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43 minutes ago, Lord Sausage said:

I'm tempted to do the bazz fuzz as my first attempt!

Good choice.

Wow, that looks fantastic. Really nice finish !

Beats my rather plain enclosure. It's blue and white like clouds cos it's a clean preamp...sort of made sense to me

Look forward to hearing what you think of the preamp when it's all done..

Just now, upside downer said:

 

Jingles? Not sure about that, but it'd be nice if a few more had a go at the monthly composition challenge to get the artistic juices flowing 🎶

Fair point.

43 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

But if I did volunteer I definitely could write, compose and produce a much much better alternative.

Now, you see....maybe we should all have a go at creating our own BC jingles.

Bassists vs. The Robots

I quite enjoyed the piece of music. Reminded me of Squarepusher, but on a Sunday morning

Mad skills to boot.

BTW @Kiwi, great idea

Might be joshing the song, but thanks for setting it up 👍

10 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

...complete with absolutely terrible mix and sound quality as well...

I'd completely disagree with you.

The sound quality is amazing! You can really hear, with quite astounding clarity, that everybody singing has a large beard.

Try headphones, maybe.

Seeing as it was made by a machine and not a fellow musician, I feel I can dispense with tact and the appreciation due for another's artistic endeavours.

It sounds like a mobile phone advert

I wonder if Ashdown are recommending linear power suplies as some switching ones can be noisy.  Not something I've found with the HB supplies BTW.

In your situation, I'd try your Mooer unit - assuming it'll provide the 100mA - and see how it goes.

The Boss 230 is worth a try if the Mooer doesn't work out.

HTH

How about one of the Harley Benton ISO models? I'm very pleased with my two - I have an ISO-5 and ISO-2. A few more power outs than you need at the moment, but good to have the extra slots.

https://harleybenton.com/effects/power-supply/

That's a big decision to make, but good for you for going with it.

Bass will still be here if your world spins that way again.

Have fun !

Lovely.

Black/Black/Maple is the best.

"Time, Luck, Cash"

36 minutes ago, lidl e said:

What about zipties but put bits of foam under the part where it goes around the edge. 

 

Or only use it in studio and get a big muff clone for the board. 

Yep - ziptie it to a piece of board* and velcro that to your pedalboard.

*Other thin, flat materials are available

1 hour ago, taunton-hobbit said:

 

😎

Again

Worth it for just the octave-down effect you can get from it. Great pedal.

GLWTS

I have vague recollection of seeing some pictures of folky/prog bands using something similar for those tricky banjo/mandolin/dulcimer/sackbutt interludes.

Deffo a touch of theatre for the band above, but quite a boon if you struggle with the weight of your instrument.

Not sure I could stand still enough!

I used Fast Fret for a year or two about 30 years ago.

Apart from making the strings slippy I didn't feel it added much sonically to my set-up.

I played a gig with a twice Mercury Prize-nominated drummer a couple of years ago.

Not who we wanted, but the best dep we could get on the night.

3 hours ago, franzbassist said:

I kinda hope so....

Despite rumours to the contrary, my curtain rings are the just the same size as everyone else's

On 05/03/2024 at 15:57, Al Krow said:

 

A slightly different take on the same bass from Nate!

Thing is, Mr. Navarro could play my pubic hair strung across a curtain ring and make it sound great

One bass, lots of basses, it really doesn't matter if you ask me. Be a purist or a polyglot....it's up to you. 👍

I have quite a few basses because I wanted them and could afford them. They'll all get sold eventually and they're all going to get some love until then.

Rock what you got

23 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:

Little ray of sunshine!

 

The music may not be to my tastes but it’s a lovely story nonetheless.

Deffo ! A good cheerful story to start the day

This has thread crashed my pad almost every time I've tried to load it

56 minutes ago, lidl e said:

My main man!

 

What's up, pook. Cheers.

 

I've been toying with the dual track idea. I assume you mean simultaneously and not doubled after. 

 

I think i have at leat a few options on hand to test, but might need a boss LS2 to do itnright if im getting what youre saying. I do have a switchblade pro but id trust a boss moreso for recording.

 

My ampeg has two xlrs out i could use one of those and the use the LS2 to do a direct signal into the focusrite. Or go to the Opus instead of direct

 

So many options.

 

What soukd you use for the clean side? Just guitar cable directly into interface?

 

Or are you just doing the sensible thing and doubling it on the DAW

 

All frosty buddy

Yes, as two separate tracks, recorded simultaneously.

For my clean signal, I have a preamp/HPF pedal first in my effects chain that has a pristine DI out and that just goes straight into my interface. Everything after that in the pedalboard goes on the effected track.

Even if you don't have a dedicated DI box, getting something clean onto a track in your DAW is going to be useful, so deffo try the LS2 approach - it's all solid tinkering time and that's always a good thing, isn't it ?