The OCAU Bass Player Thread

Manol · 29th September 2006, 1:31 AM

Seeing as the "Guitar" players thread is filled with so much guitar related stuff, "and rightfully so". I thought i'd start a thread for the bass players of OCAU.

Well, here is my first post for this thread, and it is the news of my purchase of a mid 80's Made in Japan Squire Fretless P-Bass!

Well, I dont know how many of you read my review of the OLP MM2 Stingray I did, but I really did not like that guitar at all in the end. I felt no attachment or connection to it like I do with my Geddy. So back to the shop it went for a refund.

Luckily I went to my normal outlet for all my bass related gear and they had this beautiful (to me) mid 80's Fender Squire JV Series P-Bass. Maple fretboard, fretless with a DiMarzio P replacement.

I pulled this beauty off the wall, and I knew I had found another keeper as soon as I plugged it in. It felt and sounded beautiful.

This "Squire" feels like it has been built as well as my Geddy and this thing looks like it has been beaten around the bush a bit. The neckpocket is just NO GAPS. Everything about this bass screams BUILT LIKE A BRICK.

All for the BARGAIN price of AU$450. I thought to myself whilst at the counter, WHY NOT A SET OF FLATS AS WELL?! So I bought a set of Fender 9050's. I read about how these things are like bridge cables, so I got the tech there to install the strings onto this bass, and yes it did need a setup after he put those on. Quote "its a different animal with these on". The neck had quite a bit of backbow with these on. So the truss rod got adjusted, turns out the bridge was too corroded to adjust the action/intonation so a couple of the saddles were replaced. The tone knob was tightened as it was a bit loose, input jack replaced, as it was a bit dodgy. All for the wonderful price of AU$450.

I love this thing to pieces. NOW FOR THE PICTURES:

http://manol.gotdns.org:82/sv/1.jpg
http://manol.gotdns.org:82/sv/2.jpg
http://manol.gotdns.org:82/sv/4.jpg
http://manol.gotdns.org:82/sv/6.jpg
http://manol.gotdns.org:82/sv/7.jpg
http://manol.gotdns.org:82/sv/5.jpg
http://manol.gotdns.org:82/sv/8.jpg
http://manol.gotdns.org:82/sv/9.jpg
http://manol.gotdns.org:82/sv/11.jpg
http://manol.gotdns.org:82/sv/10.jpg

Now, I dont know what to do with this? :crying: . Do I restore it? For example.

New pickguard
New knobs
Bridge ashtray?
New tuners (easily worst part of the bass)?
new gotoh bridge?

Or should I keep it the way it is?

Such a hard decision. But I love this baby all the same.

So much thump, so much lowend, so much awesome.

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Here is where the 'I'd Rather Be A BASS Player Club' starts.

Anyone of any skill level is welcome to join. This club is open to all bass players.

If you want to be part of the club just PM me with the number you want to be and i'll add it to the thread. This is to save cluttering up the thread with "I'LL BE #69 LOL!" posts

Current Members:
Manol: #01
slashrox: #02
SomeFReaK: #03
Reactor: #05
Dr feelgood: #04
Stewey: #07
Bennys4mg: #08
kizza2153: #007
SteakTheMooCow #006
Mattmedia #0014
Isuzu_02: #666
choo5: #56

slashrox · 29th September 2006, 11:38 AM

Besides me being a guitar player, im also a bass player.

I own a samick p-bass and its awesome. Got it for $250 2nd hand last year.

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I also had another Samick Bass but I sold it as I liked my P-Bass better.

Heres a picture of the old one.

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Thraxeh · 29th September 2006, 11:43 AM

ahha, perfect.

i have a rather wierd request. theres a Fender 1983 Jazz bass at the bass Centre in melborne second hand that i'm very interested in. Is it possible that maybe someone from melborne could have a look at it for me, and let me know of its condition/ how it plays.

i know i should really be trying out basses before i buy, but this bass is rather perfect(has D tuner, and vol/tone knobs)

Manol · 29th September 2006, 1:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thraxeh

ahha, perfect.

i have a rather wierd request. theres a Fender 1983 Jazz bass at the bass Centre in melborne second hand that i'm very interested in. Is it possible that maybe someone from melborne could have a look at it for me, and let me know of its condition/ how it plays.

i know i should really be trying out basses before i buy, but this bass is rather perfect(has D tuner, and vol/tone knobs)

*I'm on their website now, thats where I get all my gear from (Bass Center). I cant see bass in particular you're talking about.

Can you link it?*

found it, dw

OverDriven · 29th September 2006, 2:58 PM

what benefits does a fretless bass have? because it just seems to me like a big statement saying 'i kick arse at bass'

Manol · 29th September 2006, 3:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OverDriven

what benefits does a fretless bass have? because it just seems to me like a big statement saying 'i kick arse at bass'

It has lots of uses, especially in RnB, Jazz, Soul, Slow Rock. Heaps of uses, it is very useful in songs where you really want a really organic sound.

Not sure if you have the song but download "Pearl Jam - Oceans" the majority of the "Ten" album was recorded with a Fretless, so it also has a albeit uncommon place in rock.

If someone has any more examples, of a song that shows a great example of how a fretless can sound post them, I cant think of any more atm.

-=ButFli=- · 29th September 2006, 3:32 PM

I am what some people could refer to as a bass god. I put a new set of strings on my Ibanez SRX300 this morning and mate, it is bass action time.

I'm thinking about wiring up the neck humbucker so I can switch between single and double coil via a push-ull arrangement with the balance knob because I'm a single-coil man at heart. (Yes, I probably should have taken that into consideration before buying a bass with two humbuckers.)

monoxide- · 29th September 2006, 3:41 PM

ahh more bass players
heres some of my gear

sandwichamwin · 29th September 2006, 9:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OverDriven

what benefits does a fretless bass have? because it just seems to me like a big statement saying 'i kick arse at bass'

They're heaps of fun to play, that's for sure.

My bass is an ibanez SR500, pretty mid/low range but i can't find a decent replacement for less than a few thousand. Other one is my first ashton bass, which i de-fretted and changed the pickup to a musicman like humbucker. Dunno what it is because i did it so many years ago. These plug into a behringer ultrabass 450watt head, which isn't quality, but it was the cheapest head i could find. I normally go through a DI anyway.

Not really outrageous gear like my guitar stuff, but it does the job. Funny seeing as my guitar only gets home play and the bass is what goes out jamming/gigging.

Manol · 29th September 2006, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sandwichamwin

They're heaps of fun to play, that's for sure.

My bass is an ibanez SR500, pretty mid/low range but i can't find a decent replacement for less than a few thousand. Other one is my first ashton bass, which i de-fretted and changed the pickup to a musicman like humbucker. Dunno what it is because i did it so many years ago. These plug into a behringer ultrabass 450watt head, which isn't quality, but it was the cheapest head i could find. I normally go through a DI anyway.

Not really outrageous gear like my guitar stuff, but it does the job. Funny seeing as my guitar only gets home play and the bass is what goes out jamming/gigging.

I have the same Behringer head, and I find its really quite great for the price. It provides a solid tone, I think its a bit under powered for its rating, but overall its a head thats built like a tank and is awesome quality.

What cab you running it through?

Also in terms of finding a great bass for under a grand, try going Used, really. You can find some great bargains in the used market.

monoxide- · 29th September 2006, 10:05 PM

i nearly got the 450w behringer setup but damn, after hearing the woogie and seeing the pile of tradeins (ampeg/ashdown/marshall etc) i just wouldnt get anything else.
any of you guys ever heard of woogie amps?
whats the behringer sound like anyway, ive got an ultrabass1200 (120w combo) i was going to use it as a bedroom prac amp but it sounds like arse after playing on the woogie. i know im crapping on about it but fuck have a listen and you will be too. i have no hesitation saying it sounds better than a lot of other cabs ive heard that are 4x the price.

Manol · 29th September 2006, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monoxide-

i nearly got the 450w behringer setup but damn, after hearing the woogie and seeing the pile of tradeins (ampeg/ashdown/marshall etc) i just wouldnt get anything else.
any of you guys ever heard of woogie amps?
whats the behringer sound like anyway, ive got an ultrabass1200 (120w combo) i was going to use it as a bedroom prac amp but it sounds like arse after playing on the woogie. i know im crapping on about it but fuck have a listen and you will be too. i have no hesitation saying it sounds better than a lot of other cabs ive heard that are 4x the price.

I was about to ask you after seeing your pics wtf is Woogie? Ive never heard of Woogie in my life before. Is it some cheap knock off a Mesa/Boogie amp?

Also what bass and cab is that?

slashrox · 29th September 2006, 10:21 PM

Im playing my bass through my 20w guitar amp. It sounds like shit, and ruined my clean sound

Oh well, doesn't matter, amp was given to me anyway

Behringer bass amps aren't too bad, havent used one but seen a bass player use one and doesn't sound too bad.

sandwichamwin · 29th September 2006, 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Manol

I have the same Behringer head, and I find its really quite great for the price. It provides a solid tone, I think its a bit under powered for its rating, but overall its a head thats built like a tank and is awesome quality.

What cab you running it through?

Also in terms of finding a great bass for under a grand, try going Used, really. You can find some great bargains in the used market.

Well for the price its pretty awesome. And i agree that unlike a lot of berry stuff, this thing is actually build solid! haha. i'm actually running through a marshall 1960A cab, lol. I was gonna buy a berry cab, but this thing sounds better. And yeh its for guitar, but clearly i don't care

.

Na i love my bass, i was just saying i can't find a better one for less than a fortune. I buy heaps of guitar gear second, heck, my head, cab, and one of my RG's are second hand! I remember buying my second bass amp, a peavey one from ebay for $400 inc shipping. And when i upgraded a year late, i got $550 trade in at the local music store.

monoxide- · 29th September 2006, 10:24 PM

thats where people go wrong, they think its some cheap knockoff
they are hand made by frankie at adelaide custom music, like i said you put this beside other head/cabs, youd be laughing at the svt,mesa
whatever, theres a huge pile there of tradeins
its a 580w tube/valve head the cab is also made by frankie (celestion speakers) head has outputs for 2 quad boxes to run full power.
with this on 3/3 (3 volume, 3 master volume) its louder than my 120w behringer flat out and you cant even compare sound quality.
my bass is a washburn rb2502 (active pickups) i also have the boss gt6b and a boss CEB-3 bass chorus.
with this cab on 5/5 (half volume) it would be more than loud enough for a large gig without losing any sound quality at all. add another quadbox and your band would hate you.

sorry, its a hybrid. (2 tubes for preamp)
http://reviews.harmony-central.com/r...p/brand/Woogie
edit, holy crap, i didnt know it was 550w per channel, so yer apparently my head is 1100w when i add another quad box.
*dances around* fuck yer.

29th September 2006, 1:31 AM	#1
Manol Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Kew, Victoria Posts: 1,225	The OCAU Bass Player Thread Seeing as the "Guitar" players thread is filled with so much guitar related stuff, "and rightfully so". I thought i'd start a thread for the bass players of OCAU. Well, here is my first post for this thread, and it is the news of my purchase of a mid 80's Made in Japan Squire Fretless P-Bass! Well, I dont know how many of you read my review of the OLP MM2 Stingray I did, but I really did not like that guitar at all in the end. I felt no attachment or connection to it like I do with my Geddy. So back to the shop it went for a refund. Luckily I went to my normal outlet for all my bass related gear and they had this beautiful (to me) mid 80's Fender Squire JV Series P-Bass. Maple fretboard, fretless with a DiMarzio P replacement. I pulled this beauty off the wall, and I knew I had found another keeper as soon as I plugged it in. It felt and sounded beautiful. This "Squire" feels like it has been built as well as my Geddy and this thing looks like it has been beaten around the bush a bit. The neckpocket is just NO GAPS. Everything about this bass screams BUILT LIKE A BRICK. All for the BARGAIN price of AU$450. I thought to myself whilst at the counter, WHY NOT A SET OF FLATS AS WELL?! So I bought a set of Fender 9050's. I read about how these things are like bridge cables, so I got the tech there to install the strings onto this bass, and yes it did need a setup after he put those on. Quote "its a different animal with these on". The neck had quite a bit of backbow with these on. So the truss rod got adjusted, turns out the bridge was too corroded to adjust the action/intonation so a couple of the saddles were replaced. The tone knob was tightened as it was a bit loose, input jack replaced, as it was a bit dodgy. All for the wonderful price of AU$450. I love this thing to pieces. NOW FOR THE PICTURES: http://manol.gotdns.org:82/sv/1.jpg http://manol.gotdns.org:82/sv/2.jpg http://manol.gotdns.org:82/sv/4.jpg http://manol.gotdns.org:82/sv/6.jpg http://manol.gotdns.org:82/sv/7.jpg http://manol.gotdns.org:82/sv/5.jpg http://manol.gotdns.org:82/sv/8.jpg http://manol.gotdns.org:82/sv/9.jpg http://manol.gotdns.org:82/sv/11.jpg http://manol.gotdns.org:82/sv/10.jpg Now, I dont know what to do with this? :crying: . Do I restore it? For example. New pickguard New knobs Bridge ashtray? New tuners (easily worst part of the bass)? new gotoh bridge? Or should I keep it the way it is? Such a hard decision. But I love this baby all the same. So much thump, so much lowend, so much awesome. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is where the '*I'd Rather Be A BASS Player Club' starts. Anyone of any skill level is welcome to join. This club is open to all bass players. If you want to be part of the club just PM me with the number you want to be and i'll add it to the thread. This is to save cluttering up the thread with "I'LL BE #69 LOL!" posts Current Members:* Manol: #01 slashrox: #02 SomeFReaK: #03 Reactor: #05 Dr feelgood: #04 Stewey: #07 Bennys4mg: #08 kizza2153: #007 SteakTheMooCow #006 Mattmedia #0014 Isuzu_02: #666 choo5: #56 __________________ I'd Rather Be A BASS Player Club Member #01 Last edited by Manol; 30th April 2007 at 8:17 PM.

29th September 2006, 11:38 AM	#2
slashrox Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Newcastle Posts: 3,309	Besides me being a guitar player, im also a bass player. I own a samick p-bass and its awesome. Got it for $250 2nd hand last year. Click to view full-sized image! Hosted by UGBox Image Store Click to view full-sized image! Hosted by UGBox Image Store Click to view full-sized image! Hosted by UGBox Image Store I also had another Samick Bass but I sold it as I liked my P-Bass better. Heres a picture of the old one. Click to view full-sized image! Hosted by UGBox Image Store __________________ Laptop: 2012 13" MacBook Pro \| Intel Core i7 2.9GHz \| 750GB HDD \| 8GB Ram Desktop: eMachine \| Intel Core i3 processor 550 \| 1TB HDD \| 4GB Ram \| Windows 7 & 8 Dual Boot MY TRADES LIST WTB:Working Computer with Windows XP

29th September 2006, 3:32 PM	#7
-=ButFli=- Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: New Farm Posts: 2,920	I am what some people could refer to as a bass god. I put a new set of strings on my Ibanez SRX300 this morning and mate, it is bass action time. I'm thinking about wiring up the neck humbucker so I can switch between single and double coil via a push-ull arrangement with the balance knob because I'm a single-coil man at heart. (Yes, I probably should have taken that into consideration before buying a bass with two humbuckers.) __________________ Meat is no treat for those you eat.

29th September 2006, 3:41 PM	#8
monoxide- Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Adelaide Posts: 413	ahh more bass players heres some of my gear __________________ DFI Lanparty UT X48-T3RS, Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 3.6ghz, 4gb OCZ Reaper DDR3 1600, 2x MSI R5870 Lightning OCAU Extreme Cooling Club H2O Member

29th September 2006, 10:05 PM	#11
monoxide- Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Adelaide Posts: 413	i nearly got the 450w behringer setup but damn, after hearing the woogie and seeing the pile of tradeins (ampeg/ashdown/marshall etc) i just wouldnt get anything else. any of you guys ever heard of woogie amps? whats the behringer sound like anyway, ive got an ultrabass1200 (120w combo) i was going to use it as a bedroom prac amp but it sounds like arse after playing on the woogie. i know im crapping on about it but fuck have a listen and you will be too. i have no hesitation saying it sounds better than a lot of other cabs ive heard that are 4x the price. __________________ DFI Lanparty UT X48-T3RS, Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 3.6ghz, 4gb OCZ Reaper DDR3 1600, 2x MSI R5870 Lightning OCAU Extreme Cooling Club H2O Member

29th September 2006, 11:43 AM	#3
Thraxeh Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Sydney Australia NSW Posts: 4,132	ahha, perfect. i have a rather wierd request. theres a Fender 1983 Jazz bass at the bass Centre in melborne second hand that i'm very interested in. Is it possible that maybe someone from melborne could have a look at it for me, and let me know of its condition/ how it plays. i know i should really be trying out basses before i buy, but this bass is rather perfect(has D tuner, and vol/tone knobs)

29th September 2006, 2:58 PM	#5
OverDriven Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,076	what benefits does a fretless bass have? because it just seems to me like a big statement saying 'i kick arse at bass'

29th September 2006, 10:21 PM	#13
slashrox Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Newcastle Posts: 3,309	Im playing my bass through my 20w guitar amp. It sounds like shit, and ruined my clean sound Oh well, doesn't matter, amp was given to me anyway Behringer bass amps aren't too bad, havent used one but seen a bass player use one and doesn't sound too bad. __________________ Laptop: 2012 13" MacBook Pro \| Intel Core i7 2.9GHz \| 750GB HDD \| 8GB Ram Desktop: eMachine \| Intel Core i3 processor 550 \| 1TB HDD \| 4GB Ram \| Windows 7 & 8 Dual Boot MY TRADES LIST WTB:Working Computer with Windows XP

29th September 2006, 10:24 PM	#15
monoxide- Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Adelaide Posts: 413	thats where people go wrong, they think its some cheap knockoff they are hand made by frankie at adelaide custom music, like i said you put this beside other head/cabs, youd be laughing at the svt,mesa whatever, theres a huge pile there of tradeins its a 580w tube/valve head the cab is also made by frankie (celestion speakers) head has outputs for 2 quad boxes to run full power. with this on 3/3 (3 volume, 3 master volume) its louder than my 120w behringer flat out and you cant even compare sound quality. my bass is a washburn rb2502 (active pickups) i also have the boss gt6b and a boss CEB-3 bass chorus. with this cab on 5/5 (half volume) it would be more than loud enough for a large gig without losing any sound quality at all. add another quadbox and your band would hate you. sorry, its a hybrid. (2 tubes for preamp) http://reviews.harmony-central.com/r...p/brand/Woogie edit, holy crap, i didnt know it was 550w per channel, so yer apparently my head is 1100w when i add another quad box. dances around fuck yer. __________________ DFI Lanparty UT X48-T3RS, Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 3.6ghz, 4gb OCZ Reaper DDR3 1600, 2x MSI R5870 Lightning OCAU Extreme Cooling Club H2O Member Last edited by monoxide-; 29th September 2006 at 10:30 PM.