Recent content by SubSonicAK

Couldn’t resist and got myself the new DD. Arrived today and it‘s blowing my socks off so far. Not hard at all to dial in a nice warm OD on either my P bass with flats and Ray34 with rounds. I much prefer it over the Vintage Microtubes. And my god does the sound of this thing fully cranked sound...

Am I crazy in thinking the Patrick Hunter demo has some Death From Above-like tones a few times when the distortion was really high? Not all out, but something similar in the character. Seems like a great pedal, in any event, tempted to pick one up and see how it works compared to the Darkglass...

It was the 760M (.55-.110) that I had on before, sorry. Didn't remember there was another set in between. Don't think I've ever tried the 760FS.

Didn't bother me. The next gauge up on the LeBellas are too tight for my taste so prefer the lighter ones. The Fenders felt fine. (I'm back to the 760FLs now... just can't live without them)

I've got one in sunburst (in my profile pic) and honestly would like another down the road so I could have one for flats and one with rounds. The white and gold combo is gorgeous. GLWTS!

This is what I'm seeing too. Maybe not specifically P-basses, but the same muted flatwound sound you would associate with them. Bands like King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Parquet Courts and The Smile (ok... Thom Yorke may as well be a boomer) come to mind. For every example, I'm sure there...

As @pmatz2 pointed out above, it's on streaming sites if you want a sense of the quality.

Yeah, you're right! I see now it's a reissue and is up on Spotify as well. Hopefully still of interest to some people who didn't get it the first time around.

I had the same truss rod issue with a Ray34 (non-sparkle) recently and Sterling is sending a new neck to the store to have it replaced under warranty. Hoping there won't be any further issues because otherwise I really like that bass.

Just a heads up that the Black Friday Record Store Day releases were announced today and I figured one release might pique people's interest here: RSDBF '22 Special Release: Jaco Pastorius - Truth, Liberty & Soul - Live In NYC: The Complete 1982 NPR Jazz Alive! Recording Jaco Pastorius Truth...

Update: L&M confirmed they'll be contacting Sterling for a replacement. Looking forward to having one back.

I've had my Ray34 since May and it was set up so well straight out of the box I haven't actually needed to adjust much on it until now. Turns out the truss rod is completely inoperable, won't budge an inch. Took it to my luthier, who confirmed it's a lemon. The bass is back at Long & McQuade...

My D-350 is finally home and while I haven't had too much of an opportunity to fully explore its potential yet (just using the manual's recommendation of putting everything flat, volume at 1 and playing with the gain and voicing to dial in the initial tone) it definitely packs a punch. It feels...

I have a 1974 V4 and the only time I get any noise is when the spring reverb is turned up (I leave it off 99.9% of the time). The bass-specific V4Bs don't have a reverb.

Pre-order placed at my nearest Long and McQuade, looking forward to getting my hands on it!