mattbass6 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 My 2018 Spector Forte 4 that used to belong to @Eldon Tyrell Followed closely by the Spector Pulse II 5 string I bought a month ago ☺️ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auctioneer Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 I think for me it would have to be an application called AbleSet, which is used for audio playback on Ableton. A fantastic piece of software from a solo developer that costs a third of Setlist, and frankly has better features! I do playback work from time to time and it changed the game for my friend and I. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 The Ibanez EHB1265MS with Aguilar DCB pickups I bought earlier this year. Good to play and incredible clarity of sound. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2pods Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Probably my Fractal FM9. Had to sell lots of stuff but worth it in the end. Also my SSS Stingray, bought used from Bass Direct. It's now set up splendidly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilorius Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Aguilar tone hammer 500 amp 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Actually, I think this 2001 Basslab L-Bow was the only music gear I bought this year, but even in any other year it would surely have come first as it has one of the finest and most entertaining basses I've ever played. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric.C.Lapton Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 7 minutes ago, Chris2112 said: Actually, I think this 2001 Basslab L-Bow was the only music gear I bought this year, but even in any other year it would surely have come first as it has one of the finest and most entertaining basses I've ever played. What does it do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songofthewind Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Jeebus, the guy who made that must have lost concentration while putting in the last fret. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 5 minutes ago, Eric.C.Lapton said: What does it do? You press down a string on the neck with your left hand and pluck it over the plastic blocks on the body and it makes a sound. String a few together and you've got music! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric.C.Lapton Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 5 minutes ago, Chris2112 said: You press down a string on the neck with your left hand and pluck it over the plastic blocks on the body and it makes a sound. String a few together and you've got music! That would have suited you so much better if you’d said “What can this strange device be? When I touch it, it gives forth a sound It’s got wires that vibrate, and give music What can this thing be that I found?” I thought it was maybe a synth bass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 46 minutes ago, Eric.C.Lapton said: That would have suited you so much better if you’d said “What can this strange device be? When I touch it, it gives forth a sound It’s got wires that vibrate, and give music What can this thing be that I found?” I thought it was maybe a synth bass A missed opportunity as I'd be far more apy to play Rush on it than anything synth-stuff, but I have heard people using these with synth modules before (I suppose because the output signal is very clear across all registers). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josie Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 The obvious answer is the 1962 Gibson EB3 - pure joy to play and loaded with history. But I'm going to go for the filthy battered Irish bouzouki which I rescued from a dark corner of my local music shop and restored. That's a whole new world of music. (Back story: my band fell apart in lockdown and I couldn't cope with practicing bass in isolation - it's against the grain of nature, it's just not what bass is for. So I took up mandolin as a temporary joke lockdown project and fell in love. The bouzouki is really an overgrown mandolin, so an easy next step. You know what they say, one musical instrument leads to another... 🙂 ) ps hiding behind the box is my beloved MarkBass combo - I have to protect its felt cover from the cat! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 On 26/12/2022 at 18:03, Chris2112 said: Actually, I think this 2001 Basslab L-Bow was the only music gear I bought this year, but even in any other year it would surely have come first as it has one of the finest and most entertaining basses I've ever played. What's the neck like? From the dimensions they give, it sounds like it would be rather chunky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 @tauzero I suppose I'd struggle to say because I've never really found a neck I couldn't get on with. There have been a few that haven't been to my preference, but because I tend to get on well with most things I can tend to overlook the finer detail in neck dimensions. Roughly speaking it's thinner than my Spector NS-5CR with a more pronounced 'D' shape with a flat back. It's a little thicker than my Bogart Blackstone. The flat fretboard is extremely comfortable to work with. The finish is extremely smooth and fast (I really don't like finished necks that feel tacky). Popping under the G string felt a little odd to me at first because of the scooped section of body there but I soon got used to it and I'm slapping all the bloody time on it now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 @Chris2112 - it’s beautiful 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolo Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 9 hours ago, Chris2112 said: I'm slapping all the bloody time on it now Oh no! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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