Hi everyone, my HARLEY BENTON HBB400TBK turned up this morning from Thomann, and so far im liking it alot, so i programmed a little drum work Ian Paice style, and went for a little Bass Solo, Roger Glover style.
Its basically lifted from a live Deep Purple show, and you may even hear me do the whole song Speed King one day, which is where the section was played in.
Anyhow, used a preset from the Pod X3L with a touch of chorus, and tried to get abit funky :) , also took a pic, although the light is quite bad today, so not the best pic you'll ever see.
Think its going to be fun to play though, and im really happy with the sound of it, now i just have to get a good idea of how to setup bass patches :lol:
Thanks for taking look :thumb:

Nicely done sir! Lovely deep rich tone to my wet ears. Looks real nice too and a sturdy bit of kit. Congrats Avalon I think you have a winner there. Have fun matey.:thumb:

LOL!! Look at that, they even make the same one I got for right hand players, :lol:. Sounding good J, (but that chorused tone is awefull, lol!). Do you notice any buzz on the 4th string like I told you? I found out it happens on whatever frets behind the one you are fingering. Maybe it´s a common issue due to such a thick string, it´s an easy fix for sure though.

Thanks guys, enjoying it alot so far, probably going to open up a few more doors, and completes my little setup too :)
As for the strings, there is alittle rattle infront (very minor), but mine atleast doesn't seem to have the same prob yours had Tony, it might down to no one test playing the Left Hand models maybe, mine seems pretty well setup, both in height and intonation, and rattleless, but i'll know better once i've been using it a while longer.
Thanks again guys :thumb:

Looks smart Jam , i will have to borrow it of you sometime to give it a spin on something lol :D

Looks good and sounds good Jam' (agree with Tony about the chorus though).

Looking forward to my wife's fretless arriving soon (HAH ... NO fret buzzing at this end puny mortals! ... OR playing skills :lol:)

(HAH ... NO fret buzzing at this end puny mortals! ... OR playing skills :lol:)
Wait a minute buster, where´s your sample? Ooops, ya might be still at the beauty shop dying your hair (or whatever is left of it, :notme:) :lol::p

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Cool stuff. You guys are sure doing some good advertising for that bass, hehe. Might get me one if I didnt already have a bass guitar.
The sound ya got going there reminded me of "the awakening", les claypool style. Ya should do that one for your next sound clip! ;)

YouTube - Les Claypool - The Awakening

Thanks guys, its been good fun messing about with it this afternoon, im just thinking what song i could put it to good use on, but for once im probably gonna hold back a little while, i don't feel like making any work for myself atm :lol:
Thats a very cool clip too Naif, im not sure i'll be up playing Slap bass quite this quickly (gotta sort some decent settings out first hehe), but i'l definately get to something with it in the near future.
Thanks again everyone :thumb:

Looks smart Jam , i will have to borrow it of you sometime to give it a spin on something lol :D

Now you just know whats gonna happen there :lol:

Sounds cool mate, should have known that you would be able to play the thing straight off ya multi talented git you :D

Now you just know whats gonna happen there :lol:

Sounds cool mate, should have known that you would be able to play the thing straight off ya multi talented git you :D

lmao, well my timing is abit rough, and i'll be removing the chorus lol, but its just one of those things really, i've spent so long programming bass, and its not to much different playing it really to a guitar in tuning, in some ways it feels quite comfortable, but a good way to go as yet before i'll feel fully at home on it, im not just casting my thoughts to what i could cover with it :)
Thanks again mate :thumb:

Now you just know whats gonna happen there :lol:

Sounds cool mate, should have known that you would be able to play the thing straight off ya multi talented git you :D

My thoughts exactly! I'll be hounding you for some lessons Jamie. Market Rasen ain't that far away from me ya know! :lol: Seriously, great stuff on yours!!

Wait a minute buster, where´s your sample? Ooops, ya might be still at the beauty shop dying your hair (or whatever is left of it, :notme:) :lol::p


BTW Tony ... Ima gonna need one of your sketches for the hairdresser ... it's been so long and as the blonde's grown out now , I can't remember how it looked to give her some proper instruction anymore ... can you help me out here m8? :tard:

Are you sure it´s not the other way around? I mean showing the hairdresser my sketches? Ok, I´ll start drawing a slick manga kinda of drawing. :p :D