fretmeister

5W. No fan at all. It's the perfect lounge amp, and it's plenty loud enough in the lounge too - in fact stick it into something high end like a Barefaced Super Twin and it is hilariously loud!

All good advice up there ^ I am going to be 'that guy' though - if you are getting lessons, then learn proper notation while you are at it. It's not difficult and it will open up so much other music options for you. You don't need lessons to read tab - that's the point of it. But it doesn't give timing / rhythm information, only the note. I resisted for many years and then got thrown into a big band. No tabs available. Changing keys (one does not retune a bass in that circumstance, and there's no time between songs anyway) and sometimes having to work something out from a written part for a different instrument. It's definitely worth your time.

DLR leaving Van Halen. They got even bigger with Hagar, and we got 2 banging DLR solo albums.

I would give it a try. If it went horribly wrong I would remind myself that the person who asked me was clearly an appalling judge of talent.

If you are already using 2 Two10 cabs and the idea is to just power each with it's own amp you are still using the same amount of cones. Those 2 cabs are capable of mad volume - but you need to feed it with more than a 30W amp. That's the bit to change to something more powerful.

I never boost behind solos, and never turn on a pedal just for that reason either. I either enjoy the space, or I re-write the bass part to make the arrangement work better for when the mix sounds "thin". I do a variety of things but aim to build the bass part as the guitar solo is building. Assuming 4/4 time - roots on 2 beats in the bar, then rising to all 4 beats to add some momentum, then maybe some octaves linking the root and octave with the kick and snare, and then make the part a walking line to get up the neck a bit The order of all that depends on the song and the solo - it could all the other way round if that suits better. But no amount of pedals can fix an arrangement that needs improving.

awful things. Avoid at all costs.

I use the flat EBS ones. They are tiny!

Quick play along with my Lionel I have now changed the pickup, but that’s just a personal taste thing.

I went through a lot of Darkglass stuff too. I've got a VMT and I would like to get an Alpha Omega again but mainly because neither of them are as common as the B3K sound that is now so common it's become passé. I bought an EBS Sheehan Ultimate Drive purely because it is so different to the DG stuff and I've been very surprised at how versatile it is. But I have no doubt I'll still want to try other things.

Depends what room I'm in. Lounge - full rig Office - Helix and Yamaha monitors Bedroom - Roland Bass Cube Garden - iPad with interface and headphones.

Why use the Steinberg at all? The helix will do all that without another round of A/D conversion. It's very easy to set up for helix to record and effected signal and a straight through dry track at the same time.

I recently discovered these guys, and I love it. Some absolute crackers there. I'd love to be in a band playing this sort of stuff.

That's what I'd do. Maybe I'm a bit hamfisted while tuning, but I've seen a couple of similar experiences on some guitar forums.

I've got a TU-3 which doesn't get used, and then a Polytune 2, a Polytune mini and a clip on Unitune. If I do ever need to buy something else it will be the Peterson Strobostomp. They've just released a smaller version too.

I've had both and the TU-3 is quite annoying. Although it is supposed to be more accurate, it seems to be a lot more jumpy making it harder to use in real life.

Sandberg will do 32 scales as special orders.

How did you power all that?

Bass > Helix > Computer.

PSA: There's a Sandberg Lionel TT4 (Jazz) on ebay. Very few of them around. If I had the money... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145167920616?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l3160&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=8f295511448e4aa8bfe51b6b5f942c2b&bu=43119054589&ut=RU&exe=0&ext=0&osub=-1~1&crd=20230703072527&segname=11021

I could see a 'plate made of a ferrous material having an effect. And I can see a metal plate of any type improving shielding, but beyond those 2.... naaaaaa

I've got the TC Unitune one. Same as the polytune aside from the "poly" element that doesn't work on bass. It's very good. As with all clip ones though if other people are playing loud and vibrating the body of your instrument it can get a bit confused sometimes.

As their boxes are easy open I wonder if an Amazon warehouse employee has been mucking about a bit.