advice on my new bass
Question:
So I splurged and got my second bass guitar, a Lakland Skyline 55-01 with a quilted maple top. After raising the strings a bit – I like my action higher than most – I am settling in with the bass. I just would like some advice on how to approach it – the bass I cut my teeth on is a made in Mexico Fender P-Bass. First the strings – they are strung up with some flatwounds. A guy at the music store said I should try roundwounds next time, I wasn’t sure why he recommended them. Can someone explain to me what the difference is what I might really wanna try on this axe? Second, the active pickups are new to me. I was used to recording direct into my Yamaha AW16G DAW, into the Hi-Z input. The manual of the daw says it’s for high-impedance electric guitars/basses with passive-type pickups? Will I harm the electronics of the yamaha but plugging my active bass into that input? How would you recommend recording my new Lakland without needing to purchase new eqipment? I have used a Johnson J-Station with my P-Bass and plugged the Johnson into the low-z input. I just don’t want to harm the electronics of the Yamaha. Am I being a pussy here, or what? I can’t wait to take it to band practice this thursday. Any advice on adapting to this new bass would be most appreciated.
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> So I splurged and got my second bass guitar, a Lakland Skyline 55-01 > with a quilted maple top. After raising the strings a bit – I like my > action higher than most – I am settling in with the bass. I just would > like some advice on how to approach it – the bass I cut my teeth on is > a made in Mexico Fender P-Bass. > First the strings – they are strung up with some flatwounds. A guy at > the music store said I should try roundwounds next time, I wasn’t sure > why he recommended them. Can someone explain to me what the difference > is what I might really wanna try on this axe? > Second, the active pickups are new to me. I was used to recording > direct into my Yamaha AW16G DAW, into the Hi-Z input. The manual of > the daw says it’s for high-impedance electric guitars/basses with > passive-type pickups? Will I harm the electronics of the yamaha but > plugging my active bass into that input? How would you recommend > recording my new Lakland without needing to purchase new eqipment? I > have used a Johnson J-Station with my P-Bass and plugged the Johnson > into the low-z input. I just don’t want to harm the electronics of the > Yamaha. > Am I being a pussy here, or what? I can’t wait to take it to band > practice this thursday. Any advice on adapting to this new bass would > be most appreciated.
I would not be too concerned with ruining your other equipment. In general the active electronics do have a little higher output – some more than others, but if your pushing anything to much, your going to clip. Your best bet is to start with the bass eq’s (bass, mid, treble) set to the neutral position and adjust from there. The biggest problem I had when I started with active PU’s is running the bass eq wide open all the time. I finally got the best results running at dead center. If I need a nice piano type sound, I run the the mid’s to 3/4 to wide open, bass and treble dead center. For a dull classic 60’s sound, bass upto about 3/4, mids dead center, and cut the treble to about 1/4. It’s going to vary with your set up but that may help get you closer.
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