burno70

some cool suggestions in there thanks folks. I think I'll have to swerve Teen Town for the time being - need to work up to that level!

Same here Ben, he taught me at Derby Uni too. He's an awesome player and genuinely a nice guy but I found him frustrating as a teacher.

I'm looking to learn some Jazz pieces to help improve my technique. I quite like Jaco and Weather Report. Can anyone recommend a good starting point? Thanks

Anyone?

Hey thanks for those Meatwad settings Thisnameistaken, I set my 'wad up a little differently but your settings are miles better! (I've never actually set the attack to zero before and it makes a huge difference!) I'm in squelchy burp heaven! ta very much:)

I think the Fodera hype all boils down to the fact that they have a bunch of heavy hitters in the bass community playing them, on top of the fact that they are a relatively small outfit - the supply cannot meet the demand so you then have a certain exclusivity attached to them (I've played loads of basses and have never come across one yet!). I have a Shuker, you may not like the look of it as the woods were chosen by me and thats a matter of personal taste, but I can't see how the build quality of a Fodera would be any better. Especially when you consider that a bottom of the range Fodera costs about 2 and half times that of the Shuker, I just can't see them being twice as good!

Bought 2 pedals, both mint and well packaged. Very quick delivery. Top job.

I've recently realised that I've hit a plateau which I want to break out of. These could be what I'm looking for. I've PM'd you with me email if you could send those exercises over? Cheers Ste

Subscribed! It's the one area of my playing that's seriously week. I can improvise like a b*stard - but only after I know what key we're in - which is a bit embaressing at times.

Akai Headrush. You couldn't find a simpler looper pedal. It's cheaper than the Jamman but doesn't have half it's features. I think you'll find plenty of fans of both these pedals. There's also the boss RC series which is worth a look.

I bought a Meatwad last year from Mario of RobotFactory. I noticed that it worked ok in the middle of a chain of effects but if it was on it's own or at the end it hummed really loudly. I also noticed an occasional loud pop when the pedal was engaged. I emailed Mario who advised that it must have a fault with the ground wire and that it was using the ground of another pedal when it was in the middle of the chain but it can't do this when used on it's own or at the end. This wasn't so much of a problem as it sits in the middle of my pedal board anway and I used a looper pedal to babysit it so I wouldn't blow my speakers when it was engaged. Mario offered to repair it but that meant sending it back to the states, waiting for the repair and then redelivery, so I would probably be without it for about a month, which is a pain. I'd like to repair the pedal now and rather not send it over to the states. How hard would this repair be for a novice like me? I've repaired my wah pedal and resoldered a new switch but that's about the extent of my electronic prowess at the minute. If it's a tricky job does anyone know someone in the UK who could have a look at this for me? Sorry for the long post.

I bought a TA503 about 2 years ago and I love it - loads of tone and punch. I matched with the markbass 151HF and 210p cabs and my tone really punches through the mix. It's very well built and sturdy - I keep it in a laptop bag in the bands locker and it's not suffered any damage. Although I do have to admit I went from a 15 year old battered Peavey combo and bought it off the net without trying anything else out so I can't honestly compare it to equivilent gear.

[quote]8,000 metric arseloads of compression.[/quote] I hate it when people get technical!

Same here, ass & bass both around the 9-10 mark.

How did you find it within a band envoironment?

[code] Dan, I'd recommend the Diago power products[/code] +1

Well if your not bothered about it doubling as a DI then I may be reluctantly selling my Fulltone BassDrive, PM me if your interested (oooh shameless plug I know )

I bought this Markbass rig almost 2 years ago and love it. Warm, variety of tone, plenty of power and punch. But I went from a crappy Peavy combo that was battered and I'd had for about 5 years so I got nothing to compare it with. TO be fair, there may well be better amps out there, but this does a great job for me.