dave_bass5

Ive seen a good proportion of posts by eunuch's on here as well 🙂

Cant really say about the GSR200, but a new bass doesn't have to be an upgrade as such, just something you feel much happier with. Dont go no specs alone. As other have said, its how it feels and plays in your hands. Ive gigged Squires loads of times and would take those over some higher end basses ive played. In fact i still have a CVP and CV Jazz that are going nowhere.

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Oh I agree. To my ears it was very transparent. My point is it just seems like a very limited EQ. Having never played a Sad I can’t comment on how close it can get you but I’d be very surprised if it did anything even close to that on its own.

I had the Sad preamp DI for a year or so. I gigged it loads. I thought it was ‘meh’ and over hyped. It seems very limited and doing nothing a lot of other EQ boxes Or amps can do. I guess if you like the freq points they it will work but to me it was missing a few things. As a bass’s tone comes from a mix of wood and pups etc I can’t see what this brings to the table if you are looking for a Sadowsky tone. Its not a bad DI by any means, and does what it says on the box, but I never heard any magic coming from it like I had been lead to believe.

I love the bass tone Hugh McDonald gets with Bon Jovi. I think this was my first experience in hearing a Sadowsky (i even started a thread about it a (good) few years ago. Must admit I wouldn’t know what one sounds like compared to a similar bass though.

Just reading through this and that post gave me the impression he was talking about in general, not just a personal thing. Its a strange comment to make without more info. Talking about P, PJ, Jazz, all fo them etc?. Very open to interpretation.

Haha, when i saw your thread earlier i was going to mention this one.

Or George Foreman with his Grill........

Cool tips, although i was surprised that Sheldon classes a 1.98mm action on the G as medium.

Im also surprised MM decided to tout the fact that Sire have managed to come up with a plastic lined metal knob. Now why didn't anyone think of that before 🙄

I use (or used) the bridge pup only on my 425 to play All right now. Cant do that with any of my other two pup basses.

Has anyone here used a Keeley Tone Workstation? Im borrowing one soon but was wondering if anyone has any opinions on it. Appreciate its a guitar pedal but i think we use a lot of guitar designed dirt pedals anyway so cant see that being an issue.

Thats how i feel about my 425. The bridge pup is more than powerful enough to work on its own. Not so much the bridge pup in the P34 though.

Im more than happy with the switch on my 425. Maybe its the different pups but i prefer the both pups on tone that i get with the 425 better than the P34. Obviously less variation but a good solid tone.

Since getting my P34 this has been a revelation for me. Instead of boosting the top end (for example) i love that i can add in a bit of the bridge pup and sound a bit clearer. I have had PJ's in the past but never really had much luck with blending pups. The tone got very weak. Not so with the P34 though and im surprised at how often i use a bit of the bridge pup dialled in. In fact with both on full even my pick playing can sound a bit funky (in a good way lol).

I can definitely get lost in the mix with a P bass . Maybe not so much 'lost' more loss of prencence. Low end always heard but i like to hear the notes clearly a lot of the time, and mud can prevent this. Obviously as AK says, its a personal thing a lot of the time, but if you are uncomfortable with your sound its harder to enjoy playing IME.

I keep a set of Chromes handy, and did have a set of TI's until recently. I agree, its nice to get a different tone and feel sometimes, but i always seem to go back to rounds. I too am using a bit more dirt/grit these days and rounds seem to suit this better.

Put the EB flats on my P34 last night..... took them off 30mins later. They weren't bad as such, in fact i think they are my fav flats after TI's, but one string had rust spots so they are going back. I put the old strings back on and really, this cant get any better. Ive used nickels for years, but since getting the two Yamaha's last month both have SS (pro steels) on and they seem to be a perfect match. No point changing what works. Ive never liked dull or dead strings, i tend to change my nickels about every 8 weeks if im gigging a lot, and the pro steels aren't dead by any means, but the P34 just seems to work in synergy with these strings.

Ive heard back from EB but I’m taking the easy option and just sending the set back to Amazon tomorrow..

Ive just received a set of these from Amazon, and because of this thread i checked all the strings. Low and behold the D string has 3 rusty areas on it straight out off the packet. Ive emailed EB support to see ho wi go about getting the one string replaced, but if i dont hear from them quickly ill send the whole set back to Amazon. Other than that i like them. They are brighter than the strings i already had on the bass. I hope they stay like that. I didnt feel that they were sticky at all, although they do of course feel a bit different to rounds.

Cheers, i may turn the E round then. I keep trying flats but dont keep them on long. I do find my rounds die quite fast and i end up with dull stings quite quickly. Ill report back in a few days.

Just got back from a weeks holiday on Friday night and cant put my P34 down. Spent 5 hours over this weekend just playing it. Ive got a set of EB Cobalt flats arriving tomorrow. Ive never used these before. Ive used other flats but always go back to rounds. Hoping the EB’s will be less ‘flat’ and more ‘round’. I seem to kill rounds quite quickly. Now while I’m changing strings i was thinking of rotating the E string saddle so I’m using the sharper side. I’m wondering if anyone else is using the sharper side of the string saddle for the E string. I get its a good idea for the B strings but is there really much difference? as i find the E is the least defined string (not that its a problem) on my 4 sting basses.

Agreed, and I’m surprised MM went along with this. Nice basses though.

Had this been in America you would be a much wealthier man by now.