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fretmeister

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  1. Smartphone and the free version of AmpliTube. Just need an interface. For iOS the L6 Sonic Port is excellent.
  2. [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1507031078' post='3382825'] Which is why I'm still procrastinating about "upgrading" my BassPod XT to a Helix. [/quote] I had sold my XT a few years before. I almost bought another instead of the Helix. But in the end I was trying to get 1 rig for both guitar and bass. Job done!
  3. [quote name='charic' timestamp='1507020756' post='3382703'] Now all we need is for wireless send and receive in a Line6 Helix board (hoping in V2!), theoretically they could go wireless bass to board and wireless board to amp. [/quote] Won't happen. The L6 lead designer has already said so. They want a unit they can sell anywhere. Different places have vastly different wireless laws. The differences are far greater than just dealing with simple power supply issues. Not to mention that including wireless in the unit would push the price up quite a bit for something that many people just don't use. And forcing a particular type of wireless on a customer might clash with what the rest of his band use. Not to mention the same fact that BigRedX said about using the rack unit and a no latency control unit instead (as I do). From what I gather there are no plans for Helix2 for another 6 to 8 years - just the other day they confirmed there are bits inside that haven't even been turned on yet. But as with all techy things - if you like the sound today, you'll still like the sound the day after the new one appears.
  4. Two 5 strings Two 4 strings 1 uke bass 4 guitars.
  5. I had a 12 lb Yamaha once. Sounded great but I couldn't manage it.
  6. [quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1506954596' post='3382258'] The singers in my band still don't own their own mics. They use mine. It's funny because it's true. [/quote] Please tell me they paid for the PA then? Or even the after show pizza?
  7. Still charge her. If you broke her mic you'd replace it.
  8. Didn't someone on here have a 6 string Warwick that was something mental - like 20 lb?
  9. Bill her for every cable she breaks. That will do it. Also - I've always put my board to amp cables where people won't step.
  10. Bump and a price drop to £195 inc delivery in the UK
  11. It's huge fun. In fact I like it so much I spent 3 weeks setting up my Helix to duplicate the sound! Took a bit of doing but I got there.
  12. I had white 50s. Lovely strings. I'm a big fan.
  13. Yup. I've got one in my board. It does the Burton fuzz wah sound very well. At almost everything else it is terrible for bass. It was originally a guitar item after all. If you want the Burton thing it's perfect. Especially stacked into another fuzz like Burton did.
  14. Cor! What an amazing colour!
  15. The M900 prices have gone up already.
  16. 1st ding is painful. After that I don't care anymore. Well, until resale time anyway. But I am suspicious of used perfect basses - why haven't they been played hard?
  17. 137 lb. Bravo to anyone who can cope with that!
  18. I had a 4:88. It was lovely, but no way worth the almost 2K UK price.
  19. [quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1506690766' post='3380460'] Quite, but I find all this vitriol rather odd when there are no similar threads ripping into Aguilar, Mesa, Glockenklang, Vanderkley etc, whose amps cost even more? [/quote] I've ripped into Mesa loads of times. Mainly because of Westside Distribution being price gouging twats.
  20. Any good FRFR powered cab should work very well. They are now more popular as they are often used with Helix / Fractal type things too. I use a Yamaha DXR10. It handles bass beautifully. They were on offer recently at about £460 - definitely worth a try
  21. DOD BiFet Preamp. Has a useful tone control as well. Or an EQ pedal. The MXR 10 band is very handy for this application.
  22. I think there is probably a lot of people who would like to gig more, but if they have established jobs already then giving that up is a huge risk, particularly if there are other family members to support. A friend has a very good band and he asked me to join. I would love to - they gig a lot and they are well organised - getting shows arranged months in advance. But I often travel with work, and sometimes only get a few days notice. I can't gig in my home town if I have an all day appointment in London - I wouldn't be back in time. So I do really want the gig - but I refuse to be the unreliable member. It's not fair on them. And the average pub / bar gig round here pays £200 to £250 split between the entire band, so quitting my day job and playing for a living is just not an option. Even 7 nights a week for a 4 piece band round here would be £437.50 each per show before expenses and tax. Pubs in the East Midlands generally do not host gigs on Monday's to Wednesdays anyway.
  23. [quote name='Al Krow' timestamp='1506635594' post='3380151'] +1000!! [b]Over priced, over hyped and last year's sound.[/b] Pointless speakers? Well actually once the short lived buzz about the transient metal sound has fizzled out, IMHO [b]A pointless product range[/b]. There I've said it... [/quote] Over priced - these days I'm afraid I have to agree. Over hyped - not convinced, but even if that is true that is from the customers not the company. Just like Klons and the like. Last Year's sound - Not a clue! In the last 2 or 3 years I've only bought a couple of albums that were recorded after 1980! But looking at comparisons - the TS boosted Dual Rectifier was "last year's sound" for a solid 10 years! And it's still here. Pointless Product Range. Cannot agree there at all. I get they might be pointless to you and to anyone else who doesn't like the sound, but that doesn't mean it is generally pointless. Ukulele's are pointless to me! The pedals did something new both in terms of sound and blending options. That is innovation. The amp (M900) is excellent and despite the assumed use for metal, it does a fantastic B15 sound and is very versatile. I use mine doing Big Band work with the drive circuit on low. Even the preamp pedals are superb for recording with or doing direct even with just clean sounds. I cannot agree that a DI capable preamp is pointless. I would go as far as saying that every gigging bassist should have one - not a Darkglass model specifically, but at least something of that ilk. Once we establish that the product type has a point, then individual makes' features are merely choice and have nothing to do with "pointlessness" The cabs - yes. Unnecessary and over priced, and by the specs very heavy too. I really don't know what Doug was thinking with them on the spec alone. When the frankly astonishing price is taken into account the really do look like taking the piss. I realise that at the mo UK buyers are getting shafted by exchange rate issues and that it will get worse because of the thing that cannot be named, but even so the prices are now reaching a risky point - the point when shops stop stocking product. Just like Jim Bergantino said when he popped up in the other thread. And with Bass Direct who are no longer bringing in Mike Lull basses. But even so - the cabs! Honestly. WTF happened there? Twice as expensive as Barefaced and twice the weight? And the only "unique" selling point is a new cross-over that is supposedly more friendly to bass distortion? The cabs are the point DG jumped the shark / nuked the fridge / whatever the new description is. I like Doug. He seems a nice bloke and he's clearly a very talented engineer. But all that bollocks about bassists not thinking about how important cabs are in the signal chain gives absolute damning proof that his marketing guys should be staked out, smeared with BBQ sauce and left for the wolves.
  24. I've bought a Euromillions lottery ticket just in case - it is a lovely bass! Fingers crossed for Friday night's draw!
  25. [quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1506600326' post='3379836'] I can't speak to Perrier, but in the US most bottled water is tap water. The bottles it comes in cost more than the contents. It's a true testament to the notion that no one ever went broke [i](or lost an election )[/i] underestimating the intelligence of the American public. [/quote] My brother is a Foreign Exchange trader. His mantra is "Never bet against stupid" And he's right. He voted Remain (and fully understood the economics) and played the market anticipating a leave win. He also assumed Trump would win because that was the stupid choice. It's probably why he's got a London penthouse and I haven't ! (He can't play like I can though!)
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