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[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1334139300' post='1611346'] I can't see any reason to be using such a limited and old fashioned artefact as an analogue bass or guitar amplifier and speaker cabinet either miced or DIed into the PA or recording device. [/quote] I agree with everything except this. It's fun!! I have played gigs with no bass amp - just a bit of bass through the monitors. It sounds great out front through the PA but crap on stage. It's more fun when you have a great sound on stage. I used to carry around a rather large rig to gigs where the bass rig was shared, just because I wanted my own sound on stage, because it makes it more fun. Likewise at rehearsal - I need a bass rig, otherwise i'll have no fun

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1334053117' post='1610056'] Hooray for cheap, sentimentally worthwhile FX pedals. [/quote] I have an ARIA Auto Wah which is in the same casing and sounds great. My other cheap crap one is an Arion analogue Delay - sounds ace!

I have a Yamaha one, I think it's tuned to G at the moment. I have the fender baritone strings on it but they won't go down to E - it's just too slack. It sounds great. With some pedals it could maybe pull off a bass tone for the odd bass line, but it couldn't replace a bassist in a band IMO.

[quote name='Mikey R' timestamp='1333886029' post='1607708'] Heres mine - the space between the Rat and the Pulsar will soon be filled with an Al Heeley special delay EDIT: Ive not yet trimmed the patch leads - once Ive figured out where everythings going to live I'll shorten them properly. [/quote] what's the pedal with the battery cover off? I have one that's similar

ahh, cool. Well, I like your board, i've seen it on a couple of sites now, I think the Ikea product is a "Gorm"? It looks really professional.

what's that fiendish looking device in the bottom left?

One of the bassist I play with counts in one of our songs. It starts on the 3rd note of the bassline, so he counts us in, but he doesn't get that "the one" is on his third note, so he counts 1, 2, 3, 4 and then plays 1, 2, and we all come in on the following 3 which is actually a 1. It's pretty embarassing on stage as people can hear him count it in

My worst one was getting to a gig (as a drummer) and being convinced i'd forgotten my stool. I set up the PA and everything, made sure everyone else was OK then drove back to the studio to get my stool. It's disappeared?!?! I go back and do the gig on a bar stool (not the first time) but when I load all the gear out into my car, the bloody stool is in the back hiding under the driver's seat! ARRRGH!

they're stacked on the ODB-3 too and it's more than double the price I think

I actually think it's much more to do with EQ rather than the specific dirt pedal, but i've not listened to them in ages

I had another practice with the reggae/hip hop/whatever band last night. I think I might be thinking about it too much. When i'm thinking about tempo, I tend to hold back, and in the end i'm slowing down. When I forget about it and just play, it stays at a constant tempo. ARRGH!!!

can you multi-track on the H2?

Do you want to be able to record seperate tracks simultaneously? How many?

I demo a lot of songs on acoustic guitar, recording them on my phone or Line6 device. More often than not when I drag the files into Cubase they will synch up with a click/drum machine track and I don't have to edit, just get the tempo of the click right. Sometimes these are 2-3 minute recordings which stay in time with a click that wasn't there when I played it. Until I played the drums I thought my timing was impeccable!!

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1332939983' post='1595156'] With regards to Toms point above,if the bass player is playing on the back of the beat the drummer shouldn't be slowing down.[/quote] I guess what feels "relaxed" to him feels like slowing down to me... That probably makes no sense. As a bassist, it sounds like he's playing "on the back" but as a drummer it feels like he's slowing down. Either way I think my point is that even as a drummer, it's impossible to ignore the other members of your band. If you did i'm sure it'd sound crap. Just like listening to a click influences the time keeping, so does listening to the bassist (or guitarist or whatever)

In my rock band CreepJoint I will keep time fairly well, but I do speed up and slow down in certain sections. This fits with the feel of the music and works. In another band I play drums in, the style is very much (from a rhythm POV) ska-punk verses and reggae choruses. The guitarist is always pushing the rhythm forward and the bassist is always pulling it back. My ears seem to flit between the two and i'm left with a confusing mess which inevitably leaves me slowing down as i'm concentrating too hard to try and stay in time! I think keeping time is very easy to do when you're on your own. It can be very difficult when you're playing with other musicians (in my experience) Any advice from people who find keeping time really easy would be most appreciated!

I have some experience as a drummer. I have to say that I would prefer to set the tempo but in the bands I play in the front man tends to want to shout "1 2 3 4" However, keeping that tempo constant from the start to the end is very difficult. If the bassist starts playing "on the back of the beat" (not even sure if that's the right phrase) then it can make me slow down, because I don't have a click track i'm playing very much to the "pulse" of the music, and the bassist can really change that, without necessarily intending to change tempo. Playing to a click is easy though and I'm going to try and start doing it live as well

I love the Tech 21 XXL at the moment. On the bridge pickup (jazz configuration) with a mid boost on the bass it can get very "brutal" indeed!

I'd love to see Dick Venom - I bought the CD but I know it's the live experience I really wanted. I will make the effort at some point. Our Helical Mind would be great to see but I imagine their crowds would intimidate me. Still, when i'm free I will make the effort 'cos again I love the recordings.

I have loads of them spare, PM if you need one

ahhh, cool

what's the thing that says SHOTT?

deffinitely a big mid boost for his main sound, I absolutely love it!

I've only played in originals bands and with some pretty weird bass sounds. I use compression and EQ to try and replicate the sounds I get in the studio. I think it works well because i've always been able to hear myself on stage and never been asked to turn down. Whenever i've played boomy stages it's been amazing because the kick drum really rattles your balls. I've never struggled with muddy bass sounds on big hollow stages.

get a blender loop for the ME-50 so he can use it with his bass. If you can get one with a feedback control on it too that would create hours of fun from his existing kit. Barge Concepts do them but last time I looked it seemed they'd closed?! I do have a spare one if you're interested. £50 for a blend/feedback loop, then £50 on a nice dirt pedal - sweet!