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I didn't join my first band until I was 34.

this one is for shits and giggles After bashing a few riffs about I stumbled on one that I liked, I matched up a drum sound and pattern that I thought suited. when trying to sort it into a song format , I thought I recognised the style of of , so I ran with it its the Beef 52's Gordon Smith bass, Ibby 6 string, EZ drummer holds it together and a songlark topping the sonic experience , all slapped with a few FX and wrapped in some ozone8 I can produce a handwritten version of the lyrics on some scrap paper that might be worth millions in a few years ... only a tenner each guys

The Boss RE-202 space echo is great....it is quite pricey but the RE-2 is cheaper (or the older RE-20 is starting to get cheaper second hand). .....but I didn't actually find much use for it (and the reverb it has) with Bass, e.g. dub reggae is full of delays on just about every part of the music - apart from the Bass that stays as a solid foundation. So I do have my eye on getting one again, but to use with keys rather than for Bass. Perhaps there are certain delays (or genres) that are better for Bass though?

I've been browsing bass shops in Japan recently and I noticed the price of vintage Steinberger XL basses has gone up a lot lately.

Sounds good. Thanks Chaps I was saddened to have missed last year's one, but I did catch the on-the-day interview online with Chris Childs.

All of the above. A light valve drive and compressor are always on, then I have a couple of other, dirtier drives that I turn off and on depending on the song. My chopped OC2 takes care of sub sounds, and modulation and pitch shift come from a Line 6 M5. Squelchy fun (my least used effect) is a chunk systems Agent 00Funk and HPF at then end of the board

I bought the two vein taps Rupert was selling, completely hassle free and perfect transaction, thanks dude!

Tbh the Roland response sounds like they just agreed with you and don't actually know or really care if you can just exchange it. I think if the other patches are OK, the new one will be the same. I'll give mine a go on that patch later and see. Of course in a synth mode if the input isn't triggering the synth properly then it will cut out and sound rubbish, but even if it's dialled in perfectly the synths on it are borderline useless anyway, from memory.

Alright, own up: how many of these 14 people are Basschatters watching it for the Schadenfreude?

Sustain? We don't need no stinking sustain!

That’s the ticket, turn every note into a dead note. Jameson never needed sustain!

Beautiful bass I’d love to own one day! https://ebay.us/m/dWJpSP

Nothing too complicated,its the intro i had a problem with.

I always have a compressor and an octave on my board, and often have some flavour of drive and envelope filter. Rarely have modulation unless a specific song really needs it and it would sound wrong without. For covers that had modulation but it's not important then I don't bother.

I would suspect "stereo" wiring so that each half of the split pickup can be routed to a different amp. The rest of it? Surely it's "mojo"?I

I'm dying to come across to hear these John. I gigged in a small venue this Saturday with my band and my RCF ART745's were just way over the top and physically narrowed the stage. The volume limit was restricted by feedback so I was just carrying a lot of cabinet for no reason. My duo sound every bit as good with just the ART310's and I'm thinking a smaller rig for smaller venues with the band might be justified. We rehearse in a bigger venue than we usually gig so I've got the opportunity to try out a smaller system.