paul_5

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1365199145' post='2036784'] They sound great! [/quote] True dat.

Rush. I'd only spoil it though.

I always thought that AC/DC stuff, particularly Bonn Scott's stuff sounded translated well to female vocals.

Get your guitarist to stand further away from his amp and try raising it up closer to ear level.

Rock songs with female vocals? That'll be Janis Joplin then. How about some Skunk Anansie as well? If you want something a bit more up to date (for the young 'uns!) you could try some Paramore.

Revised list - if I'm not using my amp then the absolute minimum I'll take to a gig is: Bass, DHA VT1EQ. Sorted.

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1364300123' post='2024490'] I've said this many times, but if they re-released the album with the bass higher in the mix I would buy it again! [/quote] +1. One of the best albums, but the 2nd worst sound-wise - Death Magnetic being marginally worse!

Aiming to start populating the board this weekend - I've also just discovered that I haven't got any 2SK30a trannies, so I'll probabl;y just bung in a pair or 2N5457s and hope for the best... In the meantime, here's a picture of the veroboard with the links and IC sockets on - ready for the actual components... [IMG]http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd471/paul_510/2013-04-05105613_zpsc7ded561.jpg[/IMG]

not tried them, but due to restring soon so I might give them a go. Thanks for the tip.

80 second review? 2 words: "sh*t Sandwich".

ah, the WHS Librarium... Thanks for the heads up fellas I love BC!

No surprises there, given that it's a Radio 2 poll.

Thanks Winter, been playing about with studio devil stuff and it's pretty impressive. Primarily I'm looking for guitar amp sims, as my bass tends to go direct through a VT1EQ DI, and I'm more than happy with that. I was using some of these today http://www.plugandmix.com/california-tone-642/ and they seem be pretty good, bit limited on features, but really economical on CPU.

Ooh, Amplion looks VERY good. Will have a proper play later on tonight...

Spent more than that on the download and it's well worth it. I appreciate it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I really liked it.

OK, following the results of my recent poll I'm looking at getting the Peavey Revalver amp software http://www.peavey.com/products/revalver/ What swung it for me was the choice of amp/speaker combinations coupled with the low CPU usage. I've used Amplitube, TH1, but not 2 and Peavey Demos, and the Peavey looks to do all of the sounds I need without maxing out my processor. Any others I should look at before I pull the trigger?

yup, both clean presets on an overdriven guitar source.

So anyway, I'm about to bite the bullet and buy some amp modelling software. I've narrowed it down to 2 finalists and would like your opinions. Here are two soundcloud recordings, amp sample 1 and 2 and I'd like to know which one you prefer the sound of. [url="https://soundcloud.com/paul_510/sets/amp-samples"]https://soundcloud.c...ets/amp-samples[/url]

[quote name='dudewheresmybass' timestamp='1364205874' post='2023036'] My current pubby rock band board. Rehearsing at the mo, and trying to fun the right drive sounds! [/quote] Trying to find the right drive sound? Let me get this right, you've got (in no particular order) BBMD, Bass tube screamer, BK3, MXR Bass Fuzz Deluxe and a CM2? I reckon it's in there [i]somewhere[/i]...

I've not noticed any massive differences in types; other than paper in oil caps will eventually dry out. When making or modding pedals is probably where it's worth spending an extra couple of pence (literally) on poly/box caps due to the tighter tolerances, but that's about it.

welcome on board skipper.

Yup, what he said. If you're planning to record drums you'll probably need a soundcard with multiple inputs (probably minimum 4, unless you have a [i]great[/i] sounding room!), or you could use your Zoom as a mixer and take a stereo output from that into GB.