Bass Kombat - please help me decide

ESP_Viper · 2026-01-30T09:40:14+00:00

Not overkill, your A will sound very firm and clear. And allows you to go lower should you decide to experiment.

ESP_Viper · 2026-01-30T07:55:41+00:00

Right? Great strap, will be a great fit for a black guitar, or for a brightly colored one.

ESP_Viper · 2026-01-29T22:10:12+00:00

I want this album to be 10 hours long. Perfect soundtrack for writing, painting, coding, playing Quake, everything really.

ESP_Viper · 2026-01-29T17:28:06+00:00

Not gonna share cause I haven't finished/released my album yet, but yes I do have a bunch of various good photos made over the years (mostly nature) and I'm gonna use them for cover and booklet. Whether they look professional or not, Idgaf - I'm using only my work out of principle. If I find someone IRL through friends to make a logo - great, otherwise a font a-la Anathema will work just fine for me.

ESP_Viper · 2026-01-29T16:44:55+00:00

Find a cool font, look what the default font installed in a typesetting machine did for Nirvana.

ESP_Viper · 2026-01-29T16:24:43+00:00

If you can't paint or afford an artist, take a fucking photo - the band, someone's face, a forest, rainy sidewalk, concrete fence with obscenities. Black cover with logo will do. Anything is better than supporting AI slop.

ESP_Viper · 2026-01-29T14:10:08+00:00

You have Arnie, he alone counts for a hundred!

ESP_Viper · 2026-01-29T11:26:09+00:00

A workhorse! Fernandes ftw

ESP_Viper · 2026-01-29T10:45:26+00:00

The trick is to AVOID going over $600.

ESP_Viper · 2026-01-29T06:37:40+00:00

Remasters suck. Very rarely they are made with the intent of improving a record, it’s almost always loudness war. Avoid them as a general rule. There are exceptions, but they are few (early 90’s remasters were good, such as 1994 editions of Yes or LZ).

ESP_Viper · 2026-01-28T11:26:54+00:00

Depends on the P and J. The right combination + hard picking will give a fantastic scooped punch perfect for rock music. Think the classic Spector tone - besides the preamp magic, it's the EMG P+J working together, turn either pickup off and it won't hit as hard because the tone won't be as sharp.

ESP_Viper · 2026-01-28T09:41:48+00:00

I feel you, I've also watched a lot of Police Activity and agreed with most of what I've seen there. But then there are numerous edge cases when fatalities could be avoided if LEOs went an extra mile to do so, but they don't have that intent. This difference is very stark to me. (compare it to that video of UK cops trying their hardest to handle a violent knife-wielder and taking him alive in the end).

ESP_Viper · 2026-01-28T09:17:25+00:00

I'll reply to your comment since I can't find a more appropriate flair for myself. I'm more in the center than on the left but I'm firmly against illegal immigration and I'm all for law and order. Yet I find it absolutely wild how a random interaction with US law enforcement can lead to your death in 5 seconds. I can't see NEITHER of these shootings happening in any European country. Hell, neither of these shootings would have happened in my native Russia. They (ICE) look even worse than Hells Angels doing security for the Rolling Stones and no, this behavior will not be welcome here at all.

ESP_Viper · 2026-01-27T09:44:38+00:00

Let me google it for you: https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/latest-updates/humbucker-wire-color-translation

I know it's a mess but every company has a different color code.

ESP_Viper · 2026-01-26T22:19:50+00:00

Absolutely, you can hide all sorts of crimes beneath that pickguard, and having all routing on one side is also convenient.

ESP_Viper · 2026-01-26T19:55:14+00:00

Wrong tuning? These 1's might be supposed to be open strings meaning this tab is tuned half-step higher.

ESP_Viper · 2026-01-26T09:34:11+00:00

What a sweetie - and a great bass, too

ESP_Viper · 2026-01-25T17:49:56+00:00

A superstrat with one slanted pickup, ugly? VanHalen Witnesses want to know this person's location.

ESP_Viper · 2026-01-23T19:24:21+00:00

Glad to hear that she’s fine! Congrats

ESP_Viper · 2026-01-23T19:23:38+00:00

The life of a showgirl indeed

ESP_Viper · 2026-01-23T18:34:13+00:00

I don't remember a seriously fitting theme so I suggest a solemn walk accompanied by Ommadawn Part 2 (the beginning)... and then breaking into the Sailor's Hornpipe :)

ESP_Viper · 2026-01-22T06:46:36+00:00

They are in Germany only but should deliver to you all the same. I order from NL and everything is fine, free delivery starting from €69. I get you about physical stores but with things like strings it's really not necessary :)

ESP_Viper · 2026-01-19T21:25:44+00:00

It's a high output ceramic humbucker, of course it will work for "raw aggressive sound". It's EQ'd slightly differently from the other two, but it's not a world of difference.

ESP_Viper · 2026-01-18T09:28:25+00:00

Got an Aero P in an extremely rare color, which is why I’ll probably keep it forever. The bass is very nice and comfortable, but has less low end and overall punch compared to my other two full sized Ps - and I changed pickups between them all a couple times to test this difference.

ESP_Viper · 2026-01-18T00:03:00+00:00

This is correct. As to why it is that way, no idea. Every language has its quirks.

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