Recent content by YellowJacket

Look at me, the thread necromancer! Mods, if this not OK, just delete the post, but I was thinking it would be appropriate to comment here. So, I've wanted a fretless bass for a long time. I was initially going to de-fret a bass as a project but the Schecter '04 CV-5 I got I liked with the...

With not watching the video and not really having a discerning ear for bass tones, I'll still weigh in. I have one point of reference that may prove useful: I upgraded my '04 Schecter CV-4 from the stock Duncan Designed pickups and preamp to a set of Lakland LH-55 pickups and the matching...

2010 SDGR 505F score off of the buy and sell. My first fretless bass but being a cellist, I already play a fretless instrument. This is a great value / dollar instrument and I am enjoying it immensely. I am amused at the ebonol comments as well as the wiseass who joked about people putting an...

Hah. I realize I haven't been posting here in AGES now but I'm still playing bass in addition to all the other instruments I play. I thought carefully about posting in this threat and bumping it, but it seems to me like a better option than making yet ANOTHER thread on this same topic. I...

Hmm, ideally I would love to run a Markbass Traveller 210 (33lbs) for small stuff and a Traveller 115 (40lbs) for big stuff. Together, they weight just a little over the AMB210, which is a portly 65lbs by comparison. Sadly, I don't have $1,200 for this convenience. From the sounds of things...

Bah, I think this is the wrong forum. Needs to go in the AMPS forum, right?? Yes, I'm looking for something for rehearsal. It is a band who doesn't have a lot of rehearsal volume. I mean my Markbass + 210 would be adequate but I don't want to move it =-(

I have a problem. I don't have $$$s because of a young family and a student budget. I was planning on gigging but I really don't want to lug my Ashdown AMB 210 / Markbass SA450 head out to rehearsals. Are there any good options for practice amps?? I'm talking $100 or so. Should I simply...

I have run my bass through my Dual Rectifier and into an Ashdown ABM 210 cab. I find the guitar amp to be a little underpowered, and you have to set up the tone stack really weird. Bass = FLUB, Mids = LOW MIDS, Treble = High Mids, and Presence = Treble. If money was not an issue, I'd...

Who cares what an instrument costs. If it is a gem, then it is worth it. If you are trying to sell, one day a real buyer will come along and pay that the gear is worth, not what the market says it should cost. Not all instruments are created equal.

Chords, Scales, and music theory in general is collectively the grammar of music. It exists to explain why a certain style of music sounds the way it does. A big part of learning how to create basslines is to listen to lots of music so you can begin to 'hear in your head' the notes that need...

Hey, I have a mountain of covers to learn for a cover band. I'm wondering how robust P-Basses are. i.e. is it possible for them to withstand the rigors of Airport Baggage Handlers? The last thing I want is to have a case full of kindling when I arrive at the other end. Any advice on how to...

Ya, I ran the filters up just under a quarter, turned the high mids up slightly to retain clarity, and basically put everything else flat. For a modern tone, running the filters off and everything else flat is best. Of course one likes to add more lows for practice but in a band setting, we...

That is RIDICULOUS. Why not run 6 KT77s instead? I think solid state / hybrid / tube debate is much less of an issue with bass gear because really, only solid state distortion is an artifice. The cleans really aren't that bad, ESPECIALLY with a good instrument and a good set of speakers...

Haha, when I feel like schlepping my tube guitar head I'll use it. It puts out 100watts and weighs like 35lbs so it is heavy and not terribly powerful. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the Markbass head and it is super light / easy to move. One day I'll have to get a second bass cab to go with my...

Exactly. These reasons, along with cost, is why I went with a Markbass head instead of a tube head. As a guitar player, I LOVE tubes. When working with gain tones, tubes are an indispensable part of that aesthetic so it is inconceivable that the technology will become outdated in the near...