benthos

Loving everything about this new album.

I recently bought a Darkglass Element from Will. The unfortunate part was that on it's arrival, I couldn't power it up no matter what I tried. The fortunate part is that Will was an absolute gent throughout the whole sale. On this occasion we couldn't resolve the power-up issue but I was able to return the pedal to Will and he refunded me no problem at all. I think it's often more useful to know how people interact when there is a problem and in this regard I can say that Will is one of the good guys. Buy with confidence and be assured that if there is any issue he'll be responsive and helpful. Cheers! Benthos.

That's very interesting and quite unexpected/counterintuitive. I'll have to give that a go.

Fantastic stuff. Always good to hear Victor speak. Thanks, @Baloney Balderdash

If it sounds good and feels good, it is good! 🙂

Apologies in advance if this is controversial but out of curiosity, for those who've owned and sold multiple variations of the same 'type' of bass, was that driven by aesthetics or some other reason to find 'the one'? I consider myself a bit too cloth-eared to be able to sonically distinguish (for example) one Jazz from the next, but I concede that many others probably can. That said, I'm not awfully sure the audience can(!) I fully appreciate that build quality is important and is an entirely justifiable reason in itself to go through a few of the same type of bass. Likewise, why gig your birth year all-original Jazz when you can gig something sonically close and a helluva lot cheaper/less heartbreaking to have dinged or nicked? My only experience of this is owning a Jap Fender P which felt and sounded uninspiring (to me) and now owning a much less expensive P which feels and sounds great.

Agreed. I measured the gap and I have a little over 5mm between fretted string and pup housing. No adjustments made to pole pieces. I consider myself to be firmly in the 'clueless' bracket - I am not in any way an expert at setting up pickups and it may be the case that someone on here with superior knowledge and skill can explain why that is not optimal or desirable, but the output is even across the strings, has plenty of bass and sounds good, to my ears at least. There still appears to be plenty of casing to rest my right thumb on as and when required and for me at least it took only moments to get used to.

Thia is what I found. They seem to sit somewhere between 'worryingly' low and 'these are installed wrongly' low but sound great.

When I installed them they did seem to sit a bit lower than the stock pups (i replace the foam) but still produced a ton of bottom end. I havent had to tweak the pole positions either. One happy customer here!

I recently put these into my G&L tribute and I really like them. An improvement (IMHO) in sound, but horses for courses I guess.

Only moderately ridculous GAS for me, it would seem. Not sure if I should be proud or ashamed 🙂 Blue Aria Pro II 80s pointy headstock thing - still lying in a mate's studio, I think. Did all my bedroom noodling and early forays with bands on it. Black no-name budget fretless P copy (hateful, firewood) Blue Ibanez BTB 6 string - sold on here, sometimes wish I'd kept it. Blue Warwick Corvette - sold, but loved it's growl. Sunburst MIM 60s RI Jazz, only original part left is the body. DiMarzios, stack knobs, Gotoh bridge, proper neck. My bitsa and it's perfect. 2002 Blue Pearl Maple neck/board SR5H. This and the jazz did almost all my gigs. Lightwave VL5 fretless. All the mwahs. Very few gigs. (Mick Karn fan). Sunburst MIJ P. Very pretty, never got on with it. Traded on here for... ... Aria SWB EUB. Gold Jack Casady. Bought here, gigged a couple of times and then kept at home. Emerald Blue G&L Tribute LB-100 with the pups swapped out for Dimarzios. Fantastic (IMHO) for the price. It feels to me like I've at least tried most of the iconic styles of bass, but I'd love a crack at a TRB6 or a Warwick 6er just to convince myself I don't need them 😁

I use an iGig dual bag (bought, if I recall from Bass Direct a long time ago.) It does a fine job without being too bulky and has plenty of space for extra bits and bobs. Unfortunately, they don't seem to be around any more from a brief web search, but I see Bass Direct sell something similar - Gator Progo Bass x2. Not cheap, though and I don't have any experience on whether they're any good.

I've only ever tried the EB Wonder Wipes - seemed to do a decent enough job but as fretmeister has already alluded to, the dirt on my SR5 maple 'board seems pretty ingrained, so I've come to regard it as part of it's character 😁