I've got a brand new Bass Guitar :)

[Glooper]

an early afternoon of going to every guitar shop in Cardiff City centre, I brought back with me a new bass guitar.

I tried...

Fender Squire... Didn't like the action (strings too far apart)
Warwick Rockbass... Didn't like the action again for the same reason or the tone to be honest (which was a shame as this one was recommended)
Tanglewood Active... it sucked
Yamaha something... played it, and it broke with a loads of crackles and white noise, instantly put me off!
Ibanez Active something... was nice, really nice action... you could get a good range of sounds, But I don't think the picks up were that great...

In the end I bought a

Cort C4... was as good to play as the Ibanez, but had better pick ups, but maybe not as good a range of sound. but it was 40 quid cheaper at 260 squid

so just had a quick go at recording it...

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ben.smith3 ... howOff.mp3



All i've got to do is learn how to play it now! Preferably without my fingers bleeding!!

Anyhow... any recording techniques or hints and tips would be great.. I recorded it direct into my mixer, then PC and used Blockfish compression, MDA Combo and a bit of EQ, plus a bit of reverb.

Ben

[eternia]

congrats - never played one, but I've heard okay things about the Corts.

btw, if you don't bleed, you're not doing it properly

D

[Har]

btw, if you don't bleed, you're not doing it properly

yep, couldn't have said it better myself! It's a good pain!

[mystahr]

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heh. glad you're sharing though. Sounds quite great what you are doing with it. My ears are missing a bit fuller underbelly of the bass, perhaps some tubeplug to warm that up a bit more. But that's just a thought, and I could be wrong there.