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What is your budget? Might find something better suited if we know that. Would you consider a used cab?
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Wireless system - Lekato, Boss or something else?
fretmeister replied to ots's topic in General Discussion
https://www.shure.com/en-GB/products/wireless-systems/glx-d_plus/glxd16p?variant=GLXD16+UK-Z4&_gl=1*191vg16*_up*MQ..&gclid=CjwKCAjw15eqBhBZEiwAbDomEiMe4TDUC7wdCrkGJrO7_iHgnhK1ltgzZgar9omwzvEviyfYrlUgVBoCZBgQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds This. -
I am equally talented at those things. 😬
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Dusty Hill's basses being auctioned
fretmeister replied to fretmeister's topic in General Discussion
1: Laziness 2: Because he was already making over 100% profit on whatever he took the bass in for. Just like every other pawnshop. -
Dusty Hill's basses being auctioned
fretmeister replied to fretmeister's topic in General Discussion
Nonsense. The Pawn Shop owner could have looked it up himself. It's not like the info is hidden. -
I have thought about putting ramps on top of pickups before. Say on a humbucker that was in the perfect place for my fingers. Even if the pickup had a smooth top and could get close enough to the strings the top would still be flat and the strings would be at different heights relative to the pickup. So a small ramp matching the radius would be great. For exposed pole pickups it could even cover those too. However - my woodworking skills are rubbish and I don't have a 3D printer!
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Dusty Hill's basses being auctioned
fretmeister replied to fretmeister's topic in General Discussion
What about the Pawn Shop? If they were selling it for $70 then they gave some poor sod under half that. -
Dusty Hill's basses being auctioned
fretmeister replied to fretmeister's topic in General Discussion
But the blue jacket.....!!!! -
What are you listening to right now?
fretmeister replied to Sarah5string's topic in General Discussion
I recently discovered Royal Republic. I seem to be repeatedly listening to their Bloodstock set. It's got an incredible mix! All Kemper modelling units for the 3 out front. Nice bit of Keytar too! -
Task specific equipment always beats general stuff. You need 8GB of RAM just to write a letter in Word using a PC. But the moon landing guidance system only needed 128K of ROM. A digital pedal can't run Word and it doesn't need to, or any other general use. It only needs to do 1 thing exceptionally well.
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3 basses at the mo and some other stuff too https://www.julienslive.com/auctions/catalog/id/505
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That sounds very good! Nice and small too.
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If you did put it on top of the pickups then it would only affect the sound if you had to change the pickup height to do it. Or if you used a ferrous material. Which would be both heavy and silly.
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Source Audio Spectrum and C4. Control them from the Stomp. I love the Helix stuff, but their filters aren't quite up to those 2 pedals.
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I've got one - the Boss BC-1X. All I can say is that it caused me to sell my Cali76 / Empress / DG / Keeley Pro etc. I think a lot of people tried a Mk1 Line6 pod and have decided that the tech couldn't possibly have developed further over the last 25 years! All of the current gen modellers (Kemper / Helix / Fractal / QC) and smaller stuff like the Source Audio have come so far from those humble origins it's quite astonishing.
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NAD (First in a few years) Darkglass AO900
fretmeister replied to basshead56's topic in Amps and Cabs
I really must try one. I had a V1 MT900 which I liked but sold and I really like the AO pedal. But having it and a compressor all in the amp would be very useful. -
It's not bad at all. Ibanez Weeping Demon is excellent though, if you can find one, and have the board space. It's big.
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There are good and bad analogue pedals and good and bad digital ones. One or the other does not indicate whether it will have better results or not - not these days. And 99.9% of people cannot hear the difference anyway, even if they think they can. And it's an awful lot cheaper to do it digital now so they have a lower overhead and can make more money.
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Warmoth may have one. Don't forget to add VAT to the price though.
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I'm normally a sucker from trying any new string marketing nonsense, but my nickel allergy rules these out.
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Youtube compressor vids are pretty much useless in my experience. The YT algo does loads of compression anyway and the review NEVER sets it up for equal volume, so we have a natural tendency to think louder = better.
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Buy an amp. You will have gigs where you cannot take your own PA and the one supplied is crap. Pick something reliable from the classifieds on here for a good price.
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I love the idea, but my word would it trigger my fear of not having spares for everything for a gig!
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Bands….. when should they just call it a day?
fretmeister replied to Rayman's topic in General Discussion
"Sadly"? He's either still doing it because he loves it - which is awesome. Or he's doing it because he needs the money - which is just like any other job. Legacy is a nonsense argument. Every single act has done something at some point that some people say ruins a legacy.... and it never does, because the listeners get to decide what they want to hear and are under no pressure to listen to anything else. Legendary acts remain legendary even if their skills diminish with age. We should be celebrating their longevity, not criticising it.