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well, i guess it's at least 15 years old, so a bit of tlc is prolly in order !

i usually use my trace elliot head for practise at home as the cooling fans on the bigger rig tend to annoy after a while. so now that it's driving my new cab that's on top of my old 4x10 i can hear the sound coming out of it a lot clearer as it's right by my ears... ..and i can hear a very slight distorted sound 'behind' the sound of my bass when i'm playing. it's not loud, but it is there. this doesn't happen with my other amp(s) and i've tried different bases and cables and it's still there. it's quite an old head - could it be time to replace the caps ? any advice before i bung it in for service would be good.

[quote name='R,5,R,5...' post='198905' date='May 14 2008, 05:24 PM']I CAN'T believe someone else is a fan...[/quote] plus the one. the guy's an amazing bass player. so glad he's appreciated !! is the 3mp stuff good ? i've been meaning to track some down...

[quote name='Sarah5string' post='198885' date='May 14 2008, 04:57 PM']Anything involving slap and pop... I'm hopeless at it![/quote] see when it comes to slap and pop...i'm quite happy not being able to play it !!

[quote name='Jobiebass' post='198708' date='May 14 2008, 01:30 PM']But what songs out there have you looked at and thought... Never in a million years..[/quote] most of them.

just a thought - we're seeing boss pedals that claim to mimic certain amps and now these sansamp ones. kindof reminds me of a plug-ins in cubase or nuendo... um..that's it, just a wee bit o' musing.

[quote name='BassInMyFace' post='198578' date='May 14 2008, 10:58 AM']what i really need is post eq input like on the cube 30. is there any way this can be achieved? can the headphone out jack be converted as mentioned above?[/quote] as other have said...i'd imagine it is possible, but you'd need to take it to an engineer.

so is the speaker emulation on all the time with these pedals ? that strikes me as a bit stupid for something being marketed as a stompbox... anyway...i'd like to try one, but after being ultimately unhappy with the sabddi i'll not be rushing out and getting one.

well here it is... my new swr workingman's 2x12 loaded with 2 celestion 200W drivers, making it an unusual beast it would seem.. sounds great - i'm a happy bunny.. lovely and smooth-sounding...i can't wait to hear it at volume !!

wouldn't trust that at all... looks like it was made by ronco 'the perfect christmas gift'

talk to them, tell them how you feel. it's alway better to part company on good terms and i'm sure if you tell them why you fancy moving on they'll repect that. as for being in more than one band...play with as many people as you can if you have the time.

[quote name='BOD2' post='198000' date='May 13 2008, 02:36 PM']Always use an [url="http://www.blue-room.org.uk/wiki/Residual_Current_Device"]RCD device[/url] when playing and always investigate any electric shocks no matter how small.[/quote] plus the one... if you're using [i]any[/i] kind of mains electrical equipment outside and you're not using an RCD then you're...um...how should i put this...errr... [b]very unwise[/b]

hmmm...thanks for the thoughts folks. i may grab myself a set or two and see how it goes.

having a browse on ebay i noticed that these seem to go quite cheap and they do a 40-100 set, which is what i usually get in elites. anyone tried the warwick sets ? any opinions ?

[quote name='jono b' post='197509' date='May 12 2008, 08:54 PM']I think The National Anthem by Radiohead is a good example of an "uninteresting" bassline being important to the song. It's drives the track along and loops over and over while it's everything else that does all the interesting stuff. 4 notes is all it is but anything else just wouldn't work. I'd rather listen to a good song than an average one with an interesting bass line.[/quote] damn fine choice as an example...part of the reason why the song works is that the bass just chromatic things whilst it al goes mad around it. to me it's a fantastic example of how powerful something that seems uncomplicated can be. [size=1]lets forget it wasn't played by the bassist !![/size]

[quote name='jono b' post='197411' date='May 12 2008, 07:24 PM']I cheated and searched for it, I didn't want to wait til tomorrow for pics. It looks a beast! Good buy![/quote] ooh - i bet you search for you xmas presents too donhca ?

[quote name='lowhand_mike' post='197332' date='May 12 2008, 05:23 PM']sounds like a nice find, could be this[/quote] it's none of those...it's something special ! i paid £199 for it...hoping to pick it up tomoz. more details then...

[quote name='jono b' post='197376' date='May 12 2008, 06:44 PM']One of my bands songs isn't overly complicated but it's all about dynamics and ends on a massive crescendo. The bassline for it is just root notes because I've tried doing something more "interesting" but it doesn't work for the song. Although the ending has some nice droning/chord stuff that's pretty good.[/quote] my outlook exactly...if you're not playing for and with the piece of music, pack up and go home.

cat5 cable- nick it from work, pull it apart.... bish bosh as they say !!

[quote name='The Funk' post='197357' date='May 12 2008, 06:11 PM']Yeah, I can understand that. How could you possibly write a part that would bore yourself?[/quote] well, the part itself doesn't have to be jaw-dropping, as long as it fits in with the tune.

[quote name='The Funk' post='197344' date='May 12 2008, 05:55 PM']I'm happy to play a simple bassline where the song wouldn't hang together if I was showing off. (It also helps if I get plenty of opportunities to show off on other songs ).[/quote] i don't do showing off either what i'm saying is that as i get to decide what the bass is playing then by definition it's can't be dull...not cos i'm an amazing player, but cos if i have to play it i make it interesting (to me that is)

i don't do covers...if the bassline's dull to play it's my fault !!!

there's a certain style of music, let's call it style 'X'... i hate playing with bands who play this style...and it's not a dislike for the type of music per se...it's the poeple who make it. as a rule they're rude, self centred, never have the right equipment with them and expect people to bail them out. case in point...last gig one of my bands played...we were on the bill with three style 'X' bands...and one of their guitarists tunred up without a strap, a a cable and a distortion pedal. he went around aksing. i flat-out said 'no' as i've been in this situation before, lent stuff out and it's come back broken, without even a mention of it. as it happens our guitarist loaned out a cable and his distortion pedal. the pedal came back looking like it had been used to hammer in nails and the cable was ruined. so yeah - my gigging nemesis ? style 'X'.