Some little sound clips from my good old BBass IV. I think we should have more of those 'sound clips from the basement', from as many instruments as possible
Introductions first...
- recording gear.
amp, GK400RBIV-210. XLR output ->Yamaha MG10/2->computer.
the weapon...
Hohner BBass IV, natural, 4 string, neckthrough. Chunky Steinberger drop-d bridge.
2 active/passive Jazz bass pups, 2 band preamp.
now the sound of wood! Forget my crappy playing technique and lack of skills. Just enjoy what sounds this baby can produce!
Oh yeah. the naming convention (I'm a programmer you know...).
(neck pup, bridge pup) (pre-amp high, pre-amp low) (eq high, eq himid, eq lowmid, eq low).
settings : (0,10)(0,10)(0, 0, 10, 6) settings : (0, 10)(5, 9)(5, 5, 5, 5) settings : (10, 10)(10, 9)(5, 5, 5, 5) settings : (10, 3)(9, 9)(5, 5, 5, 5) settings : slap (0, 10)(7, 9)(5, 5, 5, 5) settings : (10, 0)(8, 6)(5, 5, 5, 5)
and there you go! This bass cost me £300 a few years ago. I love it to bits, it's really light, sexy looking, paper-thin neck, nice range of sounds, very well build and never complains. The pre-amp is a bit clickety, it's a bit cheap, but it does the job. I pushed the highs too much in the samples. I couldn't get the lows full on, the output is very high and would clip the mixing table instantly. So it can get a lot more boomy than that. When it says '9' for the low end of the pre-amp, it really is 7 or 8, it seems to get a much steeper output curve near the end.
Hope you enjoyed it. It's not the usual, made by a manufacturer that is best known for it's harmonicas and accordeons, but as you can see and hear, they also make nice honest electric basses. It's been discontinued btw, or I can't find one anywhere, at least not in natural finish (I think the newer models are slightly different). And it looks even better in dark 'mahogany' style finish. Shame they didn't have any when I went to buy it. *curses*
