Coming to bass from guitar a couple of years ago, I have been amazed how much difference a good set of strings make. It matters on guitar to some extent too, but it can completely make or break a bass' tone. I don't know what they put on basses from the factory, but they always sound dead and lifeless to me even new out of the box. I yank them asap. That is one of the reasons I hate judging a guitar/bass's tone in the store. You really just don't know til you get it set up to specs with good strings on it.
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Originally posted by Mr. B View PostComing to bass from guitar a couple of years ago, I have been amazed how much difference a good set of strings make. It matters on guitar to some extent too, but it can completely make or break a bass' tone. I don't know what they put on basses from the factory, but they always sound dead and lifeless to me even new out of the box. I yank them asap. That is one of the reasons I hate judging a guitar/bass's tone in the store. You really just don't know til you get it set up to specs with good strings on it.Originally posted by crusty philtrumAnyone who *sings* at me through their teeth deserves to have a bus drive through their face
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I used to own an Epiphone EB-0 . It was an awesome instrument...
.I planned on modding it with a heavier bridge, and adding a bridge PU. But unfortunately i lost it in 2018, in "my" house fire..
These days I don't own a fretted bass; but if I'm going to get one, it's gonna be a hollow/semihollow short scale fretted .
-EIf somethings important- send a PM. I might be offline for long periods. Rock on!!!
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Informative videos, thanks for this!
These forum folk here would have you put a quarter-pounder in just about anything. A vintage bass, a short scale bass, a bass uke... Even in a cinnabon.
And they'd watch you chew on them slugs and ask derangedly:
arrrre ya likin da thump? Thems sum tasty trebles right? Gdarn I luvs me sum QP sizzle!
The biggest difference between Chet Atkins and Dimebag? Probably the beard...
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Yeah, I tried the Quarter Pound PJ Set in a full size Jaguar Bass and short scale Jaguar bass, and Mustang Bass, and I felt like it was a little too over the top and scooped sounding in all of them. I have the Seymour Duncan Vintage P and Vintage J in both of them now and am much more satisfied with the pickup balance and tone.
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Yeah, I'm not dissing the pickup, and especially not this forums experience and recommendations regarding the QP. It's certainly a great pickup and this community knows it's stuff alright.
I was just after a very true vintage P-sound and I feel the QP is a bit too much for that, and with the Fender vintage P available, I couldn't justify spending more on an antiquity, or even the spb1, which I both loved.
When I require more versatility from my (first and only) bass, it'll get routed for an additional pickup.
The biggest difference between Chet Atkins and Dimebag? Probably the beard...
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