paul_5

Bon Jovi Rush Megadeth Rush and Megadave are still brilliant IMHO!

Led Zeppelin II Chronicles - Rush (a bit of a cheat, I know, but it's the first Rush album I got; I learned a lot from those 2 cassettes...)

You can still have a couple of albums and some great gigs doing it off your own bat - it's MUCH harder work, but you retain the rights to your material...

Brilliant! The East pre's are awesome, I'm sure you'll love it.

I reckon that as players (not collectors) the question should be about 'will alterations make it more playable/flexible/better for me as a musician?'. If you don't like the way it is now or how it sounds then mod it by all means.

I've got a VT1 DIEQ and love it. I've changed the tube for a 12AU7 for less grit, and it sounds brilliant. TBH it's on all the time, as my amp (SWR) is super clean, so this 'GRRRR's it up nicely. I recorded a short demo last week here: https://soundcloud.com/paul_510/fretless-o-d-demo Fretless Jazz into the VT1 into Protools - no compression or additional processing. It'll go MUCH dirtier, but this was enough for the track I'm working on.

They're two expensive bits of kit - I know it sounds like you're chickening out, but have you considered getting a local (more experienced) BC'er to have a look for you?

Do their other basses know any different tunes, or does it just come with the one?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1360060914' post='1964089'] If I'm to test the crate to destruction I don't want to use my rig for the task! [/quote] People heal, amps don't. Man up and stand on it already!

Yup, it squelches like a fat bird doing 'armpit farts' in a bath of warm swarfega.

Got a shortscale Hohner acoustic bass guitar in me shed that very rarely gets an outing. It's just too loud for when the kiddies are in bed.

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1359992690' post='1963117'] My nephew is learning that bass is better than guitar. I played him some bass (hes 2) then my hubby played a bit of guitar. "Auntie Deb, yours sounds best" [/quote] Clearly, you are a legendary Aunt; Keep it up!

"turn that crazy music off" - Reuben (5) on hearing Charles Mingus for the first time, and his cousin (also 5) - "Why are all those people singing at the same time?" - on hearing Stevie Wonder.

Cheers iCastle. Turns out it wasn't Q3,'twas a cracked trace. However, while I was in I modified it to be switchable between a low pass filter and a band pass. Awesome.

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1359917859' post='1962047'] Probably a combination of 'Sid Sings' and '...And Justice For All'. [/quote] Nice!

Duly noted, will have a play tonight...

This'll end up as 'a bloke [i]paid[/i] me to take his bass away, it's the best one I've ever played' etc...

Ah, mine's a Rev G using an LM1458. I'll check the pinouts... ...and they're the same!

Cheers i, got that one, but I think it's an earlier version with a different opamp. Might be worth closer inspection though...

Could you not strap a voltage divider across the input? Or a cheap compressor might help.

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1359816819' post='1960701'] Best sound I've ever had comes from a 'bitsa' that cost £150 (max) to cobble together. I too have played MUCH more expensive basses and been disappointed almost immediately. [/quote] Here it is through a DHA VT1EQ https://soundcloud.com/paul_510/fretless-o-d-demo

Mrs Peel!

[quote name='Evil Undead' timestamp='1359817867' post='1960721'] A name on a headstock, and a higher price, a better bass do not make. [/quote] True dat.

Anybody got a DOD FX25 (Rev G) that they don't mind unscrewing an photographing the solder side of the board? Got an old one that I'm trying to resuscitate. Cheers, Paul

I'm a bit undecided on the 'Ashdown' sound. I had a MAG head for a while, and that sounded great through a Trace Elliott 1153 cab. I've also been lumped with them as backline on last minute gigs and have had nothing but woolly thumps out of them. Still better than the Carlsbro Stingray though.