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Traben Core 5 for Screamo?

#41
Alcyon said:
Also there are quite a few bases out there with 35" scale necks, including ESPs and Trabens, that come in 4-strings and hold low tunings really well because of the longer scale length. I'd love one of those :D
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Yup, thats what I use mine for now, as I said, dropped to B, with the low four strings off of a fie string set, my fave bass, by the way.

Alcyon said:
Really? Wow, maybe I'd better give it another shot. To be honest I just think it looks super cool to have 5-in-a-line tuners.
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Mmmhmmm, try another brand of five string, you'll spot it straight away, an Ibanez has a smaller neck than most supposedly, close to a 4 string, as do SX Jazz V's.
 
#42
Matt Till said:
It's not the OP's fault though, he was trying to ask advice and everyone's opinions are what turned this thread sour. We all get it, you don't like screamo... great. Now either answer the kid's question or don't post.

The "screamo sucks" posts aren't really helping anything, it's just making Talkbass look like YouTube: And it would be for the best if that wasn't the case.
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Please allow me to explain myself...I am a big fan of many "screamo" bands such as Underoath, He Is Legend, The Fall of Troy, and Protest the Hero. I am on the thread author's side. I was implying that its pretty sad when instead of helping him out, they all resort to bashing.
 
#43
TO THE OP

I just recently picked up a Traben Araay Obsession five.....Man this thing just rocks....the Rockfield pups and pre-amp are just the cats meow...seriously outplayed and sounded better than everything in the shop (Including Fender, G&L, Ibanez, and Godin) the neck feels very natural, the fret board plays like greased butter, and the sound out of these pups....wow......it also does active as well as passive....while i admit the bridge is a little cheesy i can live with it based on the sound i get out of this thing

So if your asking if a Traben will work for you the answer is yes....IMHO

that said i played a few other Traben and while they felt good, the ones without the Rockfield pups did not sound anywhere as good to my ears.

i also own several ESP's which i also like......but totally different vibe, feel, and sound (EMG's) and as Darkstrike said i have recently put one of my ESP's and one of my lower end B.C. Rich's up for sale to fund the Traben Attack model in 4 string which also has Rockfiled pups....(yes I like them that much...can't say enough about them)

The most important thing is that you like the bass your playing....that you like the way it feels, sounds, plays, and looks...and don't care about what others ore going to say and don't care what is on the headstock

Don't be a part of the herd...play what you want....

One a side note have you guys noticed that it is apparently ok for the Fender mafia to down other brands, but notice how they get bent three ways to sunday when you have anything nasty to say about Fenders? (Double Standards)

There is a reason there are so many Bass companies out there....can you imagine how boring the world of music would be if we all played the same bass?

Let me say it again...

play what you like and like what you play...it's that simple

If a Traben does it for you....great

If a hot pink hello kitty Squier does it for you great too

who am i or anyone else to tell you your choice of basses sucks or what type of music you play sucks.....IMHO the people that do that are simply sheep that are too afraid to stray outside the box for fear of what others might think of them.....sad really

P.S. All the above are just MHO's and no one elses nor were these statements directed at any one individual...sheesh....grow up people this is supposed to be a place where bass players can hang out and be accepted by their own, not bashed because they don't or don't want to play the accepted norm
 
#48
instead of dissing your choice of music like the popular thing seems to be im going to give you advice. dont rock a trabe..its a sad lil bass really. perfect for screamo fender p bass with p/j combo or a straight up fender am.deluxe p bass..push through ampeg svt..wash rinse repeat... It s a nice clean attack to cut through the muck but still more low end than rocking an EBMM stingray. trust me if you go try this combo you'll see what i mean.
 
#50
your idol said:
instead of dissing your choice of music like the popular thing seems to be im going to give you advice. dont rock a trabe..its a sad lil bass really. perfect for screamo fender p bass with p/j combo or a straight up fender am.deluxe p bass..push through ampeg svt..wash rinse repeat... It s a nice clean attack to cut through the muck but still more low end than rocking an EBMM stingray. trust me if you go try this combo you'll see what i mean.
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Thats a great first post, thats also completely irrelevant to this thread.
 
#51
your idol said:
instead of dissing your choice of music like the popular thing seems to be im going to give you advice. dont rock a trabe..its a sad lil bass really. perfect for screamo fender p bass with p/j combo or a straight up fender am.deluxe p bass..push through ampeg svt..wash rinse repeat... It s a nice clean attack to cut through the muck but still more low end than rocking an EBMM stingray. trust me if you go try this combo you'll see what i mean.
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perfect example....:D
 
#53
XansNiceSweater said:
This.
I've never played a Traben that I liked, and I've played a lot of them.
Very subjective, though.
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Just curious if anyone in this thread that is speaking negatively of the Trabens has tried the newer Chaos Core series? I was one of you, not at all a a fan of the original Trabens with the chrome bridges and all that (never played one, just couldn't take the look of it). I then bought a Chaos Core 5, and I cannot imagine anyone calling it a sad lil bass, or really having anything negative to say about it! It has an Aguilar OBP-3 18 volt preamp in it, and MM Style pickups (Rockfield), with a 5 way pickup selector switch. The bass sounds really good, and I think you'd be hard pressed to find another 5 string in its price range that sounds, and is built as well (2 trussrods in the neck for the 5 string model for a stable neck).
By the way, saying that one genre of music is stupid is basically telling me that your opinion is the only important one, and mine isn't worth ****.
 
#55
This thread hould have been closed right about here.


Snakeman1066 said:
TO THE OP

I just recently picked up a Traben Araay Obsession five.....Man this thing just rocks....the Rockfield pups and pre-amp are just the cats meow...seriously outplayed and sounded better than everything in the shop (Including Fender, G&L, Ibanez, and Godin) the neck feels very natural, the fret board plays like greased butter, and the sound out of these pups....wow......it also does active as well as passive....while i admit the bridge is a little cheesy i can live with it based on the sound i get out of this thing

So if your asking if a Traben will work for you the answer is
yes....IMHO

that said i played a few other Traben and while they felt good, the ones without the Rockfield pups did not sound anywhere as good to my ears.

i also own several ESP's which i also like......but totally different vibe, feel, and sound (EMG's) and as Darkstrike said i have recently put one of my ESP's and one of my lower end B.C. Rich's up for sale to fund the Traben Attack model in 4 string which also has Rockfiled pups....(yes I like them that much...can't say enough about them)

The most important thing is that you like the bass your playing....that you like the way it feels, sounds, plays, and looks...and don't care about what others ore going to say and don't care what is on the headstock

Don't be a part of the herd...play what you want....

One a side note have you guys noticed that it is apparently ok for the Fender mafia to down other brands, but notice how they get bent three ways to sunday when you have anything nasty to say about Fenders? (Double Standards)

There is a reason there are so many Bass companies out there....can you imagine how boring the world of music would be if we all played the same bass?

Let me say it again...

play what you like and like what you play...it's that simple

If a Traben does it for you....great

If a hot pink hello kitty Squier does it for you great too

who am i or anyone else to tell you your choice of basses sucks or what type of music you play sucks.....IMHO the people that do that are simply sheep that are too afraid to stray outside the box for fear of what others might think of them.....sad really

P.S. All the above are just MHO's and no one elses nor were these statements directed at any one individual...sheesh....grow up people this is supposed to be a place where bass players can hang out and be accepted by their own, not bashed because they don't or don't want to play the accepted norm
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One last thing, not one person has ever said anything bad about my Trabens, in person, and even had a few offers to buy 'em.

From guys that wouldn't touch metal with a ten foot jazz pole, to hard rockers and hellraiser's.
 
#58
Alcyon said:
you guys are all ********.
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+1

Alcyon said:
can you lay off the genre bashing?
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Nope.

Alcyon said:
the core is greg weeks signature, who plays in The Red Chord... they're sort of a metalcore/death metal/grindcore medley, no emo involved, but considering his sound it should be fine for you.
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Is that what they are?

Alcyon said:
honestly calling any of those bands "hardcore" is an insult to black flag; they're easily influenced by hardcore (especially Converge) but they're definitely metalcore or screamo. not that i have any problem with those genres (they're not my favourite but i don't bash them).
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hardcore died in 1987
 
#60
Snakeman1066 said:
TO THE OP

I just recently picked up a Traben Araay Obsession five.....Man this thing just rocks....the Rockfield pups and pre-amp are just the cats meow...seriously outplayed and sounded better than everything in the shop (Including Fender, G&L, Ibanez, and Godin) the neck feels very natural, the fret board plays like greased butter, and the sound out of these pups....wow......it also does active as well as passive....while i admit the bridge is a little cheesy i can live with it based on the sound i get out of this thing

So if your asking if a Traben will work for you the answer is yes....IMHO

that said i played a few other Traben and while they felt good, the ones without the Rockfield pups did not sound anywhere as good to my ears.

i also own several ESP's which i also like......but totally different vibe, feel, and sound (EMG's) and as Darkstrike said i have recently put one of my ESP's and one of my lower end B.C. Rich's up for sale to fund the Traben Attack model in 4 string which also has Rockfiled pups....(yes I like them that much...can't say enough about them)

The most important thing is that you like the bass your playing....that you like the way it feels, sounds, plays, and looks...and don't care about what others ore going to say and don't care what is on the headstock

Don't be a part of the herd...play what you want....

One a side note have you guys noticed that it is apparently ok for the Fender mafia to down other brands, but notice how they get bent three ways to sunday when you have anything nasty to say about Fenders? (Double Standards)

There is a reason there are so many Bass companies out there....can you imagine how boring the world of music would be if we all played the same bass?

Let me say it again...

play what you like and like what you play...it's that simple

If a Traben does it for you....great

If a hot pink hello kitty Squier does it for you great too

who am i or anyone else to tell you your choice of basses sucks or what type of music you play sucks.....IMHO the people that do that are simply sheep that are too afraid to stray outside the box for fear of what others might think of them.....sad really

P.S. All the above are just MHO's and no one elses nor were these statements directed at any one individual...sheesh....grow up people this is supposed to be a place where bass players can hang out and be accepted by their own, not bashed because they don't or don't want to play the accepted norm
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'Nuff said!
 

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