Curious if anybody has experimented with a barker bass with effects attached to it. how does it sounds?

The granddaddy of effects through a Barker Bass is Gregory Campbell the Extended Range Bassist. I only wish Guiness Book of World Records had been there that night. Today I tried to reach him by email to ask him to respond to this question, but got it kicked back. Anybody have a better email addy for him?

Kindly,

Lee Barker

thanks for trying hopefully the sounds will come pouring soon! :bassist:

The ONLY thing that sucks about Barker basses is that there is not one living permanently in my house!

LEE, you should get my email address soon as I just found this AFTER I entered to win the bass from your site!

But you know....

You should have....

Given away a cherry or walnut fretless single cut BARKER 5

Folks I was kind of skeptical about the concept behind barker basses until I got to play one! Not that I didn’t like them... I just though it would serve no purpose for me

I though why would "I" hook a standard j bass to a stand?

MAN WAS I OUT OF LINE

I CRAVE the things now!

I played a fretless barker with labella tape wounds through roughly 13 effects pedals all at once

The bass was SO awesome through effects especially my EBS envelope filter

I no longer own my EBS pedals and am now an endorsee for DIGITECH and WISH... only WISH I could have a few days alone with a Barker and all my new digitech stuff!

I currently have no upright as I recently sold my ERGO 5

and am planning to offer to mow Lee's lawn for a few years straight so that I can have a maple, alder, cherry, or walnut fretless single cut BARKER 5 string with a serial number divisible by the number 9 preferable the number 9! :hyper:

if you are asking about the Barker through effects just the inquiry alone means you NEED to own one!

and if you hate it...

I’ll mow your lawn too!

:D

ok, now I got to get off a here before I eBay one of my kids!

hmm ok sweet! I could only imagine that hey would sound incredible with effects, I justwanted to know if anyone had tried it. thanks for the help!!!

Scwwitt, I tried long ago to get Lee to "loan" me a bass to record a bunch of samples with...

But at the time he did not take me up on it...

(You know what you should have done lee?)

I often cause Lee great a great deal of stress with my suggestions and needs for things with the number 9.

(I wanted serial number 9 but the bass itself didn't have the specs I would choose as far as wood types etc...)

LOL

(Now I will want serial number 9 as a five string fretless single cut, but I am sure it’s gone and it probably wasn’t the woods I would choose anyway)

LOL

Ok, back to reality...

I am using much different effects at this time...

And have started talking to Lee about ways I may be able to get into my own Barker bass so that I can do this ASAP...

But hopefully you get one and learn first hand before I can pull it off!

Best of luck to you!

I cannot speak to using a Barker with effects processors, but I would like to put a word in for the LR Baggs ParaAcoustic DI preamp.

It has become my absolute favorite preamp for any acoustic guitar or anyone using an ABG. It seems to impart a wonderful, 'woody' characteristic to the instrument.

My fretless 4 with a little presence tweaking through a SansAmp Bass DI is a good foundation, I have found. Something I really like is the Barker behind my Dunlop Bass Wah, the white one. Gives me goosebumps.

Something I always wanted to try was the fretless 5 through an Akai Deep Impact. Unfortunately I sold my Akai to another TBer some time ago, so I don't think I'll be able to hear that combo anytime soon.