Hey Ben,
I have a few questions about your bass rig with Incubus:
1) Is this Bass a custom model?
2) If it is a custom model, what’s built into it?
3) What bass effects do you use, I know you have an Octave, Chorus, and a Distortion, but what brands and models.
4) What gauge are your strings?
Thanks man!
-Ehren
That bass is a Lakland prototype. They built it with a 35″ scale and originally intended it to be strung with the lower 4 strings of a 5 string set (B,E,A,D). I tried it out because I wanted a bass with more tension on the strings for pick playing and drop-D tuning. I strung it up with flatwounds and tuned it to standard (E,A,D,G). The extra inch on the neck makes the strings considerably stiffer and it resonates like a piano. It’s very loud and very clear down to the lowest notes and has amazing definition in the lower frequencies. The pickups are passive Lindy Fralin single coil J’s. I prefer passive electronics in my basses. The strings I use are GHS Precision Flats 45-105. Lakland made 3 more of those basses and I plan on taking them on the road this summer with Incubus. Two of the new ones have Joe Barden pickups and one has the new Lakland Chi-Sonics.
The effects I use on stage are an Emma Transmorgrifier Compressor, Ibanez CS9 Chorus, Boss OC2 Octave, and a Fulltone Bass Driver. I also have a Boss TU2 tuner in front of everything.
Thanks Ehren,
-Ben