G.D.

Hi guys, I have been using a Behringer Bass Vamp Pro for a few years now, for practice and studio work it has been fine. Just recently I have been finding it a bit too metallic and digital and noisy as hell through my power amp. I like the look of the Bass Pod Pro XT and the fact I could easily swap the two with a similar set up. What I would like to know from people that use them a lot (not just tried one once in a shop set up) how noisy are they and what are the biggest drawbacks about them ? cheers for any advice GD

There's two simple ways of splitting your signal, 1. Use a splitter pedal an A/B or A/B/Y set up lets you plug your bass in to the pedal, then split it in two and run either one channel or the other or both. The benfit of this is you can run the same signal into two differetn amps or effects set ups or as I do one into my bass rig and then one into the B2M and a midi synth, I can then choose to play bass, midi synth or both at a tap of a footswitch. For your set up you could have two amps with two different settings / effects. 2. A crossover. This takes your basic signal and then divides it into frequency bands, you can then send these different frequencies to different places, for example lows to your 15" cabs and highs to your 10" ones. Most good crossovers are adjustable. I personally would go with option one - you can pick up a good new A/B/Y for about £70 or a second hand one for about £30 Hope this helps answer your question GD

I've always loved Warwick basses but I am not flush with cash so have always put up with cheaper basses. There is now a local guy selling a Warwick Double Buck for £450. It is a bit battered cosmetically but structurally intact. My big question I suppose is - is it worth going for it or for that money are there better Warwick options out there ? Any constructive advice welcome ! GD

Fantastic that was quick ! Many thanks GD

Hi, here is a link to a very short Youtube video of a band called The Eden House and my favourite bass player Tony Pettitt. He is playing through a Russian synth pedal of some type that I have never seen before and I just wondered if anyone else knew what on earth it was. Even other members of the band don't know as the manual and the pedal are all in Cyrillic (?) writing ! cheers GD [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0sJoZ_YBXI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0sJoZ_YBXI[/url]

It certainly is ! It's got about 8-10 different bass synths inside and they are only midi triggered so you use the FCB instead of your bass to sound them. Of course if you have the bass plugged in then you can still use the VAmp at the same time for live bass plus triggered bass synth mayhem ! GD