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Richi
09-30-2006, 12:23 PM
Good Jesus it's amazing. Has to be the smoothest neck I've ever played. Amazing tone, incredibley low action, tight B string and just beautiful to look at. I'll be getting a 6string one ordered in for me as soon as my student loan comes through. Alllllllllllright.

Just thought I'd share.

Discuss basses you played that almost made you cream yourself.
ebe9
09-30-2006, 12:46 PM
Warwick Streamer Jazzman 4 String.
Spaceman Spiff
09-30-2006, 12:47 PM
Alembic Epic 4 string. What an amazing bass that was.
Radiobass81
09-30-2006, 01:40 PM
Ken Smith Design...

Then, my Stingray.
thelowsoundofbass
09-30-2006, 04:16 PM
JP sig TRB.

lowsound
tr3ize
09-30-2006, 04:37 PM
You can buy mine :D will be alot cheaper check here http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=494432

My bass is a 4 strings P-bass deluxe special, with pj emg pickups and a U-retro deluxe Preamp in it... you wouldn't beleive the sound of that bass...

matt
Left Shoe
09-30-2006, 05:37 PM
another one finds the light =P
thelowsoundofbass
09-30-2006, 05:56 PM
another one finds the light =P

I would love a TRB 6 of some sort, but I don't have the money.

lowsound
Spaceman Spiff
09-30-2006, 06:28 PM
JP sig TRB.

lowsound

I played it once for about ten minutes and didn't like it. Maybe one day a Yamaha will impress me.
bleeding_fingers
09-30-2006, 06:51 PM
I played a Peavey Cirrus the other day. It was like an orgasm with four strings.
Richi
09-30-2006, 06:55 PM
Oh I have seen the light. I've always thought Yamaha was the dark horse of basses. Now I realise they're just simply awesome.

I need my loan to come through. I need that bass. My current Yamaha just feels so wimpy now:(
metallica_child_666
09-30-2006, 07:14 PM
the aria pro ii SB303 so god damn versitile in sound its unbelievable, hence why i'm getting it for my 18th :thumb:
thelowsoundofbass
09-30-2006, 07:14 PM
I played it once for about ten minutes and didn't like it. Maybe one day a Yamaha will impress me.

It had THE clearest sound that I have ever heard, on any bass. The spacing killed my hand though.

lowsound
metallica_child_666
09-30-2006, 07:14 PM
oh yes and the ibanez k5 made me want to just collapse on the floor in sexual ecstacy
Richi
09-30-2006, 07:19 PM
Aye the spacing wasn't much of a great selling point. But I know I'll get used to it, I already felt myself get used to it after 5 minutes of playing. Granted I did only play the 5 version but that's obviously not the point:p

You're right about the clearness though. Both pickups are just...insane, I didn't really have much of a fiddle with the active controls but I easily got an outstanding tone. I'm prolly going to be waiting about a month for it. Oh so worth it though. Just thinking about it makes me cum a little.
Akira
09-30-2006, 07:21 PM
A few weeks ago I played a Bongo at GC. I have always digged the looks, but wow. They sound so nice.
BenJammin
10-01-2006, 12:44 AM
I played a Peavey Cirrus the other day. It was like an orgasm with four strings.

Bingo!

Peavey Cirrus' play like ****ing butter. They're amazing. So tight feeling and delicious sounding.
thelowsoundofbass
10-01-2006, 12:48 AM
Aye the spacing wasn't much of a great selling point. But I know I'll get used to it, I already felt myself get used to it after 5 minutes of playing. Granted I did only play the 5 version but that's obviously not the point:p

You're right about the clearness though. Both pickups are just...insane, I didn't really have much of a fiddle with the active controls but I easily got an outstanding tone. I'm prolly going to be waiting about a month for it. Oh so worth it though. Just thinking about it makes me cum a little.

The different notes were so articulate on the one that I played. Even the low B and C notes.

lowsound
funkyhoney
10-01-2006, 12:58 AM
Cort Artisan A4, very nice
Left Shoe
10-01-2006, 12:59 AM
I played it once for about ten minutes and didn't like it. Maybe one day a Yamaha will impress me.

pff you ibanezzers =P


it hits or miss.

i definitley did not dig the peavey cirruses i have played, loose strings might be an understatement
British Kid
10-01-2006, 01:20 AM
vintage jazz or precision (played both a couple months ago in a music store on vacation). they were amazing.

more reachable goal....: '51 p-bass reissue. played that at GC and blew me away. oozing with tone and style.

less attainable: warwick streamer II. just amazing.
Radiobass81
10-01-2006, 11:34 AM
The Peavey Cirrus I played had only one tone: overly bright.
lemoley
10-01-2006, 01:33 PM
both my basses make me feel that way, hence the reason i bought them
Radiobass81
10-01-2006, 01:38 PM
The only TRB I remember playing was Quatre's (and the other one in Boston), and it had a clear tone, but I find it a bit lifeless.

I have to play one again, though.
EADG
10-01-2006, 02:33 PM
Yamaha basses tend to have boring tone in my experience. Like radio said, "lifeless" sums up Quatre's tone from what I have heard.

From what I remember I liked the sound of a fretless Stingray I played a while back. I recently played a Spector for the first time and I was really impressed. For $900, it was a quality made instrument and sounded great.

I've still yet to find a bass that "almost makes me cream myself" though.