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@funkgod has mentioned this earlier, the late https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_Foster played the Bergerac theme.

What are the adjustments? Vol, blend, tilt eq?

Sorry, I do not remember whether this was done by our piano player, or got it from someone else, but send me a note if I need to remove this because of copyright issues.

Hill street blues - bass_1.pdf

41 minutes ago, Colin66 said:

I even found a Belgian bass website that has transcribed 4 of their tracks!!

@ChrisDev: ever heard about such a website?

On 27/03/2024 at 18:53, dan-horro said:

Hello everyone, this is my pedalboard, I'm still experimenting with KMA.
 

Put that Microtubes to the HP link, and tweak the frequency. I like the 400 Hz area.

I won't tell you. Now you lost the chance to play them, and I don't have to listen.

There are a few pedals that tend to act differently to the bass signal, especially if the bass has a hi-Z (high impedance, "passive") output. These include OD/fuzz/dist, some compressors, and envelope filters. You can find them by testing only.

If any of your pedals loves to be the first in a row, put it there. Any pedal that is on (processing the signal), is practically pushing out a lo-Z (low impedance) signal. If the tuner pushes out a lo-Z signal, it may be very feasible to put it to another place.

Do make lots of trials to find out your own functional fx chain. If you have two or more basses, use different signals (like a simple Precision, and a Kingbass with the paramatrix pre).

Note:

Impedance has nothing to do with signal level: a hi-Z signal ("passive") may be more powerful than a lo-Z one ("active"), and vice versa.

Love those two Overwater Originals, @BigRedX! Wish I was there when you decided to sell them.

Four or five, well it took some time to get used to 5, but now it does not matter. These are my main basses at the moment.

Dear @zbd1960,

Please keep these coming. Very interesting stuff, including lots of nice side notes. I like your no nonsense type of approach: the century, or style does not matter, only music matters.

One question I do have: how do you put the gamba frets to the neck? How is it possible to tighten them?

It's not so uncommon that something has happened in the delivery. If there's a dry joint, the movement may have affected the PCBA. You can use a wooden/bamboo chopstick to test components. Put the CD on and touch components. Any crackle in audio may indicate a dry joint.

Which preamp you have? If your blend is just a pot, you could consider Noll Mixpot instead.

Bruce Willis (is) under the boardwalk

Vinyl monsters

Where's my comb? (to some hair heavy group)

Paul Old

13 hours ago, neepheid said:

Every day's a school day

School days is one extremely difficult song, and I didn't mean that Chuck Berry version.

One of the best I've seen is Björn again. Yes, it's an ABBA tribute.

Amps are nice as they have lots of knobs and lights, but cabs don't. Cab is that big, cumbersome box that has a sound of its own. Put some time especially to the cab.

Check the space you have in your (or drummer's) car. What is the max output you need - in dB, not watts. The music you play may also affect the choices you have. My uneducated guess would be something like 2x10" or 1x12" for light weight and size. 2x12", 1x15" are the next steps, and 4x10" to 4x12" if space and weight are not an issue, but you need lots of volume.

Two similar cabs usually have the best performance in sound and volume. Two eight ohm 1x12" cabs offer you portability (only one needed) and volume (take two cabs along).

Check Barefaced and similar units, and if possible, do some side by side trials, and let your ears decide.

If you use very small DC voltage range, you can find phase:

Connect the pickup and hit (touch) it with a screwdriver. If the voltage goes to + side, the pickup is in phase. And vice versa.

D'Addario and others give you direction, but you need to do real life trials to find the right strings. Yes, it costs somewhat, but then you have done the work, and have found the best set for your ears and fingers.

4 hours ago, Lfalex v1.1 said:

I take your point. 

It might be nice if manufacturers measured/ declared such specifications?

But they do! When you order bigger amounts of magnets, you specify material, shape, size, and strength. Any pickup manufacturer could include details of magnets, coils etc. Why not? Should we ask them?

https://www.daddario.com/globalassets/pdfs/accessories/tension_chart_13934.pdf

2 hours ago, Lfalex v1.1 said:

Magnet material also seems to play a part,  if only because of the way the sound is presented tonally.

I suppose magnet size/strength will govern the field through which the string passes, also affecting output. 

 

AlNiCo magnets are the softest,  warmest sounding.

 

Ceramics are harsher and seem "louder/hotter"

 

And as for Neodymium...

The field/strength is the word here. An AlNiCo may be weaker than an Nd. The material specifications are dependent on the production process. Therefore the strength cannot be read from the type. Otherwise it would be like the car manufacturer "Ford" equals fast and tractor brand "Lamborghini" equals slow.

Measuring requires expensive equipment. As long as people are not able to measure components, these text based descriptions live.

Things have changed considerably. Instruments are no more treated the hard way. Only if the instrument was very old and would contain those very rare species that a Hofner does not contain.

I am making an educated guess: these will be highly sought after when some star "finds" one. Quality, sound, what else you need?

(Oh yes, that star.)

The next one to fill the collection is a half fretted one: MC-924H AJ10 (Alphonso Johnson, 1981).

Alembic brown bass.

White Moon.

Fretless StingRay.

3 string fretless StingRay.

2 string fretless played with a slide.

The first 5 string Modulus.

5 string Parker Fly.

Koa Pensa-Suhr.

Carved Rickenbacker.

Double neck Rickenbacker.

Pink JayDee.

Fretless Klein bass.

Six string Ken Smith -> six string Yahaya.

Peavey TL.

Peavey Rudy Sarzo.

Jack Daniels.

Star bass.

Höfner.

Manson.

Kubicki Ex-Factor.

Zon Hyperbass.

Hagström The Swede.

Overwater C bass.

Yahaya Attitude.

Whichever of these would certainly sound different in my hands, but never mind. These have been the basses and players in my youth, and still are. Of course there are others.

(I'd like to find someone to Mosrite, Atlansia, Ibanez [well, Gerald Veasley is already there], Burns, Danelectro... and if someone does not know the players of the basses mentioned, I think I can add them later on.)

On 08/03/2024 at 11:19, Rodders said:

I've always found the B string to be quieter than all the other strings on the bass (only ever owned 34" scale), is there an accepted way to fix that? 

Some things may (or not) help:

- string choice (do several trials*)

- pickup height adjustments

- bridge adjustments (in connection with the previous point)

* Try very different gauges. Thin is not always worse!