[Scott Reed]

Hiya. I just picked up my new (2nd) Smith on Monday... BSR5MSG... and it has the S/P switches. The salesman did a good job of explaining how they work but to be honest... I wasn't listening very closely (I was wondering how I was going to explain the new bass to my wife).

I'm interested in a more "application oriented" explanation of the system. Specifically, how the system works and when/how a player might want to employ the various settings. For example, one of the guys in the store said " By doing this <turned some knobs and flipped some switches>, you can get a good P-Bass sound and by doing this....".

I basically look for 3 tones in a night... A thicker slap tone, a vintage finger tone, and a clear solo tone.

On my BSR4J, I typically just run everything flat which is perfect for my solo tone. For the slap tone, I just boost the low end a little (very little) and for the vintage tone, I just roll a little to the neck pickup.

I have a gig tonight and want to experiment with some of the tone variations but would like to have a little idea of what to expect before I start flipping switches in the middle of a set hehe.

Thanks in advance for any input or advice.