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If the tuning is the same for the SL210 and SL410X, the sound will be slightly thicker/fuller overall. Otherwise, AFAIK the tonal balance across the mids and highs should not change in the distance, directly in front of the cab.Thanks for the feedback team!! It’s great.
Feels like SL210 is the route to take, especially if one will not hear the SL115. Maybe one would get more midrange vs low end. And if you increase bass tone to get more out of the 115, concerned about 10” speaker vitality.
20 years, 1 month, 3 weeks and 1 day, give or take an hour in the future I am happy to have found this!This is brilliant information, thank you very much indeed! You've just made someone 10 years in the future very happy, Cheers!!
Milo.
+1 with what Maxi said here - I have both as well and they both sound great - they are really good at restoring low end after going thru a bunch of pedals. Both are on pedalboards I'm using and are on all the time. The broughton's 5k treble cut is def more useful then it sounds ("what bass freq are up at 5k?").Zerofive Audio and Broughton Lowtec I use both are great at what they do. Zerofive is simpler to use Lowtec is more versatile. Never tried the others mentioned. But I recommend both Zerofive and Broughton offerings neither is an always on option for me but both maintain a spot on my pedalboards.
I dont understand 1-in 1-out self imposed "rules". At this point if you have 3/4/5 instruments, the 1-something already doesn't nake sense.
Get get the dang bass if you want it. Theres no laws in how many one wants to have.
its because dimarzio made a tweaked ultrajazz for sadowsky, infact sadowsky still sells them sepratley under the sadowsky hum cancelling j name, which works because usually the ultra jazz is smaller than the fender and squier pickup sizeI've never heard anything change a bass to more of an "Instant Marcus" sound faster than a set of Dimarzio UltraJazz pickups. Even passive, they are very clear and defined. From multiple experiences myself, these get that sound right away.
If it were me in your shoes, I'd start with these pickups. Find a used set for a good price, give them a shot.
If it doesn't get you there, you can always either change to a preamp with them or sell them for what you paid.
Not to start another discussion but, vintage pickups are inconsistent and unreliable. Most FCS basses I've had sounded better than most vintage fenders I've had. I think the unbeatable aspect of a good old bass is its "feel" , not so much the sound. Good aging is what makes an instrument unique. In a blindfolded test, my 2006 USA Lakland decade feels more "vintage" than my 76 Pbass.I’m pretty sure a lot if not all of the masterebuilt basses have the Josefina pups. I’ve played a couple and imho that’s the closest you will get to real vintage pickups
Ha... I remember borrowing an Oliver from a music store while between bass amps for a big gig and was surprised when the amp head rose out of the cabnet with a push of a button. Everyone was amazed.. I kept raising and lowering it... didnt take much to pacify me back then.That was one of Jess’s Powerflex amplifiers with a motorized lift platform. He created that after he left Ampeg and started his own company, Oliver Sound Company.
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I do it. (and play tuba). If it's a volunteer band, no pay...tell them to kick rocks, you're playing what you want. As long as it's completely not off the wall. IE: Slapping and Popping during a Gustav Holst piece.Unfortunately that simply isn’t an option. There’s physically not enough space.
Most of the non-bass guitar parts are actually tuba parts, so regardless I would be playing the wrong instrument on those.
I took a gamble on my Sire P5 fretless earlier this year. I had never played a P5 before and I had never seen one at GC. But for $350, I thought that it was worth ordering. Turns out...The only Sire basses I’ve seen close up were at Guitar Center. And they all had issues - like maybe scratchy pots or a bad setup. I didn’t look much further.
Agreed , I’ve one from 1982 and love the clean contemporary look .One of my favorite looks is the late-1970's to early-1980's Jazz Basses with white strat knobs and white pickup covers.
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