Yet another blind slap test

[flypejose]

I think C and E are soapbars.
A, B and D are singles.
B seems to be the F Bass.

 

[santucci218]

bump.

 

[Askanios]

(A) was the best in my opinion.

 

[Jarrett]

I liked them in order with A being my fave to E being my least fave. I've never played any of those basses so no guesses from me on what's what, but interested to hear what the A & B basses are.

 

[Mortiis]

I liked A the best, it seemed to have the fullest slap tone of them all and just the right amount of growl.

 

[alexei]

I liked E the most, and C in second place.
Both of them have boosted highs and lows tha I find more comfortable for long periods (a whole song, for example).

A & B i think are the most balanced sounding, but I'm not sure I cant enjoy 5 whole minutes of that slapping sound.

I think D has too boosted mids for slap. Those mids saturate my hearing too quickly.

 

[pjmuck]

Another vote for A.

 

[sikamikanico]

I vote A and I would say they're Aero singles... it depends of course on how much EQing (and compressing) did you do...

 

[JackANSI]

I liked them in order with A being my fave to E being my least fave. I've never played any of those basses so no guesses from me on what's what, but interested to hear what the A & B basses are.

+1

 

[BananaKing]

A was the best sounding one to me, IMO.

 

[MD Stingray]

I like E best ,A 2nd.

 

[JDHolmes]

A and E for me, A best, but not by much, C sounded thinnest

 

[SquierBender]

A.

 

[flipper_gv]

A - F bass
B - Young singles
C - Stambaugh dual
D - Young dual
E - Stambaugh singles

Favorite is A by far. F basses are slap monster.

 

[Craig_S]

A is the best slap sound, out of all the clips. None of them beat a good Jazz bass, though, IMO. Sorry for that.

 

[Tom7]

But finding a good jazz can be tricky. :-/

In terms of tone I liked A, B, and D.

Did we get an answer yet?

 

[FromTheBassMent]

A by a mile. It has the most balanced tone, with the others all exhibiting a quality in the upper mids that I really do not care for at all.

 

[KJung]

A by a mile. It has the most balanced tone, with the others all exhibiting a quality in the upper mids that I really do not care for at all.

Yeah, I call that 'gank'... that kind of 1K harshness in the upper mids. That can often be dialed out, but if it is inherent in the instrument, it can be a problem IMO. I agree, A has no 'gank' Really nice!

 

[Agito]

A and E were my favorites

 

[FromTheBassMent]

Yeah, I call that 'gank'... that kind of 1K harshness in the upper mids. That can often be dialed out, but if it is inherent in the instrument, it can be a problem IMO. I agree, A has no 'gank' Really nice!

Thanks for the new vocabulary word! I'd been using "honk," but "gank" is way more appropriate!

It's the quality in a bass that turned me off to active electronics for the longest time. I had a G&L L-2500 that was an extraordinary instrument in every way, except I could not dial the gank out no matter what I tried. As I became acquainted with other active basses I found that they did not have the problem. My F-Bass BN5 was entirely gank-free, as are my EBMMs.