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Found this thread so no need to create a new one for my review:- I had a gig last night so decided to take along the Squier for its first gig. I know that these things can be very powerful so I set it up prior to going and dropped the pickup all the way down so that it was flush with the body. When I got it plugged in I only really had to increase the top end and reduce the lower frequencies a bit to get a really good sound. I was expecting indistinct mud but was very surprised at the clarity Iwas able to get. For anyone who doesn't know, I play through a Shuttle 6.0 and Schroeder 1212L. The best way to describe the sound would be deep, rich and overdriven to the point just before distortion kicks in. Could be something to do with me having the preamp valve set to clip on my Shuttle but a very nice sound none the less. I was expecting the Schroeder to begin farting with this bass but it didn't even seem to be working that hard to produce sound. I found the sound to be very even over the whole fretboard and was overall very impressed. The bass is very light - probably a lot to do with having a basswood body with ash front and back. The maple neck looks good and not cheap like some lower end maple necks look. Its actually quite surprising to find a maple fretboard on a relatively inexpensive bass such as this. Other touches like the string through body bridge and my personal favourite headstock shape make this a very appealing bass for those who want something a bit different to the usual P & J clones. After about a dozen songs, I decided to plug the gold one in and that was that really. I don't know what it is but the gold bass is my sound and I haven't been able to find anything better than it. I'm not saying that the Squier is a bad bass - far from it, the Squier feels really good to play and feels about half the weight of the Warmoth. The parts on the Squier are gong to be cheaper than what I have on the gold bass but they still feel solid enough to take everything in their stride. If i didn't have the gold bass, I'd probably be keeping this as my main bass but I love the gold bass for so many reasons which means that the Squier is surplus to requirments and will be for sale shortly I also agree with Telebass that the single coil P basses have such a fantastic sound. I've had 2 '51 reissues - 2 tone sunburst and mustard yellow, another Warmoth '57 spec single coil bass, an original 1973 Telecaster bass and my current gold '54 one and personally nothing can touch the gold one in terms of playability, comfort and range of sounds available

What about this? [url="http://www.bugera-amps.com/EN/products/BVP5500.aspx"]http://www.bugera-amps.com/EN/products/BVP5500.aspx[/url] can 4 valves really put out 550 clean watts?

Big jessies the lot of you. One of the best ways to learn is to practice with your eyes closed. Sometimes looking at the neck can make you hyper conscious about where you are fretting. This is what i had to do when I was about 19 and having to sight read big band scores while playing a fretless

I've always had to have my action really high as well as I do play really hard a lot of the time. I noticed this one night especially when I got the E string trapped under the top section of my single coil P pickup and its not particularly close to the strings. By accident, I've stumbled on my perfect setup. When I play 'normally' it gives me a lovely warm fat P bass sound but when I dig in, its closer to a Rickenbacker and has plenty of what i would call good rattle off the frets. No one has ever been able to set up a bass for me which is why I've been doing it myself for the best part of 20 years.

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' post='483034' date='May 8 2009, 04:06 PM']My first ever bass was a fretted version of this!!! A friend of mine had a defretted one which was pretty good too. The pickup was quite microphonic and made an almighty clunk when you slid it back and forth, but the tone was pretty good for what was a very cheap bass at the time. DiMarzio did a nice humbucker which drops in as a nice replacement too. I'd be fascinated to know what they fetch these days, I think I paid £70 for mine in '78....[/quote] 31 years inflation on £70 should bring the current value up to around £5,000,000 This fine beast cost me the princely sum of £67

I think that there were some 80s MIJ Fenders with nitro paint jobs. It is still possible to buy but, yes, it is very dangerous to use if you don't have the proper equipment and ventilation. I have some nitro in a spray can that I bought for a bass that I no longer own. Since I was only going to be finishing the one bass with it, I was going to do it outside but for anyone doing it regularly, you have to make yourself a booth with ventilation and all the other safety stuff that goes with it. Fender originally used nitro as that was what the car companies of the day were using. They got their paint from DuPont, same as the car companies. You can imagine what nitro painted cars would look like after a few years. They changed to poly when car makers changed AFAIK - it was a lot more durable than the nitro. Most, if not all people who want a guitar finished in nitro do so because they want their guitar to age just like the old ones.

I was a huge fan of active electronics for a number of years but got fed up turning controls constantly to try and get a decent sound so I went back to a single passive pickup with a simple volume and tone control and let the amp do the work. Active EQ can be a problem with active EQ, EQ type pedals and amps - you can end up boosting a frequency on your bass, cutting it on a pedal and then boosting it on your amp when simply using one control on your amp would suffice. Why do you think a sound engineer wants a DI, directly from the bass when he can? its so he can take the sound and tailor it to the room without it going through 10 processors before getting to his.

Yip, it wasn't enough to just buy one bass in the last week, so as well as the Squier Telecaster/Precision Bass, I had to have this as well. Its a copy of a Gibson Grabber bass. It has the sliding pickup in the middle to vary the tone but the most unique feature about the bass is the fact that it has a maple fretless board. I've had an urge to have a maple fretless bass since I saw a picture of John Deacon holding one inside the gatefold sleeve of Queen's 'Live Killers' album. Unfortunately the budget didn't extend to a natural finish maple fretless Fender Precision so this has been the closest I could find. Its clearly been in a smokers house for a good number of years as it emits a strong aroma of Sir Walter Raleigh's finest tobbaccy. I've literally just picked it up from the post office so its not even been plugged in yet but I like it so far, being a closet fan of Gibson's less well known basses. When I have the chance, I'm going to strip it down and give it a good clean up. It looks like the E string is on the wrong way and the little piece of metal in that tuner that keeps the friction on the peg to keep it in tune has slipped out meaning that its easy to knock out of tune. The pickup is sitting at a an angle so I'll have a look under there to see if I can straighten it up.

[quote name='Deep Thought' post='478454' date='May 3 2009, 07:27 PM']Aah, the Ox's famous appearance in 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail'.[/quote] I thought it was from Tommy - I take it that part is a mickey take of the bit from Tommy then?

As far as I know its veneer front and back with basswood main section. Keeps the cost down I suppose. Yes, another option would be to find a P that I really liked and have the humbucker installed. Obivously not worth it on this bass cos the pickup would probably be more than I paid for this, let alone the work involved routing

I had a Bass Gremlin. Very well made, tough, indestructible pedal but too many controls for me

I'm lazy so I sit back on my leather couch with the headstock resting on the back of it.. I tend to play this way as well if I'm at a rehearsal and there's a couch in the practice room - I like to be comfortable

I tend to go through Youtube watching Bon Scott AC/DC concert videos, some Pink Floyd / Roger Waters and strangely enough, the Buddy Rich tribute concert.

I am very, very happy with my Gold Warmoth but I saw a bass on Gumtree and decided that I had to have it. After selling my 1973 Fender Telecaster bass parts to Beedster, I've been hankering for another one but didn't want to part with the requisite clams for something that I would only use on a few songs or maybe just keep in the living room for learning new songs. After a good clean and a new set of Hartke strings, I must say I am impressed with the sound, even although it is just through my Trace TVT9 guitar combo. I've also lowered the pickup so that it is flush with the scratchplate to calm it down a bit. It has given me an idea about a possible future project to make myself a Billy Sheehan type bass with the mudbucker and either split or single coil P pickup. Obviously a lot of deciding and playing to go before I get to that stage. If any Yamaha Attitude players are reading this, what are they actually like to play? I haven't managed to get close to one yet and may decide to get one when the time comes rather than having one built. Here are a couple of pics

I only use it when I really have to - currently that's only 1 song

Motorhead were originally called 'Bastard' 2 members of Pink floyd were called 'Roger' - Syd's real name was Roger Keith Barrett Dave gilmour owns strat serial number 001 Guy Pratt used to own Precision bass number 011 and Jimmy Page owns 007. All the best guitarists and bass players are lefties playing righty

In the 700RB II manual it gives you instructions on how to set certain controls the same as they would be on the 800RB. I've owned both, they're both fantastic

If I hadn't gone down the light weight route and bought a Shuttle 6.0, I would literally have a GK over everything else out there and I mean everything. Personally nothing can touch it in terms of power, inherently good sound, reliability and good American bollox. I owned an HA5500 for several months before going back to GK

I was a purely active player for the best part of 20 years but now prefer passive every time. not sure exactly why, maybe a change in tastes as I get older or can't be bothered changing batteries but I far prefer the sound of a good passive bass. I like simple and simple for me is not 5 or 6 knobs on a bass contradicting each other. I found with my Ibanez 6 string that there were far too many controls fighting each other. My main bass is always played with volume and tone wide open and only very slight adjustment of the EQ on the amp. I don't see the point in having a bass specially made for you when it has to have more controls than the Hubbel Space telescope to get a good sound. Personally, if it doesn't sound good to begin with then it isn't good for me.

I replaced my original Ashdown ABM500 and 2 ABM 1x15" cabs with a Schroeder 1212L and a Shuttle 6.0 via a GK 700RBII Not as bassy but probably just as loud

My first bass was a Marlin Slammer. Everything rusted and the chrome actually peeled off the hardware. OK or a first bass and perhaps firewood afterwards

I think its red or red. I don't know how i would differentiate between soft clipping and overloading the thing completely

Feels heavier than that - 3lbs or 19.5lbs? I've been contemplating making a lighter weight 1212L cos even that's starting to feel heavier than normal. I do have to lift the 140lb poweramp rack myself so any weight savings anywhere else are more than welcome

I'm a bit late to the party but I've owned 2 GK heads, an 800RB and more recently a 700RB II and currently own a Shuttle 6. First off the bat is that out of the box they aren't even close in terms of sound. I enjoy a very punchy, aggressive tone. I don't do pedals so everything has to come from the amp. As you probably know, my main bass is my gold Warmoth with mahogany, ebony and wenge. For me to get a fantastic sound from the GK, I ran everything almost flat (at 12 o'clock) with the boost at about 9 o'clock, input gain at 1 o'clock and output to suit the environment ( normally rarely about 9 o'clock. The Shuttle is kind of the same in many respects as the main bass, treble etc controls are at 12 o'clock. I did discover that to get the sound that I wanted, i had to overdrive the tube pretty much having it full on, with the volume control next to it up high as well. It means that I can't go above 9 o'clock on the output without the limiter coming on which is disconcerting even though I am told that it is completely normal. So, you can see that I have everything much the same on both amps but they don't sound anything like each other. the Genz is dirtier and probably as close to what i would define a proper tube tone without actually having played through one (except that horrible SVT II pro a couple of weeks ago). The GK is a bit easier on the ears but I dare say that you could do that with the Shuttle. One thing I would say that the Shuttle is rated at 600 watts but that limiter comes on constantly very early on, whereas I never had anything come on to suggest that i was overdriving the GK at 480 watts. The 1001RB is probably going to be more power than you will ever need. Clear as mud. The winner for me is the Shuttle, Korg pedal tuner, Boss OC-2, power supplies and cables in a laptop bag rather than the hernia inducing beast of a GK. I doubt I could ever go back now as I can get my entire setup in and out of a gig in one trip

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