danny-79

14 hours ago, Piers_Williamson said:

I have to say, the one in the photo doesn't quite look the same as everyone elses!

Mine looks like this:

 

And I concur with everything that's been said about them.  Great with passive classic fenders.  I had to wait three months for mine and they are nose-bleed expensive, but Jack, the guy behind Noble is fantastic to deal with.

 

Yeah I see what you mean. There is an extra valve or something on the top plus a couple of switches to the left .

I now know they are made to order so some kind of special request maybe ? 

6 hours ago, three said:

This sounds like a good idea and probably achieves a lot of what the Noble would do (without the price tag).  If you get a chance to try a Noble, they're definitely worth a look - I found it worked especially well with passive/traditional style basses.  I used it mainly with a Lakland PJ and P - the sheen of the Noble was less obvious with active/boutique basses (for me anyway).

The compressor I use is the old style Markbass Compressore. Is highly unpractical on a pedalboard (tube, Needs it’s own power supply etc) so have it mounted next to the shuttle in a pedalbox and adjust it accordingly depending on the bass I’m using. It’s is my favourite sounding compressor to date.  All my basses are active 

9 hours ago, three said:

I used to have one - they’re a superb valve pre and DI - they offer a very polished/produced tone. I prefer solid state pres, however the Noble is probably my favourite valve type. Probably worth the price and hype but it’s all very personal and relative 

I can’t see me needing one anytime soon seeing as I was unsure about what exactly it was yesterday morning. I have two class D amps I use, the one (Genz Benz shuttle) permanently had a tube compressor hooked up to it just for the simple reason of warming/sweetening the tone

3 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

It's the Nobel preamp.

There's only 1 model.

 

https://nobleamps.com/preamps/

 

Perfect. Thank you 👍

2 hours ago, fretmeister said:

Main purpose is a DI and / or Valve preamp.

 

And this is what it sounds like

 

 

 

Any idea on the make and model of the one in the photo ? 

2 hours ago, Happy Jack said:

Technically speaking, "these" are those but when they're over here.

No need to thank me.

2 hours ago, Happy Jack said:

Also technically speaking, the plural of "these" is "these".

"Theses" is a whole nother thang.

 

I’ll sleep so much better tonight with this information. Thank you 

2 hours ago, ahpook said:

I think you were right with a bit of both.

 

Though it was something of the like. Intrigued to its main purpose though 

Genuine question but I’m starting to see a lot of ???? about and not too sure what they are. 

My guess is 

A- some sort of valve pre-amp to sweeten up a class-D amp head. 

B- some sort of a fancy DI box

C- a mix of both 

any info on what they are/do greatly appreciated 

cheers ! 

4 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

Lovely 'plate!

Who made that?

https://www.facebook.com/alperiouspickguard/

He does some nice work. 

I had this control plate made the same time (blue stingray is exactly same modified speck as the cream one) 

2 hours ago, fretmeister said:

Yes.

Although I don't have the original brown tort scratchplate. A previous owner had swapped it for the paisley, and although I was given the brown one it had been badly bent by however it had been stored and couldn't be used again. 

I’ve got it’s four string brother with rosewood board. 

Also heavily modified 

Nordstrand bigman. 

East pre amp 

series/single/ parallel switch 

custom pickguard and control plate

and battery box has been removed in favour of a snap and plate (off a classic SR) 

all original parts are safely stashed up but it’s definitely a keeper though 

Is the bass a 2005 LE in buttercream? 

39 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

Reverse the mods - not the tuners, that isn't really a mod, just an upgrade.

Can you use the pickups on your mezzo?

None original tuners will drastically devalue it upgraded or not. 

You can buy the standard EBMM tuners, I had to replace a damaged one a while back and at just over £30 each. 

Sell the Hipshots separately 

I’ve Just ordered a copy of this  

I’ve swapped the pre amps and pickups in two of my StingRays and have kept all original parts just incase hell freezes over and need to sell either one. 

Put it back to as close to original as possible then auction of the aftermarket parts separately you will get more for it that way. Funny how that works 

Never too late, thank you for your post and recommendation I’ll look into it. Cheers 

2 hours ago, Crawford13 said:

I am mainly a 4 string player but I do have a 5 string with a high C. 

I would take it as a challenge to find fingerings on parts of the fret broad you might not normally use, or alternatively you could right hand tap the high notes. 

there has to be a way around it and right hand fret tap is a great suggestion, can’t think of any other way. 

Its like theses are the notes but doesn’t work all on the same string. 

Great book though very inspiring stuff 

All the Good Stuff Book. 

How are you getting on with it using a four string bass or are you not (not using a four string)

. I’m really for the first time ever wishing I had a high C 

On 21/05/2020 at 20:34, x20xt6 said:

TL:DR, It allows for multi-band compression.

Have you ever set up a compressor so it nicely, gently compresses your G string, only to hit your low E string and have it be compressed to oblivion?

Basically, the Tyler is a High Pass Filter and a Low Pass Filter, with FX loops out of each side. The high pass feeds the Hyper Luminal, only compressing frequencies 550Hz and above. The other feeds the MXR M87, only compressing frequencies 350Hz and below.
By setting it like this, the 12db/Octave roll off of the filters acts as a natural mid cut around 462Hz, which cleans up some mud...just by default of how filters work I guess, but obviously the frequencies are adjustable.
Takes a bit of tinkering to get the settings right, but it works unbelievably well. Hand wired in Germany too, so it's well made! 

Thanks ! I’ll be looking into this more 

4 hours ago, x20xt6 said:

Pedaltrain - Jr
T-Rex Fuel Tank Junior

TC Electonic Polytune Noir

KMA Audio Machines Tyler Frequency Splitter
       ---> LPF loop into MXR M87 Bass Compressor (filter set around 350Hz)
       ---> HPF loop into Darkglass Hyper Luminal Compressor ( filter set around 550Hz)

Darkglass Vintage Microtubes

Never heard of the frequency splitter. Two compressors. Please elaborate I’m intrigued 

On 14/05/2020 at 15:57, phnod said:

I have just recently discovered Nathan East (there are so many great session bassists to know!) and he made a method/dvd "The busines of bass".

Is it good? Looks like it is hard to get a copy of it, though

 

Not heard of that one. He’s a great player though. 

6 hours ago, Crawford13 said:

Having the tab in a separate section is one of my favourite things about Janek’s books, it really challenges my reading, but if I get stuck I can always check the tab.

Agree with you there. It’s prompting me to put the effort in to read. I’m getting there

2 hours ago, Frank Blank said:

I purchased this book just as we went into lockdown on the recommendation of my bass tutor, slowly working my way through it. Exercises tend to bore me rigid but I like the ones in here, superb book.

I’m just about to get started on it. Looks good though so far. It would be nice if it was written in traditional format rather than having the tab in a separate section 

2 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

Hi danny, yeah it’s written like this , there’s some good exercises in it ☝️

Thanks for the info. Looks perfect. I’m slowly teaching myself to read but tab is still important. 

I brought one of Ed’s books a while back (walking bass line) no tab. Blessing in disguise as it promoted me to learn how to read it. 

Ordering a copy now. 

Thanks again 

On 29/04/2020 at 13:36, Reggaebass said:

I really enjoy bass theory and I’ve had many books , one of my favourites is this, it covers scales all over the neck, major and minor , and one and two octave pentatonics, it’s also got a code for online audio.

I’ll look into this one next. Didn’t think I’d enjoy learning theory. Managed fine the last 30+yrs but I’m really getting into it and enjoying it so double bonus! 

(Just before I order a copy, how is it written? Bass clef and Tab hopefully) 

I’ve brought and downloaded the accompanying video. It’s what you would of expected the audio to be with the only difference you can watch the hands. Definitely worth it so all good. 

Starting work on it now !