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    Coolest Basses ever!

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    apart from all precisions- anything in monochrome, especially;

    black Tbirds with white plates

    black rickenbackers with either white or black plates as above

    maybe a black and white stingray

    white jazz with black or maybe tort plate


    basically anything that may have been designed by a penguin...

    Fender bass guitars

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by lucky

    [quote name='Robert Manning' post='1240933' date='May 22 2011, 09:14 PM']mmm...

    mine says MIA... well i like that because its better than MIM, and it makes me feel better.

    just being honest :)[/quote]

    yeah i'll admit to that
    that's not to detract from the intrinsic differences between the two- some may prefer the MIM

    for me; my precision is the best bass i've ever owned- but i've never actually played an MIM version so i can't KNOW it's any better, even though i'd pretty much swear it blind

    Which mainstream artist would you like to play for?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    i can only answer this divided up into catagories-

    fun basslines - probably jamiroquai now but given a time machine - 5 (slam dunk da funk)

    sheer awesomity - foo fighters or dizzee rascal

    girl pop - katy perry, rihanna or lady gaga are all fine choices; but i'd go for the saturdays- there's 5 saturdays to 1 of me and they're british

    because i'm G - Xzibit

    Marshall JCM 800 bass or something else?

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    [quote name='phoenix555' post='1239877' date='May 22 2011, 12:58 AM']Ah thanks!
    My main priority is the head, which I've reserved 500 euros (around 435 pounds)
    The cab will be a bought at a later time but I already wanting to research it.
    And how about the gain/drive when u crack the volume up and the drive/gain at a low volume (i.e. for in house)[/quote]


    for me the head is great but to each there own.
    it's also worth saying that most bass cabs are of 4x10 dimensions, but as its an old JCM the width is that of a 4x12 cab- so the head will be wider than the cab so dont go too skinny with what you put under it.

    to be honest i've never had the chance to use explore it properly by myself at the highest volume/gain due to the sheer noise it can make, hence the wanting a hotplate and if you're living on the 3rd floor then the neighbours/whoever's below you won't appreciate the volumes you'll need to get the pure valve drive. i never took mine to my little student apartments because of the size/weight/volume/value. maybe something hybrid would serve you better so you can crank the valves at lower volumes (and lower weight!) BUT i would still whole heartedly recommend it- it's not the most practical but the sound makes it worth it.

    Marshall JCM 800 bass or something else?

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    yes yes


    i have one- with the matching 4x10B cab. it is immense and i'm always amazed at the range of styles that it can pull off. it's a great sounding amp for sure but as with all old valve amps- it's not light, and the controls are pretty basic.

    and it's also worth mentioning that there will be- obviously depending on your exact setup- surplus headroom most of the time. i'm currently eying up a hot plate to allow me to really use the valves.


    is the 500 euros a budget for a cab or for the whole rig?

    GAS-free?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    i think being a few hundred miles away from all my gear for months/weeks at a time [s]is helping[/s] has helped me to curb the GAS recently, but now the end is in sight i've started to peruse the for sale sections quite regularly.

    my pedal board is bigger than my pedal collection and one can never have too many FX options, so that's not reeeaaaaly GAS

    and i really [u]neeeed[/u] a new small amp that can fit in my little student room, so that doesn't count either

    but at least bass-wise im GAS free- unless someone has a black gibson tbird studio IV...



    i'm going to a poor mans grave, but i'm taking some expensive basses with me :)

    Fender bass guitars

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    [quote name='Fat Rich' post='1235240' date='May 18 2011, 09:21 AM']Plus they both can give you GAS.[/quote]

    hahaha. true

    i forgot to mention also- that there's some kind of difference between say lower priced mexican beans, imported japanese beans and big fat american beans, but i'll leave that for someone with a more eclectic palette...


    i'd agree that fenders are a very common go-to brand of basses- but surely that largely comes from years of people choosing their instruments on actual merit rather than lack of alternatives or ignorance.

    and sure, they're common as muck, but as was just said above- they are bloody good



    and fake heinz beans?! (the actual beans not fenders)- surely it's better just to buy a few cans of the real thing to wall in your regularly consumed tesco beans. that's one appetising hiding place, come to think of it they could be used to wall in just about any little kitchen related secret. they'd never know...

    Fender bass guitars

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by lucky

    can't beat a solid fender precision in my mind- but that's just me

    the way i see it (apologies if a similar food related reference has been made before) it's like baked beans

    fenders ( i mainly mean Pbasses here but i guess this applies to jazz basses too) are like the heinz baked beans, consistent, reliable widely available good middle of the range beans. there will always be gourmet waitrose beans that some people can really appreciate the difference of, and there will always be cheap and cheerful no frills beans that rarely taste quite as good, and then there will always be some weird spin off like branston beans which for the life of me i dont understand why people put in their mouths...

    but they all lack the secret ingredient that makes one brand of beans stand out.

    and like beans- it's all just a matter of taste

    little more beanchat than basschat but there you go... :)

    One bass to rule them all.

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by lucky

    You know how they say if you name something you get attatched? well it's true so i'd have to save Leo; my S-1 precision- I know they're hardly a "classic" but he's my favourite (they also say you shouldn't choose favourites but balls to that) :)

    oh not another compressor thread...

    in Effects

    Posted

    Hi all

    ive read through the recent compressor threads but they arent about what i need.

    im looking at the rack mount 2 in one compressors/limiter/gate things, once to compress before the preamp to give me a more consistant distortion, and the other time for post pre amp to even out the sound if im using the different levels of drive/volume, and id like to switch each one on and off easily (preferably footswitchable)

    at the moment the 3 im considering are

    the TC C-300 [url="http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/c-300/69211"]http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/c-300/69211[/url]

    the Alesis 3630 [url="http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/alesis-3630/1580"]http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/alesis-3630/1580[/url]

    and the dbx 266XL [url="http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/266-xl/1625"]http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/266-xl/1625[/url]

    would appreciate any experience/guidance with these, or if there are any other options that i should consider

    thanks

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