mcnach

It is *sometimes* given, many times I have not been able to find it anywhere. Can you find the specs for all your pedals? I know I can't. Sometimes they say something like "use power supply rated at minimum 300mA" and they clearly draw a lot less because they work beautifully out of a single 120mA outlet... If anything they're going to give you inflated numbers to avoid customer complaints... which is why I'd rather measure it myself. In addition, if you measure it yourself, you get to unequivocally see what difference there is when the pedal is active or switched off... It may not matter a lot of the time, as I only ever care for this when putting a new bunch of pedals together and checking which power supply would be best to use. No point taking the big powerful supply off my big board if it turns out one of the smaller ones in my box of bits will do the job.

That's a great site! Thank you! It would make sense to send them my readings for pedals they do not already have there

The Microsynth in particular surprised me, and the Soundblox one... I was expecting a lot more from that one!

I don't know, I think you're still insecure...

What the flying... F??? You need to go back and read what I wrote... Either you misremember, or you have some serious comprehension issues

Did your ex leave you for a Squier bass? Just kidding. I can sympathise with the anti-hype feeling you've got, you and I actually probably feel very similar [1] but it just seems like you're going to the other extreme. [1]: I mean about the feeling that JV Squiers are over-hyped. A lot of them are very nice indeed, but I don't think I would pay as much as they often go for, personally. But I would also not pay 10k for a Fodera even if I had the disposable income to make the expense a non issue

That's an idea! Anybody wants me to measure the current draw from a Source Audio C4? I've been wanting to try one of those for a while 😛

Yup, same here. It's rare but from time to time it happens. The solution? Avoid pressing on the affected area too much, and let it go away when it chooses to. Typically overnight. Sometimes just a few hours.

Well, not only the MB SuperBooster is very useful for my purposes... I seem to also have a dub monster in my collection and I had forgotten about it. I don't use it much, only at home. It's a very light bass with a very bad case of neck dive due to the light weight body and the position of the strap button. It makes the neck feel very long too. It sounds nice, it's fun to play, but I've got better nicer basses I prefer. However, that MM on the neck with the tone rolled off (it's passive)... Yeah, I think I'm ok with things as they are

The sooner you accept and embrace your inferiority complex, the better, you know? 😛

Just got one... pretty useful tool when you're playing about with a bunch of effects and wondering how to power all the pedals. Not much more to say... it just works... plug it in, see the reading, make a note. Here's a handful I just checked... First, a digital pedal that I thought was very power-hungry. The Source Audio Bass Envelope Filter... wasn't as bad as I thought, at just 120mA. Then, the EXH Bass MicroSynth... I had no idea how much current it required. I thought it would not be a crazy amount, but I was not sure. Now I know. Just 40 mA. How about the little Caline Reverb "Snakebite"? 33mA And what about an overdrive? A lot of this kind of pedals are between 10-15mA, so how about the Valeton Tube Refiner (which sounds GREAT on bass)... just 10mA. Cool. And finally... a monster. I got this valve overdrive pedal. It's a really strange thing, but sounds really nice. It's a Nobsound (yes, I know) G3 Little Bear that cost something like £35-40. A battery cannot power it. It's just very bad. It recommends a 500mA supply, if I recall correctly. I plugged into a 250mA supply and it worked ok, but it does work a bit better with a bigger supply. So, what does this one measure? 343mA!!! Makes sense.

What do you think I am doing here? I don't have any bass playing pals, I AM THE ONLY BASS PLAYER MY PALS NEED!!! 😛 NO, seriously, I do know a couple of good options, but she really wants someone that's not in our circle, which makes things difficult as it seems that we bass players stick to each other whenever we recognise another specimen from our species

You felt like you won something? You won't feel that way next time you fly with Ryan Air or EasyJet

Because he is not insecure

Well, the MarkBass Superbooster does a great job at giving me an easy deeper and 'fluffier' switchable version of my tone. I think this is what I'll be using, and leave the bass alone. It's a big brick of a pedal, 'though. Shame they could not put it into a smaller box. I still like the look and sound of the mudbuckers... so maybe one day I'll find an excuse to transform some other bass But not today.

Tranent is not bad, from Portobello. I know an Al James, guitarist... but he's in Galashiels! Do you have personal experience with Tranent's Al James?

That approach works for me. I have taken a few lessons in person, but I've learnt a lot by myself with books/videos. She is not the kind who thrives on self-teaching. She really wants a human, live, in person, to teach her.

Exactly, try something different and see how it goes. Sometimes you'll find jewels.

That looks very nice!

The band is fun indeed. I am not really a UB40 fan... I mean, I do enjoy listening to a few of their songs but there's a lot others I'd choose to listen first. However, like with so much other music, live is another matter. We've only met twice yet, so it's very early days. The basslines are simple, but there are some really nice ones. I particularly enjoy "Good situation" First time it was just drummer/backing vocals, guitar/lead vocals, sax/backing vocals and myself on bass. Second time, the trumpet player from my main band joined us too, keys player let us down for the second time... Today we'll have no keys, but it looks like we've found the right guy (sax guy, who is the band leader, knows him) who's coming next week... he also does backing vocals, so we should start sounding pretty full. Still looking for a trombone. Nor many around (good ones, anyway... lots of people own a trombone -myself included!- but not many are good enough), and those that are around tend to be busy... We may be getting an alto sax, so our existing sax moves to tenor, and that may fill up the wind/brass section nicely. We will see! The MarkBass pedal with the switchable clean boost and VLE/VPF filters is really useful. Like you, on my LMIII head, I relied a lot on the VLE especially to get the sound I wanted. The EQ section was merely to adjust for stage/room sound, so I generally had it set almost flat, maybe bumbing the low mids a tiny bit, and used the VLE/VPF to get me the sound I wanted. I've never found the treble EQ on any active onboard preamps to be much use except to tame the shrillness of new strings a bit. A passive treble roll-off is much more musical, for my liking, in most situations, and the VLE does that thing very well, which in combination with the VPF might just be the thing.

Thank you! It was an experiment one time I had too many Precisions around, and it worked out pretty well. It is not lacking depth as it is. I'm using some pretty old stainless steel rounds (I've got a set of TI Jazz flats I bought for it but I'm terrible when it comes to changing strings, I never like new strings, of any kind, for a while - except tapes, those are ok from day one), and with the 'neck' pickup alone and the tone almost entirely rolled off it sounds very good. I've been called to join a new project playing UB40 covers and I tried the Sandberg VM4, the Stingray, a Precision and this JJ one, and while they all did the job more than well enough, this JJ has 'something', the right amount of definition and depth, without messing about with controls much. Actually, instead of an additional neck pickup, I might be better off using some kind of EQ pedal to switch between my 'basic' reggae sound and a more dubby one. I have one of those MarkBass SuperBooster pedals with the VLE and VPF filters that might just be the thing, and no extra expense or surgery required. I'm talking myself out of the mudbucker, eh? Thank you all for being my soundboard I think I love the look of those SG basses with the big neck pickups, but hate playing them, and my sanity was clouded here for a minute. Got practice tomorrow with the UB40 band... I'll bring the SuperBooster pedal along and see how it goes.

You know what? My idea about the mudbucker may be a bit narrowminded, and I might be better off just looking for a neck pickup of another kind... and indeed, an MM type can sound really nice indeed.

Hmm, she doesn't drive, but I do rehearse in Rosyth so it might be possible to combine both our "bassinesses"... Thank you for the heads up.

I wouldn't say it's a 'popular' pickup in Reggae (or in any style, actually), but it can sound pretty good for a nice round deep tone. I thought it would be a cool addition to the sounds I get from that JJ bass above. I find it easier to get the right sounds (those I hear in my head when the voices shut up for a minute ) for reggae with passive tone controls. I'll get a decent sound with anything, but an old treble roll-off with the right pickup (needs to still have a good spoonful of low mids) just works better for me. Definitely keeping this one passive.