paul_5

I've had a few issues with the new style 'switch mode' PSUs giving off noise, I'd recommend trawling eBay for one with a transformer (less efficient and bigger, but quieter) and get a set of daisy chain leads - I think Maplin have some cheap ones in.

Cool, my boys have got the exact same drum kit. They're not famous though.

[quote name='tommorichards' timestamp='1348854643' post='1819233'] this sounds interesting... Do you have anymore information on the matter? [/quote] Ricks have a 0.0047µf cap on the bridge PUP to cut the bass and low mids. This pretty much renders it useless without the neck PUP engaged, as it sounds sh*t.

Not so much a bass that I'll never part with but a neck. It's been on (I think) 4 different bodies with various pickup configurations and is so lovely to play. It came from a 'Yamato' P bass copy (but the neck is Jazz dimensions) from the Matsumoku factory (as far as I can tell) and is just brilliant.

My main rig consists of the bass going into a DHA VT1 EQ and I take a DI out of that before any effects. I'm yet to have a sound guy complain about the signal (mostly because it's noise free and sounds great), then I take a 1/4" output to the pedalboard and amp - a Hartke LH500 running a flat EQ. If I'm feeling fussy I'll have the cab miked up to put the effects through the FOH, but that's a rarity.

I'll just get me headphones...

In any tube amp I'd start by changing the tubes as it's the simplest thing to rule out and doesn't require any specialist tools. Failing that it could be a dry joint or a pot that's on its way out. It might be an earth problem, but they tend to be more of a hum than a crackle. Sorry I can't be of more help, but that's what I'd go for.

EHX have released this recently [media]http://youtube.com/watch?v=yeSM9fy_gVg[/media] I thought about getting one and having my Alesis midi verb 3 in the effects loop. (then play with it for 3 months and realise it wasn't getting as much use as I thought...)

yeah, I shouldn't like it, but I think I do.

It's not a Bantam connection is it?

[quote name='rubis' timestamp='1348911235' post='1819650'] I bet he's got a tiny todger [/quote] That was my first thought, but I'm too polite... One advantage of these EERB things is that if you're playing a cruise gig and the ship sinks you can just climb on top of that and drift home. That's probably the only one though.

Love it. Great line, great mwah!

Yup, round file the plate. Should take all of 30 seconds.

Why these people don't just get a double neck I'll never know. Looks like a scene from 'the borrowers'.

There's a DHA VT1 for sale on here that would does a lovely line in genuine valve overdrive - might be worth a look. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/186367-dha-vt-1-pedal/

Update on the above: I used one for the first time with my fretless over the weekend, and the increased mids available really made a huge difference to my sound - absolutely loved it. I replaced the stock tube with an ECC82 (12AU7) to tame some of the 'GRRRRR' and used the normal channel (colour switch off) for the best fretless tone I've had in a long time. Still a very happy bunny.

Just found a good one on 'The Captain' by Biffy Clyro. Who knew?

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1348525157' post='1814911'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGXGpa458Ig[/media] [/quote] Now there's a fella who LURVES his job!

[quote name='bertbass' timestamp='1348524897' post='1814906'] OK, I'll be the one to ask the obvious question. What's a ghost note? [/quote] They're sometimes called 'dead notes' too; it's the percussive, non-pitched noise that you get when you either pluck or slap a note that isn't fully fingered (also called left hand muting). Try resting all four fingers on your fretting hand on the strings and then pluck a string, it'll give a non-pitched sound that hasn't got any sustain to it - that's a dead note.

Don't think, FEEEEEEEEELLLL. I tried getting ghost notes when I was learning to slap and I consciously put a lot of unnecessary effort into it. Then one day I just relaxed and had fun with it and hey presto - I got a ghost note. I then 'backwards engineered' what I had done and realised that the effort that I had been investing to develop a new technique had been causing me to tense the muscles in my wrists and hands. The minute I stopped trying everything just fell into place. Weird.

Doubtful. The Dave Hall VT1-EQ does Bass in, Headphone socket, MP3 in, Volume and lovely EQ but no drum machine. It'll power to 8Ω speakers but only as a practice amp (around 1Watt). It's got a great quality DI too, so you could gig with it if there were facilities for using on stage monitoring from the mixer. Failing that it'd be a Tascam Bass trainer (but relies on mp3 tracks uploaded via USB, so no line in) or similar.

[quote name='gafbass02' timestamp='1348511094' post='1814604'] [IMG]http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d115/gafbass02/24B88D46-5F65-491D-A667-4F83A7E66F65-507-00000029214A5A3E_zps2720aa15.jpg[/IMG] [/quote] That's not Andy Watson on drums is it?

[quote name='lowdowner' timestamp='1348517347' post='1814740'] Secret, special, notes that are only known to the few... You have to join 'the club' before you're told where they are. [/quote] You know the first rule of "secret special note club" - you do not talk about "secret special note club"....