stewblack

Ah I wondered about this. I confess I look up the tempo and key online! I just assumed that anyone else would know better than me so went with what I found.

Thank you both so much for your feedback. It's really helpful when you're learning a complicated process on your own to get this advice. I've only done a handful and not shared because I know tgey make sense to me but might not be correct. In future I will share them all in anticipation of help like that above. Thanks again. Stew

Too wordy? Maybe this

Black for me

hells_bells.pdf

I was unlucky with the reliability of my Markbass head or I may well have said it was the best I've tried, its impossible to say. I've only had four class D heads, Bugera Veyron, MB 800,TCE 250 and Orange Terror 1000. The best, hands down was the Orange. Unbelievable power, clean as a whistle unless you cranked the gain (which you could hardly do unless playing Che Stadium) responsive tone controls. Awesome bit of kit.

I went to see David, and a thoroughly good chap he is too. Came away with a toaster in my pocket and escaped a hair's breadth from buying a bass from him. A beautiful Les Paul shape, medium scale with Ric style pups. I can't afford it, no room to keep it, don't need it. Been thinking about it ever since!

This interests me. My main board is full but I use the Tri Parallel Mixer and an always on pedal in front of it. Not in front as in the chain 🔗 but physically in front, currently on the floor. A little board like this would be just the ticket 🎫

I wonder if the fretless sound itself, being so distinctive, colours what he hears to the point where subtle differences between P & J are lost. He's just hearing 'fretless'.

Don't be too certain.

we're not here to help you

I am enjoying this. The most important observation -

Never had a weight issue. Amazing sound. Wish I'd kept mine.

At the moment this is the system: My own homemade isolated power supply. In other words a multi socket extension lead with multiple power supplies! Big, ugly, easy to fix totally noise free. Effects loop send or bass > Zoom MS-60B. This is my HPF, compressor and tuner. I use both outputs. Output 1 goes into Sweet Baby low gain distortion which colours the sound when I'm not using a valve amp. Not much but just roughs up the edges. Sweet Baby > Tri Parallel Mixer (TPM) main input. Zoom MS-60B 2nd output > Joyo XVI octave pedal > Big Muff distortion > Mooer Pitch Shift (used as a chorus). This chain into channel 1 of the TPM. Source Audio Soundblox Bass Envelope > channel 2 TPM EHX Mini Tron > channel 3 TPM TPM main output > amp The Zoom and Sweet Baby always on. The short chain can be all on / all off using the TPM, or used individually as needed. Usually 1 octave up with some distortion kind of mixed into the background when the other guy takes a solo. The two envelopes is a bit of an experiment. I'm not keen on an envelope taking over the whole sound so the TPM allows me to keep my clean signal and blend them to my taste. Having both isolated in their own loops on the TPM means neither is affected by any other pedals and opens the door to some interesting double envelope sounds. I may decide in time this is ott and ditch the Tron but right now I am enjoying myself. When I do a quick set up/pack down gig I take either the Valeton Dapper or Zoom B1-Four. The B1-Four set up as individual stomps not as patches: HPF, Distortion, Chorus, Octave, Tron. This gives me similar to my main board in a small battery powered package.

So glad I'm not alone! I was beginning to think that I was doing something wrong when I kept seeing others with their boards built to fit specific pedals! Although as I say I'm inching closer to something that feels right for me.

I came here because I like Steve Hillage ended up reading about Genesis tribute bands. Fascinating stuff actually. And I know absolutely nothing about the band. Made the conversation more interesting actually.

I'm learning a set for Tuesday. I am. listening to two tunes I'd not heard before. Grace Kelly by Mika and Take your daughter to the slaughter by iron maiden. The first is great fun, a cleverly constructed pop song. They should go far. The second one is not very good at all.

Mind you, old Ben Franklin said "Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that"