BruceBass3901

2 minutes ago, Deedee said:

Congratulations. Great basses, I had one in the same colour.

Just needs a black plate! 😎

I've opted for grey pearl, so still darker but with a bit of 'texture' to match the rest of the bass

I bought a Musicman SUB from Phil and it was a total pleasure. He offered a a video call to show me the bass' condition and that everything worked before I made the journey, had everything setup for a demo for when I arrived and we were able to do some socially distanced chatting before we exchanged 'duh monies' for a well looked after bass.

Top bloke, would definitely make another purchase without any hesitation.

2 hours ago, AJ567 said:

Well, it's taken a while but I think I'm done. Famous last words...

Modular set up built around wired IEM. Small board is in always on, in use 100% of the time. I bring the larger effects board to maybe 50% of gigs. 

 

Small board is a piece of plywood painted black. Sized so that it fits in a Mono tick bag (attached to bass case).

On the right hand side there is an IEM amp sitting on top of a lehle P-split clone with mute switch (which I made). Also the Cali compressor is on a DIY riser which hides a 18v adapter running out of the Noble.

 

The main effects board has some unusual features. The blue thing in the top right is a home made patchbay (with IEM pass-through), master power switch, and relay bypass looper with the whole board in the loop. This way I can set up a patch and click it on/off with one tap. It's also a fail safe - if any pedal gremlins appear I can kick the "missile" switch cover to kill the power and and the whole board is automatically bypassed. 

Sitting on the wah pad is an expression pedal for the Xerograph. The Xerograph is in the loop. It's touch sensetive so I can do a filter sweep just by putting my foot on the expression pedal.

The thing in the bottom right is a tap switch for the LFO in the spectrum filter. The button itself is aligned with the tap switch on the tape echo delay so I can set the tempo for both at the same time. 

the little white light above the spectrum is a bluetooth adapter so I can switch to any preset using my phone instantly (and wirelessly).

 

The board itself is powered using a re-purposed Anker battery pack. Battery life is about 6 hours. In a pinch, the aforementioned missile switch unit has an input for a one spot, which is activated when the switch is in the 'down' position. All pedals are on isolated supplies, whether powered by battery or one spot, thanks to a variety of gigrig/joyo adapters. 

 

When IEMs aren't called for i just plug into my barefaced FR800 or whatever powered monitor is nearest. 

Seriously though, that is an amazingly well thought out and clearly high functioning setup.

I had a very similar input/effect loop/bypass box setup on my last board, and now I hate that I didn't see the opportunity to have the missile launch style switch!

So I finally tracked one down...

A teal Musicman USA SUB!

The first tutor I had for bass had one of these in the black/grey/graphite colourway, and I remember thinking it was so cool. Little did I know how great these basses were, and as many of you on here know, these are basically a Stingray with some of the 'luxuries' removed.

This one has had a bit of love and attention, so frets are in lovely condition and the neck has been stripped of the black paint to reveal a lovely bit of maple underneath. It has also had the 'tasteful' checkerplate pickguard replaced with a W/B/W replacement. 

This lovely example came from @Jimbogubson on here via an appropriately socially distanced purchase made over the bank holiday weekend!

I will probably switch out the pickguard for a grey pearloid one, and I would like to fit a Zero-Mod thumbrest, but the shipping cost and time make me a bit nervous at the moment (hence the thread in the Accessories forum).

Suffice to say I am a very happy chappy!

Hi everyone,

I've just bough a Musicman USA SUB (NBD thread being prepped for this afternoon) and after a bit of playing around I'm enjoying it very much.

I've been using Jazz and other multiple pickup outfitted basses for a very long time, so I'm used to having a few places to anchor my thumb, so the single H configuration of the SUB is proving to be a bit limiting.

I'm aware of the floating thumb technique being used in such applications, and have found a few instances where this is appropriate, but for a lot of what I play, I would rather have a solid anchor of some type.

I've read of the Zero-Mod thumbrests for several types of basses, and the Stingray version will fit my SUB with no problems, but I've seen very few reports on what these are like from this side of the pond, and indeed whether there is anybody stocking them over here.

Can anybody share their experience of these before I pull the trigger through the Zero-Mod store?

Thanks in advance!

1 minute ago, greghagger said:

I agree with that. 
 

Which subject do you lecture in? 

Design and Engineering. I only started at my current place of work a couple of months or so before all this craziness kicked off, but I was teaching the same subject at A Level before.

Now back to Ska!

There is a lot of fist wave love going on here, but are there many fans of second or even third wave ska? Some amazing bass players in this field and some incredibly fun songs that I will have to share if people are interested.

1 minute ago, greghagger said:

I love this, especially the sentiment surrounding the video. Great song and love your singer’s style. 
 

Brilliant you got a retweet from Madness. 
 

Check this out folks, it’s great!

Thanks a lot Greg. Yeah, our singer is a proper showman. He has props and everything at gigs!

4 hours ago, greghagger said:

That band sounds like fun and yeah of course be great to see some performances. 
 

I’ve got another Ska video lesson you might be interested in too if you are making up your own bass lines. 
 

https://youtu.be/NVp-oc4ajIc

 

I will definitely check that out Greg, thanks! Every day should be a learning day (not just my opinion as a lecturer at a University 😅)

Well here is my band's take on It Must Be Love by Madness (we even got retweeted by Madness!) that we have recorded during isolation. My only guide track was the drums, hence the look of total concentration!

A little bit of Ska in isolation recorded as a fundraiser and general feel good opportunity during this difficult time:

Currently, it works out at roughly £100 for the year. All the prices are USD, so do shift a bit. If you get in at the deal price, you are grandfathered in at this price, but can upgrade to a 'Lifetime Membership' which is a one off payment that I have not looked into.

If you go through the registration for the free 14 day trial, you get all the prices on the next page.

I'll throw in to the mix that I am actually a member at SBL and have started on the Player's Path and am really enjoying it.

Even at Level 1 or 2 (of 9) I'm noticing little bad habits I have allowed myself to pick up, and have a more visual and workable method of filling in a lot of gaps in my technique toolkit and theory knowledge, so ticks plenty of boxes for me.

His recent stuff seems to be a bit more 'interweb targeted' so a few more memes or GIFs thrown in than are really necessary, but Scott seems like a nice guy, his teaching method is good, even if he has a tendency to waffle (as a teacher, I know how easy it is to get caught up in a train of thought) and the experienced musicians he has the chance to talk to and work with on his courses is just great.

I totally get why the marketing grinds people though. I'm signed up, and still getting fed up of all the YouTube ads inbetween other videos!

Initial impressions are pretty good with these. Nice sound, definitely still got some brightness. Higher output than the Blue Steels I had on before, so will have to do some pickup height tweaking to keep everything playing nicely. Overall setup is going to need some tweaks as well as these are different tension and have generally thrown my bass out of whack.

Liking the smooth feel, but they are a tiny bit sticky, I suspect from some kind of treatment at the factory, so I guess that will disappear with time. Very different to what I am used to, but I can certainly see the appeal.

Sound great with a pick, which is nice to know, but I don't ever play with a pick with my band.

Will definitely be keeping them on and seeing how they break in a bit, but I need to put some serious time into getting my setup right as these have thrown everything out. Unfortunately, this will probably be a bigger job as there are a few things that I will take the chance to sort out (new nut, fret levelling) but that is far more to do with my bass than these strings, I think these have just highlighted the issues.

PM'd

Lovely collection, and that frettless 'Ray looks beautiful.

If you want an unhelpful comment, it may be worth pointing out that you could make space to explore 60s vs 70s Jazz basses... The pickups are in different positions, so there must a difference, right?

And both 'Rays are H configurations... an HH might be nice as well?

My Slinky Flatwounds arrived today. I'll get my go to bass strung up with them tonight and see how they feel.

I've opened up each of the string envelopes and I can't see any sign of corrosion. There was also a note, flyer, thing in there saying they now use treated envelopes to help prevent corrosion, so perhaps this was the factory response to the issues in the past.

Just from handling the strings a bit, they are going to be very different to what I have used before. I've always played rounds, so these seemed like a good place to start with an experiment into flats.

Can't speak for their nickel offerings, but I am a fan of the Bass Centre Elites. In my case, I went with the Stadiums (Stainless) and found them to have a great sound, feel really nice (not as harsh as some other SS strings I've used) and last for a long time while still having a nice zing to them.

Their Players are the nickel version:

http://www.basscentre.com/elites-player-series/elites-player-series-iv.html

Might be worth a look?

Thought my Custom Shop Chrome CTM 300 would be appreciated here

Here is the updated picture from my first gig with the current band!

As I said, same bass, hat and boots!

3 minutes ago, dave_bass5 said:

This is my fav. No matter what other basses i get i cant stop playing this one. Its a bass ill never sell (mainly as you cant buy them anymore). 

 

That is gorgeous. I remember seeing the red and blue sandblasted basses around a bit and had some serious GAS for one, but sadly never actually saw one in person.

Here's me from a few years ago playing a show with my old ska band, The Mighty Shrimp. I'll try and get a slightly updated one as well, but not a lot has changed! Same bass, amp and cab (directly behind me), hat, jacket and boots. Hell, I still have those jeans as well! Except the current ska band is Ska Dogs, so bigger, land-dwelling creature with fewer legs.

Fingers crossed things work out! A load of my gigs have been cancelled, rescheduled or are totally up in the air, including festivals and loads of local gigs.

It sounds like either option would be made to work then, so it all comes down to whether you want one trouser-flappingly loud box with wheels, or two smaller ones without!

Sorry @Stofferson, I feel like this has become a bit off-topic now!

In answer to your original question, it seems like it is more of a question of how easily can you move the 610 compared to a 410 and a 210? 

Just now, Muppet said:

Slippery slope! I'd love to put a CTM on top of the 610 and listen to that. I bet it's brilliant. 

Well... you have the cab... I have the head... I reckon once this virus blows over, there might be a chance of a fun afternoon!

Maybe I need to actually get to one of these Bass Bashes I see advertised on here to try some of these things out, eh?

1 minute ago, Merton said:

Sounds possible. Any excuse for GAS, eh?! Do it...

Do you think Mark would take in my cabs to put in the B Stock blowout? 😅

You guys are going to drive my wallet to an early grave at this rate.