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Now that is thinking outside the box. String spacing that narrow is giving me the willies just thinking about it, but if it works for you that's great! The 3D printed nut is a great idea, especially for an unusual project like this. Nice work!

Juan is the best and it's great to see/hear from him. Thanks for posting!

Sounds real enough to me, though definitely quite a lot of lows in that tone. I think some of the playing choices like slides are the main thing leading me to say actual bass guitar rather than since - it seems like more work to recreate that with a synth than it is to just play it on a bass. I...

Sadly, I can't see the video (embedded playback is disabled). What song?

Indeed, I was also going to suggest sticking with the Hi Beams a bit longer. I don't think any other strings really sound quite like them while offering the round core feel. It took me several months to adjust to them after years of playing only flats, but now they just feel like bass strings. I...

Wow, nice color. Sounds great in the video!

BLUE! I've been in need of a better compressor for bass; this might be the thing that finally gets me to pull the trigger.

I'm also guessing p bass with flats, but it's quite bright. Jamming along with my jazz bass/old hi beams I'm really not that far off. More importantly, what a track! Never heard this before. The bass tone is great, it's mixed plenty loud, and playing is excellent. The song is quite catchy as well.

I haven't played another jazz bass in years, so I can't really comment on any sonic differences resulting from the stack knob setup versus the typical VVT arrangement. I will say my bass (a 62 AVRI) sounds great, but that isn't necessarily due to the knobs. I'd say the main advantage is it looks...

Y'all don't hear a difference when you start rolling back the volume on one pickup with the other on full? I'm genuinely surprised this is a subject of debate. It's quite audible on my bass (stack knob setup FWIW). The neck down just a touch is perfect - it adds a little midrange cut to the...

I've never had occasion to change pickups mid-song (too fiddly), but I alternate between using the neck pickup alone and using both with the neck rolled back a touch. I'm still learning to love the bridge pickup solo sound and could be tempted to try it out in a band mix in the near future...

Hi Beams are, of course, quite bright when new as you note. I love them after the newness wears off and I can keep playing them for a long time after that. I think you should go with those first based on what you wrote. My experience with Sunbeams (many years ago) was that they are too dark for...

Incredible. I’m sure it sounds great!

There's a fairly well-established guitar tradition of "drop X" tuning being equivalent to drop D (DADGBE) with all strings tuned down until you hit "X." In this case, the guitar is tuned down 1.5 steps and then the lowest string an additional step, resulting in a BF#BEG#C# tuning (I think...)...

In general bass strings are pretty tough to play if tuned up, but that's certainly an option to match your guitar tuning. You should look for extra light/super light strings for the F#BEA strings (30/50/70/90 gauge or lighter) and keep your current B string if you want to use this approach...

Those are sweet! I have an old ('98?) AVRI jazz and there's definitely something to it. The tone has a lot of character. I also have an AO strat and it's nicer than my old jazz bass in many ways - I would love to find an AO precision someday.

I love flats, but I have DR Hi Beams on my jazz bass at the moment and I’ve been enjoying them quite a bit. They’re fairly flexible with the round core and while they’re bright, I don’t find them to be abrasively so. Worth a shot in the interest of diversity.

Looks pretty incredible to me! Keep us posted, and congratulations on the project.

I'm just going to add that michael_t appears to be correct - those sure seem like La Bella DTF 760FS to me. Now that I've spoken we can end the thread for real. :laugh:

My 2008 Stingray had the largest neck I've ever personally encountered on a bass. I found it to be pretty comfortable, though it took a little time to adjust. No idea how it compared to the measurements you took, unfortunately. As Laklandfan said above, there's probably some variation in neck...

I was playing along to this tune the other day (great bass lines all over this album), and rolling the bass knob all the way down on my Stingray for that part does a pretty decent job of approximating the effect to my ears. I'm pretty confident that basically any EQ pedal would do the trick well...

Hello TBDB, I'm planning to rent a double bass locally in Seattle after 20 years of playing electric bass and guitar. With no band rehearsals or gigs, I finally have time to devote to the challenge of a new instrument. I'm finding that it's difficult to find instructors online for double bass...

Since OP asked about envelope filters, too, it really is worth looking for an envelope filter that can be controlled via expression pedal if you think you want an envelope filter anyway (they actually seem more useful to me than wah for bass). You will ultimately save money and possibly some...

I definitely notice fingerboard radius on guitar, and prefer the modern Fender 9.5" radius over all others. It's just enough curve to make chording easier than on a flatter radius, while still allowing easy setup for string bends. On bass, however, I do relatively little chording and no string...

Whoa! Congratulations!

I would recommend trying both with your bass if possible. The MXR tracked a lot better for me, so that's the one I ended up with. I liked the sound of the Aguilar better if I'm honest, and I bet it would track fine with most basses. I use a Stingray, which is kind of problematic for analog octave.

Sounds good to me!

Catalinbread Belle Epoch Deluxe! No idea how much that will cost when it's out, though... probably less than $400?

Thanks for the early impressions, folks! Seems promising. I am going to keep this on my short list.

I'm pretty excited. The Reverb demo doesn't sound the best (nor the worst), but the other guitar demos I've come across sound quite nice - much better than what Reverb put up. I suspect this will work great on bass as it has pretty decent midrange happening.

Want that!

Thanks, that is good to know. Don't mess with the trim pot!

Is RP1 a tiny little trimmer? Does the manual say what that is for?

I'm super excited for this thing! Sounds great on guitar.

I think the city bus (or a bicycle?) to community college is a good idea regardless of the driving situation, though the driving situation does not sound very promising based on this thread. Besides, getting around without a car builds character and is generally healthier, safer, and cheaper.

High pass filters are frequently built into bass amplifiers for the purpose of speaker protection, which is what Ewo was referring to. The BOD doesn't have any HPF circuitry in it.

I second the Flashback recommendation. They sound much better than the DL4 and has reverse. You should be able to find a used on on the cheap and they are WAY smaller than the DL4.

A digital octave effect like a Bass Whammy or a POG should be able to track down that low, but the tone will be different from an analog octave. There is no way any analog octave will be able to get below low E - my Bass Octave Deluxe works down to F# with my Jazz, but only down to A# with my...

Hey, I've been there! Looks like a fun gig. I'm surprised that Disney didn't provide a PA - seems like they would have an interest in making sure the sound was up to Disney standards.

I think you will find that they are still not floppy by any stretch of the imagination. Just reasonable tension and fairly even from string to string.