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Also, I and I know at least two other members of this forum have taken part in a band named the Overdrive Orchestra. A band that never has different members each time they play, the general premise is the bassist (or one of the bassists) makes up a loop and sticks to it while everyone improvises over the top. There's not as much freedom being stuck to that loop but everyone else can go wild within the constraints of that pattern, and there's something satisfying about being the foundation of the track that everyone else is following.

In my opinion, a jam is when you all make everything up as you go along, you have total freedom and may come up with something strong enough to form the foundation of a future song. The last band I was in, I met a guitarist and drummer and we did exactly that and I recorded it for posterity: http://www.box.net/shared/k5j1a64v7t Listening out for cues from the other members and taking turns to either follow or lead the pack, when you have that synergy it's a great feeling. Most pubs idea of a jam night though is either an open mic night, or a house band plays a few covers and lets anyone else take over an instrument or the entire setup to play tracks everyone knows. I only took part in one of these once, it was pointless me going on bass as I've always just played my own stuff on bass rather than covers, but knew quite a bit of Hendrix, Nirvana, Metallica, and RATM from my teen days of learning guitar. So I picked up a six-string for the first time in years and played a few random tracks. It was a good laugh, but more painting by numbers than true jamming IMHO.

Yes the new models are supposed to have this problem resolved. If not, you can use an inline XLR attenuator adapter. And you don't need a cab connected to record, only full tube amps have that requirement (like the 15W guitar version of the Tiny Terror), this is a hybrid with a solid state power section and no output transformer.

They are great basses, I have the 4 string and the neck is amazing quality for the price. Only downside is the preamp is too hot so it doesn't play nice with some pedals. This can be modded however.

Looks nicer than the Thomann version, I'd be interested if they do a fretless.

[quote name='Bassnut62' timestamp='1428439717' post='2741341'] Have you played with the up/down sweep and range yet? [/quote] Yeah, up sweep and low range is where it's at for me.

[quote name='Bo0tsy' timestamp='1428090290' post='2738059'] I got my Mu Tron 3x from Thomann, it was assembled in Germany from U.S. parts via A.T. Music Electronix which I guess is a Mu-FX subsidiary company and came with an EU AC two pronged adapter. As you say in Europe Mike can use the Mu Tron brand name but he lost the U.S. trademark many years ago and had to rename it. I kinda like it that we get the Mu Tron name with the vintage logo on a new pedal. I really hope you enjoy the new Mu. It was the pedal that effectively ended my filter quest. Here's a pick of mine with my Bootsy bass... [/quote] Mine doesn't have the logo though!

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Mu-Tron 3X in the house! Sounds similar yet different to the Mini Q-Tron. The Mutron has much more quack going on which requires more subtle right hand technique to keep under control, whereas the Q-Tron can be played with a more relaxed feel as it's not so resonant down low. The Mutron has control over the output volume too, but I've found it distorts more easily than the Q-Tron with my BB1025X which has a pretty hot output for a passive bass. The bandpass mix setting on the Mu is also just as useable as the lowpass setting. So, quest complete for now, I will be keeping the Mutron, the Mini QT and the MXR!

Have you chaps seen the Gallien Krueger power-amp distortion sim pedal designed in collaboration with Frank from FEA Labs and pedal nut John K over at Talkbass? Full details and schematics are over here: [url="http://www.talkbass.com/threads/gk-rails-in-a-pedal.1122467/"]http://www.talkbass....-pedal.1122467/[/url] Clips: [url="http://soundcloud.com/johnk_10/gk800rbv5"]http://soundcloud.co...nk_10/gk800rbv5[/url] [url="http://soundcloud.com/johnk_10/gk800rbv5-2"]http://soundcloud.co..._10/gk800rbv5-2[/url] I'd love to try one if anyone's up for building me one!

I tried a Stinger (pre-EB clone) in my Sub Ray4 and took it straight out again, as it also did not have enough treble.

Loads of basses have 'neck dive'. Suede backed straps are the best solution I've found, lighter tuners if you want to go the whole hog. It's not really a quality control issue or anything to blame a seller about not disclosing beforehand. I also find supporting the bass neck with your left hand whilst playing helps massively.

It's a lot more aggressive than the Beta, but since you can dial the gain right down to clean you can control that aggression. It has more low end on tap then any pedal I've ever tried too! It just has a lovely bite when paired with a pick, but still with a thump behind the note. Funnily enough I think it sounds crap when played fingerstyle though!

Also, for pick playing, the finest dirt pedal I've tried is the Idiot Box Blower Box. I have it set to fairly low gain where it excels, whereas the youtube demos concentrate more on the harsher high gain sounds from it. I played some QOTSA with my Precision through it just now to confirm this! I have the new smaller one on order and expect to put my original up for sale once it comes in BTW.

You should go on Dragon's Den!

If anything the SFT is more coloured, seeing as I could set the VT to sound transparent with the gain and treble turned down. Do you really want uncoloured though? Do you want a transparent boost to push your Ampeg into distortion? Then maybe get a Phat Phuk B or Barbershop. Or a more coloured amp-like pedal that replicates what the SVT sounds like when cranked (VT Bass, SFT, Ginger, digital modelling)? Also, I'd look at an Ampeg V4B so you can get that power tube overdrive at more sensible volumes (100W rather than 300W).

If you thought the VT Bass was overly coloured then you'll probably think the same about the Joyo. I could get my v1 VT Bass to sound pretty transparent though, with the treble all the way down, and all other EQ knobs and character at noon. I measured the response as almost flat apart from the 5k speaker sim rolloff. I stupidly sold it to get a v2 with the speaker sim button, then again to get the DI version. Neither sounded as good as the v1 though, I'll have to pick up another some day!

[quote name='GazWills' timestamp='1428071618' post='2737773'] not been discontinued that i am aware of... still on the akai website, and some shops still have them in stock: http://www.akaipro.com/product/e2headrush [url="https://www.soundbasemegastore.com/14022-akai-e2-headrush-delayloop-pedal.html?gmc_currency=3&gclid=CKfx-Zmt2sQCFUfkwgodCXMAeA"]https://www.soundbas...CFUfkwgodCXMAeA[/url] [/quote] I'd wager that they are old stock, none of the big retailers have it for sale.

I would start off with compressor, muff, chorus, Sansamp, with the option of swapping around the last two, particularly if you are using the Sansamp as an overdrive and not sending its DI out to the desk. There are no solid rules so use what sounds best, but that is the order I would use!

Beautiful looking as well as sounding pedal. Those graphics and soft pulsating led look like they could induce a trance!

Some use the Source Audio programmable EQ for this very task, although a clean boost or the opposite (e.g. EHX Signal Pad) is a much simpler approach. The signal pad might be a good bet if you have pedals in your chain that don't respond well to high output basses, you can bring it down to match the level of the passive bass.

I got two B-stock pedals from them recently. The knobs were all scratched up one but it didn't bother me. The other was mint but I wanted to return it as I didn't like the sound, and was pleasantly surprised to find they arranged free shipping back to Germany. Contrast that with another pedal I wanted to return to Guitar Guitar in the UK, I was expected to fork out for return shipping. I also wanted to return a TH500 to another UK shop last year as I couldn't put up with the fan noise. They wanted to charge me a restocking fee (which I managed to argue my way out of) as well as return shipping. I'd have no qualms ordering B-stock from somewhere with a returns policy as generous as Thomann's.

Also there's a new Ampeg SCR-DI preamp/overdrive if you didn't see!