I wish, jeez the Studio Bird arrived two days ago ( I've had 20 minutes with it) so I'm trying to be reasonable
Cool. I missed where you got a Studio. Congrats! IV or V?
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Cool. I missed where you got a Studio. Congrats! IV or V?
Gotcha. Very true. I'm sure it does look great. My white VP with the lighter fretboard still looks fantastic. In fact, one could argue the lighter finish looks better with the lighter fretboard. Though I would prefer the fretboard be a little darker, it's still wonderful. Pictures certainly don't do it justice.
Then I'm good to go since I already have a VP.
The 2015 currently has Heavy Black Beauties. So far I like them on this bass. A bit of background on the 2015, unlike the VP, I'm finding that this particular bass is very very picky about the strings it wants to play well with. It didn't take to Cobalts at all, way too much going on with the interplay between the pups and strings on those. So far the BB heavy strings seem to be less impacted by the pup magnets, I may try Tapes next. I do have La Bella Black Tapes on my FrankenGoth and love them, very musical and crisp if needed (almost in a baritone guitar category) or very thick and thumpy if needed. I suspect they might be the perfect string for the 2015 which has a very wide tonal range but has pups that can easily over saturate the signal creating a very unwanted chorus effect especially above the 12th fret.
On any other bass, Black Beauty strings are my go to string to tame the top end and bolster the low mids.
I've noticed that as well. Both my Goth and VP boards were quite a bit darker in person than on their website photos.
Here's proof - this VW driver just picked up his 2015 bass at Guitar Center and had it in the back seat of the bug for the drive home - Big Mistake! Watch those bass pups fling the bug around like a toy...
Then I'm good to go since I already have a VP.
The 2015 currently has Heavy Black Beauties. So far I like them on this bass. A bit of background on the 2015, unlike the VP, I'm finding that this particular bass is very very picky about the strings it wants to play well with. It didn't take to Cobalts at all, way too much going on with the interplay between the pups and strings on those. So far the BB heavy strings seem to be less impacted by the pup magnets, I may try Tapes next. I do have La Bella Black Tapes on my FrankenGoth and love them, very musical and crisp if needed (almost in a baritone guitar category) or very thick and thumpy if needed. I suspect they might be the perfect string for the 2015 which has a very wide tonal range but has pups that can easily over saturate the signal creating a very unwanted chorus effect especially above the 12th fret.
On any other bass, Black Beauty strings are my go to string to tame the top end and bolster the low mids.
Here's proof - this VW driver just picked up his 2015 bass at Guitar Center and had it in the back seat of the bug for the drive home - Big Mistake! Watch those bass pups fling the bug around like a toy...
Good info. Thanks so much for the details. The Thunderbird that is arriving will have black beauties on it so I am very interested in how they sound, having never tried them before.
As for the VW. I admire the persons persistence even after having hitting the wall several times! But at some point persistence isn't everything and one should just stop pushing the gas pedal. Persistence ended up causing just about everything needing to be fixed on the car. A man's got to know his limitations. In this case when to get off the accelerator and stay off.
- Mar 13, 2008
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Whichever one has 4 strings
Its a super cool bass, there will be a short video shoot on Sunday.
Then I'm good to go since I already have a VP.
The 2015 currently has Heavy Black Beauties. So far I like them on this bass. A bit of background on the 2015, unlike the VP, I'm finding that this particular bass is very very picky about the strings it wants to play well with. It didn't take to Cobalts at all, way too much going on with the interplay between the pups and strings on those. So far the BB heavy strings seem to be less impacted by the pup magnets, I may try Tapes next. I do have La Bella Black Tapes on my FrankenGoth and love them, very musical and crisp if needed (almost in a baritone guitar category) or very thick and thumpy if needed. I suspect they might be the perfect string for the 2015 which has a very wide tonal range but has pups that can easily over saturate the signal creating a very unwanted chorus effect especially above the 12th fret.
On any other bass, Black Beauty strings are my go to string to tame the top end and bolster the low mids.
I've noticed that as well. Both my Goth and VP boards were quite a bit darker in person than on their website photos.
Here's proof - this VW driver just picked up his 2015 bass at Guitar Center and had it in the back seat of the bug for the drive home - Big Mistake! Watch those bass pups fling the bug around like a toy...
Try GHS balanced nickels. They are pure nickel, so less magnetism. And people adore those strings. There's a big thread.
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My Generation - The Who
Which bass was used on the recording....? Love that tone, especially on the bass solo..
My Generation - The Who
Which bass was used on the recording....? Love that tone, especially on the bass solo..
Yeah they are balanced tension. And every string has the same number of wraps. So the tone is also a lot more even. No more extra zingy G strings. They did that with roundcore boomers, too. And I think the re-release of the Progressives are gonna be all the same number of wraps, as well. Once the balanced tension version finally launches.
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In this group?!I wish, jeez the Studio Bird arrived two days ago ( I've had 20 minutes with it) so I'm trying to be reasonable
Happy Friday everyone, I hope all are staying well. I second the comments about the GHS Balanced Nickels. I have had good luck with them as well.
I dug this old Ibanez Iceman out of the closet and took a picture with my bird. Haven't played the Iceman in years. Thought I might this weekend just for something different.
Have a great weekend everyone.
I dug this old Ibanez Iceman out of the closet and took a picture with my bird. Haven't played the Iceman in years. Thought I might this weekend just for something different.
Have a great weekend everyone.
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If you are interested in the Balanced Nickles, I have a set I would gladly send them your way very reasonably. They have only been played a few times. Literally. I tried them on the VP and it just wasn't a good fit for what I wanted. I might want to try them on the new Gibson when it arrives first, however. But if they don't work there I would be more than happy to send them to you.
I talked to the Post Office guy at the post office there in Az. And he explained it this way: When something is shipped "ground," it goes to a main hub (which is CA in this case), and it doesn't leave that hub until that container is full. So if it was one of the first things in that container it would have to wait until that container is full of other packages before it would leave that location. He said sometimes people get lucky and their packages one of the last ones there and it gets there fairly quick, but apparently this was one of the first ones on and the reason why it has been delayed. He didn't understand why there was no expectation on the date or why they got that wrong.
The interesting thing is, the day it was supposed to be here we got our email notification from the PO of mail that was arriving and that was a part of it. Have no idea how they thought it was going to be here when it was still in Los Angeles or headed to Los Angeles! The guy did say that he thought it would be here probably the first of next week. Very helpful and informative postal worker!
The interesting thing is, the day it was supposed to be here we got our email notification from the PO of mail that was arriving and that was a part of it. Have no idea how they thought it was going to be here when it was still in Los Angeles or headed to Los Angeles! The guy did say that he thought it would be here probably the first of next week. Very helpful and informative postal worker!
- Mar 13, 2008
- 18,895
- 142,212
- Disclosures
- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
I'm in double digits for number of basses in the house...........They take up a lot more room than model train kits and my S.O., while patient and very understanding may at some point have some limits
I was sent an order confirmation email when I placed the order, but it had gone to my junk mail so I did not see it.
So on Tuesday I contacted RoB about my order and if he’d received it and my payment.
He confirmed that everything was ok and the book had been sent on Monday. He also suggested the emails might have gone to into the junk box...
By the end I was thinking, "Either he's pissed off and out of control, or he just had a stroke or something."
"The final version of ‘My Generation’ was played on the Jazz with La Bella tape wound strings."
John Entwistle Gear: 1960-1966 | John Entwistle Bass Gear | Whotabs
I'm surprised.
I ordered 9 May, no email yet, checked trash/junk
STIV!!!!
Turns out I have a set of these on one of my basses. I will need to pay close attention next time I play it.
