rmshaw37

they are cracking ideas bud! always thought about a loop engager, but to switch on the whole line of pedals!

such a simple but effect-ive (moan) way to do it!

thankyou

we play a venue called MFN near eastwood in the midlands, and evry single band that goes there complains about the sound guy, to the point where people dont go because even the best bands sound crap! they have an awesome system, but to drum up local interest, we have to spread the word that we're taking our own engineer, but of course it takes our engineers a couple of hours to accimatise to the system cause the £50 a night engineer as mucked it all up!

shame really cause the owner was a member of a famous band, so has the awesome system, but refuses to pay for a decent engineer! weird

i'm much the same matey, scouring the forums on here is definately bad for me! so much GAS but then i roll up to practice, and can't fault my gear!

i'd still like to upgrade my squire affinity jazz, but it can wait as i dont gig it!

just when i play different venues and my sound changes radically and with horrible stages and horrible shaped rooms, sometimes you have to wonder!

highly interested in this myself - i have the affinity jazz - gorgeous to play but bought it to do up, considering emg and badass bridge, let us know please someone
(i didnt have the £900 to start with though!)

pm'd

so what sort of stuff are you gonna play in your band?? if its one guitar then go jazz route, you'll fill the sound much more, but if theres 2 guitars, you can sound lower with a precision style, if looks arent an issue, dont worry about sound!

from your pic of flea, i'd assume you'll be playing similar stuff! (so jazz esque route!)

amp wise, starting out, you just need to bear in mind that you need AT LEAST 100 watts to get over the drummer! but tbh you have to spend a serious amount of money before you get into quality amps. i'd get one with an extension cab option so if in future you can push it that little bit more! a cheap amp with something like a sansamp pedal will go a long way though!

as always, this type of thing is individual choice, and best way is to get out there and see what you like!

dont know about the rest of you but i wish i'd have had basschat when i started out!

hi there, i have a morley pro 2 wah/volume/distortion pedal, i love the wah and the distortion sounds! but when i play live there is a problem.

i wear new rock boots, and those tiny little switches are too close to the expression pedal and does not allow for quick changes before i run off to do the entertaining bit, just wondered if theres a way to mod it so it kicks in the distortion at the same time as the wah, and possibly could it be modded to become switchless?

if its too much of a ball ache, could someone recommend a wah that is switchless, and flicks on the distortion at the same time - as i only ever use the wah with distortion!

cheers basschatters!

i have a shuttle 6 - i found it to be awesome! i will agree with the preamp though

i use a sansamp rpm rackmount, plus tuner and soon wireless! the shuttle sits on top of these purely for a power amp and i havent found a situation where this aint powerful enough!

yes it does look a bit daft sat on top of a stack, but the shallow rack makes it look less so!

i've never got on with hartke stuff, but never really tested thoroughly!

as always, its down to personal preferance, but i find the weight savings worth soooooooo much!

best of luck with the choice!

i dont mind doing the bodywork!

thom is a really nice guy, check out his stuff from james warner prophecies, and our stuff (NG26)

really pleased with the bass as i was looking at one on auction, but it went too high for my budget!

the maverick was really nice but from the sounds of it, the trade worked to our individual needs better!

cheers

last 15" driver i swapped was an eminence kappa 15a - gorgeous peak about 2k which is ace for finger style!!

we rarely play covers, but the ones we do have in the bank, it helps me to have a:

boss bf2 flanger for thin lizzy stuff
morley wah/volume/distortion for early metallica
digitech chorus for gnr!

i do use effects for original stuff, but very rarely can be arsed to take the board to gigs, i like my space!

message sent!

lovely swap possibility!

i was sat down when i bought it! it sounds incredible, but discovered when i stand up to play it, the neck feels like a baseball bat!

will really suit someone, just wasted in my bedroom!

let me just say, all these things are true!

but the 2 biggest things about MY rig (which to my ear is massive) is 15" and sansamp

went from a 410 to a 115 and everyone in the practice room on the first song just smiled!! such a change and the guitarish has a full sound - its a bass - go lower!!

plus the sansamp rpm is amazing and THE best £300 i've every spent! no experience with other sansamp stuff, but the touch of distortion it gives fills the whole sound out too!

we're sorting the album atm, so i cant show you the sound just yet, but trust me - any bass with these 2 things sounds (my take on) MASSIVE!

TRADED

hi there, i LOVE my rig

its a gene simmons punisher (no hating please, i just thought the active emgs might have an affect on cab selection)
sansamp rpm
genz benz shuttle 6 (only use the power section, sansamp is the pre and DI)
ampeg 115e

i absolutely adore the 115 tone, it has all the lows that the big 410hlf and 810 DO NOT HAVE TO MY EARS!!
plus the slight click to distinguish notes, plus the gorgeous 2k boost that i love and defines my sound!

when i play the smaller gigs, i cant hear myself without turning WAY up (much the the disapproval of the guitar player) i think this may be due
to standing close to the cab, and theres not always the ability to stick the cab next to my ear.
ideally i want another cab to stick on top of it, so i can hear myself as evenly as possibly wherever i stand on the non monitor gigs!

i have tried in ears, and besides them not staying in due to sweat and headbanging, it totally removes the atmosphere and essentially everything we love about playing live!!

should i be going for a 210? another 115? a wedge monitor powered by my amp in front of me? any advice greatly appreciated!!


plus i have a warwick infinity nt5 for sale (mint condition, just dont get on with it live and wasted in my bedroom) any offers, contact me on [email protected]

i use the ampeg 115e, and from my experience and everyone saying 15s dont give you punch, its THE best cab i've played through, i will not get rid of mine, and considering getting another (purely aesthetic reasons) the full range of this thing is incredible.

my rig is a ampeg 115e, power section from genz benz shuttle 6, and pre is sansamp rpm

i have always found ashdown to be really boring sounding and flat, personal opinion of course, but the ashdown 410, even paired up with the ashdown 115, just does not compare to the bite, growl, and clarity that the 115e gives me!

but you might disagree - just check that its loaded with the eminence kappa 15a, dont know if mine was altered to that as i bought it second hand!