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all my cables go in either my pedal case or my rockbag for the bass i'm using. there's a 4-way mains extension in the guitar bag too. um...that's it.

i've owned both units and much preferred the mxr of the two.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='959628' date='Sep 17 2010, 04:24 PM']They're tacky but hardly NSFW and certainly no worse than EBSFreak's which he's been using for much longer without seeming to attract any complaints.[/quote] well, it's up for discussion now...hence why opinions are being voiced.

[quote name='Dubs' post='959566' date='Sep 17 2010, 03:36 PM']Nothing to really cause much offence, but plenty to give the wrong idea with a glancing look.[/quote] plus the one.

[quote name='ezbass' post='959096' date='Sep 17 2010, 08:24 AM']Ask him to use Thai Sticks...[/quote] aaah, get him so stoned he can't play... i liiike it

to me it seems a shame that just cos a few people want to have possibly NSFW avatars, those people who might get into trouble for those avatars have to turn everybody's off. seems a tad unfair to me. if it was up to me i'd not have any NSFW avatars on the site, cos frankly i think theyre tacky, but that's just my view.

[quote name='stewblack' post='956837' date='Sep 15 2010, 07:18 AM']With me it's small crowds, intimate venues that are more nerve wracking. Bigger the gig the more remote the audience so they seem less of a threat.[/quote] it's when you can see the whites of their eyes !

[quote name='Colledge' post='956284' date='Sep 14 2010, 05:43 PM']my question is do you think there are any situations where a fretless bass should never be used?[/quote] brain surgery.

they're not cheap, but the wounded paw battering ram does a fantastic job of mild overdrive, and it has a switchable fuzz in parallel with the o/d circuit. the fuzz beats the blowtorch hands down imho - it's pretty much the only pedal i use at the mo for overdrive and fuzz problem is you have to get them in from canada, unless you can get one second-hand. well, in summary...if you ever get tired of the blowtorch, the battering ram might be worth a look for both fuzz and grit.

[quote name='Linus27' post='955694' date='Sep 14 2010, 08:33 AM']OK, mmm, why does the neck feel longer and more of a stretch on a Warwick then? It has to be because it has more frets/another octave??[/quote] i found that with my corvette $$ - i [i]think[/i] it's the way it hangs off the strap and how the shape of the bass makes it sit on your knee.

it's very prince.... and [i]very[/i] ritter

i've been gigging on and off in london for the last 7 years and i don't even drive. there's plenty of public transport (buy a sturdy trolley !), taxis if you must, and if i've ever relied on an band member to help with moving stuff around then i give them the equivalent taxi fare as 'petrol money'. mind you, i generally play small venues that encourage sharing gear, so most bands don't bring their whole raft of equipment anyway.

/backs away waving hands/ this is electricty folks....someone could get hurt !

[quote name='Rayman' post='953763' date='Sep 12 2010, 06:13 PM']You see that's what I would've like to do, session work etc, just making a decent living making music that's all, nothing flash. Actually that's cobblers, I want to punch the air in front of 20,000 people at Maddison Square Garden.[/quote] mind you, as i get older, the whole touring thing doesn't appeal much any more - session stuff would suit me fine. i like my sleep too much these days !

with you on carrying on till the end...the bitter end !! i realised that i wasn't going to be 'a rock star' many years ago, but still plug away...playing originals and enjoying every moment of it. i only know of one person who's approached making it - a friend of mine who makes a living out of bass playing. she played on tricky's last usa tour, plays in pit bands for shows and does some session work. she's worked bloody hard at it, and good for her - not bad for a 29 year old !!

[quote name='dood' post='953697' date='Sep 12 2010, 04:51 PM'] [/quote] plus the one...this is a [i]discussion[/i] forum, not an online textbook.

[quote name='flyfisher' post='953283' date='Sep 12 2010, 01:15 AM']I rest my case. Think of it this way. The waveform from the pickup is an AC signal and it will alternate around zero volts (ground). An amplifier - either a bass power amp or a guitar pre-amp - must therefore amplify both the +V and -V portions of the waveform. It is not possible to amplify the -V portion of the waveform if there is no negative voltage rail to supply the amplified negative signal voltage. With an 18V system, the two 9volt batteries are connected together to give 18 volts across the voltage rails BUT the connection between the batteries will be connected to the ground of the power amp, which means that the pre-amp voltage rails are actually +9V and -9V with respect to ground. This configuration allows the AC pickup waveform to be correctly amplified on both its positive and negative cycles. Such a design allows the pre-amp to be DC-coupled to the power amp and eliminates the requirement for a DC-blocking capacitor, which is a good thing as far as frequency response is concerned (for the reasons described in the above quote). With a single 9V battery as a power supply, the pre-amp output can only swing between zero and +9v, so how can the -V portion of the pickup waveform be amplified? The answer is to apply a DC bias voltage to the input of the pre-amp so that the AC pickup waveform is centred around 4.5V instead of zero volts. The pre-amp can now amplify the AC waveform and the output will be a larger AC signal, but still centred around 4.5 volts. The bass amp input will be expecting an AC signal centred around zero volts (ground) so, to remove the 4.5V DC offset of the pre-amp output, the pre-amp is connected to the bass amp via a capacitor, which will only allow the AC signal to pass through it and will block the 4.5V DC voltage offset (hence the term 'blocking capacitor'). Unfortunately, this capacitor will have some effect on the AC waveform, as mentioned in the above quote, which may not be desirable. Hence the advantage of an 18V system, more accurately referred to as a -9V, zero, +9V system, which allows direct DC-coupling of the pre-amp output to the bass amp input. Apologies for the ramble but although simple in principle it's not easy to describe purely in words.[/quote] techy, but perfectly correct....

[quote name='pantherairsoft' post='953430' date='Sep 12 2010, 11:34 AM']At first I thought it sounded a little silly and annoying. But by the end of the piece it kind of just becomes ambience and actually fills the sound out quite a lot. Good idea though![/quote] agreed - once you get used to it it's quite nice.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='953256' date='Sep 11 2010, 11:50 PM']Actually, I use [attachment=58597:WahlSterling2Plus.jpg] The depressing thing is that, if I didn't use the clippers, I wouldn't look much different.[/quote] is that a built-in knuckle-duster ?

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='953210' date='Sep 11 2010, 10:13 PM']I have to say that I prefer my Wahl. [/quote]

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='953203' date='Sep 11 2010, 10:06 PM']It is indeed that cheap, and now closes at 11pm. Only £5/hour until 5pm too. You [b]can[/b] pop to the Chillingham after... but these days you tend to be delving into the sort of territory we're covering in the "dickhead" thread. [/quote] really ? heaton that bad these days ? i remember when only rich students lived in heaton...all the poor sods (like me) seem to live in fenham/benwell.