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It's now on sale on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play and all the rest.

The [b]only [/b]thing to buy friends and family this Xmas if you [b]really [/b]love them!

At long last got this produced, the [url="https://flirtwithdanger.bandcamp.com/releases"]Flirt With Danger Mini-album[/url]

Mastering was done at Metropolis Studios in London, otherwise everything was done by yours truly in my home studio (including the artwork, which I ended up knocking up myself when the designer fell sick and couldn't complete). It'll be released across all main digital channels on Oct 28th but for now can be bought at Bandcamp, with a 10% discount if you enter the code, prerelease

Can't remember which bass I used but none are that recent, so I will have used my Squier VM Jazz. I may have re-recorded some using my Ricky 4003SW.

I use a Gretsch Tennessee Rose... whereas the 6120 is regarded as THE rockabiily guitar, I still prefer my Tenny as it's longer scale and hence more twang down the bottom end.

Awaiting delivery on an AKG D112 for miking my bass combo, I'll post how well it works next week when I have a chance to try it out. I've been DIing my bass until now as my only dynamic, a SM58, doesn't have enough bottom end.

A condenser mic, for other purposes, would be a good choice (as every one else says you need phantom power support though).

Just 2, Squier VM Jazz and a Ricky 4003SW, and it's unlikely there'll be any more. I'm a guitarist who can't find any other band members, so I had to learn how to play bass myself (still I love playing bass, although it could be considered as a lower-tuned guitar with fewer strings, it's a very different experience).

OMG that control room is just awesome.

Only thing I've had done to mine (4 string rather than 5) is the series/parallel switch. In series mode it has a sort of J/P hybrid sound, which I prefer on the most notes, while parallel sounds better to me on the high end.

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The company I work for has started offering audio-video services, which now involves me creating ambient 'soundscapes' for organisations such as the National Trust (audio files that are triggered using PIR sensors when people enter certain rooms of a property, helping to bring the space ‘to life’). All put together using samples sourced from Creative Commons libraries.

Very different to my usual fayre - and a lot of fun!

Here are some examples for anyone interested - best experienced using headphones:

[url="http://soundcloud.com/countryscape/brewhouse"]Tudor Brewhouse[/url]

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There are a lot of sounds in that one I reckon would be very useful for re-synthesis like in Logic Pro Alchemy, might have a go one day if I ever find time.

After getting used to a Squier VM I tried a MIM and found it disappointing - no better in terms of feel and the VM's pickups had more bottom end.

How does it sound/feel compared to the real thing?

Agreed on the bass sound... what did you use?

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is that you on drums? Very cool
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Would love to claim credit but it was Logic Pro's Drummer. Though I did come up with the conga beat and made Drummer follow that.

My song [url="https://soundcloud.com/flirtwithdanger/love-journey"]Love Journey [/url]
I've no idea what style to call this, the drum track's very much Tamla but the rhythm guitar's closer to funk. A friend suggested 'Atlantic Soul', but I can't think of any similar tracks. Then again, I don't really play this kind of music much anyway, the rest of the songs on soundcloud are more rockabilly / garage / punk / alt-country.

And before anyone mentions it, yes, I [b]know[/b] I'm a lousy singer.

My virtual band's soundcloud page, [url="https://soundcloud.com/flirtwithdanger"]Flirt With Danger[/url]

Mostly originals with a few covers thrown in, yesterday I exhausted the upload allocation with a free account and had to go Pro.

Last couple of songs have my new Ricky on them, the year before my Squier VM J, and before that various sampled basses played on keyboards.

SM57's have a lot of bottom end roll-off, so surely it wouldn't be much good for recording a bass? Unless you were mixing it in with a DI and just using it to capture the upper harmonics.

As a side note I ordered it on Monday and it arrived on Wednesday - Tuesday was the day the death of one of the most prominent Ric users was announced

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Guitar spares & repairs in the jewellery quarter, great guys who do top quality work, really rate them.
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Always use them too. Excellent service and the guy even remembers how I like my string height on 6-stringers (bit higher than most people as I finger pick). Website seems offline ATM but it's in Northampton St.

Long had a hankering for a Ricky, my Squier J bass is a fine instrument but I just love that Ricky sound. Tried a 4003S out in a shop in Brum and it was fine apart from the fingerboard width at the nut end, made it feel a bit fat, esp being used to a J. Also they only had a mapleglo model in stock, which I really don't like looks-wise - hey if you're paying out that much money you want all the boxes ticked! So I ended up ordering one online. Struggling with the colour choice I ended up going for Walnut as it's the only one they make afaik with a maple neck.

When it arrived I was very impressed - it's totally unpainted, just bare wood, which feels great. Also the fingerboard at the nut end was quite a bit narrower than the one I tried in the shop; I don't know if that's the difference between models or just variation between individual instruments. It seems very bright in terms of tone, I'm still experimenting with getting my ideal tone out of it - lot of bottom with a bright attack to cut through the mix. Generally it sounds good out of the amp but when I record it (DI) and play back, it has a rather pinched sound, iykwim.

I have a spare set of Status half-wounds which I use on the J and they sound great; anyone tried them on a Ricky?

And so many controls! Love that chickenhead knob that looks too large to turn without it hitting one of the others.

Only the one bass so that one.

But in the spirit of the thread, I have 6 electric guitars, and the one I use most is the cheapest, a Squier CV telecaster.

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there is a lot of gloss on the back of the neck which I personally don't mind but I know is an issue for some people.
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Picked up this trick from another board: take some of the gloss off with a nylon scouring pad, then use furniture polish on a duster to buff it up. Repeat a few times and you end up with a real quality ultra-fast neck. Definitely worked for me.

Though it's my least expensive electric, my BSB is my real workhorse. I've tried a few teles and none beats it until you get into the £1K+ Fenders, even then the improvements are pretty small given the price difference.

When I 1st joined I remarked on how I'd bought a J but preferred the sound of a P. From all the suggestions given, I've had the series/parallel switch thing done to it. In series mode it sounds more like a sort of P/J hybrid, it's the J sound but with a bit more bottom and a bit more oomph. I rather like it. Parallel handles the higher notes better, they're clearer and more articulated but series gives a lot more grunt down the bottom end. The great thing is it's like having 2 basses in the same body

Also had Status Hot Wire Half Wounds put on with the mods and I really love the sound, it's so rich throughout the entire range.

So a big thankyou for all the advice I've been given.

As a migraine sufferer I hope I never see one IRL

Had this problem with my Gretsch Tennessee Rose, it was still under warranty and shop's workshop reckoned the problem was the spindle so they replaced the pot.

Hi, Steve, I'm just down the road in Worcester, joined quite recently when I started playing bass a bit after many years playing guitar.