EBMM reflex & 25th Anniversary Club

[keko]

Originally Posted by mambo4

Has anyone string their Reflex HSS with flats? how was it?

Yeah, ...I'm pretty sure our mate Jack has!
(nick name: bovinehost)

Try to PM him!

He put a several months ago short video clip from live club gig playing his reflex 5 HSS with flats on it, ...it was presented on the Ernie Ball official forum thread!

[Daniel Piper]

I haven't tried mine with flats, but I am sure that it would be thick n thumpy for sure!

I love the idea of flats, but always end up missing the treble (even though my tone prefernce isn't that bright. Ex chromes player here.

Honestly, for th past two years I have had near zero bass GAS.

Funny, it has been so weird not lusting after other basses that I completed a Warmoth project.

Walnut Warmoth body, maple neck, real nice Delano JJ pickups, Audere pre, BADASS III, nice fender tuners etc etc. Nice stuff.






I HAVE NEVER PLAYED IT.

REFLEX PWNS ALL.

[Daniel Piper]

So...in a complete reversal for me, been playin the 'flex in parallel, active, HH with a slight bass boost and slight treble boost.


I think that parallel HH would be the go-to for an even sounding 'modern' tone.

[keko]

Originally Posted by keko

While we waiting for a new Club members, let me entertain You guys with my three video clips.

It's kinda show off of my bass, ...first one is short preview when bass was bought, second is short slap tone preview and 3rd is large 5 minutes demo of all tone options in passive mode, ...some demo playing in the middle and some 4 band EQ active tweaking at the end, ...enjoy:

I must add that I'm just an amateur semi-pro weekend hobby bass player and free fan boy EBMM endorser, so don't expect professional recording and playing in these videos!

Hi guys,

I must quote myself, 'cause in that post those vids are no more available, so here You can check a new links:

http://youtu.be/Dhams1p57xs

http://youtu.be/qef56j56NGA

http://youtu.be/pBg4af-mDlU

[AMp'D.2play]

OK, a case of Christmas GAS has led me to ask this question to those of you familiar with both the reflex & Bongo. I didn't know where to ask this question, so figured I'd start here.

Would you say that the reflex is different enough from a Bongo that having 1 of each would not be redundant? (same pickup config - 4HH)

Ever since I got my reflex .. and the Sadowsky Jazz bass before that ... my P bass is being kept in its case more often than not. The EQ on the reflex 4HH is versatile enough to cop a close enough P tone for my needs. So, I'm thinking of flipping the P bass and getting a Bongo 4HH instead. The Bongo is growing on me the more time I spend w/ one.

[keko]

Well, ...Bongo is my next goal too, ...but' I'll go for a single H with 3 band EQ, or Hp (single H with piezo) with 4 band EQ, ...I'm still thinking!

I need one different bass, but still with genuine Music Man roots!

[djm150]

IM LOOKING TO BUY A REFLEX 5H BASS WITH A MAPLE FRETBOARD. ANYONE GOT A USED ONE FOR SALE OR KNOW WHERE I CAN FIND ONE., THANKS DAVID

[keko]

Well, ...I'm afraid there are not many reflex basses out there, especially not for sale as a 2nd hand basses?

But, ...keep on looking online adds, ...maybe You'll get lucky!

[Tunaman]

My Reflex HH5 is still on hold but I played it at church the other day, it was fantastic, so warm but still present in the mids.

Great bass and it crushes my new Sterling 5 HS !

[Manndreas]

Here's two clips of my Reflex HHS (maple board).
This is a covers-just-for-fun-band we pick up every now and then. We play all kinds of new and old music, so having such a versatile bass really gives me that extra edge.

For this set I used all three pups on both songs with a slight treble boost and high-mid cut to make it fat, but with some added treble bite. I used a Putnam-modded VT-Bass with XLR-out as a DI with all controls more or less at 12 o'clock.
I love how incredible versatile this bass is. I've used it on lots of different projects and it kills every time! In addition to the eq, passive mode and series/parallel/pickup-combinations it really does effects well also. Some basses hate distortion boxes, this one loves 'em.

Lonely Boy cover:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBnUC8PMuUs
For this I used a homemade Omnidrive fuzz to "vintageify" the sound. The sound in itself is pretty barky and fuzzed out, but I love how it took out some of the treble and compressed the signal, so the bass sound doesn't step on too many toes. Since I usually play with a really zingy tone.

Blitzregn Baby cover:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZE88SnT2l8
No effects, just the bass and the VT-Bass. This is my standard bass-sound.

Don't mind the flubs, we all had a few beers that evening, and those two was the last songs of our set.
I'm heading into the studio next month to record bass for an upcoming album, I'll make sure to upload some clean studio tracks when I get started.

*EDIT: Oh, and I use Elixir nickel strings.

[keko]

Manndreas,

great stuff, ...Your reflex sounds so cool in a whole live band mix, ...even I'm not a pick style fan, ...but most important is how bass sounds in final, ...and Your reflex sounds pretty cool!

P.S. ...on which language were girls sang in the 2nd song?

[Manndreas]

The song is in Norwegian and is written/originally preformed by a band called Kaizers Orchestra.

[keko]

Norwegian sounds very exotic to me, very nice!

[Manndreas]

Hehe. Thanks for the compliments on the videos! And I'll make sure to let the girls know they sound exotic.

[rudy5]

Hey guys!

I want to get a Reflex at some point this year but since they are so hard to find I've just been playing all the Music Man basses I can at guitar center trying to figure out what kind of PUP layout I want.

I found that the single H sounded kind of... underwater, muddy. I couldn't get a bright sound out of it, which doesn't make sense because I'd assume that a pickup right next to the bridge would be the brightest. I like the way the single H looks but wasn't stoked on how it sounded on sterlings and stingrays. (I did try other PUP layouts to compare)

Is this just me?

[HeavyDuty]

Originally Posted by rudy5

Hey guys!

I want to get a Reflex at some point this year but since they are so hard to find I've just been playing all the Music Man basses I can at guitar center trying to figure out what kind of PUP layout I want.

I found that the single H sounded kind of... underwater, muddy. I couldn't get a bright sound out of it, which doesn't make sense because I'd assume that a pickup right next to the bridge would be the brightest. I like the way the single H looks but wasn't stoked on how it sounded on sterlings and stingrays. (I did try other PUP layouts to compare)

Is this just me?

Yes.

[Tunaman]

OUT of the Club, just shipped mine out today... going back to a Sterling HH5. I LOVED the tone of the Reflex HH5, wow was it fantastic but just a bit too much for me to handle changing tones really fast in my cover band. The Reflex HH5 clearly beat the Sterling in the tonal versatility & overall sound

Thanks for the shot guys! Who knows maybe I'll come back if EBMM releases some crazy awesome color combo I can't pass up on & my band needs change

[blastoff99]

Originally Posted by Tunaman

OUT of the Club, just shipped mine out today... going back to a Sterling HH5. I LOVED the tone of the Reflex HH5, wow was it fantastic but just a bit too much for me to handle changing tones really fast in my cover band. The Reflex HH5 clearly beat the Sterling in the tonal versatility & overall sound

Thanks for the shot guys! Who knows maybe I'll come back if EBMM releases some crazy awesome color combo I can't pass up on & my band needs change

"Crazy awesome color combo"... weren't you the guy who was looking for black?

[Tunaman]

Originally Posted by blastoff99

"Crazy awesome color combo"... weren't you the guy who was looking for black?

I was the guy that had a black one & wants WILD

[Daniel Piper]

Its now been over two years with my Reflex HH.

Love this thing.