I know that searchers of the sound are the laughing stock of the bass-community, but what the heck; we?re a group of religious fanatics so why should we differ? I really enjoyed reading the Phil tone-thread and would like to share my memorable moment with you; it came when I plugged my 4str Epic (stringed with Pyramid Gold Flats) into a ?70s Guild Thunderbass amp powering a modrn Epifani 4x10ULcab. The sound mimicked almost to perfection the Phil-sound around autumn 1971 (as exemplified on the fantastic Dicks Picks 35). I don?t know why, I?m just happy with it. From a sound-psychology-point-of-view it shouldn?t be possible (Phil played a totally different LOUD volumes). I guess its a tiny copy of tube amp driving lots of nice speakers. And the SF2 will probably help to pinpoint the weirder tones on DP35...but for now I?m satisfied. I did the same with my Guild Starfire (with Dark Star pickups) but it didn?t work as well...it was the Alembic that did it!
Religious fanatics? There's no need to be insulting!
No there is not. I?m not aiming at offending. I?m all in there, myself! And enjoying it! And having FUN!