ahpook

if i hadn't just ordered myself an ehx holy stain...

i'm quite tempted by one of these...anything that improves strength in that area must be good.

effects i can bring:

mxr bass di+
digitech bad monkey
ehx small stone
ehx small clone
boss dm2 delay
modded boss cs-3
ruetz modded-rat

and soon to arrive: ehx holy stain

[quote name='queenofthedepths' post='174616' date='Apr 11 2008, 03:26 PM']+100
I like my red Grolsch straplocks on my black bass - or maybe if I can get some cheap black washers, I'll put the red ones on my GREEN bass [/quote]

plus the one-oh-one

it's not until you install a flashblocker that you realise how much pointless use of flash there is on the internet

what a beautiful bass

[quote name='Lenny B' post='174836' date='Apr 11 2008, 09:18 PM']+1 London - I'm in Camden so Kings X sounds good...[/quote]

i'm in tottenham.

[quote name='Biggsy' post='174546' date='Apr 11 2008, 02:11 PM']Maybe Red Onion would be able to advise me, but I'll still have to spend some time figuring out the possibilities beforehand.[/quote]


i'm sure they'd be more than happy to help.


(btw - the footswitch for my ampeg came and works a treat, hats off to the red onion people !)

my first ever band recorded their first demo with the mission's drum machine

yeah - have that !

interestingly both of my my boss pedal tuners take a few seconds to register the open e...

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='173627' date='Apr 10 2008, 08:06 AM']That's priceless, that last bit! A good night then...[/quote]

yup

she's lost control - joy division

our gig went amazingly well.

our first gig...and we lost count of the number of people who came up to us after and told us how much they enjoyed it.

got paid, got another gig off the back of it and someone told me i was an amazing bass player

is the compression driver adjustable ?

i'm very keen on 'lightning my load' so to speak, but i just don't get on with HF drivers.

shame if they're not - girlfren is keen to buy me a cab for my birthday !!

[quote name='BassManKev' post='172819' date='Apr 9 2008, 08:08 AM']sometimes buffered bypasses are better for your signal chain than true bypass are[/quote]

[i]sometimes[/i] yes...

i guess i've got a boss tuner in my effects chain already, so maybe a true bypass one is a bit pointless now.

the boss might be an option.


if only mxr stuff wasn't so expensive !

on and off, yes.

[quote name='Beedster' post='172435' date='Apr 8 2008, 05:20 PM']I was trying to describe the tone the other day and the word 'agricultural' sprang to mind. No idea why, but it seemed about right [/quote]



you just made me spit biscuits at my lappy.

but talking of active fenders, although a little tangentially...my fender pj 'cowpoke' seems to have a lovely active eq. it records beautifully.

there's the mxr 10-band eq i know about.

any other ideas for a bass-friendly eq pedal with true bypass ?

one reason for using speakons over jacks i've heard is that if you're using a closed cab, it is possible for the pressure to blow a jack plug out of the socket, whereas a speakon locks in place.

whether this is true or not....i dunno !

update: i think my steel leather has developed a fault.

when daisy-chained with boss pedals it won't turn off, and i suspect it's taken out my double muff and damaged the dc power input on my micro q-tron.

i've mailed the people i got it off to see if they'll exchange it.

well, i can't really complain...i've been using elites on my basses years.

but i think i got a dud set...restrung about a week ago, played one gig and practised twice, and the e-string sounds like a washing line. ugh. the other three strings are fine...still zingy.

thing is - i hate brand new strings and we're playing on wednesday...

so..restring, or put up with it ?

[quote name='dannybuoy' post='171022' date='Apr 6 2008, 10:17 PM']Let me know when you Bristol boys have arranged yours so I can have my thread back!


[/quote]

i keep looking at the rockbass fortress and thinking...

hmmm.

i use my ridge farm gas cooker di as a bass preamp for recording.

sounds great.

london...bass...effects.

this sound good