Fender Rumble Club

[Linnin]

We're all dating ourselves .

I have an expiration date, but I don't know what it is.

 

[GonePlaid]

I have an expiration date, but I don't know what it is.

And would any of us really want to know our expiration date?

 

[Linnin]

And would any of us really want to know our expiration date?

Live everyday like it's your last. I'm too poor to have wild fun all the time, but there isn't much I do that I don't want to do.

 

[GonePlaid]

Live everyday like it's your last. I'm too poor to have wild fun all the time, but there isn't much I do that I don't want to do.

That old saying about"Live fast, die young and have a good looking corpse"? I missed on all three.

 

[Linnin]

That old saying about"Live fast, die young and have a good looking corpse"? I missed on all three.

I am going to: Live Slow; Die Old, and leave a good looking corpse. So far, it's working!

 

[GonePlaid]

I am going to: Live Slow; Die Old, and leave a good looking corpse. So far, it's working!

 

[badRocks]

That old saying about"Live fast, die young and have a good looking corpse"? I missed on all three.

Not me. I've lived my life like my a$$ was on fire. Played out for the first time at an open mic Thursday. I was approached after about playing bass in a band. Not sure if playing bass for six months is enough but I'm thinking about it. You only live once.

 

[SoulReflection]

Not me. I've lived my life like my a$$ was on fire. Played out for the first time at an open mic Thursday. I was approached after about playing bass in a band. Not sure if playing bass for six months is enough but I'm thinking about it. You only live once.

Go for it .

 

[GonePlaid]

Not me. I've lived my life like my a$$ was on fire. Played out for the first time at an open mic Thursday. I was approached after about playing bass in a band. Not sure if playing bass for six months is enough but I'm thinking about it. You only live once.

^What SR said.^

 

[Steadfast]

My two 500 combo slave wall of doom and ax plus the three mile view across the river where I woke th dead.

 

[GonePlaid]

My two 500 combo slave wall of doom and ax plus the three mile view across the river where I woke th dead.

Must be tough waking up to a view like that.drool

 

[SoulReflection]

Go for it .

Apparently someone saw something in your playing. You have nothing to lose and experience to gain and there is nothing better than that...just do it!

 

[bigjohnyeti]

The rooms acoustics play a big part in this. That volume drop could have occurred when there was more people in the room to dampen more of the sound. Ears also adjust, and different songs may leave different sonic spaces or step into yours. Music is dynamic and thus our relative tone will change throughout sets or even songs.

There's some basics posted over the last few pages, and the search bar/Google for the rest. I too plan on reading more on this, as my Rumble seemed to be the beginning of my journey of how to sculpt tone properly, and I'm still in the beginning.

Don't worry about reproducing that perfect tone with your knobs. During sound check your ears should help guide you. It's good to know what characterizes a good tone, what you want your bass to sound like, and how to sit in the mix with your particular band. The better a grasp you've got of that the more easily you can identify not just what your tone is lacking but how to fix it.

I'd love to give more detailed advice but I probably know more about slap bass then I do tone sculpting, and outside of octavy-triplet things I know basically nothing about slap bass.

Thank you for your response and advice...I`ve been doing a lot of reading and experimenting with it, and finding my sound is pretty easy. But I feel when it heats up something changes...Here`s the thing-I don`t have this problem with my Bassman 400 combo, and I do 3 different open mics a week with the host bass players`s amps (TC electronicsw/210trace elliot, Ampeg B2 w/115 mesa, and markbass210c) and it doesn`t happen...I`ve been playing out since the late 60s with just about every brand and haven`t had this..Last night we did an outside gig and I ran low stage volume and ran it through the mains..towards the end of the second set I thought it was sounding fuzzy, and at the end of the set when we finished, I took a listen and it didn`t seem "right"..The master volume was at 9 o`clock, gain was at ten, eq was flat with vintage button in and bass at 1 o`clock, so no reason to be overdriven..I`m thinking I`m gonna bring it back to GC and maybe get it replaced or at least looked at..I can`t spend my gigs looking back at it.I should be up front making mistakes and embarassing myself in other was..lol

Thanks again,
John

 

[GonePlaid]

Might as well while it's under warranty.

 

[BBassBassington]

Thank you for your response and advice...I`ve been doing a lot of reading and experimenting with it, and finding my sound is pretty easy. But I feel when it heats up something changes...Here`s the thing-I don`t have this problem with my Bassman 400 combo, and I do 3 different open mics a week with the host bass players`s amps (TC electronicsw/210trace elliot, Ampeg B2 w/115 mesa, and markbass210c) and it doesn`t happen...I`ve been playing out since the late 60s with just about every brand and haven`t had this..Last night we did an outside gig and I ran low stage volume and ran it through the mains..towards the end of the second set I thought it was sounding fuzzy, and at the end of the set when we finished, I took a listen and it didn`t seem "right"..The master volume was at 9 o`clock, gain was at ten, eq was flat with vintage button in and bass at 1 o`clock, so no reason to be overdriven..I`m thinking I`m gonna bring it back to GC and maybe get it replaced or at least looked at..I can`t spend my gigs looking back at it.I should be up front making mistakes and embarassing myself in other was..lol

Thanks again,
John

No problem. I think you're doing the right thing bringing it in, it sounds like something is up. Hopefully repair/replacement is a smooth and quick process!

 

[Yahboy]

Some sad news from the Fender Forums. brotherdave has succumbed to cancer and is gone. A bass player that was as close to a walking encyclopedia on everything to do with Fender basses & amps. He was a year older than I. Life toward the end is tenuous and fleeting at best.
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R.I.P

He always share lot of valuable experience on fender forum, with his suggestion, I get the orange drop 225p capacitor to replace the wax cap.
Also get a great information on single coil pbass while I have the CV50P in past.

His gone is our lost.

 

[OldFunBass]

My two 500 combo slave wall of doom and ax plus the three mile view across the river where I woke th dead.

Man, that looks a lot like a lot of areas here in Jacksonville. Where are you located?

 

[Steadfast]

Man, that looks a lot like a lot of areas here in Jacksonville. Where are you located?

Not too far. Richmond Hill, Ga.

 

[OldFunBass]

Not too far. Richmond Hill, Ga.

Ah, yeah. That would explain the similarities.

 

[badRocks]

Apparently someone saw something in your playing. You have nothing to lose and experience to gain and there is nothing better than that...just do it!

Hard to believe that after six months I might have enough skill to play in a band. Biggest worry for me is figuring out how to learn a set list of songs, retain it, and pay for the new amps and equipment I'll need. The Studio 40 I just got probably isn't enough.