Seems the road to Damascus goes through the Fens.
@Funkfingers & @ICBM - you might want to sit down for this one..Spent most of the evening playing bass and working on some band stuff - mostly acoustic arrangements and a variety of other stuff.
I split my time equally between the 64P and my ACG Finn 4. The 64 tends to be home player choice number 1, and the Finn is getting to being gigging choice number 1.
Well. After much consideration I have decided that the Finn is a better bass than the 64. Why?
- Asymmetric Neck. Love it.
- Nearly flat board. Love it too.
- Punch on the pickup is just sublime - it has a serial/parallel switch which goes from subtle buzz to all out raucous thump.
- Shape - it's more comfortable to wear
- Weight - it's a lot lighter
- Machineheads - dunno what they are but they are bloody good
- Balance - very comfortable balance as well
So I'm a 100% Precision man. Sadly, I think the best precision ever made looks nothing like one, is handmade in Scotland, and is as left field as they come.
I've ordered more meds and the nurse is attempting to strap me to the bed as we speak.
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I didn't ever really 'get' the active stingray sound tbh..
If you're finding it conflicting with your "the answer is always a P bass" assertion, I'll take it off your hands in huddersfield. Coz I'm nice like that!
My Trading Feedback | You Bring The Band
Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youSadly it's a keeper as it's pretty much earmarked as gig slave. At this rate it's going to be home practice slave too..
My Trading Feedback | You Bring The Band
Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youToo much information.
The novelty will wear off ... eventually.
For example, this week, I have been mostly playing my Rickenbacker. Not the 1977 4001 bass but the 230 guitar in Nashville High Tuning. This has resulted in a bunch of song/riff ideas that jangle like The Byrds, R.E.M., The Smiths and the Costello/McGuinn song "You Bowed Down" - only without ever being the same chord sequences as those guys. This is now reaching the point where I need to guard against overusing the novel toy.
Depends on your point of departure.
So much so that I'm thinking of putting an active EQ in and having the switch as an on/off for it..
You run the risk of ending up with the Stingray formula again.
Actually, a lot can be achieved with just an EMG-VMC. The tricky part is finding anyone in the UK who stocks it.
Bird's eye maple grytpype, huh? That's a flash flush.
I no longer own any vintage guitars.
I have contacted Alan at AC Guitars.. he's making me a P-Retro preamp setup for the Finn 4.
It's a twin-stack knob set up with vol and tone on one side with a push pull bright boost, and then a mid boost plus frequency on the other - from centre click on the boost, turning clockwise boost mids as per the frequency setting, and anticlockwise boosts treble and bass with balance set by the frequency knob. Pulling the boost gives a deep boost set by dip switches on the preamp panel. There's then a dpdt to switch from active to passive.
Cor. Excited.
It’s made by East and customised to Alan’s spec and it’s a really cracking bit of kit.
So I now have 2 dpdt switches - a serial/parallel and Pre-amp on/off (active/passive modes)
The two knobs are replaced with two stack knobs with push pull top knobs.
In passive mode the volume knob does volume and tone just like a P bass - it sounds identical to how it did before.
In active mode, pull up volume for a bright setting which gives a bit more gain and a bit more clarity.
The second stack gives a centre detent top knob with clockwise bass and treble boost, and anti-clockwise mid boost with frequency controlled by the lower knob. Pull the boost knob for a deep boost which gives an adjustable one shot boost at a frequency set by onboard dip switches with a small internal control for boost from 2-12 dB.
Combined with the series/parallel switch it gives a really broad and usable range of tones!
Most pleased. If you can fit a 9v battery in then this setup can be fitted to a normal P bass. In fact, East’s version has an onboard rechargeable battery that fits under the pickguard so you wouldn’t need a 9v
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=52&v=bRKwHe5ZkZc
What I object to is the 10 minute "demo" which is nothing more than a mutual slapturbation session whereby the player attempts to highlight the sum of fuck all about the product, only his ability to slap until his thumb falls off.