After reading TB for almost a year

[Pings Bass]

You were faster than me!

Firing the drummer is the only thing missing... and it will make you happy

I forgot about firing the drummer. And carrots. I'm still a newb.

 

[40Hz]

You were faster than me!

Firing the drummer is the only thing missing... and it will make you happy

Yep. That and sticking a HPF somewhere in your signal chain (even if for nothing other than visual aesthetics - a practice known as: buying your “cool”) are the keys to the kingdom when it comes to bass.

 

[somebrains]

I want a Darkglass hpf with cab sims.

 

[rashrader]

I’ve been here almost 15 years and I still don’t own a P Bass. Hell, I don’t even play bass. I’m really quite lonely....

Help.

 

[MTN.bass72]

I wanted to make my bass play better so I roasted a baseball bat in butter. I wanted it to sound better, so I put on a tortoise shell pick guard. I sold everything but my P bass and bought 4 more P basses so I could have one each with different kinds of flats and different tone woods on the fret boards. I routed chambers into all of them because some of them weighed more than 8 lbs 6 oz. Tone wood makes all the difference, but you don't want too much of it! I spent thousands on boutique cabinets and high-end heads and use DI live with IEMs. I obsess over minor tonal differences in pickups but still can't play two-octave arpeggios in 12 keys without losing my place half way through the circle of fifths.

And after all that I still can't figure out the best bass for metal. Can anybody help?

Thank you!!!
I needed this tonight..
You win the interwebs tonight

 

[red_rhino]

If you find the forum silly find a different forum

I did. It was silly too!

 

[SteveBassJr]

The flats aren’t that important. Tort however is

I need all my pick guards to be tort now!

 

[Bunk McNulty]

I said it before, and I'm sayin' now more than ever: Fetishists. I'm surrounded by fetishists!

 

[red_rhino]

Wait, it took you a whole year to figure this out?

 

[Pings Bass]

Wait, it took you a whole year to figure this out?

I'm a slow learner

 

[gln1955]

Hi,

What I find totally amazing is this; In our society everything from cigarettes and alcohol to power tools and paint are covered in warning labels alerting us to the dangers, the addiction, the birth defects, the bodily harm, and the negative mental effects these items have on the population.

And yet, bass players are allowed to walk around with no restrictions.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

I my county bass players are required to register

 

[Turbo Sparky]

Who is R. Peggio?
I have 3 house keys, gate key, and a drum key, what are the other 7?
Great OP!
Too funny!

 

[dan1952]

@estaban Garcia We have a winner!

 

[db59]

this isn't a "fishing " forum?

 

[aldaa]

Does anyone know the best metal for bass?

 

[smogg]

I wanted to make my bass play better so I roasted a baseball bat in butter. I wanted it to sound better, so I put on a tortoise shell pick guard. I sold everything but my P bass and bought 4 more P basses so I could have one each with different kinds of flats and different tone woods on the fret boards. I routed chambers into all of them because some of them weighed more than 8 lbs 6 oz. Tone wood makes all the difference, but you don't want too much of it! I spent thousands on boutique cabinets and high-end heads and use DI live with IEMs. I obsess over minor tonal differences in pickups but still can't play two-octave arpeggios in 12 keys without losing my place half way through the circle of fifths.

And after all that I still can't figure out the best bass for metal. Can anybody help?

ROTFLMAO
Absolutely f'ing brilliant.
ps: don't forget to fire the drummer.

 

[MCF]

what kind of flats though

Chromes. Cobalts. TI Jazz. La Bella Deep Talkin’. GHS Precision. DR Legends. Fender. Roto 77s. So that’s eight P basses I need.

 

[CryingBass]

Got an eight string Halibut recently. Does that count?

 

[Chickenwheels]

All this time and this is the post I needed. I had no idea. I'm done with talk bass. I've gotten everything I have ever needed and more.

Love your avatar.

 

[Chickenwheels]

...and stack your 210 cabs vertical.