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I didn't say, I'm all good for the date change. Sadly, everyone else's eardrums won't be afterwards.

Does everyone hold the new BB235 in equally high regard? I would like a backup P/J 5er and always had a soft spot for BB’s. It’s either that or a Sire I think. Si

Sounds reasonable. I got the Wonderlove for similar and the GR2 for around £150. Both actually from guitar players.

It’s absolutely unplayable on 5-A&C. 5-A in particular. As I say, I can easily live without them, but I want to be sure it’s not a faulty unit. I absolutely love the thing! Now I just need a Bass with a front mounted Jack. Why oh why do my favourite Guitar (Tele) & Bass (Stingray) have the jack in such an awkward place?

Glad you're recovered and making your way back through the material! Happy to offer any insights as questions come up.

Another lovely Haden part, this once from the next Scofield album from 1992, 'Grace Under Pressure'. The track is called 'Honest I Do' and is in 3:4 time. Not too difficult but a gorgeous tune nevertheless. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/honest-i-do-john-scofield/

And if a single voice on BVs isn’t enough do what they did years ago and get 2 different mics, tape them together and eq them a bit differently, make said one voice bigger.

Edited, cheers.

Yes, I'm just being mischievous. If you were curious you could do a search for his content but it has no TE specific relevance, more a sense of a chap with an enormous chip on his shoulder. I wouldn't recommend it.

Interesting. I think, by the standards of this forum I've really not owned that many instruments, so I don't have the best sample size. Plus two of them are headless, so the potential for dead spots is more or less eliminated. It's entirely possible that there was a honking great dead spot on, say, my pawnbroker 1980s Yamaha fretless, but I wouldn't have noticed because that thing (and my ability to play it) was essentially one big dead spot.

Please do!

Mostly an Aguilar TH350 these days.

ive sent you a private message

yeah I am making some assumptions and general collectivisms but on balance it's probably a fair call complete rained out again here so I might go find the L2 and the old Bass Player USA magazine ads get some photos in this glorious thread

It certainly looks good and I think it’ll be even better up close, very cool

yeah, fortunately I was in a position to make it happen. I only currently have the photos from the advert, im yet to see it in the flesh

That’s brilliant, well done, it’s great when something comes along that you’ve wanted for a long time and especially something that doesn’t come up very often , hopefully you’ll share some pics when you’re ready

Thanks - that was fun! Talented guys, no doubt. The Albert Lee appearance was nice as well!😝

And of course you don't actually need to build off the root. In major keys, you can get some very interesting harmonies by building off the 3rd or 5th of the chord, and in minor keys you'll find you have to build off the root of the relative chord or you'll get some horrendous clashes. It's important to treat a harmoniser pedal like an instrument (a keyboard would be a good comparison) rather than a pedal. You need to understand how it works, and then experiment with it to find the settings you need. To make that happen, either record your singing so that you can play it back and listen properly, or find a collaborator prepared to fiddle with the settings while you sing.

yeah I took the plunge.. i've wanted one for 25 years maybe. missed a couple over the years.. and they don't seem to be coming down in price like most things.

thanks for that - helpful indeed I paid sweet fa for the Proton , maybe 50UK pounds the Wonderlove is 240 is UK Pounds so it's not bad finance ( I tell myself)

i use a very light .6 or .73 nylon plectrum , palm mute squish compression then filter or filter then heavy limiting I'm not good at using words to describe sounds or tones - but it's like a Thwack sound , lol I like what you did, creative, very good.

Hi Kevin, first up there's nowt wrong with a single harmonising BV ... it seemed to work pretty well for Simon & Garfunkel. 🤣 On harmoniser pedals, though, the only limiter is your own imagination. The one I use offers eight different settings in each key, so straight away that's a lot of options. If the song is in A and that's the root note being played then yes, it's likely that LV will be singing an A and your harmonies will be built off that same root. No action is needed though, since the harmoniser will probably be generating three notes (A, C and E perhaps) with a combined volume equal to a single voice. Plus the BVs will be set lower in the mix. The A that you contribute will likely be about 1/5th as strong as the LV's A.