Recent content by Andy Daventry

My favourite is a Sansamp GT2. Is it "tubey"? Does it count as such? Not authentically, no. But I gave up on "authentic" years ago and decided to settle for "good" instead. Which it undoubtedly is. It's not a DI, but you can stick one on if you want. It's really a guitar pedal but works for bass...

He was interested in all lute like instruments. I remember talking with him about the Turkish cumbus on another site many, many years ago. I was astonished that the great Rick Turner would actually condescend to discuss something with a mere mortal like me. A true, genuine gentleman. RIP.

To my eye the bridge looks too close to the soundhole as it is, though I admit it's not easy to judge. So I would put money (not much, but some) on the intonation being out of whack in it's current setup.

Easy to fix, I think!

Most of the music I love listening to was produced to be listened to through a transistor radio. And the amount of background noise you get when, for example, commuting, means that hi rez audio (is that what we used to call hifi?) is a bit redundant.

Yes, it's wonderful when I want to go off grid! I love them. My mp3 player spends most of its time plugged into my practice amp, now that we don't commute any more.

The P bass is best for everything. All other styles are simply desperate attempts to be different.

I was living in Ankara, working, travelling regularly in Central Asia, bringing up kids and completely unconscious of the fact that within a year I would have attended the Ankara gig on the Jethro Tull "Little light music" tour, which would get me back into listening to and playing music, and...

Here's a few: - Onboard preamps are a waste of space. Outboard preamps do the same job, frequently better, AND you can use them with more than one bass AND save the world by not using batteries. - Neck dive is only "a thing" for people who don't know how to sling their basses properly. - It's...

So little time. So many cats. The answer to OP's question is - it's a nice P bass.

I used to play coffee shops with a Fender BXR25 (a development of the old RAD amp and precursor to the Rumble 25), with no drummer but vocals and acoustic miked up. It was loud enough, but not hifi at all. Very usable tone, though.

Cranked mids.

Everyone should have a multimeter. They are easy to use and come with a sheet of instructions. Now, I am not an electronics expert, and I'm saying this in the sure knowledge that one of the experts here will correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand that if your guitar is already shielded under...

You can get used to either.

Quite honestly it sounds like a simple EQ pedal to me - like a Boss GE7 or GEB7 - with a boost in the low mids.