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One day…one day…
Suck on this, Shafty: I made myself a pickguard out of duct tape, and it only looks a little shitty.
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also, my metal tone is pretty good. it’s not triple rec, it is dual rec though.
“hmmm i better not make any ugly scratches on my guitar’s paint job with my pick. i know! i’ll cover that area in DUCT TAPE to save the paint job.” 
go buy a veneer (seriously some of those veneers are like less than $2.00) and cut you out a nice pickguard with an X-Acto knife (you can probably even get away with scissors).
givin me an aneurysm up in this bitch… :mad:
Not a big fan of built in effects. Not much control over them and you can find better sounding ones in effect boxes if you got the money. I do like the save feature though. Jammed on my friends line6 spider IV I believe it was and loved the options available. Oh and by your confession that your tone is more dual rec than triple you’ve already conceded defeat. It seems you are lacking the ability to crush peoples faces in. Anger I feel not towards you, no. Rather… pity.
Me either. I don’t like the auto wahs either. I am in love with my Cry Baby though. It’s like I have control at all times
Yep, play your shit to your style. My friend isn’t a fan of Marshalls but I love them. He plays metal and I play rock n roll. Some amps are just shitty though. Like a certain someone I knows Ampeg… ew
I am in an impulsive mood. What’s the word on Rondo basses?
EDIT: I know they’re good, but I am not a bass player and have no idea what to look for.
Well, I know you said you don’t know what to look for, but do you have any idea what you’d want in a bass?
I don’t know what kind of tone woods are good for what, types of pickups, differences between different styles of bass, etc. After 10 years of guitar playing, I have a pretty good command of what I like (EVH-style modded strats, mainly), but I’m a total n00b in the bass department.
I suppose I can name some bassists who have tones that I like. Geddy Lee, Steve Harris, Geezer Butler (post-reunion), Chris Squire, Justin Chancellor… you know.
Harris’ sound, to my rock guitar trained ears, is probably at the top of the pile. He’s practically the third guitar player of the band anyway. Sorry, Janick.
I found the pickup that he uses on the Seymour Duncan website. It sounds good from the description, and SD has always been my go-to company for pickups, but I’m not about to front like I know what the hell’s going on.
While I’m unfamiliar with some of the names you named, Geddy’s sound to me is something that sound like it’s easily done with an alder bodied jazz bass. Almost any jazz bass of good quality can get that tone, within the typical 60’s position jazz pickups, a rosewood fretboard and somewhat close action to dig in. It’s like the classic jazz bass tone really.
I’m not familiar with the SX alder/rosewood stuff to compare it to say a Fender in quality and sound, but I’m more familiar with the Ash/Maple in 70’s pickup position between SX/Fender since that’s usually the sound I dig.
The bass player in my current band has the Geddy Lee signature bass. To my ears, it sounds pretty good, in that Geddy Lee way.
Geddy = you know
Steve Harris = Maiden
Geezer = Sabbath
Chris Squire = Yes, classic lineup (“Roundabout”, “Close to the Edge”, etc.)
Justin Chancellor = Tool (Aenima and subsequent albums)
Can you name any models? And artists that tend toward the kind of sound that you’re describing?
Keep in mind, I’m pretty much sticking to Rondo-brand stuff, given that I’m trying not to spend too much and they’re likely to give me the most for my money.
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Sup all, I’ve been working on this for a week or so. Glad to see SRK has Gdlk Guitarist!
I currently own two of the Douglas brand bass guitars off of rondomusic and they both look, sound, and play fantastic. The first one, a five string fretless, needed to be taken to the shop to have the action adjusted but fifteen bucks on top of an already cheap bass is w/e. The other one I own is a six string fretted and it came ready to play as soon as it arrived. Good string tension on both of them, no floppy B string and the fretless nails that warm, growling tone that can prove so elusive.
nine-string Agile sighting
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Well, I’m sure you know in most cases the Alder/Rosewood combination tends to lend itself to a warmer tone. Of course the Ash/Maple stuff is brighter typically.
These days the Ash/Maple combination in jazz bass form is done with the 70’s pickup position. Check out Marcus Miller. Marcus Miller’s tone is like the holy grail of jazz bass tones, and probably the most imitated and sought after jazz bass tone IMO.
I was able to find this guy on youtube
I’m 100% positive by the sound that that’s an ash bodied/maple necked jazz with 70’s position pickups. That scooped, raw, modern jazz bass sound is to die for! Oh, and the model is an SX.
I’m pretty sure Warpticon has one of those models based on a picture I saw of his studio a while back. He said it was good from what I remembered.
The Rondo model I believe is the SX Ursa 2MN series. If you’re willing to spend a little more cash I know the Squire Classic Vibe series is also very good for a cheap bass and personally I’d go that route over the SX stuff, which I’m not sure these days is comparable to the older models based on what I’ve heard. The only way is to possibly get a hold of one of the newer models to try it out…
don’t worry about string brand or anything like that, unless someone else is a muscian, they won’t be able to tell the difference in tone from one string to the next. The best thing you can do if you are in a band is get an eq, and cut out 80htz (this is where the “thud” of the kick drum sits), 1khtz(this is where vocals sit) this will let you play louder but leave places for the drums and vocals to sit without overpowering anyone)
I wouldn’t take a Squier Classic or Vintage Modified over a similar SX LTD/PRO unless you were 100% committed to a particular style AND staying bone stock. In my experience, the LTD/PRO basses are every bit as nice in terms of quality, and any fine details you may not be perfectly satisfied with can easily be compensated through the aftermarket with the price difference.
Hey Warp, out of curiosity, what style of music do you play?
That is an impossible question to answer.
Rock/metal. There. I did it for you. Hah!
Well, I guess I should have said it’s impossible to answer correctly.