longtimefred

sweet jesus!!! Finally bringing back the gloss neck They look amazing, specially the white / tort with maple neck. Not completely sold on them using the SR4 scratchplate, i see a lot of you guys love it but there is always 1 aint there!! Damn i gotta make sure i DONT play or see one of these 5'ers. Or i may get seriously in debt and with mine and my girly's first baby on the way, now is not the right time!!!

LOL @ Ampeg! what are these crazy yanks gonna do next? If moving all there manufacturing to Asia was a bad enough move, as well as keeping the prices yoinked up, they think of a new one buy doing the same gear they were doing 10 years ago for nearly twice the price! Well done lads.

[quote name='casapete' post='711147' date='Jan 13 2010, 12:04 PM']Think its to do with that thing which always comes up with selling guitars - 'the earlier ones were so much better'. I believe this is sometimes true, but as in the case with Musicman often not! IMO their basses have been fairly consistent throughout,with new models still maintaining high standards of finish&quality etc. Certain periods have probably seen better/prettier woods being used,but this is mostly down to availability and cost - the same factors affecting all manufacturers. There will always be subtle variations which make some instruments more or less appealing to some - 'one mans meat' etc. My favourite Stingray was a 2001 model, again IMO a nicer instrument than a 1979 model I'd previously owned. Older BCers will probably remember the mid 70's period as being not the best period for Fender instruments, and yet now they are fetching 'vintage' prices - its all down to rarity/desirability/fashion and a lot of snake oil![/quote] what pete said. Its all about personal taste, as costs have risen, certain woods are now protected, standards have changed, the instruments have changed. I personally prefer the 80's and early 90's EBMM, They were still using the birdeye maple laquered necks as standard(which you can only really get on the new re issue's or family reserve models of new), the weighed more due to using older wood which for me also meant that the electronics were more at the designers natural state as over the last 10 - 15 years the wood that manufacturers can use because of treaties or what ever they are calling them, is not as mature when they pull it out the ground because of demand so they tweak the electronics to match the wood. You will find some new ones that are better than some old ones and the other way round. I hope my theory is correct or i have been thinking wrong for a long time! lol. Im looking forward to the time when i play a modern one and it sounds better than my '89. Not happened yet.

sounds like great customer service there! i have 2 planet waves cables, one has just broke. Good thing with them is that there are shed loads of shops selling them, all i do is just go to any of them in the area, and they swap it for a new one. Leads for life, even if they are a bit pant!!! would like to purchase one of these monster ones.

[quote name='Conan' post='703911' date='Jan 7 2010, 10:52 AM'] Like it!![/quote] lol, i think im gonna have to put that in my signature now!

for me its a simple question, i play Heavy Metal and Rock music so 2 x Ampeg 8x10 and 2 SVT CL's OR..... Mesa 400+ and 2 of them road ready powerhouse 8x10's, NICE!!! I have no time for lightweight stuff, heavy duty equipment for heavy duty music!! If only i had the money.

if you need someone excellent to do routing n stuff in your bass, go to The Guitar Doctor @ Kay's Music in Hanley, Stoke on Trent. I saw you were from Crewe and as im local as well and know the guy very well and he is awsome!

i seen Rob using a few Fenders in the past. That one with the J pups in it, also he has used a standard P bass with Metallica and also with Black label Society. He is an awsome bassist and really brings the beef to Metallica, some people dont understand the talent it takes to really pound down the groove in bands like Metallica and get it right. If you dont understand me, go watch a metal band with a crap bassist! you will understand! (doesnt mean come watch me) lol.

hey dude, i have the 410HLF (american made one) and i can safely say its the best cab i have owned. For a 1 cab set up this is amazing. it does stonking lows and really good crisp highs. Cannot recommend this cab enough, its killer and wont break your back like a 6x10. get it bought!

Live shots are usually the best! If you wanna get people to see you with the bass, aint it best that they see you actually using the damn thing instead of posing on top of a hill or some crap! lol. Like has been said, Fish Eye lenses are great for shots like that. Make sure its a cool venue, not a local pub or something, looks a bit crap with a price list for carling in the background or a dartboard! and what ever you choose to do, use a proper SLR / DSLR camera!!

i have been having a good read of this thread and find it an interesting read. I dont own a BFB cab but i do really like the look of them and what they are supposed to be able to do. I quite like the whole "home made" look about them, i think if i owned one and Alex manages to really get the company flying and his products get more advanced and get more refined in looks and finishes, i think it would be a really good thing to have an early model that could end up being a classic cabinet. I have recently joined a second band and dragging my big Ampeg cab around can sometimes be a pain in the arse. I just thought i would say that if i were to go down the route of getting a lightweight cab to have just in case im doing a gig and need to chuck something in the car, i would definately go and have a blast through Alex's gear. I sypathize with him about this whole situation as things seem to be getting really busy for him and i guess it was a matter of time before something got forgotten and pisses a customer off. I hope he can eventually make the jump from doing the cabs after work to doing it full time so he can make sure nothing like this happens again as it really seems he has a product that is worth all this talk! I have seen something similar happen to a motorcycle company called Beowulf who make exhausts. One guy got pissed off with something that happened to them, posted the problem on the forum and put so so many people off buying stuff from them, even though it was such an isolated incident. I hope this doesnt happen here. Will

im not really clued up with recording brass parts but i guess its the same as any audio signal once its in pro tools eh! Could you not find the peak of the best level take you have and get the compressor to match that? sorry if that sounds a bit noobish.

if only everyone could afford to use Metallica's sound crew! Have seen them at Wembley and Sheffield Arena and the sound for both was incredible. But that does bring me to a point of unjustified gig politics and sound. Why is it at the big shows that the support bands have to sound "worse" than the headlining band. Both times i went to see 'tallica, Machine Head were supporting and i love them, but the sound was just gash to be polite! It's so unfair on support bands that this crap happens and it sucks. Sorry for the thread hijack..

sound engineers might tell you tough sh@t as powering a bass cab using their monitor power amps may use most of their amplifier and not the monitors. just buy another power amp. that way you aint putting your trust in sound guys and also venues to have decent enough monitor power to do so.

excuse the pun but why fix what aint broken.... get another Ray!

i have had 4 Spectors in the past and they have all been great. Have had the NS2000Q5 Korean 5 string Neck thru, my first one and loved it. Was awsome. NS2000REX, Korean Rex Brown signature bass with the holoflash finish. This was my main stage tool for about 4 years and served me very well, was gutted to sell it. Only downside was when it was under the microscope of the recording studio, just didnt cut the mustard. NS2000Q4 - 4 string version of my first one, had a few tuning demons so didnt last long... Euro5LX - Probably one of the best build basses i have owned. Sounded incredible and was just pure stunning. Just couldnt get on with the Tonepump pre amp in it, lacked mid range and just couldnt get it to cut through the rest of the band. If it sounded like my Stingray, i would have kept it! Go check out the Euro range in my opinion. They rule..

[quote name='MythSte' post='678062' date='Dec 8 2009, 03:47 PM'][b]Compactly [/b]killer rig right there![/quote] corrected for ya dude! lol Sounds like a great set up! go get it bought!

thats a pretty reasonable price. only thing i suggest is find someone who you have seen a job they have done, just to make sure. The guy who sets up my bands guitars and my bass charges around that price and he is really good. His name is The Guitar Doctor and he owns Kays Music in Stoke on Trent if you are close by, he is a fully trained luthier and spray dude.

hhmmm not too sure on the trans white... looks like my walls when decorating when i put a crap layer of undercoat on it! Neck looks incredible. yum yum

wow that BC rich is a fair bit of history! proper cool. Loving the Fender P, im with you on the tort shell guards man, not a fan unless its on an old burst bass. they tend to look like a sideboard.