Suggest a Studio Bass!

[Soundlurker]

Not exactly this one but the one with the Bartolini pickups.
http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/eb...6&color=CL01&year=2010&cat_id=2&series_id=323

Raw DI

That's not with a pick obviously, but it sounds good to me.

 

[Harry Hughes]

The 35 inch scale length of the BTB certainly lends the B string a good dose of clarity.
I don't know how well that particular model you asked about tracks, but I can say that judging from the two BTB 5 strings one of my mates own, they are a fucking pleasure to play.
The large fretboard radius and relatively thin neck is such a joy to play and wayyyyyyy easier to play than those fucking Fenders with their round as fuck fretboard radiuses.
Anything that allows the player to play more comfortably and with greater ease should surely result in more controlled and smoother played bass lines to my mind, which no doubt is a big bonus to keeping shit tight.

 

[Ermz]

Awesome, Shadow Walker, thanks. That does sound rather nice and open, considering the pickups. It also reaffirms my tendency toward Ash as a body wood. Means that muddyness I was hearing in some basses isn't coming from the Ash, thank fuck.

Some EMG P5s or DCs instead of those Bartolinis should clean right up. I'm very excited about loaning the BTB now, and recording the hell out of it.

Agreed with everything, Harry. The scale is a very important consideration.

 

[~BURNY~]

BTB 475, Both pickups, Bass/Mid flat, Treble Boosted, Countryman T85, (factory) old Elexirir strings ( hate them), limiter shaving the highest peaks.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2973685/btb 475.wav
I wish the EQ was dialed differently tbh.

 

[Soundlurker]

Yeah the Bartolinis have active controls and they weren't flat on this di clip but I don't remember how they were set up when we recorded this.

 

[Harry Hughes]

BTB 475, Both pickups, Bass/Mid flat, Treble Boosted, Countryman T85, (factory) old Elexirir strings ( hate them), limiter shaving the highest peaks.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2973685/btb 475.wav
I wish the EQ was dialed differently tbh.

Get some stainless steel strings on that slut

 

[NSGUITAR]

GIBSON GRABBER!

 

[amarshism]

GIBSON GRABBER!

The secret to the misery signals bass sound.

 

[Jaymz]

Also, would any of you happen to have any DIs of an Ibanez BTB? This thing in particular: http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/eb...2&color=CL01&year=2010&cat_id=2&series_id=323

That looks really nice

 

[Ermz]

Yeah, so far it's the only bass we've found that meets all our criteria on paper. Will try to get one as a loaner and record the living shit out of it, with 4 different pickup configurations and Millennia processing on/off.

 

[Jaymz]

"Ash wing body", does that mean the body is made of 2 pieces of ash with bubinga down the middle?

 

[Charles J]

the BTB is my second favorite, dude! We used a BTB on all the King Conquer stuff, also an AMAZING bass that records very well..!

i can't recommend either a Cirrus or BTB highly enough! I'm going to export a BTB DI and the Cirrus DI....! =D

 

[dcb]

the spector i posted is this one :

Spector Euro LX 4-String Zebrano Highgloss
with EMG 35DC

btw. i have the exact same btb here. but strings are rather old... but its a great bass esp. for the massive low end.

 

[arv_foh]

I think the Rickenbacker 4003 is ugly as sin but it sounds really good. Bass tone on this album was 4003

 

[Ermz]

btw. i have the exact same btb here. but strings are rather old... but its a great bass esp. for the massive low end.

You mean this one? http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/eb...2&color=CL01&year=2010&cat_id=2&series_id=323

Thanks for the details on the Spector dude, greatly appreciated.

 

[NSGUITAR]

The secret to the misery signals bass sound.

Yeah dude. And Misery signals sounds fucking good.

 

[Jaymz]

Ive just ordered a new bass, will post DI's when it arrives :Smokedev:

and im assuming we have similar tastes in bass tones, like this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/451140/LC_Bass.wav

 

[CatharsisStudios]

Squier Vintage jazz modified, or a geddy lee bass


any fender jazz bass will destroy faces

 

[gabriel g.]

Squier Vintage jazz modified, or a geddy lee bass


any fender jazz bass will destroy faces

+1

The Bass-Player from my band owns a Warwick, Fender Jass, 2 Ibanez basses and some others.

By far the best sounding bass is the fender

 

[PhilTheBeard]

The best sounding bass me and charles have tracked so far was a neck thru peavey cirrus red wood bass.