Ruck

To the OP

30 years ago, absolutely yes. Now a days, not so much as quality control on many budget intruments is so high you dont have to worry about contruction much anymore. Just find a bass you like and is made well and there is an abundance of boutique pickups you can buy if you had a certain tone in mind.

The only exception is luthiers like Roscoe who get pickup builders like Bartolini to custom make pickups for their basses and there is no way of buying the same pickups from Bartolini. Therefore basses like that will always sound unique. Rickenbacker would be another example of truly unique as they use their own pickups and a hollow steel bridge that gives them their unique sound.

4 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

However, even done ironically, your cred will be shot to pieces forever...

I dont know the true story but I imagine Joe Dart was suffering from back problems as he used the stand a few times for a period and the others used one too just to make him feel better.

You can always buy a stand for your bass like Joe Dart and the guys did here:
 

Anyone notice La Bella Strings arnt the same as they used to be?

On my main P bass, I have a 10 year old set of La Bella Deep Talking strings that still feel and sound fantastic.

The new sets I have bought recently are just not the same. They feel/sound more rubbery and break easily. Almost like Im buying fake sets but theyre from big named online shops so that cant be.

This just me?

edit

Just viewed some youtube videos and I might want to consider the Quad-Coil Musicman pickups too...

Still its hard to tell... I might want to consider parallel/series switching too but I rather not and just keep it simple.

Hello all I was hoping for someone with experience in Bartolini Pickups to give advice.

I have a custom Musicman 5 String style bass I am putting together. I already have a Bartolini Musicman Classic pickup installed in the sweetspot. Im planning to buy another Bartolini Musicman Pickup and arrange them like the Bongo pickup locations.

Keeping the bass passive. Does anyone know if the Bartolini Original Pickups have more low end and more specifically, high end than the Bartolini Classic pickups?

Thinking of placing a Bartolini Original at the bridge and the Classic at the neck positions.

Thankyou!

Ok thanks all, ill swap the strings back over to another bass to see what happens

So bought a Fazley Hot Rod P bass from Bax.  The quality is what you expect from a bass priced that low.  I strung it up with La Bella flatwounds and it sounds lovely, however...

If I fret anyway along the D string it sounds like a fretless!  You know, that kinda Mwaaaaaaah decay.  And I have nooooooo idea why! Doesnt make a difference if I adjust the truss rod or action.

Ive tried two fender style bridges now and the same thing happens. If anything I kind of want to get the rest of strings to do the same! It sounds great.  Any idea whats going on?

Oh I should mention I had the same La Bella strings on another precision bass and it didnt do this.

1 hour ago, cetera said:

The old Kramer Ferringtons had an acoustic P-shaped body with a hockey stick Kramer Forum neck

Ooh they look pretty cool too thanks

4 minutes ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

That reminds me - Brandoni Guitars bought up the contents of the Eko factory years ago and had some acoustic bodies designed for bolt-on necks last time I was there, however the bsuiness has been closed since Roberto passed away in March last year and there is no indication of whether his family will be reopening the business.

Those Eko acoustic basses sure seem the loudest unplugged. Thanks for the recommendations

Thanks all yeah I was not using google properly XD

Found one example called The Spector Timbre acoustic

Are their any real world examples of this happening? Im talking full size acoustic bass bodies like dreadnought.  Obviously theres the smaller hollow body fretless basses out there such as Ibanez.   I have a Status Fretless neck longing for a suitable quality body and I thought, how about a full sized acoustic body instead of the typical standard size solid body so I could potentially use it unplugged with the right gauge strings to emphasize the upper harmonics instead of worrying about reproducing fundamentals acoustically. It would of course also be wired up to use as an electric.

Thanks all

New member to the C4 here. Great pedal looking forward to getting to know it more! 

* Solved my original hiccup. It was just the preset I was using.

On 08/07/2020 at 17:49, Quatschmacher said:

 

@Ruck, like this:

 

Many thanks for your swift response!

Hello all, I was wondering if I can just use the Future Impact just for its Envelope Filter section? i.e. sound of my bass or whatever is before the FI and just use the FI for its filters and not its oscillators? Also can anyone recommend any Midi controllers used to use the FI with a Expression pedal please.

Wow thanks everyone! Problem solved!

5 hours ago, CameronJ said:

Gator make some good quality mixer bags/cases in a wide variety of sizes. One of them could potentially work and would be far less bulky than a hard flight case.

Thanks but none of them are big enough.

I currently have a Pedaltrain Terra 42 with flightcase I will be using eventually (Got it secondhand on this forum for an awesome deal). However the flightcase is a bit cumbersome! Pedaltrain do not sell the softcase for it separately.... Can anyone think of a alternative to the Pedaltrain Terra 42 Softcase?

Im thinking Warwick gigbag, you know, the one thats inbetween a hardcase and softcase and gutting that to fit the pedalboard in.

Pedaltrain pedalboard measures at 42" x 15" x 4"

Hello I am curious about the dimensions of the Yamaha Pickups in this bass. Would I be able to fit other brands of pickups in this bass without further routing? Oh and is the string spacing really 18mm? Many Thanks!

ah nevermind then

If you fancy selling the P-Retro Separately send me a PM! Cheers.

Ah my old IE SubT! Ended up acquiring two more after I sold that one...

Post EQ it is then from now on!

1 hour ago, PaulWarning said:

the main trouble I encounter with FOH sound is a muddy sub bass so I always cut anything below 50Hz before the signal gets sent to the desk.

 

Indeed! I usually have this on my GK 1001RB but unfortunately was Pre-EQ DI. I run the Flea EQ: Lows: 8 o'clock Low Mids: 9 o'clock High Mids: 11 o'clock and Highs at Noon. Pre-Shape and Presence 10 o'clock though. This with my Fender Precision Deluxe and Barefaced Big Twin II is the tightest punchiest lows Ive ever managed. Even got an Auralex pad to stop the booming on hollow stages, seems to work a treat.