mcnach

But it isn't, it's super easy on a DAW, it's visual, move a couple of points, sorted. Or maybe that just comes easier to me, a couple of years ago we were recording one song for a charity CD thing and I was not happy with the mix, I tried to explain to the guy recording us what I wanted but he wasn't quite getting it so he let me have a go... got it straight away. I don't know a lot, but I know what I like, I guess. Actually, come to think of it, the way I 'discovered' that was with my D800+. Literally 2 controls: the adjustable HPF and the bass EQ control. I accidentally found that if I turned the bass higher than I wanted and used the HPF to slightly 'trim' the lowest end, I get that fat bass tone that retains definition and has no flab. It's been central to how I EQ my bass ever since.

The HPF and LPF (it's the LPF I was more interested in) work just as expected and are great, although the LPF should go lower than it does, it turns out, to make me love it (I have an SFX Thumpinator + adjustable LPF that fits my preferences better... I really just wanted it to have adjustable HPF too, which the Broughton does). The midrange EQ is great too. It's the resonance filter aspect that I need to work on. I have used the adjustable HPF on my Mesa D800+ in combination with boosting the bass EQ to get that bump at the low mids while cutting the far low end and it's very nice... I wanted to be able to get that sort of effect on the Broughton unit in a bit more directed manner. I'm sure it'll do what I want, but it covers a wide range and I found it easy to get some frankly pretty bad sounds out of it. I'm not one to spend a lot of time getting to learn how to use an FX pedal: I want them simple and easy to use. On paper it should work, I just need more time with it... but if it turns out to be too fidgety I'll move it along. Backup?

That's really good! Do they have any recordings out? There's just a couple of songs on Bandcamp that I could find.

That's nothing, I have a spare box of batteries. It's empty, but the other box doesn't know it, its purpose is to make them feel expendable, so they try their best not to fail.

You're relentless! (But I like you that way :p) Got the Broughton thing but I've barely used it yet. First impression is ok, just not as intuitive to get where I want to as I hoped. I'll update the thread is due course, and will include clips now that I've finally opened all my boxes after I moved and got all my gear connected. You'll derive a small amount of joy when I confess publicly that I may not like it as much as I thought I would Oops...

I always wondered what it would be like if I just took a microphone and hummed my basslines. I did it during rehearsal once for fun and it wasn't as bad as I expected! But nowhere near as good as I'd be comfortable doing in your situation However others may be much more talented than me in the vocal department (easy feat).

I don't know others, but I even bring two hands to every gig, and two ears although one may not be plugged in. I wouldn't like having to rely on whetever the sound engineer has in his bag of stuff...

The first 27 times was moderately funny, now... ah what do I know?

I hope you unplugged it very very slowly while looking at him in the eye

Simples: If the 'backup' is so small that it guarantees you'll actually take it with you, rather than leaving it behind most times, hence becoming a non-backup-really. Just one possible scenario that has been mentioned quite a few times since those tiny weeny ones starting to be produced.

That aspect is well worth repeating regularly, as it can cause confusion. I still get caught! Almost everytime I need to adjust mine (rarely) it's a 'doh' time

It depends on the neighbour's tolerance but if you share a wall, they'll be able to hear it. Try to use a room that's not directly adjacent, but based on the layout you may still want to watch your volume sometimes. Besides that, I would talk to them very early on to let them know that you like to play bass and will try to not bother them, but because it's a new place for you and not familiar how sound travels there to please let you know if there's any noise leaking. People tend to be friendlier when you approach them like that.

I never thought I was the adventurous type, but I guess I am then

I should check my crystal ball before leaving the house more often...

Oh, we have indeed! Good times

NOt an iPad but an Android tablet user here, and having both iRig2 and the Solo, I'd say go for it. Nicer in every respect and if I can use it anybody can In addition, you can power the Solo directly from the iPad/tablet which comes handy sometimes.

The Verve - in Norwich around 1991 in a small bar, before they became big. I didn't know who they were, I just went in because there was live music. Entry was £3 or something like that. Uninspiring drivel. After nearly falling asleep on my beer we decided to walk away and find something more interesting to do, like watching grass grow. Gogol Bordello - Glasgow 2017. Terrible terrible sound, couldn't really hear half of the musicians onstage, and except for one guy dressed like a pirate they all looked like they were going through the motions. Eugene, singer, looked particularly bored and uninterested, bringing props and doing things as if 'it's expected'. Here came the obligatory bottle of wine pretending to take swigs of (mostly falling down his chest) and spraying those on the first rows with it (nearly got me). After around 40 minutes I left. The good thing is that Lucky Chops were their support (a superb and funky badass brass band) and they were amazing, beautiful sound, great show... I was a fan already but they went above and beyond what I was expecting. Sea Bass Kid - Edinburgh 2012. Yeah, my band Outdoor festival. After getting crap repeatedly from some ignorant cnut who was part of the organisers because according to him we were too loud, despite my pointing to him every time that it was THEIR engineers who actually controlled the volume out there by the mixing desk. We were all getting annoyed at this guy coming on stage to tap us on the shoulder and yell at us. Guy comes again and grabs my shoulder. That was it. He was lucky he didn't eat a slab of ash that evening.

Small world! I was living there between 1990-1994, but the fish&chips experience was in 1989. edit: and I remember enjoying Boddington's cream ale next door... and telling someone after a few pints "this beer is amazing, my English has improved so much since I started drinking it!" but my friend replied "that's what YOU think". Ah well, I decided that it was only wise to repeat the experiment to see who was right. Many many more visits followed.

there's beer too

My very first time having fish and chips in the UK was in Norwich, at a place called Chish and Fips, true story!

I'm pretty sure the vast majority if not all of us would find a way to make it work when faced with a problem. What I don't get is the semicondescending tone of some towards those who have other preferences.

Sometimes these discussions sound like people arguing about how many grains of sand there are on the beach exactly, while the rest happily play, sunbathe and swim on the sea.

That is crazy. I have to say that the warm fuzzies I got with Maruszczyk when I first came across them (I bought 3 of their basses over the years, new) are quickly cooling down. I had trouble with pickup screws that snapped (made of an alloy of iron and cheese, apparently, which has no place in any decent instrument), and his attitude seems less than exemplary these days. Worth posting your experience on the Maruszczyk thread. I like their basses but what kind of BS is that? Refusing point blank to accept that maybe there was a problem with the truss rod and implying the user was at fault without having even tried to look at it is a bit NO NO for me. Sandberg are looking more and more like the better option.

Personally I didn't get along with the Mojo Mojo, it seemed to have a certain character that just wasn't to my liking. I've seen the Joyo Ultimate Drive being mentioned too and that's actually a pretty cool pedal, especially if you want higher gain sounds but it does low gain very well too. My only gripe with it was that gain/volume are very interactive and also a tiny turn of either knob will have strong effects, which made it a bit problematic live: I'd move one knob a bit by mistake and my volume will either jump or I'd disappear. Good sound 'tough, but I'd still choose the American Sound as a first pedal, that subtle speaker emulation is very handy.

I haven't got enough positive words to say about the Joyo American Sound. It covers quite a wide range of tones with its 'voice' control, plus the 3-band EQ is handy. In addition it has some built-in speaker emulation circuitry which means if you DI your bass it will not sound like you are summonning a nest of angry wasps (great for recording too). It's really nice on guitar too (its primary purpose, I imagine), but there's no low end loss when used on bass (the EQ would take care of it anyway). And on top of that it's less than £40 new. I have an OmniCabSim (speaker simulator) that cost me a fair amount over £200 which I used because I use a lot of distortion in one of my bands and that sounds terrible when DI'd live, but to be honest, since I got the Joyo I see no purpose for it. I often just set it clean and combine it with other overdrive/distortion pedals just to get different sounds. It's really good. It does the low gain almost not distorted sounds very well and it goes into really raunchy distortion if you want it to.