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On 02/01/2023 at 14:25, Smanth said:

For setting up my first time I followed the approach in these videos by Elixir, which are really clear (sadly in imperial measurements).  Having said that, I have tweaked things a bit in string height to allow for my playing style.

 

 

After all of this I then fiddle with my pickup heights to get a nice even sound/volume across the strings.  I've found that a sort of warbling/throbbing sound means the pickup is to close to the strings (I think the magnet in the pickup starts to pull too strongly on the string)

 

 

S'manth x

 

+1 about the pick-up height. This is something I only learned about quite recently tbh. And it's really important in order to avoid a muddy sound and also because pick-up height affects the sound quite a lot!

I found out about it when I watched this
 

I found this useful too

I use this as guideline, and check how it feels.

https://www.jerzydrozdbasses.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-the-perfect-bass-guitar-setup

But tbh, I think I rarely measured the string height, mainly to make sure I respected the neck radius (ie for consistency). But everything gets signed off only after a round of playing, regardless what the measurements are.

a classic I've been listening to recently (the whole album)

 

2 hours ago, uk_lefty said:

That's a giveaway at that price. The seller is a decent guy, I sold him a Fender a while back.

Absolutely. The instrument seems in good shape and the price is really good.

But, it's not the right time for me to buy anything. I have a bass that needs to go first. No point in me piling up basses if I don't use them.

This will also give me more time to investigate the market and think about it

2 hours ago, Piers_Williamson said:

An alternative suggestion....pick up something like a fretted Mexican Jazz and take it to your local friendly luthier.  The Bass Gallery advertises defret and lining for £110, and they will set the bass up for you

Nice. That's a good shout.

I started thinking about this since the fretless around atm aren't exactly what I'd be looking for.

On 04/09/2022 at 10:43, Al Krow said:

We've been using Allen & Heath mixing desks (Zed10FX and Zed60-14FX) models for a long while and they've served us very well. However, we're coming up against the constraints of the limited monitor outputs on the A&H desks though (one aux-out and one headphone out). I've recently come across the Soundcraft Signature series, which look well featured, and have three individually controllable aux-outs as well as a headphone out. Seem to get pretty good reviews online.

 

Any of you come across Soundcraft gear or, if not, be interested to hear what you're using and how well you rate your desks?

Had several Soundcrafts over the years. My current mixers are a small Folio for the keys and a Sprit FX 16ch with Lexicon fx, penultimate generation.

They get the job done. I mean, the small one is really small, that's why I got it.

The Spirit is more or less the same size of the classic Mackie VLZ 1604.

It sounds good and has the right amount of send/returns/busses/inserts for me.

The Lexicon fx on it are good too. Clearly they don't sound like the PCM ones, but have "personality".

It has a 3 band eq with parametric mids, that works well. Only thing, the low freq in the eq is bit higher than I'd liked it to be, more in the low-mid range.

Overall, I'm really happy with it, especially considering its price, 350£ second hand in really good conditions.

I'd really recommend this, and also the Mackie VLZ, especially the US made.

I'd be interested in exchanging with a fretless 4-string, preferably passive but open to other options too.

3 hours ago, uk_lefty said:

I bought this recently and it's a bargain, I'd happily gig it. 

 

Secondhand the Korean made Warwick's and even German made would fit your budget. Sire do both V5 and V7 around £500 with a nice glossy fretboard.

I saw the Sire ones and are interesting.

There's also a defretted one for sale here...

15 minutes ago, jrixn1 said:

 

Yes, you use the returns as instrument inputs.  It's one of their recommended setups:

 

 

 

Nice, they have accounted for that then
The name (return) was a bit misleading for me, but that clarifies things.

8 minutes ago, jrixn1 said:

 

A Boss LS-2 would work well here, in A+B mode.  Plus the other modes give you future options if you ever modify your setup or routing.

that said, this seems to have 1 instrument input and 2 return inputs, 1 instr out and 2 send outs.
I'd expect these to have difference impedances. I don't think that connecting an instrument to a return is ideal.

55 minutes ago, dodge_bass said:

thanks for all the input so far everyone.

 

So….if I sent two DI’s (synth / bass) to FOH and then from the output of the DI’s went into a mini mixer then I could send both signals into one bass amp

and have the ability to adjust onstage monitoring via the mixer whilst FOH has complete control over the DI signals for the actual mixing. 
 

And if I spend time balancing the synth bass levels against the elec bass levels in the studio then in theory the FOH engineer just needs to turn on and set the faders at about same 

 

does that all seem sensible?

 

 

I wouldn't connect the mixer to the amp, the impedances wouldn't probably match well.

Not sure what is your setup, but you could use one of those a+b a/b pedals (to sum/switch) to go into the amp.

But try to send the 2 signals to FOH before that.

For your elec bass any pedal with a balanced out would do.

For the synth a DI with an instrument out would do too. The instrument out would be needed to go to the sum/swith pedal that then goes to the amp.

Another important thing to keep in mind is that the 2 instruments may need differnt eq/comp settings.

Providing 1 signal for both could cause issues with that.

I'd send 2 different signals to the FOH.

If they're able to mix well the elec bass with the other instruments, a synth bass shouldn't be a big deal.

If they are not, I think you'd be in trouble either way.

Also, let's keep in mind that what one hears on stage (for tons of reasons) might be totally different from what comes out of the main PA. So, I'd recommend not to try to "mix" on stage and let the FOH deal with that.

If you really want, you could use the mixer to mix your stage sound and still send 2 separate channels to the FOH.

Maybe a bit overkill though.

On 08/02/2019 at 17:54, uk_lefty said:

It's one of the only things I can cook that doesn't involve pasta.

Ok I'll tell you.

Carbonara should never be made with cream. No. The sauce is made of EGGS, pecarino cheese and a splash of water from cooking the pasta. And cubes of bacon. That's it.

I don't think I have any other egg recipes, sorry.

And black pepper...

Sorry, bit late to the party!

Spector Ethos at Bass Direct

https://bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Spector_Ethos_4_LH_Interstaller.html

little bump

and it's a reverse P!!!!!

Just skimmed through and I have to say, Style Council were great, as usual!
Also, INXS kicked a** though!
 

Anyway, this is a post about a bass to sell. Sorry for the quick relatively off-topic exchange. I just wanted to say to those who think the neck on this bass is too further away, that there are easy workarounds in case that is a problem. For a lot of people it's not a problem though.

GLWTS!

2 hours ago, prowla said:

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FYI, I've got Spirit 4 & 5-string basses and a 6-string guitar and they seem to balance fine!

Yeah, I got the XT-2 and balances fine.

I had to do that mod though, because it caused me issues due to the neck being further away (I hang the bass relatively high and that makes things worse).

56 minutes ago, prowla said:

It's a turn of phrase suggesting how to put something right, rather than a suggestion it's literally off-balance.

my bad

thought you meant literally, since I have seen posts where people meant it that way

7 minutes ago, prowla said:

The thing about these basses is that the neck is pushed out about 2 frets further away from your body.

I have seen strap button extensions to try and redress the balance.

The neck is pushed further away and like you said there are few solutions (see my post below), but there are no balancing issues at all though.

Just leaving this here as it might be useful