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Blimey, this takes me back! If I remember rightly, Heaven 17 formed when they left the original line up of The Human League. Penthouse & Pavement was, and is still a cracking album, not bad for a bunch of kids in 1981. I'm going to have to have another listen very soon.

I found an interesting video on Pete Thorns You Tube page. (He's well worth checking out, a great player) It's a quick demo on how very long leads kill your tone, and how a buffered pedal put in the signal path can bring back the lost tone. I am no expert but I'm sure somebody here can enlighten us all with the physics as to how this works. I have gone down the true bypass route in recent years like a lot of us have. At the June BC bash in Hatfield, Sibob gave an interesting chat on pedals where he touched on this subject. It was the first time I had heard about this, and It's got me thinking. Now I've found this video I'm sold. I want to know why a signal going through true bypass pedals suffers without a buffer in the chain? What exactly does a buffer do? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOWeoizp4y0

Fugly. That's what that is.

Seriously, who knows what the craic is with the free sex??

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1376505087' post='2175172'] You don't mean... parallel compression?? [/quote] I guess he does mean parallel compression. The only downside here is that by using the global wet/dry mix, every pedal/amp model is affected because the global mix is applied to every patch in the B3. A lot of the models do have a wet/dry option but not the compressors, unfortunately. I use the 160Comp for a touch of subtle compression if I'm using my B3 as a stand alone pedal on small gigs but when it's in my board I stick to my trusted BBE Opto Stomp. I haven't used a digital multi effects for years, but the B3 is fantastic value for money and sounds great too. All for less than the price of a couple of separate pedals, it'll be staying in my set up for a long time.

That's always been my issues with dirt pedals, the loss of bottom end and clean sound. I have been using a Bright Onions dual loop pedal for a while now and it's brilliant. I ordered mine with wet/dry blends as extras and now I dial in as much clean bass as I need. A cracking little box.

[quote name='bottomfeed' timestamp='1376355277' post='2172826'] Yeah!... Last time I did this gig was Oct... this was July, I nearly passed out myself!.... Sam [i](was he working there back then?)[/i] told us it peeked at 45 degrees in the pit once!... F.Hot! ....A lotta fun but not much of an earner. [/quote] I do remember Sam. He is a top bloke (he was the one who delivered us shots of tequila at the start of each set). My guess is it was our week that he was on about re the 45 degree heat. Utterly insane! The guitarist ended up playing sitting down, the singer was holding onto the kit to stay upright, and the drummer was getting dizzy at the end of each set (so nothing new there then lol). Seven relentless nights of it too. They offered us the last night off due to the air con problems, but we did it anyhow. We still wonder how we survived those gigs. You're spot on about the money. We nearly broke even but a week away in the sun with great mates that can really play was what it was all about. A proper rock n roll time.

I bought a pedal from Megagames. Quick postage, well packed and one happy Ratman. Job done. Thanks.

I just bought a pedal case from Ian. Really nice guy, and was patient waiting for me to get over to him to collect it too. Thanks Ian

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[quote name='bottomfeed' timestamp='1375203271' post='2158111'] Just back from 7 nights on the trot in Wayne's Bar, Nice... Geez.... hot, sweaty, mental! Anyone know that gig? [/quote] Yes I know Waynes Bar!! One of my bands did a couple of one week stints there 3 years ago. Mental sums it up nicely. The gigs were so much fun, and the drinking that followed was legendary! On the second week we were there the air con in the pit had packed up, I have never, ever, played in heat like it. Most of the band at some point nearly passed out, no lie. All in all, fond memories. I did hear that they weren't using British bands any more. That's obviously not true so maybe I'll get back there someday.

I'm seriously considering searching down the thread about halal meat and oversized breasts. But my dilemma is this - if it actually exists it is likely to have me laughing even more than I have done already at some of the comments in this thread. And that's a lot, believe me! But I am really worried about long term psychological damage. I mean, halal meat and big breasts all wrapped up on one topic! That's got to be seriously warped. If I read it and decide afterwards that I wished I hadn't, I can't exactly un-read it can I. It could turn me off meat altogether, and then I'd be a veggie too. This could open new doors for my music career, so I can't knock that either. Ah, choices, choices.........

[quote name='keeponehandloose' timestamp='1375478754' post='2162179'] usual story, drummers a bit of a tosser but has somewhere to rehearse and leave the gear , so Im in ... [/quote] Hear hear. Has anybody ever seen a kit with that paint job before? It looks like an electric kit to me. And have you noticed that he's got a tom to the outside of the snare & hats lol. The turkey! In his favour though, the rug matches the paint job.......

That's really sad to hear. I used to listen to him a lot, and I recently have been again. The master of keeping it simple yet blowing us away at the same time. RIP.

A humid evening. One of the sweatiest gigs ever. We were just dripping from the start. A good night though.

I've been using flats for about 2 years, and live they are amazing with my P bass. But for recording there just wasn't enough mid definition. I recently got the heads up on half wounds, so I fitted a set, and what a difference. they're a lovely half way between flats and rounds, like it says on the tin. For gigs they still have the depth, and it is nice to have the option of some more mids to play with which has been really useful as I like my overdrive pedals where the sweet sounds need mids to shine. For the studio work, the mid definition I craved is all back. I haven't had an engineer complain about them yet, actually I'm getting compliments on my tone and I'm often being asked what strings are on the bass. It's half wounds all the way for me now

I have to add Wham to the list. They get right on my t*ts, but the bass playing is always top notch.

I have a couple of sets of Sennheiser HD200's. I've had them a while but they're great for practicing quietly with. And they sound great with my Streamliner!

How about looking at the Squire P Special. I got one a few years ago for peanuts, new. It's a P body, J neck, P neck split pick up and the bridge J pick up. Controls are J type, vol, vol & tone. For me it's the best of both all in one. It's now got a new wiring kit fitted, with Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder pick ups. Total upgrade cost around £120. It does what a P should all the way but with the option of blending in a bit of bridge p/u bite. And the neck is nice and slim. It's a killer bass now and I wouldn't swap it for anything. Definitely worth a try if you see one, but upgrading the cheap stock Squire pick ups will transform the tone.

I'm sorted for a dep now

[b] Hello everyone. I'm posting here as I'm desperately in need of a dep for a gig on this coming Saturday night. I only got told about the gig today and I can't be there. The band is the Empire State band, and the set is lots of Stax/Motown and some RnB, all standard covers. The venue is Dover Street Wine Bar in Mayfair W1. You arrive at 10 to set up & have a pint, on at 11, 2x45 minute sets and you're done. There's even a Hartke 1x15 combo at the venue so you can take the tube to the gig. It pays £65. Dress code is all black. It's an 8 piece band - male & female vocals, 2 horns, guitar, keys, bass & drums - so there's no need to get too fancy on the bass for this gig. Just lay down the grooves and swing the bits off it. If anyone's interested please give me a shout, I really need to find someone to do this ASAP. Thanks for reading. Alex.[/b]