MoonBassAlpha

Do you record in your bathroom? It's somewhat buried in the reverberation. Quite a narrow stereo field too. I'm sure these are artistic choices though. 

27 minutes ago, Lord Sausage said:

Hi, Thanks a lot.

 

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Ah, those aren't in the  list. Another thought I've had is some 3.5mm to 6.35mm adapters don't always make great  connection with the sleeve of the headphone plug resulting in a very odd frequency response. Might be worth trying a different adapter if you have one, or comparing the sound at your  mixing setup to plugging the headphone straight into your phone without using an adaptor?

My take is that the string in question isn't making contact at the fingerboard side of the nut,  but  further back. This would result in what they're finding. 

36 minutes ago, paul_5 said:

I was about to suggest the VHS plugin, but I’m late to the party again. It’s really useful on your master bus and will even give you emulations to f common studio speakers if that’s what you’re used to.

This is all predicated on VHS having that model in their library of course. 

14 hours ago, Lord Sausage said:

It's just the second thing I've done using Garageband on iPad, a focusrite audio interface and some headphones I can't remember the name of. What I've learned is it sounds flat in the headphones but it is actually trebley and not bass enough. Will have to adjust or get some new cans.

If you can find some frequency graphs for those specific phones you might be able to add an eq curve to flatten them out. If  they're a popular brand they should be out there somewhere. 

I use a plugin called Hornet VHS that has a large library of headphones' response curves. What is the make and model? I'll see if they're listed.

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On 15/07/2025 at 21:56, Lord Sausage said:

Ok, I'm done. I'm not 100% happy with the mix and it's a couple of seconds over. I've cut a minute off it and I can't take any more off. It just sounds weird to me now because of the cuts.😆

 

So I've had enough. It is what it is. Like I said. Based on the E7 triad riff and I mess with the scales each time round. Affecting(contorting) the melody, chords etc.

 

Listen to Echoes of the Altered by Dreaded Ted & The Nutters on #SoundCloud

 

There's some great stuff in here, but I  get what you mean about the mix,  it's tilted towards the treble too much,  ensnare and cymbals,  and the bass is somewhat missing. I  know what it's like hammering it to get it done to the deadline and losing some perspective along the  way. Your stuff usually sounds amazingly well produced! Still voted for it all the same!

A lot of cool entries this month! Seems to be a proggy trend, that's good in my book!

Is it just me seeing a lot of broken links?

Edit: as you were,  it is just me! Seems to have resolved itself!

1 hour ago, Al Nico said:

@MoonBassAlpha Track goes together well, moves through and keeps interesting. Good sounds too. Bass came out well. I like the mid drive sound, it's live sounding and has even weight low and high. It's original too. Nice work.

 

Thanks  Al, much appreciated!

I  haven't listened to any others yet,  but looking forward to  it!

Ok, here's my entry, another hurried effort, but I'm out tomorrow, hence the rush!

Inspired by the picture and by a jam at a friend's house over 40 years ago. Turned out a bit more guitarry than I intended, but these things do tend to evolve a life of their own, once started.

Guitars and bass going in via a NuX Mighty Plug thing, except the lead guitar, Cry Baby into a Session Rockette 30. The usual Gretsch kit and tambourine, all into Reaper.

2 hours ago, mikebass456 said:

They look nice - not too enamoured about the headstock shape either, but worth a punt I reckon.....😎👍

I dunno,   think it has a touch of Sadowski about it!

4 minutes ago, MoonBassAlpha said:

If Status still do them their half rounds are brighter than flats, and  not expensive at all!

Just  checked, they do still sell them. £18.32 + p&p

17 hours ago, Bernardo said:

I have started playing short scales recently - starting with a little Gretsch expanding since then into a U5, JMJ Mustang and an Acinonyx. Shallow I know but I Googled short scale red bass because for showbiz reasons I needed a red bass to match some stage outfits! What came top of the list was a refurbished Vox Starstream Artist 2S on the Vox website. Including gig bag it was £350. Given they were well north of a grand when they came out - and some people had paid that - I went for it. I took it to a gig and our sound engineer raved about it compared with my other basses. Ironically I don't enjoy playing it as much as the Mustang and the Acinonyx basically because they have flats on them which feel better to me - so my next quest is to find flats that sound brighter than a normal flat.

It's a weird looking thing and not everybody's cup of tea but it's nicely balanced and very light and with the right strings could be my go to bass - something I never would have predicted when I Googled red short scale. 

If Status still do them their half rounds are brighter than flats, and  not expensive at all!

Would it be possible to string these E-e as a bass V1? Wondering if strings would fit through that bridge?

16 hours ago, ead said:

The fret dots in the "wrong" place would not work for me, as @Stub Mandrel said, and would probably stop me from buying any kind of de-fret.

To be fair,  it's quite easy to put dots in the right place and remove and fill in the wrong ones. Definitely worth doing if the bass is otherwise great!

Is this 34 or 30" scale?

29 minutes ago, pete.young said:

 

Coo, a Westminster. My dad had one of those when I was about 7. You could talk to Paul Glazebrook, he looked at my son's Burman a couple of months ago.

I loved my Wem Westminster,  wish I'd never sold. It is about as simple as a valve amp can be so anyone should be able to sort that 

On 03/05/2025 at 15:21, Dad3353 said:

 

Vintage ones : yes. Reissue ones : no. 

Aww!

I thought the black and white on the keys were reversed on the Vox?

Bump for price reduction!

How does £120 sound? LOUD, that's how!

Nice colour! Reminds me of a Cornford.

Glwts!

@AlexDelores have you considered just tuning a 4-string B-D?

Cool! You'll be glad to know that I did sell the cab and had a perfect, seamless transaction with @essexbasscat who is  a proper gent!

Thanks Chester!