One bass to rule them all

[CletusMarley]

This one sure plays like it wants to rule them all. Lol

 

[May Cassidy]

@Doc Cassidy

So how do find the EMG compared to the Seymour Duncan? I have a pickup from a EBMM Stingray & a Delano MC 4 HE/S and tossing up changing out the SD.

The EMG has more of a "neutral" sound I guess I'd call it. I feel like the sound comes more from the BTS Control EQ and whatever amp I'm playing through than the pickup itself. When I had the Duncan in there I just had the stock SUB preamp, and there was a bit more midrange focus in the sound. In some ways I preferred it, it felt like there were more sounds that fit in with the band and could lay back a little, while the EMG fills a lot more space (but keep in mind I've not even had the EMG half as long as the previous setup).
The biggest difference is the preamp I'd say, there seems to be more overall range in the EMG but the treble control gets super bright very quickly. I only boost it a little bit past the notch nowadays, but I don't think that's a bad thing. It means I can get more exact with tonal choices.
I still have the Duncan lying around and I'd love to build a Bernard Edwards tribute bass someday, with a vintage-spec preamp and flatwounds. That would be the dream!

 

[Bass V]

my tb history tells of my GAS journeys and after getting the educations and the BS out of the way it was all leading to the discovery of the modern most examples by Epiphone of their Thunderbird Std. IV bolt-on and it's big bro the extra pointy Korina Explorer. the Ex tops the list in every way for my tastes regarding vintage tones and classic era solid rock. it's funny that they both sport the same wonderful PUs yet their differing placements give a broader range of tones, with the fretboard PU on the Ex easily giving Cream and Mountain goodness galore beyond what the 'Bird was already doing! IMO they both do a ballsy Jazz Bass impression, think Andre The Giant of Jazz Basses, not always a pretty thing, more brutal in nature. point being, they cover ground, even with flats.

 

[droo46]

This should be arriving in the mail tomorrow, and if it's half as good as my other Serek, then I could be very happy only having this one. Glad I don't actually have to choose though.

 

[marchone]

So I'll get down to business and jump right in with my first post here.

Let's pretend for a moment that we are only allowed to own one bass. No ifs, not buts, you can only own a single bass.

So what would your choice be and why?

Pino Palladino has made good use of his ‘63 Precision Bass. With a 1.75” nut. So much so that Fender made a production signature model of it in his name.

Although I prefer a Jazz Bass neck I own all three standard Fender nut sizes.

Yer One Bass in my present well selected quiver would have to be be my Sadowsky MetroLine Will Lee 4-string. That and a good hybrid amp will likely give me anything I could ever need.

A close second would be my Spector NS-2. The Fenders are two and three tone basses.

 

[HowieD72]

The EMG has more of a "neutral" sound I guess I'd call it. I feel like the sound comes more from the BTS Control EQ and whatever amp I'm playing through than the pickup itself. When I had the Duncan in there I just had the stock SUB preamp, and there was a bit more midrange focus in the sound. In some ways I preferred it, it felt like there were more sounds that fit in with the band and could lay back a little, while the EMG fills a lot more space (but keep in mind I've not even had the EMG half as long as the previous setup).
The biggest difference is the preamp I'd say, there seems to be more overall range in the EMG but the treble control gets super bright very quickly. I only boost it a little bit past the notch nowadays, but I don't think that's a bad thing. It means I can get more exact with tonal choices.
I still have the Duncan lying around and I'd love to build a Bernard Edwards tribute bass someday, with a vintage-spec preamp and flatwounds. That would be the dream!

I've decided i'm going to put the Delano MC 4 HE/S in my black SBMM Ray 4 with the replica 2 band Stingray Preamp with a parallel/series switch and replace the Seymour Duncan in my white SBMM Ray 4 with the EBMM Stingray pickup and that has a 3 band John East preamp. Both will be wearing GHS Pressurewound strings. Looking forward to hearing the tones from both