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Bass Recommendations please!!
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Actually I did consider it at some point. I discarded it because I thought it was lower quality than all the others in the list. Also, it costs $600 vs the Spector which I can get for $750 and the Fenders around $700
I've owned a Schecter and it was a very good quality instrument. That said your rationale makes sense, so more power to you.
Out of your choices, I voted for the Ibanez.
Have you considered a Jackson bass? There’s a reason a lot of Metal players use Jackson. They have lovely necks!
Very fast and everything you would expect for metal. Their Concert series have a neck the width of a Pbass & their Spectra series’ neck is the width of a Jazz Bass. Check them out.
Here’s just one:
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Have you considered a Jackson bass? There’s a reason a lot of Metal players use Jackson. They have lovely necks!
Very fast and everything you would expect for metal. Their Concert series have a neck the width of a Pbass & their Spectra series’ neck is the width of a Jazz Bass. Check them out.
Here’s just one:
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If you encounter any snarkiness here from this question, it can most certainly be attributed to the longstanding joke "what is the best bass for metal?" It's practically a hall of fame meme.
That said, I second the Musicman suggestions around here. It's got enough upper mid to compete with the wall of guitars in your genre. Also, do yourself a favor and just get a Darkglass X7. You will thank me later.
That said, I second the Musicman suggestions around here. It's got enough upper mid to compete with the wall of guitars in your genre. Also, do yourself a favor and just get a Darkglass X7. You will thank me later.
I was expecting the snarkiness lol. I see a lot of you guys suggesting Music Mans, so I may reconsider the Schecter Stiletto Stealth as the real thing are super hard to get here and super overpriced. As for the Darkglass, will the Neural DSP plugin work? I don't do physical rig due to neighbors and poopie.
I’ve never used his plugins but if they have any iterations of multiband distortion+compression it will probably get you there. The key is separating the drive from the lower band and the nature of the gain itself.
Also the X7 has a DI output so it may be a 2 in 1 way to record your bass very well.
Hey Nihblokk!
Sorry that happened. You run into people like that every so often. Even here. Rest assured they’re the exception to the rule at TB. You’ll find almost everyone here is very welcoming when it comes to beginners and beginner’s questions. Sorry your first post had to attract a troll. Hope it doesn’t adversely affect your first impressions of TB.
Yeah, I was just about to apologize for some of their posts, too. I’m kinda new here, and I’ve never seen so many offhanded answers to one guy.Hey Nihblokk!
Sorry that happened. You run into people like that every so often. Even here. Rest assured they’re the exception to the rule at TB. You’ll find almost everyone here is very welcoming when it comes to beginners and beginner’s questions. Sorry your first post had to attract a troll. Hope it doesn’t adversely affect your first impressions of TB.
I’m a metal head too, so - ignore them.
And do check out all the Jackson basses.
He wasn’t trolling....Hey Nihblokk!
Sorry that happened. You run into people like that every so often. Even here. Rest assured they’re the exception to the rule at TB. You’ll find almost everyone here is very welcoming when it comes to beginners and beginner’s questions. Sorry your first post had to attract a troll. Hope it doesn’t adversely affect your first impressions of TB.
It’s just that it’s seems TB has gotten to where it is just the same questions over and over asked in a different way....
There will always be beginners, asking the same question.
Hopefully during this pandemic a lot of people decided they would start playing.
If people don’t want to help them, they shouldn’t answer.
Kidding is acceptable. Being off-handed and dismissively rude is not.
Thank you both for your comments. It doesn't bother me at all, trolls exist everywhere and they love doing what they do so, no complaints!
"What's the best bass for metal" is a frequently asked question here and has become an in-joke to the extent that people have posted threads like "what's the best electricity for metal" and "what's the best horse for metal" and "what's the best carrot for metal".
You're asking a legitimate question and it deserves serious answers, but it's also a question that triggers some people into acting out.
OP, you didn't say where you live. But I have found that almost any bass that you love playing can be used for whatever genre of music you want to make it fit into.
Voicings are indeed different, but some great breakthroughs happen by accident or by the nature of what you have to work with.
If you want to sound like your influences, then do as others have suggested, and copy what they play (you can get into the outboard gear later).
As we all know
all metal descended from the great Geezer. So a Precision bass is not a bad starting point.
Most of all, have fun.
Welcome to TB!
Voicings are indeed different, but some great breakthroughs happen by accident or by the nature of what you have to work with.
If you want to sound like your influences, then do as others have suggested, and copy what they play (you can get into the outboard gear later).
As we all know
all metal descended from the great Geezer. So a Precision bass is not a bad starting point. Most of all, have fun.
Welcome to TB!
