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GregJ

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it's cool man, it's all a matter of opinion.

This will be getting alot of playing time too, it's gonna be hard some days to decide what I want to play...the ibby or the ray...

Greg
 

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The great thing about having different pickguards is that they are like little hats for your basses. So, you can change them out to fit your mood.

I mean, even if the tort really clashes with the pearl blue, there will probably be a time when you want your bass to clash. :D
 

GregJ

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but the thing is, tort doesn't clash with the blue in my eyes, it just like LPB and tort, it's a great combination.

Greg

btw, white sucks :p
 

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As most of you know, I had a torted pearl blue SR5 and IMHO, that combo absolutely ROCKS!!! Just make sure it's the brown tortoise shell and not the red.


I can't wait to see this one with a tort p/g. :cool:

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GregJ

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haha, I mean white pixkguards, pearl white is cool, but plain white only works on a white bass.

Just my opinon.

I do think black goes with everything though ~_^

Greg
 

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well, I spent alot of today messing around with the pickup selector, and the EQ to see what I could get with this baby, and I was surprised at what I got.
(BTW, the eq on my amp was flat)

Ok, 5th position (neck bucker), treble cut all the ay, mids cut a tad, and bass boosted got me a very nice rounded off P bass tone. It was actually really cool to mess around with.

4th Position (inner coils of the 2 buckers), Treble boosted, mids flat, and bass boosted, this got me an awesome meaty slap tone that I thoroughly (sp.?) enjoyed. I think this is what I'll be using for alot of slap, very nice.

3rd position (both buckers) This if my favorite for finger style, bass boosted (3/4 of the way), mids boosted (halfway), and treble boosted (a tad). This was really cool cause I could make it thick and punchy, but if layed off a little bit, I could smooth it out kinda like a neck jazz pickup, but with juicier tone.

2nd position (outer coils of both buckers), Mids boosted, bass boosted, treble flat, this got me a cool burpy kinda bridge jazz pup kinda sound with an MM twist (for the better). If I played between both of the pickups, it was similar to a jazz bass with both pickups on, and the tone more to the treble side, but I could play softer and get a smoother sound as well.

1st position (bridge bucker) Treble boosted, mids boosted, and bass boosted, this got me the good 'ol classic Ray sound, but I messed with the EQ a little more and found some other interesting things as well.

This is a very versatile bass, and will good for alot of the things I play, I just can't wait to get it in jazz band.

Greg
 

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well, my tort guard arrived, and I'll be taking some pics today for all of you guys' viewing pleasure. I'll also be adding a video, as soon as I record one...

Greg
 
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