Fretless Bass Guitars

Guitars, keyboards, bass

I am a bassist that plays a fretless electric upright bass and sings background vocals in several bands. Because I have to look at my fingerboard regularly to check my intonation, it's hard to use a traditional stand-mounted mic. I got a Shure SM-35 headworn condenser mic (phantom power required), but needed a way to turn the mic off when I was not singing. After looking at several switches, I bought this one and used it at a gig last night. It worked exactly as advertised - no noise, no popping, no problems. The only issue I had was a difficulty plugging in the mic itself - the input on the Power Mute was very tight and it took a rather strong attempt to get the XLR connector in to make a good connection and locked. It could just need a break-in period, but that was the only problem I had with it.

bass cab, toms, vocals, guitars. it's a classic

Mogami cables are what I use between my console, interface and instruments (Guitars & Bass).

...so far anyway! I own 3 Ibanez bass guitars, 1405e , tbt705 and tbt706. I always found other tuners (snark in particular) fail to pick up low B. I had to use harmonic at 12 fret to tune my B string with all other tuners. Not anymore! This Tunano tuner picks it up right away. Its small, unobtrusive, very responsive, no moving parts to fail. Great design concept. Very happy bass player!

This compressor is quite amazing. It does a great job for guitars, vocals, bass and about anything I tested with. Don't let the low price fool you. I replaced the tubes with tung-sol and it really sounds great!

I wanted a inexpensive bass a that was versatile, sounded great and had a sharp look. So I looked around at basses in the same price range and could not find one that had better reviews or had more to offer than this bass. I knew Ibanez makes excellent guitars all around, even the cheaper ones. I bought it without putting my hands on it and hoped for the best. I am very glad I did. It looks great right out of the box and had a really solid feel. Nothing about it looks or feels cheap. I was impressed. It has an excellent feel and plays great. Anyone who has played a lot of guitars will tell you this is the most important thing. It's gotta be fun to play and this bass is. My fingers move without effort over the frets and my palm moves smoothly up and down the neck. Great action and a tight response from the strings by finger or pick. Plus it stays in tune longer than any bass I've ever owned. The sound is very versatile. I can take it from very clean jazz style to heavy, dirty rock stuff with just my playing style. When I really exploit the active pick-ups it really expands the sound pallet. I really can get any tone for any style I want very easily. I think anyone who wants a excellent bass for a cheap price should look no further.

This product is great. Its compact and built well. Fits both acoustic and Electric guitars as well as bass.

I am getting great use out of the interface: tracking guitars, bass, analog synths and vocals. The 4k button adds a noticeable character to all of the above. The best bus powered interface I've come across yet.

I bought this last week to accompany the L1 Model 2 and the B2 Bass Bin and couldn't be happier with it. Simply being able to run guitars direct in with no pre-amps is fantastic; a guitar and a pedal will run straight into this thing and sound fantastic. Not to mention the tone matching for the various types of guitars and mic profiles. Independent fx's across each channel, what more could you ask for. Wouldn't hesitate to snatch this off the shelf if you pondering it.