Prime_BASS

[quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1492425237' post='3280088']
Doubling the number of speakers gives you (all things being equal) +3dB , halving the power gives you -3dB.. So the nett effect is 0 dB..
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I'm sure I read that to double your volume, +10dB, you either have to double your cabbage. So adding another of the same speaker.
Or you can add 10x the power. So a 100 watt amp would need to be a 1000watt amp.

By that understanding having half the power wouldn't make it half as loud, even more so with more speakers. Or do I have it wrong?

Might have a testicle or two to trade for the xotic 🤞

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1492336506' post='3279439']


On the face of it, it seems expensive compared to their other offerings. I did expect this to be in the B7K price range, but a LOT of work has gone into this unit over the past couple of years with countless prototypes and revisions made. I think it will be something special.
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True, I don't think many of us really understand how much goes into some things.


Going back and listening it sounds just like the other Dark glass pedals.
IMO of course they all sound the same to me, good but the same.

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1485417748' post='3223743']


It's a full preamp, as opposed to a drive pedal. But the value of the pound really buggers us on this one.
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There are plenty of drive boxes that can also be used as preamps that even have preamp in the name yet don't command prices anywhere near close to that.

At the same time how much are Geiger Counter pedals.
And I think my Suncoast was nearly £300

Buy your light string 5 pack and whatever C string gauge you'd like

Fixed

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1492093413' post='3277903']


Good on you!

With a slight edit to your quote thus - "Fender... Looks better to most folks who aren't in the extreme echelons of knowledge" - may I suggest you run that right up the Fender marketing flag pole and see how many salutes it gets.

Hahahahahahaha. My lower echelon is itchy now [scratches arse]
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Not entirely sure what your point is?

[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1492005235' post='3277102']
When you get paid for playing original music
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Made my own decal with my username and it's common for most folks to say "what is a prime bass?"

It's only the same as folks making Honda Type R/focus RS-ST/ Audi RS replicas with big standard models.

Looks better to most folks who aren't in the extreme echelons of knowledge

Kill them, leave them behind. You can be better, stronger; faster!

Nano pog first in the chain will perform better, i.e tracking.
Personally would have some dry in there to make it sound more natural.
I would then EQ the low frequencies out.
A touch of reverb will give it some air that won't be too noticeable at practice but in a big room and recorded will make a nice difference. Trick is to make it sound like a natural string rather than a synthy octave up

They exchange a lot of time than you'd first think producing videos, coupled with the fact of years upon years of practice, travel, gear, sick days etc.

I would also like to get more back for my time, that's why I go about as if my business makes the best sandwiches

[quote name='indiegrungesound' timestamp='1491679770' post='3274781']
Basses aren't really supposed to be played through guitar amps
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Not true. A bass guitar signal can also not break a guitar amp or cab in anyway.

As dood says, most amps cut off the extreme low end, but I've had good results getting a more guitar-y sound with an EQ before the guitar amp, cutting lows and a slight mid boost usually around 1.5khz.

First thing first.

Eat
All
Day
Get
(Big
Easy)

Interested in the rat, but no idea what it would do to my already bass lacking sound.
Clips sound cool on YouTube and that, but if it sucks any low end out of my sound it'd be a RE sell, can you give me any ideas?

Can vouch for true oil.

I don't like doing too much so literally spent a day or two applying a light light light amount to the back of a neck, steel wooled it down after a few hours. Repeated 3 or 4 times.

Feels great.

BB pre-amp from xotic has been on my pedal board for roughly 6 or 7 years.
It's my go to, my rock I wouldn't want to go without it. Others have tried and failed to take its place.

It's simplicity is it's key(along with a great sound)

I like the sansamp stuff don't get me wrong but I find the BB to have a much more useable range of sounds and uses.

Warmoth will make you a P shape body and you can have it routed for two J single coils.

Add a P neck and you have a precision feel bass that sounds like a jazz

I'm also pretty sure G&L have made or make a bass that's basically precision but has two J single coils in it.

After going passive and never being happy with a stock fender(even us ones) I've been using bitsa basses. Around 3 years now, bar a modulus I recently had.

All are a mix of Warmoth parts, some have the same neck on. Always use dimarzio model Js and Ps wired into Klogon looms too.
Had fully unique ones, the yellow Jazz the black Jaguar, too copies. The red is a 60's reissue style and my most recent is a Takeshi Ueda signature copy.

I'm just deciding on what to get for a spare bass right now too.

Still available?

God dammit!!

Had one, loved it. Would like to try one again. Not many out in the wild though

Try it, if you like it buy it.
If not try something else.

Ignore what anyone says about anything.

Report back your findings.

Right I've had one of these for a while and it's been absolutely fine with how I was using it.
Until I started getting this super load very high pitched feedback/squeal. Assuming it was the bass, as it happened right after I changed the body, I've changed the pickup and the electronics.
I've then proceeded to check everything!

While checking stuff I noticed that while the Suncoasts volume was off and nothing was plugged in it was generating this high pitched whine. Turning up the volume made it louder all the way until it sounds like its oscillating!
Same thing happens turning the drive up and down. Playing around I found basically moving any knob up or down makes it worse or quieter, but it's always there!
I've tried everything with the power too and it's still there.
The only thing I haven't tried is a complete isolated power (batteries).

I can obviously set the pedal as such it doesn't feedback while using it but then I wouldn't be using the sound I want it for, and sometimes it will still give me that gnarly high pitched squeal.

I'd like to stress that I've used the same settings on it for ages and one day I got this high pitched noise and I've just found out about it's whining yesterday. I've emailed Sales at suncoast but no reply yet.

If it is broken, then I have no way to replace it for £350 haha!

At the end of the day this in-store price rise is just bad. Bad for buyers and bad for sellers, especially on an already over choked market lace where people are more likely to buy online for cheaper anyway.

Even I've ended my reign of terror at my 32ND bass. But I have brought two cars this year haha.

As I understand oil is brought in USD or at least that's the benchmark and that's actually coming down on Monday, where I read a month or so ago it was feared it'd rise to 1.50gbp per litre with in the next year

Was a local shop at the weekend with the drummer and he was picking up some Zildian cymbals and the clerk said that they were going up 30% on Monday. They've had some sort of nod and everything basically is going up one way or another. Stuff from fender all the way to drum stuff I've never heard of.

Anyone know why, can't just be inflation at that increase.