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Gibson Midtown Club.
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Lucky number #13 for you retardedpossum. Congrats! She's a beauty, I'm glad my girl finally gets some twin sisters.
Hopefully you'll love yours as much as I love mine.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Hopefully you'll love yours as much as I love mine.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
I'm almost tempted to offer up my Jack Casady in a trade for a Midtown. But I still haven't had the opportunity to play one, yet!
So there is an annoying rattling/buzzing coming from my new Midtown. I think it's coming from the neck pickup, and seem to recall someone here at TB talking about a fix for this by putting a piece of felt under the pickup cover. Anyone know where that was?
I had the same problem, I put some black electrical tape on the underside of the pickup cover so that the pickup won't touch the metal. I think what happened with mine is that the whole bass would start to vibrate and the pickup and cover would make a rattling sound which I found very annoying. Tape got rid of the problem. Why don't you give it a try.
Regards,
Ed
Regards,
Ed
Yes thanks I ended up doing something similar, used two small sticker pads on the pickup and that solved it. Apparently it's an issue with a lot of these--the pickup cover just rattles against the pickup so any small padding between the cover and pickup fixes it straight away.
I finally managed to try out a Midtown bass yesterday. And I was thoroughly impressed! It's a very cool bass for the money. And the neck pickup sounds fantastic.
The one thing that I wish I'd done? Putting a strap on it to see how it plays from a standing position. So often we judge the playability of a hollowbody bass by virtue of how that hard edge / binding digs into your forearm.
The one thing that I wish I'd done? Putting a strap on it to see how it plays from a standing position. So often we judge the playability of a hollowbody bass by virtue of how that hard edge / binding digs into your forearm.
Been recording with mine--sounds real good. Gigged it once but plan on more starting next month.
The new Midtown Signature bass looks even better to me than the standard, a lot more Jack Casady model looking but with the Midtown construction and pickups. It looks like a winner to me.
I'd love to try one against my Epi Casady.
I'd love to try one against my Epi Casady.
I tried a Midtown yesterday and prefer my Casady in every aspect, for the record.
To me they feel and play the same, and get the same tones. The JC does it with one pickup and the selector knob while the Midtown does it with switching between or blending the pickups.
Glad to hear that another JC bass player tried the Midtown. Actually, I think the JC is great, and I prefer the color of my neck and back over the gold version of the Midtown Signature.
I play a Jack Casady as well. I found the Midtown to be remarkably different from the JC bass. I think the JC has a very articulate midrange, thanks in large part to the pickup position and the varitone circuit.
The Midtown was much more reminiscent of a vintage EB-2 when I tried it out. Years and years ago I tried out a vintage, cherry EB-2 that had the 2 pickup configuration. And on both the Midtown and the EB-2 that neck humbucker gave the bass some incredibly deep lows. The difference to my ears? The Midtown was more controllable. And I think that's due to the center block in the body. As for the bridge pickup? I felt like it was able to give the tone some definition, but the humbucker is definitely the star.
Hello All,
New to TalkBass. I am considering the above strings for my Midtown.
Since they are of such heavy gauge, I was wondering if there are any tension issues with the neck and such?
I am thinking that the bass has such a sturdy neck (and truss, I assume), it wouldn't be an issue. But I wanted to see if anyone has tried such and get their input.
Cheers!
(I'll submit a pic later to get a number...)
New to TalkBass. I am considering the above strings for my Midtown.
Since they are of such heavy gauge, I was wondering if there are any tension issues with the neck and such?
I am thinking that the bass has such a sturdy neck (and truss, I assume), it wouldn't be an issue. But I wanted to see if anyone has tried such and get their input.
Cheers!
(I'll submit a pic later to get a number...)
I would not put those strings on any bass with a set neck. If you like La Bellas, try the 760FL set.
Thanks much for the input!
What about the GHS Precision Flats (45-105)? Still too heavy?
I'm looking for dark, fundamental tones--including G-string notes.
Other ideas?
Those might be safe enough. I've got TI flats on my Midtown and while probably the lowest tension flats out there I find they deliver nice warmth. But if you want more percussive thump any light to mid tension flat (La Bella or GHS are both good) should be safe enough.
I tried the GHS Precision flats on my M-town and liked them. Currently using DR Black Beauties because thats what I use on my T-birds. The M-town sounds different enough on it's own, but I want some conistency when switching off basses throughout the night.
So here is my Midtown with rest of my rig:
The club is growing...
In one way, I am happy that my Midtown is a limited run; it means some non-zero probability that it will appreciate in value.
On the other hand, it means only a few will get to realize what a great instrument it is. Glad that I am one of them...
Cheers!
The club is growing...
In one way, I am happy that my Midtown is a limited run; it means some non-zero probability that it will appreciate in value.
On the other hand, it means only a few will get to realize what a great instrument it is. Glad that I am one of them...
Cheers!
