Twanger

Bassdirect has the Micro 7 now. Has anyone tried one? I've found one review online. The sound seemed OK. At the moment my "practice amp" is an old Rumble 15 with a torn speaker. More often I just run through the Focusrite interface I have into a monitor, which gives a more detailed and accurate sound. But I am planning on a good practice amp, and the Micro 7 could be the answer. I tried the double four, and quite liked it, but it's more expensive....I could go for it if it could be used for gigging, but I have my doubts.

Two. A fretless Precision (parts - Squier body, MIM jazz neck - coz I couldn't find a fretless P neck - and original '62 pickup). The other is a semi home made 35.5 inch five string which is a pig to play but sounds great. And makes a '70s Jazz look featherweight. Mostly I play the fretless because it is a delight and a joy. And I have three guitars - one acoustic and two electric. The P gets more play than everything else put together.

Well, he's not exactly wrong. It's just that the arguments are a bit waffly. Speaker size does matter and EQ is best for solving problems rather than "creating" tone....and he's bang on about tone pots.

Narrow jumbo...hence the Starfire reference. Yes, totally subjective. Of course you can't please everybody. I have no probs with medium jumbo on a longer scale, so it might well be that it's just a matter of getting used to it. That's one reason why I never buy any instrument without trying it three times. But in my memory they are like those flat wide frets Gibson used in the 70s. Memory tends to exaggerate....

I tried one recently at the Bass Gallery and liked it a lot. Good sound and playability. Well made. The two things I didn't like were the strings it shipped with (not a deal breaker) and, unfortunately, the frets which were pretty wide and 70s'ish. Slightly narrower frets would really work on that bass. Think Starfire.

I had a 96 Am Std many years ago. That was my favourite P ever. The 62 reminds me of it.

But I have now installed an Original '62, and it sounds better. More transparent, woodier and with more high mids and top. A detailed sound. Suits a fretless better. I'm happy.

I know exactly what you mean. Too busy and nothing you can actually grab in it. Thing is, I would probably have liked it 40 years ago. But nowadays I like my rocknroll to be a bit more visceral. Maybe the ability to handle complexity diminishes with age.

I am disappointed. But Adam is right. I gave it to him to do what he likes with. My understanding was that he would recycle it when through with it. I may have misunderstood.

Well, that's it for me. No more trust in humanity. I'm a sucker - I kept the machine heads, by the way, so those are his. But yes, that really looks like the neck. That's no coincidence. I was giving away the neck....

yes

Dunno. Not a trio I've seen before. I literally just caught a glimpse as I ran past. The bass was maple neck, it sounded Fendery, but not a Fender headstock. Wasn't a Markbass combo (at least not a yellow coned one) I think.

I just caught it out of the corner of my eye as I was running for a train just before six. A three piece - guitar, bass, drums. The bass sounded astonishing for an outside pavement gig. Don't suppose anyone else happened to be in the area and catch it? The cab looked like a 1x10 or 1x12....

Gone. The guy I gave it to has promised to recycle it when he's through with it. I've just upgraded to a MIM J neck on my Squier P bass, so if anyone can use the old Squier neck, they are welcome to it. It's not the greatest, but has served me adequately for a year. It's a drop in for standard Fender 62mm neck pockets and would suit anyone who wanted to try out fretless before taking the plunge. Collection only North Croydon or Central London - I don't have a box to ship it in.

Thanks, I get that. But it's still more options. I've spent my life fretting over options. It's enough. And what's more, I don't want to carry a rack. The BDDI works. My only interest is to make it louder.

because it's too complex. I prefer a one trick pony with an excellent trick. My dream is to turn up, plug in and go. With too many options I tend to spend time playing with the options rather than playing the bass.

Thanks @fretmeister for the Nick Mason quote

It's a post Christmas project, so no news any time soon!

I got some way into that thread before it overpowered me. I once saw Tangerine Dream playing in Croydon in the 70s, with a stage full of Moogs and it was impressive tech. That thread made me realise that by modern standards TD were still painting on cave walls.... Thanks for the link. I've saved it and will get back into it at some stage. I know now a bit about what powered speakers are available, and the effect speaker size might have.

Yup, that's what I was thinking. I was thinking that as the BDDI is designed to emulate an amp through a PA, then having an uncoloured powered speaker would actually be an advantage. Less uncontrolled low end. Perhaps less wooliness. But maybe there are brands to avoid, issues with crossover, I don't know....

I've been using a sansamp for a long time....well, more accurately, I've had a Sansamp BDDI for a long time, but haven't been using it as I haven't been playing out for the past 10 years. When I was gigging, I often used to go through the FX in of the house bass amp (this was Ankara, Turkey, and the better class bars tended to have a house bass amp). Always a solid, usable sound. So I was thinking - what are the do's and don'ts of using the BDDI into a powered speaker as a regular rig. What speakers work, which don't work and where are the pitfalls? Any info info gratefully appreciated.

I just received spam from MS promising me "the comfiest PJs ever". Should I click on it, or will it aggravate my GAS?

I repaired the cone with glue. It works.

Yea, agreeing with most people here. But in terms of frequencies altered, what actually is the "tightening up"?

I hope its OK to revive zombie threads, but this is where I want to post... I have been using a Sadowsky for many years - I use one of the old belt clip preamps rather than the DI version, because that's what there was when I bought it. I don't think it's "better" in any way. Now, when you plug in and hit a note, it just sounds like your bass. It doesn't "magic up" the sound until you are in a mix. I used it because when I did, my bass could finally be heard at a lower volume setting. I don't use it for EQ at all - at the moment for that I am using a Boss GE7. Yup, not a GEB7, but the one for guitars. Only because I have one, and don't have a GEB7. Now, I have been trying to work out what the colouring that allows that is. In theory, the Boss also buffers the signal, bit for some reason it doesn't add the tightness the Sadowsky does. The Sadowsky boosts at 40 and 4000, and over a wide band. But I get the effect with no boost at all. I don't get that effect if I just use the Boss. Why? Is there some kind of built in sub bass cut? Does anyone know?