Recent content by chrisjazzebass

Nordstrand Zen Blade 6 string set P4 shape (4.675" x 1.270") They were installed in a bass for a few months and have very slight finger marks. They work with any string spacing. I even briefly installed one of these in a 5 string bass where the strings were right over the notches and that...

Acme B4 series 2 Great sound and HUGE low end but I don't feel like lugging around something this heavy anymore when there are lighter options. 4 ohms 81 lbs built in the mid 2000s lots of cosmetic wear but fully functional, no creased drivers 2 broken corner protectors At one point the edge...

I had to vote “No opinion or other”. I would play signature basses and other gear if I liked the gear, not to sound like the player it was made for. I don’t mind having another player's name on it. I have the Markbass Jeff Berlin combo and I love it but I don’t try to sound like Jeff Berlin. I...

Thanks everyone! I made some more recordings with TI flatwounds and LaBella tapewounds. I think I like both of them better than the rounds it came with but I got a defective D string in the LaBella set so I'll be talking to them. Specifically, the LaBella D sounds warbly like it has chorus on...

Just picked up this cool Kiesel Icon 6 string fretless from Reverb. Specs: walnut/maple neck royal ebony fingerboard walnut body sides zebrawood top radiused humbucker pickups 10.3 lbs 34” scale 16mm bridge spacing 2.05” wide at the nut The bass has a nice warm sound that I really like. I’m...

Other people have made good comments about this but I should point out that 1 15" speaker actually has more area than 2 10" speakers. On my Acme B2, the actual diameter of a speaker cone is about 8". area of 2 Acme 10" speakers = 2*pi*(8/2)^2 = 100.5 sq.in. On my Markbass Jeff Berlin combo...

If you just want a flat response, a Little Mark II / III with the EQ set at noon and the VLE and VPF all the way down will get you there, according to measurements done at Bass Gear Magazine (issue 1, page 51). If you want no knobs for some other reason, well...

Well, I did try this with a B4 on a gig but it didn't really help anything. It sounded best flat.

I have an Acme B4 and B2. I was playing around with my parametric EQ yesterday and found I can get a better sound (thicker, punchier) by boosting frequencies around 125Hz by 6dB but setting the bandwidth narrow enough not to boost much at 40Hz. I tried it with several basses and it seemed to...