johnsonabq
Watch out where the huskies go...
I owned a black Steinberger XM-2 for several years and swore I'd never own a black bass again (fingerprints from hell) but this could change my mind.
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I owned a black Steinberger XM-2 for several years and swore I'd never own a black bass again (fingerprints from hell) but this could change my mind.
Gazoo... I had to Google that. Haven't watched the Jetsons since the EARLY 60's!
I thought he was on the Flintstones?
You may have seen this already, but I am selling a 35" BEAD setup Euro 435LX right now. PM me if this is something you'd be interested in. I have a thread in the classifieds as well.
johnsonabq
Watch out where the huskies go...
I've mentioned in the past, I'm mostly a basement player for the past 20 years and, recently, the GM at my company and I have been writing songs and sharing parts over the internet. Our schedules make it difficult to get together, but when we do we can dive right into the songs we've been working on. So this past friday, we both took a PTO day to jam.
I brought my Black Cherry Euro and my NS-4H2. At home, I've been playing the US model 80% of the time for the past 3 months. However, when I got there and started playing, my "go to" was my Euro. It just felt right and sounded so killer with the B3K and my GK MB112ii. Now at home, I'm back to the US. Do you guys experience the same kind of thing?
Also, following up on the hardware discussion the other day, I just want to throw an unsolicited comment that was made about the gold hardware on my Black Cherry LX. He said, "I don't normally like gold, but on that bass, it looks amazing. Looks very regal!"
I brought my Black Cherry Euro and my NS-4H2. At home, I've been playing the US model 80% of the time for the past 3 months. However, when I got there and started playing, my "go to" was my Euro. It just felt right and sounded so killer with the B3K and my GK MB112ii. Now at home, I'm back to the US. Do you guys experience the same kind of thing?
Also, following up on the hardware discussion the other day, I just want to throw an unsolicited comment that was made about the gold hardware on my Black Cherry LX. He said, "I don't normally like gold, but on that bass, it looks amazing. Looks very regal!"
I'm starting to ween myself off the Webster some now, but even with the 5XL at home this past year, I had been going to the Webster the most just because I knew that was the bass I'd be using live. So I used it for practicing and playing with Jammit too unless I needed 6 strings for some of the DT stuff.
Now that the 6XL is here, I am planning to play that as much as possible. Still going to take the Webster on the road next month, but soon I should have one of the US basses as my main player in the band.
Now that the 6XL is here, I am planning to play that as much as possible. Still going to take the Webster on the road next month, but soon I should have one of the US basses as my main player in the band.
Betrayer_Bass
Profanity Fish.
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I have and idea for a killer custom "stain job" on a Euro. I gotta draw some stuff up and talk to someone... Has anyone tried any of the Spector guitars?
worshiprocker
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One of my guitarists uses a Spector Arc Pro and he much prefers it over his Jackson Dinky... it is a nice guitar.
Anyone in the "club" use in ear monitors? Here's my deal. I guess I have pretty sensitive ears these days from a lot of loud rock bands since I was a wee lad with NO hearing protection. Right now, my ears will ring with just the slightest crash of a cymbal. So, for the past few years I've been using custom molded ear plugs that have various filters for db cut (8, 15 and 25). I really like them as they work well and make it so my ears don't ring after practice or a gig BUT they tend to neuter my tone. Even though they say they cut all frequencies evenly across the board (they're true musician plugs) I just don't get a good representative bass tone. I get a strong fundamental but not much else...which leads me to my question...
Would in ears monitors (just for my bass) be a good way to go? I was thinking something the provides isolation from the rest of the band but could give me some of my tone back in the ear buds?
I know it's not very rock and roll but I just can't gig/practice with the band without some kind of protection in place. And no, the band isn't going to turn down and honestly even if they did the drums would get me anyway.
Any thoughts or comments on what works for you?
Would in ears monitors (just for my bass) be a good way to go? I was thinking something the provides isolation from the rest of the band but could give me some of my tone back in the ear buds?
I know it's not very rock and roll but I just can't gig/practice with the band without some kind of protection in place. And no, the band isn't going to turn down and honestly even if they did the drums would get me anyway.
Any thoughts or comments on what works for you?
worshiprocker
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It would help, but unless you were EQing your personal monitor mix, it won't be perfect. I've used in ears for many gigs, as long as you can still feel your bass, you will love them.
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I used them Lee. You will need to mix in some vocals etc...you will almost need a seperate mixer for them. If you really wanna try them I suggest alien ears triple drivers. They are not cheap but I believe they have a removable plug that allows some ambient stage music in....the earbuds run about $400 alone and mold to your ears and are all custom. I started with a carvin set and quickly moved up. Single drivers will not work well for bass frequencies. Call me we can talk more. I've tried four different earbud sets and three recievers
Yep. We bought our oldest son a used ARC6 Pro from GC for $225 for his birthday last year. It's a solid, well-built guitar that takes a beating from the 11 year old and his friends. I did swap out the tuners and block the trem. The locking Gotohs drop right in, look pretty much stock, and keep in tune far better than the stock tuners.
I've owned much more expensive guitars that didn't sound nearly as good. I think the NS shape works equally well ergonomically for basses and their smaller guitar brethren.
(Incidentally, Aidan is playing his Spector for the summer music school recital this weekend. His choice of tracks? "Money" by Pink Floyd. The apple does not fall far from the tree apparently. Video forthcoming Sunday night!)
Thanks for the info guys. To expand, yes they would be just for me. The rest of the band would NOT be using them. How do the fall inline with your rig? Do they go before the amp or line out? I'm such a noob with them...never given them a thought really until now. So yes, Donny, my rig would still be at full volume for the rest of the band. I'm really just look for some isolation (for protection) and then to add back in a little of my bass (at sane levels) to give me a decent representation to my ear of my tone. Does that make sense?
Jamie, yes I'll give you a shout later. I don't mind spending them money for the solution.
Jamie, yes I'll give you a shout later. I don't mind spending them money for the solution.
I use an in ear Aviom (not sure of spelling) at church which is a private mix console and I turn down everything but the bass and the click, the drums are loud enough and I can feel them but I don't have a bass amp on the stage so its just notes and I'm missing the 'warmth/feel' driving from the amp...some places have a monitor that runs just the bass in front which will provide that warmth/feel tone, don't know if this is helping???
You would actually be getting the signal from your monitor mixing console or from front of house. This is sent to you just like an individual monitor mix. You can add whatever you like to your personal mix.
I have the Ultimate Ears quad drivers and they are great. A little on the expensive side but I've tried others and they just didn't reproduce my bass well.
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