Cosmo Valdemar

4 hours ago, la bam said:

For some reason on this particular amp, if you plug your bass into sansamp then sansamp into the fx return them nothing will happen. If you plug in your sansamp to your fx in and out and bass into amp, you will get the sansamp working properly, but still get that ashdown colour.

Only doing it the way I mentioned seems to bypass ashdowns preamp.

It was Nancy Johnson on a previous thread who suggested it. That method is just for that particular amp though. Others may work differently.

I never knew that! I've never needed to do it with my Ashdown MAG amp. Perhaps it is just the ABMs.

By distorted bass, do you mean driving your amp to distortion or using a pedal? I've always used distortion in some form or another but I don't think it really has any bearing on the questions you've asked.  

1 hour ago, la bam said:

If your using the abm600 that will still be ashdown coloured whether eq is on or not. To bypass the preamp section (and ashdown colour) plug the bass into the sansamp then the sansamp into the fx return on the rear, then put a dummy Jack (headphone type adaptor) into the bass input on the ashdown.

 That will then in theory replicate the sound going to the desk, rather than the coloured ashdown sound and sansamp combined.

What does the dummy jack do? I've never used one...

I love Jack Bruce. I think I actually love his singing more than his bass playing, which is saying something!

Never had much time for Cream though. Clapton's fault.

51 minutes ago, Cat Burrito said:

I had one and it was stunning for the money. As said, swap out those cheap strings and you'd think you had spent double the money. I only got rid of it as I am 6ft 3 so it looked like a toy on me. 

I was 6ft 4 and 26 stone when I played mine 🤣

You'll understand why I never played it live.

2 hours ago, dave_bass5 said:

Maybe not you, and i meant no offence, but according to all the other 'buyer pulls out threads' it just not on leading a seller on and then pulling out. Which is what you did. If it was the other way around im 100% sure the other person would be the 'knob'.

im commenting more on the following posts rather than yours. Just noticing how the pack runs on here these days.

 

Showing interest in an item for sale is not 'leading a seller on', but rather an expected part of any trade/sale.

From the information we've been given, to suggest the OP was being anything other than polite and up-front with the seller is pretty disrespectful to him. So much for the BC Collective.

This makes me a bit wary of doing any deals with you in future, actually.

It wasn't earlier. Just said White Falcon bass. Looks like you've changed it now.

On 07/09/2018 at 14:29, Spoombung said:

Short demo of the bass played by Dave.

Bass B is the sound! I thought Split A would be the best for that click bass sound but there you go.

Was the last clip supposed to be Wild Dog B?

That's incredible.

Might be worth adding Gretsch to the thread title though - someone searching for one might miss it.

On 06/09/2018 at 12:55, Cosmo Valdemar said:

My Thunderbird is having the new machine heads and tug bar fitted as we speak! I'm missing it, but it will be worth it.

Actually it's going to take a bit longer - we can't decide on the exact placement of the tug bar. It seems Gibson were never sure either so I can't get an accurate guide.

It's all academic really as I'm only putting it on because it looks cool, but we musn't take drilling holes lightly!

On 06/09/2018 at 21:11, James Nada said:

 

Is it versitile? No. 

Do I like it? Yes, a lot.

This. I have one, and I adore it. It's a bass sound technology has been working to get away from for decades, but it's such a joyous thump it just makes me grin like a loon.

And I hate to use the cliché but it sits in the mix wonderfully.

Flats are an absolute must however. 

53 minutes ago, Beedster said:

Bloody hell, are we on "Rics are crap"/"no they're not"/"it was a Jazz/Wal/Precision anyway" again? 

I should know better than to get drawn into these things!

4 minutes ago, 4000 said:

This. Can't go wrong. Still debating whether one will fit in the car, sadly. Probably not.

Passenger seat! 

15 minutes ago, 4000 said:

They're not really just plug in, flat eq and play though, and they don't bond that well with some modern-sounding bass rigs.

 

100% this. Often people trying them in a shop will be plugged into the nearest Markbass or TC Electronic combo, and they don't really mix well IMHO. Probably why a lot of people aren't impressed when they try them out.

My Thunderbird is having the new machine heads and tug bar fitted as we speak! I'm missing it, but it will be worth it.

4 hours ago, NancyJohnson said:

 

As per BigRedX, please do not for one minute think that just because the Epiphone models look like the Gibsons that they're identical, especially as they have the Gibson pickups.  Honestly, this view turns my stomach, much in the same way owners of Rockinbetters (or whatever they're called) or Chickenbackers insist their basses play and have that growl like the real thing, because they don't nor will they ever.  The Epiphones are just copies and putting a Gibson truss rod cover on it doesn't mean anything...it'll still be an Epiphone.

Now I've got that out of the way (and relax), for little more than the price of a new Epiphone, you could buy yourself a used Gibson and probably recover your money on it when you decide to sell it on.  Just go the whole piggy and get a Gibson.

End of.

I've owned several Thunderbirds over the years including Gibsons, Epiphones and Grecos (and a Cataldo Fenderbird). In my humble opinion, the finest of them all is the current Epiphone vintage Pro. There are a couple of minor signs giving away it's relatively low cost, but in terms of playability and tone, it's marvellous. And the build quality is excellent. I don't see it as 'just a copy', but if it is, I'm happy to play the hell out of it and proudly say I play an Epiphone. Just as you are with your Mike Lull copy 😉

Putting a Gibson truss rod cover on my Epiphone would be doing it a disservice.

Bear in mind that I've never really got on with the Thunderbird Gibson put out from the 80s onward. It was always too dark and rumbly for me. And what happened to all that glorious chrome? Of course, to many people that model is the definitive Thunderbird so it's all swings and roundabouts.

I really do like this.

25 minutes ago, EMG456 said:

And here is the guy with what I personally consider to be the best proggy ‘70s Rick sound- down tuned as well! The excellent Neil Brewer in Druid. If you can last to where the singing starts, you’ll see what I mean.

 

 

 

Ah, Druid. Unlucky timing. The singer reminded me of a scouse Dennis DeYoung. 

12 minutes ago, EMG456 said:

And here’s Jon Camp with Renaissance and the sublime voice of Annie Hallam.

 

Beautiful. I love early Renaissance - Jon Camp is a great example or pure Rick tone - in mono I believe. Midas Man is my favourite of his basslines, it's still one I always play when testing out new gear!

18 minutes ago, Graham said:

Much preferred it when he played the Les Paul bass

Me too! 

23 hours ago, Graham said:

 

Conversely, since the bassist in Clutch started using one, I've found their live sound has deterioted - sounds like he's got the neck pickup soloed, giving it too much bottom end.

Dan Maine changed the pickups in his to Rickenbacker humbuckers as found in the 4004. He seems to like them, but they are much darker and woolier than you would expect from a Rick. I don't like them much 😁

I LOVE these. Shame about the piezo!

5 minutes ago, discreet said:

Nah... that's more of an orange...

Yeah... not really sure what Fender were playing at. Still, it stands out on stage! Well, a dark corner of a pub.

Ok. My living room.

20 hours ago, discreet said:

Lush!

Call that yellow? THIS is yellow! 

5 hours ago, HughRichardson said:

At $89 is the best bass distortion pedal on the market the EHX bass big muff?

No.

21 hours ago, kusee pee said:

Saw them live at the Dartford Festival a couple of months back I think. Was groovy.

I wanted to go but couldn't face standing in a field for hours in that heat 😣