Recent content by medievalrhyme

How's it goin eh? Any friendly Sandberg 4string bass owners in Toronto?! I'm considering ordering a California VS4 but I've never played one. 5minutes max to get a feel of that neck in particular is all I'm looking for. Lmk, thanks!

After using steels and then nickels for years, I've landed with flats for all my basses because, 1. Just LOVE the smooth feeling on my hands; 2. They don't always sound better solo, but way better to my ears IN THE MIX, be it live or recording where steels and nickels are way too harsh and...

Yup, me too. The extra bulk was just not worth the few extra notes for me, nor was the extra cost in gear to make these new low notes sound good. When I master the 4, I may re-consider, but I'm far from exhausting my 4string universe! 4s BEG to be played...5/6s, not so much :-)

I can relate! My mistake is that it took me a long while to discover Sansamp products, all others simply sounding terrible to my ears. The other critical piece for me was learning to work with the very different tone coming from my bass solo'd versus in a band or recording setting. In...

I'll never forget how excited I was at trying out my new D class Epifani 1000 head. Honestly, it sounded fine, that is, until a friend jokingly plugged in his ancient all tube Traynor head to the same cab and completely blew my head off. The sheer thickness and weight and even clarity of each...

Great question! Not sure why, but with all the attention on 10s and 12s, 15s have kinda gone by the way side, which is a little odd given how much classic stuff was done with B15s. Personally, I'm not aware of a better 15 cab than the AudioKinesis...

With all due respect, you may be missing two better 212 options, although I'd personally go with the punchier 410s for your purposes. Not to mention, they also make a 412! NXV212 ‘Neo X-Treme Vintage’ Series Bass Loudspeaker | Bergantino Audio Systems NXT212 ‘Neo X-Treme Technology’ Series...

I've placed an order for a 4string ABZ, and wondering if I should change it to either of the shorter scaled Super P or J, as I'm used to playing fast-necked Roscoe. Any insight would be welcome, thanks so much.

Nice to see others are discovering these incredible instruments. Here's my brief reviews on both the P and the J, listed as Anonymous: Modern Vintage MVP4-62 Bass - Roasted Maple, Piano Black | CB&G [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

Tough to describe, but of the approx 100 bass brands I've tried throughout my almost 40 years of bassing, I only recall the following three that gave me that instant *** instant GAS response to a neck, all 4 strings: 1, FBass; 2, Ken Smith; 3, Dingwall!

Great question, For me it was the first track of Iron Maiden's first album, Prowler. I recall asking my friend what that instrument was and he said, the bass! HAD to learn it,

Funny you should ask. I've a 24fret Roscoe bass which I absolutely love, WITH the exception of the 24 frets! After lots of experimenting, I've landed on FBass standard 22 as my personal ideal number.

Indubitably, Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE = STING.

Learn and master Triads, and, don't sell your '73 Precision!! By learn and master I mean, be able to sing/hum, call out the notes, and play anywhere on the neck, your major, minor, augmented and diminished triads, in root, 1st, 2nd inversions, in all positions including split triads in all 12...

SQUIER all the way, J or P. You may need to replace the pups, which still keep you way below $1k, but some of them can literally feel just like the OG. The only down side is you can't buy online, you literally need to cup a feel lol