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Title: Basses =)
Post by: sesor on November 27, 2006, 05:44:29 PM

right i've been playing guitar for about a year now, but am planning on getting a bass this weekend, as an early christmas present :P

but i dont know much about them tbh, i need one below the ?200 mark. nothing too fancy obv, something good to start out on but i would like something decent, not bohtered about getting one second hand.

what do you recommend? haha

guy in the shop said a fender jazz bass?

help please haha

Title: Re: Basses =)
Post by: mrlee on November 27, 2006, 07:07:41 PM

Quote from: sesor on November 27, 2006, 05:44:29 PM

for cheapness. id say a yamaha

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Post by: Egres on November 27, 2006, 09:26:31 PM

Talking about bass guitars, this is a bit Off Topic, but, Duff has a very particular sound on his bass. What is it? Is it a chorus effect, phaser, flanger...? Oh, by the way, I'm talking about the UYI era. I would say it's a chorus, but I'm not sure. Does anybody know?
Thanks a lot!

Title: Re: Basses =)
Post by: darkmonth on November 27, 2006, 09:38:07 PM

Duff uses a pick ... sometimes, but not all the time, he uses chorus ... and quite often nowadays he has a bit of distortion on, to fatten the sound.

But Duff's distinct sound comes a lot from his using a pick to pluck the strings ...

Title: Re: Basses =)
Post by: Johnny Rattlesnake on November 28, 2006, 12:46:20 AM

I would just get a bass that "you" are comfortable with and learn with that.
Duff used a chorus pedal in the old days and the same effects processor as Slash in his live rig.
There is a distortion channel in The Gallien Krueger 2001-RB amp that he uses. Although he says that he splits his signal into a Marshall(don't know the amp model) and a 1X12 or 2x12 cabinet.

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Post by: AXL 20 on November 28, 2006, 02:51:11 PM

duff was a full time pick bassist (yellow tortex's)
He used a chorus a little
The bass was a Fender J-bass special (1985 or 86)
His had a oval shaped neck that he fell in love with so he had it CAD scanned and reproduced on his black bass
Galien-Krueger 800RB and 1x15 and and other cabinets
Nowadays he uses and MXR 10 band and a Zvex (or somting like that) wooly mammoth bass distortion

ps i have a washburn active bass and peavey 35 watt amp for sale for 250 US.

Title: Re: Basses =)
Post by: Johnny Rattlesnake on November 28, 2006, 06:13:26 PM

Well, here's what I got.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i222/Rezrover/rig01.jpg

Duff doesn't tour with the 800RB anymore.
Now he uses the 2001RB with a 4x12 Gallien Krueger Neo cabinet

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Post by: mrlee on November 28, 2006, 06:29:00 PM

ahh duff uses chorus, so thats how he gets it!

Title: Re: Basses =)
Post by: 2112 on November 29, 2006, 03:59:48 PM

go for a cort artisan. they are not that expensive as a fender jazz bass.
squire i can recommend too if you want the fender feeling.

Title: Re: Basses =)
Post by: kaasupoltin on November 30, 2006, 09:51:27 AM

I've been looking for a cheap bass for a while now, and I can't really decide between Yamaha RBX-170 (http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Yamaha-RBX170-Bass?sku=511081&src=HC004), Kramer Striker 422S (http://www.musicyo.com/product_specs.asp?pf_id=013) (=MusicYo-Kramer, not original) and ESP-ltd B50 (http://www.espguitars.com/basses_b.html)..

Ummm.. really don't know. So anyone got any experience of these pieces?

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Post by: mrlee on December 02, 2006, 07:07:07 AM

Quote from: kaasu on November 30, 2006, 09:51:27 AM

i started out on a yamaha RBX-300 and it served me well, however my friend has the one you named in there, its a great bass to start out, its got a bit of a punchy sound to it, best for slap bass if anything!!!

Title: Re: Basses =)
Post by: tiger on December 12, 2006, 01:31:35 PM

to get the "Duff-Sound" you can use the BOSS-CEB-3 pedal, amazing sound

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