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I use a guitar amp with a 6 inch speaker for my bass and no complaints.
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rio posted:I use a guitar amp with a 6 inch speaker for my bass and no complaints. guitar amp with a guitar cab is fine to use no matter what instrument you plug into it. same goes for guitar amp and a bass cab. a bass amp with a guitar cab is a disaster waiting to happen but if you recognize this and are careful with your volume levels that combination can sound dope
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May 15, 2018 16:53
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Just make sure you use a bass cable not a guitar cable
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May 15, 2018 16:55
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Bottom Liner posted:Just make sure you use a bass cable not a guitar cable not sure if joking
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May 15, 2018 16:57
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Bottom Liner posted:Just make sure you use a bass cable not a guitar cable This guy gets it.
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May 15, 2018 16:59
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My left hand has been getting pretty torn up after band practice sessions, which I initially attributed to the cold weather, but on closer examination it seems my neck has shrunk and the frets are poking out along the bottom and goring holes in my hand. I did a bit of Googling, and it seems like this is a somewhat normal issue when guitars are exposed to too arid/humid climates. There's not a lot I can do about living in Canada, but is there anything I can do to save my hands/bass? File the frets down? Give it to a pro to do? This is my beater bass (Daisy Rock Candy Bass, haha), so I wouldn't want to invest too much money in the solution.
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May 15, 2018 17:04
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if you wanna do something to do frets, def let a pro do it. it's not super expensive and you'll only end up loving it up if you DIY for the first time. as for the weather, not much you can do. try to minimize exposure to extreme temperatures (impossible, i live in Finland) and changes in air moisture. store it in a hard case somewhere with steady room temperature. if you move your bass from cold to warm or vice versa, let it warm up for a while before you start playing' Pokey Araya posted:This guy gets it. well you cannot argue with the fact that guitar cabs just werent made for the low frequencies a bass head is capable of putting out.
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May 15, 2018 17:09
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I still want a Rick so I can use guitar amps without actually killing them.
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May 15, 2018 17:22
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Jeff Goldblum posted:I still want a Rick so I can use guitar amps without actually killing them. it's got more to do with the amp than the bass
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May 15, 2018 17:26
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Filing sharp frets is super easy and you could do it without messing up anything if you are careful with even just a nail file. To be even safer, get a cheap file to file your file (dawg) - you file the edge that is against the wood and leave the upper part alone so it is smooth against the neck but still filing the fret ends. If you really want to be safe you can use painters tape on each side of the fret ends. Considering that any new instrument you buy will have sharp frets at some point unless you live somewhere with a static climate it is worth knowing how to do it.
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May 15, 2018 18:19
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Pokey Araya posted:All I was saying was 2x12s sound rad, he was asking about 2x12 cabs or 4x10s, both are good, together even better. Also I was dispelling the rumor that you can't use guitar poo poo with bass. I used an extreme example. Most people playing at a normal volume will have no problems with guitar speakers, and they will not blow up an amp if you match the resistance. Second off yeah, I turn poo poo up and tour around the country doing it, so of course my equipment gets thrashed. I'm just teasing, those two quotes were too funny to not put together. Godspeed to you and everyone else playing ridiculous rigs! If it were feasible, I'd love to run like 3-4 Ampeg V4s through a bunch of Bergantino sealed cabs.
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May 15, 2018 20:17
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rio posted:Filing sharp frets is super easy and you could do it without messing up anything if you are careful with even just a nail file. To be even safer, get a cheap file to file your file (dawg) - you file the edge that is against the wood and leave the upper part alone so it is smooth against the neck but still filing the fret ends. If you really want to be safe you can use painters tape on each side of the fret ends. Considering that any new instrument you buy will have sharp frets at some point unless you live somewhere with a static climate it is worth knowing how to do it. Yeah, knocking down the sharp ends is a super easy job. I did it with a nail file on two of my kit guitars and my horrible old acoustic bass and didn't gently caress up once. I guess the trick is to just go real slow and make sure you don't touch the top of the frets. I also put tape along the side of the neck in case I accidentally drag the file across it, but the tape has always been pristine after. You can also use sandpaper to clean/shine them up a bit after you file. High grit, go slow, be careful, no problems.
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May 16, 2018 00:58
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A friend of mine is a guitar tech so I trust him to do stuff like that. One of my guitars had a bunch of fret edges pop out of the neck after a cold snap. He decided not to file the ends all the way flush with the neck while it was cold and dry because there was a chance that would cause fret sprout in the more humid summer when the wood would be it's most swole.
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May 17, 2018 07:56
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A while back I played a Taylor acoustic mini bass in a store and loved it. It's guitar sized with metal strings! But it was $700 in the US and $950+ where I live. And I thought, well, if only one company is doing this it must be a gimmick. Come to find out Ibanez is just using the same technology on a $250 (in the US) model. So, while that still means $400 to me overseas, that's still a lot more attractive. And the fact that there are multiple brands now doing this means it seems like less of a gimmick and less likely to disappear. If I get it and learn it I'd still be the "dorky bass player who only knows how to use a super short scale" which is something I was worried about before but, uh, I dunno I think these are cool and I play like 80% acoustic guitar anyways. Anyone played either the Taylor mini bass or either of the Ibanez models (they've got one at $400 and one at $250). I trust Ibanez as a brand so I may wind up just ordering one of these sight unseen when I get my bonus in July. https://www.amazon.com/Ibanez-PNB14...nez+parlor+bass Hellblazer187 fucked around with this message at 19:36 on May 18, 2018 |
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May 18, 2018 19:31
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Got a jam with a guitarist tomorrow who wants to play in drop G#. I'm gonna take the five string but get the impression I'm probably gonna end up playing in the same octave as him on the 3rd string instead be caught thats just crazy low otherwise.
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May 19, 2018 13:33
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Yeah, when guitarists get stupid low like that the best thing for a bassist to do is go more mid range and play a lot of harmonized or counter melody stuff. It just turns to mud otherwise.
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May 19, 2018 17:25
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NonzeroCircle posted:Got a jam with a guitarist tomorrow who wants to play in drop G#. I'm gonna take the five string but get the impression I'm probably gonna end up playing in the same octave as him on the 3rd string instead be caught thats just crazy low otherwise. OK... with a .145 or .150 B string, it's not quite so bad. On my 5 string, I've got .145 and .110 for B and E, and at standard tuning they are nice and tight, but they are still playable when downtuned to Drop G (G D G C F, low to high; basically, D-standard tuning with a drop G). I know this because my band's guitarists finally took my advice and got 7 strings, which was good. Then they downtuned them and dropped the low string down another step, which is annoying. Some days, you can't win for losing. The main challenge is getting a .145" string tuned down to G to stop moving. Forget fast, staccato, or melodic runs on that string. It just won't work. But if your speakers and amp can handle it, it does sound amazingly deep.
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May 19, 2018 18:51
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NonzeroCircle posted:Got a jam with a guitarist tomorrow who wants to play in drop G#. I'm gonna take the five string but get the impression I'm probably gonna end up playing in the same octave as him on the 3rd string instead be caught thats just crazy low otherwise. Play widdly stuff at the top of the neck, clean, non-stop
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May 19, 2018 18:58
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Clean, reverb, harmonics and hammer ons.
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May 19, 2018 19:37
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Its only a 34" GSR205 I've got. Anyone know where I can get telegraph cable via express delivery? I'm tempted to bring the Metal Muff and set my noise gate to kill. Or maybe this is a job for the SYB and I'll just go full dubstep. NonzeroCircle fucked around with this message at 20:05 on May 19, 2018 |
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May 19, 2018 20:03
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Just show up with a Uke bass, and tell him that you thought he meant "Open G"
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May 20, 2018 11:30
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He decided to wait until this morning to clarify what time we had the rehearsal room booked, then said he was working the whole period we had it so I took a guitar instead. Maybe next time.
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May 20, 2018 22:42
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Picked up this guy used a few weeks ago. Really great looking and the pic doesn't do it justice. It's my first five string and second bass. In a real  design choice, a .130 B string (which is the B string in the recommended set) doesn't fit through the bridge's top load slot. I kind of want to put a thicker string on to downtune too because the group I play with seems to like to do that. The rhythm guitarist has a 7 string tuned down to A. Is this what tapered B strings are for? Would it be a terrible idea to try to file out the top load slot? It seems like a pretty extreme angle for the B string to through-body load as it is.
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May 27, 2018 23:40
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For bridges where strings feed through the back of the bridge, tapered B strings can almost be a necessity--I put a .145 special order D'Addario on my Jazz 5 string, and the string wasn't tapered at the ball end. I almost had to drill out the bridge. A tapered string takes care of the one bit where the windings are thicker, and it would have slipped in easily. For strings that go through the body, I don't know if the tapering on the string is long enough to really help out with that angle, because that angle is about 90° and there's just not much you can do about it. For top loaders, I don't know if the taper would help or not. I wouldn't file the bridge unless I was really sure I knew what I was doing. (My band's guitarists also have 7 strings that they tune down a step, and sometimes we're in Drop G tuning. That .145 is a necessity.)
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May 28, 2018 05:39
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Seven string guitar with string 7 tuned to A is the one true 7 string tuning so good for them.
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May 29, 2018 16:40
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Been gigging my recently acquired Foundation a bunch, loving the super ferrites, but couldn't pass up a sweet sweet deal on this MIJ '83 Kramer Focus 7000. Has the ability to sit in the mix well like my other P, but also has the sandwiched J bass pickups in the bridge + coil tapping, and can get as hot and aggressive as I need. Using a Broughton HPF+LPF to tame any boominess and allow me to push my Sunn all the way without getting into muddy/flubby territory. The LPF helps tame highs which comes in handy now that we are a 4 piece. For larger shows I get to borrow our new guitarist's bass head, a Custom Hi-tone 200. I'll snag pics when we are prepping for a bigger show. I need ear plugs...last few practices felt like my head was gonna explode.  
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Jun 2, 2018 17:08
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Colonel Taint posted:Picked up this guy used a few weeks ago. Please stop breaking into my apartment.  This is my 1997 Mexican Jazz bass. Fresh from a setup and new set of Fender roundwounds.
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Jun 2, 2018 19:25
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COOKIE DELIGHT posted:Been gigging my recently acquired Foundation a bunch, loving the super ferrites, but couldn't pass up a sweet sweet deal on this MIJ '83 Kramer Focus 7000. Has the ability to sit in the mix well like my other P, but also has the sandwiched J bass pickups in the bridge + coil tapping, and can get as hot and aggressive as I need. I was hoping that was what you meant when you said "Foundation." Man... my first 5-string bass was a Foundation 5-string. White, maple fretboard, razorwound strings that ate the calluses off my fingers. What I wouldn't give to play her one more time....
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Jun 2, 2018 22:19
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My first bass was a Foundation, too. I technically still have it but it's not in a playable state (it needs refretting, because teen dipshit me fancied himself a budding Jaco.) It was a great instrument and definitely deserved a better end than it got.
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Jun 2, 2018 22:27
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Hellblazer187 posted:A while back I played a Taylor acoustic mini bass in a store and loved it. It's guitar sized with metal strings! But it was $700 in the US and $950+ where I live. And I thought, well, if only one company is doing this it must be a gimmick. I don’t know anything about mini-basses, but all the research I’ve done on acoustic basses mostly say they just aren’t loud enough. I’ve been looking to get one because I feel like I’d practice that much more. I also live in an apartment. I’ve been looking at this https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/CB60SCEINAT--fender-cb-60sce-natural , but none of the shops near me have them in stock to try.
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Jun 4, 2018 17:13
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They're loud enough to practice with, for sure. There are two sort of fundamental problems with acoustic basses: 1) If you're building a 34" scale instrument and have to put the bridge in the middle of the body, the body is going to be gigantic and the reach to the nut will be long. I find full scale acoustic basses very unpleasant to play. Short scale basses fix this. 2) They're not loud enough to compete with anyone digging in. If you're playing by yourself it'll be just fine. Personally as far as acoustic basses go I thought the Kala was more fun to play than the Taylor, but some of that was probably the price factoring in. I'd totally try the little Ibanez parlor bass.
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Jun 5, 2018 07:38
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Yeah, both the Taylor and the Ibanez have pickups so you can plug them in. I think the acoustic factor would be more for practicing. It's the same reason you need a higher wattage amp for bass than you do for guitar, right? The frequency is so low that you need more energy to make it actually audible.
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Jun 7, 2018 21:16
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Just finished a 2hr show and riding the adrenaline. My little corner I shared with the opening band’s bassist. The pedalboard and Markbass are mine, with a SWR 2x10 on the other side of the stage to fill out the volume a bit more than one large stack. Works well.  The opening band’s bassist was swooning over us playing “Ramble On.” We open up for what’s left of the Guess Who when they pass through town next month.
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Jun 10, 2018 07:44
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I’m getting back into playing bass but the only amp I have ATM is a 1x10 guitar amp. Do you goons have any recommendations for combo amps $300 or less? I’ll most likely be buying used since there are two Music Go Rounds near me. They recently had a Peavey Max 112, but someone snagged it before I could check it out.
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Jun 10, 2018 16:55
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BetterWeirdthanDead posted:I’m getting back into playing bass but the only amp I have ATM is a 1x10 guitar amp. Do you goons have any recommendations for combo amps $300 or less? I’ll most likely be buying used since there are two Music Go Rounds near me. Fender Rumble 100. It's $300 brand new, and used you can usually grab around $200. Class D, so the whole amp (1x12 combo) weighs about 22 pounds. It's got a really cool tone that reminds me of a vintage tube combo. Seriously, they voiced this thing very well. It's got a 4 band EQ, and three special settings that further shape the tone: bright (adds treble), contour (scoops the mids), and vintage (doubles down on the warmth of the tone while adding some compression and mids). It even has an overdrive mode with adjustable gain, and you can add a footswitch for that. It is a lightweight, great-sounding 100 Watt amp. It'll be enough for you to jam on, even with a band (as long as the other guys aren't playing half stacks). It's got an XLR out, too, which is good for going into a PA or recording. I have one of these, and it's the amp I take when I'm going somewhere to jam.
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Jun 10, 2018 17:16
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BetterWeirdthanDead posted:I’m getting back into playing bass but the only amp I have ATM is a 1x10 guitar amp. Do you goons have any recommendations for combo amps $300 or less? I’ll most likely be buying used since there are two Music Go Rounds near me. tarlibone posted:Fender Rumble 100. Seconded, but depending on what you want it for, you might want to go bigger or smaller than the 100. It's a pretty wide consensus that v3 Rumbles are all-around excellent amps that sound killer at great price. I had a 100 and found it to be a little underpowered for jamming or rehearsing heavier/louder music, and a little overpowered for bedroom playing. Playing punk songs with an unamplified drummer going full out and a guitarist playing loud enough to keep up with the drums, I would have to DIME the 100 to hear myself, and even then not quite as much as I wanted to. And when I say dimed I mean literally the loudest it could make it go. Max volume, max gain. EQ's all at max, vintage AND bright switches engaged because together they have the net effect of boosting most of the frequencies and making it just that much louder. Lack of power aside, it sounded FANTASTIC, even maxed out like that. But at home it was kind of hard to dial in the volume when keeping it at bedroom levels, it sort of toggled between extremely quiet and too loud. Ultimately I ended up upgrading to the 500, which if anything is overpowerered for the jam/rehearsal situation I described (gain at like 10 o'clock and and master volume at 8-8:30 is plenty). So if you want it for bedroom playing, I'd think the Rumble 40 would be plenty for that. If you want it jamming/rehearsing/small gigs in a more moderate musical style, the 100 is probably great. With the 500 if you're wondering if it's loud enough for any realistic need you have in mind, I promise it is. I've never played it with an extension cab, which means I have only ever heard 350 of its 500 watts, and that is still just so insanely loud. I've never played the 200, but I bet it's pretty loud too. From the 40 on up they all have XLR outs that you can run to a PA for a larger gig. The good news is they seem pretty easy to find used and used ones seem to hold value pretty well, so you're not likely to get stuck with one if you don't like it. I got an open box Rumble 100 off zzounds for $225 shipped, used it for over a year and put it on Craigslist for $200, which someone snapped up the same day I posted it. Probably could have gotten the full $225 back, but in any case it ended up costing me like $2 a month to have that amp for as long as I wanted it which seems like a good deal to me. I put the money toward my used 500 which was like $400+tax, and I bet if I wanted to I could get about that much for it on craigslist or ebay or something.
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Jun 10, 2018 21:35
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Rumble 100 v3 didn't go loud enough for me without getting all blurry. The baked-in tone is vintage Fender-y, i.e. mid-scooped - it's not easy to get 500Hz back using the EQ dials. And I didn't get on with the line out level being linked to the master volume 
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Jun 10, 2018 23:01
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I've been pleasantly surprised by Hartke amps in the past, and they can probably be had for dirt cheap used. Rumbles are crap in my experience. The speakers are decent, but the amps are garbage. I can remember diming every single control on one before and still not cutting through.
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Jun 12, 2018 05:16
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Borrowed my band's bassist's Darkglass Alpha-Omega at practice tonight as I'm filling in for him for an upcoming gig. Declined taking it home and left it at the rehearsal space because otherwise I'm going to end up buying one (or just stealing this one)
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Jun 12, 2018 23:43
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Juaguocio posted:I've been pleasantly surprised by Hartke amps in the past, and they can probably be had for dirt cheap used. I've had the same Harkte Kickback for nearly 15 years now. (jesus I'm getting old)
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