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  2. LukeFRC
    Except it's not a complete non starter is it? Because you're taking you time to post on a thread about a pedal that actually exists and is selling well for bass players that uses pitch detection to drive a synth engine. Is it a solution for every case, obviously not. Is it the perfect solution, clearly not for the reasons you've just explained... yet here we are with other people working around the limitations and bending the laws of physics. Some folk will decide the MXR is the perfect flavour for their band, others will use something else, or will use keyboards, or in your case you will skip synth bass sounds as you don't have space for a keybords or want to use pedals other than your multifx unit, and others will have no interest in synth bass whatsoever... the point is different people will come to different conclusions and decisions. Someone who owns the pedal the thread is about and giving opinions on how it tracks on "does your mother know" is far more interesting.
  3. Fettsman
    Price dropped. Need the space!
  4. uk_lefty started following NBD: Stingray
  5. uk_lefty
    Fretless Sterling Ray 34... Don't see many of these available. I also think this one was professionally defretted, I can't remember the lefties being available fretless. It has only arrived today but so far my thoughts: the fingerboard feels lovely, I think it's some kind of ebony. The neck profile is a bit slimmer than my US Stingray. Flatwounds sound great on it, I thought I'd need rounds of some kind but there are decent strings on it right now. Bad points: The machine heads feels a bit flimsy, will need to see how it settles. Also the preamp and pickup is nowhere near the league of my US Stingray. More discovery to be made after work
  6. W1_Pro started following Price drop! Moon JJ 4
  7. W1_Pro
    Hello, does it have a case?
  8. J66Bass
    So sorry and without arguing, why are you saying 58 , it’s a 59 , 59 usually come with the gold pick up cover , I have one in mahogany neck , this are great bass …..sorry I understand now the 58 empire wording now, great bass
  9. Leonard Smalls
    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? - Bing Crosby
  10. Mike started following Origin effects cali 76 in compressor in vintage blue
  11. Mike
    Is this available? Sent a PM a few days ago.
  12. TrevorR
    Before @cetera jumps in… Big Horizon were fantastic at Pizza Express Live - Holborn in London last night. A lovely evening of Yacht Rock, 70s West Coast pop tinged music. These guys are absolutely top of their game (which explains why the spend most of their time backing megastars on tour). Great set, great playing and what a fabulous voice Iain Hornal has! They did a couple of Jeff Lynne’s tunes (an obscure ELO one - Four Little Diamonds, and Handle With Care by The Traveling Willburys). As Jeff Lynne’s backing band for the last 10 years, they paid tribute to him and the unfortunate way the tour ended with him being too unwell to continue to his big Hyde Park retirement gig. Wonderful evening! Lee Pomeroy was a highlight, of course but watching him mangles my brain because all the strings and fingers are in the wrong place. Fab to see Gary PB and Costas there too!
  13. carlsim
    I seem to be using amps on stage less and less and this seems to be sitting around in my music room, plus add on fewer gigs for me in the interim due to personal reasons - I think it's time this went to a better home. QSC K12.2 - excellent condition and no issues. Comes with the tote bag and the locking power cable (although this is quite a short one - always meant to get a longer one!) No box or manual I'm afraid. I have a PA speaker box so will be able to look at postage but collection is preferred for obvious reasons. Postage with insurance won't be cheap in this instance. Amazing bit of kit for the FRFR route, extremely powerful and I ran it with my Microbass 3 and it gave me a punchy modern sound. I would also use it (very occasionally) as a vocal monitor as well. Presets built in for bass, this is very much the mack daddy of speakers used for bass if you are looking for a FRFR solution. The times I did use it, in front of me, wedged up, it was simple to set up, sounded great and had PLENTY of everything a bass player needs on stage. If I start doing regular gigs down the line again on stage, I will definitely be returning to one of these. I will add pictures later this evening when I get home, I jus wanted to get it listed - I won't bother adding stock pictures (it's easy to find online) and if you are looking then you know what these are and how good they are. I will highlight any scuffs or marks with pictures. I am looking to put the money into a new bass - in particular a 5 string Sadwosky Modern or Cort GB5 Modern (or something similar...) obviously I will add cash to the deal. Carl
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  14. Wolverinebass started following 1956 Fender P Bass @ Tom's Guitar Shop
  15. Wolverinebass
    I remember playing an old 50's era precision about 5 years ago. My friend had raved about how good it was. It cost at the time about 10 or 12 grand. Well, it was a piece of crap. The pickup was massively wooly and it was also clear to me that the action wasn't really going to come down in any way to a level I'd be happy with. I'm happy to say that he gets a great deal of joy out of it and of course I never said anything about my misgivings. Like everything you could say "you could buy however many basses I actually like for that!!" as a rebuttal, but in truth, it doesn't matter as long as it does it for you. I have basses I don't play much, but that's mainly because the projects I'm doing or have been doing don't suit them. Not because I'm trying to build up some massive collection to store in a temperature controlled, secirity guarded aircraft hanger.
  16. dmccombe7
    A sturdy pair of boots and he should be fine. Tell him to grow a pair and get on with the job. 😂 Seriously tho i hope he recovers soon and wish him well. Dave
  17. gary mac started following Hercules Stand
  18. gary mac
    I'm no longer gigging, so moving this on. Condition is excellent as can be seen in the photos. £30 collected. If you need it posted, just let me and I'll get a price.
  19. BigRedX
    Using pitch detection to drive a synth engine is almost always going to be a complete non-starter for bass guitarists. The laws of physics just won't allow it. The very best detection systems require at least one and a half wave cycles of clean waveform to detect the pitch, which means every note below open D is going to have noticeable latency. And remember this is the best case scenario. Any imperfections in your playing technique or signal processing before the pitch detection is going to make that detection time longer which is going to result in more latency, glitches and pitch instability. That's why to me it makes more sense to dispense with pitch detection and to instead apply Filter and VCA processing to the actual signal instead. Of course in order to do this properly your are going to need full ADSR control over both the filter and volume which will mean attack and release threshold controls and side chaining so that the clean signal can be used for the triggers and an signal with whatever effects you want to run before the filter can be processed. Also you'll limit cross mod to amplitude only and you won't be able to do oscillator sync which limits how close you are going to get to some synth sounds.
  20. bass_dinger
    I will be taking this to the local recycling centre on Saturday.
  21. bass_dinger
    I will be taking this to the local recycling centre on Saturday.
  22. chris_b
    Thanks. . . . and the weight?
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  24. Kiwi started following NBD
  25. Kiwi

    NBD

    Kiwi replied to jeffjohnson's topic in Bass Guitars

    @SteveXFR perhaps this deserves it's own thread?
  26. briansbrew
    Look forward to seeing it, if you ever get a chance try the Ernie Ball flats
  27. Inga
    actually used one of these for a small pub gig and was great worked wonders so, would recommend to anyone who wants one
  28. Homatron
    Thanks for the advice @JPJ & @Burns-bass. I'm certainly not offended! I don't have a tutor (not sure if there are any in Plymouth) but an experienced/trained friend of a friend has offered to give me some pointers. Looking forward to that in the next week or so. I'm taking it slow and steady, referring to Discover Double Bass and other resources to keep me on track. Currently loving playing over an F blues!
  29. Woodinblack
    Thats not good, it isn't a particularly a fast riff (and we play it faster because.. you know, drummers), but our cover is more like the arctic monkeys so its just distortion for me.
  30. Kebabkid
    Gary (Cetera) and I went to a Big Horizon gig last night at the Pizza Express, Holborn, so nice and intimate. For those of you that are not aware of this band, they're the backing band for ELO & Take That and they released their own material about a year ago which is in the vein of The Feeling and Yacht Rock and they're bloody excellent! Anyway, Gary and I know busy and in-demand Lee and I think most of us are aware of his bass skills and he had a great sound last night. Whilst an EBS player, he does use Kemper rack units, but last night, he had the smaller, compact Kemper Profiler and it sounded great. I just wondered if anyone here is using one of these and how does it compare to the HX Stomp? Thanks
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  31. fretmeister
    New pedal coming next week... https://www.instagram.com/p/DQ9pRjeDJci/?img_index=1 If it's a B15 and the Cab Sim is switchable I might have to find some money.
  32. eddbass started following PJB Briefcase uber-portable high-end combo
  33. eddbass
    Ideal for rehearsal and small to medium gigs. Don't let the small size deceive you. I also found the people at Phil Jones really helpful when I needed info for a small repair.
  34. Woodinblack
    How wide is the neck on those, should I ever find one at what I would consider a reasonable price?
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