Minininjarob

Been trying to learn All My Best Friends are Metalheads but to be honest I think I’ll be drawing a pension before I manage to learn one verse. 😂😂

In May. Outdoor mini festival. First ever gig for me - so excited! I’d post a vid of me playing it but whenever I try it I am embarrassed by it. 😂

One of my top 3 fav ever tunes. I’ve spent 2 years learning that tune (since I started playing the bass) and I think I’ve got it down now, not all the frilly bits but most of them. Going to be playing it live at my first ever gig.

Honestly seen them live and it boggles the mind.

I am here you know…… I bought it as I tried a stingray and wasn’t massively keen, and I wanted a bass with a thinner neck too to try out (I have quite small hands compared to most, I don’t struggle too much with a P except complex stuff). I found out by chance about the Sterling and thought it might just be the ticket then later that Roger used them. It seemed to be the exact combination of everything I wanted so found one not to far away to go and try. I love it apart from the odd tone for some stuff which is why the advice given might help me keep it.

A little bit yes, but not tried it much with the Sterling. That’s a good idea I’ll give that a go, thanks very much.

He actually used a GK 400rb for touring and recording up to Hello Rockview. Which I also have.

He’s well known for playing a Sterling - Roger Lima from Less than Jake. I wasn’t about to spend that amount of money without being sure! I did play it before buying too but I’m sure we all know that it can take a while to bond with stuff sometimes. As I said originally it does sound awesome for some stuff but not an awful lot for me.

That bass is sooooo cool. You got a better pic of it?

That’s the one.

Mines a Sterling not a Stingray though and not many people even know about them let alone talk about modding them. Very underrated.

As someone else says I have a USA EBMM Sterling not a ‘Sterling by MM’. Yes it’s confusing I know. 😂

Maybe so, good point. I’m not rushing into anything just wanna make sure I’m right before I go selling anything. I suppose it’s a journey I’m on to discover what works best for me.

Yeah maybe. I’ll keep trying for the moment. It’s a lovely bass and so easy to play and so well balanced. Heavier than my p but doesn’t feel like it weirdly

Dunno I’ll take a look. Thanks

Volume pedal won’t check the output from the bass anyway so wouldn’t work. I'm always using the volume knob so yeah it would be a pain. But worth a try. Why have it output so much at 100% volume to the point that it sounds rubbish? ‘gets soldering iron out’ 😂

Wondering if I can mod it so it can’t be turned up as much……

Check eBay, I doubt it tbh.

That’s worth a try yes, thanks. It does distort very easily yes, glad you mentioned it, even when I have no pedals activated.

Polar have slashed the prices on all the old GK parts so get in there quick.

Well I couldn’t say no to that price.

I am fully expecting someone to say “buy another P” and I’m halfway there myself in my head. I still have my original P but I do need another instrument.

Ok so my first bass was a Fender Precision, one of the player editions. Play though my GK amp with a compressor, and select a drive and other pedals when I need to. Sounds great. I can get a nice clean tone all the way up to something way more aggressive. I mostly play with a pick. I bought a MM Sterling - active 3 band eq and pickup selector - cos a bassist I love uses them. I initially loved it but now I’m struggling apart from a couple of specific songs. When I’m playing with fingers softly it’s kinda ok, with the EQ flat it sounds very anaemic so I bump the bass up a bit. When I play with a pick the problem I am getting it that it all sounds too ‘false” (sorry quite new so hard to describe it) or artificial. And that’s with no pedals activated. The P sounds like someone is plucking a string and you are getting the vibration but the MM sounds a little like a synth reproducing the sound? I’ve done a full set up on it, pickups are at the right height (4.8mm) and the action is good and all the electronics are in good condition, so there is nothing wrong with the bass itself. I get the same feeling no matter what I do with the EQ or pickups. Is this something common to active basses? Anyone else experienced it? Do I just not like active basses or something? Thinking back I tried a few other active basses and maybe I had the same thoughts about them but I’m not sure. I don’t like the sound of my friends fancy Spector at all. Thanks for the help in advance.

I trawled the guitar section and didn’t see that but it was the new heads I wanted to look at really. Glad I didn’t miss them!