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konaaayukeeenee · Jul 1, 2026

credolucy1 said:
My Combat Jazz bass. Sounds absolutely amazing. Single coil jazz pickups sound powerful and quiet although not hum-cancelling. Perfectly balanced.

Nice - can't go wrong with that color scheme! What are the specs on yours and how was your experience?

samcav · Jul 1, 2026

walterw said:
my usual response to that is “we don’t plug basses into our ear”

with typical guitars running through compressed and distorted amps, you do want audio taper volumes to have an even response going from clean to crunchy on the volume knob

with basses (and clean jazz guitars) and their typical clean signal chains, linear volumes do a better job of smoothly raising and lowering the actual loudness over the full sweep of the knob

(tone pots needs to be audio taper either way or the entire sound change gets squished into the low numbers)

Ah! Thank you for the explanation. This is actually much clearer than what I was reading. That being said, I play with a moderate amount of compression and my volume backed off (roughly: 75% neck/50%bridge/35%tone). The only time I change my settings is when I roll my tone all the way down for certain songs.

With the linear volume pot, it does sound like I would end up experiencing too much output at the beginning of the rotation.

Billyzoom · Jul 1, 2026

That’s Ralph.

frankie5string · Jul 1, 2026

After having mine replaced, I still have the replacement. I still use it, but it isn't yet my first choice. I still start with the Sansamp BDDIv2, then the EBS Valve Drive, and then if the inspiration isn't happening I'll try the NE-Digbeth Pre... It's a good sounding preamp, with lots of tone shaping. I don't use any of the speaker emulations.

It's a bit meatier sounding than the original Digbeth-Pre because of that Range control on the "Tube" mode.
I need to spend more time with it. I have a few more recording sessions coming up where I'm doing bass tracks on my own DAW and sending them to the producer/writer - that's usually when I can devote time to fiddling with these because I'm working alone.

nixdad · Jul 1, 2026

GretschWretch said:
Pretty much *all* the 1960s Gretsch 6070s and 6072s have the 2x4/telephone pole neck with the oar/pizza shovel headstock. The 6071/6073 "Monkees" Gretsches have the four-on-a-side headstock and the much slimmer neck (and short scale). Toward the end of the decade Baldwin somehow gained control of Gretsch and moved operations to Arkansas. I have a defretted 1971(?) 6070 whose neck, although by no means slender, is very much slimmer than the earlier necks and displays more taper than they do. The headstock also changed to what we see now on basses like the 5440LSB.

Comparing the necks of my 5440s to my 607x, visually they look quite similar: broad/wide without much taper. But the 5440s play much "faster" than the vintage basses, which I attribute to the necks being thinner/flatter.

IMO one of the great tragedies of modern bass making is that Gretsch did not take the platform of the contemporary G6072 and stuff the electronics and pickups of the vintage 6072s into it. With that slim, "speed" neck and that sound . . . OMG! what an instrument.

Thanks for the education!
Yeah, it's too bad they didn't see your last suggestion through. Another example of "shoulda, coulda, woulda!"

Mark_T · Jul 1, 2026

I am fascinated to know how global warming has anything to do with dovetail joints, however. It seems about as relevant as the theory of relativity is to busetto corners. I don't think I'll be phoning anyone about it, though.

CHILLIBass · Jul 1, 2026

I ended up with a keeley angry orange I bought used at my local guitar center LOL

Baker69 · Jul 1, 2026

Well, I tried a set of KZ ZAX and wasn’t keen on them to be honest and I sold them on. The bass guitar wasn’t distinct enough IMHO, too deep with not enough note clarity. I ordered a set of ZS12 Pro X’s which are a lot better for bass guitar, and more recently a set of KZ ZAR’s which was my original intention. I like these a lot and find them to be better than the ZAX model, very nice also for listening to music in addition to bass IEM. THE ZAR’s are a lot different to the ZS12’s but both very usable and will be keeping them both. The ZAR’s offer a very nice warm and deep bass but still give note clarity.

g1303bk · Jul 1, 2026

I don't believe so? I did get a response from them and I'll see how it plays out.

Pbman · Jul 1, 2026

I cut all screws shorter by b1/4" and now I have spot on intonation. I have to cut off 4 spirals of the springs too so they wouldn't look distorted.

michaelharrell · Jul 1, 2026

bass player 53 said:
This thread has probably moved away from the OP’s issue. But, I agree with others in that initial, beginner’s double bass lessons are usually best in person for a while. If you explore, you will find double bass faculty almost everywhere within a reasonable driving distance in the US. After the beginner’s period, on-line lessons should work very well, using a platform like FaceTime, etc.
I’ve been taking weekly FaceTime piano lessons this way, after my piano teacher moved far away.

I mostly agree with this. For double bass especially, those first months really benefit from in-person correction since posture and hand position are so easy to mess up early on.

After that, online lessons make a lot more sense FaceTime, Zoom, whatever works and it’s pretty normal now even for serious students. Your piano example actually shows it well: once the basics are in place, remote lessons can be just as productive.

ChrisDev · Jul 1, 2026

Sometimes, all you need is a little James Jamerson.

TomB · Jul 1, 2026

DJ Bebop said:
I’ve been all over the place on neck size and feel. Started with a Japanese EB-3 copy, then a couple of Japanese and Italian Hofner copies before finding my forever bass, 62 P bass with the wide but thin neck. Since then I play whatever but it's all compared to the 62. The next favorite neck feel in my stable is my Carvin Bunny Brunel 5-string. That has the closest feel to my 62

I have a couple of Jazz basses that get played as well.

My history and approach is similar. Being teethed on both ‘60’s P’s and J’s (still have one of each), I’m pretty comfortable with most necks, except very round ones like the late ‘60’s Tele basses and their ilk. Even through the fog of years I can recall thinking “this is fat” when I played one. …never owned one. The ‘61 P and ‘63 J necks are my touchstones. I don’t think of one as better than the other. Horses for courses.

One Way · Jul 1, 2026

My P bass was clanking at times after a string change, it never previously exhibited this issue.
The ultimate fix? I raised the action just 1/64”. Turns out strings were clanking on the last fret (furthest from the nut) when I plucked aggressively.
Raising the action cured the problem for me.

Polfuste · Jul 1, 2026

Element Zero said:
I’ve seen the technology be used for good… but most of the time it’s been bad.

That, and always worse and worse as soon as it generates cash.

crypticdreaming · Jul 1, 2026

Hey man, have you gotten any actual help here? Tons of people trying to take this thread off track, but I have one of these SR780s and LOVE it. Would love to know more info but your post is literally the only information I can find.

Don Hergert · Jul 1, 2026

Transparency: I use the thickest 4 SBW Dirty Guts which produce closer to medium tension on my 3/4 DB, and I do a literal slap, not a pull-and-release.

Given that, it sounds to me like your action is too low to get under the strings with your fingers. Pull-and-release requires the fingers to really get under the strings quickly for a strong pull.

Best of luck with this!

PBassAcidJazz · Jul 1, 2026

Could be worth purchasing just for the new packaging.

RedJag · Jul 1, 2026

sunbeast said:
Yeah the EMG active blend isn’t my favorite take on it as far as taper goes, but still more useful than any passive solution I’ve tried yet. The active blend on John East preamps is the best I’ve tried, I’d be curious to know his secret and wish he offered a separate blend board

I asked the Lusithand folks if they offer a version of their preamp where the knobs are separate from the boards, they didn’t quite grasp why I wanted that. Tried to explain the weird layout with the Jaguar bass but it’s pretty clear they don’t have any plans to offer more flexible versions of their preamp. Would love a Wal-style filter for both pickups

DJ Bebop · Jul 1, 2026

James with Martha Reeves

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baxter_x · Jul 1, 2026

It's around 95 pounds and all of the neo series have silver grills.

Les Fret · Jul 1, 2026

Here a short of the second song in the video.

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HolmeBass · Jun 30, 2026

Maybe playing the short scale strengthened something that resolved the pain you were getting on the 34" scale bass?

cocky212 · Jun 30, 2026

That's a good plan

PaperbackRyder · Jun 30, 2026

DuluthDank said:
Old thread, but how would you compare the Revsound RS210 and Barefaced Super compact?

That was a long time ago, so I really cant say.
I was using the Rev 210 as my only cab back then. There were several times on large stages, when it just ran out of gas. The BF Super Compact 1x12 was a direct replacement for the REV and ten lbs lighter, so I bought two of them and havent looked back.
OTOH, RevSound makes a great product, David Luke is very easy to deal with, they have a shorter lead time and are more reasonably priced.

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