in Japan from 1994/5 was really good. He was playing a Tung then. BTW - both tours were with him playing through a Boogie rig and he was clean! Oh - he used to be a LOT more active on stage back in the day...

Hi all I'm looking at replacing the chrome knobs on my Cort with black ones, and I'm battling to find like for like replacements that a. are not ludicrously expensive or b. don't come with alarming (bad quality) reviews. The current 4 are just fine. Decent quality, no wobble, but I want black (it's a translucent black finish and I think black knobs will compliment the instrument). My question is where is the best place to buy so as not to get fleeced and is there an amazon set that anyone has bought that do the job? Made for a solid shaft, with an Allen key screw and a 6mm hole. My thanks, as always... Julian

Too right - 6:00am was my highlight - but then I am rather biased to the Awake album.... I was just stoked that Rudess didn't go off on a 1000mph tangent at every opportunity... and no one took a solo

Thanks Si - I have considered approaching Lakland themselves... we're just getting crucified here in the UK with anything considered "musical" by the mail services or whoever is in charge of fleecing the public (tongue in cheek... sorta, kinda)