Duffy
July 22nd, 2011, 10:03 PM
It's certainly not an SR1000 but I put a new set of Rotosound flatwounds on my MIM Fender P bass today, much to my delight and moved my Fender Rumble 100 down from my music storeage room and into my bedroom/den area. Although I'm plugging straignt into it via my Zoom B2.1u from my bass, I'm going to stack my Marshall MB30 on top of it and run my bass rig into the input of the Marshall, out thru the effects loop sent and into the effects return on the Rumble 100. That way I will be able to utilize all the preamp beauty of the Marshall MB30 and the Zoom B2.1u to hopefully get a different sound with some more thump to it.
As for the NBD I ordered my new Ibanez SR500 with a walnut oil stained mahogany body and beautiful laminate wood neck - one of the thin slim Ibanez fast necks that are so awesome. I compared the SR400 to the SR500 today and was amazed how much better the 500 series sounds to me with its bartolini humbucker pickups and three band eq. I also plan to put some Ernie Ball flatwounds on this awesome four string bass. I'm even going to put some flatwounds on my Schecter Stiletto Elite five string and see how that mellows out.
I decided on the SR500 because I want a semi light weight, fast neck, flatwound bass to play while laying in bed grooving out. I have been using my Squier affinity with Fender noiseless equipped J bass pickups bass with flatwounds and my MIM black P bass with aged white pearl pickguard and round wound strings for relaxed grooving. Once in a while throwing in the Schecter for some active five string fun.
I am hoping that this dual good quality humbucker Ibanez 24 fret will prove to be a lot of fun to enjoy. I'm fairly sure it will be producing a quite new sound that I'm not used to. It is a reward to myself because my bass playing has improved quite substantially and I like to support this type of achievement and it helps to build into my retirement hobby of musical development.
I researched out my purchase somewhat before I decided what to get. I almost decided to go for the new Fender Blacktop dual open coil hot humbucker all black P bass. That is a cool bass. I also looked at a Fender Aerodyne blue and white P bass that was cool as well as a really nice near mint 399 US dollar Fender Jazz 24 five string bass with bassline J bass Seymour Duncan pickups stock along with a nice active eq and hipshot tuners. This had no pickguard and a beautiful curly maple top and a truly softball bat neck and it is heavy enough to benefit from the use of a front end loader to pick it up. Heavy as it is, it is a really nice bass at a decent and fair price for an '07 in mint condition.
I also looked very seriously at both a Schecter Omen 4 extreme in burgundy flamed maple over a mahogany body and schecter humbuckers along with an active preamp; as well as an ESP LTD Deluxe B154DX with LTD humbuckers and a three band active eq, in a really cool transparent red - both of these were superstrat type body stylish.
My initial plan was to no spend too much on a decent bass, but I spent about two hundred more than my initial plan. The money wasn't a problem and I got what I wanted to get so the quality to estimated cost ratio wasn't outrageous. Spending a little extra on an instrument that you like better seems like money well spent.
I will be sure to take some pictures of this cool looking new bass when it comes in and try to also take some pictures of some of my other recent acquisitions that I have made over the last year or so. Like my Peavey 6505+ 112 combo that I like so much and my very enjoyable Gibson new style maple cap LP Studio in worn brown.
I also took in my three, so called, conga set for tuning and they weren't far off; and I bought Charity's grand daughter that is staying with us from Chicago a nice set of tuneable bongo drums to drive her mother batty with - not really, they are not that loud. She likes my bongo rig that I have mounted on a stand with a LP half cymbal and a big cowbell. I want to make a wooden stand for her bongos and add some percussion accessories to it. I might try to build a wooden rack mount type stand with room for a cowbell and a splash cymbal or something else interesting. Even though bongos are just plain fun all by themselves and can serve to warm you up to a variety of other instrument playing. Lots of times I will warm up on my congas before sitting down to my full drum rig and it is amazing how far into the groove I already am with my timing and ryhthm. It is like playing a big heavy bass before ripping into a six string electric.
I have acquired a few nice items lately and will try to get some good pictures of them posted. It is great weather here and was 100 degrees on our back porch at then thirty and it is supposed to be equally nice for the next few days. After these long cold winters this hot record breaking weather feels great when the radiated heat just engulfs you as it rises off of the asphalt parking lots at the stores. Glad I don't have to work out in it though, for someone else paying me a pittance. I don't mind doing my own work in this heat but that I can enjoy, knowing it is for me rather than at my expense or exploitation.
I can't wait to get the new bass and post the pictures. I think some of you will appreciate them.
Have a good weekend.
As for the NBD I ordered my new Ibanez SR500 with a walnut oil stained mahogany body and beautiful laminate wood neck - one of the thin slim Ibanez fast necks that are so awesome. I compared the SR400 to the SR500 today and was amazed how much better the 500 series sounds to me with its bartolini humbucker pickups and three band eq. I also plan to put some Ernie Ball flatwounds on this awesome four string bass. I'm even going to put some flatwounds on my Schecter Stiletto Elite five string and see how that mellows out.
I decided on the SR500 because I want a semi light weight, fast neck, flatwound bass to play while laying in bed grooving out. I have been using my Squier affinity with Fender noiseless equipped J bass pickups bass with flatwounds and my MIM black P bass with aged white pearl pickguard and round wound strings for relaxed grooving. Once in a while throwing in the Schecter for some active five string fun.
I am hoping that this dual good quality humbucker Ibanez 24 fret will prove to be a lot of fun to enjoy. I'm fairly sure it will be producing a quite new sound that I'm not used to. It is a reward to myself because my bass playing has improved quite substantially and I like to support this type of achievement and it helps to build into my retirement hobby of musical development.
I researched out my purchase somewhat before I decided what to get. I almost decided to go for the new Fender Blacktop dual open coil hot humbucker all black P bass. That is a cool bass. I also looked at a Fender Aerodyne blue and white P bass that was cool as well as a really nice near mint 399 US dollar Fender Jazz 24 five string bass with bassline J bass Seymour Duncan pickups stock along with a nice active eq and hipshot tuners. This had no pickguard and a beautiful curly maple top and a truly softball bat neck and it is heavy enough to benefit from the use of a front end loader to pick it up. Heavy as it is, it is a really nice bass at a decent and fair price for an '07 in mint condition.
I also looked very seriously at both a Schecter Omen 4 extreme in burgundy flamed maple over a mahogany body and schecter humbuckers along with an active preamp; as well as an ESP LTD Deluxe B154DX with LTD humbuckers and a three band active eq, in a really cool transparent red - both of these were superstrat type body stylish.
My initial plan was to no spend too much on a decent bass, but I spent about two hundred more than my initial plan. The money wasn't a problem and I got what I wanted to get so the quality to estimated cost ratio wasn't outrageous. Spending a little extra on an instrument that you like better seems like money well spent.
I will be sure to take some pictures of this cool looking new bass when it comes in and try to also take some pictures of some of my other recent acquisitions that I have made over the last year or so. Like my Peavey 6505+ 112 combo that I like so much and my very enjoyable Gibson new style maple cap LP Studio in worn brown.
I also took in my three, so called, conga set for tuning and they weren't far off; and I bought Charity's grand daughter that is staying with us from Chicago a nice set of tuneable bongo drums to drive her mother batty with - not really, they are not that loud. She likes my bongo rig that I have mounted on a stand with a LP half cymbal and a big cowbell. I want to make a wooden stand for her bongos and add some percussion accessories to it. I might try to build a wooden rack mount type stand with room for a cowbell and a splash cymbal or something else interesting. Even though bongos are just plain fun all by themselves and can serve to warm you up to a variety of other instrument playing. Lots of times I will warm up on my congas before sitting down to my full drum rig and it is amazing how far into the groove I already am with my timing and ryhthm. It is like playing a big heavy bass before ripping into a six string electric.
I have acquired a few nice items lately and will try to get some good pictures of them posted. It is great weather here and was 100 degrees on our back porch at then thirty and it is supposed to be equally nice for the next few days. After these long cold winters this hot record breaking weather feels great when the radiated heat just engulfs you as it rises off of the asphalt parking lots at the stores. Glad I don't have to work out in it though, for someone else paying me a pittance. I don't mind doing my own work in this heat but that I can enjoy, knowing it is for me rather than at my expense or exploitation.
I can't wait to get the new bass and post the pictures. I think some of you will appreciate them.
Have a good weekend.