Hi guys
I've put together my ow bass with Fender Mex and US official parts. It's set up the way I like it with a low action and it plays well.
I have two questions though:
- It has a wilkinson bridge with brass saddles. Would it benefit greatly if I installed a better bridge and if so which one would you recommend?
- I don´t own a bass amp. I only play at home and use the bass for recording mostly so I use it through my eleven rack. It doesn't sound particularly good to be honest so I was thinking of getting perhaps a bass preamp pedal to improve on the tone and then record it using the 11r just as a DI into PT. Does that make sense and is there a cheap pedal that you'd recommend?
Many thanks in advance.
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Comments
Re: tone - I'm not familiar with the 11R. Does it not have any bass models? The first thing I'd do is try those, and also just try running into a bass cab sim in PT. A bass DI plus decent bass IR should sound pretty decent on its own. I really like the Ownhammer Ampeg bass IRs if you wanted to buy aftermarket IRs.
What do you actually want from a pedal and what is your budget? Do you just want an EQ or do you want something that colours the sound more like a bass amp/overdrive/distortion?
I am aware that it can be me not being able to dial a good sound as I've heard people complimenting the 11r for bass.
I've never used IR before (impulses?) and I'm not sure how it works.
"You don't know what you've got till the whole thing's gone. The days are dark and the road is long."
Cabinet impulses recreate the sound of a particular microphone setup on a speaker cabinet. If you wanted a clean sound then just putting the DI through an impulse of a bass cabinet should sound ok, then you can compress and EQ it whatever what you want.
If you want some more warmth or character then you could look at plugins or pedals, it just depends on budget and how versatile you want it to be. For plugins the Ampeg SVX is good, and so is the Studio Devil Bass amp Pro. For pedals it depends how much you want to spend and what type of amp tone you'd want (clean, or overdriven) - there are a lot of options. Personally to sound like a bass amp I like the Sansamp VT Bass DI, but I don't use the onboard speaker sim I use an impulse.
"You don't know what you've got till the whole thing's gone. The days are dark and the road is long."
@Winny_Pooh Thanks, will look into it.
"You don't know what you've got till the whole thing's gone. The days are dark and the road is long."
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The Behringer Bass DI is excellent value for money and easier to get the go-to-sound than my Harte DI. But the latter has a broader range of sounds and seems more durable.
"You don't know what you've got till the whole thing's gone. The days are dark and the road is long."