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[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1339073392' post='1683241'] We're not all career musos, some of us just play for fun and don't count the change; it's horses for courses. If it doesn't work for you, don't do it; if it does, fill your boots. [/quote] Surely the basic idea of bands doing the rounding up makes a lot of sense - for bands with a smaller fanbase (or maybe even no real 'fanbase' yet, just a few mates), if a few bands play together you might get a couple of hundred people together pretty easily, and that's a gigs' worth, and who knows, maybe a chance to make some real fans. if a 'promoter' is taking a big cut, that's the silly part. Just take out the middle man - get together as bands, hire the venue and do it yourself.

Got one of those inbred cattle pedals. No.... catalinbread, that's it. Sent at first opportunity, Extremely stress-free deal. Many thanks!

My OKKO Basstard went Jose's way... Kept me informed at every stage (even when he was [i]thinking [/i]about buying it... ) and we had a good chat. Smooth deal, great guy, deal with confidence!

Friendly transaction on Zoom's latest and greatest - wouldn't hesitate to recommend. Many thanks!

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1337445190' post='1660183'] since I have a distortion that suitable and I like no point changing, [/quote] Quite right too... find one that's pretty good and stick with it... most people have to settle for that approach with women after all...

[quote name='Mikey R' timestamp='1337441868' post='1660097'] So the solution is to get something like a Tech21 pedal and add just enough dirt to your clean sound, last in the chain, and suddenly alot of the pedals that sounded a bit rubbish now sound awesome! [/quote] Agreed... a proper distortion pedal into the VT Bass is a good recipe! [quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1337441676' post='1660086'] I havent found a sinmgle OD pedal I like of bass at all, and the best distortion IMO is a boss MT-2 a pedal thats for guitar.......... [/quote] Interesting. Many of my faves have a bass oriented design - e.g. the B3k has a blend and an EQ curve that focuses the actual distortion away from the low end; the SubLime does split-band processing; the OKKO Basstard I was trying to flog you has two cascaded gain stages and a blend, and a tone control set up for bass... I haven't tried the MT-2, but I do like the DOD american metal - has a lot of post gain bass-boost (which is another way to bassify a pedal!)

[quote name='Mikey R' timestamp='1337201888' post='1657180'] Alot of people dont realise fuzz / distortion / OD boxes were originally designed to push valve amps further into distortion - driving my VT Bass pedal with a Rat gives a growl like a huge distorted monster, but if I switch out the VT then the Rat by itsself gives a thin, weedy kind of sound. Its a cascaded gain stage kinda thing. [/quote] Very true, though a lot of modern pedals (like the VT) are designed to produce the sound of an overdriven amp by themselves. Some even do it quite well. But definitely worth being aware of which type you're holding!

Drive effects sound can bad with bass because a single, hard clipping gain stage causes a buzzy sound on bass frequencies, and the perception of loss of low end. Modulation effects can sound bad as the phasing can cause loss of low end. Reverb and delay can sound bad on low frequencies as the mix can end up sounding muddy. Synth and other pitch tracking effects can sound bad as low frequencies and percussive playing techniques are harder to track. Compression effects can sound bad on bass as.... well this guy says it better than me: [url="http://www.ovnilab.com/reviews/guitar.shtml"]http://www.ovnilab.com/reviews/guitar.shtml[/url] Of course there are solutions to these problems... but the bass sounds so cool on its own that there are challenges to making and using effects in a way that enhances rather that trashes!

I think I read about someone having to crawl up behind Keith Moon and inject him with something in the ankle to sort him out....

Took delivery of a big muff... transaction easy as pi, and came well-padded. Very happy, Many thanks!