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Welcome to Brooksy's Bass Corner for bass, amplification, FX and accessory reviews, interviews, setup tips, live videos and chat. How low can you go?
Thanks for stopping by! I took up bass guitar back in 1987, turned professional in 1995 and have performed over 4,000 shows in that time. I was a writer for Bass Guitar Magazine from 2004-2020 and a writer for Bass Player magazine between 2018-2022. I've written well over 400 gear reviews and interviewed some of the biggest bass-playing superstars in the world. If you have any questions or comments, get in touch!
Thanks for stopping by! I took up bass guitar back in 1987, turned professional in 1995 and have performed over 4,000 shows in that time. I was a writer for Bass Guitar Magazine from 2004-2020 and a writer for Bass Player magazine between 2018-2022. I've written well over 400 gear reviews and interviewed some of the biggest bass-playing superstars in the world. If you have any questions or comments, get in touch!
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The ball ends of the E and G strings in the head are mounted incorrectly (twisted). Ball ends should be seated flat horizontally 👍🏼
Cheers for the advice. Ixve owned Kubicki's since 1991 and never noticed any difference in string performance or tone, no matter how the ballends are seated. Thanks for the comment.
Sire (Marcus Miller) also do some great jazz style bass guitars for around £500
They certainly do! I do mention Sire in that video. Thanks for the comment!
Great video , love the teal colour …I’ve just got myself a second hand Stingray Special , great bass , but , a little noisy, thinking of getting the East and Aquilar pickup . I have a J Retro in a Fender Jazz , and it’s completely silent . Is that combination quiet ? As in no buzzing at volume?? Thanks for the video 👍🏻
Hey Paul! Yep, very quiet...you get a little bit of top-end sizzle when the treble is boosted along with the additional Sabre push/pull option. But on the whole, it works for me. Thanks for the comment!
Best bases under 500? Harley Benton duh! Every one of their bases are fantastic and well under 500.
I mentioned Harley Benton, I have one here. Maybe you didn't get that far into the video. Thanks for your comment.
What was the song being played live around 2:02:05?
Cuba by The Gibson Brothers. Thanks for the comment!
That sound!!!! What are you playing this through?
Bass strung with Rotosound Swing Bass 66 steel roundwounds 45-105, into an Audient Sono interface then straight to my PC. No FX or processing.
Thanks Mike! Great to chat with you again mate, cheers!
Always a pleasure, sir! Thanks for your company and getting involved!
Bob Malone!
Well done Bob!
On my Warwick Streamer ProM unfortanelly the tracking is awful, even 1 semiton, when i play the E string it keeps "searching" the note. I solve this problem putting my Boss Bass Limiter before the digitech, and compressing very Hard, but, by doing That, the sound change so much compared to the standard tunning. At the moment i dont have other basses to test, but i think the Warwick sound is too strong for the drop
Wow! That's crazy...I've used super high output basses with it and not had that problem at all. Have you tried replacing the pedal?
@@BrooksysBassCorner Yes, the guitar player of my band has one as well, same result
That's a shame. I've run Alembics, Statii, Music Man, Spector, Lakland, Kubicki, GB Guitars and multiple other makes of bass through it without any issues. Sorry to hear that it doesn't work for you. All the best!
Love the sound!
Thank you, hope you enjoyed the video. Seriously impressive instruments! Well worth checking out!
Is this a builder from Holland??
Germany, my lord!
Ah! Just found them, in Holland is also a Vincent guitars
Understood. Well the German Vincent instruments are quite wonderful, check some out if you can! All the best!
Great Live chat, great guest.
Cheers Scott, appreciate it. Glad you enjoyed it!
After thinking about it for a couple of years, I finally ordered one. I am NO fan of P-Basses, but this one is FAR better than any of the "real" Fender P-Basses I have tried, and I have tried quite a few. More recently, I gave Fender another chance and ordered a fretless Tony Franklin ($2200). The neck is unbelievable, a terrific fretless, but the tone? Meh, at best. I did an A/B comparison and the Profile (at about 1/3 the price) sounded so much better that it was unbelievable. I returned the TF for a full refund. If there is one thing I know for sure, I will NEVER sell my Profile. I play fretless more than fretted btw. Still, when I need that P-Bass tone, nothing sounds as good as that Profile. Definitely a keeper (I've been playing bass for over 50 years). To sweeten the deal, not that it was necessary, the Bass Centre threw in an autographed copy of Bruce's excellent book, Rough Notes and Grainy Images. A great read from an excellent author as well as bass player. I'd been playing bass for about a decade when I saw EC and the Attractions in person at Davis CA (which Bruce refers to in the book, to my surprise). Other than the great John Entwistle, I had never seen a player with such command of the fretboard. They would never have been as great a band as they were without Bruce Thomas. After seeing him, I absolutely wore out my copy of This Year's Model and learned so much from dissecting his lines. It says a lot that Bruce Thomas didn't just go and create a signature model for the money. He actually plays one of these. It says a lot for someone's character that he didn't want to charge an arm and a leg, but made sure the bass was affordable by a majority of players. Trust me, it's worth every penny! Thank you Bruce, and thank you to the fine folks at The Bass Centre. Also, this was one great demo of this outstanding bass.
Thank you for the comment! They are great instruments in all respects and very well put together. A whole lot of bass for the price, without a doubt! All the best!
I still have 2 Aria MAC Standard and Deluxe Guitars and I personally play nothing else live and an Aria SLB bass from the 90s I picked up in high school because you can always find a bass player if you own the bass and amp they can play. LOL I love Aria guitars and have converted another friend to their guitars as well.
Thanks for the comment! I have a lot of time for Aria basses, I grew up in a time when they were EVERYWHERE! But this SB1000 is the first one that I personally owned. All the best!
Any experience with TC Electronic Toneprint? I bought a second hand head which came with their Spectracomp loaded onto it, turned it on at a gig the other day and suddenly the spectracomp had become an octaver! Haven't tried re-loading the compressor yet, but odd that this could happen.
No experience whatsoever! Never owned or used any TC gear I'm afraid. Sorry I can't be more help :(
I had to come back and watch the end, sorry I had to leave early. Great show, see you next week.
Cheers Scott! No worries, all good. See you next time!
I have a 1980 Natural finish (not Oak like this one). Awesome sound, 11 pounds.... Xtra wide strap a necessity!
Nice one! They certainly can be heavy....but what a tone!
I love my sr300 but one of the pickups is giving me a bit of trouble. I think one of the screws is slipping and won't catch. I'm a beginner and kinda scared to disassemble my bass.
You could try to remove the screw, wind some plumbers PTFE tape around thread and screw it back in. Or send Ibanez , or your local Ibanez distributor, an email. Let them lnow what's happening and I'm sure they'll eother send you some screws or at least tell you what the screw is so you can order one online.
Cool spot Yo! Can't believe you haven't popped up in my feed til now just subbed!...I did so enjoy my month in London back in 2016 for the ch 4...
Thank you for the great comment. Here we are... you found us! You're very welcome...have a look around and I hope you find some content that's enjoyable and helpful. All the best!
Hands down the Trace Elliot outperformed the Markbass, Gallien Krueger, Fender, Ampeg, and many others. When you see a Trace Elliot, yes it's expensive, but you get what you pay for.
Thank you! It's a sound piece of equipment and capable of plenty of projection on stage. I hope you enjoyed the video and thanks for the comment. All the best!
Hi Mike, Thanks for the information regarding the MXR Vintage Bass Octave (small one) and the Digitech Drop pedals. I'll be checking them out, and hope one of my very few shops in the area carry them. Once again, another outstanding Live Chat.
Thank you sir, and thank you for joining in and getting involved. I'll get some octave pedals lined up for next week's Live Chat and you can have a listen and tell me which ones you prefer. Have a great week!
miss you Miki
Miss you and your lovely chocolate cakes! Hope you and the family are all well. I'm still here, doing my thing!
Pretty much an Electro Harmonix Bassballs but with way more control options. Has the exact same moist "quack" sound as a Bassballs.
Well spotted sir! But this one is more flexible and adaptable... as it would be with those controls. Cheers!
Hi Brooksy, im about to purchase a batwing 1980 model SB1000 aparently all in good working order could you give me some tips on things to look out for with these basses please many thanks.
Great channel by the way very informative😊
Hello sir. Check the straightness of the neck and ensure the truss rod is adjustable....if it isn't, walk away. Electronics can be an issue so listen for any failing components, check all the controls do what they should and run thrpugh each setting of the Noise Killer circuit. If it has the LED, is it working and if it flashes, does it make a noise each time it flashes, like a pulsing sound?
@@BrooksysBassCorner Thanks so Much Brooksy ,so should i get my hex key out and give the truss rod a wiggle to see if it rotates and adjsts the neck?
Thank you very much! :)
Never a bad idea, loosen first...but if it ain't budging and shows any signs of not having been adjusted... tread carefully! Best of luck!
i wanted to love this thing, but i get nothing but warble any time i let a note ring out. especially on the b/e strings. honestly just sounds bad. i have used the helix detuners with far greater success. also the parallax x plug in is almost perfect... maybe im just unlucky. glad it works for you though.
Thanks for your comment. Two questions: what bass are you using and did you try this live on stage or for recording? Cheers.
@@BrooksysBassCorner I use it mostly live/practicing. i have 7 different basses. all of them with varying amounts of warble. its been a minute, but i think my warwicks are the worst offenders. the dingwall was the one that always worked the best.
Trying to work out how many different basses I've used this with....got to be around 11-12...and using the first 3-4 semitone settings, I've had no issues. From that point, it gets vcery 'processed' and 'laggy' with a noticeable top-end drop off. But it does what I need it to do. Cheers for the comments!
Hi mate great video, just a question do you leave your amp controls flat? and adjust on bass? cheers :)
Hi Mark, thanks for commenting. Yes, exactly that most of the time, I use the onboard EQ to get the sound I want, and the amp EQ to iron out any frequency issues with the room or stage. However, I'm doing more and more shows with IEMs and no backline. Cheers!
Cheers mate most appreciated 👍🏻
My pleasure... any time! All the best!
I have one just like that one!
A man of taste, clearly! Thanks for watching!
@@BrooksysBassCorner It used to be David Hood's!
Very nice! Used on any famous recordings?
Someone needs to get the rights to re release the X Factor Basses.
They're still available, no re-release required! Thanks for the comment!
15 months! Wow!
34 pence per show!
So how long did they last?
73 shows, all in!
8 semitones are not an octave.
My mistake, I should have said 7 semitones, THEN it drops to the octave down, then the Octave + Dry Signal. Cheers for the heads up!
Sorry for the stupid question, what does FSR stand for?
Fender Special Release apparently. Thanks for the question!
@@BrooksysBassCorner ahhhh ok. Cheers
No worries, anytime!
Stunning bass!!! 🎉 The gold hardware on the blue/purple body… 🎉
Thank you! It's quite a looker!
looking forward to the next one!
Cheers Joe, thanks for watching!
Geheimwaffe für den Bass kann ich nur bestätigen. Er gibt dem Bass endlos 'punch' und Durchsetzung. Der High-Regler kommt echt drahtig gut beim Slappen. Besonders gut geeignet für schwierige Räume wie Kirchen mit viel Hall. Außerdem gibt es dem Fender-Rhodes einen extra-glockigen Sound, so wie bei alten Aufnahmen von George Duke. (Inner Source, Solus, The Aura will prevail...)
Well said, I couldn't agree more! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Re: Space Bass - how about attaching the strap to the lower button and having a hole further up the strap to attach it to the upper button as well, to prevent it tipping forward?
I will check it out and come back to you... thanks for the tip!
Great to see you again Mike, I'll see you on the next one!
Cheers Joe, look forward to it!
i missed the kubicki part
Thanks for attending, sir!
Great pedal. It hasn’t left my board since I got it 3 years ago - only downside I’ve found is, when powered on DC it can sometimes pick up RF (popping and clicking). Doesn’t always happen, but when it does it’s soo annoying. Never got an answer from Aguilar and do wonder if the update has fixed that. But, lovely pedal, great review 👍
Thanks for the info....I haven't had that but I have had intermittent power issues which I've usually put down to inconsistent power on festival stages. Glad you enjoyed the video, many thanks!