Ken Baker
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I happen to know one of these don't sizzle at all.
tk
Brian Bromberg could make it sizzle....
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Brian Bromberg could make it sizzle....
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Bartmanpdx
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My advice:
Reconsider a Bongo HH. You can get used to the looks, and the Stealth ones look pretty badass, IMO.
With the four-band preamp and the dual pickup configuration, you can pretty much get any kind of clean (non growly) tone you desire. Add in the different possibilities with strings and EQ on your rig, and there's almost no kind of tone you can't get.
BONGO. Definitely worth considering based on your descriptions of what you want.
Reconsider a Bongo HH. You can get used to the looks, and the Stealth ones look pretty badass, IMO.
With the four-band preamp and the dual pickup configuration, you can pretty much get any kind of clean (non growly) tone you desire. Add in the different possibilities with strings and EQ on your rig, and there's almost no kind of tone you can't get.
BONGO. Definitely worth considering based on your descriptions of what you want.
Ken Baker
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Now, I am but an old fart and I've been around the block a time or two, not that it matters. I've played all kinds of basses, from an old Jazz to an L-2000 to a Bongo with several in between. Every one of them can supply me with a bunch of high frequency sizzle. Or not.
Variables are strings and EQ.
New rounds almost all sizzle, so EQ it out until they break in a little.
Flats can have some bite... or not. Depends on the flats and the EQ.
Some pickups are more treble centric than others, so EQ gets varied.
Playing with a pick will usually tend to make sizzle-ly strings more sizzle-ly, so adjust EQ.
Avatar cabs can be trebly, particularly the older ones, so adjust the EQ and back off the tweeter.
Did you notice the common thread here?
Did you know that the volume control on most modern basses is as important to the sound properties as the tone controls? A lot of people play with everything on the bass set WFO, then wonder why the instrument sounds out of control and (many times) overly bright. These same people are many times surprised at the control their right hand acquires when they turn the volume control down.
Got a sound in your head? Find it. We can't find it for you, though we can offer pointers that may send you in the right direction.
Ken...
Variables are strings and EQ.
New rounds almost all sizzle, so EQ it out until they break in a little.
Flats can have some bite... or not. Depends on the flats and the EQ.
Some pickups are more treble centric than others, so EQ gets varied.
Playing with a pick will usually tend to make sizzle-ly strings more sizzle-ly, so adjust EQ.
Avatar cabs can be trebly, particularly the older ones, so adjust the EQ and back off the tweeter.
Did you notice the common thread here?
Did you know that the volume control on most modern basses is as important to the sound properties as the tone controls? A lot of people play with everything on the bass set WFO, then wonder why the instrument sounds out of control and (many times) overly bright. These same people are many times surprised at the control their right hand acquires when they turn the volume control down.
Got a sound in your head? Find it. We can't find it for you, though we can offer pointers that may send you in the right direction.
Ken...
Caca de Kick
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You can't say this does not have a classic look.
And for sound, you should try a Stingray with the 2-band eq. You'll be suprised.
Don't discount the foam mute trick...it really works.
bovinehost
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Hmm, yes, classic look, let me think.........
Yeah, that's what I was thinking about.
Jack
Yeah, that's what I was thinking about.
Jack
Caca de Kick
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Caca de Kick
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BTW monkeee, great soundclip....
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Big Poppa
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some threads are more fun to watch.....
silverburst
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I think I know what you are really looking for. A drum set would be perfect, I think...
Ken Baker
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Grandpa's can only try BP.
tk
Time for me to change my tagline....
RitchieDarling
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Don't give up..........
It took me 35 years to find my Sterlings basses!
It can be a long search. You're young! You have plenty of time to go through a great huge stack of basses.
And you never know, it may be an $8000 Fodera, or a $300 OLP that finally sits right with you.
I have gone through probably 50 or 60 basses in the last 20 years.
I bought my first Sterling because a friend had started a new music store. And I wanted to support him, and to see him succeed.
I had seen EBMM instruments. But never owned one. And only occasionally picked one up.
And now, aside from a few items that EBMM doesn't make, such as an 8-string, an electric upright.....etc....... They are all I have!
So, cheer up! Don't give up!
Ritchie
P.S. Don't Give Up! (Ahhhh, Tony Levin)
It took me 35 years to find my Sterlings basses!
It can be a long search. You're young! You have plenty of time to go through a great huge stack of basses.
And you never know, it may be an $8000 Fodera, or a $300 OLP that finally sits right with you.
I have gone through probably 50 or 60 basses in the last 20 years.
I bought my first Sterling because a friend had started a new music store. And I wanted to support him, and to see him succeed.
I had seen EBMM instruments. But never owned one. And only occasionally picked one up.
And now, aside from a few items that EBMM doesn't make, such as an 8-string, an electric upright.....etc....... They are all I have!
So, cheer up! Don't give up!
Ritchie
P.S. Don't Give Up! (Ahhhh, Tony Levin)
Slim
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Spencer, any of us will probably never find a perfect bass like we will probably never find a perfect woman
What I do is find the instrument that I can live with the best I can and from there you add things to make it better such as different equalizer etc. and once I get to the point where I am almost satisfied then I start looking for another instrument to surpass the one I am almost satisfied with with and so on and it is never ending pursueing of happiness I have been pursueing my own happiness and losing good things that I should have kept are all gone except my precious daughter and bunch of musical instruments
What I do is find the instrument that I can live with the best I can and from there you add things to make it better such as different equalizer etc. and once I get to the point where I am almost satisfied then I start looking for another instrument to surpass the one I am almost satisfied with with and so on and it is never ending pursueing of happiness
I have been pursueing my own happiness and losing good things that I should have kept are all gone except my precious daughter and bunch of musical instruments
Dr Stankface
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HS all the way.
KennethB
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You should get a kickass Ibanez and play it with growl......
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