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I think less high end could be correct but with the Low control it has heaps of bass. Not sure if you’ve tried one yet but trust me it’s got some bottom!
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[quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1510048050' post='3403419'] Nancy will be along in a minute to say Maruszczyk should go down the tubes for doing that... Great looking bass, but it's a bit unclear what the pickups actually are. They don't say they're Haeussel Thunderbird pickups, just that they're humbuckers in thunderbird covers. [/quote] The audio in that clip worked for me - a nice ‘both pick ups on’ sound, good neck only and to my ear a more useable bridge solo’d tone. To be able to spec out a bass in a colour I like with a pick up config I’ve fancied for ages but not having to pay £3000+ for it looks like a great deal on paper. The Green Valley or Baron Blue with a tort scratch plate would be my kinda thing or maybe a gold finish. I’ve sent off an email but looking the the previous post maybe fb messenger might be s good idea. If that’s the best way to contact them to guarantee a reply I’m all about that!
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That Jake model in the video looks like the Lull PT4. Very nice!! Be interesting to check out the price with those thunder’buckers I’ve just seen the actual bass on bass direct for £1099. Bit cheaper than a Lull what!
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I’ve a Hookers Green Bassmachine for sale and it’s designed by Bjorn Juhl. It’s a darker sound than the bass soul food which is my ‘main’ drive pedal. I use a Hudson Electronic Broadcast as my always on ‘drive’ but it’s just adding some extra oomph from its transformer to the sound so not necessarily driving my amp. I’m not needing bags of drive so the mid character works more for poke in the mix. The HGBM is a great always on drive if you want a darker tone or play a lot with a pick. I preferred the HGBM pick tone over the BSF. I think the mids were a bit too pokey with a pick on the BSF. Alas I don’t play much with a pick and on one of my two main gigs I play with flats and the BSF again works better for my needs in that set up. I’m limiting my pedal board to what fits onto a PT Mini so it’s not gonna change any time soon. It’s always gonna depend on your rig, style etc. For me the BSF works well in my set up. A MojoMojo might be worth a look and appear to be pretty affordable.
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Hey folks, Got this to compare with my Bass Soul Food but the BSF just works better for my needs and with my current set up. I should have know but the small footprint was appealing. These are designed by BJF who famously made the BBBOD pedal which is very well received in the monophonic plank community! Website link: http://www.one-contr...assmachine.html Loads of video clips available on the One Control site. Now don't get me wrong the HGBM is a fine unit but a little dark for my tastes when I play finger style which I do 99% of the time and I prefer flat wound strings too. I will say with a pick and round wounds the HGBM won my vote as a low gain always on type sound but as I use a pedal train mini I have no room for two drive pedals no matter how cute and I refuse to get a bigger board as I'd only be inclined to fill it up! Plus my main gigs do not require me to have an always on drive sound - I tried but the band told me off The pedal has a LOW control 'hidden' on the side which can easily be adjusted with a small screwdriver without having to remove the battery cover or any faff at all. It has a tonne of low end oomph should you need it. It can provide serious bottom - no BS it's a powerful wee set and forget control! I found the tone to be a little dark as I said but that might suit your rig and bass - wasn't as pleasing to my ear but that's not really my kinda sound in the first place. Run's on 9 -18v power and gives more headroom at 18v operation. This one comes boxed as new - had a run through at rehearsal after some home A/B'ing with the BSF so minimal playtime on this one. If you need a PSU I can include a official Boss PSU for an additional £15 - so that's the HGBM pedal and Boss PSU for £80 posted U.K. No trades on this one as I simply don't have the space in my pedaltrain mini! Specifications Input impedance: 330K Output impedance: 25K Max Drive voltage: 9V～18V Power consumption: 12mA S/N ratio: -90dB Size: 39Wx100Dx31H mm (excluding protruding parts) 47Wx100Dx48H mm (including protruding parts) Weight: Approx. 160 grams True-Bypass Switching High Quality Aluminum Enclosure Power: 9V Battery or Standard DC Power Supply
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£1099 I believe U.K. built too. -
The Spyder is a good amp but I’ve a feeling Al Krow wants a more flexible EQ. If that is the case the latest EVO looks like you’d be hard pressed to find so many eq bands to play with. Set the basic low mid and treble with the circular pots and the use the sliders to reinforce/compensate for the room.
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I’ve a Spyder 550. It’s not as versatile as the Evo’s but it’s got some good sounds in it. I’ve mine set up for a good solid tone with the p bass. Not been wanting in my regular rig but it’s more of a back up head as I have a main gigging amp. I believe it’s got the CTM tone stack but with the ABM power section. I like the look of the Doom but it does appear to be a tarted up EVO 600. If they have done some tweaks internally I’d be keen to learn more too.
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Hi there I'm originally from N.Ireland but living in Edinburgh. Headed back home in Dec for a Rocket from the Crypt show. Nice place Belfast I'm sure you'll enjoy it. If you like good beer I suggest you go check out 'Northern Light's' bar up the Ormeau Road (the old brew bot bar location) and keep an eye out for Boundary brewery. As for venues its been a while since I've lived there but it sounds like you'll be around folk who should know whats happening. Black Box is worth checking out and seeing who they have playing. I think I recognize your avatar from TB!! As a fellow Super P5 player welcome to Bass chat! Gavin
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Is the neck profile on these the same as the Super P5? The Super P5 neck is wonderful!
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As said it’s the transformers and eq points which are the core Neve sound. The BAE DMP would do a great job in terms of nailing the TX’ers but you may need something like the q strip for the eq front end.
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Beta Test & Review D’Addario NYXL Bass Strings
krispn replied to D'AddarioUK's topic in Accessories and Misc
I was bummed to find my local guitar shop didn't have these in stock for my most recent string purchase - i like to keep some purchases local. I will be getting them next time though so be warned I'll go online if I must -
Cant see why they wouldn't work but ask the Dingwall guys I presume the magnets would just be in a line and not angled like you may find on say a jazz pick up. The 4 way rotary switch sounds like a good plan too! Keep us posted!
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I’d really like to hear the doom control run through it’s paces. It’s a bit ‘gimmicky’ in name however I can see the humor in it and imagine the tones could be serious fun!
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You need to try a Hudson Broadcast pushing into the front end of those. Lovely stuff 😉
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Ask Tom 👍
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It’s a community. That’s what communities do. We enable people to fulfill their addictions 😉 If Al Krow had lived local I’d have invited him round for a coffee and offered for him to try it at his next rehearsal so the small matter of next day delivery seemed like a pretty insignificant obstacle to that same offer. Oh and I’ll say again if folk want to rent pedals check out fxpedalrental.com a fellow bc’er runs it and I’ve made use of it. A great service all round. I do believe they’ll try and get stuff in if enough people request it. I know they have the Q Strip in stock due to requests and the Geddy pre amp.
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Q is ‘best’ used this narrow q for cutting frequencies and a broad q for boosting. The gentle boost of surrounding frequencies is nice where as narrow sharp q boosts can be a bit harsh and less musical. Sounds like you have a fun week ahead messing about with toys. I recall doing the same and having a real good time mixing and mucking about with learning about eq.
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[quote name='Al Krow' timestamp='1508796648' post='3394551'] This has been out for 9 months+ now. It does look useful / desirable. Anyone got one and become a die-hard fan or alternatively moved it on? Also be interested if anyone (krispn?) has A/B'd this with a Broughton LPF/HPF? [/quote] Hey Bas This is more of a Neve type pre amp, an emulation of which I use in my DAW. The channel strip type effect is super versatile so you can sculpt away at your sound to achieve the desired effect. The Neve strip I use in the DAW is effing class. I was using it to beef up some drums my mate recorded in his kitchen - the difference with some subtle EQ from the 'Neve' was very noticeable. Get in touch with Darren from fxpedalrental - he's got the Q Strip for s little as £16 quid for a week. Worth a punt I'd say to scratch an itch! https://fxpedalrental.com/rent-preamps.html The LPF/HPF will reduce the top end sizzle or reduce the boominess of the bottom end. Like with a lot of these HPF/LPF they can make your cab work more efficiently, compensate for a room etc. The Q Strip will do that and more too. The Omni Cab Sim is another product which I see on more and more pedal boards often in conjunction with Darkglass gear - possibly due to helping sculpt the tone - it's basically a fancy EQ which will achieve the cab characteristics of different types of cab so maybe not what you're ultimately after but again worth a look just in case. Link below. There is altogether too much gear to lust after!! [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1jWYtJmBIo"]https://www.youtube....h?v=h1jWYtJmBIo[/url]
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Al I’ve pm’d you.
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Sold Markbass TTE501 with Markbass gigbag, trade preferred.
krispn replied to karlfer's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
Had the original RJ TTE500. Fantastic amp! It’s tubey lightweight and I never had a problem with mine. If you want a big tone with no back ache this is your man! -
I've had a J bass before, a p bass and a PJ. I now have two P basses, a 4 string usually strung with flats and a 5'er with round wounds. The 5 string does have a cool tone control that can mimic a jazz type sound (does a mid scoop when fully CW, neutral at 12 o'clock and tapered to tone fully off like a regular tone from noon to fully CCW) so I'm halfway there if I need to do slap style stuff - which I don't - maybe some disco octaves if pushed but I don't subscribe to the Ike Turner "Hit it like you love it but it's done you wrong!" school of thought. I keep thinking I should own a J bass as I do like the sound and it's a little different, maybe even a bit more exotic than the P. In saying that I bought some new rounds for my P4 yesterday gave everything a quick tweak, lowered the action a bit checked the intonation and gig'd it last night. Delightful results! Worked for every song from The Clash, some Irish Trad, bit of Ska. I do prefer the rounds with a bit of drive and for me the change of strings was enough to make the bass sound different and 'new'. To be fair it's the first time I've played this bass with rounds through a recently aquired amp too so that was exciting for me too. Yup geek alert! I have two main 'gigs' and I use the 5er for one as it's a choir thing so the keys of songs are often always changed and my other pub gig I use the 4 as its a longer gig. My feeling is on the ballands being able to hit those really low ringing notes on the 5'er has a deeper impact than if it were a p or a j. Sometimes the weight of the note is more important especially if there is a key change somewhere - being able to go lower is classic ballad bass territory! As some one else said - experiment with strings first as that could do wonders for the vibe your after and if that doesn't cut it get a decent Squire version of what you think you should be playing - if it works upgrade from there if you need to as either P or J or will do the job as either or has recorded 99.9% of the music we're playing or emulating. Oh and the punters wont care either way. So long as they're dancing and having a good time then the bass you're playing is doing the job.
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I was tempted but declined to make a move as I'd not really need it.
