soulstar89

This has been a very interesting convo to read. I will second what you state about the nux Melvin Lee Davis pedal for home practice. I bought one recently. I downloaded the shift line bass ir pack also (has ampeg b15 can ir). Sounds cool with headphone for silent practice. I keep switching back and forth to amp combo with my pedal attached and just pedal and headphones as the headphones vs speaker moving air experience are different. The word “connection” really feels relevant. Not sure if it was you or another member who stated this. I don’t gig. It’s more a creative outlet for me. My friend who is a gigging bass player doesn’t like iem’s but when you are playing big arena’s and touring you have no choice. He uses a quad cortex pedal.

The consensus from here at basschat and talkbass is the tonerider pickup is very similar to the seymour duncan sbp1 and the fender original 62. At a third of the price.

These are definitely rotosound swingbass 66 strings. I have them on my p bass. Also what is interesting is he has Bartolini pick ups on the bass. paul Jackson used “HI-A” pickups which was the first version on bartonlini’s. They just changed the name

I have these as well. They are not bad tbh. I use a nux Melvin Lee Davis preamp pedal with them. They do the job. They response to eq and different I.R cabs and amps. Down the road I will upgrade but I’m not in any rush tbh.

Sorry to revive such an old thread. I wondered who the person you know who winds pickups s and if you have a link to get in contact. cheers

interesting. So would you say the fender pickups have a slightly tighter bass and ever so slightly more articulation then? I’ve been waiting for a used pair to land on the market for so long.

Just listened to clips. Definitely an output difference. Also like you said the fender pickups have a boomier bass. Would be interesting if when the volume is raised how the difference is. I recently bought a jap 70’s yamaha pulser p bass. It’s pickup output is 9k when I play my other p bass I notice a big difference and have to turn the volume down.

The rotosound 77 sound rather bright for a flat wound string. I love the rotosound swing bass 66 when they are worn in and have lost the fresh sound.

Now that video is funky 🤗.

Thanks so much for this. When I get in I’ll listen with some good speakers and headphones.

Cheers for the response. I may drop him a email. on his website he states the 74p is lower output but more articulate and tighter. Do you notice it lower output compared to the fender you have

Hey. I didn’t realise you posted here 🙈. How was the waiting time on the pickups? It’s states month.

I just got back from the Yamaha flagship store in central london. Yamaha own line 6 so I played with the xl stomp pedals. NOPE not for me. Way too detailed and imo over complicated. Just to adjust some EQ needed unnecessary steps to adjust. Just not for me

lol. At least you have peace of mind right.

Oh ok. So you don’t care that much for the simulators of cans and amps.

Oh ok. You returned it? Did you try adding sims you like? They have around 6 slots. i bought it up as I’m looking to get this of the laney digbeth db -pre. Doesn’t have cab sim and it option. the dark glass vintage v2 is another option.

have you looked into the bud Melvin Lee Davis preamp and di pedal. It’s very small. The layout is very simple. you can add cab sims and ir via there software and transfer it to pedal. Also you can edit them via software. it’s gotten really good reviews. https://www.gak.co.uk/en/nux-mld-bass-preamp-+-di-pedal/954536?gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAx_GqBhBQEiwAlDNAZqiS82VUJeDNEVZmDkF04yMloPfBjIH4IRFNfophV95lT0Elaaks2RoCRpcQAvD_BwE

No worries bud. i look forward to hear what you think.