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Official ATK Club

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#421
Well I suppose I should join this club. I have a 300 and I've actually been trying to sell it, but you yahoos have got me second guessing myself.

I got a SB-2 last year and I Can't Stop Playing It. My #2 is a Sterling and the ATK has taken third slot.

As some posters mentioned way earlier, I can't figure out what the switch does and it doesn't seem to make any difference as to what position it's in.

Anyway, I may dust 'er off tonight and take 'er for a spin, for old time's sake.

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#423
jusballs13 said:
lildrgn #59
yeah man get that thing out and play it!

Also, Markusbass, I would recommend giving your ATK a go with fingers instead of a pick. Im nto much of a pick user, but i REALLY love playing the ATK finger style :)
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He he he...yeah...if I think of it more like a different weapon...I've never heard a more solid deep, thick and juicy sound.
 
#425
ksandvik said:
Just took home an ATK3EX1 from GC/San Francisco, didn't know they are still having them there. Supposedly you could still get the ATK3EX1 from some GC stores, such as the one in San Fransciso.

So far, fun fun fun. I like the rosewood fretboard, hence that's why I got the ATK3EX1 compared with the ATK300. --Kent
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really? its the opposite for me. i just LOVE maple boards. ever since i picked up a guitar from my uncle that had a maple board. it was an old peavey guitar, best fretboard ive ever played on, and the maple love carried over to bass :)
 
#426
jusballs13 said:
really? its the opposite for me. i just LOVE maple boards. ever since i picked up a guitar from my uncle that had a maple board. it was an old peavey guitar, best fretboard ive ever played on, and the maple love carried over to bass :)
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Yes, everyone is different. For me I have a hard time with a slippery fretboard, have one guitar here with a maple fretboard. I like to have some kind of friction when pushing strings, to match how far I could go and so on... --Kent
 
#427
ksandvik said:
Yes, everyone is different. For me I have a hard time with a slippery fretboard, have one guitar here with a maple fretboard. I like to have some kind of friction when pushing strings, to match how far I could go and so on... --Kent
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gotcha, that does make sense though. i did have an Ibanez sr1305 fretless that had a wenge board. and aside from maple that was my favorite board of all time. the neck was wenge and bubinga, so smooth and woody :)
 
#432
so how about one of the sweetest things ever...i just found out my volume knob is push pull....this is after almost a year of owning it. I cracked open the back and saw a large pot for the volume and was wondering why it was so big, so i pulled on it and BAM it clicked...so i investigated and found out it boosts the signal some according to how i set the internal trimpots. Its a seymour duncan preamp in there, the one for a musicman. just checked the site and it turns out the 2 trimpots are for extra midrange and lows. so i can set it for mid cut and low boost for a slap setting, or boost mids to cut through more, or just boost em for volume gain. its like I have a whole new instrument! Im so excited now, I knew there was a reason for this bass sounding incredibly awesome.
 
#433
ksandvik said:
The Ibanez guitars come default with Elixir strings, and I never really liked them, so I will switch to Rotosound. Will do it, but just curious if someone else is using Rotosounds on their ATKs, and if this type of special string sound will somewhat diminish the unique ATK sound?

--Kent
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ALL new ATKs come with Elixers - I personally can't stand them, especially for the B string. I put D'addario XLs on - the bass now sounds great. The Elixers, to me, sounded muffled somewhat and dull.

YMMV, but I think you will be much happier getting rid of the Elixers. Big difference in tone.

Jamie
 
#435
Jamie_Funk said:
ALL new ATKs come with Elixers - I personally can't stand them, especially for the B string. I put D'addario XLs on - the bass now sounds great. The Elixers, to me, sounded muffled somewhat and dull.

YMMV, but I think you will be much happier getting rid of the Elixers. Big difference in tone.

Jamie
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Yep. I'm not sure why Ibanez ships Elixir by default, maybe because the sound is consistent after hours of playing in a store... Was not sure if the Rotosound string effect will change the special tone of ATK, but I will know soon. --Kent
 
#436
So I have never really been too into Ibanez basses. They always seemed too "pointy" and small-bodied. Then I saw the ATK305 on Musicians Friend and I have fallen in love.
I went to GC today to see if there was one I could try, but no luck. Apparently they sell pretty fast when they are in stock.
My hope is to at least try one out and see how they feel. I have never really said yes to a 5-stringer either, but IT IS TIME TO EMBRACE THE "LOW B".
 
#437
ksandvik said:
Yep. I'm not sure why Ibanez ships Elixir by default, maybe because the sound is consistent after hours of playing in a store... Was not sure if the Rotosound string effect will change the special tone of ATK, but I will know soon. --Kent
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I had Rotos on mine, and they sounded fine, but I replaced them with XL's and I think I like those a little bit better.
 
#438
I'm seriously considering buying myself an ATK, but I have a question...

What's the B-string like on the 5-string version?
Is it sloppy or tight? does it give a good heavy sound, or does it sound floppy like on so many other "midrange" :eyebrow: basses?

(I did a search but the search results were almost random) :ninja:
 
#439
I've got TI Flats on my 305, and I'd say the B is better than on my 35" scale six, or my TBC five. Despite the scale, and with these strings at least, the B feels tight, sounds incredibly focused, and is ridiculously good for a bass which costs so little. Also, I can't understand all these posts about how the switch doesn't seem to change the tone much. Admitedly the difference between the neck and mid position is subtle (neck position just switches in a filter), but when you switch to the bridge position, suddenly you've got a Stingray in your hands! If you go neck position, give it a bit of treble boost, a lot of mid boost, and some bass to taste, you've got a P tone. Mid position, no mid boost, some bass and treble boost, and you can get a reasonable J. And bridge position, no mid boost, some bass, a bit more treble, and it's pure SR! How can anyone not hear the difference? The secret is to use the EQ. I just wish the spacing wasn't so ridiculously tight. If it were 19mm, I'd sell my other basses
 
#440
Hullaballoo said:
I've got TI Flats on my 305, and I'd say the B is better than on my 35" scale six, or my TBC five. Despite the scale, and with these strings at least, the B feels tight, sounds incredibly focused, and is ridiculously good for a bass which costs so little. Also, I can't understand all these posts about how the switch doesn't seem to change the tone much. Admitedly the difference between the neck and mid position is subtle (neck position just switches in a filter), but when you switch to the bridge position, suddenly you've got a Stingray in your hands! If you go neck position, give it a bit of treble boost, a lot of mid boost, and some bass to taste, you've got a P tone. Mid position, no mid boost, some bass and treble boost, and you can get a reasonable J. And bridge position, no mid boost, some bass, a bit more treble, and it's pure SR! How can anyone not hear the difference? The secret is to use the EQ. I just wish the spacing wasn't so ridiculously tight. If it were 19mm, I'd sell my other basses
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Yes, I also agree, the trick to get different tones is a combination of the eq settings and the pickup selector. The midrange EQ also plays a big part in the sound, as well. A fun combination is to actually push the low and high, and take out the mids, resulting in a classic 60ies R&B sound.

As for spacing, I like the 19mm spacing, always lost with huge spacing bass guitars, even slapping works fine with 19mm. It's a matter of taste and where someone comes from, I would espect someone used to bigger spacing feeling crowded with Ibanez bass guitars.

Anyway, after last night's two jam sessions, I'm very/very happy with the versatility of an ATK bass.
--Kent
 
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