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When I gig, I get the soundman to take a DI. If he doesn't have his own box, I get him to take it pre-EQ from the amp. I also get him to mic my guitar amp (using this for the top end, but could be your tweeter/horn). Then I ask him to roll the top off the DI and the bottom off the mic, and this tends to work. Sometimes they'll think i'm telling them how to do their job, sometimes they'll appreciate that i'm helping them out. I generally just smile at them and be nice 'cos soundmen can be easily agitated.

Do you think he'd allow me to take my erbs?

I suppose you would need an exp pedal to take advantage of any whammy-like features. Otherwise, it make for a decent harmoniser (only tried it in the shop). You can use the hamonies for a more synthy tone than if you played them. There's a lot of hype about them, but there is about most discontinued boss pedals.

In my experience, no on stage, in house monitor can tickle my balls when playing the low b. We need backline!

If you have the DS-1, bottom feeder, and big muff all in one chain, blended with another chain with just the ODB-3, I reckon it'd sound monsterous!

[quote name='cetera' post='213040' date='Jun 5 2008, 10:53 AM']If only we were all rewarded with 'sausages and beer' after auditions!![/quote] Trust me, if you knew what he meant, you wouldn't be jealous.

[quote name='Kaiu' post='213079' date='Jun 5 2008, 11:51 AM']The way I see it, maybe the output level of the Big Muff is finite, i.e after a certain point no matter how hot the signal running into it, the output will always be the same?! ed[/quote] Yeh, isn't that the same for most distortion pedals? If you like overdriving the input of your amp, I would get a boost and/or OD to go just before your amp, and plug the rest of your pedals (lbm) into this.

Nice one!

[quote name='BassManKev' post='213005' date='Jun 5 2008, 10:11 AM']civil war muff that i have is the best fuzz iv ever tried hopfully the DHA im expecting will give me the valve drive sound i want, n then il be done distortion wise [/quote] I tend to get my fuzzy sound by cascading all my favorite overdrives, which is why i've never bought a fuzz - apart from the french toast which is quite muff like.

Indeed. I've never liked big muffs that much really. I'd like to try a little one, 'cos they're small enough to go on my board, but not really buying effects atm

[quote name='BassManKev' post='212985' date='Jun 5 2008, 09:47 AM']iv not used a little big muff, so maybe this is a problem, but i use a stingray with my old skool sovtek muff, works fine at full volume and nearly full gain, surely the stingray with slight bass boost is a hotter signal as any?[/quote] Try it with a new standard american one on full gain and you'll see what I mean.

What does the discombobulator do? If you bought a small tuner that would fit ontop of the psu, you might be able to squeeze an exp pedal on there for the boss wah - I love the range of possibilities this gives you.

There will be a volume drop with the big muff if the input is too hot and/or if you have the gain set too high. I suppose it's more of a "perceived volume drop". I'm not sure specifically why this is, but I have had the same problem with my guitarist's big muff. He solved it by realising that it sounds better, and it levels out the volume drop, when you turn down the gain. I'm sure someone has a better explaination/solution? There are no tubes in a little big muff!

I'll play the drums for anyone! (I am sh*t).

I'm almost exactly the same as The Funk on this. I sit down with my guitar, or my bass, or at my drums (have a fat smoke) and play away. When I play something and i'm blown away, I record it on my phone. Around 30% of the stuff I record, I would actually use when i'm sober, the rest gets deleted as sh*t. I also "dream" around 5% of the stuff I write. This can be day-dreaming, but also more interestingly, REAL dreaming. This stuff is far more likely to be good - i.e I would use 100% rather than 30% of the stuff I record from day/dreams.

I think that every member in a band will always expect the same level of commitment from every other member, and so it can get really quite frustrating when the reality of the matter (everyone does things for their own reasons) hits you in the face. Our drummer left recently, and while it left me feeling angry and depressed - as though I had wasted too much of my time effort and money on a band that would eventually lead no-where - I realised at the same time that he had been committed enough to spend time money and effort on the band, and that his level of commitment was breached at a certain point due to outside circumstances - and that could happen to any one of us. So, yeh, it's an awful situation, but I don't think blaming the guy is the right and/or most sensible thing to do.

I think a lot of bassists tend to be happy with one constant sound. That's cool for some, but I prefer to have variety. My bass tone contributes as much to the "arrangement" of a song as the dynamic feel, key, or tempo of an individual section i.e for a standard rock song I might have a mid boost for an intro riff, and then turn that pedal off so as not to crowd the vocal in the verse, then turn on some overdrive for the pre-chorus, and on top of that some bass boost for the chorus. It's what you'd do in the studio, so I don't get why you wouldn't want to do it live.

Yeh I was talking to the OP!

I would play with the odb-3 until you can get a good sound. Turn the gain down and the bass up!

I like to go and "jam" with my girlfriend, but I wouldn't want to be in a band that takes gigs and money etc seriously. It'd stress me out.

If you have more amp volume, you may feel like you have to play less hard, and that makes it easier to play - fair enough. However, I don't understand why people claim that this will yeild better tone, and is better technique in general. I like to play through overdrive which means that when I really dig in, I get rewarded by more dirt. Isn't this good technique? I like the sound of hard playing.

[quote name='ahpook' post='200657' date='May 16 2008, 07:13 PM']i'm tired of hearing cooling fans !! my soundtech power amp has noisy fans, i admit it...but they're not noticeable when you're playing live, but at home they drive me mad after about 30 mins. so at the moment i'm running my pre-amp into the effects return of my trace elliot head, as it's quieter... [b]but it's still driving me mad[/b] i'm actually thinking of getting a cheap low-wattage power amp that uses passive cooling at home just for some peace and quiet. anyone else feel like this ? sorry for ranting ![/quote] You should be able to put a switch in to turn off the fan for home practice. I doubt this would do much damage, but i'm no expert!

[quote name='Mottlefeeder' post='204050' date='May 22 2008, 08:21 AM']Some people think that old school looks are the only look for their kind of band. Others don't like the old school look, and prefer natural wood, no scratchplate, small tuner heads etc. It's cheaper to think and then buy than to buy and then think.[/quote] Some people don't give a sh*t what their bass looks like. I bought a 4 string bass because it's what I thought I was supposed to do. I got bored really quickly and bought a 6 string. Admittedly I had been playing guitar for 8 years, but I found that the 6 string was much more of a challenege and interesting to play etc.