jensenmann

My rig tonight:

They sound beautiful when pushed with a P Bass.

I did that, too, but not the entire Kreuzer thingy. I´ve been using the three transistor frontend without EQ and added a 3 band swinging input EQ based on the API553 circuit. It serves me well up to today. I´ve tailored the EQ frequencies to match with my Wal fretless.

Clearly, this shirt is a call to solo in the highest registers all the time.

priceless

I recently rediscovered Quincy Jones:

I have no clue how that picture ended in the signature. It should be gone now.

No, I don´t use a tablet. What´s wrong?

I totally get the two input feature but I´d like to see two seperate input gains and EQs come with it. I´m playing fretted and fretless and both basses need different EQ settings to work together in the band.

the Fixx Reach the Beach Tom Misch Geography

First thing to buy would be a storage space to store everything bought after that. And it would be a big storage.....

I completely get why the don´t want to go ampless. There´s a huge difference in how a guitar reacts with or without an amp.

Last week I ran into a dirt cheap Eden 410XLT and used it rightaway at our gig. Happy camper, what a great cab. It´s extremely loud and cuts through very well.

I hope so... 😇 In the end I don´t care. It will be an evening with lots of fun anyway 🙂

Over here it looks like this: The basscab contains a JBL K140 speaker. The amping is a selfmade Basspreamp (FET preamp similar to Trace Elliot into a modified API 553 EQ circuit) and a KMT DC5 poweramp. The Ampeg Jet is used for my piano (late 70s Yamaha CP30).

Rush was my bass bible for quite some time. Geddy´s playing is so unusual, inventive, full of character and unusual ideas. Very refreshing. Many hyped bassplayers have less to say than Geddy. Sorry, still a fanboy after 40 years.

Rehearsal last night was a PitA. Not even one song went down without mistakes. I´m *really* looking forward to the gig tomorrow 🫣

I ran into a metallic green Gibson Thunderbird IV back in the 90s. It was from 1966 with a custom colour. That´s the only bass I regret selling. It paid me a Wal Mk3 fretless 6 String. Later on I traded the Wal for another Wal which I traded for another Wal which I still own. This final Mk2 5string is my favorite fretless ever. So the Thunderbird sale somehow came to a happy end. But I still miss it.

I had an open air gig at Christmas and right in the middle of soundcheck my TE GP12 SMX head died on me. Luckily it was just 10 minutes from home so I was heading back to grab the next amp. This time I took the larger TE AH600SMX (great to have enough amps...). I played the show and after the encore I left the stage just to hear some ugly noises coming out of my rig and the next amp died. I have no clue what happened there. Most likely the mains supply was flawed in some ways. Anyway, that was an expensive gig....

Thanks, mate. All recordings were tracked digitally, no tape used. I have two 1/4" tape decks in my room, but they are only used in my soundengineering classes to show our students a bit of history. Most musicians have no interest in the extra money to have tape between the mix and the digital master. Even more so my 2" 24 track is collecting dust in the basement and has not been switched on in 15 years. Noone is interested in that process anymore, at least not over here.

How did your recording turn out?

My singer used to use a SM58 which really didn´t pay justice to her voice. At some point I brought one of my Neumann KMS105 to a rehearsal and guess what... We´ve never seen or heard the SM58 again. I´m using another one for myself, btw.

It´s a MB4 Midi bass, so it must be late 80s to early 90s. What makes it even rarer is the quilted mahogany body without facings.

My practice and recording amp:

Hi group I haven´t posted here since years. Life was rough in the past and left me not much energy for hanging out. But things are getting better so I thought I should post a few tracks I played on and recorded in the last few years. Enjoy!