DaveMuadDib

Hi everyone, I've had a Hohner B2A with the detunable DB bridge for a few months now, and I love this bass more than anything, but there's just one problem that I've noticed. The tuning pegs at the base of the bridge are nice and stiff, which is good because I almost never have to tune it up. The problem lies with the mini peg on the top of the bridge, which adjusts which pitch the detuning lever takes the low E string down to when you flick it (Eb - Db in my case). When the lever is activated and it drops to Db, this little peg stays nice and firm, but when I flick it back up to Eb, the peg is now very easy to turn. Turning the peg makes no noticeable effect in this state until you flick the switch, in which case your drop tuning has been altered. I haven't been embarrassed by it yet, but I'm in a band that switches from standard to drop tuning quite a bit, and it's a feature that I really like having on my bass. Can anyone help me out here? Is there something I can adjust, or does it need a proper servicing? The quick fix I've got going at the moment is a faint pencil line on the peg, so I can quickly spot if it is out of alignment, and get it at least approximately lined up without having to think too much about it. But I'd really like to sort out this one flaw on an otherwise perfect bass!

Cosmic Slop as performed by Bootsy Collins in Funkadelic. It's just one riff, and it's simple, but it's a beauty.

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='127521' date='Jan 25 2008, 07:28 AM'][i]Dave[/i] Muad Dib? Shouldn't your name be Paul? Good luck with the Kustom. Just don't get any sand in it!![/quote] haha, I'm glad someone gets it! Thanks man, and no prizes for guessing what my favourite book is

Hey guys, I own a lovely Little Big Muff Pi and an active bass and a Laney HCM120B with seperate inputs for active and passive. The thing is, I'm very new to active bass, and I'm a little bit lost, and hoping some of you guys can advise me! When I run my active bass through the active input jack, and put a big muff in-between, it sounds a little bit weird... Kinda quiet, temperamental and strange distortion. But if I bang the Muff on and then turn my active pickups into passive mode, it sounds great, it's just a bit of a nuisance. Now, if I run the bass passively through the passive output, the muff sounds good when I turn it on, but I miss that active punch! Is this simultaneous action of stomping on the Muff and hitting the passive switch something I'll just have to get used to, or am I missing something here? Thanks!

In the end, I've gone for a Kustom KBA-10, which I found to be nice and cheap, very sturdy, and surprisingly powerful and nice-sounding! Cheers for the advice though guys.

[quote name='Bassmouseman' post='126154' date='Jan 23 2008, 03:04 PM']Hi Dave, like your music taste![/quote] Hey there! Thanks, I'm glad you appreciate my tastes. They're all excellent bands with excellent bass players, so I feel satisfied all round! I'm especially going through a bit of a Faith No More stage at the moment. Anyone in particular who I listed that you like?

[quote name='metaltime' post='126151' date='Jan 23 2008, 03:01 PM']Hi dave nice to meet you. What kind of music do you play? Do you play in a band?[/quote] Hey there! I play a bit of everything, right from thrash metal and blues to reggae and funk. I find thrash to be the most fun though, there's especially nothing quite like blasting out a bit of Pantera I'm currently in a band called Snog the Dog, a metal/grunge/blues rock three piece, and I very much love every second of it! I also jam with various people at open mic nights and such. How about yourself?

Hey there people, this is my first proper post here! Ok, here's my dilemma. My gigging amp is usually in storage somewhere far away from me, and when I practice at home, I usually either play unplugged (ehh) or through a Marshall pocket amp (bleh). When playing along with a CD or Backing Track, it's almost always a horrible experience. Now, my birthday is just a couple of weeks away, and I'm thinking about asking for a nice practice amp. I don't want anything too fancy, just a nice modestly priced little 10/15 watt'er would do me fine. But there are so many options out there... my only requirement is that it amplifies my signal and it sounds decent, but I'd be open to other suggestions. My only real thought at the moment is the Laney RB-1, which seems cheap and decent enough, though I haven't tried one out yet. What would you guys recommend? Thanks! -Dave

Hi there everyone, My name is Dave, I'm 22 and I've been playing bass as a primary instrument for just under a year now, after a couple of years of being on the six-stringed darkside. This is my first time here, but it seems like a cool place to talk to fellow bassists, so I thought I'd give it a try! I play a Hohner B2ADB headless active bass through a Laney HCM120B, occasionally with a Little Big Muff Pi when necessary (and I'm proud to use a plectrum most of the time!) My main heroes are Tim Commerford of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, Rex Brown of Pantera, Billy Gould of Faith No More and Eric Wilson of Sublime. Nice to meet you all! -Dave