Minininjarob

Well the PMT I went into on Monday had a massive selection of guitars and amps and pedals, more than most other shops. Drum kits. Lots of keyboards/synths and basses too. Also a good range of PA and mixing stuff too. Never seen any Dj stuff in there.

I was at PMT Leeds on Monday and apart from a lack of bass strings to choose from everything looked normal in fact they had been having a move round of the store. Very odd.

As I said in original post intonation already checked thoroughly.

Ok so I was playing yesterday my Player P Bass and for probably the first time I had the tuner on when I fretted an F. On the open E the note was perfectly in tune but the F was WAY off no matter how I fretted it - it was way too sharp. Thinking back I have always thought the first fretted notes especially the F sounded a bit weird but I not very experienced so just brushed it off. Is the nut too high? Trying to figure out what’s wrong and that’s the only thing I can think of. Rest of the intonation seemed relatively ok.

I really like them. Much better than all the normal fake relic’d stuff.

Thanks all!

I read all the threads on here about older SS being so good but the cabs were heavy so I bought an old GK 400rb and a newish light GK 2x10 cab. Sounds amazing to me!

I can’t comment on the patch side of things but to get a MD sound you need to play with a pick (I use a .73 Dunlop MaxGrip after trying so many others - thick picks just do not work sound wise and with the speed he plays at) and you need to play HARD. The old adage of garbage in garbage out is perfect here. You can emulate the amps he uses (Fender Super Bassman into a 8x10) but if you provide all your gear with a lame weak signal it’s going to be fighting a losing battle. Mike is well known for have a very high action probably to avoid string buzz with how hard he plays. The precision he uses has a 59 or 62 pickup which are actually quite smooth sounding - and more similar to a Gibson G3 than you’d think. I’ve played a G3 and they sound great and probably not far off the signature P’s he has. I can get a great MD tone from my P into a GK 400rb and 2x10 with just a little compression and no other effects, but weirdly I can’t seem to make my USA MusicMan Sterling sound right at all for MD stuff. Gotta be a P!!

I shimmed my P bass with half a quality business card under the first two screws (bit nearest the neck). Worked perfectly and my P bass has never sounded so good, setup was super easy after that. All I did was loosen the strings off a lot, find the correct sized screwdriver and undid all the screws, slipped the business card in then put the screws back in. Only had to screw through a bit of cardboard which was very easy. It added a little bit of angle which was all that was needed. Found that tip on a website somewhere, and it was free! I took it out again to see if it was a fluke and no it wasn't....

Sorry I binned it, which I hate to do but I had to make some space around the house.

I am no electronics expert but take a look at Gallien Krueger amps from the 80/90's. Class A/B (I think?) with power transformers and loudness well beyond their specs. Bob Gallien specifically engineered his RB solid state amps to run at the limit without the issues you get when driving hard - he terms it "riding the (power) rails" - there is a youtube video of him explaining it. My solid state 400rb has no business with its rated 280w being as loud as it is, I run a 4x10 and 1x15 stack in our practice rooms and it simply cannot be turned up much as it completely drowns out the drums. It almost shouts at me "turn me up I love it!"..... I can't get enough o the sound of it tbh.

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The joyo pedals I have are briliant, I don't have the chorus but have a compressor and an overdrive and am very pleased with them. How about a 2nd hand Boss chorus? Thats what I bought for £65 IIRC.

Well I got it working great, following advice above. Couple of days later its seems to be a bit weird again..... TBH I might sell it on.

I followed the video and managed to get it working great. Tightened up the tuner itself, added graphite to the nut and tuned it as they show and it seems to be great now. Thanks all.

That’s brilliant, thanks so much. It makes more sense than the instructions in the box, despite the video looking like it was made in 1982. 😂

Fitted one to my P and the tuner itself feels rubbish compared to the original Fender P (a recent Player edition) in that it’s a bit slacker feeling. But there doesn’t seem to be any consistency in how well the dropped note is tuned, sometimes it’s ok sometimes it’s sharp or flat. There’s no locking not on the drop adjuster and it’s not the tightest thread either so it moves easily. I’m not sure it’s any easier than just retuning the string when I need to as I haven’t check the tuning anyway. I don’t think there’s anything faulty about it I sort of expected better for £100 but I am starting to understand some things in the bass world aren’t the quality I would expect from other disciplines. Any ideas?

I got a Hipshot Kickass bridge for my P mainly because the stock BBOT is frankly terrible. Hipshot still have silly imperial Allen key sizes but it’s made a lot better and looks cool too. I think I may have a bit more sustain but honestly I’m not sure and I don’t care.

That’s nice thanks.

Damn that’s cool. why can’t I just after cheap stuff???

Just found them myself! Yeah really good and that tune is so catchy.

I was very drawn to that particular colour and the headstock tbh