Spoombung

One of my all time favourites:

I still maintain I've never heard a Precision bass sound like his anywhere. It might be interesting to offer up a challenge to see if we can get any P-bass players here on Basschat to emulate the sound and then run a competition for the best effort.

Antoria used to make quite good guitars back in the 70's, I remember.

[quote name='CHRISDABASS' post='949877' date='Sep 8 2010, 09:07 PM'][url="http://www.fodera.com/pdf/2010_Fodera_Price_List.pdf"]http://www.fodera.com/pdf/2010_Fodera_Price_List.pdf[/url] Now i know Fodera are expensive but this is just obscene!! Scroll down to page two! They charge $499 for a hand made scratch plate made of plastic???? $750 for a wooden back panel cover??? $999 for a different radius on the fret board??? i wont even start on the $24,000 basses!! Crikey!! [/quote] Whoah... that's [i]almost[/i] as bad as GUS Guitars!!

I favour music that reaffirms a state of self-pity and sentimental inertia rather than something vulgar and uplifting. This tune works for me:

[quote name='umph' post='948993' date='Sep 7 2010, 11:33 PM']keep your eye out on ebay, also i may be getting a few to do up soon, if i do want me to drop you a pm when they're done?[/quote] Yes I certainly will. Please let me know. Is that what you do then; fix amps?

[quote name='DaveB' post='948909' date='Sep 7 2010, 10:24 PM']Try a Markbass tube. I just got the tube800 and am very pleased with the huge range of sounds from it, the tube in the pre amp is adjustable and can become very warm. TC electronics do a very good compressor peddle to add.[/quote] That looks like worth a look..

[quote name='yybass' post='948842' date='Sep 7 2010, 09:29 PM']If you know some-one that owns either a Aguilar DB750 or DB751, check it out. DB750 noisey fan until you turn up the volume and the DB751 nice & quiet. Delivery of tone & headroom outstanding. Good luck [/quote] Thanks, but no thanks. Anything with fans = AVOID. And that one has two.

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='948838' date='Sep 7 2010, 09:23 PM']I was just going to post that. They're not the lightest but amazing tone & I swear by mine. I'm amazed his hasn't sold in 2 days, hell of a deal[/quote] Trouble is, I remember them sounding a bit dull - then fuzzy and hairy when you turned them up. Hmmm

[quote name='thebassman' post='948790' date='Sep 7 2010, 08:52 PM']There is a guy selling a fender baseman 135 on here. Should fit most of your requirements.[/quote] really? I'll have a look.

[quote name='umph' post='948643' date='Sep 7 2010, 07:06 PM']why not get a treble and bass again? They're great heads and you could invest in a nice compressor to go along with it that'll be useful for other things[/quote] I have thought of that but they're very hard to come by

After trying out my old [b]H/H amp[/b] with a TC Electronic 210 cab recently after some time away from it, I was surprised how much I know longer liked the sound - and the in-built compressor (I was particularly fond of) in the amp seemed to strangle the sound. Maybe I've improved my technique lately, who knows? It may have suited me then but I'm not sure if it suits me now. Anyway, I'm going to have a think and look for a new amp in the next few weeks. I had a lovely [b]Selmer Treble & Bass[/b] 100 watt in the old days and I really liked the sound of it but sold it off when I got the H/H. Being all valve it had a pleasing soft and rich sound but enough high end if I wanted. It never distorted (I'm not fan of distortion of any kind on a bass). So, can you recommend me; 1. Something that has the characteristic richness of a valve amp (it could be a valve pre-amp and solid state or an all valve amp) 2. Optional compressor built in 3. 60 - 100 watt 4. Nothing with a noisy fan in the amp head! 5. Up to a grand - I'll pay in installments if necessary. I'm currently using a humble Roland Cube 30 at the moment which sounds very nice to my ears, but I need something that can compete with a drum kit. Thanks guys

This guy makes interesting looking basses: [url="http://www.vivianinstruments.com"]http://www.vivianinstruments.com[/url]

Fans in amps are one of my pet hates. And they get noisier and noisier the older they get

This might be of interest:

[quote name='Jigster' post='946356' date='Sep 5 2010, 04:56 PM']never heard an Alembic - can anyone describe their sound a little?[/quote]

[quote name='lanark' post='946194' date='Sep 5 2010, 02:37 PM']I wouln't really say that I'm wanting to exactly replicate the P sound, just that I don't slap and I want fat warm bottom rather than a twangy clinky top.[/quote] I wouldn't worry; if you want that sound you can get it from just about any old bass out there - even the dirt cheap ones.

[quote name='Vibrating G String' post='945054' date='Sep 3 2010, 11:04 PM']A few minutes ago that was true for me [/quote] Oooof! That's ghastly!