It’s back from the dead! The TB Mega Thread.

[Deltaphoenix]

I'll never play a Fodera. I have no desire to even if I had the funds. I will however one day own a Wal. I don't know when or how, but someday.



So I ordered new strings for my Dingwall from Payson strings (fucking awesome dude!). I ended up getting flat groundwounds this time. I fucking HATE flats, but I LOVE these flats! It's has kind of changed my perspective. They sound so much richer and fuller than the other flats I've tried. I'm horny. Very, very horny.

I hate flats too. Keep me posted homie.

[My name is Mudd]

Ben...working on a long-overdue, and semi-lengthy, PM for ya...and thanks, guys, for the info so far!

Groundwounds - I put a set of GHS Pressurewounds on my Stiletto after going thru various for-real flats, and after talking to Jason @ Bass Strings Online. I'm really happy with them...a darker tone than the Smith steel rounds on my 004, but there's still some bite to the tone. They've been on since last summer and are just now starting to lose their goodness (played about three times a week on average, 2-3 hours at a time).

F'ing EXPENSIVE basses - While there's a part of me that still would like an Alembic Series 1 (it'll never happen, tho), in general I don't get the attraction of anything much over $3-4K, if that...what have you got that a good Warwick or EBMM (randomly chosen labels) can't do for you, aside from draining your bank account and screaming 'I CAN AFFORD THIS THING, BITCHES!!!'.

[behndy]

i get paying a bit more for a bass that does different stuff, like a Torval neck or fanned frets. but the best thing i've ever had in my hands is a Dinger (giggety), and they're not THAT expensive if you stay in the Afterburners.

[Derelict78]

the only bass I would spend that kind of $ for is a Ritter and I would hang it on my wall as art. dont get me wrong I would play it but it would prob. never leave my house.

[Derelict78]

mmmmmm sexy

[Derelict78]

also
http://most-expensive.net/bass-guitar

[My name is Mudd]

Is that a Eye Of Horus? (the black 4, not the expensive one) He did a 6 for Phil Lesh a few years ago w/that body shape.

[behndy]

ew. that's fugly.

[Derelict78]

Is that a Eye Of Horus? (the black 4, not the expensive one) He did a 6 for Phil Lesh a few years ago w/that body shape.

the shape is the jupiter line yeah he I dig the Eye Of Horus but 6 strings is too many, I have a hard enough time with 4

[Joe Gress]

I've always loved his blue and yellow laminate basses that he did; they were pretty insane looking. I would love to have a Ritter four string, especially after seeing moe., but GOT DAMN SON they're expensive.

[Haki]

Muddz - i do have an extra Motu 828 Mk II firewire i'd sell cheapish to an ILFer, like $250 or so? but if you want to go with the Blue Snowballz mic or sumphing i've got an extra copy (legal even!) of Cubase5LE if you want it. LE version means you can only run like 5 soft synths and have 2 record in outputs per projects i think. it's plently verbose for home use though. and if you dig it i think with the LE version it's only like fitty dollahs to go up to the full, non-LE version?

murrrrrrr?

It's better, you can do 16 tracks per project in LE.

[My name is Mudd]

Ritters may be one of the few that are worth the price...mostly. I do understand that hand labor is expensive and Jens supposedly uses techniques comparable to what goes into a finely-crafted violin or similar. That $100K bass tho...that's just wretched excess, IMO.

- edit - right now, I'm not worried about how many tracks I can lay down, it's about learning the very basics...ALL of this will be a totally new experience, aside from a few failed attempts at plugging straight into my desktop PC and messing w/the software that was bundled with the sound card.

[behndy]

cubase is pretty simple, and it's what i use so i can give you any help if you get stuck. and Big Pimpin' Chiefy is all master class with it.

newer versions are wayyyyy less buggy than the unstable horror wrecks that version 3 down where.

also also, Horror Wreck is my new favorite phrase. genitals, loose women, douchey guys, shitty TB/TGP boards ..... SO MANY USES.

[Josh Pelican]

GHS Pressurewounds on my Stiletto after going thru various for-real flats, and after talking to Jason @ Bass Strings Online. I'm really happy with them

I've been trying to find the string for my Atkinson P-bass. So far I've tried roughly six sets of strings and the GHS Pressurewounds are the best ones I've had on it. I have a Stellartone ToneStyler on my bass and it's fucking amazing. I think it's the perfect bass for me.

I'm using it in a crust band, so I need a tone more on the treble side (rolled off slightly) that sounds good with a pick. But when I'm sitting at home, I like to play many different styles. Lately I've been playing a lot of Sabbath, so I simply roll the ToneStyler a few clicks to the right (when looking down at it, that is).

I don't know what I'd do without the ToneStyler to be honest. Having a regular tone knob gets annoying if you don't play it with it all the way to either side. If you're on the road or in the studio a lot, it's guaranteed to always be on the "sweet spot". Or if you're like me and constantly wipe down your basses and hit the knob ( ), you don't have to worry about it. For my current band, it sits three clicks away from the 100% treble. Not hard to remember.

[behndy]

yah. i love the 4 position pickup selector on the AB I. i'm a git about toanz knobs, so it's super good happy times to just click between a few "presets".