Superbass at Youtube

Dax-The-Ax · Post by **Dax-The-Ax** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:24 am

I need a little help, I saw a killer clip of someone playing Hendrix on a Metro Superbass and it was awesome. I now can't find it, can anyone here help me out?

Dax

toner · Post by **toner** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:33 am

I don't think it's a Metro but this might be the clip. ? It's good anyway.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... =superbass

yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:20 am

Yeah that's the one,great clip,though it needs a Metro logo though!
yngwie308

Hendrixnut07 · Post by **Hendrixnut07** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:56 am

Hey i think i know who that is!

Its a SLP Reissue with a Metro Superlead ptp board converted to Superbass specs. it was originally modded by Don Butler of Toneman when i got it(MM trannies, Sozo caps, etc) i blew the head a few months ago which turned out to be due to a faulty ground wire on the MM OT. one of the filter caps was bad so i replaced the filtering as well. got a Heyboer Drake 2'' OT from George and some F&T filter caps. i believe the clips i did was when i had the Mercury Magnetic transformers.

white room · Post by **white room** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 7:59 am

I like that clip!
What tubes were you using when that clip was made?

Hendrixnut07 · Post by **Hendrixnut07** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:53 pm

white room wrote:I like that clip!
What tubes were you using when that clip was made?

Thanks! tubes were JJ EL-34Ls, 2 Mullard 12AX7's and Mullard 12AT7 in the PI that are still in there.

toner · Post by **toner** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:03 pm

Hendrixnut07 wrote:Hey i think i know who that is! ...

Nice playing with a good "feel"! How long have you been playing?

knut#himself · Post by **knut#himself** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 4:39 pm

hey man could i slap that amp with my maple neck strat. i think this amp can give me enough feedback. slap that amp and you could get a much harder slap back. wow very frusciantish
awsome

Hendrixnut07 · Post by **Hendrixnut07** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:13 pm

toner wrote:
Hendrixnut07 wrote:Hey i think i know who that is! ...
Nice playing with a good "feel"! How long have you been playing?

Thanks, 10 years.

Hendrixnut07 · Post by **Hendrixnut07** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:14 pm

knut#himself wrote:hey man could i slap that amp with my maple neck strat.

yeah, think Band of Gypsies tone.

knut#himself · Post by **knut#himself** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 4:25 am

i like srv tone more but my strat with that amp would be awesome

big snappy tone that's my favorit these days

OdgeUK · Post by **OdgeUK** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:47 am

That's been one of my favourite clips for a long time. My JMP 50W sounds like that too and it's my favourite 'clean' sound. Why can no 'modern' amp give you this sound? If I could have a modern overdrive, like the Vintage Modern, but then switch to the sound of that Superbass for a clean sound, that'd be amp heaven. What is it about the old amp circuits that means only they sound like this?

Tone Slinger · Post by **Tone Slinger** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:18 am

I think it may be the simplicity of the circuit, which ='s a shorter signal path, or to some degree inefficiency in design (you know how Electrical engineers are, not leaving well enough alone). Great playing Hendrixnut! You would enjoy Carlygtr56's clips on the sound clips forum.