Skinnyman

Thanks.... We're booked up pretty solid for the rest of the year so there'll be plenty of opportunities to come and listen to my roots-and-fifths style!

I have a 2010 Ric 4003 which has the standard factory-fitted Schaller straplocks. The one on the horn keeps working loose - I need to tighten it mid-gig after every third song or so and am now so paranoid about it that I check it constantly whenever I can spare a hand.

I've tried putting some glue on the thread but that's made no difference and I've retightened it as much as I dare but the problem keeps recurring. I don't want to overtighten in case I overdo it and split the wood.

I've also tried the old "matchstick-in-the-hole-to-act-as-filler" trick but that's done nothing either.

I think the problem is that the strap comes out from the strap lock at an angle to go over my shoulder and that effectively causes the strap half of the locking system to "grip" the button part.

Possibly....

Anyway, anyone else had the same issues?

Any suggestions?

We're playing our first gig of 2013 on Friday at the Cock Inn (no sniggering at the back there), Werrington, Peterborough.

Classic pub-rock - all the usual covers - decent guitarist and a very good singer (but we don't tell him that - he's got a big enough ego as it is )

Please don't come. I get all shy when there are other bass players watching....

I just bought Iconic's 2009 MIM P bass. He chucked in a set of flats which I fitted this evening.

It's my first Precision. and....

Ohmygodohmygodohmygod!

I love it.

Sorry, I just needed to share. The wife, wonderful as she is, doesn't understand and I just had to tell somebody or I'd burst....

thank you for understanding

I sold my Squier Jazz fretless and have regretted it ever since. Awesome. Weighed a ton, mind. But sounded lovely

[quote name='jasetbass' timestamp='1361970826' post='1993776']
Thanks for the quick reply guys!



Yeah, a few people seem to have had the same problem, but they haven't said whether they sorted it out or just gave up!



From having a play with the software, it looks like it'll be much easier to create patches than using the B9 itself, and it definitely looks like you can backup patches.



Yeah, done all that so I'm not being a complete duffer then!

I guess it must be the lead. I saw that you've got it working with the Uno but was a bit concerned that my PC is still in the dark ages running XP, though just had a look at the M Audio website, and don't think this'll be a problem...

And yes, when I get it working, I think it will be much cooler!

Cheers,

Jase
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Good luck - let us know how you get on!

[quote name='barkin' timestamp='1361983536' post='1994040']

Next to try - running the Librarian software under Wine...
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Pretty much all the computer disasters I've had in a twenty year career have been while running under Wine (me, that is, not the computer)....

I just bought Richard's P-bass (MIM Lake Placid Blue) - beautiful bass, exactly as described. Really helpful and a pleasure to deal with.

Buy with confidence!

Many thanks, Richard!

Bump

I have an M-Audio MIDI interface that works fine.

Once it's all connected, start up Librarian and go to the MIDI drop down. Make sure that MIDI in and MIDI out are pointing to your MIDI interface (my MIDI out defaults to Microsoft GS Wavetable synth). On the main Librarian screen, press the Online button - it should turn yellow. At that point, all the other buttons become active and accessible and you should be good to go.

If none of that helps, my guess is that it's your Interface cable - maybe try and borrow one to check? My M-Audio Uno USB wasn't that expensive and, as mentioned above, just worked out the box.

I use Windows 7 64-bit but that shouldn't make any difference at all (other than Librarian crashes on exit which is known bug....sorry, undocumented feature. Just means I have to make sure I've saved everything and disconnect the B9 before I close the app).

I find Librarian useful a) as a backup tool as Barkin suggests and b ) for playing around while editing patches - it's a lot easier than keep bending down to squint myopically at the tiny screen on the B9. I stay vertical and squint myopically at my monitor instead. Much cooler....

HTH

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I'm listing this just to test the water - the wife has a strict one-in-one-out policy so I'd best be seen to be making the effort before I get anything new

I'm selling my Gibson SG standard in worn cherry. I bought it new in July 2011 when I did my shoulder in and needed a short-scale bass. I used it as my main bass till September last year (which sounds grander than it is - we did about a dozen gigs) and then got the Ric out of hibernation at which point the SG went back to standby status.

Which is a real shame as it's a cracking little bass - light, easy to play and a surprisingly big sound. I put LaBella flats on it a couple of months ago and fell in love all over again - it sounds brilliant with flatwounds!

So, in lots of ways, I don't really want to sell - but I have GAS for a Fender P-bass and, according to the rules (see above), one has to go before another comes in.

Condition is excellent - there's one tiny ding on the lower front edge of the body which I've shown in the photos (that will be uploaded soon). It looks worse in the picture than it does in the flesh (er, wood...) and is almost unnoticeable now thanks to a dab of woodstain and an old rag! Other than that, it's blemish free, all the electrics work as Mr Gibson intended, setup is spot on and it comes with all the original paperwork, manual and fitted Gibson hard case (which has a couple of small scuffs on one edge but is otherwise in excellent condition - again, see photos).

I'm looking for offers around £550 and would prefer it to be collected from just north of Peterborough or bought by someone who's close enough for me to deliver so you get chance to properly inspect and try before handing over the cash.

PM if interested or you have any questions or you can email me direct at [email protected]

Photos to follow shortly....

PM'd

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Several are mentioned, maybe in this thread, one of them being:
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best,
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I got the Gator 2411 bag. I couldn't be sure the B9 would fit in a traditional pedal case (Stagg=85mm int height, my B9 with 5p piece footswitch fix = 89mm high) then suddenly realised that this is one board, not a loose collection of pedals that need to be velcro'd down - so I just got the soft bag. Excellent.

There are 2 "live sound" patches and they're effectively just two "basic" pedal boards. One has a wah, a phaser, a delay and a bit of distortion, the other is an overdrive, a chorus and a reverb (I think - I don't have my cheat sheet to hand so I can't remember exactly, but you get the idea). I guess their idea is that it's a couple of standard board layouts that you could use in most gig situations.

I've taken the idea and just changed them so that I'm not tap dancing through patches in gigs, I just swap between those two patches/boards, but I've changed the pedal assignments and settings for my own purposes.

One thing I have discovered is that in a live situation, up against two guitarists, there's no real place for subtlety. A lot of the effects just get lost in the noise of two Marshall tube amps at full chat so a lot of the patches I carefully set up at home to were just wasted, so now I just have a couple of amp styles, a wah, chorus, bit of reverb and that brilliant pedal synth.

HTH

[quote name='jw54' timestamp='1360238415' post='1967115']
Not had a chance to play with this properly yet, but what exactly does the switch under the Z pedal actually do?
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It does a number of things depending on the patch currently activated. It's not used in all of the factory preset patches, just some of them. It's easiest to see if you look at a patch in the Librarian software and select the button for the expression pedal - for each of the (up to) four parms that can be controlled by the vertical movement of the pedal, you can also assign a function to the footswitch. So, for example, you might bring up the volume and, when you reach max, have the footswitch click in to bring in a bit of distortion. Or whatever....

HTH

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1359227119' post='1951959']
I have a clickable footswitch under my pedal (I checked after reading about it here) but the pedal doesn't go far enough down to click it. I can press it with my fingers though so it's not stiff. I'll have a read up on the fix for it
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OK, that answers my question then! You have the unpressable footswitch!! I emailed Zoom support about it and got a not-very-helpful reply to tell me that the switch should work when you press down on the pedal. Duh.....

Fix is simple though - you can either put a rubber tip onto the footswitch itself or (and this was my solution) glue a small washer or 5p piece to the rubber pad that's on the underside of the expression pedal.

Other than that one minor glitch, it's excellent. Some of the patches can be a bit noisy - you can adjust the ZNR a bit to reduce it and its more noticable through headphones than through an amp/cab. I haven't tried it as an Audio Interface yet - I use my Zoom R24 for that - but you'll need to download and install the ASIO driver for it.

HTH

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Just bought one of these today from PMT in Bristol (£99 in store and a few in stock still - plus they've got one set up in the bass area at the back for you to try).

Just figuring it out at the moment but I think I'll really make good use of the, er I don't know what to call it but it's where you can select one "preset" - bank? and then switch modes and have the option to turn on or off any of the individual pedals. I can set up a couple of these and swap between groups of pedals. So some nice subtle compression, slight fuzz maybe and some amp modelling on one and some flanger/wah effects on another
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Have fun with it!! Out of interest, has yours got the "unpressable footswitch" feature? i.e. does the footswitch under the expression pedal click as you hit max travel on the pedal? If not, your might need the same extensive modification that mine (and others on here) did - viz; a small washer stuck to the underside of the pedal.

BTW I just love the pedal synth - we don't have a keyboard player so I usually get stuck with doing anything vaguely synthy and "atmospheric" using my chords and a touch of overdrive. Pedal synth allows me to do that (er, slowly - I'm no tap dancer) and free up the bass for regular playing...

Neat....I hadn't spotted that. You can also change it in the Librarian patch editor - bring up the foot pedal window and for the Vertical and Horizontal pedal you can assign up to four functions and have the switch enabled for any or all of the four. I can't think of a time that I'd want four functions all controlled simultaneously by the pedal and have them all switched on and off simultaneously with the pedal footswitch - but it's kind of nice to know that I can if I want :-)

'Course, that only works when you're at home with the B9 connected to the PC so it's worth knowing how to change it on the fly if I ever need to.

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Fun and games
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Isn't it?! And I don't want to keep shelling out £30 a time to try different sets which is why I'm looking to pick others' brains! Thanks for the help!

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1358922548' post='1947032']
La Bella 760 FL's on my Rick..love it. Just the right tension and feel. They are on 3 out of my 4 basses.. seem to suit me most.
I've tried a few other sets of flats trying to get it right on the Rik, TI's but they felt too low tension on the rick (fine on the jazz), the GHS precision flats were a little too muddy, then some Ghs brite flats that were neither here nor there in sound or feel, I went back to the La Bella's and they felt and sounded just right.
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Good feedback, thanks. Do you use the standard gauge or have you also gone for .050s?

I really like the LaBellas on the SG but was looking for something different on the Rick purely so that I get a bigger differentiation between the two basses (when they were both strung with rounds, I never played the SG on the basis that it sounded too similar to the Rick, without actually being the Rick. Flats have moved the sound completely and I so like the feel of the flats that I want them on the Rick but want something that'll be different to the SG. If any of that made any kind of sense....).

I might give Fenders a go - D'addario Chromes are another one on the list to try.

Thanks for the input guys

Thanks guys. I think I'm going to have to get a Y cable and give it a try. I'm not sure I'll ever use it at gigs (for all the reasons quoted above) but it sounds like it's worth a go at a rehearsal one night. The guitarist's got a dozen amps he never uses so I'll get him to bring along a spare for me to play with...

Anyone use the stereo capability on a Rickenbacker?

If so, how did you do it? Two rigs? Or DI'd into FOH?

I believe that Chris Squire used to send the treble pickup to a guitar amp and the bass to a conventional bass amp but wondered if anyone's tried it and their opinions?

Eighteen quid. Got to be worth a try then...ta

[quote name='misterook' timestamp='1358861796' post='1946146']
I've been using the guitar version of this on my rig for about 3 years (G9.2tt) - I LOVE the "Z pedal" - really handy for the guitar (I play both bass and guitar in my band) - doing live dub out mixes of reverb / delay, blending on the fly - it's really handy. I've been able to get some truly awesome bass sounds out of it, which has really moulded my sound as a bassist now.

The one thing that annoyed me about the G9 is the fact the EQ is useless to a bassist, and I often generate some crazily low harmonics accidentally with some of the crazier effects; there's no bass synth, and the thing is actually quite heavy for a pedal....

The B9 seems to tick all the boxes and it's a steal... I might be tempted to get the bass version instead of the guitar one. Seems to have the Z delay and step filters that I love, as well as the Fuzzface and Tubescreamer distortions I use on my geet.

Has anyone else made the transition and managed to sucessfully transfer G9 patches across to the B9?
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I did try my guitar briefly through the B9 and, to be honest, I wasn't overly impressed with the sound. I didn't really play around much so it might be that I could have got a better result after a bit of tweaking but first impressions weren't brilliant. I might give it another go though. If you want to send me a patch from your G9, I'll see if I can load it into the B. I'd guess the file structures will be the same but I'm not sure if the tags are the same - but if you want to send one over, I'll have a look.