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I recently sold Ambient my MB LMIII head... smooth transaction, no problem. Thank you, Ian!

I recently bought Dan's Wizard 84 pickups. I haven't installed them yet, but I'm sure they're fine Great communication and quick delivery, yay!

I recently bought Harry's MB LMT800 amp. A real pleasure, nice communication, excellent packaging job and fast shipping... Thank you Harry!

David recently bought my BBE OptoStomp pedal. Absolutely smooth transaction, he came to collect the pedal in person. I hope you like the pedal! Thank you!

I recently bought Andy's GB Streamliner 900 amp. I can't be happier with the transaction. Really helpful, great communication, he packaged the amp really well and posted it in a record time, keeping me informed of every step. Two thumbs up, and the two big toes as well!

[quote name='1976fenderhead' timestamp='1406678158' post='2513746'] What do you mean, it's not discontinued. It's on their website. [/quote] so it is!!!!!!!!! I was convinced they stopped making it a while ago! Glad it's back. It's a good one.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1406703284' post='2513810'] The damping is easy if you play the F on the D string. [/quote] of course there are ways around it but... it's sooo easy to detune the E string and sooo easy to play that riff and similar others using a pedal low D note... I've been playing my 5-string Lakland more recently, and soem things I'd normally detune the E string for can be played standard on the 5er, no doubt... but some are just awkward and/or just don't sound "right" when not using the open string. So I'd use a 5er standard if I had to, but given any opportunity, I'd even detune the E on the 5er for those songs. Call me lazy but I think i...

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1406530465' post='2512077'] how long does it take to tune one string? [/quote] no time at all with a Hipshot Bass X-tender I regularly have to switch between D and E and a Hipshot thingy is just tremendously useful.

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1406461697' post='2511597'] And the EBMM forum is full of psychos. [/quote] not arguing with you there... but that only means "stay away from the forum".

[quote name='GrammeFriday' timestamp='1406461549' post='2511593'] So … try them both and pick the one that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. For me, the Ray always wins in this test - and I say this as someone who owns a Sandberg (a JM4, not a Basic) and loves it. The Sandberg looks great, plays great and sounds great, but every time I plug in the Ray I get the same "[i]Whoah,[/i] [i]f**k yeah[/i]!' thrill that no other bass seems to be able to deliver. [/quote] ha! indeed! I take a break from time to time, and whenever I go back to the Stingray I get that "[i]Whoah,[/i] [i]f**k yeah[/i]!" feeling

I have been trying a bunch of envelope filters over the past couple of years, and the Aguilar has resisted... until today. I have owned a few of the usual suspects: DOD FX25, 3Leaf Proton, MXR BOD, Source Audio BEF and BEF Pro, various Boss and others. Some better than others, in my opinion. Except for the MXR, I think I liked every other pedal a little bit. But Lately I only had the Source Audio BEF, all others were gone. Now, a Filter Twin appeared for sale, and I went for it... and I'm liking it a LOT. It's the first Aguilar pedal I really like too I didn't get along with their Agro and Octamizer pedals, but this one is just simple and it sounds good no matter what I do. The sweep perhaps could be a bit more pronounced, but whatever, it sounds really really good. I like what adding the second down filter does to the sound... Why did I wait so long? I love the BEF, but the large footprint makes it a bit of a pain sometimes. The Filter Twin will do the job nicely in a smaller package. And it plays really well with overdrive/fuzz... Now I want a Jazz bass in the same colour as the pedal

It's a very nice inexpensive wah, I can't imagine why Ibanez would discontinue it.

[quote name='Mark_88MPH' timestamp='1406411626' post='2511366'] Anyone have any experience with this bad boy? [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/amt_wh_1b_bass_wah_wah.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...ass_wah_wah.htm[/url] Looks good but does it sound good? [/quote] I also had one of them (I told you I have been around the wah block ) Sound-wise wasn't bad at all, although I struggled to get the right range for things like "Fistful of Steel". The small size was attractive for my pedalboard... but it was hard to use: a full size pedal is much easier to use live. Mine made a "pop" sound sometimes when turning it on, so I got into the habit of clicking it in time with the snare but it was not ideal. In the end, the small size made it not as comfortable to use as I wished, and the sound wasn't exactly what I wanted, so I sold it. I wanted to like it, but a full size pedal is much nicer, in my opinion. This was the last wah I owned before the G-Labs one.

[quote name='Mark_88MPH' timestamp='1406371875' post='2510975'] I know this has been covered and I've done some internet searches but I wasn't 100% with what I found. I'm after a good bass wah that really screams and has a good range, I used to have a cry baby bass 105q years ago but I sold it on as I wasn't using it. I've recently picked up a Morley Dual Bass wah for cheap and tbh it really doesn't seem to have much of a sweep which I'm looking for. The sounds I have in my head are Cliff Burton and RATM on calm like a bomb. What would suit what I'm after? Tbh I can't really remember much of the cry baby but it definitely had more of a sweep than the Dual bass wah. Oh and I'm using an EHX bass big muff, Thanks [/quote] Do you want good or cheap? If cost is a concern, the Ibanez Weeping Demon is pretty cool. I had the 105Q and a Weeping Demon and I only let the WD go because of its size. The 105Q can do the RATM stuff very well (I've used one for about 3 years in a RATM tribute band), and the "auto on" was subtler than in the WD, although I did prefer the WD's sound, marginally. Now, my absolute favourite is the G-Labs wowee wah. Yes, it's more expensive, but after trying I don't know how many wahs, I finally found what I wanted in the G-Labs one. Auto-on operation is flawless, and it's teh best sounding wah I've tried. It's fantastic for RATM. We played a gig recently where a guy came to see me afterwards saying that my sound in Calm like a Bomb especifically was "... soooo motherf***ing filthy and awesome!"... The VT-Bass with the G-Labs wah sounds amazing

[quote name='booboo' timestamp='1406620018' post='2512976'] You are half way there by trimming the plastic on one corner of the tweeter. The hole does need enlarged in a couple of places, but we are only talking about fililng rather than sawing chunks out of the cab and the old tweeter should still fit afterwards if you wish. I did this a while ago, and so far all is good and I have not had any issues, or been arrested by the impedance/crossover police. [/quote] I'll probably give it another go at some point... It was one of those 10 minute bouts of extraordinary activity, and it wasn't enough to get to filing anything. You're right, it feels like it just needs a tiny bit of filing.

I tried to replace the piezo with the HT30 last night. It's a little too large. I could not make it fit. I cut some of the surrounding plastic, similar to the original, but the magnet/terminals just did not fit. I don't want to start messing about with enlarging the original hole... so back I mounted the original and it'll stay that way. Ah well. This is the original one:

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1406298036' post='2510347'] Now that looks good! Bit worried that the blurb continually refers to overdrive, hopefully it can be used simply a a volume boost... GAK also suggested the Behringer PB 100 - even cheaper - but the tone knobs look like unnecessary extras. [/quote] I used to have the PB-100... it worked beautifully and it's dirt cheap. I bet the EHX will work just as well, but it's probably better made. I'd be tempted to get that one, it's only a little more expensive than the Behringer,if you don't care about the extra tone control. BUT, I'd really be tempted about an EQ pedal: it's a lot more versatile, should you ever want to have a switchable EQ change.