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1 hour ago, DiMarco said:

My german made Sadowsky P fiver is miles ahead of any Fender in the same price segment I played. Just saying...
Warwick are doing an awesome job in Germany.

I have never been impressed by any chinese made bass or guitar from any brand. What do you expect? World class for a few hundred quid? Keep dreaming.

 

There's no expectation that a £765 instrument would be the same quality as a £2500+ instrument. The thread is about how the instrument compares to similarly priced instruments. 

Hi folks, 

Does anyone have any experience with the Alpha Omega 500? What I am particularly interested in is the quality of the DI, and also the impulse responses that are loaded. 

I like the idea of having this for recording at home, but then also having the amp to use when live gigs actually start again. 

Any input would be much appreciated. 

2 hours ago, Happy Jack said:

https://www.screwfix.com/p/folding-sack-truck-80kg/

This is the one I have, I'm also in the position to tell you that Screwfix sells loads of them, and very rarely have any returned. 

The wolf craft trolley mentioned in this thread is also excellent. 

I looked at the videos on the threads @wateroftyne suggested, and there was a lot of fret buzz. I'm sure most of it could be sorted with a good set up.

Others are suggesting noise issues with pick ups and preamps, which would be really disappointing given they are reported as being genuine Sadowsky components as used in NYC built instruments. It could just be poor wiring accounting for this I guess, or worst case scenario the parts are licenced copies with cheaper components. 

8 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

That's it. I'm officially out. Just paid the deposit on a Shuker 😎.

Just don't let me put my name down for 2022. I'll only f**k it up 😂.

Nice one, what are the specs? 

8 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

Don't worry, coming out of your cave you'll be doing just fine....

This comment should win the day if basschat has any soul... But you don't have to be a soldier

5 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

Had to make sure my wife gets something for the house too but i'll leave that up to her to decide.

Haha that's how my bonus works. I buy my wife something nice so that she can't moan about me bringing a new bass home... This year I have a tasty fretless Alpher coming. 

Glad to hear you are getting some gigs in the books, hopefully Scotlands music scene will be back sooner than I think. 

1 hour ago, Nail Soup said:

I'm not keen on the 'self-rhyme'.... see example from Black Sabbath War Pigs:

Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses

 

I would agree that I normally don't like the same word being rhymed, however this would probably be an exception due to the different use of the word. I am uneducated enough to find this clever, thus accepting it 😂

Monster rig! I am jealous, however I am trying to accept that I only play in an originals band, and will not have regular gigs for probably the next year possibly 2,so I have no need to have top class amps just now. It hasn't stopped the Gas though... 

Was this listed on the 1st of April per chance? I sincerely hope it was... 

6 minutes ago, ezbass said:

I think we’ll have a better idea of quality once the likes of Guitar Guitar (who seem to have many) open their stores again to foot traffic and folk can actually go in for a try.

Very true, if I'm honest once the stores are open again, I may well be one of those people going in to have a try. 

5 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

Pan control is definitely an improvement but i find with active basses the minute you move from dead centre it has quite a dramatic tone change probably the reverse of what the OP has mentioned. 

Yes you are quite right, I was guessing that the OP had a passive bass as it sounds like he has VVT, but if active preamps minor tweaks can make massive differences. 

I shouldnt assume 😂

25 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Yeah I found that, backing either pickups off just a touch alters the sound  considerably , then I use the tone knob to dial in what I want further 

The other route you could go down if you like everything else about the bass is install a blend pot and have volume, blend, tone, as your controls instead of volume, volume, tone.  

I find that this configuration makes it easier and quicker to find a usable tone, and not have jumps in volume if you are making changes on the fly. 

I would love to see the transcription of the interview, it feels like a 2 minute zoom call, then the writer talking about Pino's history. 

That being said I love that Pino is getting some press, he is in my opinion one of the finest of his generation. 

When you say cancel each other out, do you mean tonally? 

I have a couple of PJ basses (it's my favourite set up), however in truth I don't believe you can really get a P bass sound, or a J bass sound out of them. 

I tend to look at the tone on offer as the warmth of the P bass with a little added clarity for the J Pickup.

9 minutes ago, Doctor J said:

If we're going to put inverted commas around every brand name where basses aren't made by the original dudes, we're going to wear the " key out fairly quickly.

Yeah I do know what you mean, the only reason I felt it appropriate here is because you have the metro line that's made in Japan with the Sadowsky name on it, where as the metro express line don't have Sadowsky name on the head stock, it just say Roger Sadowsky Design. 

18 hours ago, BillyBass said:

I was told once that all online tabs have to include errors, for reasons of copyright?

I would say that online tabs tend to have mistakes because they tend to be made for free by amateur musicians, I'm sure there are exceptions. Most can get you in the ball park and you can let your ears do the rest, but in my opinion the sooner you can ditch them to use your ears exclusively the better. 

Has anyone tried the new Sadowsky Metro Express basses yet? £765 for a 5 string seems like a pretty good price if they turn out to be half decent... 

Great advice so far, I agree with Downunderwonder, invest some time in getting your levels right between effects so that there is no noticeable sound difference between effects (unless that's what you want eg boost etc). 

Yes IEM is a good route to go for a wedding band.

@ProfJames this is the thread I mentioned on your thread. 

7 minutes ago, ProfJames said:

Thank you.  Is the Line 6 a "standard" type device that most bassists would use first?

It wouldn't necessarily be the pedal they would use first, as there are much cheaper Line 6 models. However it is in my experience what most bassist's that want a small package high quality multi effects pedal will end up with. 

It has most effects that you would want on it, along with amp & cab modelling. 

The downside to it is there is a learning curve to it, but once you invest some time with it it's completely worth it. 

Its worth having a long at the mammoth HX stomp thread in the effects section of basschat. 

This is a deep rabbit hole, if you like to tinker and have some patience, I would hight recommend getting a Line 6 HX Stomp.  This is used by so many bassist's and it's got huge potential. I would recommend picking one up 2nd hand and if you chose not to go down the pedal rabbit hole you can sell it on and not really lose any money. 

5 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

I don't think open tunings are much help on bass (too muddy).... but alternative tunings might be usefull.

For example making open notes available to use as a drone, or open notes which you can play between fretted notes. Or to make certain sequences playable.

Totally agree with this. 

I generally try to avoid using open strings as none of my basses have a zero fret so you can hear the difference in open strings. 

I always liked this song, then Rick explained to me why I like it... 😂

4 minutes ago, MrCrane said:

I only know it because my daughter did it for her Rock School Grade 5 bass exam.

Holy crap, is that Grade 5...Wow I would have it pegged around Grade 3.