Al Krow

At last this thread is saving me money rather than potentially costing an arm and several legs 😂 That's enabled me to take a DB751 off my wish list amps as we speak. I do believe you've just saved me £1,500 (used)!

Now there's a thought! 😂

Two pedals sold. An unsolicited offer for my poshest bass (I'm not going to accept!). 4 paid gigs for Jan (if I'm allowed to include NYE in that number), all helping build up the kitty for 2021 nicely No GAS in sight. Next BIG danger on the horizon...NAMM 2020

Very nice analogy btw - IMO fits Chris B's hpf suggestion even better! And with an hpf, when the boominess is gone from your stage set, they would both notice and care!

Haha Quilly - that topic was the first 300 posts on this thread!!

Haha Chris - you're very welcome to disagree with the assumption! And if the assumption is indeed incorrect or not one that bass manufacturers buy into, then that would obviously be a good reason for them not bothering to include a one knob compressor in the pre-amp.

See you then! 😊 Oh except if I last this year, I'm not going to be signing up next year for sure. One year in / one year out and all that 😁

I've just checked the string spacing on all my basses and 18mm seems to be the widest. The one that took me a little by surprise (as I'd not bothered to previously check) was my Spector Euro 5LX which has a 17mm string spacing - narrower than I was expecting, particularly as it's a 35" scale. So if you're a fan of narrower string spacing, Woody, then maybe worth checking out a Spector at some point, if you've not done already: they're a great bass! - particularly the Euro range. Are fan fret a pain in the derriere to play on the low B string? Another good reason, other than a whole different set of muscle memory, for me to avoid then!

Dredging up an old thread simply 'cos I've got a Q that's bugging me! Assuming that compression is a valuable additional tool to improving sound, then: Why don't bass manufacturers incorporate a compressor into their on-board preamps? If it noticeably improves sound then you would have thought that some bright spark somewhere would have had the gumption to include - and at the very least to give them a bit of a marketing edge? I get that budget bass manufacturers won't want to bother, but there are plenty of basses in the £750k+ price range and a comp circuit shouldn't cost more than £25 to add I would have thought?

I'll probably wait until they do a boring non-burst finish for the 1505 (or its successor) range! Besides I'm on the wagon for 2020 - hehe! (And it'll be the normal fret version not fan fret - leave that sort of fan-cy stuff for the dingbats and Dingwalls of this world!)

I don't mind the 16.5mm at all per se (in fact it's very comfortable); it's more the transition from 18mm on the most of my herd to my Ibbys. The GWB is a very different animal and also what I am using it for. For a start it's a 6 string and secondly the string spacing does not taper in the same way as a normal bass from bridge to nut; there is a much gentler taper. This makes it ideal for my intended use which is as a Bass VI for chordal playing and classical pieces.

You've summarised the position very well Paul, although it's more a left hand issue for me. In my case I've an 1825 which I will be tentatively looking to move on / trade up to the EHB 1505. Short clip from AMS; reason for sharing is that although it on has about 15 seconds of bass playing on it you can immediately hear the Nord growl which reflects what I get on my 1825 and is very much the Ibanez "sound" I'm after. @Woodinblack are you mainly just playing Ibanez SRs?

+1 ^^ I'm particularly attracted to having a consistent string 18mm spacing across all my 5 string basses, in an Ibanez that also has Nord pups. Whilst I undoubtedly find 16.5mm very comfortable to play (but I appreciate that's not true for everyone); from a muscle memory perspective, for me, having a more uniform string spacing will be welcome.

Excellent news. And once again you and other Sandberg owners are being singularly unhelpful on this thread 😁

Blimey @FinnDave that honeymoon period didn't last long at all did it? 😁

Dua Lipa - definitely getting a lot of thumbs up on this thread. I'm a fan of CP's Attention (I love the bass tone on that track) and actually suggested to my bandmates this morning! We've had Wrecking Ball in the set for quite a while now, probs cos it's a 2013 track 😉 Not surprisingly Sheeran and George Ezra coming up in band discussion too.

I think 'word on the street' is that the typical modern pop star is a solo artist with a social media presence. It's now much more about the individual than the band. Which completely ties in with what you're finding and the paucity of stand-out covers tracks from the past 5 years.

That's a great version! But would you agree that's clearly not a live version with the instruments they have? There's a LOT of sound engineering going on there and a keys player lurking in the background probably some spotty geek who would have spoiled the video 😁 We don't have a keys player in the main band but could be about to get one for one of my other projects. But could be an interesting version for @bassfan's crew.

Ahhh lovely - I now understand why you fell to temptation then! The Panther Special is a particularly gorgeous design and also very nearly had me 'snared' a couple of years back when one came up used in the FS section.

We should maybe have "two strikes and your out" sub group for folk who have only slipped once, although yours is about as spectacular, this side of getting a Wal, as it gets! 😂 Lots of discussion about Bergs in the bass forum as I'm sure you'll have seen. The Delano pups and 2 band pre-amp being 'hi fi' is probably the single most opinion dividing issue - so agree with you about the J East pre and if you have Delanos in your Berg be interesting to see how you get on with them if you are moving from Nords in your Ibbys (less so, I guess, if you had Barts in your Ibbys). Which model Berg did you go for?

Yeah - Bad Guy was probably last year's iconic track. Could work if we stop at 02.45 in I think our drummer is balking a little at including that one 😁 ...although could be the excuse to get him to invest in a hand clap. Agreed re Dua Lipa, she's had a few decent tracks for sure. Are you doing either in your sets?

Slightly scary that the recommendations for great new material to cover, other than Juice, relates to seasoned old hands, given that part of the goal here is to try to keep our set lists relevant to younger audiences. Coldplay (been around 25 years), Iggy Pop (around 50 years!) and even young master Bieber has been around a decade. I'm hoping that Ariana Grande might have a couple up her sleeve (and tbf we've just added her version of 'Santa Baby' to our Christmas numbers) No other new artists taking the world by storm in your sets?

Have to fess that I had mini wobble this morning with news that Amazon were selling Bugera hybrid amps for £180 (25% off) which would have made for an amazingly good value back-up amp head, but I managed to persuade myself that if my amp ever failed and none of my amps have ever done so, touch wood, albeit over only 7 years, and that if they ever did it would be just as easy to DI through the PA. Phew... Out of interest, were you thinking about getting a Sandberg for a while or was this a completely unexpected impulse buy?! I'm still reeling in shock at the loss of one of our brethren departing so soon and with such bright prospects ahead of him for lasting until, well into February.

New year, new band, new amp. Great result! At that price and 30 day return it's looking like a no brainer! The Tube versions seem to have all now been snapped up at the reduced price, although there are few of the Mosfets still available.