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Murder on the dance floor - Sophie Ellis Bexter is a great one to do.

The explorer is quite conservative compared to the later ‘Buzzard’; they’ve got to be the ugliest basses ever spewed up. The late MB1 was a big fan, but I just couldn’t agree with him on that.

One of my top 5 favourite basslines.

I tend to only use mine for synth bass patches - a job that it excels at.

That’s easy, I loads better looking than my identical twin brother!

I think on that particular instrument the chrome looks the best, my personal favourite knob is the big/big/small Jazz style.

Seriously, if y see that image as pornographic then you should see a psychiatrist and then report to your nearest police station and tell them that you might be a closet nonce.

Ooh gawd I hope not.

Erm, it’s more convenient to use yer feet… seriously though, I can’t remember the last time I gigged without pedals, indeed most of my (currently scant) dep gigs come from having a wealth of sounds to replicate anything from synth basses to bootsy-esque squelches through to utter filth. Horses for courses though.

The fx25 is like learning another instrument, like when a guitarist first gets a wah wah; it takes time and effort to get the best out of it, it’s time we’ll spent though.

The Behringer BSY-600 isn’t just a copy of the boss SYB-5; I think it’s better!

Mmm, that sounds highly unlikey, the current UK government have always conducted themselves with the utmost decorum and decency in all matters, public and private. History will show them as above reproach. 😂

Martin was one of only a handful of BCers I met in real life- true to form he was giving away a practice amp. I remember having a brew and a natter about tons of different stuff (Warwick Buzzards in particular) and remember thinking that he was a really lovely guy. RIP Martin.

I bought a Donner one that’s been great for all my pedals - 500mA at 18 and 12v. I’ll see if I can find the linky. edit: it’s a Donner DP-2, but it looks like it’s discontinued now.

Another vote for the coloursound, it’s got a really useful tone circuit, doesn’t take the miss out of the signal either.

as far as bass-driven Cure tracks go I respectfully submit this beauty: https://youtu.be/7ZsQdLlvuk4

...And out come the wolves - Rancid. Fcuking great album!

Another plus point for the MS60B is that you can set it to scroll between preselected patches at the touch of a footswitch - set it to follow your setlist.

This. I still occasionally fake one of these with an octave, filter and fuzz pedal. Normally I plump for my Zoom MS60B; I just think the synth sounds are better than on the later Zooms like the B1-4 or B3N

Kiss with a fist- Florence and the machine.

Agreed - the last 2 Anthrax albums (Worship Music from 2011, and 2016's For All Kings) have been absolute belters!

I think the Celinder for me. The G&L was just a bit too 'thumps' for this track; the pops just didn't POP! The Stingray had the lovely 'tight' sound that they're brilliant for, but it was lacking in low end authority. The Celinder had it all - lots of low end, a bit of a growl, and lovely glassy pops. The 'Ray would probably have suited the track if the bassline had been busier, where too much low end muddies stuff up.

That’s your signal wire - solder it to the top lug of the tone pot. Also, it might be worth soldering a wire from the other lug on your socket to the back of one of the other pots while you’re in there…