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Yep. Apparently it's what Tom Morello does. Maybe i'm just confused. I think I should stop posting before someone who knows about valve amps embarasses me.

Do it have an effects loop? You could use this to drive the power amp, creating power amp distortion, which is apparently better, but, like I say, not much experience.

Well, you should have the master volume down so as not to deafen yourself. Do you have a pre-amp volume knob? I haven't had much experience with valve amps, but I think you can either have pre-amp distortion, or power-amp distortion, or both. Maybe try the Guv'nor with no much gain, plenty of level, in the effects loop? (if there is one). I don't know, it shouldn't be that hard to get it to distort if you just put a load of level into the amp. Maybe it has the wrong valves in or something like that.

[quote name='joegarcia' post='74027' date='Oct 14 2007, 03:13 AM']Really happy with my sound nowadays too. Makes me smile every time I play.[/quote] Heh, my sound always makes me grin, especialy when i'm playing a heavy riff or the like. I worry about it making me look stupid, but I just sound so damn good! (IMO). I would describe how I found my sound but, it's a bit of a long story with too much gear and not enough logic.

[quote name='paul, the' post='73615' date='Oct 13 2007, 12:32 AM']I think it all depends on the person and their environment and background. I don't believe anyone can become a virtuoso musician, thus the very nature and power that the word holds. If one desires to grasp what they cannot obtain it may only lead to suffering anyway. Was Jaco not severely depressed? Regardless of his love of music and his ability to produce it, it did not make him happy. Find peace with your natural ability. Be proud of your personal achievement and steady improvement.[/quote] Why can't just anyone become a virtuoso? If I practiced 10 hours everyday for the next 10 years, I would be as good as victor, i'm pretty sure of that, and I think anyone could do it. I don't think playing music can cure anyone's depression. Especially if they're full of drugs all the time.

[quote name='metalmaniac' post='54485' date='Sep 2 2007, 10:57 PM']IMO i-m-r-i-m-r... is very good for triplets but accents too much to keep a balanced 4 notes.. so im learning the method predominantly used by steve di giorgio which is i-m-r-m-i-m-r-m-i and so on... [url="http://stevedigiorgio.com/bin/column.pdf"]http://stevedigiorgio.com/bin/column.pdf[/url][/quote] For my triplets I use r-m-i as i-m-r just feels unnatural. I have been practicing going r-m-i-m-r-m-i etc for fast passages, and I can do it quite smoothly now. It was so difficult to get my fingers working that way at first!

Matt Bellamy as a bassist? That does not sound like my cup of tea!

Sims do the finished on Matt Bellamy's guitars I think, which are pretty cool!

Sorry, the plug-in is a VST plug in for use with DAWs on the computer. I can't remember the name of the programmers. I would love to try the JCM800, and I don't think you're nuts at all. I am interested to know, what made you say it was bass specific in your first post? If you have an overdrive pedal, try that. Just set it to boost, rather than distort, and it should make the marshall dirty!

Maybe we could get him to dramatise his plight in reality tv format? Then we could play it on the worlds biggest cinema screen, put it next to the M6, and everyone can slow down to watch as they pass.

Yeh, you want to try turning up the input, not the output, surely? I didn't know they did a JCM 800 for bass? Weird. I do use a JCM 800 modelling plug-in in the studio on bass quite a lot, and I have no problem getting it to distort, but, that's a plug-in. Sorry, that's not helpful!

[quote name='Beedster' post='73213' date='Oct 12 2007, 10:09 AM']Agreed. I didn't mean to be patronising about money. I just think life's too short to think of it as the only thing. The guy's main gripe is that, although he's got a lovely '74 bass, it cost him more money than it should. Hey, looking at Fender prices at the moment that's gonna be true for a lot of us soon! Good to talk these things over isn't it! Cheers Chris[/quote] Not patronising at all! Maybe your bank manager would appreciate it if you sold your gold limousine and started carrying your own basses?

I didn't realise you had to sell gear for that! That's harsh. I'm sure you're right about the legal situation, and like I say, I don't really know about it. All I read is "If you can afford to spend £1000 on a bass, you can afford to loose it", which I don't think is true, or, it's not true for me (and I like to argue!). To be fair I did have a couple of guitars nicked from my house and I wasn't really bothered or upset, or worrying about the money. If they were selling them nicked on Ebay though, i'd probably try to do something. I got my fender acoustic 4 string back, which is cool.

[quote name='The Funk' post='73051' date='Oct 11 2007, 08:38 PM']Trust me - physical violence has its place.[/quote] In your bedroom?

There are deffinitely more important things in life, that's a very good point. However, if I personally got ripped off for £1000 i'd be using a lot of my free time to get it back, as I can't afford to loose it. There's no need to get upset about it, but maybe he's not getting upset? I don't really know much about the case, but I read about your generosity with that broken flea bass, and I was quite shocked to be honest. It's very obvious that you have a LOT more money than me. I'm a generous and laid back person, I hate money, and I never worry about it, but I don't have enough of it to have the same attitude as you, and obviously, this guy on ebay is in the same position.

Yeh, I totally disagree with that point. I could afford, for once in my life, to spend £400 on a bass. I could not afford that again for a long time, and probably will never afford £1000. I could never afford to loose £100, let alone £1000.

Yeh, well, I never want to be a technically skilled a Victor. The drummer in my band is really into all of these solo drummers on drummerworld.com and youtube etc, which are similar to all the amazing bassists around. They play technically brilliant stuff, and it either gives me a headache or fades into the background. 10 minutes of drum soloing should contain more than 10 seconds of groove! Same goes for bassists, occasionally I want to hear a funky solo, but only in the middle of a funky bassline.

[quote name='3V17C' post='72879' date='Oct 11 2007, 02:57 PM']i should also say in his defence that on the very day after his mum died he turned up for rehearsal as usual![/quote] That's not necessarily a defence. I wouldn't turn up for a practice if my mum died. I might go for a drink with my band, but, y'know, if you said that to Trisha, she'd be telling you about how he's a classic case of whatever and needs therapy. Little Johnny: Mummy, when I grow up I want to be a drummer! Mummy: Now Johnny, you can't do both.

An amateur drummer died and went to heaven. He was waiting outside the pearly gates when he heard the most incredible fast and furious drumming coming from within. Immediately he recognized the playing and rushed to ask St. Peter if that was Buddy Rich playing drums inside the gates. St. Peter responded: "No, that's God. He just thinks he's Buddy Rich."

^That wasn't a very good drummer joke!

To be fair, I can't beleive he takes his phone on stage. I've never seen that.

He's not necessarily un-committed, just a bit messed up in the head. It sounds like he has quite a bad OCD about his mistakes, and obviously as you say he's depressed. I may sound like a "big gay boy" but I think some of these posts are really insensitive, and Happy jack is just funny.