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I've never had neck dive problems with my Thumb BO, but it does however weigh a lot and I find the reach to the first fret uncomfortable for some bass lines. It's interesting that you mention you don't find the reach any different to a P or J, as those are two other basses that I own and play about as much as my thumb, yet I have no discomfort with the reach to the first fret on those. Perhaps it's to do with the height of the bass on the strap? Who knows... witchcraft by the sound of things.

Having owned an NV610 for a few years now I've tried a number of different amps through it. I'm currently running a GK 800rb into it and I've got no intentions of changing that any time soon. I've always been very impressed with the clarity and definition I get from this cab, even when I'm running all kinds of dirty sounds into it. I imagine you'll find pretty much any half decent amp will sound good through this cab, as long as you're not looking for a particularly hifi tone. [quote name='obbm' timestamp='1360785297' post='1976573'] When I owned this cab I used an Orange AD200B which gave a great tone. [/quote] I used to run the same setup, it sounded incredible - especially with a p bass.

I heated up a couple of plates in the oven the other day, which is something I do regularly because our kitchen is always near freezing. I left the plates in a bit too long, grabbed them out of the oven and it took what seemed like a good few seconds to realise they were very hot, leaving me with large blisters on my index and middle finger tips of my fretting hand. Whoops! I won't be doing that again in a hurry.

My current scruffy looking setup. These pedals have been the mainstays on my board for a couple of years, other pedals get swapped in and out as I need them. The Barge loop is only used for the Bass Octave Deluxe as I prefer the sound of it in the loop and it's useful being able to blend the octave into the mix. I recently purchased a Diago 18v adapter for the Bassdrive, I should have done this 6 years ago when I bought the pedal, it seriously makes a difference to it. [IMG]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b79/edsnell/bdaf9180-8e19-4006-8cc4-c10df646dfaa_zpsdc0e8f27.jpg[/IMG]

(Topic date 01/03/2007) PM'd

that sounds great, I'd be very interested to give the Monarch a go thanks!

Fantastic Wal bass 1981 great condition £3500

[quote name='AKAK' timestamp='1360334110' post='1968848'] Thanks for the replies. Budget is not really an issue now as I have learnt that with music equipment price really does make a difference in terms of quality. I would much prefer to save to purchase an effects that I will keep for ever than purchase one only to be and change it a few months down the line. I am a relative newbie so I am unsure the difference between the digital,analog or analog voiced delays. Can you kindly explain Gaz? I am going to have a look at the Boss pedal and the DOD you both mentioned. [/quote] You'll find with delay pedals that prices often reflect the features, more expensive doesn't necessarily mean better. It really depends what features you're after. As Gaz mentioned, your best bet is to check out video reviews/demos - and the MXR Carbon Copy and Boss DD3 are a great place to start with understanding the tonal difference between digital and analogue.

[size=4][quote name='discreet' timestamp='1360325973' post='1968603'][/size] You need to state a price. Forum rules. [/quote] You're gonna have to find that info yourself through ebay and gumtree, soz.

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1360324626' post='1968565'] So, um, how uh does it weigh? [/quote] Normal kind of bass weight, about the same as a large cat.

Come on people of the basses for sale forum, put a bit of effort into your ads. You wouldn't believe the difference it makes to take a little time with sorting out some nice photos and a proper description. This isn't aimed at anyone in particular, but as daily browser of the for sale forum these lack lustre ads are becoming too frequent. And the forum rule on stating a price - how hard is this to comprehend? The classifieds section of this website is a privilege, treat it as such! *grumble over*

This is really difficult stuff to quantify. I've always played in bands that have been very open to suggestions and improvising new ideas (I wouldn't do it any other way) so ideas for songs often come about in different ways. One thing I've always found since writing my own music is that I'll go through a period of time of producing loads of ideas, then perhaps months of coming up with nothing. I tend to use those months of 'nothing' to develop the ideas that I came up with before.

Try going up one gauge of strings, it should solve the problem you're talking about and save you a lot of money. You may even find that just swapping your E string for one gauge thicker will sort it. I used to play in a band that played in CGCF and I found the best solution to getting a balanced feel close to that of how I like standard tuning was to use a custom set of strings with 115-85-65-45 gauges (I usually use 40-100 for standard tuning).

Nice review What cab are you running your 800RB through at the moment? I'm in a similar situation to you, I had an Orange AD200B but it wasn't quite right for me and I replaced it with an 800RB (which is a stark contrast in tone). You're doing a good job of selling this pedal to me, even though I know that isn't your intention!

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1359974857' post='1962608'] Were you aware that Flea said he heard Eric Avery and it made him realise he was overplaying so he revised his style for BSSM to make his bass lines simpler but with more rhythmic impact? [/quote] From watching Funky Monks is appears that Rick Rubin tamed the Flea for that album too.

It's really interesting seeing what people are coming up with here This is a tough though, I guess these two albums have had the greatest influence on my playing Tool - Aenima For the melodic style of the bass parts that move the songs to new places. Dysrhythmia - Barriers and Passages For the aggressive bass tone and rhythms. ... I wish I was half as good as those players though!

[quote name='Badass' timestamp='1359633414' post='1957850'] Wow way more 2 x 12 than I thought seem to be in use, and that's one cab I've never tried. [/quote] I'm surprised by this too, I reckon Barefaced might have something to do with this!

I've always used wax on the neck of my Warwick thumb bolt-on to keep it in good health, although I didn't realise Warwick themselves actually say you don't need to. The neck feels great, very smooth satin feel to it. My bass is a 98' wenge neck thumb bolt on, which is the same material as the neck on the NT model I think? I tend to give it a couple of coats of wax when I clean it, with one cloth the apply a layer of wax, leave it for 5 to 10 mins and then remove any residue with a clean cloth, then do it again.

[quote name='jimbaby' timestamp='1359798293' post='1960361'] I have a Bronco and love it, they can be upgraded quite easily, the tuners are a bit suspect but since I restrung and did a wee setup it has faithfully stayed in tune, cheap as chips as well. [/quote] Broncos are great fun to play, really cool sound to them too.

Did anyone catch Spin Doctors on their recent tour? I saw them in Leeds at the Brudenell, which was quite odd as they're clearly used to playing much bigger stages. This wasn't my choice of gig, my girlfriend bought tickets and forced me to go (with violence). I'm glad I went, seeing Mark White and the drummer (name?) was great, Mark seems to have an effortless sense of groove and as a rhythm section they absolutely nailed it. His bass sound was awesome and it looked like he was running a very simple setup of some kind of custom red and white jazz bass into hartke rig, there may have been an octave pedal hidden on top of his amp that he used in a couple of tracks but I couldn't see.

I do the opposite to Doddy because I use compression to tidy up the clean bass signal, so it sits at the beginning of my chain. Just have a play around with it and see what you prefer the sound of, there's no right or wrong way to do it.

[quote name='pantherairsoft' timestamp='1359584770' post='1957234'] Thanks dude. Yeah, that certainly have something special going on. I aim to do a similar interview with Nick as well later in the year. [/quote] That would be an interesting read. I'm gonna have to give Drugs To The Dear Youth a listen now with all this Tera Melos talk [size=4] [/size]

Just read your Nathan Latona interview Shep. Good stuff dude It's cool to read about some of the ideas behind his sound as Tera Melos seem to have a pretty unique approach to music.

Quite possibly the best comparison of bass and guitar ever: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5iG11s-dok[/youtube]