barrycreed

Bought an SG bass off the Cranberries drummer a few years ago.

Will soon be down to just a P bass from parts and an Epi SG slightly with flatwounds. Will have a Travis Bean style aluminium neck short scale bass in the new year, but will be selling it as soon as I get it for funds.

Any idea what those two pickup lawsuit SG basses are like? Burny, Columbus etc? 

I believe these are passive? https://lacemusic.com/products/nate-newton-signature-riffblaster-bass-pickup 

Hi all, I hope this is the right section. Long time no post. Looking around at some modern P bass pickups. Kicking around the Lace Sensor, DiMarzios or Kent Armstrong Hot P bass pickups.

Anyone got any experience of the Lace ones? In the demo video, they sound really punchy, but I won't post the video link, as I have to take into account the guitar and amps used. Big old Oranges and big old cabs!

They might be way too hot though....

Those Reverend Sentinels. You don't see many videos etc. Anyone ever snag one?

It's from Trent Guitars.

"Homer Simpson style scream!". Abandon idea, abandon idea!  

I might just go 34”, it doesn’t **have** to be a short scale.

EXTREMELY long time no post. Anyone here tune their short scale bass to standard D (often to dropped C). I am toying with the idea of picking up another short scale in standard D, but feel a 34" might be less hassle with floppy strings.

Might have been posted already but anyone see the new Aria Pro II DMB 206? Looks cool anyway.

@Obrienpthanks for expanding on this. I suppose that should have been my query. Would higher tension strings help. Just as well it was just a thought and I did not go ahead and try it yet!

Long time since I posted but has anyone ever tuned a short scale bass to D / drop C? 

Would the short scale not be suitable for lower tunings?

I have yet to try and the only bass I have now is an Epi EB0 with flat wounds which I don’t think would work at all!

1 minute ago, Geek99 said:

Depends on the flower choice 

 

why not put it in a 51styje P

yes, that could work , had not thought of that !

1 minute ago, Geek99 said:

You could stick small flowers in the holes and use it to decorate your home?

ha  That is a solid option

I have to say my modded Epi EB0 sounds and plays and feels really nice. A lot better than the Squier Bronco and Ibby Talman I had (it's all personal I suppose). I have been playing it through headphones mainly and a warwick gnome and it sounds fine. For sure, it'll be different through a cab,

I tried it at low volume through a Peavey Bandit guitar amp and it sounded pretty good, a lot bassier obviously. The pickup upgrade is a Retrovibe and a brass nut.

I have this pickup lying around and looking for ideas of what to do. (Something basic maybe)

I suppose I could ask a luthier to mod a P Bass body and stick this in there? Any thoughts?

Here is a link to the pickup and how it looks on one of the website builds.

https://newperspectivesmusic.com/shop/ols/products/custom-vinyl-record-basspickups

Hmmmm, 25.5 inch scale...?

https://ruach-music.com/product/ruach-skellig-bass-guitar-ebony-macassar/

@scrumpymike

Just got my Epi EB0 back from luthier. I got a brass nut, a retrovibe humbucker and the little extension bar behind the bridge (a cheap improvement on stock).

Wow. The sustain is fantastic. Notes ring out for ages. Very happy with the upgrades and can’t wait to try it through a proper bass amp.

@javi_bassistdo you use a FRFR speaker as your "amp" as well? What if the venue doesn't have monitors?

I have one of these on the way from Tides guitars (TTTides officially), but it'll take a year to be finished. It's going to be 30" scale, pickups will be single coil in thunderbird housing and moved closer to the neck, with a series/parallel switch, and will either be a wood body or composite wood. It will be neck through. Can't wait!

This is what the pickup positioning should look like.

Ordered a Gnome as well. It was between it and the Elf, and it was around €100 roughly cheaper, where I am, so I went for it, as it will mainly be used for home recording and practice, and eventually as a back up. For a gigging amp head, I might go for a combo or a Quilter Bass Block if one shoes up used sometime. I have a Quilter guitar head, and it's a great little thing.

53 minutes ago, LeftyJ said:

Never tried the Washburn S1000, but I have two Status S2 Classics with bolt-on graphite necks. They can do everything, and do it well! I use my 5-string in a doom metalband tuned down to A and it's easily tight enough to pull it off, sounds deep and fat and works really well with my Darkglass B7K overdrive. 

That is what I was getting at

Are these good for anything that isn’t slap?