ratman

Ditto to lots of the above. Keep the bass you have, it'll do you just fine for a good while. For what it's worth, I have a Squire P that has earned me my living for years. All I changed from the original spec were the pick ups, wiring and scratchplate, and it plays really well and sounds awesome. Don't buy 'other rubbish' with your grand - get yourself a decent amp. And enjoy the journey ahead. Welcome to the club

I'd be happy to help somebody out if they had something fail on a gig, but if they turn up expecting to blag the use of my gear, forget it.

I have this issue when I run my Grand Tarkin into my MXR filter. I set up a graphic eq patch on my Zoom B3, and lowered the output level so it's now all nicely balanced. That meant I could also fine tune the eq which was a bonus.

I'd keep the old pedals, for now. You may find you like the sound of some of them better than the digital models in th B3. Wait until you know the B3 better before you start selling old kit.

Great idea dood! Immigrant Song & Pump It Up added

I just bought a pedal from Rik. Another easy BC transaction, thanks Rik!

It's the '77 just ahead of the '95 for me. The OP says the strings are all the same, do you mean they're all brand new too?

These boys are great

[quote name='martin8708' timestamp='1411751970' post='2562564'] Practice , practice and even more practice . [/quote] Exactly. I found it hard doing BVs after 10 years of just playing bass. Now it's pretty much second nature to me, and I pick up new parts really fast. It's a useful skill to have. Keep at it, and practise whenever you can, it will become easier with time and repetition. I used to break down the two parts to find out the order of bass notes, consonants,or both sounding together. Does that make sense? Then get practising, slowly at first. Once you get the hang of it take the tempo up, gradually. Something I got told a long time ago - 'you don't practise 'till you get something right, you practise till you never get it wrong!'

Yes it's subjective, but for just over a ton you'll get so much bang for your buck. I use mine like you're planning to and I love it.

Nice pedal dude!!

[quote name='njr911' timestamp='1411477667' post='2559864'] Pedals are cheaper than cars [/quote] My board cost a lot more than my car is worth lol. And the car isn't a banger!

I've only used Prymaxe once and didn't get collared by customs. I bought a pedal on a 20% off weekend and saved about 40% on the best UK price.

I used to have a rig that only had one cab, and I had the same issues, not hearing myself well on stage. I ended up using one of these - http://www.standback.net/ Getting the cab angled upwards really worked for me. It folds up and fits in a any small bag too.

I haven't used a synth pedal yet, but what I do use for synthy sounds are combinations of my pedals. Fuzz/overdrives into filters, or octaves into fuzz/overdrives. I can get a lot of very different sounds by using various combinations of pedals. They work pretty well for my needs at the moment, and my board is already full up so there's no room for more toys.

In my experience Mooer are hit or miss. I had a Green Mile (TS clone) which was ok, but the Sweeper (Bassballs clone) and Yellow Comp are sh*te, with my set up at least. But for £40 odd quid they're worth a punt, you might find something you like.

I gig every week and I do go a bit stir crazy if I have a weekend with no gig. I just love playing. And it doesn't matter if it's a ropey pub band, a big function or an originals gig, I still want to play well and hopefully help get some booty on the dancefloor. I still get that buzz after years of doing this and I'm glad that's the case. I know a few jaded old pros and it shows massivly in their attitude and playing. My thinking is that I play for free but it's the travelling, setting up & hanging about that I get paid for. I honestly don't know what I'd do in this world without music. It's my favourite drug. Rock on!

Ditto. Right angled cables every time. Both ends of the cable too, so the input jack on your amp is nice and flush.

I personally stay away from the presets and set up my own patches from scratch. As far as blend settings go I like to dial in dry bass to preserve the low end as most of the effects are just too full on when there's no dry bass in the signal. Just my preference. I use an expression pedal to adjust my wet/dry blend too, the parameters for this are adjustable in the Total menu. In the Global menu, my balance is set to 100%, and I do all the wet/dry adjustments for each patch in the individual effect settings. The best advice I can give is play around with the blend settings until you find what you like. If you're plugging into an amp go straight into the input, not the effect loop. Use the amp sims anywhere you like. If an amp sim, or any effect, sounds good to you that's all that matters. You can always copy a patch to a different memory slot and play around with different settings without overriding the original patch. There is an active/passive switch next to the input jack, that should sort out your hot signal. Have fun