EBS_freak

I see Bootsy has his hands on one now.

Amazing set of skills on display here. Great arrangement, great musicality. But... Umm... Am I the only one that thinks, yeah, it's all very technical and the like... but the original still grooves a lot harder? Substitute the feck out of the chords and everything, obligatory horns and chromatic runs, syncopations... Just cos you can, doesn't mean you should. Or is it just me?

How low you can get you action depends upon a number of things... The trueness of your neck - any twists are bad news. The straightness of your truss rod - having a big bow in your neck is not going to play in your favour. In fact, the necks on my basses (all with low actions) have the truss rod set pretty much straight. The angle at which the neck joins the body. Shims can be your friend on a bolt on to kick the dusty end of the neck up. The adjustment at the saddles... some saddles just won't go low enough. The slots at the nut. Too low and you are on a hiding to nothing. Too high and you'll never get your strings where you want them. The most important thing is a damn good fret dress. Any proud frets are going to leave you with all sorts of buzzes and notes choking out. Radius means nothing unless you are bending all over the shop. Some guitarists like flat radiuses as they can bend to the cows come home without the note choking out - it wouldn't be possible to do such extreme bends on a heavily radiuses neck. You may have heard of compound radius? Thats where the neck radius flattens out towards the top of the neck to allow big bends without choking out. There's no reason why you can't get a super low action on a Stingray or a Jazz... in fact, I've played both that has been fettled to have super low action. Two luthiers I know first hand who can achieve such things are Bernie Goodfellow and Martin at The Gallery. I don't know how close you are to those guys to get your bass to them but they would be my first port of call for a fret dress and general setup to get the neck where you want it. I also find my basses more comfortable with 40s than 45s... so you may want to experiment in that area also.

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[quote name='HazBeen' timestamp='1455108393' post='2975934'] I live in Holland, like UK most small quality shops are closing down with companies like Bax and Key Music taking over. Bax is not like Thomann. Thomann is a family owned business that became huge through performance, Bax is small in comparison and has a lot to prove over a long period of time before a comparison can me drawn. I order at Bax now and again, from a EURO perspective they are not cheaper than Thomann; I expect the cost benefit will be short lived if the GBP to EURO changes. Forex is currently a big part of the low price points and they want to try and carve out a niche for themselves in Europe which they can only do in so many ways. Personally I think they are ok, no more no less and prefer Thomann. More choice, better CS, longer reputation, more in stock etc etc. [/quote] Ooh thanks for the extra insight. Going to google Key in a minute also. For me - to add to comments from others - I have been looking at a load of rack bits and bobs and that is where I have witnessed the big savings, I've ordered a couple of hundreds of pounds of stuff and saved probably fifty by going to Bax. The equivalent was cheaper than Thomanns too. I looked at a bit of bass stuff and witnessed their prices were on the whole cheaper also, hence my opening statement. Anyway, worth checking out when shopping around to see if they can do you a good deal. EDIT : Found Key. Nice site but not so hot on the pricing.

Too much excitement!

Haven't been to see any "name" band for ages. Is suppose the last was Rudimental. Now they know how to get the bass pumping. Was at Blackpool Winter Gardens with the sprung dance floor. Much fun...

I'm just gonna sit here drop feeding stuff in... New EBS Billy Sheehan pedal....?

Sparkle Drive Mod...

[quote name='sunburstjazz1967' timestamp='1455100643' post='2975799'] Naturally we have our own six d and b monitors (who doesn't?!) but we have to hire in the extra six and I don't know anyone that has them just lying around at £30k a set!? [/quote] Well, it just so happens there is a guy you may be able to call on...

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1455099890' post='2975790'] That was half of the attraction. We usually have to carry around our own TV to show the football in the background but it's a bitch to carry. I think we'll start checking with the landlords in advance, nothing less than a wall mounted 42" LED from now on [/quote] 42"? Gosh, your standards are low. And you should be stipulating OLED as a minimum. C'mon man, don't sell yourself short.

[quote name='BassBunny' timestamp='1455104659' post='2975851'] Easily re-shaped [/quote] Call me Sid. (From Toy Story)

[quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1455104754' post='2975853'] It's not great, but then neither are the headstocks on Sadowsky's, Fodera's, D Lakin, G&L's and others ( all of which cost more as well). [/quote] Agreed. And thats why I have a problem with those brands too. PS - Add Alleva to the pile also.

I decided to give Bax Shop a whirl after being drawn by their very competitive prices. I'm currently building up a fairly comprehensive rack and must say, that the saving through Bax have been significant - much like how I remember Thomann being in days gone by. Everything has gone completely smoothly. I've ordered twice now - both on a Sunday night... both orders delivered by the following Wednesday morning. Now that's faster than Thomann fast. Big thumbs up from me.

[quote name='sunburstjazz1967' timestamp='1455039786' post='2975323'] Maybe ones with fish on?! [/quote]

the headstock though

Apparently 5ers too...

http://forum.music-group.com/showthread.php?6287-XR12-as-bass-preamp ;P I will get you to buy one.

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1455093091' post='2975709'] I've pulled that gig, the monitoring wasn't up to much [/quote] Ah man, that's a shame. They have a killer video screen too.

You just can't keep a good barefaced thread down.

Good work! Should blow their socks off at the Tickled Trout.

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1454854123' post='2973531'] Careful what you wish for, I said that yesterday as I got a bit of a scuff on my new TC RS112 the other day and said 'really I should get some covers'. My wife said 'Oh I will make you one' which is her normal answer - she makes hammocks for pets out of fleece, so I said, no thanks, I don't need a pink cupcake cover. Then later I went into the hall to get my stuff for the gig, and found this: [/quote] I've got 6 d&b audiotechnik monitors here. Do you think she could sort me out?

[quote name='Lw.' timestamp='1455036746' post='2975284'] But saying all that, after EBS_Freak's post I'd say four combos is the only logical option really :-) [/quote] The above is two combos, two extension cabs.