Recent content by Quasiphonic

That's a sexy little bass you've got there, I think. I just unboxed the fretted version, $250, the cheap one... wasn't looking to spend much on a kinda niche thing that I had zero experience with, and thus far I'm pretty pleased. Certainly nothing fancy, but well-made, the preamp, tuner, etc...

That is a picture of a thing of great beauty.

Lately I've been using a Sennheiser e609, that square and flat guitar amp mic, which I'd never thought very highly of before (it had been gathering dust for about 10 years, bought it on sale and immediately decided it was no 57). I decided to give it a try on a whim, and I really like the sound...

Eh, sweat it not. It's kind of like how you're not a real drunk until you've been thrown out of a few bars... :-) In all seriousness, though, those types of things just happen. They had a vibe and a style they were looking for, and you weren't the fit they were feeling. Maybe they could have...

Here lately it's been D'Addario Nickel Wound XL 45 65 80 100 Nothing particularly fancy, but they feel pretty nice to me. Actually, now that I'm typing this, I'm honestly thinking they might be too bright, but that gets into a whole other tangent about wanting a P with flatwounds for that...

I know this is an old thread, but this is my first-ever post on here and so I'm posting in a discrete place. I have a Stiletto Vintage 4, and I love it. That said, it is something of a niche instrument; I can imagine a lot of people not liking it at all. I've (nearly) always played on J-type...