Official buying advice thread - Page 20

genocide roach · July 18th, 2008, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by ParsonsMatt

I would look into Mapex.

i did. i bought a pro M SE off ebay today.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=270255892560

i'm waiting for a tama monoply walnut snare auction to end.

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Originally Posted by WeAreInFlames

cheap 7 strings, in my experience, suck.
But if I was gonna get one, I'd go with a schecter. Haven't tried an agile, though, so I'll defer to Matt's experience.

youre right. cheap 7s do suck. i had an ESP that was terrible, and my jackson isnt much better. the schecters are nice though

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Originally Posted by Eligos

So, I'm buying a Carvin RL 810. Picking it up next Friday, and I'll post a picture when I clean it up. It's only $250 and has good mids and treble, which are my frequencies. Anyone have an opinion on it?

your parents hooked you up?

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Originally Posted by ParsonsMatt

Yes.

You play bass, not mids and trebles.

I've never heard whether or not Carvin bass gear is any good. I know their amp heads ( especially the x100b and the Legacy ) are great, their guitar cabinets are solid. Their PA gear is garbage though.

What do you think about SWR gear? My bassist wants to get a Goliath 115 to pair with his 210.

i keep telling him his treble is too high. he doesnt listen hahaha

that carvin cab sounds pretty good. we heard it on sunday

and i dont like SWR. the tone is thin with too much treble. also very distorted.
~gR~

ParsonsMatt · July 18th, 2008, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by genocide roach

i did. i bought a pro M SE off ebay today.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=270255892560

i'm waiting for a tama monoply walnut snare auction to end.

That is fucking hot, and a great deal too. Congrats!

genocide roach · July 18th, 2008, 12:46 PM

yeah, i thought so
~gR~

Eligos · July 18th, 2008, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by genocide roach

stuff

Yeah, well. The guy's putting it on hold for me til Friday (payday), my Dad's cover $160, and I'm paying the other 90.

I can play however I want. You're m guitarist, not my teacher. I cut the treble to frickin 10 o'clock on the 1001-RB, and you're still bitching. Maybe you just don't like the sound of the bass you kept telling me not to trade in.

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Originally Posted by ParsonsMatt

Other stuff.

Bass frequencies sound more like flatulance than an amplified instrument to me. What happened to the whole "it's an instrument in the hands of an individual" conversation?

I dunno, this preamp I'm getting has that Z-switch and claims that the low-z setting has boosted bass and low mid without sounding boomy or flatulant. I'm getting it so I can have that versatility.

Also, the 8x10 is built as a whole enclosure, not separated into separate 4x10's or 2x10's by plywood. So it gets more low end than, say, an ampeg.

ParsonsMatt · July 18th, 2008, 06:11 PM

What kind of crappy amps have you been listening to? Loose, farty, shitty bass is a quality associated with cheap shit, like Behringers. It's very easy to get huge, tight, powerful bass.

genocide roach · July 18th, 2008, 10:30 PM

well, to be fair. there is alot that contributes to farty tone. scale length being another big factor.
~gR~

Eligos · July 18th, 2008, 11:38 PM

I can't figure out why my B string is floppy. The intonation has been fixed, it's long scale, and it still flops all over the place. I'm using heavy gauge strings as well.

viewer_from_nihil · July 19th, 2008, 01:18 AM

is it tuned to B?

ParsonsMatt · July 19th, 2008, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Eligos

I can't figure out why my B string is floppy. The intonation has been fixed, it's long scale, and it still flops all over the place. I'm using heavy gauge strings as well.

A lot of the time "heavy gauge strings" are really "I'm a pussy so I'm going to try some medium gauge strings".

I use 11-56 guitar strings tuned to D standard, I see people recommend 12-52 for B standard all the time, and people say "You gotta get heavy gauge strings man!!"

That said I don't know the equivalent for bass, but a look at Juststrings.com shows that the thickest bass string D'addario makes is a .145. I'd order a ton of low B strings from there, and see which one works best for you. That's what I did, over the course of about 3 months, to figure out what string tension sounded and played the best for my tuning.