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[quote name='barneyg42' post='854153' date='Jun 1 2010, 09:24 PM']<<<<<-------AFTER Bit of an early one this.......late 70s/1980ish!! BEFORE------>>>>>>[attachment=51156:IMG1.JPG][/quote] I bet it tasted good though!

yeh we recorded for free at college and uni. Where are you? Maybe a BCer can help.

the jackhammer has a low control so you just turn that up.

can't wait to see it finished!

Primebass - I use a jackhammer and an echohead without pops - and this is with a LOT of compression after. [quote name='burno70' post='851772' date='May 30 2010, 12:37 PM']I'm lookin for a new dirt pedal - does this one do 'hair of dirt' or is it quite saturated? Cheers[/quote] It does both. It has OD and Dist modes - very useful IMO and pretty cheap.

I'm a bit confused as to what the pedal is like now, but, if it's two footswitches turning on two things, and you just want one to do both switches at a time, that should be fairly easy. If you look inside there might be lots of un-used contacts on the bottom of one of the footswitches, you could just take the wires from one of them, and solder to the other. The other option would be to have the pedal always on as you like it, and have it in a bypass loop. Then you'd just switch the loop in and out with one footswitch.

I'm not sure if your effects look cosy or smothered!! Good idea though.

nice work danny!

Hmm could be a dodgy footswitch then? but that's an easy fix.

use your tongue like a real man!

Are you saying that you put new batteries in your bass and it worked? I tried my jackhammer and it doesn't pop at all

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='847570' date='May 25 2010, 03:12 PM']My original point was that the 'bass is bass' attitude is sometimes annoying, like I turn up for the gig with a 5-string because it's a gimmick or something.[/quote] Yeh "you don't need ALL those pedals" "I bet you never use those extra strings", that type of thing? I've had that a few times but only really from arrogant youngsters, never soundmen (apart from the idiot who asked for a clean DI).

[quote name='Ghost_Bass' post='847435' date='May 25 2010, 12:57 PM']Yep, i didn't explained myself well. The lost of lows you get from a guitar pedal will give you the sensation of volume lost cause you loose a big part of your sound's fundamental. Not realy means it will be lower, just less filling [/quote] Ahh, I see, yeh.

I know the lines are blurry, but I thought in general autowah was time based, as opposed to an envelope follower which is dynamics based. No matter what order you have them in you should be able to achieve "unity gain". Using a guitar pedal for bass can result in a lack of low end, but wouldn't usually result in a loss of level. There's nothing inherently quieter about guitar pedals.

get back on the front page you, someone's going to reply!

[quote name='OldGit' post='847204' date='May 25 2010, 09:27 AM']You can be the one bass player on their patch that week that talks to them like they are a human and you are working together for a joint objective. or... just accept that some sound people hate their jobs, and musicians, then play that gig and move on.[/quote] I've always been nice to sound guys, and always approached them as though they are the expert. It's when I say "usually i'll use a DI and a mic on the guitar amp, is that OK?" and they reply "no mics for bass" or something equally rediculous. I'm pretty sure that it's not me pissing these people off. I've seriously had sound engineers refuse to move a mic from a guitar cab for another band to my guitar amp, just because I play bass, and "no mics for bass". I've also had a guy refuse to take a DI post EQ and one guy asked me to give him a clean DI, despite the fact i'm gigging with 25 pedals and there was no mic on the amp!! ARRRGH So yeh, i'm sure some bassists get all pissy when they only get a 20 second sound check or the like, and annoy the sound guy, but i'm pretty sure I treat them as nice as possible, and on the odd occasion you still get an utter tosser.

Heh, I read gafs rant and that's as much investment as I can make into this thread. All I know is, my band would never have asked me to play a different bass, and at gigs I would always talk to the soundman and 90% of the time get him to sort me a DI AND a mic, listen to my different pedals and levels etc. Obviously i've met the arsehole soundguys. I still don't know what you're supposed to do to get them on side.

When pedals are off, the level is "normal" and you should try to match the volume of when they're on to when they're off.

heh, it's a passive bass with an active pre-amp. Mine's 18V I don't know if yours is too. You need 2 batteries if so. I'll go and have a listen for a pop on my jackhammer tonight and let you know. (I bought one recently, really enjoying it on bass).

gwreetings wrotter. Does it make the pop on guitars as well? Do you have the gain set quite high? Is it louder than your clean sound when it's on? Have you tried it with batteries? Do you have full batteries in the bass? Does the PSU work OK for other pedals? Sorry for all the questions (and my drunken texting at the weekend).

I just bought a pedal off Shep. Nice guy, good comms, well packed, prompt delivery, would buy from this seller again A+++++!!! (my tribute to Ebay feedback) Cheers Shep!

Heh, everyone wants Timmy C's tone, and no-one's going to get it. I think he used a marshall guvnor but also used a lot of amp distortion. He blends clean in too on a seperate amp. So you want a dirt pedal with a clean blend.... err that wasn't much help. I haven't tried the current Guvnor, maybe that would be appropriate.

[quote name='Musicman20' post='843181' date='May 20 2010, 03:06 PM']Thats the approach I took. Actually, once an originals band is REALLY comfortable, like I was with my old band, even once a week isnt necessary if you are all busy and there are no new tracks. Ive done gigs with massive gaps between other gigs/practices! It actually made the gigs really fun and fresh.[/quote] Yeh, but that depends on how often you write. At the moment we're recording every practise and jam lots as well as playing existing songs, so still doing 2 days a week is fun. (I actually do 2 with CreepJoint, 1 with a new band, and 1 with The Premature Ejaculators, and I LOVE practising almost every night).

I've never been in a band that didn't want to practise twice a week. This is originals though. I guess with a cover band you wouldn't want to get bored. I signed up for the e-drama too, still waiting on my approval

I just thought i'd add an amusing video of us