You've never played a good neck until you've played the maple on on my Charvel. Skinny, smooth, sexy and compound radius Cheesecake
I really want to build myself a new bass at the moment, but need someone to talk me out of it. a: i don't need one, and b: i can't really afford one. *heads on to Ebay....*
Om Nom Nom is all I can say about the RR1 I do like the Ibanez necks been using an s470 for years and love it so much
I'm a bassist (cue jokes....) and currently own two very special basses. The newest of which is a Fender American Standard Precision V, fitted with Lace Alumitone AlumaP pickups, strung in a high-C configuration with 110-90-70-45-32 gauge D'Addario roundwounds. It's currently having new John East electronics fitted and a new pickguard cut The Lace pickups and John East electronics were given/bought (respectively) from Neil Murray, bassist in the West End Queen musical We Will Rock You, which I happen to be particularly fond of - I've been a fan since 2003 and have got to know Neil through the show. For those who don't know, Neil was a founder member of Whitesnake, and recorded 7 albums with them before moving on to play with Black Sabbath, Michael Schenker and the Brian May Band, which is where my next bass comes in... It's an Akai Professional Project 1997, that was given to Neil by Akai themselves when he was touring Japan with Brian May back in 1998. Neil then used the bass as a pickup testbed, before handing the bass to me as a gift back in 2009 - the Lace Alumitone Bass Bars are the pickups he left in. The bass itself is pretty much one of a kind, as I cannot find any kind of information anywhere on the bass - it seems like it was produced in minute quantities and was only really sold within Japan. To boot, it sings like an angel (or probably more aptly, a devil) as it's got an incredibly earthy "growl" on it and the Lace pickups combined with the flatwound strings give it a flat-yet-bright kind of edge - I love it! Previous basses have been a Peavey Grind Bass 4-string and an Ibanez EDA900. I got rid of the Peavey and Ibanez to make way for the Fender, as having four playable basses didn't really seem worth it - especially as I don't really play "properly" - been trying to find a band for years but never really made the effort!
Those are two SERIOUSLY nice basses, dude... and clearly you know some rockstars... The closest any friend of mine gets to a rockstar is a guy that Is close friends with ZP Theart (ex Dragonforce), andplayed guitar for a with Dragonforce for a short while as well, before deciding that Herman Li is a little ***** (apparently).
Wow those bass's are gorgeous! As for neck's... bassists have issues with them. Any other bassists suddenly realise how great it is to have hands that you can play fret 1 and 7 at the same time on a bass?
thanks guys, I love 'em too Luckily I have quite a wide index-to-pinkie span (about an octave and a half on a piano) so I can probably do frets 1 and 5 at a stretch. The main issue I tend to have with necks is the thickness/shape. My Peavey had an amazingly thin/flat neck, which I loved. My Ibanez was too fat, and the Akai and Fender seem in the middle. I do have one more bass actually, but it's a display piece nowadays. It was my first ever bass back in '01 at school - a Tanglewood Rebel 4K. When I got the Peavey in '03, I retired it and had it signed by some of the We Will Rock You cast at the time. It's been back for a few more since, including Ben Elton, Brian May, Phil Hilbourne, Neil Murray and Laurie Wisefield. The Akai and the Tanglewood are both basses that I will part with over my dead body (in actual fact I might be buried with them - morbid but true!)
I don't think I can span frets 1-7 on my Iceman Bass... Maybe on the higher strings, but that's about it. Just can't get any tone out of them thicker strings at that stretch... On a normal 25.5" axe that's no issue, though...
On my Eclipse, I can just about managed 12-24 on the E string. I only have an octave+2 stretch on a keyboard. Annoys the fudge out of my piano playing GF, ofc, as she has shorter fingers, and a smaller stretch.
Hah nice bass guitars. as for stretch length I can do ~1-6 on E (annoying as hell) but I can do around 12-20/22 a bit easier xD Oh and brief question for the zillionth time xD finally found some cheaper pickups that have good reviews.. IronGear, tallied up around £35-40 for the change as I wanna swap out all my pots and my switch whilst im at it (cramped cavity + cheap pots..) But issue is I can't decide between their Hammer head pickup in white or their Steam hammer in white :/ The Steam hammer has more clarity but slightly less bass output and its the reverse for the hammer head (links below). I'm only looking at swaping out the bridge pup (down to money) so would it be worth it? on UG I was told no as I have a modelling amp (VOX VT40+) but I just want a second opinion.. and as you can tell as they are both "hot" high output pickups I mainly play metal(core) music. http://www.irongear.co.uk/irongear_017.htm http://www.irongear.co.uk/irongear_024.htm
First time ive ever been impressed by his playing.. I'd still give my left nut for one of the Orange Buzz-saw Gibson's he has..
It's an LTD... trust me...go for the standard. The Ltd's aren't bad, but they're not ZOMGAWESOME in my experience. 'Having played a KH signature LTD and a M2 Standard, I can say you FEEL the difference. The Standard is mroe pricey, but the better guitar in every aspect.
Caught up with this last night, not seen it for years. If you're about my age and like rock you were probably into Limp Bizkit in your teens. Check out SHRED DURST!
It's not just "more pricey" in this case. It's closer to "One Thousand Pounds" more pricey. I wish I had the money, I really do, but judging by how happy I am with my LTD EC-500, I am sure that the LTD Viper won't disappoint. Unless you want to play the grand difference? ;3
I thaught you had a 401 sleepy? Didnt think they did 500's LTD's above the 400 series price in around £600 iirc (correct me if wrong) which for the price you're getting a good guitar.. the 1000 series are around £800 odd? and are a bit better. going for a ESP Standard over a LTD 400 or 1000 series is only really if you have the extra and are willing to spend over £1000 on a guitar tbh and ofc if you really like the feel of one over the LTD models..
NAY! My Eclipse is a 500. It's the one they replaced with the 401. The main difference being that the 401 had a WAY lighter rosewood fretboard. Different binding too, iirc. That one I linked there is a Viper 300M. I can find then for about £500/£550 online. I like it for the mahogany finish, myself, and I am sure it'll more or less match my EC-500 in terms of feel and sound. Plus, I goddamn love SG style guitars, and the Viper is a more comfortable design in my eyes. Sadly, you can only get the mahogany in the 300M trim. If they made a Viper 1000 in that design, I'd be sold. Or if I can find a white finish Viper 1000 around for a decent price, I'd get that. >.> I have a thing for white guitars it seems.
