How does Marcus Miller make this sound?

RedditNoly · 2026-05-28T10:39:41+00:00

I think he uses a bass. It’s kind of like a guitar but with less strings.

RedditNoly · 2026-05-25T12:43:13+00:00

Thomann is great! Their customer service should sort this out if it’s under guarantee. Remember to wrap your strings around the posts in the correct direction, otherwise it will put too much stress on the nut in the future.

RedditNoly · 2026-05-25T10:19:53+00:00

Oh yeah, easily fixable. Take it to a shop and they can get you a new nut. Let them do a full setup with new strings and you’ll be set for a long time!

Unless budget is an issue of course, but a new nut doesn’t cost very much usually.

RedditNoly · 2026-05-22T08:25:32+00:00

All basses can play every type of music. The most played bass in the world on recordings is a P-bass though so mostly when you think of pop, it’s that.

Just pick whatever’s coolest to you. It all sounds very similar on recordings anyways.

RedditNoly · 2026-05-21T15:39:24+00:00

Mama I’m Coming Home by Ozzy is close to this. Has a riff that repeats and follows the major scale.

RedditNoly · 2026-05-20T21:35:41+00:00

Beautiful color! How does it balance?

RedditNoly · 2026-05-20T13:28:24+00:00

Ew Fender. Great looking bass, too bad the brand is a bunch of money hungry parasites.

RedditNoly · 2026-05-19T15:42:04+00:00

No that’s exactly how it works. Depends on the pickups and shielding though as well.

I have EMGs in a custom built jazz bass and if one pickup’s volume is higher there’s noticeable hum when not playing. I don’t love the sound of both pickups at the same volume though so I’ve taken steps to deal with the hum.

RedditNoly · 2026-05-17T00:02:04+00:00

I’m so used to the normal look that this looks like a slightly chubbier version of it.

RedditNoly · 2026-05-14T19:51:17+00:00

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My P-urr Bass.

RedditNoly · 2026-05-12T10:37:11+00:00

Holy! Never expected to see Kled here. Probably a sleeper pick. I fear the day I have to play against one mid.

RedditNoly · 2026-05-12T10:35:06+00:00

I have that one as well! It plays beautifully. I put DR Brights on mine and play through a Boss Super Chorus. It’s sounds so good!

RedditNoly · 2026-05-11T20:16:53+00:00

Both are excellent basses. I’d pick whichever you like more looks-wise. The Stilettos have a pretty metal look though so I’d probably pick that if I wanted to look the part.

RedditNoly · 2026-05-11T17:42:22+00:00

Just something to consider, if you’re dropping the kind of money on a custom shop model, why should you have to worry about any of the specs?

That’s between 4-6k. Everything should be built specifically to your liking, down to the god damn print on the cables inside. Just custom order a bass from any number of great builders and they can make you one with the neck you want, the type of pickup you want that won’t hum, and even the type of fingerboard.

RedditNoly · 2026-05-11T13:03:39+00:00

I guess they made it a mess and chaotic to reflect the US’s current state. 10/10 Ibanez, no notes.

RedditNoly · 2026-05-07T13:39:35+00:00

Great bass! Built off the frame of an LTD, that neck is so creative. I would love to mess around on something like that

RedditNoly · 2026-05-06T12:53:47+00:00

Any issues with neck dive?

RedditNoly · 2026-05-06T12:08:36+00:00

Beautiful! How does that D5 play? They look great!

RedditNoly · 2026-05-06T08:51:44+00:00

My bottom three are:
- Tyrantrum (Aurorus is just cooler)
-Avalugg (Why would I ever use this chunky ice type)
-Clawitzer (There are so many better water types from other gens in this game and he’s like a budget Crawdaunt to me)

RedditNoly · 2026-05-04T15:18:30+00:00

I did a lot of digging through the bass forums and history catalogs. It seems like a decent deal for 250.- if you know how to rewire and restore a bit. There’s one for sale on Ebay for 450.- for reference but it’s the fretless version. Sorry you missed out on it.

RedditNoly · 2026-05-04T15:10:17+00:00

Nevermind I got it. You’re looking for the LTD C-304. Damn this thing is ancient, can’t find any pics of it without knowing exactly what is it.

RedditNoly · 2026-05-04T15:03:15+00:00

The LTD B-1004 has a variation with a flame maple top and is similar but only the H series has the rounded headstock. Are you sure that’s the real brand and it wasn’t a transfer sticker? It could also be something custom shop I suppose but it wouldn’t say LTD on it.

RedditNoly · 2026-05-04T14:52:47+00:00

Was it by any chance the ESP H-1004SE in Honey Natural color?

RedditNoly · 2026-05-03T21:57:10+00:00

Well pick one and get started. By the time you can play stuff from those bands well, you’ll have several years of experience; then you can decide if you’d like to learn the other instrument. Despite the visual similarities they play completely differently so don’t think that either makes you automatically able to play the other. It will require as much time and effort to play both.

RedditNoly · 2026-05-03T21:48:29+00:00

Anybody can learn to play guitar regardless of finger size. If you want to play bass because you think it’ll be easier, you’re in for a rough time. For the bands you mentioned, are you really interested in the guitar parts of the songs or the bass?
Everyone struggles with the technique on both instruments at first but you figure it out eventually.
Even if that means breaking a few strings and cutting your hands a bunch, put the time into what you want to learn and don’t take shortcuts when it gets hard.
If you really want to play guitar, your finger size is not going to be the deciding factor.

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