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[quote name='gafbass02' post='202586' date='May 20 2008, 07:58 AM']My wife is awesome, she knows my bass playing is the biggest part of what makes me me and fully accepts and encourages it. She knows if im not playing i get grumpy and over the last ten years has learnd a great deal about basses too which is cool when she points out a p bass or whatever.[/quote] sounds like you're as lucky as me ! girlfren (we're not married !) loves me having a bass and (small !) amp in the front room "cos it's part of you", and comes to as many of my gigs as she can. she also listens to music i've made on her ipod and reallt looks forward to my gigs. she even bought me my new swr 2x12 for my birthday...i'm very lucky ! [i]and[/i] today's our 15th anniversary

[quote name='Machines' post='202379' date='May 19 2008, 07:38 PM']9v is 9v in my book.[/quote] plus the one. i couldn't even tell you what make or kind of battery is in my actives basses. once they go in they'e forgotten about.

[quote name='chris_b' post='202103' date='May 19 2008, 01:56 PM']Several years ago I was at the Wal workshop takling to Pete Stevens about the great sound of old (1970's) Wals. He said that the sound changed when they had to switch from imperial wire to metric wire. You wouldn't think that a small change would make such a difference![/quote] you should hear the change in tone when i stopped using black guitar cable and started using a red one....

[quote name='BOD2' post='202044' date='May 19 2008, 12:44 PM']Did you have both pedals plugged into the same 9V power supply ? If so I'd be tempted to have a look at the power supply.[/quote] plus the one

eventually amps will end up like mobile phones...you'll end up losing then down the side of the sofa !!

[quote name='Jase' post='201863' date='May 18 2008, 11:48 PM']Ok, I'll give that a go...should be fine, I know what I'm doing I'll post back![/quote] keep one hand in your pocket if you're inside an amp....those caps can hold charge for quite a while !!

[quote name='Welshbassist' post='201829' date='May 18 2008, 11:16 PM']I find that low power bass amps are a waste of money, you NEED at least a hundred watts to reproduce the low end! There might be amps that defy this rule, but this is what I've experienced.[/quote] um...it [i]is[/i] just a practise amp !!

maybe one of the pedals crapped out and blew the other ?

[quote name='BassManKev' post='201780' date='May 18 2008, 09:50 PM']well its out, and imo overpriced, anyone gunna take the plunge n buy one?? i cant see me ever spending £125 on it, i was hoping it would be cheaper than the blowtorch, but alas. found it for £109 at one place, and that link above is at £85, but both are out of stock, and no doubt when they are back in they will mark their prices up with the likes of dv and a few others opinions?[/quote] i'd be interested to hear it, but i'm not as interested as i was...between my fulltone bass driver and the mxr di+ (thanks again bmk), i'm quite happy. if i were interested i'd certainly be waiting a bit for the prices to come down...

the question is...does it come with a kettle lead ?

[quote name='BassManKev' post='201682' date='May 18 2008, 07:22 PM']that english muffin sound sample has put me right off it, seems to totally suck tone away when engaged?? or are my pc speakers being particulary sh*te today[/quote] it sounds ok to me...

how much would a mia p-bass, a badass II and some sd pickups cost you ? less than that surely. and you'd not need to read his migraine-inducing ad either.

i hear it's a b@stard to play - neck's like a log !

[quote name='BassManKev' post='201540' date='May 18 2008, 02:49 PM']odb-3 is great choice, can be used as a clean boost, as well as a low gain natural overdrive, and a high gain noise fest. as long as your careful and know how to use the eq/blend effectivly, its a great pedal[/quote] you should just put that in your sig bmk...save yourself some typing

i think the english muff'n is a different beast to the big muff family, which tend to go straight for the jugular...and are fuzz pedals rather than overdrives... i'd be quite tempted by the english muff'n (from what i've heard and read) if i hadn't vowed to stop buying pedals

[quote name='paul, the' post='200883' date='May 17 2008, 09:23 AM']Sweet rig. How much does the 212 weigh?[/quote] i've not actually weighed it, but the seller reckoned about 60lb, which seems right compared with my 4x10. either way it's a good size and weight...for a little chap like me !

i'd be interested in replies to this too...i quite fancy one of the zoom recorders, for doing practises and also just for making field recordings for sampling later

[quote name='Starvolt' post='201570' date='May 18 2008, 03:39 PM']When you bear in mind that he'd been playing bass for about a month, and struggled to play Smoke On The Water, I thought that it was a rather strange investment, rather than a cheaper bass.[/quote] well, it would keep its resale value better than a cheaper one i suppose...

well, maplins have proved to be no use trying to source the replacement caps for the power supply.... i'm actually wondering if it's worthwhile just biting the bullet and getting it serviced professionally...it's possible i may be selling it soon anyway... oh, and in pulling the board for the power supply just i noticed that there's more etching humour on the bottom of the pcb. right in the middle it says 'make it so number one' ahhh....the late 90's eh ?

[quote name='ped' post='201449' date='May 18 2008, 11:51 AM']I think flat screen monitors are buzz free, so a must for the studio.[/quote] plus the one ! and the lack of cathode rays means you don't have to wear a tin-foil hat any more !!!

[quote name='6stringbassist' post='201426' date='May 18 2008, 11:15 AM']Nothing worse than noisy fans, try a class D power amp, they don't have them, they're also a lot lighter.[/quote] lighter than my soundtech ? it only wieghs 16lbs !!! i reckon i'll just keep my eyes open for a cheap, low-power, convection-cooled amp.

[quote name='PauBass' post='201381' date='May 18 2008, 09:17 AM']Any other pedal that can give the sound that grit I'm looking for?[/quote] suggestions (from my 'umble experience)... digitech bad monkey - a low-gain overdrive that has plenty of level boosting ability. mxr bass di+ - two channel overdrive - you can use the clean boost to overdrive the front end of your amp, and also a dedicated distorion channel that you could add some dirt with and also pump up the volume with to hit your valves harder. line booster pedals (mxr micro amp, cae line booster, ehx linear booster) - will add more grind, but will also raise your volume somewhat..as i said it depends how much overdrive you need really. ive found that in the parts of sone where i need more overdrive a bit of volume boost works well anyway, but best to try if you can.