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The body of a RIC 4001/4003 is probably to skinny to accept the EverTune bass bridge. TFFT!
But if you find yourself fighting the pitch arc then the Evertune is the solution.
In terms of Evertune bass this will make it so much easier to use bass on recordings with lots of synths etc.
A lot of modern music uses programmed bass to get the consistency, and it’s common for real basses to be tuned using Melodyne to get more pitch consistency especially in denser arrangements, or where there are programmed instruments with straighter pitch arcs. Evertune bass should make it so much faster to use a real bass for that scenario. Sessions which could’ve taken a while for re-tuned punch ins/post editing could literally get done in a few takes, at least based on my experiences with the guitar version.
Also anyone who gigs in a band with a keys player will be able to more closely match their pitch, at any playing velocity
So far they’ve announced 4 and 5 string models. It’ll be interesting to hear how a low B sounds on the system, especially at 34” scale.
very unusual to hear actual instruments.
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The guitar version hugely improved my playing for non Evertune bridges too, I’m much better at intonating and controlling pitch arc musically now than I was before.
I’m very much in the why not both camp here.
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Many years ago the 2-Tek bridge was popular for about 5 minutes. It was claimed that it offered better tone, adjustability and better (traditional) tuning stability.
The problem was that it weighed a massive amount and needed big rout in the bass. It added so much weight that even on a modest bass it turned into a back breaker.
I have the same concerns with the Evertune.
I do have to say though Pitch Arc is only a problem is you aren't using proper heavy flatwounds like some sort of dilettante...
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Is this something mostly suffered by slappy muppets?
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One useful thing for bass though is it should counteract neck dive. Neck dive tends to make basses feel heavier than they are, just by distribution of weight.
I think I’d love to try one on a P bass though, or a Jazz.
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It can't make it any more in tune...
I'd like to see Evertune develop something to fix the intonation of brass instruments, played outdoors, on cold mornings, by humans who may have overimbibed from their hip flasks.
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However, after playing 4 and 5 string bass since I was about 13, I don't think I've ever had issues with bass tuning in my life. In fact, my Musicman 5 string basses were perfectly in tune after moving them (in cases) from temporary storage at a friend's house to my new house, and that was a period of 9 months and various temperatures.
This would certainly resolve that time problem leaving more time for actually playing.
The guitar version is excellent for that, and if I was in the market to upgrade / replace my usual recording guitar then I'd definitely look at something with the Evertune bridge on it just to save that time.
I saw a great vid about setting it up differently for rhythm and lead parts. When set for rhythm bent notes did not change the pitch at all. It negated the effect of inadvertent bends or pressing too hard on the board. None of that caused the pitch to go sharp.
Then set it differently to allow for bending for solos and vibrato etc, but still maintaining rock solid tuning even with string slippage from bending.
Very clever indeed.
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That's not the exact problem it's trying to solve. It's one of them, but the main one it solves is the decoupling of how hard you play and how sharp the note goes.
It's definitely possible to send a bass note sharp if you need to play it hard, and not always desirable. It's even more noticeable on a typical 34" 5 string low B.
This doesn't mean the string doesn't return to the original pitch afterwards, but would mean if your goal was to layer in a hard played sustained note with another instrument that had a flat[er] pitch arc (e.g. synth, piano) then the note would start sharp and decay flatter.
You can test this by plugging in to a tuner and playing softly, then playing hard, and watching the difference in how sharp the initial attack goes. With evertune that difference is reduced to where it basically can't be heard in use, it'll show as a few cents on the tuner on lower strings (so I'm interested to see how it works on bass) but in practical terms you could play a series of takes and they'd all sound in tune with each other, and in my experience, other instruments tuned to the same reference pitch with flatter pitch arcs.
Without evertune, if you wanted that same result for a recording, you'd have to do a lot of punch ins re-tuned for how each part is played. And even change technique to play certain notes more softly to avoid too much pitch arc. It can also correct for finger pressure on the fretboard, of which there's currently no other mechanical solution. Or, and what is currently common on bass as it's easier to get a good result with monophonic tuning, you'd tune it using something like Melodyne.
I disagree it's good practice to retune after every take, but it takes experience to know when to and when not to re-tune, and also depends on the limitation of the instrument itself and the way it's being used.
It's notoriously difficult to record a guitar perfectly in tune - in fact even evertune isn't perfectly in tune, just significantly closer to. But that's also part of the sound of guitar.
If you record a good take that's in tune enough for the style of music, and the tuning of the guitar hasn't shifted from start to end of take, then the best match for tuning is going to be doing the next take straight away. If you're not doing lots of bending and the temperature in the room is pretty consistent you can often record multiple takes without re-tuning, especially if the player is decent and the style doesn't need lots of punch ins.
With regards to setting evertune up for rhythm or lead, I find that's often not needed if the player is decent. If you set it up on the edge of where it transitions for bending it'll work for both rhythm and string bending, you'll just feel a tiny bit more pressure as you start to bend. If your fretting hand is decent then it's very hard to knock it out of 'evertuning' even with heavy picking, but you'll still be able to bend. For my own playing I've never found it necessary to turn bending off completely.
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That said I stand by every word :P
I genuinely understand the pitch variance/envelope thing, I just don’t believe it’s a real issue suffered by anyone doing anything musically interesting.
You can do in a single take with an Evertune what could require multiple punch ins on a regular guitar. And those punch ins do get done on musically interesting albums, if they’re done well you’ll never know as a listener but it does often take considerable time and effort. It’s rare to hear out of tune guitars these days though aesthetics do vary.
I don’t know what you listen to but if it’s anything in the last 10 years you may have listened to Evertune guitars without knowing.
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