YUM... pork roast here! It is COLD here...

J

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YUM... pork roast here! It is COLD here...

J

I haven't had a good roast in ages. The meat section at the grocery store here is a complete rip off. A roast that would have cost me about $8 in my old neighborhood would be about $20 here. Total joke.

They do however sell the leftover roast beef ends from the deli counter really cheap occasionally so that's nice but they are wicked salty so it just isn't the same.

Weather... well spring seems to be creeping in here. Is nice. Lots of sun coming into the place which is much better then the dark depressing basement I was stuck in for a couple years before I came here.

I have one of them there 5 string basses from Ibanez...A GRS205(?)...good bass for mucking with....

As for roasts...I'm slow cooking a pot roast right now....

What part of the country do you live in Beep? I'm in NW GA and it snowed last night and this AM but it didn't stick... don't know why, it was beow freezing. It's 39f now... 3:36PM EST. It was even cld down in FL, was supossed to be 45 in Miami. I reckon Johnathan aka Linear Phase musta froze last night...
 
J

Oh I'm up in Canada. The weather network is telling me it's about 25F (-4C) which is downright balmy for this time of year around here.

It's all perspective I guess. Where I grew up we used to deal with -30/40C in the middle of winter so -4c ain't no thang. ;-)

Hi,

I played a Fender Squire P bass yesterday and recorded it.  It sounded really good but my hands need much work to get used to the size and width of the neck.  

I am now looking for a smaller neck and after research online, I am going to check out the Squier Vintage modified Jaquar bass:

http://www.musiciansfrien...e-modified-jaguar-bass 

Or this lesser expensive short scale:

http://www.musiciansfrien...ss-k47UCFQxxQgodWDMAaA

Has anyone had any experience with this one for recording?

Thanks.

Rimshot

Thanks Bat, I can get this today for $149 from MF.

Rimshot


I apologize in advance if this title offends anyone and I really do appreciate great quality instruments.  However, on a tight budget, I want to pickup an electric bass to start playing in bass parts instead of using midi.  I use GR 5 Pro and have other amp sims.  So my question is, if I bought a Fender Squire Precision (for example) for $300 and sent it through the amp sims, will I notice a big difference compared to have used a much better bass?  

I realize that the way the bass feels is very important.  In my budget, I am not planning to use the bass for anything else but recording so if the action is not the greatest, I may be able to learn to live with that.  

Any comments?  I am researching Fender, Ibanez, and other brands at this point.  If you all have already discussed this question could you please point me to that thread if you know where it is?  

Thanks much.

Rimshot

Rimshot, I'll give you my take for what it's worth. I've used cheapo basses, mid range price basses and the really expensive ones. My personal opinion would be to spend as much as you can afford or maybe even try to find something that's high end pro that may be used or something. The reason being, the cheaper basses in my opinion don't seem to translate well and you spend more time messing with them to get a good tone. With a better bass, it's like the tone leaps out at you to where little to no tweaking is needed.
 
The best cheap bass I have ever played was a Hartke SB-15 for like $200. I STILL can't believe how great that thing sounded. I think they're discontinued, but man, if you can find one, it plays and sounds fantastic. I have a client that records here every Monday and that's what he uses. I shake my head in disbelief everytime we use it.
 
My personal choice for the lower end of the spectrum would be the Ibanez Sound Gear 5 string basses. I have one here that I absolutely love and have used it on just about every recording you've heard me play on that's been posted on the forum. You're looking at about $400 for one of those, but that low B is soo worth it man. You can really do some neat stuff with it on your recordings. And the neck is a nice size for a 5-string.
 
On the pricey end, my fave would have to be a Kubiki Factor as that's our main go-to bass. Nothing sounds like it and man...you can just run it into a DI and it will totally blow your mind. Then of course, nothing sounds like a real P-Bass...my second favorite.
 
I know you're looking for something inexpensive, but honest when I tell you, if you can spend $100 more or so, it can make a huge difference. Not just in the playability but how the bass sounds due to how it resonates and how the better basses are manufactured for better tone.
 
Granted, there are times when you can get lucky with something super cheap...but in my experience, only that Hartke made the grade as an anomaly. Cort also made some great Fender copies that were impressive as well believe it or not, so they may be worth a look if they even still make them. I've had 3 guys come into the studio with those and one that played in a band with me for years...and they all sounded great and played well too. They didn't have that "cheap" feel like inexpensive basses have nor did they have that loose, feel/sound to them.
 
I'm all for using cheap stuff if it works. But basses....I've just not been too lucky with and find myself doing more tweaking than I should be. So I would say $400-$500 unless you can get something really good used for $300...but that's just me based on my experience with this stuff. Good luck in whatever you decide bro.
 
-Danny

Looking for an inexpensive bass for recording only

Rimshot

How do you make a cheap bass sound good for recording?  LOL!
Rimshot

There's a really simple answer to that...  The same way you make an expensive bass sound good for recording.
 
 
At the end of the day you have a steel string flapping around over a coil of wire.  Whether you like the resulting sound or not is a matter of personal taste and nothing to do with directly proportional to how much you paid for it.
Unless it is someone else's bass, in which case the more you like it, the more 'muddy and undefined' it is, and then there's that scratch on the back... and the neck is warped..  and the tuners all need replacing.. and I'd be doing you a favour by taking it off your hands... honest..

Jim Roseberry


Started by going/playing every bass I could get my hands on...
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Now that's the best advice I've read. :)

Hey guys, I received my new Ibananez GSRM20 (white pearl, rosewood fingerboard, mahogany body) and spent some time adjusting the action and intonation.  It plays and sounds great.  My big hands have no trouble on the smaller neck and running it direct and through a little tube mic pre is quite and punchy.  They did a price match at $149 and have no tax, no shipping and a 2 year warranty.  They can ship out of Reno for us here in California so the ground shipping can be pretty quick.  My bass had to come from New York and it took 4 days even through that big winter storm that hit last week.  

http://www.americanmusica...tem--i-IBA-GSRM20-LIST


There are some mods like tuner and pot/knob replacement that can be done to this bass.  There is a great bass forum at
TalkBass.com
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f108/

that has a whole section on the Mikro series basses.  

So for now on, I am going to try real bass on my tunes.  Very happy camper today!

Rimshot

tfbattag


Great question and don't feel bad for asking it. Although expensive instruments are nice, there's nothing wrong with lesser expensive instruments. The Squier stuff will sound fine for what you are trying to do. 

I had a Yamaha bass as my first, and to be honest, it sounded great. I think I paid $249 for it in about 1999.

+1 on the Yamaha... I have one, damn nice bass guitar. Inexpensive but nice quality.

Rimshot


My big hands have no trouble on the smaller neck and running it direct and through a little tube mic pre is quite and punchy.  

Good to know - that's one of the basses I've been considering for my tiny little wife, but I'm taking into account that I'll be using it to record and I have huge hands.

Rain

Rimshot


My big hands have no trouble on the smaller neck and running it direct and through a little tube mic pre is quite and punchy.  

Good to know - that's one of the basses I've been considering for my tiny little wife, but I'm taking into account that I'll be using it to record and I have huge hands.

still a longer scale than a strat :).. and tbh, since it will take any P type pickup, and can put pressure wounds, ground wounds or flats you can get some serious thump out that tiny bass.