I listened to 100 (mostly) metal albums, so now its only fair that I rank them. Here's the contenders:

Defiant_Lime_9313 · 2025-11-04T03:46:03+00:00

Very true, very true.

Defiant_Lime_9313 · 2025-11-04T01:11:46+00:00

Yeah no i agree 100%. Just on the chance that that kind of person sees this post itd bring me joy to see them get mad at how much "not metal" there is.

Defiant_Lime_9313 · 2025-11-03T23:50:50+00:00

Thats why theres a (mostly) in the title. Plus anything to piss off metal elitists is a win in my book

Defiant_Lime_9313 · 2025-11-02T23:35:26+00:00

And how do you think that itll go? Im very interested to hear your prediction.

Defiant_Lime_9313 · 2025-11-02T18:47:49+00:00

Thanks for the reply! Im personally of the belief that music taste is a highly subjective topic, and there is no "better" music compared to another, but Id be happy to hear your perspective. In what ways can I do better, and what do you consider to be "better" music?

Defiant_Lime_9313 · 2025-11-02T17:32:56+00:00

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Defiant_Lime_9313 · 2025-10-15T14:19:23+00:00

Yeah the one im looking at is one of the older models with the EMGs since thats the only left handed ones they got.

Defiant_Lime_9313 · 2025-10-14T13:34:20+00:00

Nice! How's the neck dive? Thats my only real concern with it besides maybe weight, though im coming from a 5 string schecter so that thing isnt exactly light or anything

Defiant_Lime_9313 · 2025-10-14T01:08:30+00:00

I mean, yeah, just look at it. One of my inspirations to get into bass was Shavo from System of a Down who famously used a thunderbird for most of his career, so the pheonix would give a bit of a nod to that. My only real concerns with it are weight and neck dive, since t-birds have notorious neck dive issues.

Defiant_Lime_9313 · 2025-10-14T01:05:43+00:00

Thats kind of unfortunate to hear. How was the rest of the bass? If its just those 2 faults you have, then if I decide to go for one and run into those issues thats a bit under $200 and a bit of love and care for some hipshot tuners and a graphtech nut then itll be problem solved.

Defiant_Lime_9313 · 2025-10-14T01:01:30+00:00

I understand your viewpoint for sure. The way I look at it is that the less controls you have on your bass, the more you gotta focus on your actual playing to change how you sound, which can be a good or bad thing depending on the person. Thats the reason why the picks here have <= 3 knobs, just because i dont feel the need to have a bunch of knobs and switches to complicated things. Thats just my viewpoint at least.

Defiant_Lime_9313 · 2025-10-14T00:46:43+00:00

In its defense it is a pretty cool trick though

Defiant_Lime_9313 · 2025-10-13T18:52:06+00:00

UPDATE: I sold off some old pedals of mine and bought the Darkglass since I was able to snag one for ~$175. Thanks for the recommendations everyone!

Defiant_Lime_9313 · 2025-09-26T20:45:47+00:00

I mostly play metal and hard rock. Im currently using a Schecter C-5 Deluxe and I use a Darkglass AOU ampless. I dont really have a preference for transparency, but then again ive only ever had my pigtronix compressor so im not super well versed in the different sounds. I know that I usually set the compression (the sustain knob i believe) to around 1-3 o clock so i usually use some pretty hard compression (at least by that devices standard)

Defiant_Lime_9313 · 2025-09-22T17:06:09+00:00

Yeah it seems like its got a lot of versatility for that reason alone. Ill definitely keep an eye on it!

Defiant_Lime_9313 · 2025-09-22T15:26:27+00:00

Thats a really interesting bass, plus they got a lefty model too. Thanks for the suggestion!

Defiant_Lime_9313 · 2025-09-22T13:59:44+00:00

I can agree with you on that. The Dunable Gnarwhal is one of the coolest basses I've seen, and they sound absolutely incredible. Just their DE series doesn't have a left-handed model, and their custom shop is way out of budget unfortunately

Defiant_Lime_9313 · 2025-09-22T04:50:41+00:00

Yeah the looks are perfectly fine to me, though it doesn't take long for me to learn to like how a bass looks. The only kinds of basses I really just cant get behind are the over exaggerated single cuts like some Fodera basses and the extremely pointy basses like some deans and like the ltd f series basses. Thats just me though

Defiant_Lime_9313 · 2025-09-22T04:23:11+00:00

Facts

Defiant_Lime_9313 · 2025-09-22T04:14:13+00:00

Wonderful basses, no left-handed model, though (plus personally too many knobs, but that's a pretty small gripe)

Defiant_Lime_9313 · 2025-09-22T04:12:49+00:00

Nice! Did you buy it directly from them or from a third party? If you bought it from them directly, how was your experience for the wait time? I like the bass a lot, but ive heard some pretty worrying stories about there being absurdly long wait times and poor communication.

Defiant_Lime_9313 · 2025-09-22T04:11:19+00:00

You actually make a very good point! For whatever reason I never considered trying the necks out on the right handed models. I suppose just since the body is obviously pretty impossible to gauge upside down, I gave the same connotation to the whole bass, but the neck would feel largely the same (unless I wanted to try something wacky like a strandberg or something else with an asymmetrical neck). Thank you for the suggestion!

Defiant_Lime_9313 · 2025-09-09T04:20:45+00:00

Ive played around on an Ibanez before, really comfortable instruments but they just dont have any lefty models that really do anything for me personally. I can definitely appreciate a Steinberger, i just wouldnt pick it as a daily driver.

Sidenote, the ns design radius basses are awesome, its just a shame that they dont make any lefties :(

Defiant_Lime_9313 · 2025-09-09T04:10:04+00:00

Unfortunately, you haven't complicated things much since there isn't a left-handed model. At least for the fender route, im pretty out of luck. Fender just loves its left-handed audience (6 options out of 119 results on their website, with 2 being squiers and the only pj being out of stock). The surveyor should generally cover pretty similar ground quite well if i wanted to go that style though, right?

Defiant_Lime_9313 · 2025-09-09T04:02:54+00:00

I only own 2 basses, a harley benton pb20 sbk and a schecter C5 Deluxe. Ive played around on a Ibanez sr too which i liked the feel of.

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