leonshelley01

On hold for Golchen

I get pretty good results using Cubase 4 Essential and a Line 6 Toneport GX using the Pod Farm modelling software that comes with it. My PC is fairly low spec (3.46 GHz Celeron, 1 Gb RAM) but Cubase is still very stable. The only problem I have ever encountered was when I used different reverbs on all 7 tracks and it started jumping on playback.

A friend of mine really loves hers but I didn't like it when I played it, it felt to squashed because of the short scale. Quite an authentic sixties sound though.

I have a collection of 40 plus issues of Guitarist magazine ranging from Nov 2003 to February 2009, most of which I still have the cds for. Anyone who wants the lot can have them, they just need picking up from the Luton area.

RIP

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' post='519661' date='Jun 20 2009, 10:25 PM']However, if you like a certain player or style then buying a dvd isn't a bad thing. (unless you get one which is too advanced)[/quote] Totally agree. There is nothing quite as disheartening as a tutorial DVD that goes right over your head or where the tutor doesn't explain clearly what they mean.

My Squier Classic Vibes 60's Precision has one on as standard and I think it looks quite classy. I wouldn't install one on another bass however, as you have to remove it to change the strings and I would be concerned that the regular screwing/unscrewing would weaken the wood around the screws, eventually making it very loose or even fall off.

I have cut my fingers many times before a rehearsal preparing food. As someone else mentioned, invariably it was just after I thought what an arse it would be to cut myself now. I now eat takeout before rehearsal.

There is also the EHX LPB-1 which does the job pretty well, and they are a bargain at about £25-30 new.

Never had a dead string from either Rotosound or D'Addario, maybe I've just been lucky (that has probably jinxed it now!). The main reasons that I swapped to the D'Addarios was they seem to last longer and I can play for a couple of hours without shredding my fingers!

Have you tried plugging in different instruments to make sure it is the Toneport? If it is broken, you can still find them on the web for about £40 (I know Bonners still has some), or the new Studio GX is about £55.

Steve Harris' West Ham P Bass, Cliff Burton's Ric 4001 and JPJ's sunburst Jazz would be my top three.

The EHX Bass Big Muff Pi is very good as well, with three modes including a dry mix tone.

In another odd decision, the MIM Jazz V seems to have been discontinued as well, so their "entry" level fiver is now the Active Deluxe Jazz.

I used to have an Ibanez GSR200 which was pretty good, but my Jazz just feels so much better to play. I like thin, fast necks and use Ibanez RGs as my main guitars, but the Ibanez was too slim.

I have a number of Line 6 products, so here goes: Toneport GX - Basic USB interface for recording (I use it with Cubase 4 using the POD farm modelling software). Excellent product for the price, with settings for bass, guitar and vocals. Pocket POD Express - Used as a practice tool, much more versatile than the similarly priced Vox Amplug range (I use it with both bass and guitar). Not great tones, but fine for headphone practice. Spider II 210 - My main guitar amp. Very good cleans and high gains for metal, piss poor lower gain settings for blues and rock (very artifical). I use it to play metal mostly so does the job well enough and with the FBV Express pedal gives me access to 4 presets, a volume/wah and pedal tuner. If you want to play thrash, it's a great amp otherwise look elsewhere. When it came to buying a combo, I tried the Line 6 Lowdown range, a couple of Ashdowns and the Marshall MB. The Lowdown was a very versatile, good sounding amp and if you need a wide range of tones during a set, it would be a worthwhile buy, however the Marshall had the one tone I was looking for. As with all things, you get what you pay for, but the quality of lower price range equipment has improved dramtically over the last ten years and Line 6 are no exception.

I had to do this a while ago after replacing the bridge on my Jazz with a Gotoh 201 and was easy enough to do. I'm pretty sure that my 10 year old son could follow the instructions in this thread and do a good job too! Well worth a sticky!

I do backing singing and usually it's fine, but if the rhythm of the vocal melody line and bass line are miles apart I tend to lose the bass line, so I get the guitarist do those instead!

I would. They sold you faulty goods and are obliged (morally if not legally) to replace it.

Coda (Luton) did a partial refret/fret dress on my Jazz bass under warranty and did a great job, so I would have no problems recommending their tech.

Sorry, I think he took a perfectly good guitar and ruined it. What a knob.

Mix of both. First band I'm in is mostly rock/metal covers with a few originals in the set. Second band is mostly our own rock songs with a couple of covers as filler.

And gone!