LiamPodmore

Currently trying out Elixir Nanowebs on my Fender and they're sounding good so far. I'm going to stick a set on my 5 string when i have some money. They should sound better than the 20 month old Ernie Balls which are currently on there. A bit more expensive (double the price) than what i'm used to but hopefully they last like they're supposed to.

Liam

If you don't mind lugging it around, a volume control does go up as well as down. A friend of mine gigs with an 810 in pubs no problem, and his twin brother on guitar uses a 412. Never been too loud when i've seen them.

Liam

Had a set of Elixirs on my main bass for a few weeks and i'm liking them so far, though next time i think i may try the stainless steel ones, as i do like a very bright tone. The nickels are still bright, but not entirely what i want, though they do sound good.

Liam

A pint or two of cider and something to eat, Kebab, Pizza or KFC always goes down nicely post-gig for me, though most of the time it ends up being a pint of water and a bowl of rice krispies.

Liam

There isn't any problem at all, if it sounds good, it sounds good. 2 of the pedals i've used most over the past few years were guitar OD/Distortion pedals.

Liam

In my head, it's when cash is exchanged, so buying an album, t shirt, gig ticket, that sort of thing, because that to me shows that you're willing to put your hard earned cash into listening to a particular band, and they're not just a band what you'll listen to when they come on the radio.

Liam

I got 13 out of 14, but my the answers i chose were the best 2, so i didn't do too bad.

Liam

Our Helical Mind feature masses of effects work from BC'er Shep (Pantherairsoft) who's mahoosive pedalboard you've probably seen if you've looked at the pedalboard thread.

Liam

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I'm definately going to go and find that on Catch Up tonight. I've not been watching it much lately, 'cause i got out of my routine when i finished work.

Liam

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Just found out, they only did 150 worlwide
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And i know the guy that has #4 of those 150. They are beautiful basses, there's no doubt about that.

Lia,

I've got it on at the moment, brilliant as usual so far, but i think they may've played Grenade just that bit too fast. The gearstalker in me wasn't expecting to see a Mesa Boogie stack back there either, looks like an M Pulse and 2 PH410's i think.

Liam

The Hillsboro's are lovely basses to play IMO. I used a Hillsboro J at a college audition i once did and although it needed a set up, it felt nice and balanced really well. I have mad gas for the Eric Bass model at the moment.

Liam

All of those do pretty good approximations of a Stingray, and the actual Musicman SUB Basses (Not the new Sterling by Musicman SUB ones) are some of the best you can get for that kind of price. I've also been told that the Dean Hillsboro does a pretty a good approximation too, but haven't had chance to try one myself yet.

Liam

2 crackers i once saw, from a band we were supporting. "One two, one two, one two three four five, once i caught a fish alive etc..." and the other one, the guy just shouted Freestyle and went into a 30 second improvised rap.

Liam

I ordered some bits n bobs from them last Tuesday, at about 2pm. 10:30 on Wednsday morning they turned up at my door. Now that's what i call damn good service.

Liam

This should cover a lot of what you're after: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/205633-in-ear-monitors-help-needed/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/205633-in-ear-monitors-help-needed/[/url]

Liam

A quick search is telling me that it's out of stock everywhere except possibly [url="http://www.thegigrig.com/acatalog/PT_systems_pedalboards.html"]GigRig[/url], but whether they have them there or they're sent from an external source i have no idea.

Liam

A few years back my band played in Standard, Drop D, D Standard and Drop C. We each had our own methods, lead guitarist just tuned up and down as necessary. The rhythm guitarist swapped between D standard and Drop C, then used a capo for the E standard and Drop D stuff, then i just went the complete lazy method and got a 5 string. If i didn't use a 5, i'd have gone for multiple basses for certain. It makes more sense, and it's easier. Means you've always got a spare too.

Liam

Shouldn't have any problems using that combination at all. I expect it might sound rather nice as well, but nobody knows that unless they've tried it. What Mr Foxen above me says is true though. A pair of vertically stacked 2x10s will be better than a 4x10, but people still use 4x10's and like them so...

Liam

Usually the left output can be used as a mono out, and only use L&R if you want stereo, from what i've seen anyway.

Liam

Muscle memory for me, so i'm not sure which category that would fall under. If i start thinking about the notes on stage, that's when i mess up.

Liam

Glad to hear that. I'm due a string change this week and i'm making the move to Elixirs myself. Good customer support is always a bonus.

Liam

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The place I buy it from sell it at £6 a meter. There are 5m in the sealed box and they give you 10% off if you buy a box - so I got 5m for for £27. That's ALOT. Unless you are a total pedalboard whore like me, using a sensible amount 5m should last a lifetime.
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At first i thought that was really expensive, but it's not as bad as it seems. I paid £14 for 2m of the Velcro branded stuff (Which was sh*te, but it wasn't the heavy duty stuff) so £6pm isn't that bad. I could see 5m lasting me beyond a lifetime, seeing as all i have is a PT Nano.

My best suggestion is just listen to Shep. He uses more of the stuff than Pedaltrain do.

Liam

Only Ashdown gear i've ever had issues with were a pair of MAG series 1x15's which were just all low end and hardly any top, and their tiny practice amp which couldn't take the output from my bass with any sort of usable sound. All the rest i've used has been great, though it was all ABM stuff.

Liam

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGsWyPjSVRo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGsWyPjSVRo[/url]

A bit of Casey Abrams for me tonight. Can't believe a guy with that much talent (He's a bass player, of course he's talented) came out of American Idol.

Liam