Quote Originally Posted by Duffy View Post
How is that Surveyor going? I have an Ibanez SR500 four string that came with Elixirs and they really have some zing to them. I'm leaving them on for now but I prefer the mellow sound so I picked up a set of flatwounds to go on sometime in the future. The modern sound of the elixirs is actually pretty cool and with that active preamp it is easy to reign them in.
I've got DR Fat Beams on there. Honestly, if I was only playing rock or blues bass, I'd probably put a set of GHS Boomers back on there. However, for slapping and popping, the Fat Beams are all that. The nickel strings don't have that zing to them that the stainless ones do. The active controls do put a ton of options in your hands. The MM/J switchable pickup adds even more options. It really is a jack of all trades bass. I find that I spend most of my time on the P bass pickup. I get it when people say it doesn't sound vintagey. It sounds like what it is: an active P bass pickup. That is pretty much the official Rev. Rawk bass tone (tm). I love the neck and big frets too.