Re: Which bass is your favorite bass to play & why?

mark monillas <[email protected]> Mon, 1 Aug 2011 11:52:41 -0700 (PDT)
Newsgroups gmane.music.equipment.bass
Message-ID <[email protected]>
originally.. when i looked at getting a 6, i considered that bass for its p=
rice, later - still not owning one... i bought the carvin lb76, after findi=
ng out that i enjoyed playing a 6, i sold my lb76 and got a warwick corvett=
e standard 6

Yo Victa, whatsoever you do, remember this here. You can't hold no groove, =
If you ain't got no pocket !

--- On Mon, 8/1/11, Steve Molk <[email protected]> wrote:

From: Steve Molk <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Bass Place] Which bass is your favorite bass to play & why?
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, August 1, 2011, 11:15 AM















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      It's a '98 Samick Artist serise.=20

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It looks a lot like this one execpt it's black walnut.=20

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I put gold colored speed knobs on mine and a very small kill Switch so I ca=
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talled to show it's on. The LED is in line with teh top 2 controls (Trebble=
 and Vol) with the same spacing as the pots and the "Kill Switch" is in lin=
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As you can see by the prices this is not your typical Greg Bennit Cheapie. =
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Later Alligator.=20

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Steve

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From: mark monillas <[email protected]>

>To: [email protected]

>Sent: Monday, August 1, 2011 1:47 PM

>Subject: Re: [Bass Place] Which bass is your favorite bass to play & why?

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>Steve... what bass is your 6 string bass? or did i miss something here?

>thanks..

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>Yo Victa, whatsoever you do, remember this here. You can't hold no groove,=
 If you ain't got no pocket !

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>--- On Sun, 7/31/11, Steve Molk <[email protected]> wrote:

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>From: Steve Molk <[email protected]>

>Subject: Re: [Bass Place] Which bass is your favorite bass to play & why?

>To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>

>Date: Sunday, July 31, 2011, 10:54 AM

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>Still like my good 'ol 100 % stock=C2=A0 Fender J bass. Everybody that eve=
r payed it says it has the VERY best neck they ever had in theitr hands.=20

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>I also have Samick =C2=A0Artist ser (not to be confused with the newer Sam=
ick Artists as it cost 3 grand USD=C2=A0back in '98) 6- string. neck thru, =
active.(Glad there are those=C2=A0who listen with their eyes instead of ear=
s=C2=A0as I got a=C2=A0REAL DEAL on it)

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>It also playes extreamly well although=C2=A0I did have to work the nut and=
 shave the frets but other then the width=C2=A0of the neck it has a fender =
neck profile and plays better then any other 6 string I ever tried.=20

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>I will say after playing the 6-er thoughn the J feels like a ukelelie and =
the 6 feels like a surfboard after playing the J.

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>The worst "real" bass I ever played is my '63 Gibson EB3. It's got a neck =
like a telephone pole but with the select tone in "1" it is the deepest sou=
nding bass I have ever heard. Just it makes=C2=A0my old Kay upright feel li=
ke it has a small neck!

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>As f ro amps, You guys know me. anything less then 2- 15s with over 100db =
efficency is high pitch twang to me, but that is just a sigh of "my age"=C2=
=A0My Dual showman is even less then I like and=C2=A0dosn't run with=C2=A0t=
he Kustom K200-B1 with the 2- JBL 15 cabinet, (Used to like=C2=A0one or=C2=
=A0even=C2=A0two=C2=A03-15 cabs in my "loud" days) although I would like to=
 get a hold of a Sunn 200S=C2=A0with a 2-15 Folded Horn or scoop cabinet ju=
st for compairison.=C2=A0=C2=A0

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>Smoke

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>Anything over 5000 Hz is for the Guitarist :)))

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>From: jollyr465 <[email protected]>

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>>This has been done before. But since nobody seems to ever post here too m=
uch these days, except for myself & Mark. So I'll throw this out there agai=
n & see what happens! My personal favorite bass, in my stable of seven bass=
es, is my 1995 G&L L2500. It gives me just about any tone that I want. It's=
 also pretty light for a five string also. I really love this bass & everyt=
hing about it. Also while I'm at it, what bass rig or combo amp does everyb=
ody prefer & why also? I have two rigs, an Ampeg USA BA500 combo with a Pea=
vey 210 Black widow cab. Thats sounds just like an SVT, but it's also very =
heavy! The one I've been using for the last year is my SWR Headlite head th=
at weights in at 3.5 lbs & my two GK ultra lite 210 cabs, with each cab wei=
ghting in at 30 lbs each. At most gigs though, I only take my SWR head & on=
e GK cab. Which make it easy for me to unload, set up & then get out of the=
re easily after the gig is finished. For me these days weight is a

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