Members Coverdale Posted October 1, 2007 Members Share Posted October 1, 2007 Hey guys! My bass player needs a new bass. He has an old Maya (Ibanez) Precision with a shorter scale and very versatile wiring. Very sweet, full of mids, but he needs more bottom end. He can't spend more than 500$. He doesn't really care about the looks, he just wants something with a big low end, with a splitable humbucker on the bridge, and more and one pickup. Any ideas for him? He's aiming for the used market because of the money he has available. Any other ideas for that price or less, with a big low end, and without the HB on the bridge might interest him too. Another friend recommended the Japanesese Precision Lyte, he has 2 and loves them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fran da Man Posted October 1, 2007 Members Share Posted October 1, 2007 If he likes the bass he has now, he may want to consider trying a Bass Driver type of pedal.What's he using for an amp? Heres a link to the Tech21 bass driver.http://www.tech21nyc.com/bassdriver.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Coverdale Posted October 1, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 1, 2007 He's using an Ashdown combo, 1x15, 180w, one of the lower end ones. It sounds ok, not too much volume, but enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fran da Man Posted October 1, 2007 Members Share Posted October 1, 2007 He's using an Ashdown combo, 1x15, 180w, one of the lower end ones. It sounds ok, not too much volume, but enough.He can't eq more bottom with that amp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Coverdale Posted October 1, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 1, 2007 Nope, it's really in the bass, I think (and he also does). He sometimes uses a friend's Ibanez SR that has much more low end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bill Carr Posted October 1, 2007 Members Share Posted October 1, 2007 Those amps are pretty crappy IMO - the rehearsal studio I use has one and I just can't dial in any decent tone no matter what eq I use. It just sounds gash whatever bass I plug in to it (Ibanez SR, Fender P). I'm trying a Sansamp BDDI through it tonight and will report my findings here if you're interested? Might save your bass player a bit of cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members justinbass Posted October 1, 2007 Members Share Posted October 1, 2007 A used Ibanez RD 500 series might work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fran da Man Posted October 1, 2007 Members Share Posted October 1, 2007 Nope, it's really in the bass, I think (and he also does).He sometimes uses a friend's Ibanez SR that has much more low end.I see, after looking at the amp specs (EB15-180?) it can't be that amp with no lowend...it looks like a nice amp.Maybe changing the pickup would be an option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Coverdale Posted October 1, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 1, 2007 Bill and Fran,thanks, any help would be good but he really wants another bass. He wants to keep the other one as the more "mellow", mid-range bass. juntinbass, I'll show him that link, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bill Carr Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 Mornin' all (well, it's morning here!). My thoughts based on last night's practice are that the amp really does not lack for bottom end. In fact, that's my quibble with it - it's all bottom/low-mid and really lacks definition. I don't know if it sounds strange that a bass player is complaining about too much low-end, but in the context that I use the amp (12x15ft practice studio) it's far too boomy and notes are indistinct. However, last night I got really good results using my sansamp with my Ibanez SR300. I set the amp and basses eq flat, used my "pop" settings on the sansamp (basically, not much bass or drive/gain, slight mid-boost, greater treble boost) and combined with the "J" pickup on the bass, I got a really good tone. Enough balls and presence to hold down the groove, but with some decent cut and that nice J-style growl. Sweet Child O Mine sounded really good I think my tone-success last night (which I should point out was the first time I'd tried that combination of equipment) was down to the sansamp AND the bass using the J p'up. Using it's "P" p'up with other settings gave big bottom end with a slight loss of cut/clarity, but which worked for the songs I used those settings with (this is for a covers band playing 70s/80s/90s pop and rock). As your bass player is after bass recommendations rather than pedal/eq suggestions, may I proffer the Ibanez SR300FM? Ok, it's not got the splitable humbucker, but it has P/J pickups which you can blend between or use seperately. Perhaps more usefully for what your bass player wants - it has a bass/treble boost/cut pot, which gives quite a lot of tonal variation (I think it's something like +15db either way, but that might be wrong!). http://www.ibanez.com/bass/guitar.aspx?m=SR300FM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jazz Ad Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 A Cort GB74 ought to do the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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