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I know from recently fitting one to 90's MIM Jazz there can be slight differences in the layout of the screw holes. Makes no sense to me but 90s MIM machine heads are slightly different in measurement to other fender direct replacement machine heads. No experience of the Squires but you could potentially have the same issue so you may need to do some minor drilling to fit the xtender. I had my set up guy do mine because I'm useless with these things.

Doesn't have to be a band, why not find a singer song writer type who wants to jam a bit? Work up from there! There are online collaboration things where someone records a beat or something then you submit a recorded baseline and people build up a song, that could be a good way of getting back in to it? Don't give up, just find a path that you can follow at your own speed and gives you the enjoyment you want! Best of luck!

I haven't seen this year's Glastonbury set yet but have heard more negative than positive. For a long time radiohead were my absolute favourite band and I enjoyed the change of feel from album to album, it's a nice concept and movement over time, but when you just want to put on one song and crank up the volume or relax or whatever, you go for one of the first three albums only IMO. I saw them live about twelve years back and they were excellent, amazing presence and great musicianship. I can see why they're not everyone's cup of tea. I do t listen to the radio or read music mags so I didn't know they'd released anything recently, but there isn't a fire in my pants to go and get the album, unlike Kid A which I pre ordered and legged it from college to buy as soon as I could. I think they just spoke more to me as a teenager than they do now.

I have one built in to my ashdown amp head and I have it on pretty much all the time. I also have a boss limiter enhancer on my pedal board but rarely use it, though using it as an enhancer with my fretless bass I can find some benefit. I used to have a line 6 tonecore guitar compressor that had three settings plus the dials, it was very good for bass. In general, if you spend the time tweaking one you'll likely find something useful but unless you have serious dynamics issues I wouldnt worry too much.

[quote name='LeftyP' timestamp='1498252703' post='3323493'] I was taught to use a knife and fork in the conventional way (knife in right hand) and have never had a problem with it although if I'm spreading butter onto bread I use my left hand. When I go into cafes I immediately re-arrange the cups and side plates to suit a lefty and turn my dessert spoon around so that the handle is on the left side - that confuses every body! [/quote] 33 years of lefthandedness here and I've only just realised I do the same! Knife and fork used conveniently but knife only is a left hand activity! Learning something new every day. Welcome! Playing left handed shouldn't affect Tue progress as much as a teacher with a defeatist attitude in my view.

Thanks for all the advice so far! Rehearsed last night and noticed something else peculiar... With no pedals on everything was running fine and the VU meter on my ashdown amp was peaking at less than half its range. However, engaging either my hartke di box to change tones or add some drive, or engaging my Jim Dunlop bass wah all made the vu jump in to the red! With input volumes less than half. Quite concerned by this. Think I need to have my boss limiter engaged to protect the amp?

[quote name='Tony p' timestamp='1497953370' post='3321520'] Has anyone else here just played the set twice when they've used up all their material.... ? [/quote] Yes! It was our first gig in my acoustic duo. My first gig as a singer too. We made it clear to the venue we would do two forty min sets but it would be the same set of songs. They were ok about it and booked us in again

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1497946577' post='3321451'] Another option of course would be to ditch the tuner and replace it with a TC Polytune Mini - I've not had any noise issues with mine on a daisy chain! [/quote] Good point, but there's always another pedal to buy! Want to resolve the problem at the root of possible

Why not try something completely different, crazy, out of character, completely out of place next to your other basses and see where it takes you?

Going to tinker around again tonight but pretty sure it's my tuner which is a cheap Harley Benton micro pedal. Thanks for the links, I had a look at the power unit on eBay, but a bit wary of these as my current power unit was recommended on BC as a good, cheap isolated power unit off eBay! Might have to bite the bullet and buy an MXR or similar just to cut out the issue once and for all, I hope.

Sorry, isolation adapter tip? I've tried to find these via Google but not come up with anything. Sounds like the easiest fix, looked at true isolated power units but they cost loads!!

That's an absolute beauty, good buy!!

Thanks guys. I was removing each pedal from the signal chain but not from the power supply. Will experiment further...

Or you drive out your way late at night to meet at a service station (their idea) for them not to answer their phone or show up. Not even the decency to come up with an excuse.

Help! I'm not the most technical and recently I've been getting some serious noise in my signal chain. The noise is an electronic chirpy noise with a bit of an underlying rasp. Its a loud noise that could become really annoying at gigs, when playing it's hidden. I've been through to disable one pedal at a time, and tried bass direct to amp to check it's not the amp or speakers... I've come to the conclusion the source of the noise could be my power supply... I currently run these pedals in this order: Jim Dunlop bass wah, Harley Benton micro tuner, hartke vxl bass attack, hartke bass chorus, boss flanger, boss limiter enhancer. All powered with a Caline 5 power bank which was a cheap eBay buy but the noise has only been noticeable recently. I do consistently use an extension chord to the mainstream, haven't had chance to see if this could be the source of the noise? Any ideas what could be the source of the noise or a good way to find out? Thank you

Hadn't seen a review so thought I'd do one briefly. Summary: at 29 quid New it's a bargain and does everything you'd want it to very well. Detailed review: I bought one of these brand new in the blow out sales for 29 quid. Didn't think it was a bad deal. Have heard that the NUX pedal at 15 quid is the same but I've been stung with buying cheap pedals before, had three behringer bass chorus pedals that never worked. So, the hartke pedal... I'm a hartke fan but if this was awful I'd send it back. I'm keeping it. I want to have a little shimmery chorus here and there for some passages and fretless play and some spacey open sounds for some severe 80's-ness to mess around with. Chorus is not an integral part of "my sound" though so I don't need the most amazing pedal. The pedal casing feels sturdy, dials turn nicely and don't feel too cheap, and the switch clicks a little but not through the signal chain. It's a solid build. I've tested this using my fretless through an ashdown rm rig using with and without the sub octave. It's a very usable effect, goes from subtle where it can add something to harmonics to the shimmery fast chorus for a bit of "come as you are". Combined with fretless bass it comes in to its own, playing classic pop fretless lines it can get the nostalgia glands going (take my breath away, played it so many times tonight!!!) Overall I'm impressed and I won't be buying the ehx bass clone now as I had planned. If this pedal was full price I wouldn't have got it, but at 29 pounds it's a great deal, at 70ish there's other good options, like the ehx. This chorus is great for those of us who will use it occasionally, I have no doubt it will hold up well at band volumes, and unless there is one very specific sound you're looking for I can't imagine this pedal won't fulfil your needs. When we next have rehearsal in two weeks I'll put it through its paces with a jazz bass and in a band scenario then update the review.

Went last year. I'm too old (early thirties) to sleep in a tent next to an active runway, get soaked to the bone with security guards actually pulling and pushing me and others out from under cover in to the rain for no reason, have my tent moved and made inaccessible by other people who wanted the space... Saw some great bands and would love to see Aerosmith, System and others this time round but without a guarantee on the weather I can't part with the cash.

I now have the Rootmaster 500 head and a pair of the 15 inch lightweight cabs, thanks to Lozz for the second one! I used the whole lot together last night for a rehearsal. Up against two guitars, drums, three vocals going through a fairly good PA I had the volume on less than a third, and even then it was a little more than I should have had it on. Two fifteen inch cabs and the head in a laptop bag all fit neatly in the boot of my wife's corsa, with pedals and bass on the back seats. Easy! Loading in and out was a doddle. The sound is good from these but I need to do some fiddling with the eq as I think I've dropped off too much of the mids for my taste. I also need to fiddle with the tweeter settings too to get this right. The bass sound is deep and full with enormous presence and the speakers handled overdrive (ashdown built in), the octave down which is incredibly good on this head btw and tracks far better than in the mag combos, and a bit of flange and wah. It doesn't give me the clarity and punch that the Trace Elliot 4x10 does in the rehearsal room, but I should be able to get towards that with better eq and some compression. Overall for my uses this is a decent set up. I have to be careful with my back so the lightweight of the cabs is great for me. Maybe a Trace head might come in to play in future, but for now I've got a good solid gigging set up thats fine for my amateur band needs.

Thanks to the OP I now have a new chorus pedal on the way even though I've not shifted the synth pedal I'm trying to sell!! The Mrs was always suspicious of my "one out, One in" policy on guitar gear and this will completely blow my cover!

[quote name='interpol52' timestamp='1496257271' post='3310037'] My kind of thread! http://youtu.be/EIhSnaqou0I Simple and fun to play, especially the chorus. Nice low Dflat for the 5 stringers too in the breakdown. [/quote] Used to love playing along to that years ago!

I passionately hated "foundations" by Kate Nash until I played it with a group that had two excellent female singers who managed to avoid the weird mockney accent bit. Giving things a go can surprise you. I don't agree with your views on this song, very far the other way for me, but each to his own.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1495727616' post='3306186'] That I like the music. IMO pretty much everything else can be fixed later once I'm in the band, but if I don't like the music then it's definitely not for me. [/quote] Good point!

In no particular order... 1.Band is established, Gigs booked or realistic prospects 2. Good people, nobody being a d!ck to others, everyone contributes, everyone respects each other. 3. Rehearsal starts within ten mins of getting in the room, no messing 4. Competent musically 5. Don't tell me how to play my own instrument. You can suggest something, but don't tell me. 6. If it's covers there needs to be a consistent theme to the set list, not "as random as possible" but people need to know what theyre getting from a covers band, not jumping from Rage Against the Machine to the Bee Gees. 7. Enjoying the time together. If rehearsal is a chore or someone is miserable at gigs, or someone has a split personality about things it's not going to be fun. This isn't my job, but it's time I could spend with my family so let's all enjoy it for what it is

Can't see if any are available in lefty... They usually look after us, just can't see which models are available upside down? A GB custom five could be a cost friendly alternative to a sandberg