Why not get a 1 x 12 combo? That's not heavy at all.

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass;18709688]How did your bass break? If I were anywhere near you, I'd come fix it.[/QUOTE]

It fell over onto the neck frets first, and the headstock is cracked horizontally quite badly at the back of the neck. It's already been repaired from that same injury once before so I believe she may have had it :(.

I was very sad, I bought myself a pretty sweet Fender to try and cheer myself up which has worked somewhat. I'll need a few more though.

Nothing is the same as my old baby though.

For portability have a small cab, that's what I'm after.

I've got an Aguilar AG500 that I've been running into an Epifani UL212 (4 Ohms) for years. I'm upgrading my cab set-up to include an Aguilar DB210 (8 Ohms) and a DB115 (8 Ohms) so for smaller gigs I can just take one and for bigger gigs bring both of them.

Axe-Fx has changed my views on solid state.

Yes but that is a modeller more than an amp. You still need a power amp I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) after that, where you could introduce the tube flavor.

Guitars love tubes.

After like 9 years of having active pre-amp basses I'm also really enjoying the tone out of my passive P. Warm and tasty.

Active basses really shine when direct DI-ing, there's always more low end. But passive basses need a really good preamp when recording direct I've found.

Is it a USA P bass or Mex?

Recording a bass straight to desk is pretty pov at the best of times, if you've got a sweet amp (and you should) you'll be right no matter what.

It's a Fender Custom Shop so USA hand-built, baby :smoke:.

Oooo pics?

That's the next bass on my list, so me jealous. I don't know if I want to go straight up Precision pickups or a P/J config. Surely going P/J means I can do the straight P thing and the other electronics wouldn't sound audibly different to a striaght P bass right?

[quote=Convectuoso;18712426]Oooo pics?

That's the next bass on my list, so me jealous. I don't know if I want to go straight up Precision pickups or a P/J config. Surely going P/J means I can do the straight P thing and the other electronics wouldn't sound audibly different to a striaght P bass right?[/quote]

The P pickup in a P/J is actually moved farther forward toward the neck than on a straight P, so that's up to you to decide if it sounds the same.

Other than that, there's nothing inherently different about it. Bypassing any preamp that's on the bass would make it identical to either a P bass and bridge J pickup.

Yes well that was the other thing, go with a Deluxe or something with active p-ups that are hopefully bypassable or go passive all the way...

[quote=Convectuoso;18712509]Yes well that was the other thing, go with a Deluxe or something with active p-ups that are hopefully bypassable or go passive all the way...[/quote]

Active basses are almost always active preamps with passive pickups. Unless you are ordering a bass with EMGs or SGDs, they will be passive pickups. And any preamp can be bypassed - it's just a matter of soldering in a DPDT switch. :thumb:

Go for the Deluxe. Or if you want quality, go to somebody who specializes in making Fender clones:

[url]http://www.mikelull.com/Instruments/basses.htm[/url]
[url]http://www.lowenddistribution.com/lowendbasses/basses.html[/url]

If you're being really specific about tone then you may as well have a lot of instruments. This one is the bee's knees for old school P bass sound, look and feel I'd say but it's pretty versatile too thanks to the tone knob doing a lot more than I'm used to.

Mine is just a single P pick-up but I also want to pick up the Tony Franklin sigs that have a P/J set-up for a bit of different uses.

I'll do some pics soonish.

[quote=Convectuoso;18711325]Yes but that is a modeller more than an amp. You still need a power amp I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) after that, where you could introduce the tube flavor.[/quote]
It still needs a power amp, but wasn't Joe asking about preamps anyway?

Still not sure whether that would be served better by cutting the power amp modelling out and using a valve poweramp, or keeping the poweramp modelling in, and using a solid state one with lots of headroom.

Man I need to order my cabinets soon. I've gotta get the price quote and get out the calculator and see how the credit card will feel about it.

Well, I put a set of DA Pro Steels on my P-bass (tuned BEAD .145 - .105 - .080 - .060), and I'm rather underwhelmed with the B-string. It feels great, but it's lacking a lot of the low end. I'm going to try a set of Ken Smith steels (BEAD .145 - .106 - .080 - .058) and see if they are any better.

I've also decided that I'm worthless with a router and I'm just going to pay somebody to route the MM pickup cavity for me.

That sucks :(.

Mine came with some kind of flatwounds, not sure which exactly, Tomastik Infelds or something it's meant to be?

[quote=gaslight;18714897]That sucks :(.

Mine came with some kind of flatwounds, not sure which exactly, Tomastik Infelds or something it's meant to be?[/quote]

Wow, TI flats aren't cheap. How do you like them?

I'm not sure that they are what's on it because there was no packet included :p, but they're in the specs so they probably are.

They're pretty sweet strings, it was a bloody expensive bass so you'd want some snazzy strings included. What do they sell for separately?

[quote=gaslight;18714946]I'm not sure that they are what's on it because there was no packet included :p, but they're in the specs so they probably are.

They're pretty sweet strings, it was a bloody expensive bass so you'd want some snazzy strings included. What do they sell for separately?[/quote]

The cheapest I've ever found them for in the US is $61 + s/h for a 4-string set, $89 + s/h for a 5-string set, and $102 + s/h for a 6-string set.

Oh, that's not too bad is it?

Good bass sets do get pricey around here, haven't bought strings in ages though so I'm not too sure what the current prices are.

Things have been good price wise here though, I got my P bass cheaper than the USA list price on the Fender site.

[quote=gaslight;18714966]Oh, that's not too bad is it?

Good bass sets do get pricey around here, haven't bought strings in ages though so I'm not too sure what the current prices are.[/quote]

TI flats tend to cost about twice as much as most other strings around here, so speaking relatively, they are quite expensive. I pay less for my custom 8-string sets than I would for TI flats for my 6-strings.

Heavy. Normal sets around here go from about $40 to up to $100.

Have a browse if you're curious [url]http://basspeople.cart.net.au/store/bass-guitar-strings/[/url]

If I break a string on my new girl I'm fucked, 'cause I've never seen TI's on their own in this country haha.

[quote=gaslight;18714974]Heavy. Normal sets around here go from about $40 to up to $100.

Have a browse if you're curious [url]http://basspeople.cart.net.au/store/bass-guitar-strings/[/url]

If I break a string on my new girl I'm fucked, 'cause I've never seen TI's on their own in this country haha.[/quote]

BassStringsOnline will sell them to you. As a TB member, I get discounted pricing, so if you don't want to be a TB member and you need new ones, let me know and I'll order a set for you.

Thanks bru :).

Ah shit, there's more than one kind of TI string. Complexities always arise.

Can't believe I waited so long to own a Fender.

put up pics, damnit

I haven't changed my strings in 5 years

[QUOTE=BenJammin;18715132]put up pics, damnit[/QUOTE]

We all just need something to look at in here don't we :lol:.

I'll do some later tonight.

[quote=gaslight;18714977]Thanks bru :).

Ah shit, there's more than one kind of TI string. Complexities always arise.

Can't believe I waited so long to own a Fender.[/quote]
I feel that way about my Les Paul, even if you hate them (btw, why?), I take back my post about my Tele sounding better on clean tones. After some tweaking and using the neck pickup only, along with the built in analog delay (emulation) on my Bogner I got that classic clean bar chord strumming. The analog delay when set right does that chorusy thing too which is cool, if not a little cliche.

And getting chunky, overdriven rhythm parts is simple as fuck.

I don't really hate them, they're just not my favourite.

Aight here's your pic.

[url]http://i41.tinypic.com/23k2mwm.jpg[/url]

Well, that's pink.

It'd look nicer without the tort guard, imo. A pearl or parchment would be pretty sharp. But, I have an unnatural bias against tort, so what do I know.

That's the only body/pickguard colour it comes in so I'm happy how it is :).

[quote=Jaded;18715280]I haven't changed my strings in 5 years[/quote]

Wtf? That's way too long (unless you use flats or something). As soon as my strings start sounding dead, I clean them or put on a new set. I'm a sucker for new string tone.


[quote=BenJammin;18716592]It'd look nicer without the tort guard, imo. A pearl or parchment would be pretty sharp. But, I have an unnatural bias against tort, so what do I know.[/quote]

I agree. I think Tort is the absolute ugliest pickguard material one could ever have. I don't understand the love (especially on TB, omg...) for something that looks like remarkably like bloody vomit.

I'll let you slide, though, gassy, because you're across the pond and bought it stock like that.

I think the tortoiseshell is pretty sweet on it. It's a solid pickguard, 5-ply. That's the only spec it's available in so I never really worried, it's got its own unique colour and look and sounds hot as so I am a happy camper. It's reasonably collectible too I think.

This is the best bit though :).

[url]http://i44.tinypic.com/5pimu8.jpg[/url]

I didn't realize you bought the Pino sig (although it should have been glaringly obvious by the color scheme). Doesn't that have a different neck profile and pickup windings than the typical American P?

Yeah it's supposed to be a custom wound pick-up based on his '62 P.

The sound out of it is great, lots of growl with the tone on full, and beautiful round and motowny with the tone off. It's a .1µf capacitor in the tone control which I think is why it seems to have more of a range of sounds than other tone knobs I've come across on basses.

The neck is quite hefty, definitely the widest neck I've had. Even for a Fender neck I think it is pretty wide, C shape if that helps. I'm used to Ibanez soundgear necks so it feels pretty bloody big to me. Loving it though.

[quote=gaslight;18718186]Yeah it's supposed to be a custom wound pick-up based on his '62 P.

The sound out of it is great, lots of growl with the tone on full, and beautiful round and motowny with the tone off. It's a .1µf capacitor in the tone control which I think is why it seems to have more of a range of sounds than other tone knobs I've come across on basses.

The neck is quite hefty, definitely the widest neck I've had. Even for a Fender neck I think it is pretty wide, C shape if that helps. I'm used to Ibanez soundgear necks so it feels pretty bloody big to me. Loving it though.[/quote]

It's true. The larger the value of the capacitor, the lower the attenuation frequency. I think his old P used to have 500K pots too, which would also create a larger range.

Now if only it came with Pino's feel....then it'd be perfect.