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I got an Ibanez ATK300 on a trade deal recently and decided to get a few videos posted with it. First one is a tone demo cycling through the various 3 way toggle modes as well as seeing how it handles some effects. The second video is it being used in a Luke Combs cover. Check it out!

I am interested to hear some opinions on the lowest note that you believe is still useful, essentially, how low would you go? I have two main basses, a Dingwall tuned to F#0, and a Fender in E1 — these two notes and the ones in between are where I am expecting most people’s answers to land, but...

I thought about posting this on the "BTB club" thread at first, but I think this is a subject that might pertain more brands. I have a MIJ 1999 Ibanez BTB 705, oil finished, with the original batch of DFR pickups and a rather "old" version of their 18V Vari-Mid 3B preamp, photo attached. The EQ...

can you wire a standard 500k pot as a blend knob or do you HAVE to use an MN pot?

Dear Bassist Community, I've been so into the vintage thumpin' bass tone. Compare to the brightness that most of the modern songs have, I personally prefer this dead, muted kick drum ish sound by thumbing.(Please find the reference video below) References: My Gear: Bass // Music Man...

hello, quick question, I'm doing some maintenance on my electric bass guitar and could not remove the tone knob. It's not fixed with the flathead screw like the volume knob and the pickup selector. However, the screw hole is not empty, there is something that seems to be firmly stuck and I have...

So who else's basic "clean" tone is actually to some extend overdriven or distorted, either by using pedals or simply overdriving your amp? Personally I play with an always on low gain overdrive (more than just mild breakup) in main amp-less setup, that comes from using 2 always on tube preamp...

Hello! Does anyone know if it is possible to modify the preamp on a Fender Ultra Jazz bass to have the passive tone control work in active mode as well? Thanks!

I’ve been running my upright with an Audix F90 mini condenser gooseneck mic, modded to sit under the tail-end strings. It is phantom-powered by and controlled thru a Behringer EuroRack mini mixer. So tonight I’m listening to Steve Davis’ SAY WHEN, with Nat Reeves on bass. Gorgeous recording, and...

Hi everyone, I've posted my question or a variant thereof in some Facebook and Reddit threads but I'm posting here in hopes of a more nuanced take than some of the other replies I've gotten. Thanks in advance for reading and responding. So, I've been playing on 2 different four strings -...

I'm learning the bassline to this great song and it's got a very fat powerful sound, almost synth-like to my ears. Anyone know what effects could be used to replicate it?

I've noticed in isolation that many bass tones benefit from some sort of smiley face curve. However, the location of de-emphasized frequencies is quite different across gear and mixes. My question is when you want to notch mids, where is your preference, and how deep? Do you boost elsewhere...

I have a Seymour-MM custom bass that was active but now has been converted to passive-only. This means I have 3 out of 4 knobs doing nothing on it at this moment. I wondered if I should wire 3 tone knobs, with 022, 047 and 0.1 caps respectively, in parallel. Should I do this am I correct to...

I've had the Pod Go for a couple years and have used it with my Fender P bass to run straight to our digital mixer and into my IEMs. It's been fine, but I can't seem to be able to mix a preset that doesn't sound like a muffled, muddy, lackluster tone. It's as if the only bass tones I can get are...

Some tasty bass in Marcus King's new song Hero. Stephen Campbell doing his thing. I know he plays low-tension Labella flats and I'm pretty sure it's a P bass. I've seen them live and they're fantastic. They're a newer band but definitely old souls. I'm a big fan of the bass playing and tone...

I currently own a Sterling Subray 4 which I'm happy with except for how much it weighs. I recently went to a bass store and I fell in love with the Ibanez 300 as it feels so comfortable in my hands and it's very lightweight. I've also been wanting a 5 string for a while, so now I'm thinking of...

What you guys copy this bass tone? What bass, amp, effects, EQ, etc... would you use?

Hi All, Years ago I picked up a Guild JS II from about 73. The previous owner had moded things a bit and replaced the stock pick-ups with two huge Fender wide range bass humbuckers. Similar to this (https://www.nationwideguitars.com/1973guildjsIIbass.html) It makes a big vintage sound! But...

Hello fellow TB’ers! I am looking for a new amp and through extensive (online) research I have pretty much narrowed it down to these two amps but am struggling to know which one to pull the trigger on. I’ve seen both amps for sale used in the 800-1000 USD range. A little bit of context: I play...

Hi! I love this bass tone used on the record 'love is real' by John Maus I speculate that it is a fender neck / middle position bass tone - ie neck pickup of a jazz bass or a precision bass, though picked moreso towards the neck. I could be wrong maybe it's a really bright humbucker tone...

Laid down some bass for my band the other night, did it DIY with a humble setup at home. I wrote the song and arranged the whole thing, did the backup vocals too. But when it comes to actually doing the bassline, I feel like I might overdo it sometimes. Get carried away, you know? It's such a...

Can someone please take the time to give some tips and advice on my tone, it would be really appreciated since I cant figure it out myself. I play with a pick and I have a tone that I kind of like on my A,D,G stings but they get annoying to listen to fast and sound very bright even at low...

Hello, I recently purchased a dark glass b3k to get a prog metal bass tone and have not been able to recreate both the tone I’ve seen online and the tone I made using the pedal at guitar center. I am wondering if my bass is the problem/any other suggestions to try to get the classic prog tone...

Hi to all, without believing myself to be a luthier, in this video i show how to recognize and eliminate it, the link is this: Many tanks Matteo from Milan

So! I'm a working bassist. I've tried a ton of gear throughout the years. 20 years ago it was swr and ampeg svt amps which i remember were . The last 8 years or so I've used mesa subway gear, tc, markbass, trace elliot and orange rigs. The tones were good but just not for me. After spending that...

Hello all, I've been looking for a specific bass tone, and I need help finding a suitable bass guitar. I'm still new to describing tone, but it sound like it is a growly tone with lots of mids and treble. In the demo, he plays a 1974 Fender Jazz bass, but I'm not able to spend thousands on a...

Mid frequencies, especially low mids, find themselves in any tonal conversation, whether we're talking about live or recording applications. They really are the secret sauce to tone. I've heard so many people say boosting your low mids (anywhere from about 220 to 500) will help you be heard and...

Chasing a certain bass tone and running into some trouble. You can hear what I'm going after in the vid below (Daybreak by Ivy League TX), but it's honestly a pretty standard hardcore-style bass tone. In live shows the bass player (can't figure out his name) is playing a P-Bass, but I can't...

I have a Sarno BB and love it. It has largely solved feedback issues with my Full Circle. FC -> BB -> Platinum Pro However I cannot get a mid/upper mid tone that sounds good to my ear (I can get awfully close when using my EA iAmp and 2x10 but I play in a few settings where I have to use...

Hey fellas, in your opinion, what are the most comfortable strings you've played with a bright tone? The best SOUNDING strings I've ever tried would have to be the Rotosound Swing Bass strings, but they are a bit rough on the fingers. In terms of comfort, I would have to go with D'addario Black...

I was listening to the Master of Puppets album recently, and after listening for a while I really started paying attention to the bass on the album. I love the tone on it, and have been experimenting on how to get it since then. The problem is that I'm pretty clueless on how to get it. I need it...

Good Afternoon, i publish a video,where i compared the tone quality. of two basses with different string length, i played both arco and pizzicato, i apologize for my bad arco skill, the audio was recoreded two years ago, when my technique was bad. Here is the link: Happy Christmas Matteo...

I’ve been tryna get the bass tone for Arctic Monkeys, specifically Worst Nightmare. I have a ibanez gsr200 and a rumble 100 v3. Can someone help me

I currently play a Yamaha RBX260, but what considering purchasing a used Yamaha BB414 and converting my old one into a fretless. Is the difference going to be noticeable and will I be able to achieve a wider variety of tones? In case you are unable to find accurate photos of the RBX260 online...

Mine would have to be Jason Newsted's bass intro in "The God That Failed". Edit: Rex Brown's tone is also quite powerful.

I'm purchasing a TONE Tune TWB-43 OVER A EPI IV AND KELLY BIRD JS2??? Ugh, am I making the right choice? I'm pulling my air out! I know I want a mahogany body ️. Thank you all so much for talk base every participants appreciate you guys. I wouldn't know what to do as a novice.

Hi all, New to the forum and hoping to get some advice on achieving a decent sounding rig for a new hardcore/metallic hardcore band that I am involved with. My current set up is: - Schecter J-4 Jazz Bass - Orange Terror Bass Head - 2 x OBC 112 Cabs - Pedal board consisting of Darkglass BK3...

The 77 Precision has one of the best tones i've ever heard. Does anybody have an idea how a custom pickup should be wound to get this punch and openess at the same time?

I just replaced all the electronics in a pbass with GFS overwound, 16k pickups and a GFS harness which has A250k (audio taper) volume and B250k (linear) tone pots. Problem is when I roll the tone off, it hardly makes a difference until I get between 1 and 0. Somewhere in there all the treble...

Does anyone know a pickup that will get me that super electric bassy sound that isn’t the insanely expensive Wilson pickups?