They wouldn't let me in naked.You really didn't need to get all that dressed up!
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- Jul 7, 2010
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- Endorsing Artist for: Duncan Pickups; Line6, Hipshot, GHS Strings, Somnium Guitars
That is a Somnium Mirage Bass...my design and is a protoype...It has 3 basic pickup configurations..JJ, PJ, MM J and can be flipped around to reposition pickup layout.
Most of the amps I use have semi-parametric mids so I can find that perfect upper-mid center to add just a little bit of bite without making things too harsh. I played a 44-02 into the ORIGINal and - at least with that bass - it was like I had worked with them to set the center for that knob. Once I found that knob, I didn't touch the rest of the EQ. I just bumped the hi-mid a little and absolutely loved the sounds I got.
I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the only things I saw were short scales. I would bet Jake doesn't remember talking to me - I tried not to take up too much of anybody's time - but he was very friendly and knowledgeable. He seems like a great guy to me.
I don't, but Ashdown's website does:
I don't think there is any question that Dingwall has found a niche market with djent music. That big B string is perfect for drop tuning to a low A and still holding some definition in a way that a shorter string just can't. But don't kid yourself - a Dingwall is perfect for anything. In the past week, mine has seen action with a couple blues bands and some studio time with some songs that sound like 90's rock.
Do you mean the Epiphones?
By kicker, I mean that the device vibrated and thumped against your back. If you use in-ear monitors, it could help replace the feeling of standing in front of an 810 cabinet.
That booth stayed really busy! I don't think I could ever get close enough to take a decent picture, let alone try any of those basses. I liked that the booth seemed to have a clear-walled listening room. That hall was like guitar store hell after a while. It made me pretty tempted to pay a visit to the Etymotic or Earaser booths.
I never saw either of those guys - it would have been great to get to see Doug Wimbish play. I did see Victor Wooten, JMJ, and Bill Dickens, though.
Most of the amps I use have semi-parametric mids so I can find that perfect upper-mid center to add just a little bit of bite without making things too harsh. I played a 44-02 into the ORIGINal and - at least with that bass - it was like I had worked with them to set the center for that knob. Once I found that knob, I didn't touch the rest of the EQ. I just bumped the hi-mid a little and absolutely loved the sounds I got.
I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the only things I saw were short scales. I would bet Jake doesn't remember talking to me - I tried not to take up too much of anybody's time - but he was very friendly and knowledgeable. He seems like a great guy to me.
I don't, but Ashdown's website does:
I don't think there is any question that Dingwall has found a niche market with djent music. That big B string is perfect for drop tuning to a low A and still holding some definition in a way that a shorter string just can't. But don't kid yourself - a Dingwall is perfect for anything. In the past week, mine has seen action with a couple blues bands and some studio time with some songs that sound like 90's rock.
Do you mean the Epiphones?
By kicker, I mean that the device vibrated and thumped against your back. If you use in-ear monitors, it could help replace the feeling of standing in front of an 810 cabinet.
That booth stayed really busy! I don't think I could ever get close enough to take a decent picture, let alone try any of those basses. I liked that the booth seemed to have a clear-walled listening room. That hall was like guitar store hell after a while. It made me pretty tempted to pay a visit to the Etymotic or Earaser booths.
I never saw either of those guys - it would have been great to get to see Doug Wimbish play. I did see Victor Wooten, JMJ, and Bill Dickens, though.
GREAT post, & thanx for the info!
Did I talk to you there? I was really impressed with the concept here. There was another builder that had some hot-swap pickups, but I really felt like the snap-in cartridge was a much better idea. And the pick container on the guitar - that is so simple and obvious, and yet pure genius!
Yeah, the booth was busy the whole time, the basses are really cool, 30" scale with one/two/three pickups and an optional piezo, they somehow figured out how to blend a piezo without impedance issues.
What really got me was the new synth pedal though, Pigtronix Mothership2, I'll get one as soon as the first batch is done, it will replace both my dirty robot and the meatbox, it's a sub killer.
- Jul 7, 2010
- 3,383
- 2,311
- Disclosures
- Endorsing Artist for: Duncan Pickups; Line6, Hipshot, GHS Strings, Somnium Guitars
most likely we spoke. I was holding the bass for your pic. Hope you had a great time.
Roey-
I checked out the Supro site, and the basses. I like them and the concept. I WISH they made them in long-scale, I just can't bond with short scale basses. But I get it.
I would love to play one, I think its a very cool design; especially integrating a Piezo.
Very retro, very nice addition to today's market.
I should have found this post sooner...
Thanks! I've actually improved it a bunch since Summer NAMM, that was an older prototype as the newer version needed a bit more testing, got a few pictures up now on our instagram and just finished recording the first video with a few people, including some other bass players. I'm going to post a thread asking about what pedals / amps people use that are MIDI controlled. I mostly use Chase Bliss, Pigtronix and my DAWs (Bitwig / Ableton) with my bass. I can't remember what setup you use but keen to know what I should be testing.
