Recent content by LemmyLicious

I have an Ibanez AGB200 and I love the looks and playability of the bass but the tone palette is very limited. I thought about having the pickups replaced but the humbuckers have weird measurements (32mm x 84mm) so there aren't a lot of options unless I'm ready to carve more space for, say, jazz...

I have mostly played fingerstyle for the 2-3 years of bass but recently took up pick playing. I have a tried a pick here and there along the way a bunch of times but it has never stuck. Every time I tried pick playing I would abandon it a short while later as I gave up on it. If I didn't nail it...

I just put Chromes on my Warwick Fortress with the intention of taking up pick-playing to end all the problems with cutting through in my band (yes, rounds are brighter but I don't like picking on them and can't find a good tone on fingerstyle to make it the way I want). I have tried flats on...

The Rumble Kat is a contender for sure. Reading mixed reviews though, as always for axes in that price range. I like to pluck close to or even over the neck, I have hypermobile joints so the flabbier the strings are, the better for me it seems. It would be neat to be comfortable around the...

Talking about flatwounds: I have thought about Chromes or some other bright flats, even nylons. I like a focused and bright but not brittle sound, and like the feel of flats. The nylons would be a wild card, and I only thought about them because I have an aggressive playing style and it might...

Well the thing is, I'm not after the old school hollow tone per se. I want a pretty modern, not hifi but modern tone with the air of a hollow body around it. I guess the vintage axes I've tried have had a very limited palette, and lacked the power I need. Hmm, being partial to Warwicks, my...

^ Well that Spectorcore eems like exactly what I'm looking for to be honest! Need to look more into them. I've tried the JC but it felt cumbersome, though I liked the sound.

Forgot to say my price range is only up to 500 euros.

I play in a folk metal band, and I'm drawn to semi hollow body basses for the woody, breathing tone and the feel of the instrument. Now I said metal back there, and am aware the semi tone won't be apparent in my band most of the time, but I love jamming melodic, folky lines on a semi and on...

Yeah. Rounds can have a brittle tone, especially fresh strings have so much extra zzing to their sound. When you try taking the tops off it just sounds as something that should be there isn't lol.

I deleted my comment coz I worded it so badly lol. I used to be stuck with the idea that guitars hog all available sonic space and bass has to be real bright to keep up and so on, but then I adjusted my playing a little, and let the guitars do their thing while I fill the gaps, and add a pulse...

From a guy who had massive difficulties getting it smooth: be observant on your hand and finger angles, the part of the finger that you pluck with and overall technique. Just forcing it by practicing without knowing what you're actually doing isn't going to get you far (I don't want to sound...

I think I tried my Warwick Fortress Mastermann because it looked so funny with the overlong top horn, like I had to try 'coz it looked so wonky. Turned out be an awesome bass.

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I want to experiment with the wet sound Cliff Burton has on parts of Orion. No I'm not a fanboy, I just happen to like that sound a lot. :P I've learned it's some sort of a reverb but not much more than that...