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Justin's Gear

#21
jmjbassplayer said:
I use a cartage company. Most of my gear is stored there, too.

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That place is amazing, and what a lifesaver for guys who DON'T own all those cool basses, but find themselves in a situaton where you know you better show up with that Hofner or whatever to cover the . . .basses:) A great array of rental axes. His rates are super reasonable--he could charge more.
 
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pbass2 said:
That place is amazing, and what a lifesaver for guys who DON'T own all those cool basses, but find themselves in a situaton where you know you better show up with that Hofner or whatever to cover the . . .basses:) A great array of rental axes. His rates are super reasonable--he could charge more.
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Lon's the best in town. And I've brought him several noteworthy clients...he deals mostly in bassists and guitarists, but also does storage/cartage for producers, drummers, touring bands, etc.

JMJ
 
#25
Yo justin.. what's that silver and black piece of gear in your ima robot rack above the two ampegs?

Ilove your gibson ripper - they look and sound awesome!
 
#26
I don't know who does cartage in New York, but I'm sure a quick Google search will yield at least some results. It would be worth asking other pro players there. When I'm there and need something, I usually just rent from S.I.R.

That thing in the rack is a crappy Behringer EQ. Since banished from my world. :-)

JMJ
 
#27
haha - I just got hold of a second hand behringer rack compressor.. thought it looked familiar!! Im not expecting too much from it haha!

Do you use rack compressors much? It said in the original post you had some in your rack u were experimenting with?
 
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attackbass said:
haha - I just got hold of a second hand behringer rack compressor.. thought it looked familiar!! Im not expecting too much from it haha!

Do you use rack compressors much? It said in the original post you had some in your rack u were experimenting with?
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Live compression on my bass rig doesn't work for me. I've tried several, but it just didn't suit what I want it to sound like. I like hearing that monster breathe.

JMJ
 
#29
Justin, do you use any of the same distortion pedals that Silverlake-based "Secular Doom Fusion" artists Link Removed use?

This electric bass/laptop duo conjures up Satan on several occasions on these free "Link Removed".

Feel free to download, for free, to kids, for Satanists.

We use Metasonix, Scrotum Smashers, GI Fuzz pedals, and other things that mangle, modulate, and make people angry.

See you in Silverlake!!

Cheers,

Jay
(Freetard "blacklisted" by mulletard from "cool" LA music scene by offering sick bass tracks for free via Link Removed)
 
#31
Live garage mangling and reamping, courtesy of RUINER SEVERHEAD:


We used quite a few of these pedals on my "Jesus Fist Studies" record that we just tracked in San Francisco.

The main problem with some of these pedals is cost-effectiveness and size. It's difficult to slip a $500.00, 10 lb. oversized Metasonix pedal into a gig bag for a Beck acoustic show in LA. LOL! But, yeah, you should definitely sneak it in. :)



jmjbassplayer said:
Wow, that sounds alluring. But no, I don't have any of those pedals, should check 'em out sometime. Thanks, Jay.

JMJ
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#33
Half and half. I have a P with flats, then a similar one with rounds. I have a J with flats, and a similar one with rounds. A ripper with flats, a ripper with rounds. An RD Artist with flats, an identical twin with rounds. 2 starfires with flats, one with rounds. Other basses with ancient rounds that I'll never change, 'cuz they sound so funky.

JMJ
 
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Warwick basses? I'm sure they're quite well-crafted, but that's pretty distantly removed from my style of instrument. Wrong look and wrong tone for me. I touched one once...felt nice with that oiled plain wood finish.

I like the MXR M-80 for a straight DI, 'cuz I prefer the EQ. Para Driver has sick amp modeling, as well as decent eq. Para Driver might win because the sans amp tone is in there.

JMJ
 
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#37
jmjbassplayer said:
I like the MXR M-80 for a straight DI, 'cuz I prefer the EQ. Para Driver has sick amp modeling, as well as decent eq. Para Driver might win because the sans amp tone is in there.

JMJ
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Hi Justin, I see from the pictures of your pedalboard that you boost the mids on the MXR. Is that to help the distortion cut through if you use it? When you use it as a straight DI do you use the EQ and color button much? You seem to have plenty of other tone shaping options.

Thanks
 
#38
jmjbassplayer said:
Half and half. I have a P with flats, then a similar one with rounds. I have a J with flats, and a similar one with rounds. A ripper with flats, a ripper with rounds. An RD Artist with flats, an identical twin with rounds. 2 starfires with flats, one with rounds. Other basses with ancient rounds that I'll never change, 'cuz they sound so funky.

JMJ
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes some funky old rounds! I've got some ancient GHS boomers that rock my world.
 
#39
Hi Justin, I saw a DunlopTV - Bass Player Live! 2006 vid recently where you say you use two MXR M80's, one for a straight DI as you say above and one for distortion. Do you use the first one as a straight DI, with no eq? The distortion has a bit of a love/hate thing with people on TB so good to hear you're using it.



Interesting viewing, thanks
 
#40
Beck actually really likes the sound of the M80 distortion, I'm not as much as a fan. That was the one part of the tone of that box which I told them I didn't like when they were doing R&D. I find it too grainy. The way it was set for him was just a tiny bit of it added to the blend.

The clean one has a bass and mid boost of about 2-3 db on the EQ. The EQ on that pedal really shines, I feel.

JMJ
 

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