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But while I'm here, I'll post my two favorite basses right now.
Man oh man, do I love this thing. So awesome, so flexible! Wearing Lakland nickels since I got it.
This bad boy's been wearing Chromes since shortly after I got it off of eBay a year ago. It's getting a fresh set of rounds (nickel Sunbeams) for the first time this weekend--time to see how much it roars!
Wow 15!! This has to be one of the busiest threads on TB.
Herea are mine.
Sorry to steal your thunder Doug. This is his 55-07 last week when I was at Lakland. So yes, it does exist
This was taken the day they got the pickguard. It was not yet cut
Hehe. The second time I posted it was near the end of the last thread, which finished up very quickly last night. Anyway, that's interesting. Thus far, I've been splitting it pretty much 50-50 between the single and humbucking modes--though my favorite single-coil sound is with the neck pup solo'd.GEEZ!!! SORRRRAAAAAYYYYY!!! Just kidding, I've not been able to be on here as much lately, and have missed some stuff.
I only get about 2 hrs a week w/ the band. So, there's not a lot of time for experimenting. I HAVE showed 'em how I can get a Chi-flavored (a GREAT thing BTW) Stingray, Jazz, and P bass just w/ the pan and switch.
So far, humbuckers set flat w/ the pan dead center and the default LH-3 mid setting has felt right for all but 2 of our songs. One of 'em I'll use my fretless on, the other needs a little less "power thump" for lack of a better description. I'm thinking that panning toward the bridge pup a little will fix that. If not, I'll still have the 'bucker/single switch, the pre, the other pan options, the LH-3 switches to mess with, different strings (another thread in itself), and the infinite number of combinations of all 5 options.
Thank you, sir. You're prolly saving your single-coil Chi time for the Decade and the incoming Silver Surfer.
Thanks, guys! Funny, not long after I posted that, I got my CAR Skyline DJ setup just the way I want it (haven't played it in a while). Then I played it with a pick along with some old-school, aggressive punk--lotsa fun!
Nickel Lo-Riders, my first experience with DR. Brings out the DJ's low end (I forgot how much it had!) and mids while limiting the "zing" Aeros produce with steels (IME). Very nice.
JO flats? I still need to try the jazz-with-flats thing, really, though I'm going to wait a while since I'm happy with the Lo-Riders. The DJ came with TI Flats, but I didn't care for them. And I suspect Chromes will be too bright.
Interesting. I haven't used LaBellas yet, but I thought they were generally the thumpiest and most old-school of all. I guess the Lakies are right up there.
That would be a cool sound. Is there anyone in particular back then who used flats?
