Low End Bee

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I only go string through so the ferrules don't fall out. I've tried it both ways and it makes no difference I can hear. Looks cool from the back though. I agree with Pete about the badass bridge (and I've got one on the spare Precision too). Again they look good though. BBOT rules.

[quote name='Ian Savage' post='1342002' date='Aug 16 2011, 03:22 PM'] [/quote] I'm a bit slow today

[quote name='Ian Savage' post='1341959' date='Aug 16 2011, 02:39 PM']I thought God was more a three-piece kind of guy?[/quote] Holy Trinity. Nice.

[center]Bass Player Happy to do the overlooked role in the band Happy to whinge like f*** when nobody notices me[/center] Probably not going to be your biggest seller

[quote name='SteveK' post='1341763' date='Aug 16 2011, 12:20 PM']All perfectly reasonable! Can't see any problem with that conversation at all.[/quote] Agreed. I'm not having a dig at anyone that's been on the other side of a desk to me. I was giving you the condensed version of some of the conversations I've had in the past although everyone's been happy at the end of a session/gig and I accept I have a minority preference for my bass sound. I'm sure in defence they have had their fair share of young chaps with horrible fizzy distorted sounds who are convinced it will sound brilliant in the mix and then complain about how rubbish it sounds when they hear it back.

[quote name='Spike Vincent' post='1341739' date='Aug 16 2011, 12:04 PM']From an engineers point of view,players wanting a deliberately distorted Bass are definately a minority.And I'll always ask if it's required,rather than their speakers are about to blow up.[/quote] Fair point. It's the [i]way [/i]some of them ask. Current bloke is fine and buys into sonic mayhem without batting an eyelid. He only asks for the reason you outlined. Blimey. I'm a minority. Do I get a grant or something? Or do I just get scapegoated in the Daily Mail?

[quote name='Commando Jack' post='1341732' date='Aug 16 2011, 12:00 PM']But... Where you being creative or did you just have a bout of cryptomnesia? We can't win [/quote] I don't recall having heard it before.........

[quote name='Commando Jack' post='1341708' date='Aug 16 2011, 11:43 AM']Sometimes great minds think alike, and sometimes it's [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptomnesia"]cryptomnesia[/url]. Either way its quite disappointing when it happens![/quote] Excellent. I'm off to write a song called 'Cryptomnesia' now

There are only 12 notes. You're going to play the same ones as other people have done before quite a lot. Anyway. That's what I keep telling the lads in the band when I'm plagiarising like mad.....

It does also happen a lot at gigs where I'm DI'd too. It always makes me want to turn the gain up even more.

At the level check [u]every[/u] time I record ... [i]"The bass isn't sounding very clean"[/i] "Yeah. That's right" [i]"Do you really want it like that?"[/i] "Yep" [i]"Really? It's quite dirty sounding?"[/i] "Absolutely" [i]"OK. If you're sure..."[/i] Anybody else get this or is it just me?

Just seen this thread. I switched to DR about 18 months ago. I get my Black Beauties from String Busters. I had one set with a duff G. It was just dead as a dodo. I emailed them late afternoon and had a replacement string delivered next morning. All they asked was that I send the duff one back when I could.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1340844' date='Aug 15 2011, 04:32 PM']Remember what I said about 110dB? [/quote] Oh yeah....

But is it Jetsonic proof?

[quote name='KevB' post='1340678' date='Aug 15 2011, 02:04 PM']Nowhere to hide in a 3 piece! I'm finding that out the hard way in the new band [/quote] That is the drawback. It was so much easier to get away with fluffs with two guitarists.

3 is the magic number....

Just got raw from the desk unmixed mp3's of the 4 tracks. They're such a huge step up from how the last EP sounded at this same stage that I'm blown away. The songs are more interesting and the playing is far better and tighter. Should be all ready by the end of the month. There's even a bass break on one song. I blame all of you on here for this self indulgence....

The Ruts Babylon's Burning and the Mekon's Never Been In a Riot too.

I've re-valved my Terror too now. I had to drill out two screws. They're in tighter than a gnats chuff and are made of cheese. Anyway no real harm done. It was nice to get the case off and tighten up the flappy handle from inside. Why couldn't they tighten they handle on properly and leave the casing screws with some play rather than vice versa? Anyway back to the point. HJ donated me a couple of Electro Harmonix 12AX7's so I bunged them in. I love lots of gain on my bass so I was interested to see how it would change the overdriven sound from the Chinese cheapo originals in there. I didn't think of recording comparison sound clips because I'm not that organised. The results? A more natural sounding overdrive with less harshness are the initial feelings. It seems to break up at just the same gain settings as the original valves did. It just sounds a bit smoother I guess. Turning the gain past 3 o'clock and it gets really filthy but you still get good note seperation. I'm not great at describing tones and they're very subjective anyway. But I'd say it was a very worthwhile mod. Haven't tried to DI yet. Interested to see how that pans out.

Sorted. Looking forward to sharing the gig with blackmn90's band [url="http://www.facebook.com/ninemilessouth"]Nine Miles South[/url]. Another Basschat gig.

My nut shim is made from ebony as that was what the tech had in his odds and sods box. Any hard wood would probably be OK. Try playing pop songs tuned to E. It's much easier on the ears

Mine benefitted massively from a pro set up. I had the too high saddle thing too that was solved in part by shimming the nut which was cut much too low. You might need a bit of nut work amyway as I'm guessing thicker guage strings would help with drop tuning?

Black. Be different. It'll look good too.

Nobody fancy it? Make me an offer I can't understand.