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Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?

Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 9:59 pm
by Joe Gress
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!

Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?

Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 10:03 pm
by Joe Gress
MEC wrote:G&L ASAT

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I've wanted one of those ever since I had heard of Battles.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D7RzUtFEps[/youtube]

Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 12:17 pm
by MEC
That guy on the escalator is a dumb ass. Just sit tight and ride it out man. :lol:

Also, I liked BATTLES a lot more without vocals. :idk:

[youtube]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Snrmpy_xUO0[/youtube]

Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 12:22 pm
by WayToHip
Gone Fission wrote:
WayToHip wrote:Also, Allen Woody bass
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.
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.

Also, that G&L
Hot

Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 12:46 pm
by Gone Fission
WayToHip wrote:
Gone Fission wrote:
WayToHip wrote:Also, Allen Woody bass
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.
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.

Also, that G&L
Hot
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.

Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?

Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 9:00 pm
by D.o.S.
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!
You did get that one from BST? Rad!

And yes, Casady is fuzz friendly as hell. And by that I mean it feeds back like a mother.

Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?

Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 1:57 am
by Mudfuzz
so… there is a unfuzzfriendly hollow body bass then?

my all time faves will always be something based on a EB-2 :evil:

Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?

Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 2:50 am
by Joe Gress
D.o.S. wrote:
You did get that one from BST? Rad!
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.

Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?

Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 4:51 pm
by WayToHip
I have chromes on my Casady. I thought roundwounds are too zingy with it.

Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?

Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 4:02 pm
by DarkAxel
I'd go with the Hofner Verythin

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slap some flatwounds on it... played one once, they're RAD, not expensive, very light, literally very thin and hence I'd noét expect tons of feedback? :idk:

but i mean... there's probably not much that can be done about at least some feedback with dirt :hug:

Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 2:10 am
by blindrabbit
What about a Gretsch? Anybody taken one of these for a spin?

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Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 2:45 am
by Mudfuzz
blindrabbit wrote:What about a Gretsch? Anybody taken one of these for a spin?

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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.

Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?

Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 12:29 am
by blindrabbit
I'd love to try one of these, although I'd want to move that pickup a bit north, or have a second one at the neck.

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Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 1:05 pm
by D.o.S.
Joe Gress wrote:
D.o.S. wrote:
You did get that one from BST? Rad!
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.
So late, but Rotos!

Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 3:56 pm
by BoatRich
MEC wrote:G&L ASAT

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This or the Ibanez artcore basses