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I get this feeling when I remember to turn up really f***ing loud. There must be something about my style which lacks confidence unless I can feel the bass rattling my balls.

I don't understand why people assume variety in sound will give the soundman a nightmare. Just get your sounds right before you turn up at the gig and there won't be any problems.

I think "the bass" describes a section of the frequency spectrum providing the root of the harmonies. It's easy to fulfil that role as well as extra duties. I have a sort of "bass channel" on my pedalboard which just provides the low end of what i'm doing. This means that when i'm playing big chords, "the bass" is still there, along side the big distorted guitar chords i'm playing

You certainly do! One of them wouldn't let me use a guitar amp once, 'cos guitar amps are for guitars, stupid.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1346679612' post='1791831'] I always send FoH a pre-EQ DI... [/quote] I meant that I turned up to a gig with a huge 25-pedal-board and the guy asked me to just feed that to the amp, and to give him a totally dry DI. He didn't offer to mic the amp or anything, just assumed that a totally dry bass sound would be better than my pedalboard, without even hearing it. It would have been fine in a tiny pub but it was a fairly big venue

[quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1346677835' post='1791796'] Streuth! I've no idea of the type of music your playing, your level of experience or how extreme your tone changes are, but it sounds to me that you're a FOH engineers nightmare . I don't mean to be patronising, but, unless you have a really good handle on EQs, levels etc. your sound guy will be spending all his time worrying about where the bass is in the mix, and not much else. [/quote] Well, some engineers have been quite close-minded, and big headed. One even attempted to take a dry DI once!! Most are more than accomodating and often have to nip to the toilet to crack one off after hearing my assortment of bass-tone-godliness.

I use the position of my fingers, thumb, or pick, as well as a selection of pedals which most bassists would regard as ridiculous. Why limit yourself? My "tone philosophy" comes from working in the studio. Quite often people will add an extra layer of guitar or keys, even if it's just a slightly different tone. I like to be able to make these contributions live. I supposed it's a bit like backing vocals - adding contrast and variety.

Sometimes I'll have one sound for a whole song, but more often than not I like a different tone for each section of an arrangement. Hopefully it compliments the vocal and guitar rather than getting in the way.

well, the looper might have an effect, but not when it's not involved. I don't see how a blend looper could have given the pedal an intermittent fault. Which looper is it?

many people seem to have similar revelations. I guess it depends what you were using your pedals for. For me, my pedals have never gotten in the way of my enjoyment or in the way of "my basses tone" - quite the opposite in fact.

I meant turn up the amp just for testing... if you don't have it loud enough you might not hear the problem

well does it do it when your bass output is turned down? Turn up the amp to compensate

cheers! I think he might go on to be successful, the songs are good enough anyway!

Emilio Pinchi is a singer/songwriter local to me. I've worked with him on a few things, the last two being his solo acousticish stuff. The first EP was called KickBacks, and there are parts of this I love. I got to make some strange noises with my pedals etc which I enjoy. The second EP called popular myth & conflict is really great, and I'm posting this thread because I think it's the first time i've recorded someone else and got close to a "professional" sound. Give it a listen, any criticism (on the sound or recording in general) is more than welcome... [url="http://soundcloud.com/musicbyemilio"]http://soundcloud.com/musicbyemilio[/url]

[quote name='DiMarco' timestamp='1346275760' post='1787501'] They do however ALL kill some of your instrument's signature tone and certainly do NOT stack up to using a bunch of proper analog stompboxes plus a real tube comp. [/quote] I totally disagree!!

I really don't think there are any cheaper options (although I agree the LS-2 is expensive for what you need)

can't wait to hear it! I am in the final stages of the new CJ album, can't wait to get that "IT'S FINISHED" feeling

you can plug your bass directly into the Focusrite Saffire 24. If you don't have any amp modelling plug-ins for Sonar, try and get one. Alternatively, you should be able to get a good sound going in to your POD (but it will take some playing with the settings) and then into the saffire 24. Personally, I like to record straight in to my soundcard from the bass. Then, I just add distortion or compression (or both) and use EQ to give me an "amped" sound. I've tried amp modellers but I don't like the sounds as much as this method.

from the other side... I tried out on drums for a folky band, but at the rehearsal there was no bassist. I was crap, and it sounded totally innapropriate. At the next rehearsal the bassist was there and he is GOOD and it felt so good I went from nearly quitting to loving it!

I used to have to pay a cancellation fee

Since you'd only be using the pre-amp, a full amp head would be a bit of a waste. You need a nice DI or a pedal you like the sound of, or a purpose built DI. If you have an external recording interface it probably has a built in pre-amp for instrument level input, and this in combination with a VST amp sim might be what you're after.

they're probably all 9V DC. It will say on the pedals. You'll also need the number next to ma (milliamps). Add this number up from each pedal. The total (probably less than 500ma) gives you the 2nd requirement you have for a PSU. So, you probably want a 9V DC adaptor which can provide up to 500ma If you're thinking about expanding with more pedals in the future (especially digital pedals) it might be worth your while getting a more powerful (more ma) PSU. you can power all your pedals from one supply by using a "daisy chain" which are readily available and pretty cheap.

I thought all expression pedals used stereo jacks?

what is that weird blue pedal Eskimo?