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    Help me with this - why can I not get on with this active bass?

    in Bass Guitars

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    3 minutes ago, neepheid said:

     

    Some of us like to do fade ins using the volume knob, and it's a heck of a lot easier to fade up to 100% than it is to fade up to some other amount.  No I won't buy a volume pedal! :D

     

    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’ 😂

    Help me with this - why can I not get on with this active bass?

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    1 minute ago, Franticsmurf said:

    I'm no expert but I have found with active basses (I have a Sterling and an Ibanez EHB1000s) that the signal can be quite hot going into the pedal/pre-amp and this can create an unwanted distorted signal that can sound a bit 'artificial' (difficult to describe but almost like the signal is mixed with a cr*ppy synth sound with no useful tone). I tend to run my active basses with their volume down slightly, I have the mid tone turned down a bit on the active controls, and may adjust the bass tone up for individual songs My amp has an optional 'Active' input but for most gigs I'm going DI through several pedals.

     

    I love my Sterling; It would be a shame if doesn't work for you.

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

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    Help me with this - why can I not get on with this active bass?

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by Minininjarob

    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. 

    NAMM - GK launch new big RB amps!

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    1 minute ago, cetera said:

    They WERE there, but only one head and cab on the new European distributors stall in the guitar area of the show. NOT the new heads though as they haven't shipped over here yet.

    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!

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    NAD: 1992 Gallien-Krueger 400RB

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted · Edited by Minininjarob

    Just to dredge this up from the archives, I got my 400rb from ossyrocks and eventually I managed to get a GK cx210 cab to go with it for a decent price. 
    I also refreshed the 400rb, respraying the cover plate black, touching up the white decals that had scratched off and popping it into a SKB flight case. 
    Oh my it sounds glorious. Even into a 8ohm cab it has plenty of volume as far as I can tell.
    I need another cx210 cab to make a 4x10 4ohm stack now. 

    Total outlay on GK gear now £610. 400rb, cx210 and MB112mk2. So so cheap! 

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    Now £460 Daphne blue Sterling Stingray Short Scale, with extra mirror pickguard and Fender soft gig bag

    in Basses For Sale

    Posted

    On 27/02/2025 at 06:57, BabyBlueSound said:

    After reading through this topic:

     

     

    It seems like people honestly believe PayPal, an overseas supercapitalist algorithmyc money extractor app will protect their interests better than a chargeback option with a British bank where you can talk to a human (I have charged back before, hassle free).

     

    Look, if this is the only thing holding you back from getting this bass, we can discuss Paypal, sure. I just really prefer not to use them for anything, I had friends with funds stuck there for MONTHS. They like to sit on it and generate interest I guess.

     

    (Additional advice, just google/youtube: "HONEY SCAM", the whole mess is owned by Paypal, screwing literally every party in the process while making millions).

     

     

    You can’t charge back on a bank transfer between 2 people, only on purchases from shops. 

    The Bass Show UK - Cranmore Park, Birmingham - March 1st and 2nd

    in Events

    Posted

    13 hours ago, NJE said:

    Visited today with my boy, the deciding factor was ACS being there, so I had my custom earplugs done as well.

     

    Some really good stuff there and a fun afternoon wandering around. My son came back with so many stickers and plectrums, but other than the freebies the highlights were:

     

    1. Vintage Bass Room - some really lovely gear and it was nice having a wee chat. I was very taken with the Wilcock Long Scale, that nearly got me, it was just a lovely sounding and playing bass and top quality build. I was thinking about it for a few hours.

     

    2. I played the prototype far east made Dingwall SP-1 PJ 5 string. Not much of a 5 string player these days but what a bass. Played beautifully, build was superb and sounded great with a nice 4 way pickup selector. Might be in trouble if the production model 4 strings are that good.

     

    3. Absolute Music had a 77 Stingray that just floored me. I very nearly called the wife to warn her it was coming home but did resist even after a second visit. I think that bass might haunt my dreams and I’m still thinking about it.

     

    4. Realising that I know what I like and what I need. I wasn’t tempted by much gear, most of what I tried was superb quality and sounded great (Spector Euro comes to mind) but it wasn’t for me and the GAS remained low.

     

    On the whole it was a great show for not much money and I will be going back next year. Only downside for me was the noise, but the quiet time came around quickly. I actually found the bass room worst of all, a mix of heavy overdrive pick playing and frantic slap at the same time can drive you potty! It made it hard to try a few things but almost everyone had headphone rigs which was great.


    They were giving out free earplugs as you walked in, I wasn’t expecting it to be quiet!!

     

    I bought a Boss Katana Go from the Boss stand which was a good price and the guys there were really helpful (was actually PMT). 
     

    One thing I did learn after playing a few was that I really don’t like vintage basses, like old P’s or something. Saves me a hell of a lot of money knowing that!

     

    Origin Effects guy who was showing me and my friend the bass pedals was fantastic. 

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