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Spot the difference: I also tuned it up to G# standard tuning, same strings.

In my opinion the standard old fashioned bent piece of metal bridge sounds best in this demo. And what I hear is that high mass bridges kills some upper harmonic content, and makes your tone less complex and rich, which by some might be perceived as making it fatter, but all it does is killing some of the upper harmonic content of your tone. The Babicz bridge is not really a high mass bridge, but that one sounds thin and brittle to me.

Maybe there is, but hardly for what equates to 200£. If you really are interested check my forum profile for the rest of my signal chain for my ampless setup. Seems to work brilliantly for me. Beside I already bought this amp, as the thread title suggests, so would be kind of silly not to use it.

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You didn't read the OP did you?

Yeah, I personally would never buy a bass that didn't have at least 22 actually accessible frets. Personally out of the basses you mention I would probably go for the Cort B5. That said mind I do not have personal experience with any of the ones you mention, but I do know Cort is incredible value for the money.

They are great, and very fun, instruments, for sure. If you are going cheap Harley Benton's take on it, the GuitarBass, is pretty freaking awesome, I got one, though while the stock Strat style pickups do sound genuinely great, they are way too noisy, so expect a pickup upgrade being necessary. Otherwise mine was pretty much perfect from stock, even with perfectly leveled frets right from factory. One thing you need to be aware of though, regardless of which Bass VI like instrument you end up buying, the really narrow, guitar like, string spacing will take some practice to get used to, to not stumble over the strings, both on your fretting and picking hand, constantly. Using a pick does make it a bit easier to handle though. Also be aware that the stock low E string is crap on most of these instruments, usually gauge .084, which is way too floppy to work properly, I would recommend a set with a gauge .095 low E string. Newtone makes amazing affordable custom sets: https://newtonestrings.com/ They do sell a readymade custom Bass VI set, but personally I prefer to put together my own, with my own preference in gauges, via their custom string set creator/specificator (or whatever such a thing is called, online app?).

I would definitely be partial to the Hagtröm Swede bass, I think that is more versatile, and honestly in my opinion sounds better. So unless you really love that specific thuddy Höfner hollowbody sound, I would without hesitation go for the Hagström.

It sounds very much like real played bass, but really heavily processed, produced and polished, like the rest of the track, and as is the custom nowadays, and not just with pop and mainstream music. Kind of like in the 80's, were just about everything would be overprocessed, just that production has become much more streamlined and polished, at least when we are talking mainstream music. A lot of of more alternative music will still be overprocessed nowadays, but used in a less streamlined and polished, and more creative way, more as an effect, rather than to create an over polished sound. Well, I suppose except for most modern metal, which tends to be really streamlined and over polished as well, but again I suppose to an effect of sounding cold and mechanical, rather than to be overprocessed for the sake of accessibility and easier digestion. Standard sampled bass usually does sound somewhat similar to the bass in this track, but is not as dynamically varied and lively. It would be extremely hard to replicate this bass midi programming it from samples and make it sound the same, to the point where it would be much easier to just hire a real bass player.

Simply click the "Copy Link" button under the track on Soundcloud and paste it in here. And in my opinion it is a shame you don't take the track serious... It deserves it.

What the hell are you talking about? This is freaking awesome. ❤️ Perhaps could have been mixed better, and perhaps it drags out for a bit too long, but otherwise this is an amazing track! I suppose this might not be your usual style, but trust me this works great! Noisy post-rock. Do copy/paste the proper link for the track though, so people don't have to click a link to hear it.

Poop Ship Destroyer - Ween

A somewhat diametrically different take on the subject than mine, at least as far as goes pace and energy, though still rather filthy. I like it a lot! You indeed hit the car chase theme right on the spot!

Is it allowed to swap out the track I contributed with with another recording? Same track, just a different recording. Edit!: Never mind, decided to keep the original first take anyway. But might still be worth knowing for another time. Also while I am flattered that I apparently managed to scare all competitors away, it would be nice to hear other people's take on it still.

Yes, if you use the right settings, just use your ears. Probably will easily get mushy and thin, but if you like what you achieve then that is all that really matters. Just do it!

Yeah, pitching up your signal a whole octave, with a regular octaver, without any more complex synthesising going on, it is always going to sound rather artificial, no matter how great the octaver otherwise is. And to my knowledge there isn't really any viable solutions on the market that would do this convincingly. It's another matter when you mix the octave signal with the original signal, and add some overdrive and EQ to the pitched up signal, then you can get something somewhat passable out of it. But for your use I would assume the result would not be satisfactory, and frankly waste of money. You would end up with something that would sound somewhat more like a synth than a bass. Now this can of course be used as an effect, but I got the impression that is not what you had in mind.

No, and you won't find an octave pedal that is.

Well, I can beat the offer: For just 1000£ you can get the unique opportunity to clean up my apartment... How about that? *Transport back and forth not included in the price!

Then benefits increase considerably if you happen to be a colorblind bassist...

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There you got you answer OP! On a different note, perhaps I should have used the word "frequency response" instead of "EQ" (though both words are commonly used for the same term/concept), which was what I meant. Again a discussion about semantics though. But I do I think it was obvious what I meant from the context, unless you insist on misinterpreting it. I mean, from the context, what did you even imagine I meant by EQ @Hellzero, it doesn't even make sense in other sense of the word? Did you imagine I meant EQ settings, how do you imagine that would even be possible from capturing sound alone?

I think that would be discussion about semantics, which never leads to anything productive, but whatever. Can you give a better simple basic one sentence explanation?

It's basically an advanced and very detailed EQ snap shot, that also reacts somewhat dynamically because it is also a snap shot of the EQ over a, albeit ultra short, time window span.

This one (random Google image): The Laney Laney 50th Anniversary IRT Studio SE Amplifier, at a really good price used, under half the price of what it costs from new, and appears to be in mint condition. I suppose it is guitar oriented, but perfect for my needs. It is only 15W, but has a build in speaker dummy load that allows you to use it as a poweramp/transformer out DI, which is how I am primarily planning to use it. It comes with 3 channels (Clean, Rhythm, and Lead, and then an additional switchable Boost), running with brand new and biased 3 12AX7 JJ preamp tubes, and 2 JJ EL84 poweramp tubes. And allegedly with a high quality digital reverb build in as well. And footswitch is included, to be able to switch between channels and engage/disingage reverb. For sure this is going to beat the socks off my ART Tube MP Project Series tube preamp and DI I use currently as DI last in the chain of my amp-less setup. And only weight 5.5Kg (12lbs).

Well, won't be this time, anyway, found an amazing deal on a used amp that I spend my money on instead. Not quite a pedal, but the way I will be using it will be as a tube preamp. This one (random Google photos): The Laney Laney 50th Anniversary IRT Studio SE Amplifier, at a really good price used, under half the price of what it costs from new, and appears to be in mint condition. I suppose it is guitar oriented, but perfect for my needs. It is only 15W, but has a build in speaker dummy load that allows you to use it as a poweramp/transformer out DI, which is how I am primarily planning to use it. It comes with 3 channels (Clean, Rhythm, and Lead, and then an additional switchable Boost), running with brand new and biased 3 12AX7 JJ preamp tubes, and 2 JJ EL84 poweramp tubes. And allegedly with a high quality digital reverb build in as well. And footswitch is included, to be able to switch between channels and engage/disingage reverb. For sure this is going to beat the socks off my ART Tube MP Project Series tube preamp and DI I use currently as DI last in the chain of my amp-less setup. And only weight 5.5Kg (12lbs).