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[quote name='The_D' post='717997' date='Jan 19 2010, 04:16 PM']As far as I know a noise gate/suppressor does not remove squealy feedback. It merely cancels out hum and hiss from your signal chain.[/quote] My NS-2 does a superb job of stopping the squealy Hendrix-esque feedback that my Sansamp GT-2 producs with the drive cranked.

Gates should generally go before delay and reverb and after everything else, at least from what I understand. Sounds a bit odd, that your Artec is still letting feedback occur. Not had that problem with my NS-2, perhaps you need to try another noise gate? I like the Boss NS-2 for the money, also there's the ISP Decimator for a bit more that might be worth looking at. The latter is meant to be one of the better noise gates/suppressors in stompbox format. On the other hand, if your amp has an overdrive circuit of some sort that you're using, running a gate before your amp possibly wont do much good. If this is the case, perhaps putting the gate in the effects loop (after the preamp's drive circuit) would help.

I didn't think either my programmable Sansamp BDDI or the regular one done distortion or fuzz. Just mild to heavy overdrive (and the heavier drive past 2 o'clock sounded pants IMO, horse for courses etc). The VT Bass on the other hand will just about get you into distortion with the drive cranked. Nothing crazy though.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-siR1l9QpUM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-siR1l9QpUM[/url] Just found this, though it's guitar not bass. Might pick one up, since they're quite cheap, just for something to get messy with.

Gets a bit too muddy and just plain eh for me when used normally. Great fun though for playing weird sh*t, especially if you've got reverse reverb.

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='712867' date='Jan 14 2010, 06:47 PM']Too right. They don't seem to get the respect I'd say they deserve. And if I had to choose one band in the world to play bass with... it'd be them. With the current two-drummer line-up (Dale Crover [i]and[/i] Coady Willis), that'd be awesome. Of course, I'd have to kill Jared Warren to do that. :ph34r:[/quote] Haha, couldn't agree more. Hell, it might even be worth the prison time if you got arrested for it I managed to catch my first Melvins gig at ATP last month. Now, I knew they'd be good, I've heard many good things about their live performances, but only one band (Sonic Youth in '00) has left me quite so lost for words as I was after their 45 minute or so freight train-like onslaught. As you might imagine, I'm really f***ing looking forward to seeing them headline a show. Fingers crossed they make it back over this year

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='712626' date='Jan 14 2010, 02:52 PM']Two little easy beauties from the Melvins: (Entirely subjective as to whether they're a pleasure, of course. )[/quote] Freakin awesome band, dude

Always used to really enjoy coving Nirvana's "Milk It" with my old band if we'd run out of songs. "Down" by Stone Temple Pilots is another good one.

[quote name='cheddatom' post='712448' date='Jan 14 2010, 12:17 PM']Marshall Echohead is a cheap introduction to delay. It has 6 (I think) very different modes, plus all the normal controls and tap tempo input, stereo output etc.[/quote] I've been looking for a cheap delay that can do echo well, this is one of the ones on my list to try. Seems to get very good reviews. Others I'm also thinking about are the Ibanez DE-7 and Danelectro's Dan Echo, though I'm not sure the latter does delay at all. So far I'm leaning towards the Echohead, since it's the cheapest and my Marshall Reflector reverb is the dog's dangly bits as far as I'm concerned.

Oh look, a bass that looks just as sh*t as U2 sound (to my ears anyway).

I'm lead to believe, that the pedal Josh Homme uses is a Fulltone Ultimate Octave.

You could always try the MoltenVoltage mods or plug their Molten MIDI into it, if you've got a few quid spare. [url="http://www.moltenvoltage.com/whammy_mods.html"]http://www.moltenvoltage.com/whammy_mods.html[/url] [url="http://www.moltenvoltage.com/molten_midi.html"]http://www.moltenvoltage.com/molten_midi.html[/url] Personally, I'm leaning towards an XP-100 though, if I ever get another Whammy.

I thought the Micro Q-tron sounded pretty cool, especially for the price, I just couldn't deal with the volume spike. I'm considering getting one again and putting it through a bypass looper with a volume pot. A bit pricier, but I rather liked the MXR Auto Q (it has a level cut/boost!), could perhaps do with being a tad wilder though. Would definitely use again, if I could get one cheap. Before I revisit the Micro Q-tron though, I think I'll be going the BYOC 440 clone route next. From what I remember, they supply parts to build it to Bottom Feeder specs if required. Plus I love the sound of the fixed wah option the BYOC has.

Level 42, can't remember what song though. I was about 7 at the time. By the time my parents let me have a bass (or any real instrument other than a Casio keyboard for that matter), I was 13, grunge was everywhere and Level 42 seemed totally pants.

For my thumb rest on my Tbird, I just used one of those rubber pedalboard mounting blocks with the sticky undersides. You know, the ones you get with Boss pedals to mount on Boss pedalboards. I dunno what glue they use, but that thing's stuck solid on my bass. EDIT: You might not want to use this method, if you give a crap about the finish on your instrument.

Thanks for your input, people. A bit glad I got my EVOII when I did now

I want to write and record an album and play everything on it, as well as sing. Might get one or two friends to "guest" on guitar or vocals here and there, just so it does sound too samey. That's all I really want to do, nothing else really interests me anymore musically. I've turned into a right self-centered bastard.

Built in compressor eh? Interesting addition, although not something I'd probably use myself. Nice to hear they're making them in the UK again, hopefully they'll keep it that way. As you said, very tubey for a solid state amp (Yeah, yeah, it has a single 12AX7 in the preamp, so what? )

[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='698038' date='Jan 1 2010, 03:46 PM']Famous? Who from What? [/quote] Hah, well admittedly it does depend on your definition of "famous". As dannybuoy said, they're easily well recognised amongst fans of their genre/s, and probably also pretentious Pitchfork/NME types too, although personally I tend to avoid the latter whenever possible.

Another famous capo w/ bass user - Takeshi from Boris. <sarcasm>My, what an utter faggot, he even has a guitar attached to his bass as well!</sarcasm>

Robert DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots has been using a QSC MX1500 for his live rig since the mid-90's. Not the same model I know, but I guess it does say soming about the company in general. Pretty sure he used it on their "Purple" album too, thinking about it.

As the proud owner of an ABM EVO II head, I'm wondering what the differences are to the newer Chinese-made EVO III models. Since I'm too lazy to find an EVO III to try out, has anyone here had a go on both? I've no intention of getting rid of my EVO II, at least not for an EVO III. I'm just curious is all. In fact for a tube-amp lover (who's too poor to afford one), I've actually really started to like my ABM lately, to the extent where my VT Bass has been seeing more action with my guitar than bass of late.

Isn't feedback usually caused by the signal from the speakers, being picked up by the pickups on the guitar, thus creating a loop of sorts? At least I think I remember reading something like that. If so, as already mentioned, try standing as far away from your amp as possible and/or turn down. If that doesn't work (small practice space/stage) or isn't feasible, I second a Boss NS-2 or if you want to spend a bit more for something a bit better an ISP Decimator.