Recent content by Bassvox

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    Fascination Street. Bass Tone?

    Lo and behold...the 'isolated' track.
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    Fascination Street. Bass Tone?

    Its good alright but that is definitely not a Simon Gallup isolated bass track...so whoever is playing it is doing it their own way...slightly too much chorus and not enough drive...but really close... [there are also a few ghost notes on the track that are simply not SG...]
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    P vs J: 2016

    P will always win this because there are more of them and more who have them.... For me it is always gonna be the J....neck...it could be on practically anything....but those 4mm make all the difference...
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    Shim = Bogus Neck?

    that's what I was getting at...Routing (for me) is for other things...
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    Shim = Bogus Neck?

    A Shim giveth....while a Router taketh away... each has their own benefit...
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    Shim = Bogus Neck?

    Shape a shim....don't use paper/plastic/etc...a wooden wedge...
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    Teach me o wise ones.

    Yes indeed these are the best for Fenders...this guy knows his onions...and because of him...so do I... :D
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    Squier Affinity Club

    Hey there, first....sign me up for the Squire Affinity Club please and thank you... Been using a Chinese CY03 Affinity J-Bass since 2003 as a practice bass. No Mods...all stock stuff. Have had the same set of 0.35 superlight strings on since day one. Had it set up nice and low by someone who...
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    Effect pedal for fretless bass sound?

    Boss ME-50B has a pretty decent fretless simulator as well. It's a big hunk of a thing to carry around just for a fretless sim though...
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    Best value/deal in your entire rig

    Picked up the EBS Multi-Comp and the Aphex Bass Xciter used for €50 each....never looked back.... Oh and a Squier Jazz for free from a housemate moving back to Oz, which has been the world's most comfy practice bass with it's sleek .035's for 5 years now...
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    is bass being pushed out of the mix by ignorance?

    @ Qvist he needs to be TOLD that each instrument in a band should have its own frequency range and that crossing over onto somebody else's frequency makes both of you sound terrible. wedgie optional....
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    Compressor for a fat tone

    I've been using the EBS Multi-Comp for a couple of years now, never had any complaints, really sweetens tone for those who prefer a more bottom-end sound, kills boom whilst retaining the fat punchy low-end. Definitely better than it's Boss counterpart, with a good range of sounds to boot, with...