chrismuzz

I use an F1 head, and also have had it cut out on me once, luckily it was during a practice! Same issue as you described with the fan not working. What I do now is check the fan every time I turn it on. i'd say 1/3 of the time the fan does not come on, and I have to stick a key into the hole to flick the fan and encourage it to start working. No problems after that It's a bit of a pain in the arse but if you check it every time you shouldn't have any more problems!

The old bassist of the band I recently joined approached me at a gig, and told me that I could play better than him. It made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside because I actually regard him as a fairly good player and was fairly nervous about playing in front of him! ...Though to be honest I still think he just couldn't hear me properly

I'd go for a wide strap. Levy's make the best straps in the world (and no i'm not an employee haha )

Yeah I wasn't expecting much haha. But I thought it'd be ok for a band setting in the meantime while I'm on a budget. I'll leave it in my setup for now while I get to grips with using compression... Plus it'll push me to save for something like an ebs multicomp haha

Must..... Increase.... Compression.... Ratio!!!!!

3 words... Major Tone Suck!! Oh well at least my low A string didn't destroy the venue this time lol.

Haha thanks, wasn't even intentional

I quite enjoy my passive Peavey strangely... plus whenever I do gigs I get people wowing over it because it LOOKS like a boutique instrument, and coupled with the Markbass you can't be blamed for thinking it sounds like one too

My only experience with an MM bass was with a Stingray 5. Not a good one either! I love the sound but I simply could not play it! Felt strangely uncomfortable, and I was getting string noise all over the place. I had the same experience with Warwicks... Am I doing it wrong?

Thanks yorick. I'm sure they shall, I didn't expect a barrage of replies at half 1 in the morning You've got some nice basses by the way. I never got on with MM's myself. Love the sound but they don't feel right to me for some reason. Perhaps I'm doing it wrong!

Colour is TOO important for me! I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for the new Peavey Grind 6ers to come out JUST because they will be in black

Wear a fake beard, you'll get 10 offers a day!

I agree with escholl. I play fast metal, using a very aggressive fingerstyle, mixed with a little bit of tapping. It's VERY difficult to get tapping on higher strings the same volume as a low A! After 7 years I've finally decided to begin experimenting with a compressor. (a SUPER cheap Behringer DC9 for £16. If I don't like it, no harm done!) Got my first gig with it on Wednesday so I'll post my results.

I would try the Sansamp Bass Driver, or VT Bass, more of an overdriven tubey sort of sound than a fuzzy distortion. Check out some clips on youtube and see what takes your fancy

I went from 4 strings to 6 after discovering Dream Theater. To be honest I probably don't need the high C string that much, but it DOES make it easier to play a wider range of notes without moving around too much. Lazy? Maybe!

I've been a long time lurker on basschat, learnt a lot of stuff and had a few giggles so I thought I'd finally join up! I started on guitar, but made the permanent switch to bass about 7 years ago and am now exclusively a 6 string player (I know, should have just stuck to guitar right? ) As you can guess from my avatar, I play metal, and I like beef All my current gear SHOULD be in my sig if I've done it right! And obviously I'm GAS-ing for some more! Cheers