DiMarco

I tried cutting down on fx today. I failed.
This is not your mommies fx board. Only stuff on there that's manly as f*ck. YO HO HO!!!

I guess I would keep just one fuzz or OD and the poly octaver myself. The rest I hardly ever use and should be able to do without.
Somehow however, I can't seem to downsize. I tried... Board just keeps growing.

I love effects too much. In fact I love them so much I keep buying stuff I won't ever use in a live situation.
At my attic I have a whole bunch of them that are never used, kept in drawers.
Am I perhaps too heavily GAS induced? Or is this standard behaviour for a bassist?

So anyway browsing the [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/289-post-your-pedal-board-basschat-style/"]pedalboards[/url] thread Made me come up with this question:

[b]If you had to downsize and could (besides your tuner) only use, say, max. two effect pedals... Which ones would you keep?[/b]

Dat space bass! Seriously hawt.

FAPTIME!

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Odd. Did you get around to fixing it Rob? Am wondering what the problem might have been.

I love my old Trace Elliot SMX amps. Out of the three I own however only one is still without problems (well, the cooling fan is actually at max speed 24/7 nowadays so I expect it to start being a problem amp soon as well).
The ability to dial in some valve warmth makes the sound very sweet and buttery yet stays tight and punchy.

With these amps, I am mainly using a trace 2x15" cab with a hf unit and filter I built in there myself.
Lots of love for the tone I currently have. However, I am afraid I am kinda fed up with the problems that come with amps this old.

Well then. Any new amp I would want to have should be able to get this buttery sweetness into my tone.
Most of them however seem to only use any valves for getting overdrive. This I do not want. I get better overdrive from my Darkglass pedals anyway.

So far the only things I have seen that should be capable of warm, punchy tone are the Tecamp Bad Bull 900 and Mesa Bass Prodigy but the two of those both cost a LOT of money.

If I were to buy a new, modern amp. What would you have me check out? I'm thinking 400-800 watts of solid state poweramp or 200w valve.

Or should I just get my Trace RAH600SMX and AH400SMX serviced instead?

I want my stack to be able to handle any room's acoustics I play in thus it should be capable of moving some serious air. Pushing a cab to the limit will make it sound crap so have as much headroom as you can tbh.
A 2x15" is my current mainstay but two 4x10's will make you more flexible.
I just happen to prefer 15" speakers to 10" ones as they sound way different in the midrange frequencies. Otherwise there would be a 6x10 or two 4x10's.

So yes there is a reason to go for owning two 4x10's.

More eyecandy is better no?

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If the neck is completely straight the frets should start buzzing around the 2nd and 3rd frets first when lowering the action.
What you're describing (lowering the action on a straight neck causing buzz only from the 12th fret) would mean your bass is in need of a fret leveling/sanding job for at least the frets beyond the octave.

Vetttt!

Added: G-LAB Bass Wowee-Wah

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Mine.

Today: T.C. Trinity reverb out, MXR Bass Chorus Deluxe in.

It is never complete... Nice boards lads.The M9 with a proper dirtbox and vtbass DI is well thought out.
Basically the same line of thinking with the Zoom Multistomp (eventhough I am not a fan of Zoom at all) with that Boss OD.

Man the combination Duality + B7K KILLS!
Totally worth the money imo.

Sweet board! Does that Philosopher bring lively crunch? I considered purchasing one a while ago but hesitated.

Here's my latest attempt at an fxboard (I have a dualband comp in my amplifier):

Heartwood is a reddish brown. Well defined sapwood is a pale yellowish white. Color tends to darken with age. Pieces containing pommele or blistered figure are sometimes sold under the name Afzelia xylay, which is a shortened version of the botanical name of a particular Asian species, Afzelia xylocarpa.

Afzelia is on the IUCN redlist and is now an endangered type of wood. Expect to see it disappear from many catalogs, much like Boire has.

1524T cab got tweetered and stuffed with foam today for a tighter tone.











Eminence tweeter (APT80), LPAD and 12db/oct filter @ 5khz.
I am very happy so far, tweeter is nice and transparent in the now snappy tone.
Have to dial in the Lpad further or use EQ above 5khz to make the tweeter go all Marcus Miller on me (which I do not want).

No. Hang in there bud!

Bass lines do grow on you while you're sleeping.
It will flow better tomorrow, once it has settled in your brain.

I own a Korean made Warwick and have owned quite some german Warwicks and can tell you the korean versions have probably been discontinued for being too good for the money.
This beautiful star bass will be an amazing instrument to own and play. The quality is really top notch.

With Thomann currently dumping korean wicks for insane prices atm (for instance a new streamer LX 6 is just 745 quid) it might be pretty hard to sell this right now for 950 though.

Don't play hard sh*t, play good sh*t.
sh*t that works inside the music that is.