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[quote name='BassManKev' post='123192' date='Jan 18 2008, 11:20 PM']who said that?? people have some strange opinions dont they, some guy said no logo sounded like linkin park, and your bass tone muse?? your tone is much closer to say justin chancellor than chris's![/quote] Heh, I could have sworn you said the fuzzy tone on "ammomaxia" sounded like chris! Anyway, yeh, someone did say we sound like Linkin Park, so I guess I should ignore most opinions! Ta very much for the justin Chancellor comparison! I take it you heard the new song on the myspace?

I'd compare your clean patch, with the sound when "bypassed" i.e when both footswitches are pressed at the same time. With everything off, it should sound the same. If you think it's affecting your tone a bit, you could try EQing your clean patch to get the sound you want, or alternatively, as Kev said, get a TB loop.

[quote name='Roady' post='123616' date='Jan 20 2008, 01:21 AM']IIRC passive blenders are not so good... I'd wait for the VFB-JR if I were you[/quote] Bob the blender is a passive blender, and after trying for ages to get it to behave with my pedal board, i've given it to my guitarist. He has no problems with it, but he doesn't have a mental pedal board in the FX loop. I have a VBF and it's seriously good. I would get the smaller one 'cos apparently it has no feedback loop, which is just boring!

[quote name='OldGit' post='122922' date='Jan 18 2008, 03:52 PM']Really hard to fake those things on ProTools [/quote] You could just sample the squeaky pedal and have it triggered before every kick.

More output from your bass will create more compression. Turn the volume knob down on your bass, or reduce the "sustain" control appropriately, although obviously this effects more than just the threshold so it might not work for you. I would strongly advise, along with Ped that you try a LMB3 or the behringer equivalent.

People reckon they have a "better low end", it's just a slightly different tone IMHO. I would describe it but it's been years since I tested the two together and decided neither was for me. Some people reckon I have a muse-like sound, but I don't use any of the pedals he uses for dist/od.

Primus! Between the Les and Herb (or is it brain? the 1st one) they must have 50 recorded mistakes, at least. I could try to write some down, but, i'd be risking ruining the CDs for myself.

That's cool. Try a bypass loop then. I suppose that wont work for people using the DI from the Zoom.

[quote name='Mrs Tinman' post='121969' date='Jan 17 2008, 09:27 AM']You actually look quite sweet and innocent under that gorilla suit. My, how appearances can be deceptive [/quote] I think, to be honest, that picture is from quite a while ago when I was quite genuinley sweet and innocent.

I use an A/B as a mute switch to tune, but sometimes we'll string songs together so that I don't get a break for 8-10 minutes.

Yeh, but changing the lead fixed the problem! That's weird.

That is a bit crap, but you could just put it in a bypass loop which wouldn't cost much. I find working with a bypass patch at every other position works fine though.

I'd love to have a go of your rig joe! You fiend.

B & Q but you have to make sure it's bonded to the pedal allright. I ended up using superglue after the pedals came loose as it's quite expensive stuff to get! (i'm talking about the bond between the velcro and the pedal, or the velcro and the board, not the bond between velcro and velcro, which for the B&Q brand, is particularly strong). I'm hoping someone else is going to post some cheaper, and stickier links!

[quote name='Bassassin' post='121416' date='Jan 16 2008, 12:38 PM']It's all about the music, maaan. Jon.[/quote] We wish!

You could write the patch numbers down next to your set list? To be honest, I find the letter/number thing a bit crap compared to the way I could name patches on my GFX707.

[quote name='King Tut' post='121437' date='Jan 16 2008, 01:01 PM']I think my problem is I play in 3 different bands, and the set lists change every gig, so I couldn't set up the patches in order.[/quote] You can have 50 odd patches though, how many different sounds do you have? To be honest, if you're like me and you really do have a sh!t load of different sounds, I would integrate the Zoom into a pedal board in the manner you're suggesting. If you use a lot of normal, clean bass, then you can use an extra footswitch to operate the bypass while you're switching through/setting up your next patch. Are you saying that if this unit had the same system as the old Zoom, then you would have 50 different patches set up, and scroll through them until you get the right one, and then press both switches at the same time? This sounds like a rather unreliable/difficult method. I still think you'd get away with creating bypass patches at every other position.

Heh, yeh, obviously. I'd like ANOTHER one! I wonder what a 6 string precision would look like.

I wanted a 6 string a few years ago, and could only afford cheap stuff. I bought a "Brice" bass from Rondo music. I don't know if they're anything to do with SX, and I'm certainly no expert on bass, but I love my Brice, and it plays as well as my Schecter Studio 6 which brand new would have been around 5 times the price of the Brice! I also used to know an excellent bassist called Lee (from stoke, are you here Lee?) who played 3 different status and a very nice Fender jazz, and he loved my Brice. It's interesting how little difference there is sometimes between a cheap and an expensive instrument.

I tune my bass at sound check, and then (depending on the venue/general situation) I try to leave it on stage to "warm up". That way it doesn't go out of tune when I start playing. Sometimes it's just not possible to let the bass get used to the temperature, and it's really annoying! It has on occasion meant that we can't kick straight into the next song, which is always dissapointing.