I had a Fender American Pro P5 for a short time that was really nice. I kind of wish I still had it.
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Worship Bass Pedalboards
- Thread starter Cshanks5
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Here's how it looks after a service. I leave the knobs where they are just in case I really liked the sound I got. The EG knob can change the overall sound drastically compared to the filter. I am no expert by any means but I downloaded some presets from a YouTube channel (emilio rivera) that I really liked and then used the software program to pick apart how to achieved the sounds manually. Since I'm not Stevie wonder I just settle on nice thick bass with some slow lfo. *chefs kiss.
WELL.... Truth be told I'm not a huge fan of Ps. If Dingwall would accommodate me with a Reverse PJ, I'd be all in. But, with their current & ever increasing backlog they won't.
Just installed a P-tone in the neck of my SJ5. Sounds great! I'll get to hear it at higher volumes at rehearsal later today.
The ZeroFive Audio Lowrider was amazing in service today! Used it on the deep 2 setting set at 9 o’clock. It added a great low end punch. Now it’s time to roll that tube in the Oracle!
Grizzly is an awesome piece of kit isn’t it!
I love the variable LPF, especially through in ears it tames the high end nicely, also allows me to run my main DI more open for variety.
Very nice! Love the streamlined board.
I was on bass duty today and thought I would do a little experiment…
Ran a Tonehammer without the AGS engaged and with virtually flat eq and no effects. On the main FOH desk I set HPF @ 40hz and LPF @5khz and then let the sound engineer do the rest. Fender Precision with bog standard Fender 7250’s and boom. Sounded great with drums electric guitar and 2 vocalists, no keys today to muddy the mix thank goodness
Apart from being a pedal geek it did make me wonder why I don’t just do that every week!
I have a Subway DI incoming so am going to A/B that with the Tonehammer through the system midweek
Ran a Tonehammer without the AGS engaged and with virtually flat eq and no effects. On the main FOH desk I set HPF @ 40hz and LPF @5khz and then let the sound engineer do the rest. Fender Precision with bog standard Fender 7250’s and boom. Sounded great with drums electric guitar and 2 vocalists, no keys today to muddy the mix thank goodness
Apart from being a pedal geek it did make me wonder why I don’t just do that every week!
I have a Subway DI incoming so am going to A/B that with the Tonehammer through the system midweek
This is why a P bass is the classic Swiss Army knife.I was on bass duty today and thought I would do a little experiment…
Ran a Tonehammer without the AGS engaged and with virtually flat eq and no effects. On the main FOH desk I set HPF @ 40hz and LPF @5khz and then let the sound engineer do the rest. Fender Precision with bog standard Fender 7250’s and boom. Sounded great with drums electric guitar and 2 vocalists, no keys today to muddy the mix thank goodness
Apart from being a pedal geek it did make me wonder why I don’t just do that every week!
I have a Subway DI incoming so am going to A/B that with the Tonehammer through the system midweek
Yeah! I should mention I played my Fodera Emperor standard with new TI Jazz Flats (with Sean Hurley’s Vaseline treatment applied) through it. Sounded so good. The killer setlist this morning helped, too.
Just curious did you do that to mitigate the EQ saturation/mid boost with the AGS on the Tone Hammer?I was on bass duty today and thought I would do a little experiment…
Ran a Tonehammer without the AGS engaged and with virtually flat eq and no effects. On the main FOH desk I set HPF @ 40hz and LPF @5khz and then let the sound engineer do the rest. Fender Precision with bog standard Fender 7250’s and boom. Sounded great with drums electric guitar and 2 vocalists, no keys today to muddy the mix thank goodness
Apart from being a pedal geek it did make me wonder why I don’t just do that every week!
I have a Subway DI incoming so am going to A/B that with the Tonehammer through the system midweek
I'd be curious to hear what you think about the Sunway DI. I've liked the Mesa gear I've messed around with.
With my overthinking brain, yes often times less is more
im not going to say it can’t be done… but to me it’s hard to get really good clarity from the B with a just P bass pickup. I mean sure, it works ok… I loved my fender American pro P 5 and played it exclusively for years, but it may be on the chopping block. Or maybe it just needs to have a J pup added to it
Still not sure what I really want out of a 5er nowadays… they used to be all I played! Didn’t have a steady keys player for a long time so the low B helped lots. Now that I play with keys 99% of the time, I’m okay with letting them handle it if need be.
I didn’t think you could say that on talkbass
that super P does look cool !
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Just curious did you do that to mitigate the EQ saturation/mid boost with the AGS on the Tone Hammer?
Yes exactly that, and just to hear what a virtually straight signal processed by the desk was like.
When mixed into FOH correctly it absolutely lovely.
I'd be curious to hear what you think about the Sunway DI. I've liked the Mesa gear I've messed around with.
I will post some thoughts…
They are a pretty stunning piece of kit, I bet I would struggle to pick out any significant differences in a live mix between it and other DI’s though.
With my overthinking brain, yes often times less is more
Totally agree…
One should always have a P bass AND a Swiss Army knife!!!
I didn’t think you could say that on talkbass
that super P does look cool !
I slipped the mods a little cash to prevent them from dropping the ban hammer on me, granted, they still rough me up a little bit whenever I bring it up
Searching, it seems that the Dingwall Super P is custom order, only? Very few appear in the wild or sold listings. The Dingwall website has no pricing info..... I am ready to be enlightened....
