tried one american guy's monster cable while his group were in malaysia. my cable didn't work at that time, so he let me use his, can't hear the difference though, but certainly all the idle noise are gone la . I think suj has quite a few also . wondering wat's he up to these few days...

Totally agree with you. If i wanna buy expensive cable also, i look for the gaya gaya ones only... well not really, i look for ropes . Are ropes generally more durable than normal cables? My cables spoil so often, i need to look for really durable ones, not really good sounding ones, coz all that signal preservation watever nonsense really makes no sense to me whatsoever. So are ropes generally better? or u guys have any other Economical alternatives? .


wooooooo, the raptor is back!!! woohoo! we miss ur presence la, when u dont post, i also malas wanna post, chewah .
Btw, wat bass u sold off? (hmmm, i must not covet)

Raptor and his seductive tone...

Greetings! welcome welcome, . We're all pretty adorable ppl, so u should enjoy ur time here.
Do look at Warwick Corvette Std, too bad the swee lee sale had just ended 2 weeks ago.. . Don't worry, i missed it too.
Should be a great buy if u're getting it from singapore .
Another alternative would be a typical fender P-bass, maybe a japanese made one. I'm not good at giving suggestions, but i tried my best , assuming u were once a musicman dude trying to look at the world in a different perspective . Other threaders should have better suggestions, definitely, i'm absolutely inferior to all of them here .

Ibanez BTB205? should fit pretty nicely in your budget and still have quite a few extra cash left . But for me, if i have rm2000, i wud wait to see if anyone is selling a second handed fender precision or a fender jazz . do look at OLP also, they're really good, erm, well, some of them. I've tried one that is really really bad, one dat is OK, and one dat is really really good (so good, i almost accidentally took it back from the jam studio) . So make sure u try first. Do drop by @ JS music jalan imbi. The nicest music storepeople u will ever come across. . I'm sure crazychris would testify to dat.

P.S. back to my question, are rope cables like fender rope generally better in terms of durability? Or do they make it just for show? .

U-djinn: Nice bass... saw it on jamtank. . ur j-retro is so tempting .

Happy 2008 indeed, my fellow low end assasins .

May 2008 be a year where you receive lots of bassing goodies from your parents, loved ones, etc. May it be a year where all of your bass needs are met, especially in the area of tones, lines, techniques and stuffs. May you continue to find new possibilities in your daily GAS for newer and more different sounding stuffs than what you already have, even though you don't really need them. May all your strings stay intact, all your necks in proper bend, and all your fingers in one piece (as in, 5 left fingers, and at least 3 right fingers for obvious reasons). Have a great low end 2008 my dear low end sifus, even though u guys are extremely cruel in the area of intimidation.... I forgive yall, for it drives me to learn, learn, and LEARN! . So, thanks guys, without u guys, how boring can bassing be?

lol, petro, look at my new year blessings which include a implication of GAS . btw, eugene, i dun cetak money u know . hw much u bought ur j-retro ar? sorry if dat's a sensitive question, can choose not to answer it if u're not too comfortable. Cos it's like saying "hey, i bought my wife for rm XXXX". (oh no, im being lame again... sighs, sorry guys).

haha sorry ya guys, long time no post, post time no long, anyone going for the smv tour in singapore? i'd be really jealous

dr high beam really makan fret like mad ar? anyone using it here?

tham full setup nw how much ar? take how long to complete?

mr bassraptor, are u free this friday? would like to buy gotoh bridge from u if u dun mind me dropping over

p.s. sorry ar nzx, promised to get from u ur ep, until nw dun have the chance, still got ar? beribu ribu ampun

U can get a DR high beam set 4 strings for rm105 from js music

anyone here knows where to get gotoh bridge? since sujesh ran out of it

im not sure if that's the cheapest range, but i consider that very cheap for a set of dr. the 5 string version would probably set u back around rm130. but it's definitely worth it. considering that im using a rm75 daddario prism that only sounds bright for a little less than a month. after that, dead strings, brader! if u dun mind dead strings like some of the forummers here, then go for daddario, no offence to bassix, the daddario fan .

dr's brightness would probably last more than 3 months, sometimes 6, reboiling it after that would return the brightness for another month or 2 months.

a lot of shops in malaysia dat don't have dr would recommend rottosound, anyone tried that before? they say it's quite good, rm90 for a 5 string set if im not mistaken.

Boiling bass strings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st9i_0SVzHQ

well, if u dont mind dead strings, get a d'addario, lasts quite long, my previous prism lasted more than a year of constant playing until the A string gave way a day before a band competition, haha. And don't boil your strings, it only brings back the brightness at the cost of the strings' durability.

I'm not sure how long does a DR last though, but apparently they are known to be able to withstand very high amount of tension.

prism discontinued model already, if i'm not mistaken, but you can still find them in quite a number of music stores in malaysia.

they are wat d'addario call as the brightest strings on the market. well, after a week of usage it's definitely not .

btw, nimrod, have u sent ur bass to tham before? wat bass are u using?

walaueh, rbx 5 tali called poor, i lagi poor la, hehe. mine is a sx jazz bass, i think u can check out the flash us thread somewhere on the musician forum for some cuci mata or to generate some GAS.

tham is a guitar specialist (is he a luthier?), specializes mostly in fret leveling and refreting and all those bass/guitar setup stuff, coz i heard u wanna setup your bass? send to him, he's the preferred guy to do the job, search for his contact, should be able to find it somewhere in the forum.

similar thing to what u're doing, i'm playing as a christian musician, either in church or in a band

haha, i hope this is not turning into our conversation, later i kena whack from the whacker

straits baptist malacca, salted fish,

what songs as in genre? hmmm, i dunno eh, quite hard to tell, just hantam ajer la, hehe

haha nimrod, be careful yea, whacker is on the prowl for forum spammers, like me . kena whack time, very painful u knw

Btw, anyone know how much does a tom araya signature ltd with emg-esp pickups worth? TA-200

also the F255fm, i think lordie knows about it, and where are they made in yea?

This post has been edited by foogie: Oct 26 2008, 12:04 AM

thanks for the info


Craftsmans are really good, tested 2 of the basses on sale at CK music, altho it lacks much of the fender traditional tone IMO, i find its tone a rather unique modern-tone like sound, wont compare it to my sx coz they both sound very different, but it sounds.. i can tell u.... awesome, easily better than my friend's ltd f5e (hehe, cannot compare passive and active eh?). i'm also planning to get one of these craftsman in 2 weeks' time, crazy promo nw in CK music, line6 lowdown studio 110 (75watts amp), the craftsman FJB105, korg tuner, gig bag, strap and cable, all for just rm1190.

SR300 is quite good, just a bit expensive

woah, here got dealers or not? if got, cant wait for the singapore end year sales! muahahaha. thanks for the heads up lordie!

gas'ing? haha (Gear Acquisition Syndrome -ing) lol

haha, gear acquisition syndrome la .

but ur version damn creative sial,

erm, aguilar tone hammer?

Anyone know where to get it in malaysia or singapore? and how much

olp mm2 ar, shud be a bit pass rm1000 if i'm not mistaken, used to be can get from js music, nw dunno where to get, i dun think they carry olp anymore. some mm2s are good tho, but the one i tried, really disappointing... but im sure most of them sounds awesome, just i a bit unlucky


a normal bass effect would just colorize the tone, not change it, but outboard or onboard preamps like audere, aguilar or sansamp do change the tone drastically, especially if u're using a passive bass, since they technically converts ur passive bass to an active one .

haha, made a mistake of researching too much until js music stopped carrying them the last time i went there to get it . was seriously thinking of an onboard preamp though, but to put on my sx? i was like, sigh.. maybe an outboard one wud be better, nw eyeing the aguilar


craftsman jazz basses from ck music, too bad u missed out on their recent sale, u can get a very very good line6 75 watts amp along with the bass + gig bag+korg tuner+ cable and strap for just rm1050, i got it and, let me just say, the amp and the bass pair would easily beat a 100watter behringer or ibanez bass amp + sx bass.

for the bass itself would be around rm6xx . the amp's original price is rm1050 though, but u can find online for rm850 around there.

i wud highly recommend the craftsman way more than the sx, although sx has much better build quality, the craftsman's sound pawns it easily.