moley6knipe

We’ve not had a pack shot in a while. My Bart’d BTB shown here 😍 2006 Korean 1205 Prestige. Will never be parted from me.

My ancient BTB is fitted with a comparable US Bart pre to this one (+ US Bart humbuckers). It’s excellent. Really nice EQ range, the three way switch freqs are well chosen, the blend really does blend very well (sounds daft, but not all pres do this well). Quiet. It’s a great choice. Also had that glock pre on a sandberg with haussel P and MM. Again, superb. Very hifi clean and clear, didn’t really add its own ‘voicing’ in the subtle way that Bart pres do. Stupendous EQ - SO. MUCH. BASS. (To be fair, it was a 13kg plus bass!). Brilliantly chosen EQ points. Honestly didn’t miss the switchable mid BUT the tone / sound diff between the P and the MM way more marked than on the Ibby above with 2x identical pups. Difficult choice. Have you any idea of what pickups you’ll be upgrading to? I bet a set of Nordstrand Big Singles would KILL through the Bart pre, for example. And Ibby’s with Nordstrands sound great, had one of those too!

BASS FACE! Good work. Nice Maroonishick bass too

Ha ha!! “derrière” ain’t what I typed. Forum keeping it clean for y’all there folks. And why not.

Great song. Great bass line. Might be a Yam in the vid but £20 says that’s his Rick on bridge pick-up on the recording. But yeah - it’s an excellent example of top tier simultaneous singing and bass playing from a master. That’s the killer problem for me… when the line and the vocal are radically different rhythms I’m knackered. Like Addicted to Love which I’d love to get in our set. Can sing the derrière off it. Can play it nicely. Can’t do both together!

I’m way late… NYE was a private party at our mate Malc’s place, Langtoft Fen, way out in the flatlands. Great: a captive / friendly audience and we had them dancing all night. Good sound too, even if I do say so myself. Even with plugs I was ringing after 9-12:15 with a couple of breaks. A little three piece gig this coming Saturday, just back line and a vocal mon. Looking forward to it, haven’t played without a second guitar and keyboard for ages!

Lol. Our drummer is loud but not enough to justify a screen, though I’d be up for that. Everyone always drowned out by two badly EQ’d guitar combos. Just how it is with the boys in my band!

Is the P&C (one of) the pedals Chris W uses on Muse’s Plug In Baby? If so, wicked sound. I will get one someday…

Lots to like in this photo. GK rules. And a sunburst strat with a bridge humbucker into a Mesa? Shut up and take my money already!!

Does it need a full refret? I’ve only played one bass long enough to refret, and that only needed the bottom 7 doing. My local guy (Jon Haire, Peterborough, genius) charges by the fret, suspect others probably do as well.

You’ve made me spend some time with my settings again this evening. I think I’ve been squashing too much… backed off the ratio and raised the threshold a little, see how that sounds on Saturday!

That’ll do you fine, good choice! They also sell DC cables with many plugs on them if you need to power more

It is a great pedal. Noiseless and tone neutral, love mine. It only needs 15mA so pretty much anything will power it! Obvs the standard boss style centre negative dc Jack.

Wait now: there’s a proper bass line for Slade’s Merry Xmas?!?! 😝 That one, WhamLastXmas, Run Run Rudolph and Mud Lonely This Xmas are on the list for me. One band’s rehearsed them, the other one hasn’t because we can do anything after enough beer.

Yes yes yes. Big dumb downstrokes and maybe a touch of dirt/grit and THAT’S what yer need from a pick.

I’ve only tried the rounds once… no rust for me but think well before putting them on anything with a maple board… turned quite black! They sounded utterly phenomenal - just too aggressive for the context of the five piece band somehow. If my little three piece starts up again I’ll likely throw them on a bass with a rosewood board and live with a bit of staining, coz like @HazBeensays the sound really is worth it!

Tonight! Private party with the 5 piece covers band. Without the singer/rhythm guitarist… covid! This’ll be interesting. Drinking much honey and lemon. Many vocalzone tablets. But death or glory, he who dares wins Rodney etc

Nice board! C4 is great but… without midi control you’re limited to 6 sounds (with a press of the Alt button). Adding midi control requires a controller (guess the stomp can do that) AND something to provide the C4 with Host (which I don’t think the Stomp can do). SA are supposed to be (soon-ish) releasing a 5 pin DIN to TRRS cable which is supposed to allow Host connection. Just worth bearing in mind!

Dunlop Tortex Triangle for me. Not a pick player: but when I do 1mm for heavy downstroke, 0.60mm for fast stuff/it’s the end of the night and my finger tips are killing me 😝

Don’t know on that score… that’s wasn’t a thing when I ordered. I get the in and out easy enough without!