Some bass gear questions...

[anghoonking]

I was thinking to save up and get a dunlop bass crybaby wah wah, u tink i shld get tht wah pedal?

wad is the difference between a fretless electric bass and a normal fret bass? is there any fretless bass in sg i can take a look at in shops?

do ampeg amps have an amp for practice use? those small one

 

[Black_Death]

anghoon..aint tt those cigarettes u hafta roll urself?

 

[3notesAbar]

Theres a brice fretless at Guitar 77.

 

[rottenramone]

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that jp 6ser looks like one mean mother.

 

[3notesAbar]

Meanest sounding is my P bass. The JP is more sophisticated

 

[anghoonking]

yes black_death thts wad an anghoon is lol

the brice bass isit good? has anyone tried any fretless bass b4? wads the diff bettween the normal bass and the fretless ones?

 

[tim_1002]

there's a fretless j at music connection. it's supposed to be a mij fender jazz but i don't think fenders make their basses with the name fender stuck on with a sticker. sounds good to me but i find it overpriced IMO.

fretless bass is just a whole different instrument. it can get very addictive. when i play my fretless, i tend to play more running lines and more chordal things. i dunno la... it's like a bass without frets haha...

there's a different sound you can get out of it. you won't get a nice slap sound as there are no frets but you can get the strings to vibrate off the fingerboard to create a unique sound which sounds like *mwahhhhhhhhhhhhhh* listen to fretless clips on youtube to get a better idea of what i mean.

 

[exin]

fretless bass were never meant to be slapped .. you'll just end up damaging the fingerboard ... overtime .. you'll have no fingerboard to play with .. =P

3notesAbar: ... hard core JP .. is it the Mach I or II? I tried the Mach II before ... amazing tone .. like what you said .. sophisticated .. =) .. but nice ..

 

[3notesAbar]

Mach 1

I'll be spending the next 3 months paying a kind friend for it. But it'll be worth every stalk of weed i'm about to eat, as i've dreamt of having this bass for more than 5 years!

 

[Ken]

Mach 1

I'll be spending the next 3 months paying a kind friend for it. But it'll be worth every stalk of weed i'm about to eat, as i've dreamt of having this bass for more than 5 years!

hahahaha... all our GAS stem from basses we always wanted to own.... enjoy the new wife bro!

 

[3notesAbar]

Thanks man, will do!

PS:- Same to you hahaha!!

 

[exin]

Mach 1

I'll be spending the next 3 months paying a kind friend for it. But it'll be worth every stalk of weed i'm about to eat, as i've dreamt of having this bass for more than 5 years!

That was one of my dream basses also ... i figured i'd either get that or the TRB1006 .. in the near future ... but i'll just stick with what i have first .. =P ..

it's a beautiful bass ... good to see that you're enjoying ...

 

[3notesAbar]

thanks man...I'll enjoy it more in time to come!

 

[djtommy]

3notes,
do you encounter a loud thud sound when u switch the boost on your bassbone? mine does.

 

[litford]

i don't see the need in getting a wah pedal. what do you intend to use it for? you're better off saving that money or getting a DI, EQ or compression for your bass. or new strings -)

 

[3notesAbar]

3notes,
do you encounter a loud thud sound when u switch the boost on your bassbone? mine does.

I just bought the bassbone very recently and havent used the boost switch. But i did get a HUGE thud at SMU when i lifted the ground switch!! Will update this thread after Friday regarding the boost switch issue.

Related info: I've heard of a few problems associated with the 2-channel switching. A friend of mine has a non-working Channel 2! Thats the 3-band EQ Channel. Inconcievable... Mine also has problems getting a signal when switched only for the first time. So what i do is i switch back and forth before i start playing, and just stick to Channel 2 (since i use Passive basses). I'm happy with that one channel, but Radial should really do something about this.

 

[anghoonking]

i don't see the need in getting a wah pedal. what do you intend to use it for? you're better off saving that money or getting a DI, EQ or compression for your bass. or new strings -)

i do play some music which has some bass wahs, like ratm. i plan on improvising some of my bass playing by using wah too

 

[litford]

oh kayy, fair enough.. i'm not too sure, but does Tim C use envelope filters or autowahs more than an actual wah pedal? i dunno.. my experience with bass wahs are very limited, but if you can find a good innovative way to use the wah, go for it lor -)

i'm just guessing if you were asking us if you should buy it meant you had a budget constraint, and constraints mean more tactful use of available funds to maximize bass playing! but yeah, my experience is that the wah is more an extravagant product than a staple piece of equipment -)

 

[jimz]

oh kayy, fair enough.. i'm not too sure, but does Tim C use envelope filters or autowahs more than an actual wah pedal?

He uses 2 Jim Dunlop Cry Baby Bass Wah connected together with a board on top of the 2 pedals so that he can play 2 at the same time.

 

[litford]

O_O HAHA, that's hella ingenious.. -) impressive impressive