Tom Brookes

Good point.....I never think of compressors in that way when playing live (I used to use them as 'limiters' when I ran a recording studio though) Did you like the fact that I refered to you as 'the mighty Shep'?

Do you really need a compressor? I've not used a Hot Hand with my bef, but can't really see how it would benefit as it tracks really well. I use a joyo dynamic compressor at the start of my signal chain (very cheap on ebay) purely to improve the tracking of my behringer bsy600 synth pedal. Without wanting to sound rude though, if you need it to even out your hammer ons etc then just do some more practice and save the cash! You may not need to use hammer ons either, slides should work fine. Check out some of Nathan Navarro's stuff and also read through the threads that the mighty Shep has posted above. I'm told that the Source Audio multiwave bass distortion goes very well with the BEF....... Happy Wubbing!

I'm a guitarist first and foremost Classicaly trained with a degree in music and I'm a full time guitar/bass teacher. Jazz/Blues is more my thing on electric guitar nowadays though. I've been playing bass for around 4 years and am currently the bassist in one band and working on an Electronica/Dubstep project as a bassist too. I also play Mandolin, Bouzouki and a little bit of Drums. I really wish that I'd have taken bass seriously as a youngster, as I feel that is the instrument that I am most natural on.