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So long as Mrs C's car makes it from Tunbridge Wells to Littlehampton, we'll be there. With some friends from Worthing who we've not seen in ages.

[quote name='Jamesemt' post='124332' date='Jan 21 2008, 07:37 AM']Problem is finding 2x10s @ 4 Ohms... I know Markbass do one for £400. Any others?[/quote] Bill's own omni10s

[quote]The amount of compression is either preset or varies in conjunction with other parameters on the CS-3[/quote] Good point - As far as I can tell from using mine, its the second option - I THINK the sustain knob lowers the threshold and increases the level to compensate (even though there's a separate knob for this) as "sustain" goes up.

The CS-3 as standard is noisy and will butcher your tone. With the opto mod it's a lot better (but not perfect - I'd say it now performs as well as most things upto around the £150 mark) if you want less noise, more bass and more of a compressor sound. The sustain trick with compressors is just that - a trick - you need to compress your signal to quite a low level so that the strong signal when you initially play a note is reduced to the weak signal at the tail end of your sustain. The using the level knob, boost the whole thing to your normal (uncompressed) signal level - hey presto massive sustain. If you want to even get near to doing this and not sounding compressed you'll need to spend a lot on a fully featured comp with all the variables - level, threshold, ratio, attack, release etc etc covered.

HOW EMBARASING!...........One Blonde, one Brunette..............................both in the same outfit Seriously, two gorgeous 3TSB Ps. Seriously considering an SX and selling on the MIM P I've just acquired

Might just pop along. Can visit some old friends in Worthing on the way. Might even drag them along too.

[quote]I would very much like to try the F1[/quote] +1 Saw one in a shop last month (one of the Denmark Street ones, can't remember which), but due to being on an office xmas binge couldn't pop in. Have vowed to return in the near future.

Just a feeler at the mo to see if anyone's interested. Story so far.......... we're an alt/rock band doing covers and originals. One of our guitarists has moved oop north and despite trying to continue with the band has just dropped by the way over the months, the other guitarist is getting the push due to spending all his cash on pedals when he hasn't even got an amp of his own (he's been borrowing an old amp from our drummer). For once, guitarists seem to be a bit thin on the ground, so I was wondering if their are any bassists about and free and I'd move over to guitar (again).

I've managed most of the usuals at one time or another (forgetting strap, leads, batteries retuning after a dropped-D numebr etc) but my favourite was by my band's last guiatrist - the night before our first gig (and after weeks of rehearsal) he decided to find and learn new tabs for about half the covers in our set. GRRRRRRRR

It should work - one option I've was considering was once considering was the EBS into PA for gigs and into a BFM Omni 10.5 with a power amp built in for practice and rehearsals and any small gigs.

can I ask which Crown? Be good to see a fellow BCer in action.

It sounds like you may have a resonance problem - check your eq, try new strings, perhaps get the nut looked a by a competent tech. By all means get a limiter or compressor (or a comp with infinity:1 ratio at one end of the dial and an immediate attack so you've got both tools in one box). Personally I think compression is to bass what distortion is to guitar (I said personally NB those that don't like compression )

Damn, forgot to take a "before" sound clip.

I've just done monte allum's opto mod on the boss cs3. 17 components replaced and it's transformed Much more transarency, much less noise, real squish, bass comes through (after changing about 5-6 components there was masses of bass) and the attack knob finally does something . Proper review to follow shortly, with sound clips. For less £50 all in I'm extatic (pedal was bought off ebay). I went for the opto plus kit but the plus stage (replacing one of the chips) is going to have to wait until I've got a better pencil tip soldering iron. It's supposed to be even more transparent and quiet, but even as is I'm .

I worked out how to change strings on a Warwick without breaking the Just-A-Nut II. I learned that I've wasted loads of time and money over the years constantly trading instruments when I should have invested in a decent amp rig (GAS resolution for 2008) I realised that if the bassist and drummer don't gel musically then the band is never going to groove.

[quote name='BassManKev' post='112538' date='Jan 2 2008, 07:49 PM']i bought the stock one for £28, does exactly what i want, cant imagine preferring the modded version over it[/quote] Great! You're happy with yours, I'm happy with mine

Just got the Humphrey Audio Modded Badder Monkey - its a great OD (and even better for £50)

I went for one of these on the strength of Steve's review. It arrived this morning and I've just managed to spend 30 minutes getting acquainted. Sound-wise I'm IMPRESSED! At the price it's an amazing tone. IMHO you'd need to spend at least double to get an improvement in tone. A nice valvey warmth through the gain range. I wouldn't say it's exactly tube like but it definitely doesn't sound solid state fuzzy. The low and high frequency controls are useful too. Really looking forward to next rehearsal so I can tie down "my" tone. Hardware wise - the Digitech case is built like a tank. I had the chassis apart this morning to look at the standard of Humphrey's work. I could spot two replaced components, but they're nice clean soldering jobs - I had to go looking for them, and they were only noticeable because the rest are uniform production line joints. The only place where this pedal loses points is when the case was put back together at Humph's one wire was trapped in the chassis joint, tearing a bit of the sleeve (not baring the wire, but could easily have done so). Overall 9/10.

A whole 1! Band got together in february - first gig in july - then a break for summer holidays - the drummer left, swiftly by gitarist (sic) in September. Found new bods in October - other gitarist (again, sic) went AWOL soon after. Found another guitarist - next gig booked for 8th Feb.

Badder Monkey has just been delivered - looking forward to having a play with it after work. Another review to follow later.

I've got a Corvette, but I voted thumb. When (or rather if) I've got the cash I'm having a 32" Thumb BO.

Right, just finished updating to opto spec (plus stage is still to be done) but I'm really happy with it as is. If anyone is thinking about doing this mod and is reasonably competent with soldering iron (or has a mate who is - DO IT!) Review to follow when I've been able to try it at VOLUME

+1 On Peavey being heavy. I used to live in Manchester and had a TNT combo. After gigs I could leave it on the pavement and no one would try and nick it.

[quote]Pro Tools is just, IMHO, the best sequencer available[/quote] One of the best - some of the others have caught up when comes to handling audio (unless your talking "proper" protools HD - which is peerless for recording IMHO) Just steer clear of Cubase (unless you wanna make generic dance music)