Old short-scale passive Fernandes VS modern headless active Ibanez
Channel: Bikes, Vehicles & Music
Date: 24/10/2021

What the hell is going on with these Bartolinies BH2? Is it just me or everyone else are hearing them as muddy and mumbling nonsense?
Hi. It is another "apples to oranges" comparison, but I think it is fun to compare such different basses. Ibanez EHB1005 vs Fernandes FRB-45.
Everything was stock except string gauge and tuning on the Fernandes: it has an 65-130 strings and down-tuned to BEAD. Enjoy.

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Chain: Bass - SansAmp Bass Driver (Split signal to 2 channels - "wet" and DI) - E-MU0202 - TH3 (VST) [Tube Nine (mixed with clean tone over splitter) - Bass SuperTube VR - 4x10 Bass Ashes - AustriaGold414 (center over speaker)] - Sonitus EQ (VST) - Izotope Ozone (VST)

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Ibanez: 
Body - American Basswood
Neck - Roasted Maple/Walnut
Fretboard - Roasted Birdseye Maple
Scale - 34" (864mm)
Strings - D'Addario® EXL165 + .130
Pickups - Bartolini® BH2
Equalizer - Vari-mid 3-band EQ w/ EQ bypass switch (passive tone control on treble pot)
Country of Origin - Indonesia
Year - 2021

Fernandes:
Body - Basswood 
Neck - Maple 
Freatboard - Rosewood
Scale - 32" (812.8mm)
Strings - Rotosound Drop Zone | RS66LH 65-130
Pickups - VPB-2(Neck), VJB-2B(Bridge) 
Controls - 2VOL, 1TONE 
Country - Japan
Year - 1995 (?)

--------Music---------
Insinistra - The Epoch of Wrath

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0:00 - VST TH3, finger
1:11 - Ibanez in mix (VST TH3, finger)
1:42 - Fernandes in mix (VST TH3, finger)
2:13 - DI signal, finger
2:35 - SansAmp, pick