Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 9:59 pm
I love my Cassady bass. Haven't gotten to try it at rehearsal volumes with fuzz yet, but in the bedroom it sounds fucking great!
I've wanted one of those ever since I had heard of Battles.MEC wrote:G&L ASAT
Dang, I never tried the Woody bass, but that's what hear about it. Little workmanship, undefined muddy sounding. I was hoping someone here had it and had positive experiences with it.Gone Fission wrote:My wife has one. Neck dive, junky fretwork, some rattles to sort through. I wish they had focused more on the out-of-the-box playability than the bling. Sounds pretty good, but the mini hum neck pickup falls short of mudbucker obesity. Put flats on or nylon tape-wound and it speaks pretty good thump and whomp. I don't think it was ever gonna be a slapping bass.WayToHip wrote:Also, Allen Woody bass
Sonically, it's actually not that muddy was my point. A mudbucker in the neck can be overwhelmingly bassy to deal with, and this one isn't because it doesn't use one. I actually thought it was too zingy with round wounds. I think with flats or tapes it's a pretty good compromise to getting the big fat shortscale semi-hollow sound without needing to match it up with a particular amp to ensure that it'll work. But if you go this way, fretwork, setup work, putting rubber tubing over the pickup springs to de-rattle . . . It's about as shittily built as a current Gibson.WayToHip wrote:Dang, I never tried the Woody bass, but that's what hear about it. Little workmanship, undefined muddy sounding. I was hoping someone here had it and had positive experiences with it.Gone Fission wrote:My wife has one. Neck dive, junky fretwork, some rattles to sort through. I wish they had focused more on the out-of-the-box playability than the bling. Sounds pretty good, but the mini hum neck pickup falls short of mudbucker obesity. Put flats on or nylon tape-wound and it speaks pretty good thump and whomp. I don't think it was ever gonna be a slapping bass.WayToHip wrote:Also, Allen Woody bass
Also, that G&L
Hot
You did get that one from BST? Rad!Joe Gress wrote:I love my Cassady bass. Haven't gotten to try it at rehearsal volumes with fuzz yet, but in the bedroom it sounds fucking great!
Yup, fucking love it! Just gotta find stings that pair well with it. It likes my elixirs, but I don't like the sound of them on the Cassady as much as my stingray.D.o.S. wrote:
You did get that one from BST? Rad!


I've played one. It didn't wow me at all but.. being a hollow body they will all be different so I feel to have a really good view I'd need to play one or two more.blindrabbit wrote:What about a Gretsch? Anybody taken one of these for a spin?

So late, but Rotos!Joe Gress wrote:Yup, fucking love it! Just gotta find stings that pair well with it. It likes my elixirs, but I don't like the sound of them on the Cassady as much as my stingray.D.o.S. wrote:
You did get that one from BST? Rad!
This or the Ibanez artcore bassesMEC wrote:G&L ASAT