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ok - just an update on the faulty steel leather. the nice people at creative tools have tested my steel leather and have agreed to replace it as it [i]was[/i] passing current through to the output, so they're going to replace it. i also spoke to them about my micro q-tron which the steel leather damaged and ehx have said they'll replace that as well. BUT...here's the rub. EHX say that that steel leather can't be run off the same power supply as other pedals...it needs its own psu or has to be run off batteries. [i]WTF ?[/i] nowhere in the instructions does it say this, and i'm going to be contacting ehx to tell them i think if that's the case then they should say so explicitly in the instructions. so, if you're planning on getting a steel leather, bear this in mind.

[quote name='BassManKev' post='183161' date='Apr 22 2008, 08:25 PM']well i think im in the market for a nice distortion now, since the seller of a dha vt5 i was plannin on buyin has messed me around abit and pulled out for the second time other than dha, what valve distortion are there out there?[/quote] aria td-1 platinum drive ? mine's for sale...

anyone every used an ashbory for metal ?

my pedalboard and the side pockets in my gig bag are enough for me.

a friend showed me how to play 12-bar blues and the bassline to 'a forest' by the the cure and then i just learned stuff from records

just as an update - looks like the band with the guitard will be carrying on for a while...or at least until i get sick of his attitude...

[quote name='BassManKev' post='181483' date='Apr 21 2008, 12:45 AM']true, i dunno i guess it just annoys me how much flac the pedal gets sometimes[/quote] why ? if it gets a sound you like then great. if not...you live and learn.

[quote name='BassManKev' post='181478' date='Apr 21 2008, 12:26 AM']if you use the odb-3 PROPERLY, it is immensly better than a double muff will ever be you know the odb-3 has a high freq and gain knob right?? have them set correctly and there will be none of the fizzyness everyone seems to jump on the bandwagon about[/quote] horses for courses bmv...

[quote name='jono b' post='181468' date='Apr 21 2008, 12:02 AM']I got rid of my ODB-3 because I'm another who reckons it was too fizzy, but I have to admit I'm mighty tempted by the Double Muff, mainly because of the 'True Bypass' that the ODB didn't have. I've been borrowing a Danelectro Wasabi distortion which is pretty good, and has the db boost, but when it's not in use it really colours the clean sound [/quote] i really liked my double muff, sadly it's broken...

well, at least you'd never be short of a bottle opener

silly. silly and fugly (slight return)

hmm...good question ! from my current effects, it'd be my digitech bad monkey overdrive

[quote name='Golder7' post='181032' date='Apr 20 2008, 02:20 PM']unfortunately i dont have it. im getting it off a friend in a week or two, was really just wondering if it was any good and worth £100?[/quote] look at the reviews of the preamp [url="http://www.bgra.net/2004/review.php?id=114&type=preamp"]http://www.bgra.net/2004/review.php?id=114&type=preamp[/url]

[quote name='Golder7' post='181027' date='Apr 20 2008, 02:17 PM']really? excellent [/quote] what's the model number ?

very highly thought of iirc lucky you !

my '86 fender jazz sweet as a nut it be

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='180928' date='Apr 20 2008, 11:09 AM']Are we all going to be cited as references on your thesis? [/quote]

[quote name='neepheid' post='180837' date='Apr 20 2008, 02:23 AM']A thick, wide suede type leather strap helps. What kind of strap are you using?[/quote] a very wide montana leather strap. it doesn't stop the bass rotating away from me...as if it wants to lie face-down on the floor at my feet.

couple of lovely basses you've got there...

the strap button on my dearmond starfire is currently at the heel of the neck and it makes the bass hang forward....quite uncomfortable to be honest i'd like to move it to the top horn to improve the balance (see attached...) thing is, i'm worried that the wood there is far too thin to support the weight of the bass and the strap button will just pull out and damage the bass. i've though of trying to inject something like polysestger resin into the upper horn using a flexible bit of pipe, but this sems a bit hit and miss.... any ideas ?

that bass is sex on a stick