Bigwan

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1476872253' post='3157905'] Have you seen Albert Kreuzer's design for an onboard preamp? It's a nicely thought out FET preamp with a single knob tone control. It's a shame there doesn't seem to be be any commercial preamps with this topology, as it would also suit the OP's requirements nicely. www.albertkreuzer.com/preamp_onboard.htm [/quote] I have indeed. It (along with Albert Kreuzer's rack preamp) has been on my to do list for YEARS. It was the basis for the idea. Kreuzer's preamp is the basis for the Fuzzrocious BDPG (with a modded LPB1 pushing the input) and Zeibek Submarine preamp.

Great... Now I want to cut my fingers off...

Doubtful it'll happen. Zoom are grudgingly interested in bass players at best...

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1476727437' post='3156731'] My favourite is still the Clavia Nord Lead. Although I pretty much stopped looking at new synths after I got mine, because it does just about everything I want from a synth. A second-hand MK1 will be somewhere around the £400 mark for the keyboard version and a bit less for the rack. [/quote] Just double what I'd like to spend!

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1476723335' post='3156663'] Any analogue or virtual analogue synth with dual oscillators, cross-mod and oscillator sync, a filter that will go into self-oscillation and a separate envelope generator for the filter and the amplifier. [/quote] Any examples you can think of? Not well up on this stuff and that's quite a shopping list!

But while we're on the subject, what budget synth could do the Michael Jackson, Chaka Khan and Mr. Mars' bass sounds? Around a couple of ton, so no Minitaur type suggestions! The Bass Station sounds wicked in Si's link!

Big muff style tone control mounted on the back of a pot maybe? Something I've been mulling over building for a while!!!

[quote name='moonbass' timestamp='1476652113' post='3156076'] Or just do it with a bass: [url="https://youtu.be/1XmcX9x4OqY"]https://youtu.be/1XmcX9x4OqY[/url] Still pretty great! [/quote] Absolutely no need for synth when you can play it like that. Awesome.

I think these are rather awesome... My kids would love them!

I'm currently only playing with myself (oo-er), and I'm not a fan of the baked-in darkglass sound, and even I'm interested in this amp...

Has anybody any experience of Audiofly IEMs? I'd never heard of them until watching the DTP tour vlog and Mike St Jean (DTP Keyboard player, programmer) is an endorsed user. Prices seem pretty good at £370 for quad driver on Amazon.

Pickup height and string gauge would be the 2 things I'd look at. My last rock/metal band I was tuned to D with a 110 gauge set of Elites on a P-bass and I wouldn't want it any looser so maybe thicker gauge strings for a start. You're only a semitone away from the B of a 5 string after all, and they're mostly .125-.130 gauge.

Gone beyond me now I'm afraid!

Yes you do. Every bass player does IMHO...

[quote name='rushbo' timestamp='1476223669' post='3152546'] Just down the road from me...don't think I'll be bidding, but could help with collection or courier-ing... [/quote] If things go my way (which I REALLY doubt!) I may have to take you up on that rushbo!

'tis I, l'eclare!

Octave into gated fuzz into envelope filter. Job done.

Darkglass head features in Beav's rig rundown for current DTP tour. https://youtu.be/gFZiZc5o7To

Speak to the guy who designed most of the Trace Elliot gear: [email protected]

That's a proper bargain! Well done!

Another beauty is in the eye of Noddy Holder moment. I think the non-X version is hideous, but for the life of me I couldn't tell you why. Whereas the X version is sex on a stick to me. Love it. Go figure.