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I play with a light touch but I can still go lighter for quiet passages. If my bass is not loud enough I end up playing harder in an effort to compensate, and find that this really slows me down.
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I have just put together my first bass ‘board in over 15 years, and that’s only for ampless/silent-stage gigs - normally it’s just bass-tuner-amp. On guitar though I currently have three: 1. Big all-purpose board on a Pedaltrain Classic; 2. Minimal rock’n’roll board on a Nano; 3. Ampless board on a Classic Junior for one particular tribute band that I’ve been depping with quite a bit. I do make changes from time to time but it’s important for me to know my ‘board and what it can do, so I’m not constantly chopping and changing. Pedals that are not currently on a board sit on a shelf within easy reach, and I have a PSU block on my music room desk so that I can quickly patch any pedal into my setup.
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I'm playing (mainly) rhythm guitar with excellent Bowie tribute Rebel Heroes at the Old Court in Windsor on 9th September - tickets still available here.
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REDUCED TC Electronics Flashback Mini - *SOLD*
JapanAxe replied to JapanAxe's topic in Effects For Sale
Trades might be possible, just hit me up! -
I think you might be stretching the 'mini' thing with that pedal board!
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Welcome to the forum @mellortron! You could try this thread for starters:
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I’m not a fan of Jazz basses but that looks sweet, GLWTS! -
Full-time musos, how do you get through the winter?
JapanAxe replied to Danny P's topic in General Discussion
I don’t make my living from music but I actively promote myself as a dep that bands can call on in an emergency. This has led to everything from well-paid wedding gigs to one-offs with tribute bands. Along the way I have found some bands who in future will just receive a polite ‘Sorry I’m not available’, and some pubs whose doors I hope never to darken again. Oh, and the occasional space cadet fruit loop. -
The Radial Pro DI has arrived. Either its substantial weight is testament to its quality or there’s a lump of depleted Uranium in there. And of course it works just as expected.
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100W Stoneham valve amp - small footprint, lighter weight
JapanAxe replied to Merton's topic in Amps and Cabs
I’m liking the sound of this! -
A guy I play with uses some kind of Countryman gadget on his Dobro.
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Bought a strap from Ben, it arrived super-fast and exceedingly well packed.
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Yes I have a Palmer PDI-09 (speaker emulated) which I use with my guitar rig. I’ve plumped for a used Radial Pro DI. Although the Thomann unit works fine, it is larger than it needs to be (contains mostly air) and the transformer is simply glued in place! A jolt could easily dislodge it, which doesn’t bode well for reliability!
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Yes , I noticed the one in the classifieds...
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Yes I’m favouring passive. I don’t want to lose anything from the bass’s frequency range but plenty of people who reviewed the Thomann DI used it on bass and were happy. I know the EMO DI boxes, they used to be made not far from where I lived in County Durham!
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Pay-to-play? Play-for-exposure? How about BOTH?
JapanAxe replied to Rich's topic in General Discussion
This may be in Hicksville USA but don't forget that sh!t tends to migrate from there to here, including the bad kind. It's only a matter of time before some UK venue tries it - if they haven't already. -
I have been using the speaker emulated XLR output on my Origin Effects BassRig into the PA on some of my dep gigs but I’m finding I want more top end in my signal. I want a balanced output so I’ve been trying the BassRig’s non-emulated jack output via a DI box. The two I have available are (1) a cheap-as-chips Thomann passive transformer unit, (2) an active transformerless Whirlwind Mic Eliminator with 2 tone settings. I’ll probably end up using the Thomann one, but what DI boxes have people found to be particularly good at on bass? Budget would be up to £100-ish.
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I’ll take this, PM incoming. -
I wouldn’t rule it out. PM me with whatever ya got! Especially if it’s a Boss Blues Driver that’s old enough to have through-hole components…
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I do that if I have time but I don’t always e.g. when I’m depping at short notice.
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Learning is itself a skill that can be learned. I’ve found that the more I learn, the more I can learn.
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I have occasionally bought the CD or the mp3, but it’s not sustainable for me to do that for everything, considering the number of bands I dep with. I regard learning from a track that I got from YouTube as educational use and therefore fair use. On the other hand when I’ve played in Bowie or Stones tributes I’ve worked from the CDs that I already own as a fan.
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I’m probably an outlier here but I usually start by transcribing the song in musical notation. That gives me two routes for getting the music into my head - ears and eyes! Then I start by learning the end and work backwards, section by section, to the beginning. I keep track of how I’m getting on with the set by setting up a page on Trello.com. I’m currently working through this process for a dep gig in early October, where I’ll be playing a mix of pop, soul, reggae, electro-funk, and Afro beat!
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I bought this mixer new and used it for a few gigs on a band project before the inevitable happened. You can find the full spec here, but in brief this award-winning mixer features: 5 XLR inputs with DNA microphone preamps Dynamic compression (channels 1-2) 3-band EQ plus 2 aux sends per channel 60mm faders with mute switch and LED USB audio connectivity with level control 100 Alesis DSP effects Balanced XLR, balanced/unbalanced 1/4" outputs 9-band graphic EQ for main or monitor outputs Headphone out with independent level control It is fully working and in excellent condition and comes complete with the original box an documentation. Cheapest new price I can find is £272 - yours for £155 delivered in mainland UK.
