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After reading TB for almost a year

#66
Pings Bass said:
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?
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You rock dude! :bassist:Thanx for posting!:roflmao:
 
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#68
IamGroot said:
I bet you have a SVT tube head and 8x10 to go with that 8 lb 8oz P bass.
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What are you saying? You think I need another fridge on stage? If I double my ohms what happens to my watts? This amp says 115 volts, will that cook a carrot? My shoulder is sore from lugging this bass around, will I get more sustain from my muted flats if I enlarge the Chambers?
 
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Pings Bass said:
will I get more sustain from my muted flats if I enlarge the Chambers?
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What are you gonna do, force feed them?


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Pings Bass said:
......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?
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First off, only use one octave. If you use two you'll probably load your power section down to 2 ohms, and it may become unstable.............depending.

Or, if you do use 2 octaves, make sure to stack them vertically, so you don't get comb filtering........or brush masking......not sure now.....maybe it was curling iron distortion.........yeah, hot curling iron..........hey, that's a good band name........HOT CURLING IRON ....MIRAGE!!
Yeah! That's solid............ where was I.........so forgetful.........I think I want a @Dr. Cheese sandwich.

Oh, I remember....the best bass for metal is the one that guy, over there, is playing!
Hope this helped. JMTC. YMMV. WWLD.

Thank you for your cliffiness! :cool:
 
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#76
Pings Bass said:
In all seriousness, I love the community at TB. I've received lots of high-quality advice as I re-embark on my bass journey after a long period of relative inactivity. When I first started playing in the 80s, the only sources of info were the grapevine and the guys at the music stores, who were always viewed with suspicion. But there sure are some common tropes that keep getting dragged out. :thumbsup:
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Is grapevine a good tone wood? :)
 
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Pings Bass said:
What are you saying? You think I need another fridge on stage? If I double my ohms what happens to my watts? This amp says 115 volts, will that cook a carrot? My shoulder is sore from lugging this bass around, will I get more sustain from my muted flats if I enlarge the Chambers?
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The more fridges the better. Look at how many rotisseries Geddy Lee uses on stage.
 

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