LiamPodmore

I either use my laptop (Quite a nice 6 speaker setup in there, for a laptop) turned up nice and loud, or my phone using a pair of SoundMagic PL50's, both running Spotify, purely for convenience's sake. I do want to get a nice amp & speakers, but i don't have the space or need for it currently, so what i have'll do the trick for now.

Liam

Anything Focusrite is usually a solid choice on the lower end of the market. As MilkyBarKid mentioned always check for driver support as well, not just for future OS releases but some interface have pretty rubbish drivers as well.

Liam

Locked Out Of Heaven is a good shout. Let Her Go (Passenger) and Wake Me Up (Avicii) would be my first thoughts. Wrecking Ball, Gangnam Style and that sort of stuff can be fun if you're willing to play around with a bit and see what works.

Liam

Always check there myself. Even it's just little items, if you buy a few at once you can still save more even paying the £10 postage.

Liam

Biffy Clyro - Bubbles. Crackin' song. Who knows what it'll be next. I have a massive spotifiy collection on shuffle so it's pot luck.

Liam

Is it a powered USB Hub that you have? If not it might be trying to draw too much from the iPad itself which is causing an issue.

Liam

From what i've seen looking into it a couple of years ago, i'd probably look at SIMS Custom Shop.

Liam

I have a pair of cheapies, but i've been using my Soundmagic PL50's (With Comply foam tips) because they give me a better seal, and can also act as earphones when it's someone i don't want to listen to.

Liam

Line 6 POD HD-Pro X is your best bet on a budget. Kemper Profiling Rack works very well if you want amp sim as well, and then there's the (metal) industry standard Fractal Axe FX. Those are the main ones, there's others like the Eleven Rack but it's all about how much you want to spend really.

Liam

Boomin - Original Junkie, and anything by Shinedown.

Liam

I like it! I think it'd look better being a black guard on a pink bass, but either way.

Liam

Rob Trujillo also wears his bass lower than pretty much everyone else. Surprising how he can still reach it.

Liam

Always Dunlop dual design straplocks for me. Klondyke straps are good, though mine is stupidly grippy so not if you like your bass to slide around even a little bit.

Liam

Some of my mates in the Blackburn/Darwen area use [url="https://www.facebook.com/FentonographyUK"]Fentonography[/url] with conistently good results. Damn good videographer too.

Liam

It's surprising the difference a good set of strings makes. I recently put a set of Elixir Nanowebs on my Jazz V Deluxe and it sounded exactly as i'd always hoped it would. Admittedly it did have an almost 2 and a half year old set of Ernie Balls on there beforehand.

Liam

I usually use a table and just throw a black sheet or something over it to make it look a little bit better.

Liam

I could happily gig with just my bass and my preamp, providing the monitoring was good enough. The rig i've been aiming toward is the same. I can get a powered cab if i need an amp, but otherwise i wouldn't get one.

Liam

I use a wax removal kit i found on Amazon. It's just a bottle of hydrogen peroxide and a bulb syringe really, but it's been working for me.

Liam

I've got one of those myself. Solid cases, but they're quite heavy when you're carrying them any more than to the car and back.

Liam

I'm just waiting for someone to come out with a smaller, pedalboard sized version of the RJ45 connected stage boxes (Ie Behringer S16) that are knocking around at the moment. A few channels of i/o over a Cat5 would be brilliant if you're running a larger, more complex board.

Liam

GigRig Generator. That way you can also power the rest of your rig from the same PSU when you use it by just clipping in a cable, and have a range of different options for pretty much anything you need.

Liam

They must still do them on custom order (If you're a big enough name for EB to do custom orders for you) as Jay only seems to have had his for a few years at most. Before that it was a Stealth model, or a Sandberg.

Liam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ0VG2pIv3M

Full demo there. I can understand the change to a maple neck for cost purposes, to keep it in line with their guitar range. Still quite impressive specs for what i expect it to cost. The larger control cavity is a good idea too, something i'm surprised isn't more common.

Liam

Just bought what i can only guess is the above mentioned MXR M80 off Johnny. A pleasure to deal with and the fastest delivery i've had in a while.

Liam

I mostly try to stick with Manchester Academy, Apollo and The Ritz, which are all sub 4000 capacity venues i believe. I do occasionally stray to the MEN (Or Phones 4 You arena as it's now called) but still try to stay with a standing ticket, as i hate sitting down all night at gigs.

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