Chris2112

I have to recommend an East preamp. I've had many great preamps in basses in the past (Kubicki, Alembic and Bartolini spring to mind) but the item in my ACG is just incredible. Okay, it's not the most immediate item if you're used to traditional boost/cut tone sculpting, but once you've got to grips with it I could not name a better system. They sound absolutely amazing, and are incrediblyversatile too, whilst never losing their character.

Love the ACG and the Yamaha!

I am still struggling to work out how this came from Newcastle. So much cheer...maybe things were different back in the day?

It would be rude not to mention Mr King here. Classic Status tone in this recording...not to mention some incredible playing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yioVmqlt2Fk

The worst experience I've ever had of this was playing a Schecter bass in Sound Control, Newcastle many years ago. The strings were as rough as sandpaper and evidently ancient. The setup was so bad, I couldn't believe it had went on the rack like that. It was more likely to put people off the basses than anything else! And funnily enough, I've never been that wild about Schecter basses ever since!

So you're trying to offload a mk1?

Interesting. I remember buying some Spector strings, they came with a handy little cloth to clean them with. I suppose this is the same sort of thing, just with more of them.

[quote name='algmusic' timestamp='1316773200' post='1382597'] There is much much worse out there [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjar21N8-iQ[/media] Good job he actually has a day job 'MD of Orange???' [/quote] To be fair, you'd struggle to make anything sound good through an Orange amp, but that was absolutely dire.

For my overall favourite bass tone, you just can't beat Geddy Lee's Wal sound. It's incredible. Hold Your Fire is probably my favourite record of all time, but the bass sound on Power Windows is just a little bit more aggressive and 'in your face'. It's absolutely sublime. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRqQ6dL6ZJQ

I love Jonathan Creek, I've got the DVD boxed set!

I've had a fretless VM Jazz bass and two Classic Vibe Jazz basses and they've all been great. Granted, the CV's are the better basses but the VM was pretty good too.

I stumbled across this hideously bad slap video the other day. I usually enjoy excessive, 1980's slap bass sounds but this is just f***ing crap. I am not sure this guy can even hear himself. Actually, his facial expressions after 00:50 seconds suggest he is having some sort of fit, induced by his his own crapness. The tone sucks, the playing is aimless and awful and his timing is very poor. What a disaster, 0/10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU39GE2Xa6A

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Yeah, his slap playing is pretty good.

I grabbed the Status this afternoon and sat down with a bottle of sarsaparilla for a play along to the soundtrack of Street Fighter 2.

Ah yes, I see it now that I've zoomed in on the flickr picture!

I wouldn't think too seriously about detuning a short scale other than half a step or maybe a step at a push. And even then, you'll likely need some thicker strings to keep it sounding a feeling good. They are neat items on their own but not ideal for detuning. Can you imaging Stanley knocking out low B's on his Alembics?

The 'Honky Tonk' label doesn't fill me with confidence but I hope you are enjoy it!

This is probably the route I would take if I were to buy another 5 string. That said, I have never really felt comfortable with having the E where the B would usually be. I'd probably just get a 6 string instead!