KVR Audio

bluedad · Post by **bluedad** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 6:47 pm

bullshark wrote:She just kind of followed me home last week-end, haven't put her down much since:

I forgot to mention, I did buy a Squire P bass a couple of months ago.

kevvvvv · Post by **kevvvvv** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:07 pm

bluedad

I forgot to mention, I did buy a Squire P bass a couple of months ago.

Next bass I buy will be a Precision, Fender or Squier.

I have a sort of mystical experience listening to P basses.

There's enough clunk to make it razz, yet the bottom is pure and belly-filling.

Here's a pic for others to see. May be the wrong colour, but ... you get the idea

...

Meanwhile there are many Ibanez SDGR's .. but this one is mine!

bullshark · Post by **bullshark** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:16 pm

Har wrote:My most recent is a Schecter Stiletto Studio 8-string bass - sounds and looks wonderful. Here's a recent live shot with it - I need to take some more photos of it, but without the goofy-looking clown that it's strapped onto...

8 strings bass? You have soundclips of how that sounds?

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:17 pm

Neat that they put a jazz pickup on there, too, Kev. Surprising they still call it a "Precision" bass, though!

bullshark · Post by **bullshark** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:23 pm

kevvvvv wrote:Next bass I buy will be a Precision, Fender or Squier.

Try to get your hand on a Vintage Modified by Squier, in my experience much better than the MIM counterpart (I returned 2 MIM Jazz fretless for various build issues, while I've thrown the box of my VM out so it's staying)and absolutely nothing to do with the standard Squier fare.

I have a sort of mystical experience listening to P basses.

Nothing can match a P when played loud.

Har · Post by **Har** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:31 pm

bullshark wrote:
Har wrote:My most recent is a Schecter Stiletto Studio 8-string bass - sounds and looks wonderful. Here's a recent live shot with it - I need to take some more photos of it, but without the goofy-looking clown that it's strapped onto...

8 strings bass? You have soundclips of how that sounds?

Been doing a lot of recording with it recently for some new C&TC tracks; I'll try to knock out a couple of quick examples to hear this weekend.

The octave tuning in really neat in that it manages to sound like a bass and a guitar playing lines simultaneously, or a 12-string guitar shifted down into the bass range, in that you can get a really nice, ringing chime-y kind of tone out of it (think of the intro and outro to Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" and you get the idea, though I believe that was actually done on a 12-string bass which adds a unison string to the root/octave pair).

I find myself playing a lot of guitar-ish parts with open ringing strings along with the fretted notes, as well as tapped harmonics and such. It's great live with my cover-band trio too, as it really makes us sound a lot larger than we actually are.

Har · Post by **Har** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:34 pm

Lunch Money wrote:Neat that they put a jazz pickup on there, too, Kev. Surprising they still call it a "Precision" bass, though!

I was kinda thinking that too, as the neck taper looks more like a Jazz to me.

My fretless is Jazz Bass Special that looks very similar: Precision style body and headstock, tapered jazz style fretboard and the P/J pickup combination.

Stupid American Pig · Post by **Stupid American Pig** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:49 pm

I bought this about 6-8 months ago- love it with flatwounds on it:

I like to dial in the P-Bass Pickup 100% and then add about 15-25% of the Jbass pickup for a touch of bite. I didnt really even like playing bass until I got this one.

bluedad · Post by **bluedad** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:50 pm

Har wrote: Been doing a lot of recording with it recently for some new C&TC tracks;

scuzzphut · Post by **scuzzphut** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:06 pm

bluedad wrote:I've got a Big Baby Taylor (so does scuzzphut). Love it to bits.

scuzzphut · Post by **scuzzphut** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:11 pm

Har wrote:I need to take some more photos of it, but without the goofy-looking clown that it's strapped onto...

goofy looking clown

just had a coffee/nose incident

kevvvvv · Post by **kevvvvv** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:15 pm

Stupid American Pig

I bought this about 6-8 months ago- love it with flatwounds on it:

Flatwounds? I missed that, being too busy looking at your guitar.

Flatwounds

What sort of music are you into to use flatwounds? Pls tell

jcivil · Post by **jcivil** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:19 pm

I bought a fine Mexican strat, 250 US, professionally set up, which saves me a lotta suffering. hadda get it when a crackhead or some deal stole my previous strat, which was Roland-ready (but never would stay in tune).

Mr Arkadin · Post by **Mr Arkadin** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:37 pm

Bought this for my 40th, just love baritone guitars. Going to install some Bare Knuckle pups in this:

and recently bought this guitar with Infinite Sustainer pickup, beaut:

Stupid American Pig · Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:56 pm

kevvvvv wrote:Stupid American Pig
I bought this about 6-8 months ago- love it with flatwounds on it:
Flatwounds? I missed that, being too busy looking at your guitar.

Flatwounds

What sort of music are you into to use flatwounds? Pls tell

I dunno really, indie pop/rock/electronic/classic rock ish. I just like the heft that they give me, and since Im not a very technical player, let me move along the fretboard alot easier. They sound pretty much like a sine wave fingered, and get some growl when I play them picked.

If you want to hear an example of it, you can hear my tune in the love portland video on this page...

Anyone Bought a New Guitar lately?