FJ1200

@kevthebass - I use the fx send/return on my Ohm GA140 occasionally. I have to pop the jack out a bit on the amp though so it only hits the 'Return' part of the socket. I don't use it like that live though as I'm worried it'll fall out, and I have to watch the volume. I'll have to make up a proper lead for it some time. I really like the amp/cab modelling which is what I bought it for primarily and have a couple of combos I like. Still don't have a clue where I'd use the synth stuff and would happily bin them for a different set of stomp plugins (L6 are you listening?). Have started playing with the fx properly now and 'discovered' the 'String Theory' preset, which I didn't like to start with but blimey it's good when you have the house to yourself and can crank it up a bit! (also helps that I live on a corner and the study is on the 2 outside walls!) Even my 14-year old daughter was impressed (Teenager impressed, that is!)

All I got my Bass POD XT Live last week, and as Ped advised to to someone else I wanted to go through and log all the amp/cab combinations that I liked. To do that I created a spreadsheet with the amps down the side and cabs along the top and put a score out of 10 for combinations I liked and ignored the ones I didn't. Have put a pdf of it here - it may help someone. I found it useful. Hope this is the right place for this. (tried this on the L6 Forum and it won't accept a pdf) EDIT - Should mention this is the BLANK one for you to use not my scribbled on one.

I've given up trying to install Line 6 Edit on my XP laptop - stupid having to use old versions of Java and introduces a security risk. Works flawlessly on our home Windows 2000 PC. I've put a spreadsheet together that lists all the amps down one side, cabs along the top and I'm scoring the combinations out of 10 on the resulting grid for future reference and Line 6 Edit is perfect for this. I'll upload the spreadsheet sometime for anyone else who wants to use it. I will be trying my XTLive with Linux soon once I get the drivers and software downloaded and a free evening. [url="http://www.tanzband-scream.at/line6/"]http://www.tanzband-scream.at/line6/[/url] for those interested.

[quote name='tonybassplayer' post='145880' date='Feb 24 2008, 09:58 AM']I feel I have to register a complaint to the fine ladies and gentleman of this website forum. Until I recently joined I was more than happy with my Yamaha TRB that had been my main bass ( just have a cheap 5 string spare for gigs ) for over 6 years. I also have a Fender USA Strat that has sat happily virtually unused in my wardrobe for the last twelve years and as a little family we were happy. UNTIL NOW !!! I now spend half my life on this forum and the other on Ebay looking for bargain Precision's, Jazz's, Geddy Lee's, uprated pickup's, SX's ( never even heard of them three months ago ) The Strat ends tonight on Ebay ( currently £331 but more would good ) to try to feed this GAS frenzy Where will it all end ?? Not sure but one thing it has done has rejuvenated my playing and enthusiasm for improving as a player. Keep up the good work Regards Tony[/quote] So it's not just me, then? My GAS has started up with the purchase of a Line 6 Bass POD XT Live. My wife's ever so pleased... Might have to sell the Pacifica now! (If my 14-year old daughter will let me as it's 1/2 hers.)

Dillsfretless - Dunno about you, mate but I've leaned a heck of a lot here! Some good sound advice that I'll be taking away. I'm not a good player especially after 26 years of just noodling and sheer laziness on my part, but at 45 I start lessons again tonight to improve and almost start again. I'm from the less-is-more camp but want to be able to do some slightly more fancy stuff, however (sob-story) following an accident many years ago with a surface grinder and nearly severing a tendon, my middle 2 fingers on my left hand don't spread as far as they should and have a tendency to stick together. In the last 2 years it has become more pronounced so I'm doing some excersises to improve that but it does affect my playing. I seem to recall one of Van Halen's songs (can't remember which one - Jump I think) the whole bass line is bottom E. Nothing else. But sounds fantastic.

right then - nearly 1am. New toy has been switched off and I'm going to bed. The XT Live is great. See what you all mean by naff defaults although one or two are ok. Synth stuff I'd probably never use apart from sound fx in a play or something. The downloads on the Line6 web site are very heavily repeated though. Don't know if people have problems uploading but the same patches appear up to 10 times or more. Anyway - long day of playing tomorrow so beddy-byes time.

My XT Live has arrived!! Digital Village - only ordered it lunchtime yesterday too! It's sat on my desk blinking at me seductively. Can't wait to get it home and have a tweak!

What I want to know is - what's "Fedner guitarse" mean? (And looking at his post I don't accept it's a typo)

[quote name='nottswarwick' post='144052' date='Feb 20 2008, 10:33 PM'], but the bass player (forget his name) is a well recognised unsung bass hero, and a classic example of tasteful rock bass work.[/quote] Phill Rudd. Stood at the back, pounded it out. I saw AC/DC a few times when I were a lad. Best was a Wembley on the Back In Black tour - real cannons on stage with thunderflashes in them! Great stuff. EDIT - Yup - Cliff Williams it was. My memory failing me!

Never really been into slap but having a go anyway and quite like the tone but still not getting it right. I might have a look at those books though and see what I can do.

Like the AX3000 but finally decided to opt for a long-term top-end unit and have ordered a Line6 Bass POD XT Live! Should arrive in the morning. Feel like a 6 year-old again - can't wait until tomorrow now!! Be even worse when I get it home!

JUST ORDERED MINE! ARRIVES (hopefully ) TOMORROW!!

Hey - Mine too (45)! Happy birthday to us!

Looking forward to it.

[quote name='Evil Laugh' post='143494' date='Feb 20 2008, 12:40 AM']Interesting... Am looking at an X3 Live, just wondering what people's experience is of the online editor. I'm still confused as to whether or not it's a separate purchase. [/quote] Free download from their web site - [url="http://uk.line6.com/software/index.html"]http://uk.line6.com/software/index.html[/url] - search under Bass POD Live XT and scroll down about 2/3 of the page Go to the [url="http://uk.line6.com/club/"]http://uk.line6.com/club/[/url] and there's access to loads of submitted patches too. I'm ordering mine tomorrow I think.

After a few days looking at multifx units, reading reviews etc, I'm starting to settle on the XT Live. Just read the Talkbass review from Ped's link and feel very daunted but looking for a bit of a challenge! I've got some cash available and don't mind tweaking. I do like a good tweak. Ooohh Matron!! If I can get one or two sounds I really like and get them stored - and I (think) I know what I'm after, then I'm happy to spend the next few years exploring it. I'll probably not get another opportunity like this for a long time, so I want to shoot for the top to start with . I have the Korg AX3000B on loan and it's giving me sleepless nights! 1am I went to bed last night!! I really do like it, a doddle to use but the set of parameter control knobs worry me - and a number of others looking at the reviews - they seem a bit flimsy and I feel they'd break off too easily. Concerns me what effect the POD will have on my sleep patterns though! I don't have enough cash for the XT Pro, disappointed and surprised at no balanced output on the XT Live so I'll have to live with a DI box, and I probably wouldn't fiddle with patches in a live situation but have everything saved in advance. I'll probably completely refute this and totally change my mind in a few months though! I also like the very large community that the POD line has and the willingness to share patches. I'll be pulling some of them apart to see how they've been set up and learning from them, and then hopefully be able to contribute my own in time.

Steve - Thanks for the Korg loan. Very easy to use - worked out the basics without a glance at the manual. Lots of fun with the synth and ring mod, but I really love the octave divider. Some of the preset patches are good too. For me the only 2 downers are the lack of a USB - I don't have a midi interface unit for my computer and have never used MIDI so that's a new area to explore - and lack of a balanced line out so I'd have to use a DI if patching direct into a desk. Otherwise it's great. Like the amp/cab modeling as well. Still not sure what to get though. Much prefer this one to the Boss but the jury is still out on the others. Also from a practicing point of view I like the drum machine in the Zoom.

[quote name='Muppet' post='141530' date='Feb 16 2008, 11:17 AM']Mate - I have a AX3000B that I can let you have a play with for a few days if you like? I'm not selling it but at the moment I'm not using it either. Can drop it off to you today or tomorrow if you fancy it. Send me a PM and let me know. Cheers Steve[/quote] PM Sent.

Think it was Discovery Kids or something. I like it too - great program for (us) kids.

[quote name='FJ1200' post='139336' date='Feb 13 2008, 10:29 AM']Thanks for all the comments/offers. Still not sure, but for my needs leaning more towards the B2.1U mainly because of the output versatility and amp/cab modelling. I'm hoping to have a play with some of them over the weekend and will have a better idea then. Looking at some of the comments around the Boss pedals lead me to think they may be worth a look later but not for right now. I have a CS-2 that looks like it's been in a war zone but I use it all the time. Bought it new 1983-ish. Has the Level knob missing and the paint is chipped to pieces but I doubt I'd sell it.[/quote] Right then - things have changed a bit. My bonus that I wasn't expecting has come in so I can raise my sights a bit. Line6 Bass Pod? Korg AXB3000? Boss? Going into town to have a play this morning and an eye test. What's the most versatile? Still may get a B2.1u and something else thought. Haven't decided yet.

Not a bassist but I worked in a small hardware shop between 2 stints of working abroad in Wallington hight street, S London where Fransis Rossi used to come in and buy several cases of Brasso at a time. We used to see him quite a lot as he lived in Purley, just up the road. Bumped (literaly) into Rick Parfit in the Post Office once too!

[quote name='metalmaniac' post='140958' date='Feb 15 2008, 12:08 PM']If your going for nix recording then Ardour is the dog's proverbials! Also theres a brilliant distro called 64 studio.[/quote] I'm from a Unix background and been using Linux since the mid-90s, just wondered if anyone else had seen the light? Seen Studio64 but not tried it yet. Wasn't it on the cover of LXF recently? Probably got it somewhere... Kristal is excelent too for Windies users - good interface, 16-track desk for free with loadsaplugins.

I found the excelent www.studybass.com yesterday more by luck than judgement and wish I'd found it years ago - learned some simple and blindingly obvious stuff that I put into practice last night and I sounded better than I have in ages - but then that's not saying a lot really. This site has been mentioned before here 3 times but the last one was August last year so I doubt I would have found it. What I was wondering is, is it worth having a pinned thread listing good resources and web sites all in one place as has been done on some of the other forums here? At 1 week shy of turning 45 I'm determined to improve my playing (mid-life crisis anyone? Still looking for a tutor, BTW....) and going back to some of the real basics. I also want to re-learn to read music and sight reading as I used to be able to at school - and that was a long time ago (was 3rd in my year in music twice - wish I'd never given it up now!)! This forum has been a great encouragement to me as well to get on with it so a BIG thanks guys. Loads of really good stuff here.

Don't know if anyone else saw "How It's Made" on TV last night? Kids were watching it when I got home and featured the Warwick factory making guitars and basses from start to finish. Very interesting to watch. Combination of a lot of CNC and hand-crafting. Except lasted about 3 or 4 minutes.

[quote name='TheRinser' post='139350' date='Feb 13 2008, 10:46 AM']Oh yeah, FJ1200, awesome story! And I think the little rubber string bass you're talking about is the DeArmond Ashbory?[/quote] That's the chappy! Only 76 were made or summat. They go for around £280 now. Thought about getting one just for fun and to be a bit different. Don't suppose anyone here has one?