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Cool man, thanks!! Just debating on if I oughta get a similar preamp to stock (G&B Co.) for the Array or get something different.
i bought an array obsession 4 out of a pawn shop that was a 2 for 160 bucks. i find it hard to put down. i love the thing!!! it stands strong when i'm gigging with people playing the 3, 4, and 5 thousand dollar basses. i just laugh at them. trabens rock
Sorry for the megapic.
nice one mkandolf. i reckon my reamp is working fine, nice and responsive. had my array gigged twice now (she seems to stand out fine amongst everything, and having the preamp is an absolute godsend. actually the knobs are awesome how they catch at the halfway points, i hate gibson style knobs and prefer these metal diamond grip types.) and finally got to mess around at practice yesterday (i dont have a bass amp at home currently so im stuck with a 15 watt peavey guitar amp > < so getting my hands on a half decent 8 by 10 with it was awesome, if only for 3 hours ^ ^) might look into those headsup straps to balance it out. wouldnt have been much point with my old bass as the dive was insane and wouldnt have balanced out. the pickups are night and day in comparison as well, liking the rockfields a lot.
the attack seems ok to find over here (im in the UK, Scotland to be precise), but the obsessions seem harder to track down. with this whole BC RICH Thing perhaps now is the time to bag a good few trabens while we still can. ive only had mine a week and wouldnt mind another ^ ^ jealous of all these deals on attacks lol i owe my old man a fair sum for putting the funds up front for it.
the attack seems ok to find over here (im in the UK, Scotland to be precise), but the obsessions seem harder to track down. with this whole BC RICH Thing perhaps now is the time to bag a good few trabens while we still can. ive only had mine a week and wouldnt mind another ^ ^ jealous of all these deals on attacks lol i owe my old man a fair sum for putting the funds up front for it.
OK, the 'new' Tribal Sun fretless 5 arrived this afternoon! Got 'er out and she is sweet! Took her and the rest of the fam out for a photo shoot since the weather was so nice too!
The Traben family:
And the extended family:
L to R: '02 Traben Tribal Sun fretless 5 (modded), '78 Fender Precision, Englehardt Gollihur Classic Gamba style upright with K&K Sound Bass Master Pro pickups and preamp installed, '08 Traben Chaos Core 5 (modded), '10(?) Traben Chaos Obsession 5
The Traben family:
And the extended family:
L to R: '02 Traben Tribal Sun fretless 5 (modded), '78 Fender Precision, Englehardt Gollihur Classic Gamba style upright with K&K Sound Bass Master Pro pickups and preamp installed, '08 Traben Chaos Core 5 (modded), '10(?) Traben Chaos Obsession 5
Thanks Montana, two of those should be familiar, and that Tribal Sun really sings!!! I'm well pleased with her.
BTW, there's no S/N stamped on the back of the headstock on the Obsession. I was thinking after a certain year they all had S/N's stamped there. Did they stop it? or just not do it on the neck throughs?
Hi everyone!
Ive been lurking here for a while to research what bass to buy, and decided on a Traben John Moyer Standard 5. I had a slight panic moment when I saw they'd disappeared off the Traben site, and Im still in the process of working out exactly what's going on with the whole BC Rich thing. Luckily I managed to get hold of one of these from the distributor this week, as Id rather not own something that says BC Rich on the headstock
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From some previous posts, do I assume that mine is supposed to have a 3-way switch as its only a 'standard' model not a Havoc? I ask because mine has a 5-way, Ive just been working out how the coil-tapping works.
Ive been lurking here for a while to research what bass to buy, and decided on a Traben John Moyer Standard 5. I had a slight panic moment when I saw they'd disappeared off the Traben site, and Im still in the process of working out exactly what's going on with the whole BC Rich thing. Luckily I managed to get hold of one of these from the distributor this week, as Id rather not own something that says BC Rich on the headstock
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From some previous posts, do I assume that mine is supposed to have a 3-way switch as its only a 'standard' model not a Havoc? I ask because mine has a 5-way, Ive just been working out how the coil-tapping works.
Yours should have the 5 way switch. It is the same bass as a Chaos Core in a different color, minor cosmetic changes and without the Aguilar Preamp.
Dave, this is what you have:
http://www.trabenbass.com/chaos_core.php
18V electronics, 5-way selector switch (no coil tapping needed, already there for you), hot 18V Aguilar preamp inside!
Check out the control diagram on that link above!
I think you'll like it better than the John Moyer model.
http://www.trabenbass.com/chaos_core.php
18V electronics, 5-way selector switch (no coil tapping needed, already there for you), hot 18V Aguilar preamp inside!
Check out the control diagram on that link above!
I think you'll like it better than the John Moyer model.
Ah ok, I was going on this post from Bedrockhead:
Looks like he added a couple of mini-switches to have coil-taps on his one (back on page 44), did they ever make a different version of this then? I saw some sites said that the standard has a 3-way switch, others said 5-way switch. Not that it matters really, Ive got the 5-way so Im happy!
Looks like he added a couple of mini-switches to have coil-taps on his one (back on page 44), did they ever make a different version of this then? I saw some sites said that the standard has a 3-way switch, others said 5-way switch. Not that it matters really, Ive got the 5-way so Im happy!
Er, nope, its definitely the John Moyer that I have! Observe:
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