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i tried one when i was in new york a few years ago and was just plain appalled how such an expensive pedal sounds so horrible. i couldn't get one useable sound out of it, even with the guy in the shop's help. ymmv of course

[quote name='cris the man' post='92988' date='Nov 22 2007, 08:48 PM']is that a jaguar?[/quote] no - it's a fender vi...it's like a quitar, but tuned an octave lower...E to E still a bass though !

my 1979 sabre only cost me £550 i'd haggle VERY hard

[quote name='Motocross_nick' post='92420' date='Nov 21 2007, 10:47 PM']yeah must say the price did tempt me, can pick up one for 25 quid on the 'bay! Nick oliveri is the former bassist of the Queens of the stone age, he played a p bass through an overdriven ampeg svt. just ragged gritty but not too ott tone. cheers, Nick[/quote] then i'd say go buy one ! ragged it certainly the way i'd describe it ! it's certainly not polite, but then i don't like polite

[quote name='Motocross_nick' post='91519' date='Nov 20 2007, 02:56 PM']could you tell me what the EHX double muff is like? saw one the other day and wandering if it was worth it. kinda going for a nick oliveri slightly overdriven sound. any samples would be greatly appreciated![/quote] i love it - i used it last night at my new band's practice and it sounds amazing (sorry tayste_2000 !!) !!! it's not a pretty sound, very ragged, but i don't think that's what it's for...no appreciable bass loss and adds a nice roughness to the sound. i was using it solely on the single muff setting, AND ran it before a little big muff and the sound was frankly immense. i've no idea who nick oliveri is i'm afraid... for the price, i'd say give it a whirl

short of opening up the amp and wiring in a footswitch...

my mum and dad bought me the rockshool book and cassette just ater i started playing bass...

[quote name='David Nimrod' post='91017' date='Nov 19 2007, 07:03 PM']Now I would *love* one of them ;-) I know Schecter did a version a while back... I certainly couldn't afford the Fender reissue. An E to E bass would be excellent.[/quote] well it certainly wasn't cheap ! i love it though - i'm trying out for a krautrock/drone band tomoz...if i'm in i'll deffo see about playing the vi

my 6-stringer already has a trem

[quote name='DHA' post='89931' date='Nov 17 2007, 04:26 PM']Hi, Try pushing the black lead against the earth and see if you get any noise when playing? If it fell off somewhere there must be a cue as to where like a blob of solder, broken wire or a pin on a pot not connected anymore. Dave[/quote] exactly what i did...thankfully there was a fairly obvious lump of solder on the edge of the pcb. all done and sounding great again... at least it got my arse in gear to restring the sabre as well !! thanks for the advice folks

i've no pictures of mine, but it's a fender mexican precision ("cowpoke") similar to this... if it were passive i'd be able to figure it out quite easily...i'm hoping that even though it's active i can look at the pcb and work out where to connect a new cable to

the output jack was cracking so i removed the plate it sits in and a short black wire just dropped out onto the floor !! and now, no sound so i've no idea what it connects to except i presume the jack socket... i'm going to open it up tonight and see if i can make any sense of the wiring. i really hope i can fix it...i love it. trying to find the silver lining i restrung my jazz bass and played that last night. wish me luck !!

[quote name='Mottlefeeder' post='86664' date='Nov 10 2007, 09:45 PM']3) buy a small S/H mixer, like a Behringer 502 or 802, which will drive headpones, and allow you to mix in your CD player etc. - £20-30[/quote] and is a useful thing to have anyway... top advice there mottlefeeder

exactly the p-up combination i've always thought was the most sensible. nice bit o wood there !

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='86519' date='Nov 10 2007, 04:40 PM']I hope those aren't reusable filtered water bottles that are to be refilled by the catering staff. If so they might start getting peed off that someone keeps nicking the seals...[/quote] oh... now i feel bad

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='84818' date='Nov 7 2007, 10:57 AM']Bah! if it's minimalism you want, just take 'em both off and just leave the output socket! [/quote] OR...fit a wireless system inside the bass and get rid of the output jack !! it's the 'shaved look'

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='84720' date='Nov 7 2007, 12:57 AM']went to look at the laney website. look at the pictures, bottom right of the back, is that a computer input?[/quote] the manual lists it as the footswitch connector

[quote name='stingrayfan' post='84710' date='Nov 7 2007, 12:25 AM']Why do punks only have one knob? No, hold on, it's not a joke...just an observation. The Tom DeLonge Strat is the same as this bass. No tone control, just volume. Is that cos they rip the tone off in a fit of punk rawk?[/quote] didn't the mark hoppus sig bass only have a volume control ? mind you, i've heard it said that removing the tone control reduces the loading on the pickup and so gives a clearer sound...more boutique than punk if you ask me...

[quote name='synaesthesia' post='84257' date='Nov 5 2007, 10:56 PM']I honestly cannot remember but I went out and bought a bunch of similar sized computer cooling fans from Maplin and tried them, found one that was lower in noise and used that. It is not a difficult modification, strip the back fan clip off and you can fit a new pair of fans, one for each side of heatsinks.[/quote] cool - thanks for the advice. i'm actually thinking of getting a second hand, fanless power amp for home use...i do find the fans a little oppressive at times.

[quote name='synaesthesia' post='84076' date='Nov 5 2007, 05:01 PM']I have amongst other poweramps, a Soundtech Ps802. I like 1U amps and have various makes of 1U amps. I like the Soundtech, it does what it is supposed to do, but beware the fans make a bit of noise. I changed my fans and they are still audible. Not that your audience will hear it but you will.[/quote] what did you swap yours for ? it's something i'd be interested in trying

[quote name='BigRedX' post='83639' date='Nov 4 2007, 07:14 PM']and the Athlet [/quote] that top horn looks [i]very[/i] fragile

at work they when the bosses have meetings they drink some kind of posh bottled water that has the same closures as grolsch bottles. they normally leave the tray with the drinks finished bottles outside the meeting rooms when they're done... i've acquired a few washers that way

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='83139' date='Nov 3 2007, 01:52 PM']Everyone seems to have missed the most important point about using open strings - the more open strings you use, the more time you have to wave your hand in the air making rock/metal symbols! [/quote] you're not wrong \m/ i don't [i]avoid[/i] playing open strings, but somethimes they're just a bit easier. and i agree with what's been said about playing fretless...you need them imho to keep things in tune.

hmmm...that's interesting. i bought a bashed up jazz bass a while back with the intention of stripping it and doing it up (not got too far on that....but that's another story...) and i reckon it must be a maya looking at the pics above. it was painted really badly with house paint, so the logo wasn't visible. nice to know what it is though...

i've never really got on with multi-fx. but then i like all them little boxes. they're like little faces smiling up at you ^_^ kawaiiiiiiii !!