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Any inexpensive aggressive sounding P pickups around?
shoulderpet replied to shoulderpet's topic in Accessories and Misc
Thanks, my long term plan is to swap out the 250k volumes for 500k and take out the tone control completely -
Any inexpensive aggressive sounding P pickups around?
shoulderpet replied to shoulderpet's topic in Accessories and Misc
Thanks, strange that they would recommend that, kind of like how Seymour Duncan recommend 250k pots for the Quarter pounder pickup -
Any inexpensive aggressive sounding P pickups around?
shoulderpet replied to shoulderpet's topic in Accessories and Misc
Ok ordered the electrical tape just got to wait for it to arrive now. The instructions that come with the pickups recommend a 0.1 MFD Capacitor , any idea what this would do? Im gonna stick with whatever capacitor is currently in my bass but would be good to know -
Any inexpensive aggressive sounding P pickups around?
shoulderpet replied to shoulderpet's topic in Accessories and Misc
See my post above this one if the Spb-1 interests you -
Any inexpensive aggressive sounding P pickups around?
shoulderpet replied to shoulderpet's topic in Accessories and Misc
Thanks guys, I have an Spb-1 that needs some wires soldering to it going spare for anyone who doesn't mind the extra bit of work, just asking the cost to send it -
Any inexpensive aggressive sounding P pickups around?
shoulderpet replied to shoulderpet's topic in Accessories and Misc
I never thought of that, the pvc electrical tape? thank you,I will give that a try -
Any inexpensive aggressive sounding P pickups around?
shoulderpet replied to shoulderpet's topic in Accessories and Misc
Sadly I'm not gonna find out for a while, it seems my soldering skills are rubbish so I will get someone skilled to do it but obviously with the country in lockdown at the moment it could be a while. -
Any inexpensive aggressive sounding P pickups around?
shoulderpet replied to shoulderpet's topic in Accessories and Misc
Have ordered the PBXN, the replies here have me quite excited to try them, I tend to favour quite a gritty bright overdriven tone so I think these seem to be a good match -
Any inexpensive aggressive sounding P pickups around?
shoulderpet replied to shoulderpet's topic in Accessories and Misc
Awesome, thanks for the suggestion, I will get an order in for these, how is the character of these, are they bright,dark,middy? -
Hi All Of all times when a pickup could have gone bad my P pickup in my bass has gone bad now (to be more precise one of the wires has come away from the pickup) anyway as I have always found the P pickup in the bass to be way too polite I was thinking of swapping it out, looking at P pickups and a SD Quarter pound is 80 quid Is there anthing similarly rude and aggressive sounding for a bit less wonga ? thanks
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i remember a gig where I was offered a rider , I was a bit hacked off to find out upon arriving at the venue that the venue's definition of a rider was one beer
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Thanks for the replies, sometimes it is difficult to see things clearly when you are directly involved so this has been very useful. I have agreed to stay until the end of January and after that date if they need a dep bass player and I have no conflicting arrangements I am happy to dep for them , I think that is fair
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Hi Just quite the band I was playing in today, I had been holding out as I knew we had a gig booked so have now quit now that the gig has passed, I have tried to leave the band in the most amicable way that I can. Was just wondering what the standard practice/expectation is for leaving a band assuming you left on relatively good terms, do you just quit and move on and say no can do? do you offer to do a couple of gigs/rehearsals till the band has found a replacement? I have been asked by the band I just quit if I would dep for them and I have said I can until they find a replacement but I have given some terms for doing so, they have said they will think them over for the moment, thanks
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Which bass is the winner? Hofner Club vs Danelectro 56 single cut
shoulderpet replied to Paul S's topic in Bass Guitars
If you haven't already try using the bass slider in the On position, pure gut rumbling fat bass tone -
I always keep the low mids flat and boost the high mids a bit, I always find boosting the low mids on the rumble muddies the sound a bit, obviously though the bass you use will have a big impact on this
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Which bass is the winner? Hofner Club vs Danelectro 56 single cut
shoulderpet replied to Paul S's topic in Bass Guitars
Btw make sure to get some flats for it -
Which bass is the winner? Hofner Club vs Danelectro 56 single cut
shoulderpet replied to Paul S's topic in Bass Guitars
That's the spirit😁😁 -
Which bass is the winner? Hofner Club vs Danelectro 56 single cut
shoulderpet replied to Paul S's topic in Bass Guitars
The contemporary actually uses the same pickups as the German made Hofners although it is as you point out semi hollow rather than fully hollow -
Which bass is the winner? Hofner Club vs Danelectro 56 single cut
shoulderpet replied to Paul S's topic in Bass Guitars
It definitely has potential to but the way I set my strap I set it so that the headstock points upward and this seems to remedy it somewhat -
Which bass is the winner? Hofner Club vs Danelectro 56 single cut
shoulderpet replied to Paul S's topic in Bass Guitars
That's a tough one as they are different price points, both affordable but one a £300 bass and one a £500 bass. I can't comment on the Danelectro as I have never played one but I love my Hofner contemporary club bass, it can get very deep and thumpy but with both pickups on it is surprisingly bright and articulate -
I actually quite like that tone, if i was being picky I would say it could do with a little more low end but overall I like it
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Starting off on a song at the wrong tempo...
shoulderpet replied to missis sumner's topic in General Discussion
I would just try and match the tempo as long as it's not physically impossible then why worry yourself to much about it -
Good point but I don't see that he would ditch the flats only to try and mimic a tone on the entirety of the first couple albums that sounds just like flatwounds. I could be wrong on this.
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Flatwounds with overdrive- should I?
shoulderpet replied to shoulderpet's topic in Accessories and Misc
Ok, tried the flats and decided fairly quickly that whilst the darker tone was cool and the flats sounded nice the rounds fitted the songs I play with my band much better. The rounds could be darkened at my amp if needed whereas the flats sounded amazing on our slower songs and just passable on the more lively songs, add to this the fact that my tone is generally created by me clanking the strings off the fretboard (kind of like a less proficient Steve Harris) with the treble and high mids boosted and a touch of overdrive , I felt like I had lost my tone with the flats, strange since until about a year ago flats where all I would play. -
Flatwounds with overdrive- should I?
shoulderpet replied to shoulderpet's topic in Accessories and Misc
Sounds great, this is me(vid below, not the best recording or performance but there you go) and as you can hear, tone is pretty zingy which I am thinking of moving away from big black hole43_428x240.mp4