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[quote name='Bassassin' post='190512' date='May 2 2008, 01:49 PM']I could not give a baboon's arse what people think about my choice of basses - if you still think it's crap [i]after[/i] you've heard me play it - then we can discuss it! Jon.[/quote] I'm the same about my pedal board. I get so many moans before i've played through it. "that's a sound man's nightmare!" etc.

Wow, that's an amazing deal! Not dealt with them though.

I think the best question would have been to ask: "what bass would you want to turn down if you were stuck at a gig without a bass and needed to borrow". I personally wouldn't turn down any bass I was offered. Would you turn down anything but a fender?

Do you have a computer? If it's just for home use you can get some great usb interfaces that come with amplitube and things like that.

Is it for gigging? The B1X feels a bit fragile for that. I've not tried the Korg.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='188960' date='Apr 30 2008, 04:25 PM']I might have to have a look at the ME-50B then. However I also play 8-string which in theory should be a far easier instrument to mimic using effects, but I still haven't come across one that would be an acceptable substitute to the real thing, so not holding out too much hope for the de-fretter...[/quote] Yeh, to be fair I was being too general. There is a need for fretless and 8 strings/12 string guitars. You can get a variax or a midi pickup and could probably get a good 8 string sound out of it.

[quote name='Higgie' post='188986' date='Apr 30 2008, 04:50 PM']The EBS is a dynamic envelope follower yes, but I wouldn't put it before anything. I like my filters after gain so you get the big squelchy synth sound Also, I'm pretty sure that making a TB loop to stop tone sucking WILL NOT allow trails to come through...[/quote] I like filters after a bit of dirt too, but I have the choice of before AND after. Obviously the pedal is designed to respond to your dynamics, and you loose a lot of your dynamics if you apply distortion. I wasn't talking about a standard TB loop. It could be a TB loop where the output of the pedal is always connected, and the footswitch just turns the input on and off. For example, I use an AB switch to switch between two loops, but I use (don't laugh) a double headphone adaptor to merge back the two loops, so that i'm only switching the inputs, and I get my trails. I was actually thinking of a little timer circuit on a 2 footswitch 1 loop pedal. I might draw it up, but I probably haven't got time.

[quote name='lowhand_mike' post='188970' date='Apr 30 2008, 04:39 PM']can't beleive how many pedals some of you guys use, you have more than my guitarist and i thought he had too many only just bought my first pedal (compressor) and cant think of much else i'd need, well apart from a bit of distortion and maybe some chorus (used to have one) and maybe a decent octaver [/quote] and a digital delay, and you can't just have one distortion, you need an OD AND a fuzz and a wah, and a synth pedal and...... unlucky.

[quote name='tauzero' post='189471' date='May 1 2008, 09:24 AM']if you have a fixed IP address, you can run one at home.[/quote] How much would it cost for that kind of bandwith though? It'd be cheaper to get a dedicated server surely? [url="http://www.zen.co.uk/hosting/"]http://www.zen.co.uk/hosting/[/url] I don't have a dedicated server, but I have a virtual server running 7 sites, 5 of which are shopping carts, no issues at all an they'll really try and help you out as well if you have any problems. I find 123-reg/pipex a bit of a bitch to deal with regarding tech support. Zen hosting (sorry, I said myzen before 'cos that's my subdomain thing) always answer the phone, 123-reg always have me on hold to a computer for 15 minutes.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='188941' date='Apr 30 2008, 04:11 PM']You have a de- and re-fretting pedal? Cool! Where can I get one? ;-)[/quote] I have a big magic pedal cavern located just between my arse cheeks. Come round and you can have a look!

I find it funny that people take more than one guitar to gigs. I have pedals for that kind of thing.

Is the EBS IQ a dynamic envelope follower? You should have that first if so IMHO Do you not have the DD20 in a loop because of the way the delay decays when you turn off a patch (I don't know if it does this)? I bet someone could design you a box to put it in a loop so it wont suck your tone until it's on, but when you switch the loop off you still get the decay at the end.

[quote name='dood' post='188679' date='Apr 30 2008, 10:27 AM']Lol.. I have gotten used to a diet of bread and water over the years ;o)[/quote] No cheese? Oh the poverty. I'd have some sympathy, but then my rig is far too cheap and noisy compared to yours...

Have you tried Myzen hosting?

Give me some money Dood! [quote name='metaltime' post='188550' date='Apr 29 2008, 11:44 PM']boss ceb3 hate it dont like it sounds artificial but i need chorus so until i can afford something it will have to stay[/quote] I really like the chorus on digitech's whammies, and you could do with an octaver

How much is it for more bandwith? how much do you get in donations? If BC is broke you should make it clear and people will donate no problem (I think!).

just got this again for about 5 minutes.

[quote name='dlloyd' post='188090' date='Apr 29 2008, 03:02 PM']I would tend to agree with that, in as much as I hate music that is written to showcase a bassist's skills. The Jaco album, to me, is dull at best. Hejira, on the other hand, is a work of art. For the most part, I prefer music where I'm aware of the song first and foremost and forget about listening to the musicians.[/quote] +1 totally, I love his playing with Joni, but that's 'cos I love Joni! I had heard of him before I played bass, but my mother used to love weather report and joni mitchell and I thought I was a genius for figuring out it was the same guy playing the bass (by listening, not reading the cover).

[quote name='BOD2' post='187978' date='Apr 29 2008, 12:32 PM']But note that true limiting only works at the loud end of the signal spectrum - all it does is stop your signal exceeding a preset level (usually for the protection of equipment or to prevent overload somewhere along the line). Unlike a compressor, a limiter will not bring up the quieter parts of the signal so it has a slightly different application.[/quote] well, you're talking about standard applications. If I have a limiter and set the threshold very low, then it will be effecting the quieter notes. If the limiter has a make-up gain control then........ yeh, it's just different names for the same thing IMO. Another point - Don't you wish all compressors had attack controls! God knows why they make pedal compressors with 3 knobs that you can't do much with.

[quote name='ped' post='187967' date='Apr 29 2008, 12:22 PM']Hmm too early for all this. I think you would get a limiting effect but the limiter will not affect the quiet sounds or change the sustain of notes at all. BOD2 is an expert on this, so I bow to his, and possibly your greater knowledge![/quote] A limiter wont affect quiet sounds, unless you set the threshold very low. Compression/limiting doesn't actually give you more sustain, but it makes it seem like the notes are holding longer because the attack portion of the note is quieter, and so the sustain portion will be louder in comparison.

[quote name='ped' post='187954' date='Apr 29 2008, 12:07 PM']Limiting is very different to compression, there is a thread about it somewhere.[/quote] If I get a compressor, and set the ratio to infinite, and set the attack to instant, then I have a limiter. Am I wrong?

limiting is compression though, and quite an extreme form of it. It's just easier to set a limiter to be subtle. RE Bod - I need to use a noisegate to stop my rig from feeding back due to the insane amount of dirt/fuzz/compression and volume going on, so while it's not noticable, it deffinitely does more than just cut me out between songs.